YOUTH IN A DINGHY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 6

YOUTH IN A DINGHY.

DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE. §|H ; Some exciting thrills 1 were/ ; experienced | I by; spectators vat the conclusion of the t. Northcote and Birkenhead regatta''"on ; ; Sat- 1 urdav. These were unconsciously ' pWjff|§ ■ videel by a youth in a dinghy. • , ! Isjsf| | ; ; When the r auxiliary '5 flagship Rirajwwm | leaving Birkenhead; in tow ; for her moor« > |;.| ingj on the. Auckland shore, a procession * of three dinghies behind 1 the ketch ar- §.. rested attention, the two in the rear pj" ing each a lad in charge, ,that nearest thj|§|| Ir; stern being the ship's own boat. ;; They m |'. third dinghy was released by. the occo- £ pant of the one in the centre a little way | | I past the ferry, fairway. How to free .hiinM|| ■-:':! self now became a problem of difficulty H and danger to: the remaining lad, whose 6jj boat was hitched bv a line to the Riraß. 1 p | . dinghy.: What he had 5 : anticipated would I prove an easy task—to 9 pull in his, own. | painter and release it. from the leading. ; 1 dinghy—proved a perilous and ; impossible.. . |f| operation owing to the choppy sea. f , t .',' The ketch was Stowed forward into mid- |g harbour, those in charge of her being ." i 1 unaware of • the lad :in -difficulties at her *W stern, and of the frequently-voiced fears.; ; of onlooker's, that he would; be capsized.;;: Making desperate efforts, the lad managed a at length to break the connecting line. Hegfij then plied his oars, and, after a hard putt "'• f ,; through th© rough water, reached tie H : nearest point at Northcote, and landed : ; iif|||{|| safety. •, '"''^i^ll