RACE TO WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19530, 13 July 1925, Page 10

RACE TO WELLINGTON.

CALM BEATS HOLMDALE. There was no little excitement among the crews of the Holmdale and the Calm on Thursday morning at Lyttelton (says the Lyttelton Times) when it became known that both vessels were to sail at about 3 p.m. for Wellington. It meant that a race would ensue. Some time ago a race took place between these two steamers between Wellington and Lyttelton, when both entered the heads about the same time. The Holmdale displayed a greyhound on her mainmast, signifying that she was the faster of the two vessels, but the crew of the Calm considered that the greyhound was” put on the wrong ship. Advice was received at Lyttelton on Friday morning that the winner of the race was the Calm, which arrived at Wellington at 8.45 a.m., the Holmdale at. 8.50 a.m., a difference of five minutes. The Holmdale, according to her agents, P. E. Sutton any Company, was at a disadvantage, being more heavily laden. On previous occasions she had beaten the Calm. On the other hand, members of the staff of the Canterbury Steamship Company were jubilant over the vessel’s win; and stated that although the Calm might have been more lightly laden, the vessel’s hull was in a very dirty condition; it was intended to dock her on her trip south for cleaning. The Calm was built in 1909, and is 892 gross tons register. She is 143 nominal horse-power, length 205 ft, breadth 33ft, depth lift. •The Holmdale was built in 1921. She Is 68f tons, and her nominal horse-power is 99, length 180 ft, breadth 29ft, and depth 10.8 ft.