ADVENTURE IN YACHT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20610, 8 January 1929, Page 10

ADVENTURE IN YACHT.

NORFOLK ISLAND AND BACK. (Special to Daily Times, j AUCKLAND, January 7. The Auckland yacht Victory has returned to Totara, North Whangaroa, from Norfolk Island. The Victory left Auckland on December 19. On board were Harold George (owner), of Northcote; Captain G. George, of Hikaraugi; and Cecil Bowman, of Northcote. The weather was boisterous at the time the Victory worked up the coast and started on the final leg of the 600-mile journ'ey. The distance from North Cape is about 350 miles. Norfolk Island was reached on December 26, and after a stay of a few days the trip back to New Zealand was commenced. The Victory is a boat of seven tons, with an overall length of 38 feet. She is regarded, as a fine sea boat, and was once sailed in a race of the Royal .New Zealand Yacht Squadron by Earl Jellicoe. THE RETURN JOURNEY. CALM WEATHER EXPERIENCED. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, January 7. The crew of the yacht Victory state they spent four days at Norfolk Island, and after re-provisioning the vessel and taking on fresh water and fruit, a start was made on the return trip at 2 a.tn. last Tuesday after the crew had attended a New Year’s ball arranged by the residents of the island. According to a message received from Totara North, the New Zealand coast was made without difficulty, although dead calms were experienced during the first 3QO miles. Progress was consequently slow, light head winds then added to the crew’s problems, as it was necessary to beat’ against them in a series of tacks during the remainder of the distance to Whangaroa. The return journey occupied five days and a-half, compared with four days taken on the outward trip, and so calm was the weather that the decks of the vessel were never wet.