AN ISLAND CRUISE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22354, 30 August 1934, Page 11

AN ISLAND CRUISE

AUCKLAND YACHT NGATAKI PLANS FOR THE VOYAGE (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND, August 29. Four young men, and not three as originally intended, will form the crew of the Auckland yacht Ngataki on her coming island cruise. The newcomer is Nolan Watson, the other members of the crew' being J. W. Wray (owner and builder), R. Wellington, and R. Robinson. The yacht, which is now ready for sea. adjusted her compass this morning, and later returned to the Akarana Yacht Club’s boathouse, where stores were taken on board. The Ngataki is expected to sail as soon as a favourable wind from the west or south-west is experienced, and it is the hope of the crew that they will be away before the end of the week. The first call will be at Sunday Island. If the conditions are favourable the yacht will probably proceed from Sunday Island to Tahiti. The boat is expected to return to Auckland about the end of November. as she is an intending entry for the Transtnsman Yacht Race, to be staged in connection with the Melbourne centenary celebrations. The Ngataki is fitted with an auxiliary engine for use in calm weather and when entering or leaving port. She is a roomy vessel, the head room in the main cabin being over six feet. Robinson was a member of Admiral Byrd’s expedition last year.