TRAWLER DAMAGED
BUFFETED BY FIERCE GALE ENFORCED RETURN TO PORT With two, planks of her hull stove in and considerable damage aft, the trawler Waitangi, which loft Port Chalmers on Saturday for Bluff, returned to port late the same night after receiving a severe buffeting in the gale which swept the coast. The little vessel was going to Bluff to be taken over by new owners, j The Waitangi had proceeded as far as Nugget Point when she encountered the full force of the storm. High seas raised by the raging gale broke over the vessel continuously. The men on board had a trying experience, as the seas almost overwhelmed the vessel, and the water found its way into the engine room. As a result of the battering by the seas, the Waitangi suffered considerable structural damage, and for several hours baling operations had to be continued to keep down the water in the engine room.
Eventually the trawler was turned round, and a course set for Port Chalmers, where she arrived late on Saturday night. So severe were the conditions that the opinion was expressed that the Waitangi was very fortunate to have weathered the storm. Those on board included the former owner (Mr Durry)* and several Southland men who were taking the Waitangi south to her new owners at Bluff.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22659, 26 August 1935, Page 4
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