YACHTSMEN HAVE A HARD EXPERIENCE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 38, 18 February 1929, Page 5

YACHTSMEN HAVE A HARD EXPERIENCE

STRUCK BY STORM I \\\ COOK STRAIT A DIFFICULT TOW TO SAFETY VIOLENT SEAS ADD TO TROUBLES TOW LINE BREAKS FOUR TIMEb. Presr Assort t ion— Copyritflnt. WELLINGTON, This Day. Disaster attended the ocean yacht race from Wellington to Port Underwood *;nd back, in which five yachts, the "Nanette, Gaiatca, Mana, Windward and Shamrock ware competing during the wcek.end. During the first- lap mi Saturday afternoon the Nanette had her mast broken off al ; Island Bay. On the return journey a storm struck both the Windward and, Shamrock when about halfway across Cook Strait. The mast of the Windward was snapped and it was only after skilful! manoeuvring on the part of the Shamrock, that the Windward'could be se, cured and towed back to Tovy Channel. MOCK ANXIETY. I Violent seas made the experience of all concerned! an unenviable one, and there was considerable anxiety until

tho Shamrock towed her charge to safety. The rope snapped four times adding further to the trials of the two crows. Asjnothing further could bo done Tit th'" time with th« Sham, rock and the Windward the yaohtmen boarded a launch and meeting tfc* Tamahino from Picton in the channel woro taken aboard* for the return trip to Wellington. The Windward . will have to be towed back to Wellington in her present condition or a neAV mast fitted if she is to make the journey herself. The M*«a dul not start back on the bomeward journey.