YACHT’S VOYAGE TO TAHITI
NGATAKI SAILS FROM AUCKLAND. TO COMPETE IN MELBOURNE RACE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. With the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s burgee at the masthead and a red ensign flying from the gaff end the yacht Ngataki with Mr. John Wray and a crew of three Auckland yachtsmen left for Tahiti yesterday afternoon. Three hearty cheers were given as the yacht moved away from the wharf with the engine going. . Once the yacht was clear of the wharf the mainsail and staysail were hoisted and the yacht made good time down the harbour on the first part of her long cruise. Her owner expressed his intention to be back in time to compete in the race to Melbourne starting on December 8.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1934, Page 4
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