OCEAN YACHT RACE
TAWHIRI MAY WIN By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, January 15. Two more of the yachts in the ocean race from Lyttelton reached Wellington this morning under engine power, thus being automatically out of the race. They are Mandalay (35ft waterline) and Southern Light, of Bluff. The Wellington ketch Raukawa (34ft) has entered the heads and should be the second boat to finish, but on corrected times, she cannot challenge Ta whirl (29ft 6in). The skipper of Tawhiri, Noel Brown, said this morning that they were becalmed two hours at the start, but a fresh southerly sprang up and blew very hard on Saturday night. The only damage was that a main sheet block carried away. In the morning, the breeze fell away, and they had a light southerly to Cape Campbell. From there on, the wind changed to northwesterly and they had to tack up the harbour. Ta whirl’s position is not yet secure, as several yachts have still chances on handicap, but it is considered that Tawhiri will win. Arawa (31ft) is reported at Port Underwood with a split mainsail.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 6
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183OCEAN YACHT RACE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 6
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