SPLENDID SEA BOAT.
AWATEA IN GALE. ARRIVED A DAY LATE. ROUGH TASMAN CROSSING. [By Teiegrapn. —Dress Association] AUCKLAND, April 12. With salt spray on the hull and funnels, the Awatea arrived about 7 this morning, a day late from Sydney. Her log is a record of one of the most tempestuous crossings ever experienced. Captain Davey said before the ship cleared Sydney Heads on Friday evening the Manly ferry-boat was dipping her bows under water, which was an indication of what was ahead. Clearing the Australian Coast, tho Awatea ran into a south-east gale which later veered to the east. Visibility was poor, with high head sea weather. It was just as bad on Saturday and Sunday, and at reduced speed the Awatea plugged into the big seas and violent squalls. She damaged her bulwark head,, and the starboard side of the breakwater was carried away and spurling pipe covers and capstan gratings, and smashed three windows on the bridge 65ft above the water level.
The Awatea was then slowed down while the crew were busy effecting repairs. Fierce squalls kept up all the way to the New Zealand coast, but passing Three Kings last evening tho weather moderated. Three were f ow outward signs when the Awatea berth ed this morning.
Passengers agreed that the Awatea had come through well, proving Herself a splendid sea boat.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20287, 12 April 1938, Page 3
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227SPLENDID SEA BOAT. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20287, 12 April 1938, Page 3
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