WHITE WINGS
BUT OVERGROWN YACHTING ADVENTURES. LONDON, April 26. It is revealed, apropos of the opening of the yachting season, that the Britannia, when at Cowes in 1926, with the King aboard, had a narrow escape from disaster. She was well-known previously as a good hard weather boat, but comparatively slow in light breezes, so her mast and boom were lengthened. On the day when the Shamrock and the Norada were dismasted the Britannia became unmanageable, and her skipper ran for Cowes. The Britannia has not been raced since, but an alteration in her rig was made last February. Other large yachts altered their rigs in the same way, but the owner of the famous White Heather refused to do likewise, and therefore may be ineligible to compete *■» big events.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19827, 29 April 1927, Page 7
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