YACHTING REGATTA
KING LEAVES FOR SEATHSEA. [ British Official Wireless.) Received July 29, 5.15 p.m. RUGBY, July 28. Tho King embarked to-day in the destroyer Crusader, and left for Seathsea, where his racing yacht, the Brittania, is taking part in the regatta of the Royal Albert Yacht Club. BRITANNIA DEAD-HEATS. Received July 29, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, July 29. At Cowes, the King wearing bright yellow boarded his yacht, Britannia, and raced in the Solent against the Candida and Westward. After a ding-dong battle the Royal yacht dead-heated with Captain Davis’ schooner Westward, which started so badly that she lost 339 seconds to the Britannia at the end of the first round, but recovered brilliantly. A dead-heat is very rare in the long race over the 40-mile course. There was a breeze with driving rain. The general opinion is that the King was plucky to sail on such a day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 178, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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