Mr. E. B. Chapman, skipper-owner of the 15-ton ketch-rigged yacht Waitangi, which arrived in Sydney last week after a 22 days’ voyage from Auckland. During a storm in the Tasman the tiller snapped. The yacht travelled the last 200 miles of the trip using a tiller made from an old harpoon.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 April 1949, Page 5
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51Mr. E. B. Chapman, skipper-owner of the 15-ton ketch-rigged yacht Waitangi, which arrived in Sydney last week after a 22 days’ voyage from Auckland. During a storm in the Tasman the tiller snapped. The yacht travelled the last 200 miles of the trip using a tiller made from an old harpoon. Wanganui Chronicle, 23 April 1949, Page 5
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