AUCKLAND YACHTS.
THE Volunteer is owned by Mr T. Henderson, manager of the Union Steamship Company. She is the largest yacht in New Zealand waters, being 33 rating. For cruising the Volunteer is yawl rigged, but prior to the recent racing Mr Henderson put the yacht into cutter rig, in which she looks exceedingly handsome when sailing. At anchor the Volunteer has not a particularly attractive appearance, owing no doubt to her straight bow, but her counter is beautifully shaped, and looking at her from astern she looks like a gull in the water.
She was built on the Parramatta River, N.S.W., in 1888, for Mr W. P. Smairl, of Sydney, but was last year purchased by Mr T. Henderson, of Auckland, owner of the well-known Rita. Amongst her other performances the Volunteer has won the 100 Years Challenge Cup of N.S. W., value £5OO, on three occasions since her launch in Sydney harbour. The Volunteer is able to set a very large area of canvas, her mainboom being 52ft in length, while her spinnaker boom measures some 40ft.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue VII, 17 February 1894, Page 145
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195AUCKLAND YACHTS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue VII, 17 February 1894, Page 145
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