THE SNR. SERVICE
“Yachting” The New Zealand Freshwater Yachting Championship events held on a stretch of water adjacent to our camp at Eastertide drew one Army entrant, when Lt. D. Stewart entered the 18-footer Manoa. Corporal Taylor was the .skipper while Lt. Stewart, Corporal. Hubbers and Private Rex Whitford comprised the all Army crew. Sailing- . weather was very light on the Saturday and this . meteorological phenomena, provided an excellent square off for the. Manoa not getting a place. It was explained that the Army were always used to doing things the tough way and that the' Manoa crew would have liked a three reef breeze, when she would have carried full canvas and just showed the natives how. In the next day’s , event for this class, the ■ Man. oa came second out of three boats (the Guerilla likes to be candid). The crew were jubilant and- said they were the only one to carry a spinnaker on two legs of the race.- The wind was only slightly better, so it was probably mind over matter which .gave the Army boys patience to prevail with the big sheet. Here’s hoping for gales and whatnot at the next contests and pleasant sailing days on the week-end leave'days.
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Arawa Guerilla, Issue 1, 1 April 1942, Page 2
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