LAUNCH SINKS
WHILE TIED ALONGSIDE CLUBHOUSE Tauranga, Saturday. An tin visual mishap befel Mr J. Barney's launch Renahou while she was moored to the Yacht Club's land ing. When the tide went out, the rail of the launch was jammed under one of the beams of the Clubhouse, and as the tide rose s"o the launch gradually sustained a greater angle, until the water was flowing into her. Mr P. F. Carter noticed the boat's plight, and by loosening oft the ropes" freed the boat, which he then towed round Until she struck bottom- underneath the railway bridge. The owner was sent for, but by the time he arrived the deck was awash. Apart from causing rather a mess, little damage resulted to the interior of the boat.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 204, 26 August 1940, Page 1
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128LAUNCH SINKS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 204, 26 August 1940, Page 1
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