COASTAL VESSEL UNLOADS TO CROSS WHAKATANE BAR
Unable to cross the bar with her full cargo about 100 drums of petrol were off-loaded and towed in when the motor vessel Clansman arivcd off the Whakatane Heads about noon yesterday. Drawing less water the ship was just able to clear the bar and enter the harbour after being relieved of the petrol. When Captain G. Carey, of the Whakatane Harbour Board, measured the bar at full tide it was just on seven feet. The Clansman, with a full load, was drawing seven feet seven inches, too much to cross. The drums were then off-loaded, tied together and floated in behind the pilot boat, the Port Whakatane. The pilot later returned for the Clansman and she was brought in Without any difficulty. Captain Carey said the tide yesterday, was the worst for the month and he thought the depth would improve from now on. He added that a good flood in the river would clear the mouth. This was badly needed as the western channel could not be used by vessels of any size, at present. This method of entering the Whakatane harbour has been done before. •
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 75, 8 April 1949, Page 5
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195COASTAL VESSEL UNLOADS TO CROSS WHAKATANE BAR Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 75, 8 April 1949, Page 5
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