YACHT PARTY'S ORDEAL.
(By Wcgraph.-Bncolal Correspondent.! ' Auckland!. January 0. .'■'' A Vacating party had nn unpleasant c*« perieilco in tVfluirboUr. off Touchy yo* Ky afternoon. ,'A-hww squall £w* tho yacht, and it' heeled over and tho water rushed in. ™«M * lower tho mainsail. and tho vessel righled tseU to wine extent; but members ol the. party etato that if it had not for tho watertight'compartments the,- yacht Wd most probably have suft. T> wind continued to blow with great force,; but sailing under prac ically bare -pok*/th« littlo craft managed to reach: Cox6i Creek, where tho liarty, consistingof tour, ladies and throe me>i„ eftcctod a landing. > ' Tho experience' was/• very; trying- olio, especially for tho ladies, one ; of.- whom fainted and had to l» carried ashore. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 4
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125YACHT PARTY'S ORDEAL. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 4
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