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COASTAL MOTOR-VESSEL NO SIGN OF YACHT No sign of the missing yacht Titi was seen from the coastal motor vessel Margaret W which arrived at Gisborne this morning from Auckland. A sharp look-out for the missing craft was kept aboard the Margaret W as the ship passed down the coast. She passed East Cape at 5.40 p.m. yesterday, but as darkness had fallen there was little chance of the small yacht being sighted from the ship. Captain J. R. Owen, master of the Margaret W stated to a Herald representative to-day that in his opinion the Titi would have been able to reach safety if she succeeded :n passing East Cape. Carrying sail, the yacht would have a chance of reaching the calmer waters beyond that point, but there was a distinct possibility of the craft being swamped in the exceptionally rough seas that arise about East Cape in a gale. If the craft was drifting before a south-south-east gale, as had been reported, her course would be towards the rocky coast between Reporua and East Cape.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 4
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180SHARP WATCH KEPT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 4
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