YACHTS CAPSIZE
At least 24 youths took a ducking in Otago Harbour on Saturday afternoon. Rescue launches were kept busy going to the assistance of the crews of the boats which capsized when a southeasterly squall struck them and whipped the'harbour up into heavy seas. At least two of the accidents might easily have had tragic results but in each case the boys were rescued. Three members of the crew of one yacht had to hang on to their overturned craft for nearly two hours and a half before assistance arrived.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 14 November 1939, Page 12
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