A HOLIDAY CRUISE

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1929, Page 1

A HOLIDAY CRUISE

TO NORFOLK ISLAND AND HACK. AUCKLAND, Jan. 7. The Auckland yacht Victory has returned to Totara, North W liaiigaroa. from Norfolk Island. The \ iclory lelt Auckland on December 19th. On board were .Mr Harold George, owner, of Northvote; Captain G. George, of Hikurangi; and .Mr Cecil Bowman, of Northcote. i’he• weather was boisterous at the time the '.’iclory worked up the coast and then started on the final leg of the b.Uii-mile journey, the distance from North Cape being about y.»9 miles. Norfolk Island was readied on Dicember 2<>lli, and after a stay of a few days the trip back to New Zealand was commenced. 'Hie Viclorv is a boat of seven tons with an overall length of 98ft. Flic is regarded as a line seaboat and was once sailed In a race of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron by Kari Jellicoe. 'flu* crew of the yacht say then spent four days at Norfolk Island and after re-provisioning the vessel and taking in fresh wafer and fruit, a start was made on the the retrrn trip at 2 a.m last Tuesday alter the crew had attended the New Year’s hall arranged b v the residents of the island. The New Zealand coast was made without, difficulty, although dead calms were experienced during the first 300 miles. .Progress was consequently slow. Light head winds thin added to the crew's problems, it being necessary to beat against them in a. series-of tacks during the remainder of the distance to W’hangaron. The return journey occupied five and a half days, compared with four days taken on the outward trip, and so calm was the weather that the decks of tho vessel were never wet.