TASMAN YACHT RACE
OIMARA’S VICTORY
CYCLONE STRUCK ON VOYAGE
(A ustralian Press Association.)
SYDNEY, March 26
The crew of the Oimara told a graphic story of their trip across the Tasman Sea in the yacht race. During a cyclone, Frank Bennel] suffered a fractured nose.
On the first night- out, the Oimara had a narrow escape from being run down by a sailing vessel, which ignored the yacht's flares.
A week la-tor the vessel emum to red rough weather. Her big jih was blown away. The next day tlm Oimara struck “merry hell.” The mainsail gaff was smashed, and the topsail jib and all the lighter sails were blown to ribbons.
The following day’s log says: “There were heavy seas. Frank was at the wheel when a sea caught him and smashed his face against the miz.y.en mast, and broke his nose.”
Occasionally, throughout the night, the Oimara hove to, to give the crew a rest. A new gaff was made out of the old parts, despite big seas. The Oimara leaves for Melbourne within a couple of days.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1931, Page 5
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