VOYAGE ENDS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 6

VOYAGE ENDS

l BOAT RETURNS TO PORT. EIjIGLISgMAN’S ILL FORTUNE. (Ber Piiss Association— Copyright.)

AUCKLAND, July 9,

With most of her sails in ribbons, her dinghy stove in, .and her cabin in confusion, the mullet boat “Waimai” in which the young Englishman, Wiliam Currie Valentine, left Auckland last Sunday week, bound for -England, limped back ,to .port this morning. “I Had confoundedly bad luck,” Paid Valentine. ‘'Tlie little craft ran into bad weather almost immediately, but the real trouble began on Tuesday , when slie continually shipped seas, and the sails were torn away, ‘At one-thirty on Tuesday afternoon, • when about a hundred miles east ;northeast of the Great Barrier, I decided to turn back. That night the boat was on her beam ends, and was nearly under. The mainsail was f blown out.” \ . -Valentine’s pocket hook was washed (Away with .ajl his money. iLUnder Jury rig, the yacht was headed for Auckland adverse winds -and calms prolonging the return voyage Itiill’ 1 this morning. .maifalentine, who realises he is lucky ;fis be allies* chiefly regrets that the Hoss. of the money will .prevent him re-, "fitting the craft for a- second attempt. •iOTMI would start again- to-morrow if my gear was in order,” lie said