WAIMA RETURNS
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lfmps into fofef adYenturous englishmXn f0rced back by gale. SAILS TORN TO RIBBONS
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i . AUCKLAND, Saturday. i With most of her sails in ribbons, 'her dinghy stove in, and the cabin !in confusipn, the muilet-:hoat Waima, ip which the young Englishman, Wiljliam Currie Valentine, left Auckland last Sunday week, bound for England, limped back to port this morning. "I had confoundedly bad luck," said Mr. Valentine. "The little craft ran into bad weather almost immediately, but the real trouble began on Tuesday, when the boat continually shipped seas and the sails were torn awayv "At 1.30 on Tuesday afternoon, when about one hundred miles east-north-east of the Great Barrier, I decided to turn back. That night the j boat was on its beam-ends, and nearly 1 under. The mainsail was blown out." Mr. Valentine's pocket-book was | washed away with all his money. | _ Mr. Valentine, who realises that ! he is lucky to be alive, chiefly regrets that the loss, of his money will [ prevent him refitting the craft for a second Uftempt. "I would start again to-morrow if my gear was in order," he said.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 271, 11 July 1932, Page 5
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191WAIMA RETURNS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 271, 11 July 1932, Page 5
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