Personalities Afloat
W. 8. GOODISON , Commodore , Ponsonby Cruising Club. A love of the sea is more often born in one than acquired. William Stopford Goodison, who is now in his second term as commodore of the Ponsonby Cruising Club, first sailed the Waitemata when he was ten. VXTITH the exception of the twelve ** years that he deserted the sea to sample farm life, he has taken a keen and active interest in sailing ever
A member of the old Horne Bay Club, he sailed in 16-foot open boats as a youth. Among his trophies is the Surfdale Shield. With the coming of the Jellicoe class, W. S. Goodison raced in Joan for a couple of seasons. He acquired For-
est Gold just after rlpr's lianrts in 1920.
she left the builder’s hands in 1920, and had five hard tries to annex the Lipton Cup, being placed four times. In 1925 he sold the well-known 22footer to W. Itodgers, and bought the keeler Little Jim, in which he has done no small amount of both racing and cruising during the last two seasons.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 12
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182Personalities Afloat Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 12
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