Intrepid Voyagers.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7949, 12 October 1905, Page 2

Intrepid Voyagers.

PKO.POSKD 'PTHP A1!»cM) TIIF, WMRJJIt. A TA\() AM) A-HALf TON .VACll't: Arrniigvnien-t.s »re li'ing made by Captain ('). fl'anviok witk the owners of the yacht. Km Ora, to inhu 1-h« vossel artuuul the vytmi'd. The J\ia t)ra is a small woodmi yacht, 22ft in length. a*l »f t'wo.antj a half t<tm htirdin. a;i,'* is the. !sm ; ;ilU'sT Idoat. that has ever been usvd for such a journey. Though small t'he Kia Ora nides the wak-r well, is almost HeW, and has nxailletil equipment for a boat of her size. She was {wiilt by Messrs lluiley and. (liowe in 1903, and it .was in this boat ,'tltat Snow-tk-n and llaokrtvdgc entered upon a similar a-ifventune, the latter losing hit; lifo rwhon near tile Chatham islands, and SnowtloM returned,to Auckland. Captain Warwick is mixißus to unUrtii trip, aivd if: hu'is successful his will -he more s-ensa-tifiiial than the voyajjw of Captain Voss. in the TilrkMim, for the Kin (»ra hs only about half the si/a of tho Aimcriitan skiff. 'i:iw t-uufu proposed to be tak-en i.s from Auckland to VMelW.i.yU/in, fhvncc to ■A'drbf.i.lu, <f> Mauritiris, to Capetown. the»»e to London. While on the itturn ji urney the Kjn Ora will round Cape Horn. Captain Warwick, is the holtier »f tho Qucuii's l*rize for navigation, and is conlideiit that with n enpahle mate hi* will successfully accomplish the trip. T'ho l.\ia Ora is now \focing got ready for the voyage, audit is pr»bablc that- thiMouni.-y will be comIHencnil in a*week or two.—X.Z. Herald.