_The Evening Post_, 19 Apr 1924:
ADRIFT IN COOK STRAIT
ADVENTURES OF A LAUNCH
PARTY
Last Friday week three men left the Boat Harbour, Wellington, in the launch #Micky for Kaikoura. Their voyage concluded at 5 o’clock on Thursday last, when their small craft was towed back to #Wellington in a broken-down condition by the Union Company’s steamer Wanaka.…
The occupants of the Micky were Mr. George Walker and Mr. F. Hendry and his son, and it was their intention to proceed to the South Island on a #fishing expedition. About 40 miles [65 km] south of Wellington the launch ran into a southerly, and a sea which quickly arose, swept on board, flooding the engine and damaging the magneto. With a useless engine the little boat was completely at the whim of the waves, though a jury sail helped to steady her. From then till last Thursday the Micky drifted in Cook Strait.… At 10.30 a.m. on Thursday last, when about 30 miles [50 km] away from Kaikoura, the Wanaka was sighted, and the Micky taken in tow.
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The Micky is a well-known Wellington launch. She has a length of 25 feet [7.6 m], and a beam of 6ft 2in [1.9 m], and is fitted with an eight horse-power [8 kW] engine.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240419.2.112
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