AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2007
NSW: Kayakers fix rudder problem
Two kayakers paddling from Australia to New Zealand are back on course after removing
a rope which wrapped around their rudder.
Sydneysiders JAMES CASTRISSION and JUSTIN JONES are more than halfway through their
two thousand-200km journey to Auckland.
They ran into problems at about 8pm (AEDT) yesterday when the back end of their nine-metre
custom-made kayak lifted up on a wave .. and the main line of the anchor wrapped around
the rudder.
They had to wait until this morning to try to fix the problem because conditions were
too dangerous last night.
The pair set off from the NSW mid-north coast on November 13.
They reached the halfway point two weeks ago and have had to battle headwinds and a
long detour .. when they had to paddle around a whirlpool of ocean currents.
AAP RTV jlw/af/bart
KEYWORD: KAYAKERS (SYDNEY)
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