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Rumbelow Boats
Name: Spray
Builder: Charles Malin Rumbelow
Built: Victor Harbor
Operations: - 1916
Types: 29 ft. 9 in. boat
Material: Wood
Propulsion: Sail
The Spray was owned by Mrs. David Malin Rumbelow and her sons and had been built by the old partnership of M. Rumbelow & Sons. Charles (son of Malin) and his mother started a business in The Spray, which was built by the late father of Charles. It was wrecked at The Bluff in 1916.
Small Boats Smashed
Small Boats Smashed
At several coastal towns small shipping sustained damage. Our Victor Harbor correspondent wrote
Wednesday: Exceptionally heavy seas prevailed in the vicinity of the Bluff on Monday night and throughout the early hours of the morning. The sailing boat Spray, owned by Mrs. D. M. Rumbelow, dragged her moorings, and smashed against the rocks with such force that she was knocked to pieces.
The Spray was a 29 ft. 9 in. boat, and was valued at about £100. The sailing boat Ivy drifted on to the beach, and sustained considerably damage. This vessel is owned by Mr. George Ticklie.
Rough weather was experienced in the harbour, where the barges Waterwitch and Mary were sank with a quantity of tools on board. The Marine Board has received a telegram from the harbour master at Kingscote stating that the cutter Venus, the motor boat Warned, and several other small boats were blown ashore, but no serious damage resulted.
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