Young Auckland yachtsman Seth van Mechelen battled terrifying five-metre swells and 50--to-60-kilometre-an-hour winds when he and his boat ran into the southerly storm that lashed the East Coast at the weekend.
The 21-year-old was sailing solo from Auckland to Wellington when the storm hit him shortly after he had rounded East Cape early on Friday afternoon.
His ordeal ended when he and his yach...
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