Cook Strait ferry the Kaitaki, with about 800 passengers, lost all power and was drifting towards rocks. It started out as any other late summer holiday ferry trip across Cook Strait. Then the captain came on, with that Chuck Yeager-type laconic calm reserved for captains of planes and ships. Supplied Police at Ōwhiro Bay monitoring ferry with power loss on SaturdayAt this point, it seems, we were still drifting. About 20 minutes later the captain came with good news.
