YACHTING

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26633, 19 January 1952, Page 4

YACHTING

TAURANGA CUP RACES TAURANGA LEADING ON POINTS (New Zealand Press Association) Th«. tht j TAURANGA, January 18. thlr . d J ace £or the Tauranga Cup lewn co^Petition at the national contests being held on the Tauranga harbour, was won this s n en r ttov g t h by i he holder ’ Z GilPi” repre? renting the Tauranga Yacht Club. This win places him more than 100 points ab n a x the P° lnts table. The trophy dec ided on points after five races, inis mornings race was over a windward and leeward course. The race started at 10.35 a.m. The result, with the times of each club, was:— , T a uranga, Ihr 31min 2sec; Kohimarama, Ihr 31min 39sec; Paremata. Ihr 32min ICsec; Blockhouse Bay, lhr.32min 32sec; Aurora, Ihr 32min 40sec; North-east Harbour, Ihr 34min llsec; Queen Charlotte, Ihr 35rnin 13sec; Ponsonby. Ihr 37min 26sec; Stewart’s Gully, Ihr 40min 54sec; Canterbury, Ihr 41min 30sec; Pahoia, Ihr 42min 38sec; Pleasant Point, Ihr 45min 36sec; Huntly, Ihr 45min 54sec; Mount Maunganui, Ihr 46min 41sec; Victoria, Ihr 47min 32sec; Cmokoroa, Ihr 50min 20sec; Evans Bay, Ihr 51min 26sec; Gisborne Ihr 51min 42sec.

The Queen Charlotte representative, Neville Vercoe, in his yacht Seabee, handled the heavy conditions well this afternoon to win the fourth race. Second was G. Newby, Blockhouse Bay, and third place went to the Paremata Yacht Club’s skipper, H. Saunders. The holder of the cup, J. Gilpin, Tauranga, was fourth

The race started over a triangular course In a light northerly breeze. This freshened considerably and provided conditions favouring the heavier skippers. There were several capsizes and withdrawals from the race. The lightest skipper. Gilpin, sailed really well, as did the youngest competitor, Tony Littlejohn, of Huntly, who did well to finish the course. Results:—

Queen Charlotte, Ihr 4min Isec; Blockhouse Bay, Ihr 4min 13sec; Paremata, Ihr smin 20sec; Tauranga, Ihr Bmln 7sec; Evans Bay. Ihr 9min 17sec; Pleasant Point, Ihr 9min 33sec; Aurora, Ihr 9min 49sec; Ponsonby, Ihr lOmin 27sec; Canterbury, Ihr 12min 49sec; Huntly, Ihr 15min 52sec; Mount Maunganui, Ihr 22min 19sec; Gisborne, Ihr 38min 27sec. The following boajs did not finish the course: Kohimarama, Stewart’s Gully, North-east Harbour, Victoria, Pahoia, and Omokoroa

Points gained to date are:—Tauranga, 273.34; Queen Charlotte, 203.57; Blockhouse Bay, 175.87; Paremata, 166.66; Pleasant Point, 161.38; Mount Maunganui, 150; Ponsonby, 134.44; Kohimarama, 126.37; Aurora, 90.80; North-east Harbour, 76.72; Evans Bay, 74.12; Canterbury, 70.99; Stewart’s Gully, 61.68; Huntly. 59.30; Gisborne, 49.42; Victoria, 47.8; Pahoia, 45.04; Omokoroa, 33.67.