YACHTING

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27274, 15 February 1954, Page 6

YACHTING

CANTERBURY CLUB Three sailing races were held by the Canterbury Yacht and Motor Boat Club at Lyttelton on Saturday afternoon. The X class race was for the Avenger Cup. presented recently by Mr A. W. James, the club’s racing secretary, to commemorate the work of Mr F. Dobby in fostering X class yachting. The I class race, for the Hobbs Memorial Cup, was for women skippers. Results were:— X Class, for Avenger Cup, started 2.45 p.m.—Duet (S. Price), smin, 4.1.4, 1; Venture (D. Bryson), 2Jmin, 4.2.22, 2; Genie (E. O. Sinclair), scr, 4.26.15, 3. I for Hobbs Memorial Cup, started 2.35 p.m:—Terra (Miss I. Forsyth), 3min, 3.16.58, 1; Airline (Miss J. McKendry), scr, 3.17.23, 2; Maro (Miss K. Threadwell), smin, 3.17.34, 3. Z Class Championship, for Forsyth Cup, started 2.45 p.m.—Scandal (K. Norris). 4.15.14, 1; Gwen (A. Harbott), 4.23.25, 2; Sequence (D. Norris), 4.26.15, 3.

MOUNT PLEASANT CLUB W. Nicholson outsailed C. Papps to win the Cyrus Williams dinghy championship, an annual Canterbury event, sailed with two other championships on the Estuary on Saturday. With W. and J. Nicholson as crew, Gesture, one of the new, fairly big longbowed type of R class dinghy, reemphasised her first-season supremacy. Outsailing Papps on the wind, the Nicholsons had no difficulty in beating the sister boats Hectic and Havoc (G. Wilson) into second and third places. The sailing committee of the Mount Pleasant Boating Club is to decide whether the whole fleet which contested the Estuary Takapuna championship should be disqualified through the wrong course being sailed. The Estuary Frostbite championship was won by M. Williams, sailing Honey. All races were sailed in a fresh northwest wind over triangular courses. Results:— Cyrus Williams 12ft 9in Dinghy Championship (12 started).—Gesture (W. N.icholson) 1, Hectic (C. Papps) 2, Havoc (G. Wilson) 3. Estuary Takapuna Championship (10 started).—-Teaser (D. Eastmond) 1, Zeus (J. Wearn) 2, Fantasia (R. Walker) 3. (Result unconfirmed.) Estuary Frostbite Championship (five started).—Honey (M. Willyams) 1, Yvette (F. Morrison) 2, Cherie (A. Stemmer) 3.