Yachting AMERICA’S CUP
Australians To Challenge
!• (N.Z Press it BRISBANE. March 31. e An Australian challenge for the g America’s Cup can be expected y within seven years—and the challenger may not be a 12-metre yacht. There was nothing to say it had to be a 12-metre yacht, a well-known i- Australian yachtsman, Mr J. Livu ingston, said today. He and his ), i brother. Fred, hope to produce the a yacht to win the America's Cup. h "As long as it is 44 feet or more on the waterline it would be eligible,” he said. "And it might be bet.f ter to get away from 12 metres.” o The Livingstons three years ago j embarked on a 10-year plan to win )’ the America's Cup. They have made three trips abroad to consult leading |J yacht designers, and have six Ausv tralian designers under contract to •r' build the yacht they decide upon. t d Tauranga Boat Wins i: Cherub Title r (New Zealand Press Association) C AUCKLAND. March 30. -i Topic, sailed by G. Denniston - i (Tauranga), won the New Zealand i; cherub class yachting championship sailed at Waitangi at the week-end. - Denniston gained most points over . five races.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28858, 1 April 1959, Page 5
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