YACHTING Auckland Narrowly Wins Tanner Cup Series

Press, Volume C, Issue 29416, 19 January 1961, Page 13

YACHTING Auckland Narrowly Wins Tanner Cup Series

(Aew Zealand Press Association)

GISBORNE. January 18. Mark Paterson, aged 13, of Auckland, the light-weight of the contest, won the Tanner Cup. the national sevenfooter sailing championship, by 11.43 point's in the five-race series concluded at Gisborne today. Level, two wins all. with Bret de Thier. of Canterbury, at the end of the fourth race, the Auckland boy in the final event gained second place to the Canterbury skipper's sixth. Paterson, of the Kohimarama Club, Auckland, has been sailing for only three years. He has never been in a contest of this type before. He proved his worth in the lighter weather, handling his yacht. Zircon, well.

Final positions in the Tanner Cup were: —Auckland, 340.00 points, 1; Canterbury. 328.57, 2; Waikato. 231.34. 3: Wanganui-Manawatu, 228.89. 4; Poverty Bay, 162.62, 5; Wellington, 159.85. 6; Northland, 146 75. 7: Nelson, 142.46. 8; Bay of Plenty. 135.79. 9; Southland. 103 95. 10; Otago. 90.23, 11: Taranaki, 69.73, 12; Hawke's Bay. 66 76. 13. The exciting final race of the series was won by the Waikato boat by a few seconds from Auckland. Poverty Bay's Pixi sailed an'excellent race for third. Approaching

the weather mark Canterbury led. There was a quick wind change to the south, and Poverty Bay rounded the mark just ahead of Canterbury. Wanganui - Manawatu and Auckland followed closely. Waikato, Nelson, Northland. Bay of Plenty. Otago, and Hawke’s Bay were next. • On the run to the leeward mark Poverty Bay rounded a fraction ahead of WanganuiManawatu. Auckland was followed by Canterbury, with Waikato fifth. On the run to the next buoy, Waikato had 35sec on Poverty Bay at the turn. The next leg produced a Startling run by Otago. From tenth position Otago moved right through the field to round the last buoy ssec behind Waikato. Auckland was next, followed by Poverty Bay. Northland, Nelson, and Canterbury. The Otago boat slipped back on the run to the finish. The Auckland boat fought hard to head Waikato off, but the young skipper from Hamilton crossed the line first. Auckland followed closely. Poverty Bay’s run inshore gave it third position over the line, with Otago fourth. WanganuiManawatu was next, with Canterbury sixth. Northland. Bay of Plenty. Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson. Southland, and Taranaki followed.

Results today were:— Fourth Race. —M. Paterson s Zircon (Auckland). Ihr 35mm Msec. 1: G. Adamss Adios JWa-nganui-Manawatu), Ihr 35min 29 sec 2; J. Thompsons Pixi (Poverty Bay), ihr 39min 53sec, 3: J. Faire's Joan-Marie (Waikato). Ihr 40min 34sec. 4; B. De Thier's Sparkey (Canterbury). Ihr 42min 24sec. 5; P. Thompson's Hi-Fi (Northland), ihr 42mm 47?ec. 6; N. Nix's Cresta (Bay of Plenty), ihr 43min 2sec 7; w. Plum's Tawa (Nelson), ihr 43mm 26sec 8- B. Burtenshaw s Pandemoniiim (Southland), ihr 44mm Bsec. 9; R. Craddock s Tinker (Otaffo), Ihr 45min 47sec, 10; ASwanson’S Satellite < Wfcllingtoh h Ihr 47min, 11; P. Field s Lollipop (Taranaki), ihr 48min 33sec, 12. ' Fifth Race.—Faire. Ihr 29mm 37sec. 1; Paterson, ihr 29m in 58sec 2- J. Thompson. Ihr 30mln 25sec 3; Craddock. Ihr 30mm 34see. 4: Adams, ihr 31mm. o; De Thier. Ihr 31min IQsec 6: R. Thompson. Ihr 31min 19sec. 7. Nix. Ihr 31mm 37sec. 8: J. Workman's Comet (Hawkes Bay), ihr 31min Slsec. 9: Swanson Ihr 31min 56sec. 10: Plum, ihr 31m n 57sec 11: Burtenshaw. Ihr 33mm 22sec. 12: Field. Ihr 34mm 18sec. 13.