Yachting AKAROA RACE
Peri Banti Only Finisher The yacht race from Lytle ton heads to AKaroa neads yesterday was won by the - ratch keeler. Peri Banu (W M Cotter) Peri Banu. *’hwn i o.T.p’.ited the course m H; rules was the only yaeht from the 13 starters to eomp.ete the course by the time Emit. at 9 pm Although the race got away to an excellent start the competitors met a prolonged Period ot light airs.’ said the commodore of the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club (Mr H H Hannah) ’The ran into the un f * south-easterly wind patently prevented them from completing within the inquiries made from observers in Stony Bay indicated that some of the yachts were P£?-c-rding to Akaroa late tonight under power and others have anchored in peninsula bays overnight.” -aid Mr Hannah al Akaroa at it P m . Pen Banu arrived at AKaroa ar-out 530 pm At 1I Pm_ rone of the other compeutor* h ? -< reached the Ak»roa wharf Mr Hannah -aid the weather was not rough enourt to endanger any of the boats but the direction of the wind made !’ a very slow hard »*og Akaroa.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29706, 27 December 1961, Page 11
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