YACHTING TITLE HOLDERS BEATEN IN ESTUARY RACES

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 3

YACHTING TITLE HOLDERS BEATEN IN ESTUARY RACES

More than 90 boats competed for pennants in the second Estuary championship of the season yesterday afternoon. The largest senior class was the Olympic Finn, which was led across the finishing line by P. G. Mander, of the Christchurch Yacht Club.

Mander took time from the fleet at the drop of the flag when he beat into a fresh easterly wind. He opened up a handy gap on the lead but as the wind dropped, before changing to a light north-west breeze, the boats behind closed up and B. de Thier, of Mount Pleasant, went to the front. De Thier had 10 seconds’ advantage over Mander at the end of the first of the two rounds, with G. D. Hobson a similar distance astern. Half a minute behind de Thier were three skippers within two seconds of each other —P. F. Pritchett (Charteris Bay), A. J. F. Ballintine (Pleasant Point) and B. E. Treleaven (Christchurch). . Pritchett and Ballintine retired before the end of the race because of infringements. Mander won by more than a minute from de Thier after a drifting match in the sewna round: his niargin over Wearn. Hobson, and Treleaven (who were across within 50 seconds of each other) was better than five minutes. t. Bamford had a clear-cut win with a margin of a minute and a half in the O.K. dinghy class which, with 11 boats on the water, was the next most numerous open section. Three Canterbury titleholders were out of top placings in their classes. Ballintine, the Canterbury Finn champion, retired; the Junior Cherub titleholders (E. J. and P. S. Rountree) were second: and the Canterbury Tanner Cup representative (E. T. Agnew) was fifth. The Junior Cherub winners were brothers, C. and D. Ineson. of the Christchurch Yacht Club. They have had two indifferent seasons with a heavy boat; they came into their own yesterday with a newlyacquired light hull, and won by train 40sec.

The largest class was the P class, with 30 yachts racing: the smallest class was the R class, with only two entrants—a 10-year-old dinghy which capsized on the first slog and the New Zealand title-holder, G. S. Mander. Results were:—

R Class.—Frenzy (G. S. Mander and M. C. Holland, Canterbury) 1.

Javelins.—Wayward (H. L. England and B. Wadman, Christchurch) 1.

Catamarans. Neptune (R. Frost, Pleasant Point) 1, Felix (J. Knight, Pleasant Point) 2, Gemini (D. Evans, Mount Pleasant) 3.

Cherubs.—Shadow (N. L. Hey, Christchurch) 1, Vanita (K. McLachlan, Mount Pleasant) 2. Junior Cherubs. —Thyme (C. and D. ineson, Christchurch) 1, Piranha (E. J. and P. S. Rountree, Charteris Bay) 2, Cherubim (R. Buick and P. Skelton, Mount Pleasant) 3, Saracen (C. Boulton, Mount Pleasant) 4, Ball Hal (A. F. Raper and P. J. Brittenden, Mount Pleasant) S. P Class.—Dart (B. Lyons, Christchurch) 1, Conquest (M. Agnew, Mount Pleasant) 2, Tinka (J. Collingwood, Christchurch) 3, Flee (A. Ineson, Christchurch) 4, Revenge (E. T. Agnew, Mount Pleasant) 5. O.K. Dinghies.—Red Sall (L. Bamford, Christchurch) 1, Red Hull (D. Nixon, Pleasant Point) 2, Spectre (G. Oliver, Christchurch) 3, Phantom (J. Oliver, Christchurch) 4. Zenith (D. Hobson, Christchurch) 5. Takapunas.—Carnival (Rough) 1. Hansel (R. Roberts) 2, Blackbird (Richardson) 3. Olympic Finns.—Fintahl (P. G. Mander, Christchurch) 1, Finn Sarby (B. de Thier, Mount Pleasant) 2, Jolifin (J. Wearn, Christchurch) 3, Flntere (G. D. Hobson, Canterbury) 4, Jan (B. E. Treleaven. Christchurch) S.

M. Watkins Wins P-Class Heat

A dismasting cost B. Lyons, of the Christchurch Yacht Club, the lead in the second heat of the Graham Mander championship series for P class yachts on Saturdav afternoon. Racing from Mount Pleasant. Lyons was in front and had nothing in the way of competition from the 25 boats astern when he gybed. His mast step gave and the spar went over the side. Lyons, who was second in the first heat of the series, is now fifth equal on the points table. Second-heat results were:— Shrimp (M. Watkins) 1, Kotuku (D. Le Page) 2, Revenge (E. T. Agnew) 3, Tinka (J. Collingwood) 4, Conquest (M. Agnew) 5. E. T. Agnew is leading the series with 150 points from Watkins (140) and M. Agnew (83), Collingwood (73). Lyons and Le Page each has 08 points.

Charteris Bay Club

Results of races held by the Charteris Bay Yacht Club at the week-end were:— P Class.—Senior division: Marlin (T. Sleaman), Ltnln, 3:07:40, 1; Dynamite (M. Prestney), 3mln, 3:08:47, 2; Popcorn (W. Seed), 3min, 3:09:38, 3. Junior division: Jo (G. Beaumont), 3min, 3:14:40, 1: Scuffy (P. Wilson), scr, 3:25:59. 2. D Class.—Truna (J. Ware), 20 min, 46:22, 1: Witchcraft (R. B. Neale), lOmin, 47:05, 2: Cheetah (B. Galilee), 20min. 47:55, 3. Zephyr Class.—Westerly (N. Dickey), lOmin, 1:13:25, 1; Easterly (I. Currie), smin, 1:18:1, 2; Falcon (D. Brandt), Smln, 1:18:9, 3.