messing about in boats

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30369, 19 February 1964, Page 15

messing about in boats

Steady Feet An unusual running adjustment was made by the Canterbury Finn skipper, G. D. Hobson, in between races in Sumner Bay on Sunday afternoon. After the 10-minute gun was fired for the second heat of the day, Hobson got to work. He lowered his sail, removed his mast from its step and —balancing perfectly in his hull which rocked irregularly in the waves—gently lowered it till it lay horizontally across his foredeck. He made his adjustment to the halyard and rerigged the boat in time to cross the line with the fleet when the gun sounded again. Buxton Next week-end promises plenty of activity: the Buxton Cup race on Saturday and class champion-, ships for pennants on Sunday. The Mount Pleasant Yacht Club will hold the former on behalf of the Canterbury Yachting Association. It is a handicap event and open to all registered yachts, up to 100 of which are expected to enter. At the same time, the second heat of the Graham Mander Trophy P class championship will be sailed. On Sunday, Estuary pennant races will be sailed from Mortens jetty. Mount Pleasant. The R class will be scratching to And a fleet as 11 of its 17 registered boats are on their way to New Plymouth for the national Leander Trophy contest.

Jackets The Canterbury R Class Squadron committee thinks that the rule “that life-jackets must be carried in the boat at all times” is “stupid, because a life-jacket in the boat is no use to anyone.” For this year’s Leander Trophy, life-jackets must be worn if directed to by the sailing committee. “Failure to do so will mean disqualification,'* says the latest squadron bulletinProtests Three protests were lodged by skippers after the last Estuary pennant racing on December 8. B. E. Treleaven asked that the whole series be declared void because of a missing marker. Evidence given the sailing committee showed that only the Finn class, in which Treleaven sailed, bad been affected adversely. Other classes had either rounded the mark correctly or crews had made other arrangements among themselves on the water. The protest was upheld only for the Finn class, whose championship pennant will be decided on the remaining three races of the series. Should one be cancelled a further race for Finns will be saikd. " Relegated B. Roberta, skipper of the Z Class yacht, Attacker, protested against his third placing. He maintained he was first home. Officials said he did not finish within the distance mark; They flagged him in only when he returned and crossed within. The sailing committee dismissed the protest. The third dispute involved R Class dinghies sailed by