OFF-SHORE RACE
Th# first and the longest offs shore race in the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club’s programme will be sailed this week-end, starting from Lyttelton at 6 p.m. on Friday. The course will follow a triangular path round a buoy laid off the Waunakariri River another off Little Akaloa. Depending on the condition#, it could take up to 40 hours u> complete two rounds of th# course. If light condition* prevail, the yachts may be at sea for two nights. Navigational skill will therefore play a mijdt role in the race. 4. There will be two division#, an A and B class fleet, handicapped by performance and ,-a Royal Ocean Racing Club division, handicapped by rating. Known starters include Prospector (R. Lloyd), Tactile Too (G. and N. Jones), Crusader - (a. Drayton), and Fantasy 111 (T. Rolton). The race will be for R O.RJ. championship points and ttl« Cotter Rose Bowl. -■ |
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32143, 12 November 1969, Page 14
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