Weather Again Upsets Club Yachting

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32235, 2 March 1970, Page 9

Weather Again Upsets Club Yachting

Unfavourable conditions disrupted the club yachting programme for the second successive week-end when rain forced the postponement of events at Pleasant Point and Mount Pleasant yesterday.

However the’ Christchurch club was able to sail its final I heats of the Life Members’ Cup .(open class handicap) and Sea ■Spray Trophy <P Class divisional handicaps) and the first 'race of the Priest and Boyle senes was held at Stewart's Gully. There were three starters in lhe open class al the Chrisl- ‘ church club—a fourth. G. C. Penney's catamaran. Stampede, was damaged when being launched before the race—and ]W. H. Beere was successful in liis Finn. Fintastic. Beere had figured in an exciting tussle with another Finn. !sailed by G. Dawson, during the J first heat on Saturday Beere finally gained the upper hand to beat Dawson across the finishing line by Isec and was placed fifth on handicap Line honours were won by Penney from Ocelot (E. Jackson), while the Junior Cherub. Bonanza (M. and R. Stemmer), was the handicap winner. P. Townsend and P. Maynard dominated the A division, P Class races at the club. Townsend upset the South Island champion. P. Lester, in Saturday’s race and returned fastest time on both days. However, Maynard was the over-all winner of the Sea Spray Trophy. ■His sister. Miss E. Maynard, won jthe B division trophy. ; The Stewarts Gully event (drew entries from five Mark II Moth skippers, R. Smith gaining fastest lime in Omega and being placed third on handicap behind D. Rump (Slugg) and J. Platts (No. 6). Canale, skippered by W. Mockett, won the Oborn Trophy series completed by the Trailer Yacht Squadron on Saturday, after finishing second to Scintillation (R Grenfell) in the final heat. Ivanhoe (B Thurlow and J. Sinclair). Relent (J. Rountree and S. Jones) and Fluffin (C. J. i Barter) won their respective : divisions when the Canterbury club continued its series of cup

handicap races. The final heats, postponed from last week, will; be sailed in conjunction with the club championships next Saturday. The P Class skipper, J. Smith,! won the A division at Mount Pleasant on Saturday morning' and was again successful at the’ Canterbury club in the afternoon. Twiggy, sailed by Miss R. Shields, was third in each; race. J. D. Lough, sailing Acapulco, was the handicap winner of the open class race at Mount Pleasant. The fastest time in the fleet of 29 starters was returned by I. Mclntosh in Hi Fi. Legend (C. Papps) took the fastest time-handicap double amongst] the catamarans. Results;SATURDAY Christchurch Club Open Handicap.—Life Mem! bers' Cup, first heat (14! started): Bonanza. Junior Cherub CM. and R. Stemmer), 1: Ocelot. Sunbeam catamaran (E. Jackson), 2; Stampede, Sabre catamaran (G. C. Penney), 3. Fastest time: Stampede. P Class.—Sea Spray Trophy, second heal, A division (seven started): Tyke (P. Maynard) 1, Zodiac (P. Townsend) 2, Metro (M. Stemmer) 3. Fastest time: Zodiac. B division (nine started): Top Cat (Miss E. Maynard) 1, Kea (M. Sutherland) 2, Waime (Miss C. Part-: ington) 3. Fastest time: Top. Cat. Pleasant Point Club p. Class.—Robinson Barometer: Marty (P. Hodgkinson) 1,; Fink (A. Reynolds) 2, Pepe (A. Wornall) 3. Open.—Kestrel Cup: Catnip, catamaran (D. Dunlop) 1. Trailer Yacht Squadron Oborn Trophy, third heat (12; started): Scintillation <R. Grenfell) 1, Canale (W. Mockett) 2. Spree (R. Biggs) 3. Line hon-1 ours: Scintillation. Overall! winner: Canale. Novelty race: Spree 1, Sea I Dreamer 2. Scintillation 3. I Canterbury Club A Division.—Tracy Gough Cup, i third heat (one started): Ivan-

hoe <B. Thurlow and J. SinIclair), corrected time 2:31:23, 1. 1 B Division. —Miller Cup, third lheat (12 started): Relent. R j Class (j. Rountree and S. Jones), 2:15.06, 1; Rob Roy, Javelin (C. McGregor and G. Good). 12:19:08. 2; Radiant, R Class (A. •W. Shields and P. Harrison), 2:19:30, 3. C Division.—J. Neville Memorial. third heal (nine started): Fluffin. Finn (C. J. Barter), 1.51 34. 1; Snoopy. Junior Cherub <P. and T. Campbell), 2:08:06. 2; Cloud, Junior Cherub <R. and K. Evans), 2:08.54, ,3. P Class. —Henderson Cup, third heat <lO started): Pippin I (J. Smith), 1.30:45, 1; Pepe (A. Wornall), 1:30:50, 2: Twiggy (.Miss R. Shield). 1:35:15, 3. i Mount Pleasant Club ! Open Class.—Points handicap (29 started): Acapulco (J. D. Lough) 1, Sunset 'G. Sewell) 2, Hi Fi (J. Mclntosh) 3. Fastest • time: Hi Fi. Catamarans.—Points handicap: Legend (C. Papps) 1, Escort (C. Hensley) 2, Scat (R. Scott) 3. Fastest time. Legend. P Class.—Points handicap—A . division: Pippin (J. Smith) 1, Beatle (T. Lucas) 2, Twiggy; (Miss R. Shields) 3. Fastest! time: Pippin. B division. Puck; (P. Milne) 1. Lucky (R. Capon) 2, Pip iC. Roberts) 3. Fastest time: Lucky. SUNDAY Christchurch Clun Open handicap—Life Members' Cup. second heat (three • started): Fintastic, Finn (W. H. i Beere), 50:46. 1; Mirage, Junior Cherub (R. Ineson and N. Jackson) 2. i P Class.—Sea Spray Trophy, i final heat —A division (four started): Zodiac (P. Towsend), ! 49:30, 1; Tyke (P. Maynard), j5O:19, 2. Fastest time: Zodiac. B division' (four started): Taku |(N. McDonald), 45:52, 1: Top Cat ; (MiSs E. Maynard). 50:17, 2. Fastest time; Taku. Overall winners—A division: P. May!nard: B division: Miss E. Ma>> 'nard. Stewart’s Gully Club i Priest and Boyle, first race (five started): Slugg (D. Rump) |l, No. 6 (J. Platts) 2. Omega (R. Smith) Fastest tune: Omega.