Young yachtsmen win

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33121, 11 January 1973, Page 10

Young yachtsmen win

One of the youngest and least experienced of the 26 crews entered for the New Zealand Junior Cherub yachting championship, P. Hoskin and P. Baine (Canterbury), gained a commendable victory in the invitation race for the Rountree Cup at Lyttelton yesterday. Hoskin and Raine progressed from the junior P class only this season and fin-1 ished no higher than fourth in the provincial J.C. trials a month ago.

I They made a particularly! I good beginning and were} I about 150 yards ahead of V.j j Nelson and C. Wales (CanterIbury) at the first mark. I Only once were Hoskin and ‘ Raine'headed. The Auckland pair, A. Gilbert and D. Eise- ‘ monger, wrested so much boat speed from their craft that they turned a third placing and 45sec deficit at the ; wing mark into a 17sec advantage at the completion of I the triangle. But Hoskin and Raine led :by Imin 25sec during the windward leg. Gilbert and Eisemonger did better again [on the second lead, cutting the margin to 55sec before ‘ Hoskin and Raine went clear [ by nearly 3min on the final beat. in a thrilling tussle for runnerl up the only girl skipper in the I contest. Miss R. Shields, and her ■ forward hand, G. Stevenson, ’ failed bv only ssec to catch Gilbert and Eisemonger.

This was an outstanding display by Miss Shields and Stevenson, for they are not members o£ the official Canterbury team. K. Welsh and M. Stevenson (Canterbury) finished sixth in spite of I having their boat holed and 1 hurriedly repaired after a pre-. race mishap. The first two heats of the series will be sailed today. Result (24 started). — Tijuana (P. Hoskin and P Raine, Canter-; bury), finishing time 4:28.43, l;j Cayenne (A. Gilbert and D. Eisemonger, Auckland), 4:31.27, 2: Rock ’n’ Robin (Miss R. Shields and G. Stevenson. Canterbury), 4:31.32, 3; Tahuti (V. Nelson and C. Wales, Canterbury), 4:32.26, 4; Prestissimo <B. Emmet and P. Millen, Auckland), 4:32.35, 5: Rana :iK. Welsh and M. Stevenson, Can- ! terbury), 4:32.44, 6: Sailaway (K. Johnstone and S. Knowles, Wellington.', 4:33.10, 7; Vendetta (M. Berry and D McKee, Wellington), 4:33.13, 8.

12-footers Th? New South Wales cham- . pion, Twister, sailed by P. Gard- , ner, finished second in the final . heat of the Inter-Dominion 12ft ' sailing championships at Svdney 1 yesterday but had sufficient, points to win the title. The New Zealand champion. P.G.H. tR Williams) revelled in ' the heavy conditions to win the ; heat, but finished fifth over all. :

Heat S.—P.G.H. 1, Twister 2. Hustler (N. Barker. Australia! 3. Viking (A. Griffith. Australia' 4, Infra-dig (S. Begg, Australia) 5. Final score.—Twister, 5322 points. 1: Viking. 4067. 2; Onvx (M. Patterson. New Zealand i. 3699, 3; Hustler. 3641, 4; P.G.H., 3477. 5; Lesley T iR. Brown. Aus-' traliai. 3000. 6: Miss Lockwood. Homes (W. Eaton. New Zealand*, 2903. 7; Morgan and Wacker j Marine (S. Allan, Australia), 2636, B___________