ONE TON CUP N.Z. yachts can still challenge

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33452, 6 February 1974, Page 24

ONE TON CUP N.Z. yachts can still challenge

Although the Royal New Zealand acht Squadron has decided not to challenge for the One Jon Cup this year, private New Zealand challenges can still be made, according to the Press Association.

The Royal Ocean Racing Club in Britain, which is running the series off Torquay, Devon, from July 14 to July 27, hopes that some other New Zealand yacht club will be prepared to i challenge, says Robert Hor- f rocks, an association correspondent in London. “The series wouldn’t be thei same without Chris Bouzaid,” commented the secretary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (Mrs M. Pera). “Any New Zealander who wants to enter a boat can do so through his club,” she said. “All entries from a country, however, have to be channelled through the one club. We would still hoped very, very much that New! Zealand is represented. We hope to have quite a few

boats available for charier here.” Three owners of Auckland One Tonners —two of them new boats —have not ruled lout the possibility of private I challenges. None of them I wish to be named at present, ibut all three would be capable of mounting a legitimate .challenge in Britain in July. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will consider later a challenge for the 1975 series off Long Island, New York, and hopes to stage the 1977 series in Hauraki Gulf. NEWCOMERS There are eight new One Tonners under construction or in the planning stage in New Zealand. The newcomers are:— , A modified Ganbare for B. Woolley and Bouzaid, designed by D. Peterson and due to be launched about the middle of next month. Two R. Miller designs similar, to the Sydney-to-Hobart race winner, Ceil 111, for the Marshall brothers, Rod and Drew, and for Dragon sailor, R. Stone. The Marshall boat will be launched sometime next month; the: ! Stone yacht will start; construction soon. Two new aluminium Sparkman and Stephens designs, similar to the British boats Winsome V and Thunder, built in ; Levin but to be brought to Auckland. A new B. Wilson design for C. Johnson and I. Vitali, being built by Wilson and nearing completion. Another own design and ! built by J. Lidgard to i follow the highly successful Runaway. An improved version of the 1973 One Ton Cup winner, Ydra, designed by R. Carter, under consideration by the owner of Outrage, C. Colson. In addition to' these, there are new One Ton designs, from the boards of two young' Aucklanders, R. Holland and B. Farr, being considered by' two well-known Auckland yachtsmen.