Yachts disappoint
NZI’A staff correspondent li Montrea* t New Zealand’s yachtsmen ' go into the final three racesli of the Olympic regatta at 1 Kingston today with medals i still Ti sight in two classes, i but generally they have dis- t appointed on the tricky < waters ot Lake Ontario. ' Jock Bilger and Murray Ross finished only fifteenth i out of 20 in the fourth race for the Flying Dutchman 1 class on Friday, and are now I sixtn on points. Their race placings are 7-8-1-15, and these results*: do not indicate the required!
consistency for a gold | medal. The Diesch brothers, of' West Germany, lead the* class with 14.7 points from; the Acapulco and Kiel gold; medallist, Rodney Pattissonl of Britain, on 16.7. Then' come Spain 43, Soviet Union 44, France 46, New Zealand and Canada 50.7. Mark Paterson and Brett Bennett lie ninth in the 470 class with race placings of 3-disq-10-2, and are New Zealand’s best yachting hopes at this stage. They seem to be sailing well in ; all weather and would be I leading but for their second
I'day disqualification for a fractionally early start. Spain leads narrowly from yWest Germany and Russia, but this class is still wide L open. i Jonty Farmer lies I fourteenth out of 28 in the i Finn class with placings of 1 19-5-15-13, and he will need a minor miracle to finish : high up the list. Australia leads this class narrowly from Russia and ’ East Germany. ; The New Zealand Soling ’ crew is nmeteenth out of 24, i with placngs of 20-15-17-15. > and has never been able to 1 match their rivals for speed
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