Two double yacht wins

Press, 22 February 1977, Page 30

Two double yacht wins

Two skippers, Alan Archer i and Dennis Matheson, gained! line and handicap doubles when the Banks Peninsula! Cruising Club held races to: Pigeon Bay and return during the week-end. Archer was at the helm of Imp when it won the first division event, and stayed ahead on corrected times, in light and variable breezes on Saturday. The course, of about 24 kilometres, included a mark in Sumner Bay and some of the later finishers took more than eight hours to reach Pigeon Bay. Sailing Main Royal, Matheson gained his double success in the second division on Sunday, a direct race from Pigeon Bay to Lyttelton, about 18 kilometres. The dying overnight southerly aided the ear-

Her starters and the race eventually became a downhill run to allow all 25 starters to finish within 15min after an elapsed time of just over two hours. Results.—

Saturday — first division: Imp (A. K. Archer) 1 and line honours, Frodo Baggins (A. Coberger) 2, Chantel (D. Balton) 3. Second division: Robb Roy (P. Shephard) 1, Apiti (R. Johnson) 2, Cybele (F. Cady) 3. Line honours: Saga (R. Bassett). Sunday — first division: Mokoia Hau (D. Gallagher) 1, Phuid (P. Jones) 2, Janna (J. Bridson) 3. Line honours: Pandora (M. Field and J. Saville). Second division: Main Royal (D. Matheson) 1 and line honours, Pinta (R. Wilkinson) 2, Amite (K. Nicoll) 3.