N.Z. boats perform creditably
JNZPA Brisbane ■( New Zealand entrants finished fifth and seventh in -1 the over-all placings in the gruelling Pacific 1000, the ’! world’s longest off-shore ■ (speedboat race. \ New Zealand’s off-shore : power boat champion, Warwick Irvine (Auckland) fin'lished fourth to finish sev- ■ ■ enth in the over-ail placings ! with a total elapsed race ■ time of 34h 21 min 495. ; His 6m boat, the smallest Jin the race, lost valuable ■time in the early stages ; when he ran . out of fuel coming in to Townsville. •: Another New Zealander, J Jim McAlpine, finished fifth 'J with a race time of 28h ■ 17min Bs. The race was won by the ’.Victorian, Barry McMillan, •‘with a race time of 22h Jllmin Us. C Only three boats of 14 ■- were able to complete the ■ eight legs of the race, held e! through some of the most ■J potentially dangerous open waters off the ' Australian coast.
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