No reports from Chch yacht
Imp (skippered by A. K. Xrcher), one of the three Hanks Peninsula Cruising Hub entrants in the Auck-and-to-Suva yacht race, has >een having radio problems ■nd has not reported her >osition for the last two lays. However, a spokesman for he race organiser, the Royal Vkarana Yacht Club, said ast evening that there was ’o worry about Imp. Its adio difficulties were nown. and the conditions 'id not suggest that the boat vould get into difficulties. “There is a very, very Hght northerly out there, and we do not expect any
'change for at least 24 hours. 'The weather is so calm that it would be safe to sit out there in a dinghy," he said. At its most recent report the 10.36 m Imp was last of the 17 boats heading for Suva. The other Canterbury boats, Foxy Lady (Ivan Atkinson, Clyde Collins) and Chantal (Don Dalton) were thirteenth and fifteenth respectively at yesterday’s 4 p.m. radio watch. Foxy Lady was 663 miles from Suva, and Chantal was 688 miles [from Suva. Anticipation, the leading [ yacht, was 483 miles from Suva when it gave its position at 4 p.m.
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Press, 11 May 1979, Page 23
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