N.Z. boat leads
NZPA London The New Zealand Half Ton Cup challenger Swuzzlebubble took over the lead in the international world yachting championships yesterday finishing a clear winner in the third of the five-race series. Swuzzlebubble, skippered by lan Gibbs, finished well ahead of the competition after the two-day short offshore race taking the overall lead in the cup from the defending champion, Waverider, skippered by Tony Bouzaid. Waverider led the series with a first and a second from the first two races over the triangular Olympic course, but slumped to seventh Over all after a disastrous 21st across the line yesterday. With a second and a sixth to his credit. Gibbs and his Swuzzlebubble crew started
a handily placed third over all when the 38-boat fleet left the Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen on Monday. Making good going through the strong winds which forced several of the fleet on to the beach overnight, Swuzzlebubble completed the 150 nautical mile course in the North Sea well ahead of the Dutch boat Lamstraal Van Kats, and Finland’s “Z.”
The crews go into today’s third and final Olympic race with Swuzzlebubble on 126.375 points, from Jina (France) on UB.2sopts, and Lamstraal Van Kats third with 113.500. The other leading contenders are: Rollercoaster (UK), 112.500; Solution Too (Holland), 108.500; Resolution (Holland), 102.500; Waverider (NZ), 102.250; “Z” (Finland), 102.000; Melancolie 3 (France), 95.500; Double Dutch (Holland), 92.500.
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