Fugitive wins Pastime Cup
lan Page, at the helm of Fugitive, won the Pastime Cup by gaining corrected time honours in the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club’s race on Saturday: .- Y ) A recent addition to the club’s fleet, Bootlegger (Keith Drayton), was a very, creditable second and has already shown that it will be a threat to its larger rivals. The race began in light north-easterly conditions and the crews which chose the shorter “rock-hopping” route to the first mark at Wakaroa Point lost time to those which went further out. Freedom Machine (Gavin and' Colin Cooke) was first to round, with Chantal, Bootlegger, Natural Magic and Granny Apple within range of her.
■As the wind shifted more, to the east, spinnakers were' carried to the buoy off Spencer Park. Many skippers misjudged its position and, although Natural Magic went inside and beyond the mark; it recovered to lead, with: Freedom Machine, having; over-shot, dropping to fifth.] Freedom Machine, a swift catamaran, more than made! up its lost time on the beat| and could not be caught oni the run .down Lyttelton! harbour. Natural Magic was! the first keeler home, 14mini behind Freedom Machine. j In the second division line; honours went to Spirit! of Pelorus Jack (Barry] Edwards), which also re-1 mained ahead on corrected, times to win the Pastime Plate, 1
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