N.Z. victory uncertain
NZPA Sydney The 18.5 metre New Zealand sloop Ta’aroa has been declared the provisional handicap winner of the inaugural Xerox Sydney to Rio race. Ta’aroa, skippered by, a Wellington businessman, Mr lan MacFarlane, is the smallest of the’ three yachts to complete the 8300-nautical mile event, crossing the finishing line in Rio at 1.49 p.m. Friday. New Zealand time.
Ta’aroa will have to await the outcome of two protests before she is declared the official race winner. The protests have been lodged by a rival yacht, Buccaneer, and by the race committee on the basis of Ta’aroa’s failure to maintain regular radio links during the race. Ta’aroa experienced failure of her main radio communications equipment to race headquarters and was
: forced to resort to a single s VHF unit to maintain ship- > to-ship links where possible with other vessels. 1 Line honours in the event ; went to the Sydney sloop ■ Buccaneer, skippered by Joel ■ Mace. The yacht completed ' the 8300 nautical miles in a ’ record time of 39 days, 9hrs, 37min. Ta’aroa’s corrected time > for the race was 33 days, ; 19hrs. 16min 35sec.
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