Walter leads yachting

Press, 10 March 1982, Page 25

Walter leads yachting

Gavin Walter went most of the way towards winning the Canterbury A class catamaran yachting championship when he gained line honours in four heats at Pigeon Bay. After having been runner-up to Chris Hensley — who did not compete at Pigeon Bay — in the opening race. Walter now has a commanding over-all lead. Warren Stone was the next bestperformed skipper last week-end, , returning three seconds. The Paper Tiger series was much more' evenly contested. The New Zealand representative, Craig Keenan,, sailed in a borrowed boat because his own has already been shipped to Australia and had a first, a second, a third and a fourth. The other heats were won by Brian JDouglas. Murray Brown

and Anton Nikoloff. ' There are two heats remaining on March 27 in each class. Results — A class — heat 2: Legend (G. Walter)' 1. Signal II (W. Stone) 2. Apollo (R. Scott) 3. Heat 3: Legend 1. Signal II 2, Truganini (C. Nimb and F. Waibl) 3. Heat 4: Legend 1, Signal II 2, Truganini 3. Heat 5: Legend 1. Truganini 2. Apollo 3. Paper Tigers - heat 2: Shisiedp' (B. Douglas) 1. Bronze Falcon (C. Keenan) 2. P. T. Tips (M. Brown) 3. Blue Tiger (R. Travers) 4. Heat 3: Bronze Falcon 1. Shisiedo 2. Two Bits (J. Rushton) 3. Blue Tiger 4. Heat 4 P. T. Tips 1. Gamecock (A Nikoloff) 2. Two Bits 3. Bronze Falcon 4. Heat 5: Gamecock 1. P T. Tips 2. Bronze Falcon 3. Blue Tiger 4.