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N.Z. sixth in series

PA . Honolulu The United States Blue team leads the Pan Am clipper yacht series going into the final triple scoring race today off Honolulu — 148 points ahead of New Zealand, lying sixth. An international jury yesterday dismissed a protest against the second-placed Dunhill Australia team yacht, Hitchhiker, which could have cost the team any chance of retaining the international ocean racing series. As it is, the Australian team faces a tough task to cut the 94-point lead established by the United States Blue team, which has amassed 1450 points in the four races so far sailed.New Zealand’s team has 1302 points. In . equal third place on 1319 points are the United States White team and the Victorian state team, which has lifted from fifth in team standings. The United States Blue team, comprising the maxi yacht, Kialoa and the two big B class yachts, Bull Frog and Great Fun, has sailed so consistently well as a team that it is hard to see them being beaten. -

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Press, 16 August 1982, Page 36

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N.Z. sixth in series Press, 16 August 1982, Page 36

N.Z. sixth in series Press, 16 August 1982, Page 36