Gray retains title
PA Napier Peter Gray, of Tirau. retained the New Zealand Paper Tiger catamaran yachting title when the final heat was abandoned because of strong winds at Napier on Saturday. The abandonment provided a relief for Gray, who was put under considerable pressure by a former national champion. Harry Handley (Auckland). Handley had won both races on Friday to be 0.6 of a point behind Gray. John De Lacey (Whangapararaoa). ruined ’his chances with a disappointing twenty-first in the fifth race on Friday. He had filled a similar placing earlier in the contest, and could discard only one of them, dropping 18.3 points behind Gray.
Graham Coles, of Wanganui, finished ahead of David Ray (Rotorua) in twenty-first position over all to wrest the junior ti»'e from Ray. The top 10 place-getters will represent New Zealand in the South Pacific championships off Napier next Easter. They are.Mr President (P. Gray. Tirau). 17.4 points. 1; Kraka (H.’Handley. Auckland). 18. 2: Indulgence (J. De Lacey, Whangaparaoa). 35.7, 3; Blew-l’t (R. Hughes. Auckland). 42.7, 4: Skytrain (A. Knowles. Wellington),’ 51.1, 5; Catalla (P. De Lacey. Whangaparaoa). 60. 6; Machan (I. MacLennan. Tokoroa), 62.7. 7; Baroness (T. Burgess. Auckland). 65. 8; Renamed (D. Gould. Auckland). 69.4. 9: Asterix the Gaul (D. Partington. Wellington). 75. 10.
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