Yacht series selection
PA Auckland New Zealand’s challenge for the Southern Cross Cup yachting trophy in Sydney next month will be mounted by Exador, Geronimo and Pacific Sundance. The three Bruce Farrdesigned 40-foot one-tonners have been chosen after largely dominating the trials held in Auckland during the last few weeks. Auckland’s traditional stranglehold on ocean racing has been broken by the selection of' Pacific Sundance, which is sailed by a
Wellington syndicate led by
Del Hogg and Geoff Stagg. Geronimo is sailed by Stuart Brentna.ll, a veteran of numerous Southern Cross challenges and Exador is in the hands of Tom McCall. New Zealand has won the cup,three times, including in 1975 when the one-tonners Runaway, Pathfinder and Renegade took the top three places in the triple points Sydney-Hobart race on corrected time. The series starts outside the Sydney Heads on December 16.
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