Bootlegger triumphs

Press, 14 March 1985, Page 26

Bootlegger triumphs

In a race influenced by a marked switch of wind during the middle stages. Bootlegger (Keith Drayton and Brian Hanlon) proved the best of the first-division yacha in a recent harbour race held by the Ranks Peninsula Cruising Club. Rockabye (Steve Rose) won on handicap. The race began in a southwesterly wind, which lightened up considerably and then swung to the north-east. That change meant that the fleet closed up, and. in the first division seven beau finished within a minute.

Rockabye also took the honours in a'second harbour race which became a trial of frustration because of a lack of wind. The race should have taken about two boors and a halt m-.tead if took double that, even with a shortened course. Five yachts withdrew.

Results.—Race one—first division: Line honours. Bootlegger (K. Drayton and B. Hanlon). Handicap: Rockabye (S. Rose) 1, Chantal (D. Dalton) 2, Esperanza (T. Smith) 1 Second division.—Line honours: Upmarket (D. Brandt). Handicap: Athenia (FL Ford) 1, Janna (A. Mobbs and F. Woodhouse) 2, Ivanhoe (A. Carr) 1 P.H-R.F. division: Ivanhoe 1, Janna 2 Spindrift (P. Woolman) 3. Race two (Mark Foy start): Rockabye 1, Vamoos (J. Dyksma) 2, Alida (D. Brown) 3.