Granny Apple pick of the bunch
Granny Apple (B. Wall, M. Field), and Athenea (R. Forward), won their
respective division championships in the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club’s summer racing series sailed from the club’s headquarters at Lyttelton.
Granny Apple jointly skippered by the club commodore, Brian Wall, and Malcolm Field, won the first division with consistent sailing throughout the season ‘on a time correction factor of 0.888. It also had one line honours win, and won the 1.0. R. series. The line honours series went to Southern Fun (McMillin) with 15 wins on a t.c.f. of 0.951. The heaviest handicap yacht in the fleet, it finished in second place 47 points behind Granny Apple.
In the second division Athenea skippered by Russell Forward won by 34 points with a t.c.f. of O. from Vamoos (J. Dyksma), and added the P. series and four line honours victories in
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addition to the harbour series. Vamoos which moved down from the first division last season won the line honours series with five wins. In the cruising division Wind Child (D. Johnstone) with a t.c.f. of 0.636 sailed consistently into second and third places to win by a narrow margin of eight points from Southern Huntress (J. Sinclair) who recorded the most line honours. Final points.—A series (club championship).— First division: Granny Apple (B. Wall, M. Field) 963 points, 1; Southern Fun (McMillin) 916, 2; Rockabye (S. Rose, N. Cross) 856, 3; Bacchus II (R. Allan, M. Hore, C. Hill) 829, 4; Archon (A. and W. Archer) 770, 5; Aparangi (R. Johnstone, D. Gallagher) 761, 6.
Second division: Athenea (R. Forward) 1133, 1; Vamoos (J.
Dyksma) 1099, 2; Janna (K. Mobbs, F. Woodhouse) 1024, 3; Cadence (B. and J. Edwards) 922, 4; Alida (D. Brown) 773, 5; Ivanhoe (A. Carr) 654, 6. B series (Offshore).— First division: Archon 296, 1; Rockabye 295, 2; Bacchus II 294, 3; Granny Apple 271, 4; Kauri Ann (K. Reed) 249, 5; Southern Fun 208, 6. Second division: Janna 383, 1; Vamoos 185, 2; Athenea 167,
3; Farrenzy (S. Terrell, R. Harris) and Rainbird (A. Guthrey) 83 (equal) 4; Cadence 63, 6. Trailer yachts: Coquette (W. Lewis) 1150, 1; Sirikit (K. Wilson) 383, 2; Sea Minx (K. Loader) 82, 3. C series (harbour races). —First division: Aparangi 612, 1; Southern Fun 593, 2; Granny Apple 574, 3; Rockabye 513, 4; Booby Trap (T. Baldwin) 489, 5; Bacchus II 448, 6. Second division: Cadence 663, 1; Athenea 615, 2; Vamoos 557, 3; Ivanhoe 543, 4; Janna 530, 5; Alida
428, 6. D series (1.0. R. Granny Apple 733, 1; Janna 710, 2; Archon 572, 3; Helix Busby (R. Stewart) 426, 4. E series (P.H.R.F.): Athenea 705, 1; Granny Apple 579, 2; Janna 520, 3; Cadence 497, 4; Archon 372, 5; Natural Magic .(I. Atkinson) 358, 6. Cruising division: Windchild (D. Johnstone) 672, 1; Southern Huntress (J. Sinclair) 664, 2; Raku (R. Kay, M. Sydow) 647, 3; Tangaroa (B. Cameron) 590, 4; Gannett ,(F. Sylvester) 570, 5; Sabina (P. and S. Fraser) 523, 6.
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