MARINE OBSTACLE RACE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 23

MARINE OBSTACLE RACE

The first leg of Saturday's R, old-fashioned obstacle race tha' ing downhill with spinnakers sei of the senior fours in the rowinj a more fearsome obstacle to negol round the starting-line complical swimmers in the harbour race, wi be avoided.

Advance went well1 on the last .-beat to windward to trail .the .three leaders across, the line and, take the • Moffat Trophy oh-: her handicap allowance,,- ■

..: Too many: mistakes; were 1 made aboard Impudence for her sailing ability to overcome, and though she came home: first she was relegated-to fourth place on handicap whereas . with .■ a better start and spinnaker work she would not have found the task too great for her, as the weather conditions, and course suited her to perfection. . - '■•■■ . "

Kitty and .Lavina fought out second place all the way round the course, finishing up with a great-duel over the last leg for Lavina to nose out Kitty by seven seconds. Jackie Nolan demonstrated his versatility by his excellent handling of Lavina in the absence of Jackie Coleman. Nolan has filled every ■ position in a boat with credit, from for'ard. hand aft to mainsheet hand and apparently he is as good on the tiller as- he is anywhere else. ■•,■■■ ■''■■.-'

Two of the club's Ronas were out of action on Saturday due to the dusting

they received the previous week, Wellesley being badly damaged while .Tassie was scratched somewhat when, she had to'be beached in Kio Bay. '.It. is. to" be hoped, however, that.they,will be both out again for. the next race, ;as Wellesley was improving- every .-.'outing-, with her new owner,/lari Kirk, while'Tassie is usually, near the front; in a breeze. With all;boats, competing, the club.now has the largest .fleet of. Ronas.in . ,the country; arid it w.ould be a great..pity for any of them to remain out of action during the racing season.■■... ;■. ...

PORT NICHOLSON CLUB CONTEST

..P.N.Y.C. race was more like an in any other sporting event. Startit, the "fourteens" crossed the paths g regatta, with the Janie Seddon as 'tiate. A stray keeler wandering ted matters, while further on the ith their attendant dinghies,-had to

the forward .hand; D.-BeU; rripst of. his ;tirhe. climbing up: and .'down the mast' apparently '.trying-'r.to.fdodga the, sprayi • and the skipper, H.1 Robinson,-, hanging' onfor dear life to the horse' which, having come • adrift- at one end, .was. endeavouring 7,to ■[■ turn itself: into- a corkscrew.1 -■- ; : v' ,;