New Zealand Boat Disqualified at Auckland
SYDNEY GAINS A VICTORY I’cr' Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. The second race lor tho world’s 18-ft. championship was sailod to-day under perfect weather conditions. The Jeanette (Auckland) finished first, Imin. ‘lsscc. ahead of St. Gcorgo (Sydney), but was disqualified to-night following a report from the umpires that the Jeanette had forced an overlap at the mark in the first round. It appears the Jeanette’s forcstay struck St. George’s boom in rounding tho mark. Tho St. George was placed first, the Taree (Sydney) 2 and Vaalela (Auckland) 3. No protest regarding the incident which robbed the Auckland 18 footer Jeanette of the victory was lodged by the Australians, according to a statement by tho manager of the visiting team, Air. I’. Empsou, to-night. “I wish to stato that any action that has been taken came from the initiative of the umpires, who wero two New Zealand men,” Air. Empsou said. “Tho incident did occur but there was certainly no protest lodged by tho Australians.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19390218.2.45
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 5
Word Count
170New Zealand Boat Disqualified at Auckland Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.