YACHT RACE
ACROSS THE TASMAN. VESSELS START TO-DAY. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, December 7. The trans-Tasman yacht race from Auckland to Melbourne, a distance of 1630 miles, will start off from the Akarana Yacht Club’s clubhouse in Judges Bay at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. It is expected that there will be two competitors, the Auckland yacht Ngataki and the German yawl Te Rapunga, for although the entry of the large schooner yacht Morewa has not been withdrawn, she is not likely to compete. The starter will be the harbourmaster, Captain Sergeant. The Ngataki’s crew will now comprise J. W. Wray, owner and navigator, and G. B. Wray, R. Hunt, M. Robinson and I. Graham. Mr J. M. Tattersfield, owner and skipper of the well-known C. Class yacht Janet, will sail on the German boat, the other four members of the crew being Captain George Dibbern and Gunter Schram, who sailed the vessel from Germany, and F. J. Norris and A. E. Vaile. Handicaps have been given to the three boats, the Morewa being placed on scratch. Te Rapunga has a handicap of seven days and Ngataki seven days 17 hours.
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Southland Times, Issue 22499, 8 December 1934, Page 8
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190YACHT RACE Southland Times, Issue 22499, 8 December 1934, Page 8
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