Yachting Regatta At Stewart’s Gully

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28258, 22 April 1957, Page 7

Yachting Regatta At Stewart’s Gully

Thirty boats took part in the combined Easter regatta of the Stewart’s Gully Sailing' Club and the Waimakarirj Sailing and Power Boat Club held on Saturday at Stewart’s Gully Results were:— Echo Trophy.—Melody (B. Loader). 14min, 57min 58sec. 1; Coriano (S Loader), 12min, 59min 51sec, 2. Whisper (C. Holland), 9min, 59min 53sec, 3. Sweepstake.—Salaam (G. Mander), scr, Ihr 13min 28sec, 1: Horizon (C. Papps), scr, Ihr 14min 46sec, 2; Coriano (S Loader), lOmin, Ihr 15min Isec, 3. P Class— Lympic (H. Tyson) scr Ihr 2min 7sec, 1: Contrast. (W Pam ham) smin, Ihr Bmin 44sec, 2; Club Pup (R. Dempsey) Bmin. Ihr 12min lOsec, 3.

Race Becalmed Off Queensland

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 9 p.m.) BRISBANE, April 21. Unless there is an unexpected change in the weather in the next 12 hours, the Brisbane-to-Gladstone yacht race will be completed in the slowest time on record. From early today there was very little wind to help the yachts, and this afternoon they were becalmed over a distance of 80 miles along the Queensland coast. The leading yacht, Alvis, was becalmed at the half-way mark oft Indian Head, 153 miles from the starting point. The race began on Friday morning. The New Zealand yacht Christina. skippered by W. Mac Queen, of the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, was today becalmed 90 miles from the starting point off Double Island Point. The first yacht had been expected to cross the finishing line at Gladstone. 307 miles from the starting point, late tonight. The weather forecast indicates that there is little possibility of any improvement in wind conditions and yachting officials believe it is unlikely that the race will end in the next 48 hours.