SPEEDBOAT RACES
Regatta At Lake Forsyth
A speedboat overturned, trapping its driver, during a regatta held on Lake Forsyth yesterday afternoon. The boat. Seabird, dug its nose into a preceding boat’s wash on a corner and overturned. The driver, Tom Tregurtha, was caught in the cockpit.
Gordon Perkins, the driver of Slip Two, jumped from his boat to assist Tregurtha, but before he reached the boat Tregurtha had struggled free. The boat was -mdamaged except for a broken windshield and waterlogging.
More than 2000 spectators watched the racing, which was organised by the New Brighton Power-boat Club.
Results:— Outboards. —John Burns Cup: Johnnie B II 1, Topper 2, Water Spray 3. No tinTe taken. Outboard handicap: George 1, Water Spray 2, Johnnie B II 3. Time, 3min 40sec. Forsyth handicap: Topper 1, Water Spray 2, Cresta 3. Time, 6min 24sec. Outboard trophy: Duo 1, Newie 2, Johnnie B II 3.
Inboards.—Corsair trophy: Gemini 1, Amigo 2, Kaniva 3. Time, 3min. 95 cu. in. South Island championship: Pacific Spot 1. Apache 2. Kaniva 3. Time, smin 39.8 sec. Fisher Cup: Condor IV 1, Arctic Fox 2, Pacific Spot 3. Time, 3min 40sec. A class handicap: Amigo 1, Apache 2, Gemini 3. Time, 3min 32sec. Woolston plate: Pacific Spot 1, Classic 2, Elation 3 o.2sec off time trial. Combined inboard handicap: Apache 1, Fireball and Gemini (equal) 2. Time. 3min 2.6 sec.
Combined Inboard and Outboards.— Brehaut Cup: Johnnie B II 1, Classic 2, Duo 3.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28269, 6 May 1957, Page 6
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