N.Z. yacht moves close to lead
NZPA staff correspondent Fremantle Chris Dickson and KZS climbed back to less than half a point from the lead of the world 12-metre championships yesterday with a light-wind battle that saw him grab a vital third place in a bitter fourth-heat duel. The race was won by the five-year-old Australia II which gave her younger rivals a sailing lesson to romp away with the race, from America 11, while New Zealand’s mischief-plagued KZ3 was back in the middle of the fleet. Australia 111, which could not handle the light winds like her older sister, came home sixth, but still held her lead in the championship
with 11 points to 11.4 to KZS. Back in the fleet New Zealand’s KZ3 gave her new mast its baptism of fire, and the gremlins again dogged the boat dubbed "the fourth canoe.” Skipper Woody Woodroffe got away to too good a start, marginally jumping the gun. The recall did not come for a full minute, and he lost a full three minutes going back to start again. From there his task was really cut out as he pushed his boat and the new mast, stepped without time to tune tne sails, to the limit, trying to reach the leaders.
KZ3 finished ninth, although her over-all position on the points table dropped back.
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Press, 13 February 1986, Page 8
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