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Chronicle (Levin), 30 December 1946, Page 5

.% Received Bundhv, 7 p.m. ;; w «Y3dNHt, Dec: 29. i '- A serjes .qf by aeroplane, radio ?and radar, ha'Ve enaliled most of tlie mneteen yachts in the Svdne.v-llobari race to be pin-pointed, The yachts sighted by plane late yes terday were spread out from a point oit Cape Howe, the soutUernniost tip oi New (South Wales, to a positiou dusouth of Gabo Island and well dowii in to Bass (Strait. The Bermudan cutter, ilorna, of Syd ney, entered the strait last niglit with Winston Churchill, Bouthern Maid, M is tral, Deliance and Merian all within 2imiles of lier. The going so far has heen all in tlie Morna's favour but it is sig niiieant tliat, despite ligjit sailing con ditions, she has been unable to shake olf the others to all of which concedes hours of time. The New Zealand ketcli Ilex u a.sighted three miles olf Gabo Island in ninth positiou liehind the Active. Tln Ilex, which reported al] well to a searehing Liberator, is iinproving hei position despite the fact that the ligh. going has been against her. The barometer is dropping and vvea-1 ther oflicia=ls sav a storm is moving into the patli of tlie racers witli heavy- seas and a forty miles an liour wind. These conditions should suit the Ilex and also the big Sydnev schooner JMistral which is in a nnich more favourable position with the leaders.