CORNWELL CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 5

CORNWELL CUP

THE SECOND EACE

PAREMATA'S GOOD WIN

Weather conditions for the second Cornwell Cup race, which' was sailed over * triangular course in Evans Bay yesterday afternoon, were greatly improved on those which prevailed during the morning. The Porirua (Paremata) crew won easily after leading throughout. Canterbury finished second, 3min 51sec behind them. The Wellington boat capsized, and Auckland touched a buoy and retired during the first round. The course' wag from the Evans Bay Clubhouse to a buoy in Shark Bay, to the Shag Point buoy, to a buoy off the bathing sheds, to Shark Bay, twice round, then to the Shag Point buoy, to the bath--ing sheds, and to the clubhouse. Eor.e> start the wind was a. moderate northerly, but towards the end of the race it dropped considerably. The sea was not troublesome. Boats -were drawn at follows:—Auckland, Waitui; Manukau, Shirley;: Plimmerton, Wairoa; "Porirua, Winsome; Wellington, Kukumai; Christchufch, Buna: Lyttelton, Wet-U; Otago,, Wee May. Paremata soon went into the lead, and at.the Shark Bay buoy the first time the order was:—Paremata, 4hr 24min; Manukau, 4hr 24min 30sec; Auckland, 4Hr.35 jnin; Lyttelton, 4hr 25miu ssec; Christ^ church, 4hr 25min lOsec; ,Wellingto;n,'-4br 25min 45sec; Otago,; 4hr 28min 30sec; PKn*» merton, 4hr 27min 3se'c. ■ ■'■': ■■ .■=.'• The Christchurch boat overtook three boats on the run to Shag Point, and at the buoy she was only 44sec behind the leader, with Lyttelton and Manukau together about half, a minute further .back, and the others beginning to .fall behind. Auckland's boat hit' "the . buoy' and Vh automatically disqualified., At the Shark Bay buoy, Paremata were eading. Christchurch by. lmin 32sec, and Lyttelton by 2min 36sec, Wellington lying fourth, but sinin 47sec behind Paremata. Otago, Plimmerton, and Manukau Vwere more or less on terms, but were out of the picture. '.'■." A CAPSIZEThe second run down to Shag -Point made no difference in the order-.of the leaders, but Christchurch moved up slightly on Paremata. Xearing the mark the Wellington crew met with, the same misfortune as had befallen three of the others when they took in their spinnaker, the Kukumai capsizing and throwing the boys into the water. . They -wore picked up by the launch Taua. " '•: There was little unusual incident during the remainder of the race except that beating up to the Shark Bay buoy the last time Lyttelton worked out from Christchurch's lee, and appeared likely to be second round' the mark. However, thsjr made too' short a. board to enable theni to clear Christchurch, who. had the right of way, and the latter crew slipped through a narrow gap' and rounded smartly, being well on the run before Lyttelton could fetch the mark. At this point Paremata had a lead over Christchurch ot about 2%mjn. ' The final run did not filter the positions of the' three leading-: boats, Paremata's skipper, E. Parkin, being content to maintain a comfortable lead across .the head of the bay and to the. finishing line. The official finishing times were as follows:-^ Paremata .......... Shr 57min 4sec ' .'Chriatchurch.- ...... Bhr ■ Omin 55see-. Lytteltott ' .:";.i.i... -. 6hr; 2min 33«ec-:" Plimmert6n;ii.wiv..V Bhf lOitin 15* ec ■■•', Otago 6hr 13min 50»e«:-,') Manukau 6hr 14min 18set