NO FINALITY YET

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 126, 24 November 1932, Page 4

NO FINALITY YET

SANDERS CUP DEADLOCK

FURTHER DISCUSSION

A further definite expression of opinion regarding the deadlock which has ai'isen over tlie redrawn Eona boat'plan submitted by Auckland yas adopted by .the "Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor-boat Association last-evening. A resolution was carried emphasising that the Sanders Cup Dominion • Conference should be the paramount authority, and calling on \the other associations to support the recant mendation of that body. *' 7

The chairman (2lr. 0. A. Holler) said that since the last meeting he and Mr. B. J. C. Jukes had gone to Auckland in an endeavour to . straighten out. the .position.'; Mr. Jukes had discussed/the whole .mat; '. ter from a technical point' of vview '.-iyithj Mr. C. Collings, and.'-they had-reached some sort of agreement. Mr. C. H. Palmeiv chairman of the Auckland Association;' hadf previously said that any agreement reached? would probably be acceptable to his\assb--ciatiou,. but he Jater said that it \f oAild* have to go before the other associajtionisj''. That was rather unsatisfactory, becauW; the understanding in the correspondericgi was that the meeting was for the.-purpose; of getting over the difficulties that^-jMd

Mr. Moller read a letter frbniV "> Mr; Palmer expressing the opinion that^'Welr lington would agree that Mr. CollingsYhld done the right andproper thing in.ip__s_jj up the bow sections of the Rona'designSaS shown in the redrawn plan. Mi\<Jju'kej believed he could have made the difference, in width forward slightly smallerj bti't d 3-: mitted that such a design would not be fair and must contain a "kink." ..The? differ}-' ence between Mr. Collings's redrawn'plan aud the alterations suggested by Mr. Jukes were so small, Mr. Palmer considered, that he was sure Wellington would recognise how little would be gained by further alteration of the plan, but if the association desired to suggest the alteration and sent a detailed plan and particulars as to how it could be done, Auckland would then submit the details to the other associations for their opinion. "At the same time, even if any alteration is approved, we must allow any new boats recently constructed from the new plan to compete for the Sanders Cup, if chosen,- as by the acceptance by post of the new plan all associations have tacitly agreed to it and in some cases built to it," Mr. Palmer concluded. "A BREACH OF FAITH." "I don't want to put it too strongly, but I feel it is a breach of faith," said Mr. Moller. "Auckland had no right to let those plans go out to private builders until they were approved by the associations." A boat built to the new plan had been completed in Canterbury, and another was under way in Auckland. ' It was quite wrong to say definitely that boats built without authority should be allowed to race. 'The' Dominion Conference bad given no instructions that the plans should be released. Mr. Jukes outlined his suggestions for fairing the 1923 plan, with the minimum alterations. He said that Mr. Collings had had no instructions to keep within a limit of 3-Bin. Mr. Moller pointed out that the idea behind the resolution carried-by :the 'Dominion Conference regarding the steel moulds was that they would prevent builders from juggling with the specifications. If Auckland would not accept the minimum figures suggested by Mr. Jukes, he thought Wellington would be finished with the Sanders Cup. He did not think the other associations realised the extent 'of the alterations made. To let the new boats in would probably kill the Sanders Cup contest.

The following motion was moved by Mr. L. Waddell:—"That this association, re-cog-nising that the Sanders Cup Dominion Conference is, to all intents and purposes, the paramount authority, and that we have neither the power nor the desire to depart from the spirit of the resolutions earned by the last Dominion Conference, urges all associations to support those recommendations." . . .

The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Moller said that ,the committee would arrange for Mr. Jukes to' prepare-a plan and w,ould then communicate with the other associations explaining the position and stressing the point that Messrs. Jukes and Collings. had reached an agreement. "If there is no redress I think we should stand- firm on our decision not to race unlessthe matter is adjusted to our satisfaction," he added.

This course was agreed to by the meeting. .