DEFENDERS

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 12

DEFENDERS

p Colleen |s^D|RS; CUP '■(From' "N.Z. Truth's" Christchuroh i .:" . Rep.) ; . . "" The' selection of Colleen to defend /the SJande'rs Cup came at a moment v /when' there was likely to.be many heartburnings over the choice of f '.'Canterbury's fourteen -footer. ,"•■' ■jti^ thY four trials which .were held ". f honors were easy between Secret, a ,. previous contender, and Colleen. v ; Secret is notoriously a heavy iweather 'craft and is : skilfully handled vb'y: Morrison, .\sihp'. -hajS the! daring to (keep her up tb'-he'r woiik m a sciuall. I tit was:the:ta^fth : at:tlie^bTitest will |,be -sailed .oiv^he, •usually placid waters iixji •^karoai^and- at :; a;'ti_ni&<;Of the year fwheh heav-ifo winds '^ are; that iinade ,the -: selectors .decide- m favor of jColie.en,^a^ 'little .fault; can be" found decisipri; .^ ; , ' ■■ , jjßbJ ie(en" ; ;has^ ? proved herself a t bo^t .in r fair weather,^ when ■ points ■■ of seamanship are • moet* essential. y> : .;,i Wittv-'jiittie ■" chances on the day of .; striking^ the blow to which she is par\tialy Secret's ]>rospects of being selected were remote to 'fa,ir-minded siiorts.'men<; ; and ■. the choice: of; Colleen" will ''.'iine'et^^ wifhr fairly i general approval. Filed Morrison, who skippered Secret m the" trials, has been appointed . Bklpper,>but the remaining members of the crew have not been announced at time of writing. r . Frank Collins was In charge of Col- , Jeen m the trials, and though at times somewhat unenterprising, lie gave a glimpse of good seamanship;; .';.' '■.'"'■ lan Treleaven should be a certainty. 'for the crew, for his .spinnaker work in* the trials paralysed the opposition.. If he doesn't get a rifled m tlie 1929 4sup defender the game ]Won't;,^be?;faii;.: t