YACHTING

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 272, 18 December 1939, Page 2

YACHTING

YESTERDAY’S RACE The first- of a series of point races for the. O’Sullivan Trophy was sailed yesterday oii-thc Opotiki harbour. The day was line and the wind was a light to moderate southerly to south-easter-ly. Ten boats faced the starter, the race commencing at 10 a.m. The starters were:— Popeye (C. Brownie) 4 min., 11 hr. 31}-mins. Aianeno ('l'. N. ill)_7 min., 12 lirs. 8 min. 32 sec. Flying Cloud Cl.).- Mansell) 7 min., 12 hrs. 6 min. 30 sefe. Phantom (O. Cedermau) 11 min., 12 In’s..,smin. 30 sec. Leilani (E. Larmer) Bmin., 12 hrs. 3 min. 20 see. Endeavour (C. Carruthers) 3gnin., 11 hrs. 51 min. 30 see. Warren) 25 mins., retired. Marie (P. Herewith) 12 min., 12 hrs. 10 min. 41 sec. Opali (S. N. Chatfickl) scr., 11 hrs. 31 min. 5 sec. Silver Wings (D. Talbot). 6 min., 11 lirs. 50 min. 15 see. All the boats with the exception of Karoro, got away to a good start and kept dose together until alter rounding the buoy at the bar. Opali and Popeyo then commenced to pull away from the other boats and sticking ]y close together till the end of the race. Behind these floats, Endeavour and Silver Wings were lighting it out. In the second round the wind was only light, and a s a result, the heats were scattered all along the eortr.se. tn the third round, however, the wind owe again freshened, and there were some exciting tussles f<>j' the various places. The platings were : Popeyo .C>. Brownie) 255 points . 1 Opali (S. N. Chatfield) 127 2 Silver Wings. (D. Talbot) 63 ... <3 Endeavour (O. Carruthers) 31 .. 4 Phantom (O. Cedermau) 15 ... . 5 Marie (P. Herewini) 7 . 6. Flying Cloud (D. Mansell) 7 3 Leilani (E. Larmer) 1 . . 8