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THE KACE.
Th« senior flatt contested tte
final race of the aeries for the
Mining Erhänge Hotel and
Pickers and Co. trophies.. With
an ebb tide tba limit boat. Htm.
got away to a good «tart off a
handicap of 13 minntes she
was followed by Graham J and
Noel-Ess-Dee, 9 minutes, NBJS.
TH 4 minutes' and O'Meara IV
scratch.
. Nim moved freely over the
whole journey and waa-never
headed or even lookd like being
run down by any of the fleet
Nun rounded the red light for
tho first time by three minutes
from Graham "J," with Noell
Xss-Dee, HAS. and O'Meara
following in order.
Positions into the mariner buoy
were unchanged and- the second
lap was started, with no changes
in places. On settling down for
the punch back to the red light
N3& moved up into third
position close behind Graham
"J."
Soon after rounding the red
light for the proud run in to the
the marin*- buoy NBS. moved
past Graham "J" Into second
place. O'Meara was gaining
ground but still last. At the
mariner buoy Nim maintained a
comfortable lead' from N-BS,
Graham "J." Noel-Ess-Dee and
O'Meara IV. Nim was without
a doubt the winner, but as ex-
pected Danny Bolton in OMeara
TV turned on the heat to pass
Noell-Ess-Dee, then Graham
"J" and was closing the gap
between N3.S. At the green
light. Nimm, still well in front
came around for the short run
home to the finishing- line.
O'Meara and N3J5. went
around the green light locked
together and the battle for sec-
ond position was then staged.
N.B.S, skippered by Chris. Bol-
ton, sailed from under O'Meara's
lee to gain a three lengths ad-
vantage, but Danny was not to
be dolled, as he came again
and headed NJBJ5. at one stan
on the run in. A short dis-
tance from the line these two
boats were battling it out for
second place.
Skippers and crews played
every trick they knew and staged
the closest, finish seen this sea-
son. Nhn was a clear-cut win-
ner by three, minutes, with
N-BJS. second, just a bumpkin
cap ahead of O'Meara, Noell
Ess-Dee was fourth and Graham
"J* was last
[ TRAINEES.
The trainees sailed for the
Carl Melick trophy and 12
boats faced the starter and
were sent away oe a handicap !
start. First boat away was j
Pirate off 18 minutes, and was I
followed by Cruisin Susan,
Caroleen H. Flight, Vampire, j
Query, Olympic, Black "J", Joy
"C. Xmas and the scratch1
boat. Glenda.
At the red light it was
Caroleen II, nicely in front j
leading from Lightning. Pirate.
Cruisin Susan, Flight and
Oympic, while the remainder
were well strung out On the
run in to the mariner buoy
Lightning capsized and places
remained the same. For tho.
short, slog back to the green
light- Caroleen H sailed well
and went around a clear
leader from Flight who was
closely followed by- Olympic.
Then came Black "J", Pirate,
Cruisin Susan, Query, Joy
"C", Glenda, and Xmas, with
Vampire last Places wer« un-
changed to the finishing line
and Caroleen H won th« event
easily, and full marka go to
Noel Wheeler. Flight (J. Gates)
sailed well to finish second,
while Olympic to finish third,
was sailed by Miss Margaret
Harding. This boat also gained
fastest sailing time for the
race. .
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