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AE ws. SAILING RACE

Dream Machine finishes first.

From page 4

Dream Machine confirmed an

indisputable race lead by: the ‘se-

. cond. bell buoy ‘at: Point Grey,’
rounding the second © marker in”
first position. Approximately three
minutes behind, Vitava was the se-.
cond boat to-pass:the Point Grey .
buoy, with: Nostradamus “turning
the point third.

-Clinching a commanding first
.place.. Dream Machine ‘passed the
. Kits Beach finish line at 12:39:16
~ for a:2:29:16 race time, about 21

minutes slower . than the record
time of 2:07:55.,

- Said Dream. Machine skipper
Ramsay: ‘We rounded every mark
. first... From) Point Atkinson , to
Point Grey we lost about a minute.
The boat behind: us. closed on us
., -because .we. couldn't: quite find
° where’ the: Point Grey bell: buoy
vwas., But on’ the other ‘side we
found the mid-channe! marker and
took off like a train. It was great.”
“" While“: Dream" Machine races

7 . frequently, the 16 People, manning

“the boat,” decked out in dayglow
colored” sunscreen: doubling "as

“.. ‘warpaint, were together’, for the

- first time'as a team.” “>,
* Said Ramsay: .‘It ‘was nice to g

* “a bunch of” people ‘that: Have ‘not:
sailed alot together and do some-"

7 thing-like this. We'll “definitely be

back’ next year, We had! just a,
great race. It was fun and it was a
nice sunny day to be out.""

In: second place, finishing. out
the race, in .2:33:20,, was Dream
Machine's race rival Vitava: Cross-
ing the line third in 2:38:43 was the

33-foot sloop Magnum, skippered
by Bob Axford.

The downwind finish, bolstered

by 15 to 20 knat winds, saw. most”
of the competitors breezing i in wing ©
on’ wing for:a maximum push to”
the close. -

The race for seventh and eighth
places was tight
members of the 33-foot sloop Lazy

Daze paddling. furiously in an at-°
tempt to steal seventh place from .;
» the 45-foot, ketch, B.C. Navigator...
_The two ‘finished. out with a scant.
ell seconds separating them, with.

times — of.” 2:47:39 and’ ° 2:47:28

« Fespectively.

. North Shore News publisher’
“Peter Speck, who skippered the -
- 47-foot cutter..Talofa Lee to a
‘finishing time of 3:31:38 for 50th
«place, termed the race the most fun

«ever. “I enjoyed secing so many
familiar . faces’ at the race. The
weather, as always, was almost
perfect. ” ‘

‘Speck, who described his race ws
strategy : “as.. a combination < of ©

bribery and aie! connie said

with - crew’

the unique attraction of the annual |
race is its appeal to both novice

and seasoned sailors.

Said Speck: ‘‘There is a place in —

the world for a race like this, The

-world of racing sailboats is becom-

ing very high tech and expensive.
Participation is declining in. the

‘more serious races while our en-

tries are growing, There must be a
message in that."

Said .Ed James, skipper of the.
Pumpkin: ‘‘This is the kind of race —

that is needed to encourage the

young’ people, and the guys that»

don’t know too’ much about ‘rac-
ing, to get into it. It's got to be a

fun thing. Racing is‘ becoming too é

serious.’ na
The funtime rating was kept

“healthy this year: courtesy of the
hairy,, sheepskin-clad Vikings and’,

a not-so-hairy Vikingette. aboard

> the Luna Sea, the old-time seafar-

ing costumed crew members . of

Whisper (best. dressed crew). and’

the last to start, last to finish pride

exhibited: by the crew of the’ Gan- _

dalf IV.

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