18 - Wednesday, July 30, 1986 - North Shore News

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NEWS SAILING RACE

Winner

speeds

from behind

HE CAME from behind to
win it all.

BARRINGTON

Reporter

Fighting back from 17th place,
skipper David Forster outsailed the
competition Sunday to garner a
first-place finish in the ninth an-
nual North Shore News. sailing
race.

Beating a total of 60 starters,
Forster's 36-foot Cleopas posted a
winning time of 2:19:19, almost 12
minutes slower than last year’s re-
cord-breaking time of 2:07:55.

This year's race drew 60 en-
trants, down from last year’s
showing of 75. But News publisher
and Capt. Peter Speck said he was
“delighted with the strength of the
turnout, especially since we had
rescheduled the race away from its
traditional Father’s Day date to
coincide with Expo and the beefed
up Sea Festival.’’

IDEAL WEATHER

Loren Luke, skipper of the 56-
foot Golden Eagle III, this year's
committee boat, called the 13-knot
breeze, light swell and cleaving
skies ideal for the race. ‘‘This is
excellent wind this early in the
morning,’’ Luke said.

Racers this year found the
course much the same as last year,
when inclement weather forced or-
ganizers to alter the route. From
the starting line at West Van-
couver’s Dundarave Pier, the
course stretched west to a marker
just off Pilot Cove.

Passing the first marker, the
course followed the usual race
route, turning south across the in-
let to the Point Grey bell buoy,
and then into the middle of the
harbor to a point a half mile south
of the centre channel marker.
From the final marker, the course
turned southeast to the finish line
off Kitsilano Yacht Club.

‘*We found the new course was
a good course so we stuck with it,”
Capt. Brian Morse explained.

At the official 10:10 a.m. can-
non, racers bounded over the star-
ting line on their first leg of the 17
nautical mile course. First over the
starting line was the 33-foot
Malaika, skippered by Dale Robins
and Chuck Ciup. Close behind
came the 41-foot Kinohi under
skipper Glen Mackenzie.

But brisk winds an.) deft
manoeuvering put the smaller 26-
foot Windsong in the lead as the
boats sped toward the first marker.

Rounding the first marker,
Windsong skipper Terry Cloughly
let his boat slip to second place
and Dick Duggan’s 32-foot An-
diamo took a three-minute lead.

The third boat to round the
marker was Bob Pettinger's
Berceuse. Eventual winner Cleopas
passed the marker well back in
17th place.

By the time the boats reached
the second marker, the 41-foct
Berceuse had moved to second
place with Andiamo still in the
lead. Windsong had slipped to
seventh and B.C. Navigator had
moved up to hold third.

SURPRISE WINS

At the mid-channel marker,
former leader Andiamo had slip-
ped to fourth place with Berceuse
in the lead. The 45-foot B.C. Nav-
igator moved up one spot to hold
the second-place position and a
threatening Cfeopas had moved up
to grab the number-three spot.

At the finish line, Cleopas
posted a winning time of 2:19:19,
followed 16 seconds later by the
surprise second-place Leiko 2.

Andiamo blew across the finish
line after 2:19:42 to capture third
place overall.

Tightrope, last year's winner
and record holder, crossed the
finish line for an eighth-place
finish.

Winning skipper Forster later
attributed his come-from-behind
win to ‘‘clean living and a good
crew.”’

Andiamo skipper Duggan, who
lead the race most of the way but
finished third, said he made an er-
ror that cost him valuable time.

“We tacked to the shore where
we should not have,”’ he said.

54th PLACE

Speck’s 47-foot, 33-ton Talofa
Lee breezed across the finish line
in 54th place.

Said Speck: ‘‘This year’s sailing
race was the best ever. The weather
was great, the winds were brisk,
except at the end, but try as I
might, I couldn't get my boat to
move any faster than usual.

“The ceremonies were the most
fun of any I’ve been to, and I
heard a lot of people there talking
about the North Shore News in
proprietary fashion — they called
it our race. They said, ‘Wasn't our
race great today?’ and I said, ‘Yes,
it was excellent.’ ”’

With the excertion of opray-
soaked outfits and balloon bruises
from inter-boat water bombing,
race casualties were minimal. Fif-
ty-nine of the 60 boats that started
crossed the finish line.

Post-race festivities kicked off at
approximately 3:30 p.m. at the
Granville Island Ballroom, adja-
cent to the Sea Wing Sailing
School.

AWARDS

Spectators and race goers
cheered and applauded as CJOR’s
Bob Morris, Sunshine Girl Tana
Hartnett and master of ceremonies
Brian Morse handed out the
coveted race awards,

This year’s award for best bribe
went to the crew of Private
Dancer, who attempted to sway
the judges with a trip for two to
the Caribbean, an exotic and
perhaps erotic dinner, complete
with escorts, and a host of other
goodies.

The crew of the Herralee,
otherwise known as Robin Hood
and his Merry Men, sailed away
with the best-decorated boat
award.

In the long-awaited bikini cate-
gory, a scantily clad }1-month-old
Arika Jolley strutted her stuff to
thunderous applause to take the ti-
tle. ‘It’s the first time she has ever
won a bikini contest,’’ said mother
Karen Jolley.

HEARTIEST APPLAUSE

The day’s heartiest applause
went to the two-man crew of the
14-foot Forget-Me-Knot Festoon-
ed in sailor suits, the pair daringly
bobbed their way through the race,
finishing last in 59th place.

At 78 years old, Subee skipper
Ed Bohme took the oldest sailor
award, ‘It's been a very good race
— one of the best,’’ said Bohme, a
veteran of previous News races.
“We had a steady wind all the
way.”’

Taking honors for youngest
crew member was five-month-old
Tavia, from the boat christened
after her,

Started in the spirit of friendly
competition, the race survives as
one of the biggest events of its
kind on the West Coast. In the
words of Peter Speck: ‘It's a
great, fun tradition that seems to
get better every year, and if I prac-
tise hard, I may finish in the 40s.""

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

LOOKING NAUTICAL in his sailor digs, News publisher and captain of the Tafofa Lee Peter Speck (centre)
gives a salute to a passing boat at the 9th Annual North Shore News Sailing Race. Flanking Speck (1. to r.) are

Maureen Gannon, Mel Hennecker, News managing editor Barrett Fisher and Michael Morpurgo.

News race winners

PRIZES AWARDED

Ist across start line Malaika

Last across start Kelly B

Ist Media Boat to finish Malaika

Ist (o finish overall Cleopas

Ist to finish under 25° Dump Truck

Ist to finish 25-34" Leiko 11

Best Bribe Attempt Private Dancer

Best Display of Flaps Andiamo

Best Decorated Bout Hesralee

Best Dressed Crew Tacky Lady
Honorable Mention Slipstream (Pink

Ladies)

Honerable Mention Paradise

Gen. Exe. & Presentation Sea Fever
Honorable Mention Strudel

Youngest Crew Member — Tavia (5 mas.)

THE LOVELIES were out in force for the News race. This busty contes-

Oldest Crew Member

Best Sportsmanlike
Best Varnish & Paint

First 1o Finish 35-43°
First to Finish 45° & over §.C. Navigator
Best Over-all Boat

& Sea Festival Award

Subee (78 yrs.)
Fintra 1
(53 yrs.)

# of Previous Pennants Tacky Lady
Exot Jr. or Sr. Pirate

Sarah Chalke
(Paradise)

Honorable Mention Tara

(Snow Goose)
Forget-Me-Knot
Stradavarious

Arika Jolley
Cleopas

Private Dancer

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

tant competed unsuccessfully for number one spot in the bikini contest.

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compete
in News
race

60 ENTRANTS

Name
. Cleopas
. Leike IE
. Andismo
. Berceuse
Malaika
Kinohi
Woomera
Tightrope
invicta
. Windsong
«B.C. Navigator

. Swell Time

. Straduvarious

. Alkaro

» Private Dancer
Ef Aquataine

. Norfinn
«Floating Loan

. Manans

. Skagen

. Amor De Cosmos

5. Fintra HW

. Aristos

Morar H

. SO-ibegoes

. Slipstream (Varnish)
. Wind Lord

. Cachatol

~ Chee Chako

A, Paradise

. Subee

A Snow Ceaose
. Cypselurus

» Dump Track
_dully Swagman

. Nonsuch

. Toss-up

«Sea Fever

. Alana Leigh
. Amatsubasag
Tavis

8. Gamine

. Equines

~ Kelly

. Dreams’ Too

. Planet

Go Vueation

. Slow But Mellow
» Herralee

« Amarilti

» Tatofa Lev

. Midnight Sun

» Romiro

> Luna Sea

. Lillian

. Forgel-Me-Kaot
. Tacky Lady

Time
12.29.19
12.29.37
12.29.42
12.30.57
12.31.35
12.33.16
12.36.09
12.36.36
12.36.59
12.37.47
12.38.05
52.38.53
12,40,29
12.42.48

5. Slipstream (Pink Ladies)12.45.24

12.47.33
42,48,24
12.48.36
12.48.55
12.49.08
12.49.28
12.49.53
12.52.05

12.55.21
12.57.03
42.57.50
12.59.04)
12.59.33
13.03.41
13.05.34

13.06.02,

13.07.12
13.07.27
43.09.03
13.10.00
13.15.37
13.16.10
13.16.50
13.19.42
13.25.52
13.26.03
13.27.36
13.27.57
43.27.58
13.34.40
13.34.57
13.37.01
13.40.54
13.53.53
13.57.19
14.09.00
14.09.52
14.20.27
14.22.47
14.50.00
15.00.00

Size
36°
an
32"
4
3y°
2°
36°

28710"*
20°
26°
45°
3g
3
35°
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