13 - Wednesday, April 2, 1986 -

SOUTHERN STRAITS YACHT CLASSIC

Race finishes with Climax

CLIMAX from Seattle won the
_ long course of the 18th Southern
Straits Classic yacht race held over

the Easter. weekend.

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Hosted ‘by the West ‘Vancouver

Yacht Club, the race attracted 105

boats to this year’s competition..

The three-day race kicked off at

10:30 a.m..Good Friday from its
_ |. traditional Dundarave Pier starting
‘| -line and was officially. over. at ap-

THE SEAS returned to sail power

this weekend as the annual
Southern Straits Classic race got
under way. A silent fleet gathers at
-the starting line of the race (top
photo)... Left, the crew of the
Seance checks out the weight of
the sail. Eyes glued‘to the action
on the water, spectators (bottom

photo) watch the race from Dun-. .

darave Pier. :

Photos by

Tom Burley 7

proximately 3:30 a.m. Easter Sun-
day, when the last boat crossed the
finish line at Point Atkinson.

Participation. in the race was.-.

down marginally from the 1985
running when 130 boats took part.
Conditions for. the 1986
Southern Straits were ‘calm, mak-
ing for one of the slowest races in

the competition's history,.:accor-, .
race coinmittee °

ding to: a
spokesman. Climax took the main

“course,:

North Shore News

race . after ¢ crossing the fi nish line at
1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Twenty-five sailboats competed
in..the 92-nautical mile short

Trolley Car, from: the Van-
couver’s Windward Yacht Club,

> was*first to? fi nish - in“ the short

course. oes

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while. the . remaining. 80°:
, competed in the 136-nautical mile
‘long course. - . ;