SKIPPER Peter Yates seiz-
ed the lead early and held on
tight to cruise to victory in
the 10th annual North Shore
News Sailing Race Sunday.

By STEPHEN BARRINGTON

News Reporter

Topping a total of 51 starters,
Yates’ 36-foot Baggins crossed the
finish line with a winning time of
2:09:13, just 1:18 slower than the
record time of 2:07:55.

Overcast skies, light to moderate
swell and 13-knot winds greeted
the racers at West Vancouver’s
Dundarave Pier starting line.

Ron Huntington, skipper of the
committee boat Sultana, called the
conditions almost perfect. ‘‘That
leaves you enough for skill and
enough for boat. You’ve got a re-

: ally good day for a race.””
5 Following the same course as
; last year, racers headed west from
Dundarave Pier to a marker just
off Lighthouse Park. Passing the
first marker, the course turned
south across the inlet to the Point
Grey bell buoy then into the mid-
dle of the harbor before heading to
; the finish line just off Kitsilano

* . Yacht Club.

At the starting horn, a tight
clump of racers leaned into the
breeze and sped off on the first leg
of the !7-nautical-mile course.
First over the starting line was the
26-foot Rambo. Jockeying for lead
positions were the 45-foot B.C.
Navigator, the 45-foot Kinohi and
the 38-foot Colophon.

Running neck-and-neck, Brian
Morse'’s Colophon edged into the

om . lead with the B.C. Navigator and
4 fe Kinohi close behind. Nearing the
first marker, poor starter Baggins
had moved up to command a nar-
row lead over the knot of ton
boats.

Rounding the first marker, Tom
Barker’s B.C. Navigator threat-
ened to steal the lead. Fighting for
position, the two rounded the
marker only seconds apart with
B.C. Navigator in second place.
an : Two minutes later Stradivarius
aa . skipper Doug Foulds was locked in
a close contest with Colophon and
Glen Mackenzie’s Kinohi at the
first marker. Leaving the turn
behind, Kinohi broke ahead with
two markers still to go.

By the time the boats reached
3 the Point Grey bell buoy, Baggins
. ot skipper Yates had stretched his
ho, ; lead to a commanding 3%
’ minutes. Bruce Fox’s Andiamo

had deftly moved through the pack

to slip unexpectedly into third
place. Colophon joined the leaders
in fourth position.

Brisk winds lengthened Baggins’
lead further as B.C. Navigator
held strong in second place, two
minutes ahead of Andiamo and
Colophon. Crossing the finish line
with a time of 2:09:13, Baggins
was well ahead of B.C. Navigator
at 2:21:41. Andiamo finished in

s third place, with the lead boats this

See Sailors
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