The Archive · 1926

A Splendid Finish

'The Pixie alone hugged the Shanzthai bank and, losing little in wing and gaining enormously from the tide, the swept away to an astound ing'lead, so that it was not wat Lunghua' Arsenal was reached that the flying Tweetie managed to overhaul her, Five minutes after the start, a first-class wind sprang up and the Byrne boats had a rare dusting, whilst even some of the Digger boats found it to be quite as much og they could manage. This, however, was but compensation for the first half and they were a Dut very happy lot of yachtsmen she gathered on the Foam after the Boats had licen smugged down.

As the miscellaneous class sailed on rating allowances, it will be necessary. to wait until these are worked cut in order to ive the complete results, but it is beyond ques-ion that the Tweetie won, for on top of her decisive victory in the): first part of the race, she was well ahead of the Violet on the return Journey, with the Oistos third. The Pixie beat the Gnome roughly by about ten minutes, but. the Gnome had more than that in hand on the outward journey, so she also is a certain winner. The Hobgoblin was third coming home.

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