Valerie is Disqualified for Taking Wrong Turn Saturday afternoon saw 11 yachts, six "A" Class and five of the Cruiser Class, go to the line at 3 p.m. in the race for the Carl Seitz Trophy for Cabin Class Yachts, Actually there was, for some unknown reason, a hitch in ghe starting arrangements, and the flag did not drop until nearly 3.15 p.m. which was somewhat annoying for those who had taken the trouble to be on time, and were forced to jockey about in the conjested har-hour for 15 minutes Compared with pre-war turnouts of over 20 yachts for this Trophy, it was a poor turn-out, but as so many of the big cruisers have been sailed or shipped away to other ports, it was fairly representative of what remains of the Yacht Club Fleet, It was a tack to Tungkow and then a broad reach on the Astrea Channel, and a few tacks at Woosung and then closed hauled out to Quaranteen, which was taken to port for a change, just to make things more difficult.
The two racing machines Valerie and Ingomar had it all their own way and finished 1st and 2nd respectively followed by Restless, Undine, Mignon, Viking, Ella, Rover, Pinafore. Kerr pud Jennifer. There was a tremendous tide running out at Quaranteen and quite a strong wind which made things rather uncomfortable for the smaller yachts, The start from the Pipe Line on Sunday morning was put forward to 8 o'clock and the course was shortened to round the Block House Buoy instead of S. E. Knoll and which was again taken to Port. This manoeuvre required a high standard of seamanship as very heavy seas were encountered here, which made a gype almost impossible under the conditions prevailing.
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