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No 51 : February 6, 1965

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Power Boat Racing On Lake Rotoiti

Holiday visitors and Nelson district residents flocked to lovely Lake Rotoiti to see the Rotoiti and Marlborough Power Boat Club's New Year regatta. There was some wonderful racing by boats drawn from many parts of the country. Tod honours went to Tally Ho and Miss Print, both Lake Rotoiti boats.

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Miss Print 2 takes to the air during the South Island unlimited V-bottom championship which she and driver Doug Cameron won

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A section of the foreshore showing part of the huge crowd at the first day's racing

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Eve Too (W. McCaa), Rotoiti t won the open handicap.

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Awaiting a pick-up is jack Ryan in Miss Cathie New Brighton).

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Ace Hi (Arthur Idiens) after rounding the western buoy,

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N. McVicar in Thunderbird provided some thrills with the manner in which he rolled his boat at each buoy.

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