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Regatta for Sea Scouts
Sea Scouts and Sea Cadets throughout the Nelson province pitted their strength and skills against each other in a regatta held on Nelson Harbour. Honours were fairly evenly divided.
Senior rowing crews are towed to the starting line by launch
Approaching the finish of the junior race, with Nelson College A and Iron Duke A almost together (the college crew won).
A Sea Rangers crew, augmented by a couple of Iron Dukes, won the main sailing race.
Cox of the winning Iron Duke senior crew goes overboard before he is given the traditional ducking.
The winning sailing crew: Dennis Westrupp, Phillippa Win, Margaret Thompson, David Bush, Mary Black, Bronwyn Beynon