facebook   twitter   mail  

The Nelson Photo News

 
    Print this article

No 98 : December 14, 1968

21

Monaco-Nelson Races

Squally conditions and an incoming tide provided a stern test for power boatsmen and yachtsmen taking part in the annual Monaco-Port Nelson races last month. The power boat race was won by Geoff Tuffnell in Skippy 11 and the yachting race by Milton Pope's Flying Dutchman, El Scorpio.

×
     

Coming up the blind channel, El Scorpio sails past John McConchie's Flying Dutchman, Tauris.

×
     

Contestants in the power boat race get the course sorted out before leaving Monaco.

×
     

Geoff Tuffnell and Skippy 11 get away to a good start.

×
     

In the middle of that white water there's a power boat, but we wouldn't have a clue who it is.

    Issue contents

Website © 2011 — Friends of the Nelson Library
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand logo

All images and text on this website are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 New Zealand (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/).