Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) 28th. December 1950 Page 1
MARGARET RINTOUL REPORTED LEADING IN HOBART YACHT RAGE
(This must be incorrect Tuesday was 26th Dec that year. And the report has the fleet off Montague Island So perhaps these are the report of positions is for the 26th Dec and appeared in the Daily Advertiser on the 28th Editor)
SYDNEY, Tuesday 28th December 1950:
The yawl, Margaret Rintoul was reported at 10 o'clock tonight to be leading the fleet of 15 in the Sydney-Hobart race.
She was 30 miles east-southeast of Montague Island, two miles ahead of the 37ft. cutter Fortuna.
At 3 p.m. the Fortuna was reported to be leading the fleet, but this message could not be
confirmed. A broadcast from one of the mother-ships stated that Trade Winds was in front of the Margaret Rintoul, but as messages from the two other mother-ships were conflicting and barely legible, Sydney yachtsmen place little credence on this report.
A message from Mistral II at 1 p.m. gave the position the of Margaret Rintoul as being 35miles east of Tolgate Island, near Bateman's Bay. The Independence was two miles astern.
Other Positions
Gipsy Queen was east of Moruya, with Waltzing Matilda five miles astern of Gipsy Queen.
Horizon was east of Ulladulla, with Peer Gynt one mile astern of Horizon. Las O' Luss was east of George Head.
Minstral radioed that she was 26 miles east-northeast of Tolgate Island at 2.30. The schooner was averaging 8 knots and carrying a full canvas of 4500 square feet, with a balloon spinnaker on the port side.
The wind today was still a north-easterly. Competing yachtsmen expected a southerly wind but did not get it. Light, north-easterly winds and hot sunny weather off the coast suggested that the long race would be slow.
Mistral II Recovers Boom
Earlier today Mistral II reported that her topping-lift. which holds up the spinnaker boom, had been carried away. Spinnaker and boom fell into the sea but were recovered without much loss of time.
Cruising Yacht Club officials said today they believed the race might not end until Saturday or Sunday, as against Friday last year.
Harvard/Australian citation
1949 'MARGARET RINTOUL REPORTED LEADING IN HOBART YACHT RACE', Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW 1911 - 1954), 28 December, p. 1. , viewed 01 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145552672
Boats Listed in this report:
Margaret Rintoul,
Fortuna, Cutter 37ft
Trade Winds
Mistral II
Gipsy Queen
Waltzing Matilda
Horizon
Pyre Gynt
Las O' Luss