Tongan Boxer

Trans Tasman Yacht

Race

THOUGH entries for the Auck land-Hobart Race, which com mences January 30, at 10.30 a.m., closed on November 30, there are likely to be some changes.

This was the situation early De cember: —Probable starters Black Rose, a new 29-ft ketch; Hope, 30-ft ketch; Ghost, 28-ft sloop; Taihoa, 45-ft ketch; Snow Goose, cutter of Sydney.

Other possible starters; Nina, 33ft ketch still building in Auckland; Wraith of Odin, 57-ft Sydney ketch, entered subject to satisfactory per formance in the Sydney-Hobart Race, which precedes the Trans- Tasman; Te Rapunga, domiciled at Tasmania, but registered in Cali fornia; and Beatrix, of Holland, lately in Tahiti.

Snow Goose and Wraith of Odin are Australian boats, others un snecified are all New Zealand.

Taihoa, of Lyttelton, is skippered by Neil Arrow, who sailed with the Davis family, of Rarotonga from Wellington to Boston in the re cently-wrecked Miru. Crews of other boats will include men who cruised the Islands in New Zealand yachts last winter.

Radio communications during the race may be heard on 2182/6280 kc/s.

Tongan Boxer

Kitione Lave, Tonga’s champion boxer (second from left) returned to Tonga from NZ on the November Matua for a short visit to his parents who live in the Vavau Group.

He flew back to NZ in early December.

In the next few months he will fight Ken Brady, Crevic, Don Mullet and a number of others.

His plans include a visit to England, as soon as possible, to try for the British Empire heavyweight title, and after that, America. He is shown here with Hale Vete, his Tongan agent (left) and two relatives. —Photo by Hettig.