The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Local Yachtsmen Cop Regatta Honors
Sprunt, LyeQ.
Win AS Races.
At Beach End.
BY HARRISS

Carolina Yacht club shippers
cor;oed five of the nine trophies
presented last night as the South
Atlantic Sailboat regatta ended
after three days of speeding white
sails along the Wrightsville beach
horizon. Other trophies went to
visiting shippers from Charleston
and Savannah.
Of the SO boats competing before
large crowds of local and visiting
racing fans, % hailed from out
of-town yacht clubs, in what is
considered the most successful
regatta held here since Tar Heel
yachtsmen first started the sport.
Kenneth Sprint chalked up an
other win in his .'Wahoo" to pace
the Glass "B" Inland Lake Scow
division. Wallace Murchison cross
ed the line in the number two
position to take a second place in
the .total-point count. Third place
in yesterdays conflict was held
down by John Colucci in his ''Sta1-
dust ILL.," However, the third place
slot in the total.count went into
a three-way tie between Colucci,
Tony Ferri, and Billy Lockwood.
The latter two, sailing the Easy
Does 1t" and the "Wing-It ILL.,"
respectively, are both from
Charleston.
In order to establish a definite
birthplace winner in the Scow
class. the three shippers got to-
gether and decided to sail it off
at a later date in one Of the forth
coming Charleston regattas.
Mt. Peasants Billy Collins nit
the win column yesterday when
he triumphed over all opponents
in the Class c skirmish. Jimmy
Lyell finished second in his
Duchess" and Mike Seabrook,
another Mt. Pleasant entry, crosses
the line third. However, first
place honors for the entire regatta
went to Lyel, who managed to
compile mor points during the
three days than either of the other
four. Lawrence Sprunt's "Mer'
curry" which placed fourth in yes
terday's engagement, wound up in
the second place slot for the three
days. Third place honors in the
final count went to Seabrook.
Charles Poulnot, Charleston skip
per, annexed his second victory in
the D class encounters to emerge
as the number one man in the
final count. His fast Siren" won
out over j. l.. Palmer's Sham.
rock" which finished second in
both yesterdays engagement and
in the final calculations, and Billy
Leonard's third place "Airborne."
Both the latter are also from
Charleston.
= Henry Won Oesen made a clean
sweep for the three days, racking
up his third consecutive triumph
to capture the Class E cup. His
only contender was Alec Fonvielle
in the "Phantom."
Teasey Morrison came through
again today for his third straight
win in the diminutive Moth class,
thereby assuring himself of the
class trophy. His two confederates,
Stark Patterson and Willie Jones
fell into a second-place deadlock
when Patterson edged across the
line seconds ahead OF Jones in
yesterdays final meet.
Ch~arleston's David Maybank
sailed his Sugar" across the
finish line to pace the Snipe class
in yesterdays encounter, follow
ed by Jack Lesemann, another
Charlestonian, in his mo Name
H. and Huger Sinkler's "Teal'
crossed the line for a third place
ticket. Lesemann's previous wins
gave him the final nod for the
class award, however, with Sink
Ter taking a second and Wrights-
ville's Tankey Meier coping THIRD
place position.
Donald Fisher took his third vic
tory of the regatta, once again
| skippering his "Nipper'' across
the line well ahead of his near
est opponent, thereby capturing
the trophy in the Comet class. c.
W. Norton. Morehead entry,
finished yesterdays race in the
second place slot, and Joe Morri-
son finished third in his Dirty
Shame"
The final count in this class
found Fisher on top, Jack Pres