1.
SV FLAGS OF PARTICIPATING NATIONS PAN UP TO BUILDINGS
0.08

2.
SV SIGN "BUENOS AIRES"
0.11

3.
GV YACHTS AT ANCHOR
0.16

4.
GV HARBOUR AS YACHTS LEAVE
0.22

5.
SV WOMAN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS
0.24

6.
GV YACHTS AT SEA
0.33

7.
GV DITTO
0.38

8.
LV "ONDINE" PAN TO "STORM VOGEL"
0.49

9.
LV "ONDINE"
0.54

10.
GROUND TO AIR FLY PAST


11.
LV "STORM VOGEL"
1.02



Initials GHB/VS/AE/BB


SPORT: YACHT RACING

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Background: BUENOS AIRES HARBOUR WAS THE STARTING POINT ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 4) FOR THE 33 YACHTS FROM EIGHT NATIONS WHICH ARE TAKING PART IN THE 1,200-MILE (1,900 KILOMETRE) BUENOS AIRES TO RIO DE JANEIRO RACE.

THE ENTRANTS INCLUDED YACHTS FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, THE UNITED STATES AND URUGUAY. THEY WERE EXPECTED TO REACH RIO IN FROM NINE TO TWELVE DAYS.

TODAY (TUESDAY) THE AMERICAN KETCH "ONDINE" WAS REPORTED IN THE LEAD OFF THE BRAZILIAN COAST. THE "ONDINE", OWNED BY HER SKIPPER SUMMER A. LONG, OF THE LARCHMENT YACHT CLUB, WAS A STRONG FAVOURITE TO WIN THE EIGHTH RACE OF THE SERIES.

THE 73-FEET LONG "ONDINE" WAS LEADING BY AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM THE DUTCH VESSEL "STORM VOGEL", SKIPPERED BY 68-YEAR OLD CORNELIUS BRUYNZEEL.

THE ARGENTINE YAWL "JUANA" WAS SAILING IN THIRD POSITION.