1956: A yachting gold
RNZ Uncertainty about the future of the America's Cup was already in the air while the boats were on the water. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. New Zealanders were yachting champions in the 1950s and the sport was just as full of drama then as it is now. “The Christchurch yachtsmen, P. G. Mander and J. U. Cropp, yesterday afternoon won New Zealand’s first Olympic gold medal for yachting,” The Press reported on December 6, 1956. Martin de Ruyter Peter Mander, left, and Jack Cropp train for ...
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