REGATTA ON LAKE WANAKA.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 133, 28 May 1872, Page 4

REGATTA ON LAKE WANAKA.

We have been favoured with the subjoinreport of the Regatta which took place off Pei broke, Lake Wanaka, on Friday and Saturdi last :~

The first event was the Sailing Rack, npj Ito all boats. The c mrse was from the m win] at Pembroke round Hoy's Island, and back! Pembroke round a buoy moored oft" the wiJ jshed : twice round, about eight miles. Mr 11. S. Thompson's No Name, 7 tons - - i Mr A. (Jrahani's Wanaka East, 3 tons - . | I NIrU Flelditeh's Isabella, 20 tons - - . . Messrs Ellacott "c Ifassing's Eureka, 42 tons. Mr Theodore Russell's Dirt, 8 tons - - - - j : The boats got under weigh well together, a <J start being elleot >d. The No Name soonchiiri | the others, and stoo 1 well up to windward. Id ing. The Isabella, however, weir, about short] , after starting, took a leading wind with herd ; the eastern side of the Lake, and standing nd ; towards Uoy't Island, was very soon the leaiM boat, pretty closely followed' bv the WmiaJ j East, _No Name, an I Dart. The Eureka, i standing towards the western shore, lost tj wind, and was soon to all appearance hopeless] astern. The Isabella first rounded the island and ran free round the buoy the first time, tB | others following in the order named. In worl | ing un the second time, the wind freshened, ad the No Name passed the Isabella, the WamH East lying in the wake of the former. TS j Eureka also can-lit the wind in second rami I and, weathering the Dart, 3tood well toward the lea ling boats, but too far astern to rati them. Passin ; the buoy in the homeward raj the No Name was about 300 yards ahead of 4 \v anaka Last, and (he Isabella was a good thirl The rain at this time began to fall heaviil and it was determined to postpone the otls events until next day, when the following raw were contested : Handicap Pclung Race, of two mile? ; firs i prize, L(i; see >nd, L'2.—The first prized 1 taken by Mr Campbell's Wanaka (pulled H , Messrs Russell, Ellacott. and Yeldon) ; tlies jcond by Mr Uraham's Wanaka East (in wW were Messrs Pipson, Cameron, Baird, and Oli ver) ; while Mr M'Callum'a Annie was last 1 (l' ul led by Messrs Ewen, M'Kay, and Jl'Aluter. ! he Wanaka won easily. j Sculling Rack, of one mile. First prize, U second, Ijs. Mr Pipson's Daisy ] Mr Ellacott's Eureka 2 Mr Oliver's Miss Mason - - 3 Mr Jenman's liose 4 Won by 50 yards. | Sailing Race,—once round the Island, firs! prize, L.B 10s. ; second boat to receive the amount of entries. Messrs Ellacott & Hassing's Eureka, 42 tons 1 Mr Thompson's No >iame. 7 tons - ' - • Mr Russell's Isabella, 20 tons - •' The boats started away well together, ft< j Isabella leading U p to Ealey's point, having tbj j best of the wind ; the other two boats stood for thcr over to the west side of the lake. TN wind then fell light, and the boats were almost becalmed for a time. When it came on tobloj again, the wind had changed more to the vim ward catching Eureka and No Name 0 seeding them right up to the'lsland before was felt by the Isabella, which was from tH time out of the race. The No Name rotmfH the Island first by a small way ; but rnnnN home the Eureka hoisted her gaif topsails, dre< gradually away from the No Name, and c>3« in an easy winner.