YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 12

YACHTING.

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: Yachtsnien,. who : ifor -soirie"tinifi iii-A SsH fuirsw!ng nd of;tho ' moatll Should |fisooter7 13 . -untierstood ihai she.'is. to be a was the first ,boit to come oil tho slip this season;/, iller;! iiewi ; dwntSi Wcssrß. Kuplic Brothers, Foot, and Dawson* her colour from black t" ™hitc 'appeira?cf ° 3 7: a : °?' ded :™P r P«nieiit .in h e ;

h -to- Hannan has' been':very busvwith .auxiliary ■ yacht. Sirhn for some time She is [being practically ; rebuilt, • - *? 0 13 ; Mr. Jamieson's. auxiliary yacht Ruihi h»V Just had a nevr skin put on by. Mr. Bailey. She .has had tresh ratat nbs put on,'and her cabin hhi, season 0 ." 0 ° "d white ? a i ling Club ' a scows have n the,stern, so as to give i n" n .aft,.-and do.away with the drag. 7iiA»i i a i 3 , Karak<i has had a pieco taken off_her keel during ,the winter arid is anticipated that the alteration will im. •prove the boat and,make her hhndier. ideck. 3 d a now s!cin P«t'on hpr : iinfboiir l fl fnr W fh?, has ,'? eeQ started at the boat noiuour. tor tho teaching of -suniallinK, knot. ifw» ? n . d , s ?! lcl ng.. with. Ur. /d'Bride (custodian) and iHr. C'tushplm (of the yacnt Svrenl H t°hf"~ n ° r r t' ■ ld do a . deal of good ,Sf : , s P f orl: ':•«fre - especially ■ amongst 1 thejouthful frc(iuenters oi the boat harbour! whose keenness will: doubtless mako them en tlntsinstic scholars; ..en„,Wl!i^n has .had! her mast : placed •wchM'.fturther-ft>r'j»rd.this' , f»aMiu so ,^afei^^ der ; new .^ affl ri s Janet came.off the slip on Sunday mornlig last, and was towed ; round to .tho boat harbour, where she liad her mast put in. The It i also came. oft.on Sunday. At the.annual.meoting of the Port Jfinhni son Jlbtqr-Boat ;Club, tho. "election of officers for, tho ensuing -year resulted- as & m u? r % P i,fc' V , ' cc P s hields, vice, commodoio, Mr. i-iPetheriok; rear-comnibdorc, Mr." O. Doivnes; captain, Mr. Cooper; hon. secret Wfi-i'' '1 \? i;i T la r r - an ' r ''"ickeeper, i Mr. T. Mr.. Jackson offered to nresent a trophv for .what ia to bo termed a Mr. Downes intU mated his intention of donating a trophy for a teams raco round 'the harbour. The club Sriaunches 11 ° C ™' llieUJbers ' antl al)o>it

..Last Sunday .was: a- bad day for sailine a heavy northerly, preventing : tho "small fry" from leaving tlie } boat harlionr. The Nancy otair artd Eawene went out for a spin, but tho former ,cned enough after a brief cruise. 1 ho Haveno- went . to' Day's Bay, am mado a good run across.- Coming bac'k, how' over, the wind had increased, to a full gale and, beinß unabio toi niaks Halswoll, sho ran down to bcorching;, Bay, and sheltered thete ™L"i rn . l ! ln, !i l ) t '' ivhon, tho wind having home c °nsiderauly, a start was made fo? iachtsmen cut the following out — Every motor-boat, steam launoh, sailing-cuttir, jacht, or small.sailing or rowing boat when in the fairway of,'any.: harbour shall, on the approach.of, a.lnrßer-vessel,' haul to that sidb hi' 1 1B | " r lr, !' n s* 'vluch , S on tho starboard side of such first-mentioned vessel. Sho shall also, when within 560 yards of any wharf to or from which any vessel of over 500 tons register is !l r °^in lnf V' l ? r ,' to . or : frot n which such vessel is being towed, give way and keep, clear of JBS? ti. '"' eocll of. the ohove regnla. tinn render!, the person .committing it liablo to a fiae .ijot ■ eioetding iIOQ. -, ; ■ °

jy. r ' tln / r o/, the defeat of Shamrock br the ou u £ eat . lier at -the Royal Albert Yacht k lub gathering, an English paper says that tnpro wore only the two starters in this (23 mctre)^race, , viz., White. Heather (Mr. Myles Kennedy) and.. Tipton). Being of equal rating and rig, they again sailed on even terms, tho first homo being the winner,. They wero sent away eastward at 10 o clock, their course being to tho Nab. Lightsin p, back to the West Middle, returning to the station, twico round, a distance of 46 miles, aach carried jackyards alolt, and- tho sails .pre. slieeted to port, the.wind from tho south-west. In this order-, they responded ;to the gun, AVhito Heather having tno merest suspicion of a lead, indeed the stnrt was well timed by both skippers, and . from the beginseemed as .if this was to :be a dual, bame.of giants, an occasion for thb test of skill ana capacity. Such was tho expectation of tho onlookers, but in this world those icho expect much often get little, and vice versa. Bright as was the expectation in tho early part of the nay, the wind did riot hold so firmly as was expected, and. the yachts eventually encountered flutter and calms, insomuch' that the jailing committor afloat decided te stop tho contestants had finished naif the course. Whit© Heather held her slight rftr™" 1 the r-relied tho Nab Lightship, wnioh was rounded in close succession. It was on the way back from east to west' when tho hnamrocks fate as to this race was sealed. op ? cd^ ln , t ? ®PPftir«d, to be & calm u y timo Rj,,lc P^ SSs<l Roing mt&u k* "i something like twenty -°{ 1 - K -**» «l«ar at and nfffl t no ' c^ance whatever,w»h IV I Heather had been greeted w ' nn ' n S • snn at 2hr. SOmin. lSecc.: line™ tL f P j < . nn l dccl ' ntd to crtss the line. This. is. said to have been the biesest & ' lto -f^ ather J has ' *«»■ h « wwS' > r Is understood the \ White tho Solent season has now if 6 number oi xiotories as she •W? o defeats from Shamrock. At th« Southampton Y.C.. Catherine tho tables were turned. At the start both eSs mit W'?i' to ° soon and had to £1.1? J • , H«ather was ultimately first fn th/'B out a short lead oh tho reach directions T ♦ c . ow | a P wrinus <.11-l£ • Was a beat back from Hi'A