YACHING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 12

YACHING.

.■':':; '''\ - •.:';.-.[B*. JUiNanEEi,] '■'.-'.- '■-. ';:;;" ■■.'■'^^■'.N;. :;; M^iffl^ : -.."-iv-.;^,^:-^. ; -' Nov.; 9,-ppening: ?.N,Y.C.' ■ - : '; ; '-!; % : • A y Z ; 1 Last; Sunday the i 3 ariet visited Somes Island, ana'spent the. day there.- : When, the Nancy Stair was leaving the Boat Harbour, she ripped her mainsail. She. was delayed for somefime, but eventually got :away for : Scorching : Bay; The Syrenwent out on Saturday evening, and 6pent. tho' • night dt Day' 6 Bay/ returning home :next morning. • ■■:-,-j-'- .-.-',-•.. ; ;,-■■_.: .■■ Mr. Ward's new .third-class yacht,:'iikzio, has: sported 'a-new raoing: sail. Tho .sail: is fitted with patent reefing gear.., .The White , Heather, is looking very ship-shdpe: after'' her recent' overhaul. She was launched last Sunday aftornbon. ■ Mr. A. B. Watty has partially •. finished'the White leather's 'suit of sails and her new yawl rig should looks a decided immovement in hor. ; The ' Muritai ■'-, and the Nanoya came, off the slip last 'Saturday .afternoon, ;and : were brought round to'the Boat Harbour.; Both yachts are.looking very smart, and mil no doubt figuroin the racing during the coming season. Mr. Nelson's Nikau, and the Harriet were launched on Sunday morning, ' Tho Rona; was launched last week, and vras towed to the Boat Harbour' by the s;s. Rlwaka. The ■ Waitungi':will .most likely ;be-launched : to-day.'-' ;-. : ,-.'■■':"'' -'■'■'''.•, ! ':.' "i' ■:■'■'-■■ :■'■■--;.■ '-r Club,sail theirthird race of, the season this' af terhoon. The race: is for a .trophy presented by Mr. A. T. Scott, - -The ex-Wetlingtoh yacht Petrel has not been favoured with'the best of luck since she dei parted, from''Wellington two .years ago. Last , season it will; bo romembered.thatsho was i- driven'" ashbrii ■' at ■' Dunedin, and severely , damaged; 'At ilje opening: day of the Otago Yacht Club last'weok, the launch,Evel.Tn ran ihto tho Petrel, which'was at her moorings, I and broke her bowsprit, with the result that . her mainmast was carried away at the'deck I- lovol.*' : '-..'..i- •;,".'. ' ; ' - •':■■''• r Tempted by. the light breeze which prevailed i last Saturday afternoon,, two youthful yachtsi men; hoisted a-dinghy sail in a little sovenfoot punt and'set out, for a cruise in the bar. I hour. ; All weittwfill-until tho punt was well i out'from :the ,brick wall, when a puff,of wind i struck tho ovor-canvasKed craft and upset her, ■ The "crew" Bvram.oshote, tdwingtho boat with ) them..;, ': v :'.'v ■:.-'■':.'(■ /'-'v':.-■ '•'■'.;;- ■■"/■' ■ The launch ■: Sparrov;, whiob has been laid i nn, for: cleaning, etc.,; was launched '.lost week. ' Mr/ Cooper's' launch;~-which; has been given - a thorough overhaul, was put in the water . again .on Tuosdny. >. Most;.of ,tho motor hhats ; ftrnnow. reaijy for active work, and a strong 1. (loot can bo:,mustered. ~.: -.;,,•.-;;; .■.,-. t A A challchge rate'is :to hi* soiled to-morrow , between tho.'May and tho Knraka* R. /Hiirhet i. will-sail the May;';and S.-Fordhani will have s the tiller hf, the Karaka. • Theso two boats- inot • i\V ni chnilerose ,riico .ln'nt'. siason, when the '..- KRrakn proved,; thn. winner... ;-,':■;:.': ;.,:;,•,; 'The' owners \f ; the now scow 'Ifedwins:, haVo, '■• if is stated, ehajldnged'tlie 'owno'rsof the scow e Wlhifrwl;-'to'',rttCß:Bnnie ,; time duringUho pro- » BtUt'trionthr--.":: •■-■'• ; "—:-> k '-?-'--i i \-<.ir---\!i:

Pletoher. Bros, have.'disposedvof the ,p iialuo-to a-;local- purchaser, '- . ;;■ -~ e ■ ■'. It is rumoured that three Auckland': yaohts " have lieen ■; purchased by Wellington: yachts- -~ mei V„ One of the boats has, so the story goes, e been-secured by Mr.. Barrett, another by Mr. c ■It.. Cole of the-crew of the: Siren, and the 1 ■s"r. by , . Mr ' ■. B. ■ B.' Bucholz, : formerly owner '1 of the M uritai and the White Heather, i It is stated that Mr.'Bucholz's latest is the ' crack second-class yacht. and sho is e ex .R? rcach -Wellington on Tuesday. . 1 ■ I'ne -. following taken from a Melbourne f paper shws tho prospects •'for the season ' -thoro:— From.the value of trophies presented J to -the different clubsfor competition this sea- ' son, there should be no lock of racing. Besides these,.challenges havo been received by tho t Royal Yacht-Club for the Sayonnra and North- f cote Cups. For the former event Mr. Saxton's i Awanni is named as; the: challenger; while ' Mr, Walter Marks's Culwulla is named to try t conclusions for the honour of holding the ' for the ensuing twelve months. < in addition,-there is a carnival -at Hobart, 1 all yacht-o.wnersaro invited to com- i peto,._l-of many years past there has been, i n most unfortunate dispute between the Brigh. ' ton clubsrvin regard to seniority. ■ it t ?,' w ", , - cnn either 'this dispute led to '1 .the Koyals and nol/son's Boy Clubs seceding ' from the Victorian :Yacl\t Racing Association, and. with; the Brighton^forming-tho league ,Rivalry,..hi. many cases, leads to increased .. activity, but in tho case under review, it seems to have had rather the opposite effect. .Consequently the news that the two clubs ' have hnally agreed to submit the case to that enthusiastic sportsman, Sir John Madden. : for decision,''.will be gladly'received., by all well-wishers of yachting. When'a challenge in which Awanui was named as .challenger was received- in 1907 from Sydney for the Say ■•' , onara .Cup, the challenger claimed time allow-, ance from the'defender, as Sayonara was the '.larger..-boat.':-As the trustees of the cup, rely. ;ing on the British Yacht Racing Association rules,'.under which this contest is sailed, refused to concede this" request, this challenge was'.'withdrawn. Last year the challenger, Thelma, was very much larger than the defender; yet Sayonara was-not in ;receipt of , any time allowance. Sayonara being - nominated ;as.the defender again, the same old-ques-tion of tinio allowance ; has : arisen. As the trustees of the cup, backed up in their opinion at, a mooting of membors of the Royals,'have refused to allow any time,: the :challenging club, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, proposed to state, a case for consideration by the B.Y.R.A. This course has been assented- to ,by tho present holders of tho cup, the Royal Yacht Club of' Victoria'."•'.' -Mr.-Spittle, a well-known Geelong resident, has, says the '"Australasian," undertaken to build the defender for the.Northcote Cup, on behalf of tho St.;Kilda. YaCht Club. " . .The motor-car appears to be al rival of yachting at. present,;'according to .the following paragraph penned by " Por'ard Hand" in tho "Australasian ":—" It seem .as if the remarks made by one of the speakers •! at the Brighton smoke night—that the; success' of motor-cars has acted considerably to the detriment, of yachting—was particularly trito at the present time. Still, I think threo'deserters will 1 soon tire of their noisy,'dust-raising machines, and return to a .sport; which is moro hfalthful, and infinitely less trying to the nerves."