YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 12

YACHTING.

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"., .:;;FixTUEES F/)K THE,; SEASONi :"; : ' : . January', V:': .'. Saturday, January 29.—ilills'erMe'nvorial, ■<-■ ...Trophy : (Handicap);, for;: first-class 'j.:Xachts:.only.;;-;;.; ;.:■' .V'v^v:- ■•-■,,_.. Saturday,^February.s.—Ocean Eace, Han'■;Tlicap Eaceifor'air lead-keel Yachts i belonging to;the;Club;,, :.;., , . ■■; -~ v Saturday, ' February;•!' 19:—Ladies'. Eace,: ■: : General-Handicap.':!'Each.Yacht;.to ■:! i- be sailed- tho. whole way by .a lady. ; ...

]'.. The-majbrity' advant,age . of tho 'postponement.'of the ~races last 1 Sataiday" \o -clean theiri"boats" in readiness.-for. regatta, day. The: crew /of theVAtalanta,. met :'with.:Bome 'bad' luckV They had -just hauled iup the -yacht, and had' finished; scrubbing : her,' when the ■tackle , gave .way' arid the yacht ,;> rushed dowii the. slip at - a great' pace, stopping vith;a bump at'the, bottom "of the rails'. She fortunately escaped damage-.'...h0w-. eyer.; ; ; ,• , v ;■. : --. ;;',.:-,;:;'■'-;, .'.--..■., <■ '■' yr-i"

V The- positions'-.of >' the , Te;Aro r ':; Sailing: Club's-boats tor. theoWinder-'Cup is. as follows:—Kauibloiy 43 points;'lt'odwing, 30. points; Isiiinacl, 30 points;' -Lotus, 31 points; -. Winifred,:;2s] joints; .^Bival, ; . -3d points; Doreen,.o points;" Nan, 0 points; itauniati, 5 ; points; .. ValetaV 5 points; ; '; ■ .Mr; Painter's new launch arrived,from' Aucldunit; on;' Monday, last and'is' having ai 15 .horse-power: engine" fitted' in her.; The'principal•.dimensions of the-launch are•- pit, 'beam,sft/ 3in. .'Mr. Palmer ismaking an' ell'ort to lhaye her ready'/for '.-to-day.". ■'■-'■V : '.'.'•;" -si";;-";;- '■::•'.''■'■'■..'■. ;;The. Waitangi \weiit'down,to .Thorndori on ;Tuesday.; to g«t:her,gracing mainsail on ,in readiness' for to-day's racing. '• Her mizzen-inast;'was taken.'but, /and her raoing. mainsail, was lashed to the boom and gaff; .It -will be; a treat.:to .see the, old boat in' racing trim once more,; ■■'' ;'."'■ ' The /Kotiri had he mizzen-aiast put;.in last 'week.. She 'will 'most' likely;be ready for-cruising; to-day., '. ... . , '. ' ;.

:' The , Janet,-/ May, and Eawene were slipped 'last ■'■ Sunday; , ', and given ;a. coat, of .copper' paint. ■ : The' Lizzie, Nancy Stair," JCaraka, and : Narioya , have., also been jip. ■.-.-■;'.. ...-•;, '':-'i' ; ."

During' the • week the ,-following' scows •were hauied up on the :hard for a bleahing:—Hainbler, AYinif red,;. Kitty, v Bed-' wing','.and Lotus. ■■■; -. .-,:'; ■ .'■>;■ ~;■.-' •'•-'..•''.■'.

, This, .afternoon .the North Shore Xacht Club (Auckland) will hold.an:ocean, race for ;the Kudder Cup,; the, distanqe being 100-miles.''-;The : 'members are taking 'considerable interest in ->■'~t he. event, -and a'good denl of excitement prevails among tho' followers of. the: sport' at /Auckland;'. . /"Commbdore,", , writing in' the "Canterbury. Tinies,",.:says;—Just.to help mo .to got' well' under way, I will' relaio an' incident that'happened a few months ago.' ;If was this ..way: .A; few.Lyttelton: -'residents: had foregathered not a hundred: •miles from: the post office .for-tho pur-, pose, of discussing the' possibility of reviving: interest in sailing'matters. One: who .had just;been* tackled, for a subscription said very:emphatically, ,"Yaohting in Lyttolton; is absolutely dead." The words were hardly spoken ; when there: was:a noise in : . the .adjoining room; and'investigation showed that a picture of tho yacht Onawe ;had : broken away from' its moorings on the wall 'and,was lying'on tho: floor with;.tho frame in a hundred pieces. Well, sailormon, amateur or - otherwise,., being proverbially superstitious, the author, of the remark anent; yachting/being dead' said,; "I take, it all back after.that, and here's niv five , shillings.": -..Tho rest, of the crowd foU lowed suit, arid that was: tho \vay,.' a start- was made, in reviving handicaps yacht, racing at Lyttelton... Three .races were sailed, and keenly .contested, the prizes being won by .Yvonne,' Onawe, Zephyr, Koiora, Viking, Scud, Bat, and IConini; ,-.- - -. \ . : . - •'

"•■ A uieotiDg;'wtis hold in October Inst to form a club to foster yacht and motor racing, but the attendance was. not sufficient.'to warrant tliis, and it was resolved :to carry-on tho same ns 'the previous yoar. One race. ■ has, siisco ' been sailed. .. '■.;:-,■ ,/;■■ .y. . ■;;. ~v , .; 'The interest in tho.sport continues fairly' on, the up grade, nnd I am .infoL'uivd'that.as u "caurass .has resulted in over .fifty gentlemen signifying their willingness, to become. members. .11 meeting will bo held shortly, probably during tho present week, .when a small ...committee will bo appointed to -draw up'rules and drranfio fora/raoo for Saturday, January' 29. :■.•'■ l .'"'" . .'',:■' ,-,^ ; ;■...".■ ■.••' • . ...