YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 9

YACHTING.

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. ': FIXTURES ■FOR;.THE SEASON. ;. ■ Saturday, January 29.—Mills'.,':Memorials : 'Trophy . (Handicap);' for;'- first-class, ■■■' Yachts only, i ._•:.._:_■.' Saturday, February. s.—Ocean Eace, Han- :'' ,dicap Ttace for all lead-keelf Yachts ."' belonging to :the' Club.' ..''■ : : ■•.■„.' Saturday, February .19.—Ladies' ''Eace, General Handicap/'. Each Yacht to .- bo sailed'.thoMyholo way by .a' lady. . The .big .yachting fixture of. the'year, . the Anniversary' Day ;Eogatta has passed .and has.-left a;pleasant; flavour- behind' it. The. weather, entries, and general ar- . rangoirients were such'.'as tho Port' Nicholson Yacljt Club has'not enjoyed'for very many-years past. Active yachtsmen, anil officials alike, appeared-,to . enter, thoroughly into the spirit.of tho day.and the . result was a general completeness which Augurs, well for, tho immediate futuro of the sport. Tho only.regret that : can, bo,. looked; back 'on' is 'that three 'such, find' boats as the Bona,' Kotiri, aiid. Wair'ere! wcro'niot' amongst: the. entrants. ,--.'■ Mr. Ward had i bid luck' in losing' the. mast out of the-Lizzie on' Saturday.. The' boat had been performing ">well right up to regatta day and the ; accident threw- . ,her out of : tho : "active list for' the day... White Heather, which broke, lier' main ga(F had, the 'satisfaction of. finishing her ' : morning" race, but, when the -break: did . occur" a.rip was caused-in .the new sail: Tho half Dauntless,; sailed: by C.' Eetlcy, who has piloted the little packet ' to "'Victory many. times ■ had ,to sample defeat in both starts oh "Saturday..' Several of the later day boats showed tho much-raced but. still fleet little lialf r - rater the, way home. ...-, , ..,'..-,' The Holmes-Allen combination, which built tho Nanoya', had the "satisfaction" of ' once more sailing the' fruit of their labour to victory, this time in the General Handicap,. which attracted the pick .of tho fleet. .The- Nanoya had 35ain. from tho Waitangi, which completed the, course ! first, Tho Atalanta, which got'second j'prisie, started off the 18jmin. .mark,, and sailed an excellent race in this event,"and also in the Second-class A Handicap.;.... , .iTho.Mabaki had "a. regular day out, accounting for tho two' third-class races with the aid of her liberal time allow-. ' anco and good : sailing. ■ ■■ ■"■'■!'. i. Nikau was'uot rated very "highly by tho handicapper, who gave her 20min. oft Malua and Dauntless, in .the fourth-class race. To show what, sho could;:do sho ; fairly' bolted round the-course, and won with ease without' time. allowance.' • She ' did not perform 1 so well in the afternoon ;• race, which fell to Tuna, after an inter- ' esting finish with To Rhnmi.- The more I , see' of the solid little. Tuna the '.more, I ■ (regret that a strong one-design class on ~ this model cannot be worked.up." ■ ;. l .The finishing-line for. the 16 ft. class, a , line. from' the boat harbour light to tho : 'bud of; the Clyde Q\iay AVharf was, not altogether satisfactory. ''As 1 -thci.-" cbinpe- ; | titai's in 1 other classes . finished they : . naturally made for the boat harbour, lho ; ( .result being that there - was a- steady ] stream across,the line just when the IB- , .footers were making the finishing point. , ScvcraL-of "tho' small' boats woro forced j iout of their course through this,'and in j Olio case the Rambler, which held'on'to j bnr riglit-of-tlie-road.. eamo into- collision ~ with a launch. •■ A broken' bowsprit .was , one result, .and. another was that'"the ', ■Rambler'was deprived of the satisfaction j of putting up a faster tiniefor the. course ( than the new. champion Nan, which. ; boat j she would: have - beaten by a few feet' but for tho collision.. ' , Tho lolanthe, another of Auckland's c second-class ."boats,'- about 30ft.- overall, ; has been purchased by Messrs. H. Barrett (secretary !of the- Port -Nicholson , Yacht Club) and .T. Kelly (of-Wellington). .' \ if..Barrett'has'sold oiil'liis share in. the ■ scow Eambler to bis partner, K.H.ighet. • The annual racefor tho Mills Memorial ■ Cup ,is to bo sailed to : day'. over No. 1 ■ course. Tho competitors will bo the | Waitangi; Svreii; and the Ngaira. .' i. The North Shore Yacht Club (Auck- ~ land) held a long-distance, ocean race on £ Saturday.afternoon for the Euddcr Cup, c llw distance being .100 miles. . The race '~ • wiis, however, niarred by the very-Might' j\ wind ami calm weather which- prevailed ■*.' during its progress, it practically being g a drifting match over the greater part j

of tho course of .100 miles,- as''may -be imagined; the first Boat,': the', large, vawl Heartsease, taking- 25hr. 28min. lOsoc. to cover the .course.-.. On time: allowance the cup goes to" the.Acacia. The following are the details:—Handicaps: Heartscase (scr.), Thistle : (llir. 30nmi.), Miro (2lir. 30min.); Bonaki,'(2hv. iOmin.)', Calypso (2hr. SO min.), Mystery (3hr. lOmin.), Daisy (31ir, 20mm'.)/ Jack (4hr.. lOmin.), Ehona (4hr. 20minj;, Kaho (4hr. 20niin.j, lolnntho (4lir.■-, r >omin.),- Tangaroa (4hr. SOm.n.'V Encounter (ffir.; 50min.), Acaeia (shr. 30inin.). TJie. course'.was: Prom off tho end of Victoria, Wharf; D'evo'ripdrt, round Canoe ■ Eock'.-' riff . Knwaii: Island'; thence round mark off. Deadmah's Point; Coromnndel Coast; thence through- Snndspit Passage "-between ',. lighthouse -'../and ronui Island ;..„thence to,..'the north' of Brown's Island;'■■ finishing-'a't- the starting line. The Tace.«s-started ; nt.2.4s'p'.hu, the ; wind being.light \;frohi.;.tho -'north-' ■north-ehst at. that-time:•'■•■Miro was first away, with Acacia, .Iblanthc, .and Eonaki in close attendance, and: the others all being,well up. After getting clear of the North Head, the .'.wind fell lighter -and lighter, and the racovsimply-resulted'in a drifting, match until -towards' the' finish, on Saturday'-' afternoon, .when' Heartsease and. some of .'.-the "others-met; with.\n light air from- the- north-east,"-wliioK-en-abled- tlicm. to .finish'the,, long 'distance event. The finishing times-were:-Hearts-case, 4hr. Hmiri.'lOsec.; Mifo,4hr. 'Urn in'.' 45sec; Thistle,: 4hr.: 15min. 19soc.'r Car,' lypso, 4hr.\-24niin. ..22sec; Ron'aki, shi\ 22min. 52sec.;. Acacia, Ghr.'fimin. 43sec.; Jack,' Thr. lOmin.;-..Mystery, ;7hr.. 22niin.; Daisy, Ehona, .and; Tangaro;V did 'not .finish,', and tho 'rest' of.', the -boats"were so much behind,,the'!time- limits ;.that their times were/not taken. \ The corrected times place. Acacia .first, .Calypso second, and Miro'. third. ! . ; ~: The: Royals'.'annual contest .foe- the Carleton. Cup, .for- "all -yachts' 19 tons aud over, set down.for last Saturday;fell through .for"want of sufficient, entries, says- last .week's Sydney- "Referee." As a. result of this;.-tho owners, of 'Eawhiti and Awanui sailed, a .private match over, tho; Manly- course, and onco, again, "Eawhiti 'was able,,:in . weather,'supposedto, suit tho. requirement .of -Awanui,..to .-'a nicety, to lower the latter's colours. A start • was - effected at -.2.45 p.m. 'from Port Denisonin .a.strong';ebb tide, with the- wind: .of, varying strength. Both yachts carried, "jack-yarders." , Eawhiti had, a slight advantage at the start,.but there. : was. little . difference between.' .tho pair' as far■ .as'. Bradley's, Head; • From hero, however,, Eawhiti. started to open out. a. lead from.'.'her rival, '■■ and• this she gradually,; on' the thrash down to the lower mark to something like. 2min... Spinnakers and ballooners we're sent;aloft, for the«run to Shark .'lsland, and" over'this : portion: of .tho-courso Mr. Marks's :boat was practically r unable to' show any gain. 'On .tho 'reach to Port Denison Eawhiti's' spinnaker; sheet 'got adrift,.' before; the . sail-' could ■ he' stowed the yacht, had lost'ground, Awa-" nui getting 'within. Imin. 15sec. of her at the Port. With head to wind on the work down,to the pile-light, Eawhiti soon widened the gap again, and she cleared the;'mark . with a -lead •. at some" 2min'i'-. 47see.', and eventually, won by 2min.\32sec. As in the previous, race. Mr. E.' E. Sayer, sailed,Eawhiti, -.whilo Mr. Marks was- at .tho-helm; of'Awanui. "" ■•'■ .<" -.','.