SAILING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 9

SAILING.

i ''t ■ "■ , ■ LADIES' YACHT RACE. ' ; . Tho nice - full-sail southerly r :breeza "on Saturday bronght . out a largo number, of starters for • tho ladies' ruco.' i Tho race was- round - No;" 1 "course,/ all tiro yachts going round under full sail. • Tlio following wore- the-handicaps:—White Heather(Miss K.' Hoggaid) soratch; Mahina (Miss. Ej Veil), 2Jmin.; Janet (Miss Roy), Strain.; lolanthe (Miss: Cropp),: lsmin.j ■Taiparo (Mrs. T. Pethericli), lGmin.; Nanoya (Miss Greville), lGmin. ; and Raweno (Miss Rohloa), 24Jmin.. iFatroiius, 20min., and Warehou, 28min. did not start, while Mahakv 28min.-, did not complete ■ tho course.- .■ ■■ Tho. yachts,.werb...well. handled by..tho ladies, who : apparently enjoyed the ex-, periehcb "very;.much. "White 1 Heather, took the' lead early in . the contest and. held it all round tho course. . Mahina followed next; and also, maintained her position' right through;' '' Whito Heather .-finished 'fiist'Wr shr,' 2min'. /lOsec., 'Ma-'; hina finishing at shr. 'smin. 405ec.,".'10-' 'lanthe, shr. 14min. 3sec., Nanoya shr. 18min.; Taiparo shr. 23min. ,15sec;. Raweno shr. - 32mim , The', Janet' did' ;not finish; some of her gear' having carried awav, 'which necessitated her pulling' out of tho. race'to effect repairs. Tho raco was won on timo; allowanco by tho exAuckland yacht lolantho by a. conple of minutes,. : Nanoya being .placed 'secbjjd,. and to: Heather ;third. : ' ' . TE AIIO.' SAILING .CLUB.'.'. -:. , On Saturday afternoon tho To Aro Sail-, ing Club got oft' n. .race, 'tho handicaps, boing as follow:—Nan (scr.), Redwing; Shim.), Ishinael (Bmin.), Doreen • (lOnrin.) j Lotus (lOirain.), Valeta (13min.), Rival (14min.), and Winfred (18min). Tho Winfred soon effected a* good lead which -shohold all round tho eourso for-/tho first time, but when half way round the course tho second time, she was overtaken by tho Rival. Tho good fresh -southerly breeze' rnado : the racing decidedly interesting. - ,Tho finishing times and results are as " follow-.—Redwing, -4hr;" 29min. 45sec.,<l; Rival, 4hr. 32min., 2; Doreen, 4hr. 32min. 45sec., 3. The other times 4hr.. 40min.;' Ishmool, 4hr. 44min.; Lotus, 4hr. 37min.'40sco.; Valeta, 4hr. 37miu. 42sec.; 4hi.' 35min. ssec.' - '---■ ' ; '... • LAUNCHES. -'.' 'A raco/for, launches was held 'on- Saturday afternoon.. Tho starting times wore as follow:—Tender (3 p.m.), Sygnet (3hr. 22min.),.' Vida (3hr. 29min.' 30sec.),' Puriri (Shr. 29« din; < • SOsec.), •> Veronica' (3hr. 31min. SOscc;),. Ilex ■ ' (3hr. . 34min. SOsoo.), Scotia'(Shr. 35miu. 30sec.), Wniono. (3h. Slmin.). Tho race was .won>easily, by tho scratch, launch (Waiono) which' did, tho. eourso of: 0 miles in about 40 .minutes. The Wniono is a''now launch and is owned by My, F, Palmer, this being her. sccond spin.