YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 7

YACHTING.

That the recent contest for the Sayonara Cup' has .'had , a stimulating cii'ect upon-yachting is evidenced by 1 the fact that the Prince Alfred Yacht Club has already /issued a qhallonge to the Koyal Yacht Club of Victoria for a match next fioasan. Their nomination is Messrs. B. B. Sayer and F. Albert's Rawhiti, and since 'this yacht is undergoing on extensive -overhaul, it. is confidently expected that ■ she. will sail a much-improved boat next.season;' Another contest between.her' and Sayonara, should the Victorians again defend the, cup with this famous old yacht, should prove highly interesting.

The Roniola Challenge Cup (presented last'year to the Royal Cruising Club ofthe Old Country by Mr. A.' , Sanderson for the best cruise in home waters) has been won by : J[r." G. H, Miller, who, with a friend, took his five-ton cutter Cariad froni Kevin,'. 'South Wales, to Ireland, and' returned' single-handed. The friend accompanied Mr. Miller for 263 miles', but lor 25U mjle's of the voyage' Canada in-, trepid owner was,by "himself.. ' .; ~" ;'. A new eight-metre yacht, for a German owner, will carry sails mado in Germany <in preference, tq those of- English as hor. owner believes that the German snilmakers are. quite equal to any in Britain—if not better. His opinion is backed up by tlio "English Ynohtsinan," whioh is confident that the art of seilinaking in England has by no means reaohed its highest pitoh.