YACHTING

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 12

YACHTING

."• '"' ':>' :■ : ' l :' , i SIX MEtftE YACrifs. November SMlJpening P.jiiiliß.O. • November 16—Opening Day.. . November Series -Commences. . January Series 'Coiniiieiices, February Eacb. March Race, Will Wa Get Stich Craft? ' it wili be remembereti that af the annual meeting of: the Port.Nicholson Yacht Club it was mentioned that Lord Islington had presented a cup for; • .competition amongst the..six mefoe.'clas's.,. Weil, at present there orfc hb.feix metro yachts in. Wellington.or Ahckland; but if gossip can.bereßcd cla 3 theis appears to : be a likelihood of "a sis metre yacht doing a cruise Tdund. WelßJigton .xStrbour soon. It has bee'n .runiourea' that Mft.C'.' J. Ward, of the P.N,Y-p., nas plansfor a. six iuefcro yacht, and ho is ready to, head a fematr syndicate to build ■■her, aiid.seiid' her up to Auckland to race foKthe clip. , If a six metre yacht .were built ■■in Wellington, and races were arranged between' 'the Auckland yachts,' the'- interest, inyachting would, increase tenfold. J)romall accounts,, too, things in this direction are moving ~iit Auckland,, and it will not be long before mora is heard about the six metre' Class. Back from a Trip Home. . Thera returned to Wellington ..a few days ago Messrs.'Miles and George-Hameli, two well-known, local yachtsmen, who have been on, a visit to.,lrelahd...'■.. Both 6peak in glpwirig-.terinsi --of ; the hospitality extended to. .them by members, of the big yacht clubs-in Irelahd. : . They had letters of. introduction; tb numerous oliibs,! and.theix.stay. w£i3,niade.a .very'.w'elcome and enjoyable one..' ' ; ../.'..,;.;.,, . Miles states that. he... visited. t the". North of Ireland Yacht Club, the'principal yachtclub in Dublin,.theKoyiil-Welsh Yacht Club, in.Belfast,.; end : the .Crouch Yacht Club, at Burhham-on-.'Groucn; The club houses are magnificent, a ,nd'.waiters are always in attettda.Hcb/. i ..HV..and. , his brother also made .trips in various, yachts. "I had look over a iJiMonner,;': he .continued. . "She was a beautifiil .yacht,'aiid : was, gorgeously furnished' inside: . I: vivas also' oil board many' other yachts,..and:l i thotoughly,,enjoyed my. visit." ■"" ' "'' "' ■ The Yawl Sea Queen's Journey. The yattl .Sea Queen, in. whioh Captain Voss is how oh a cruise round the world, may be. exported in Now Zealaiid waters soon. 1 The vessel ;was built at Yokobaihn .in July, .1912, and her length pver-ali.is 25ft., aid .length on the wateiline 18ft.. The, little vessel is oh, the register of ; the Ydko?' hama Yacht Clubhand, set oiitfroa that, port on. July .27 foT..a.::threevyeaTs[!oruiss. She is to visit' the..Marshafi.:.Gr6up;. the New Hebrides,. Brisbane; . Sydney;: Melbourne, Hobait;and. New:2ealaiiaV' v: ~"' From, New.: Zealand she.:proceeds' ..to India, via... Towest, .Strait,'' .callsv'being nmde at Tihipr and' Sumatra; Sh6 then, proceeds to i'ngiahd across the ..Indian. Ocean, via the Suez Canal:and;Medife'rauean ;ports. After several .weeks' stay' ■in England and Gerniarijy .the...■'.' Atlantic. ■ will be' negotiated, and,. after ■'•. cruising: aloh'g'the Amcribaii...epast>,th&..yayl will' pass through the Panama Gantil. and. proceed along the Pacific • cpasfc.. of. 'America. She will call at the;.Cocos' Group, and, thence will return to. 'Japan. Truly a,, reinarkable trip.'tor a vessel-of her 'size! •''..•'.. -i-'-. ■ Last Saturday's Gale. The terrifio southerly gale, which, made so great an impression on .Wellington last Saturday will' not. soon be forgotteii ■ 'by-., spme of the .yachting In all pases the nioorings of yachts' and motprl.aunches.uhdenVent'a very stiff test, Tho small launch Myth, which.'was mepred temporarily in. Pay's Bay, bipke.from its moorings, and dragged on to the rocks, where she met her end, Moral: Never trust to tenijiorary.. mpprings.The owners of the kuiich. Datihtless' experienced bad fortune oh Saturday .last;•■ Their, launch, which, was inpored. off their shed, ,iii Wpjtstir. Bay,; Krbkefroui ■ its nlpotifigs,.dnd was lifted.Up oh-;id the rcicks by, thi waves. , .Jbrtu'nately ■ ili'6 vessel sustained very, little 'damage;, and 6he-wils towed rduiid tb the-Boat ,Har:., bour, where Mr. "Ted" Bailey is cßtrying out repairs. The Talk at the. Boat Karbpur. .. .'. The. Port Nicholson Mbtprßßat Club' is/certainly, ribt slow; as far. as., club management' gb.es. prbgrahime, .which ..cbhtaiiis provisich ..fpi: seven r'aoes, hits,-. been . drawii; ..iip and printed. The' ,blub is to. open.- its season ' on. November 9. when n;picni6..will.' bb held at oil© of thS bays.. ■It-iß,'to;B'e hoped thafethe ;club. will t*. favoured with good feather !for .its pft'eriihg,. as it lias; :.becn rather;..unfortunate in., this respect' ,pii ■previous becasibhs. , ■■.-.,"'.:., ;; - - At the aimial..nieeting,bf I :tIie.;PiN,Y.C., held iibihe' dij's agbi the sii'tii. of' .was allote;! as piize-inbiiey, wnibli ..ivill allow £br trophies valhb £&, £$, artli *2 .feiiig given fpr.fiist, seboiidi ahdthird bbats in each series, . ~ ,' The Boat Harbduf.is getting gdite full of Jacht's and launches again, and. it. .is IP be h'pped. that tli'b dredge, (at prSSeht in the enclosure) will,have 'obiujpleteii its werk by tlie tinio that the seasPn.bpehs, Nearly all tho yachts pf the fleet'.are now,.in,.tho harbour, but. there, aro/, still a few .hiorb to jiißkb their -appearance.. . Mr. D...K6.ii', who has been 'cbiniiiodpre of the. Boating Club ■sincb,ifs , inobptiohi. .TOSighbd that position at >.the last, ~ailitiial„ ntcptihg of tlio ' cliib,' field early, last '(.iibiith,;, Ji'o'rb, titan once Mi;. Keir.lias. l>romt himself a-feoiilf friejit! to tlip yaolttsili'on Am. tliis: $in 6' of .the harboljr.|, Mr, M'Dpi'ighli, the,.present,,.cpiiti'liodbre, f ,will illsb bo rbiiibmbbred UjV-lib'cal yaclitsuich. _ Tlvb- . Horetaunira ■„ Club's iihahoeS'arp-.ih.a iieall'hy bbhmtibii,,aiid members aliticl'iM'o it successful setisoh.. ' The P.N;Y;C. s nroitii rtice, which-is to take, place ill Feltriiiiry next v'ear; \l : i|l;bii to.Pbrt.Dltdorwond aiid ]ak\u It isstated that thero is uvery prosjiec-t. rf a\sul> stantial prize for this ivvcnlj whicli it lias beon decided to iiiiikn opch to jjnj- cliib, Meinbers of tliii Wellington ' Cruising Yacht .Club, will no doubt thko the bppoi'tun'ity of oiit«ring 'their boat's;

Ah act .of 'cohsplouoMs ■.bravery, by Privute Cri.tchlaw, of tho. 0. Squadron, lltk Hussars, marked t'.li'fl..joli'r.ii«y,df.tho Hussars recently from Windsor, .'in .connection *ith the. Army niaiiqe'uvr.es.. .in East ArigHai A horse aCtjip'hctf to.a cart bolted hear . Kick'nihhswdrth, Hertfordshire, .and after getting rid' of -its bridle by sornis means gallbped jn. the direction of the .raajn. body, of the troops; who. were procijedinig m cbjui'hn along' a hftrrdw road. It had nearly .caiiffht ; up to..;thn rear of tho convoy when jriyate.-Critciij-law, who was disiipiintcdi.iuniped.at .the runaway.'. l ;' head, and was aiblb to seizeone b£ its oafs. To this; he. clurife for nuite 200 yard?; and eventually stopped tile hpTse,. after which ho returned to his. scbiitiiifr duties as if sothiog particular had happened, _ '.''■'•'■.■