YACHTING

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1592, 8 November 1912, Page 8

YACHTING

OPENING OF THE. SEASON. ~-,.■' The opening of the yachting and motor•boat seaso'n has been fixed for Saturday,' November 16. For this, event the chairman of'tho Combined Club's delegates (Mr. A. Petheriok) has issued the following instructions':—The P.N.Y.C, the . p.N.M.B.C.;the. W.C.Y.C.) the T.A.S.C, aid the H.B.C. boats will assemble near to the flagship at' the Ferro-concrete Wharfy.antt.his AVorskip the Mayor will . declare the season Open at 3.25 p.m., from the flagship, by the firing of. a gun. At 3.30 p.m. boats'.will forma procession, in order mentioned- below, and if a liortherly wind, will'proceed .to .and around- ' the JernihghanV'bouy, thence to and :' around the Man-o'-War...buoy, thence-.to i and- around a.' mark bbat off the Tara : [ naki Street Wharf,; and. theiiQe,.past.the flagship,'saluting'her in passing by dipi ping the:flag flown, at-'the mast-head.of. each .boat taking..part in the procession.' Immediately after, passing the flagship each boat can do, as sac, pleases as the oflicial opening is • terminated at. this 'stage. ■ If a southerly wind, the -procession will proceed to the Man-'o-War.buoy, 1 thence to Jermngham, tlicnce to the.flag* ship, saluting ,her in passing, as,for,a northerly-wind,, and dispersing. The .or* der of procession .is artanged for each boat-taking part,, but if any boat is absent, the other boats .will close up., keeping the same' order as set out. Launches will line up between, .'say, eery three or four sailing boats. ) ' The -following will be the order of the . procession:—l, Siren; 2., Naomi; .I'Rona; , 4 Muritiii; ft,-launch; 6. White Heather; 7, Mahiria; 8, Windivard; 9, Matangi.; 10, launch;- '11, Ailsa; 12, Nancy Stair; 13, Kotiri; 11, launch; 15, Wairere I; 16, Evatt: 17,'W.v10; 18. Wairere' II; ■r 13, launch; 20, lolanthe; 21, Lizzie; 22, ' Tsca; 23, Taipare; 2-J-, launch; 25, Viking; 2G,' Rawena: 27, Reverie: 28. Te Rlnina; 29, launch; 30, Amai; 31, Warehon; 32, Nikali; 33,- Dauntless; 34, launch; 35, Illinois! 36, Nan; 37. TomWilford; 38, Kaitare; 39, Spray; i 0; Geisha.! iX, Clara; 12, Valeta; 43,'Margnarifa; 44, -Redwing; 45, s Miro; IG, Lotus; 47, Rona.