YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 12

YACHTING.

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THE BUFFETED IORANGI

/Tc~day.—First' -Ea"Co ' of Second Series, ~:'• First and Second "Classes. .' -.*'., : Jamiary ,25;— Second Eaco'.'.."' v pf=;■"'..:-Second T, CSenes, ; : :First,,,:: 6?Cond;-.7 and ;■ -/Third i'uYClassesVv'--7'':;:'<' ■'■■■■'-' ''•■'■'■ Second: Series, '-■'■i. First and-Second. Classes.:. .■;■;'-•■ ■•',".' February Open. to ; any. recognised yacht:club. •'.-•':.,. .'■■'■. ;March:B.-L?dics':'Eace'.V'. _ .- _..,:' :Maroh,24 (Easter. Monday).-P.N.Y.C. ,PicfA~pril'.i:— Consolation Eace'General Han'.'?,'.dicap.\v'--;:■■',.';''•;':..; ; '-;'-:,.'.;" ■', >'

lritlJresl;:';:|i'-^-f ■;;:;;..-A'' v : The principal topic amongst yachtsmen during the.past : week: has been: the arrival of the dismasted lorahgi. They have been visiting the Boat Harbour ; in largo numbers 'to see the little vessel, nnd .it ''certainly"seems that-she must have.como through something' of an : .ordeal.... '"' .' 7 It is not' an.every, day occurrence.for a yacht to undertako such a long sea journey, , and .when it does happen there, is .frequently ■■ something,. of,.- interest, tq ,-'report;'. The owner and.crew of thelorangi, however; are to no. complimented for, their. Venture.: ■ They. are ■' thorough \ ■-. yatching ,men.-' ;",."■. '■'.'-.' •'•■';,''."-..-;'. '-:vv. : V- '■■■'' '■■''' ■ i- During their trying trip the crew, was split' up into three ; -watches, 1 two mon on deck'at .a time,; so, matters for. the crew 'wcro'inado as;, comfortable '.as- possible. ■;'.--.■ -.■'■■■'. ".' :;....:7- .•;.

The Mast Snaps Off..; ~''.','." 3 :■: ..When tlio raast carried away, things' on board, were mode somewhat' t live_ly. - The yacht was buniping'and Tolling about,in. a big sea, and/the; crow, had their hands ptotty full when they commenced to haul the loose'rigging, sails,-and. parts of the masfc~ in-bdard; •' It; is work, of a nature that :i can hardly bo : closed aS pleasure yachting. vßut, "needs must be when the devil drives", and the'crew stuck to.it. By 6.30 on' Sunday evening they had stepped a/jury,mast. ..'.■■'"'■'.'•;.';.'■/.'.•':''

Tho Sport of tha Winds; '-;'/ A north-easter- continued and the yicht was'p'ut bdfbre ; , : the wind, and away Bhe Wont, bound for Port/Kobinson./-' After running' for ■ about four hours the little vessel iDst-.the wind, and it was not long before she .•■had.'., to" face:'a howling. southerly.-.''•..:'.■'•';"■'■'.•'':■/■'■'.■'■ '■' It came down so suddenly that tho crew could hardly realiso what was upon them. It proved too much for tho jury inast.whioh wont crash,: and the crew wore' obliged to' set to" and straighten things up. • >• After being hove to all night, the crew had got another jury..mast, rigged by 6 o'clock the following morning. A fresh eou'-westor still prevailed, and a course .was set for Kaikoura, but owing to a heavy fog obscuring, the coast, tho crew decided to keep.on for Wellington, To their disappointment, howovef, the southerly left thorn, whon only fi'vemiles off Pencarrow. They' had anticipated reaching Wellington on that wind, but their luck was-evidently out. A northerly took the place of a southerly and the' lorangi drifted back off Cape Campbell, being abeam at 3.30 a.m. on Tuesday last. Picked up at Ult. However, it is. an ill road that has no turning, and not long after tho vessel was picked up-by the steamer .Ngahere and brought to Wellington. Tho crew woro indeed thankful to arrive, although they would have liked very much to come right into Wellington without any aid. Moral: Far better to bo suro than' sorry! ■ The owner of the vessel (Mr. Alexander) has purchased the Ngaira'fl old'mast, and was to have got away for Auckland on Thursday. •;•';' ' '.. ' . ■/. .' '• Tho: Races To-day. / This afternoon the Port Nicholson Yacht Club will decide its first laces for the New Year. Tho events are for first and second olass yachts. Tho Boat Harbour is at present'full of-yachts, .and thero is ho reason, why the first raceii of the, season should not bo enthusiastically contested. I siiy "enthusiastically" because I hoard a .member of the crew of the lorangi—an AucUlnuder—remark' on Tuesday last, that he .considers Mat southern yachtsmen (including, I presume, Wellington) ate much '■' more enthusiastic than the Aucklandors, Is this a word of encouragement for Wellingtoninns?

The prima donna: "Why don't you give tho part to my daughter?; She sings beautifully. She has inherited my voice." Manager: "That so ? I've often wondered what.becam* ofit,"- .