YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 18

YACHTING.

[Bx Mainsbeet.] THE WHITENINGS EFFORT. Reception To-day. It is to be sincerely hoped that yachtsmen by this time thoroughly understand the position.with regard to the reception .to the battleship New Zealand, which, by the way, commences at about 2 o'clock , this afternoon. As far as can be ascer- I tained at . the time of writing, tho arrangements are as follow: —yachts and launches will meet at tli9 rendezvous, which has been fixed for Kau Bay in a southsriy, and Shelly Bay in a northerly wind, not later than 2 p.m. Tho warship also at.'tihie of writing-is -understood to arrive at Wellington Heads at 2 p.m., eo" that the arrangements should givo yachtsmen ample time to get ready to take up their positions. A list will havo been drafted out ere this, allotting a specific place to each boat, and owners are requested' to 1 do their utmost to maintain these positions. This can easily )>e dona by backing the staysail, or slacking Uio mainsail. In the event of any boat being absent, the nest boat in order will of course close into place. The P.N.Y.C. commodore will 'act as, marshal, on. board the launch Waiono. When the battleship appears the boate will I'ako up tho following positions: Yachts on the port side, and launches on the starboard side. ,'fho yachts and launches will then accompany tho battleship up the harbour to' the anchorage, maintaining of course a respectful distance from her. Boats passing -the' New Zealand will, of course, dip their, ensigns,, which should bo flown from the reak, arid in the case .of launches from the stern. , After Teaching the anchorage, boats, passing .the warship's stern ore requested ito again; salute in tho usual manner by .dipping, the ensigns. The warship will probably be accompanied by several steamers, such as the Amokura, Duchess, Terawhiti, end the Tutanekai, with the. Government party on board. These vessels'will be in line astern, but some of them—the Tutanekai, for instance—may be abreast of the warehip, hence the need for'yachts and launches to keep a respectful distance', from the New in proceeding up the harbour. It only remains now lot yachtsmen and launehmen to 00-operate, and bv .turning out in full force, to demonstrate what a fine fleet of plensitro craft Wellintogn possesses. ICinemntograph pictures of the procession will probably bo taken, and tho only thitlg liecessary to crown the proceedings with success ,is a fine dny. Boat Harbour Ripples. : '■ Last Saturday saw . the Close of the P.N.Y.C. racing programme in tho-Coil-' sotetion won by Mr, W.- BrookeTaylor's Amai. It-is to be regretted that only one other boat—Siren—saw.. fit to oome out in this event. At least two .other boats, Isca and Viking. qualified for this race, but for some reason best known to tliemselVDs did not start. Amai had the best ofj the start, Siren beihg hung up between the wharves with the light southerly. At Iforo Koro, A thai had increased her handicap of 16min. by 4min„ and commenced the long beat up to Point Halswell. Shades of evening were fallihg fast, but the Amai stuck to it in her .determination to get across the line before tlio time limit, and with tho aid of ft "fresh" in the breeze, skimmed along nicely, crossing tho line just in time to save th 6 situation shortly beforo 7 p.m. Siren, followed Smitt. later, having picked up a quarter of an hour on Amai in the beat up to windward. Mr. Brooke-Taylor anchored in tho Boat Harbour for the •night, there being very littlo wind at tho time. Sunday waa a good smart two-reefer sou'-wester, And not many boats left the shelter at Clyde Quay. Thoso that did made for Kau Bay, whoro tho auxiliary scow Echo was sheltering from the rising storm. Ailsa got eome ■ fltio work in beating up to the anchorage thero under her staysail.