YACHTING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 2

YACHTING

MILLS CUI' PROTEST. The pi-otest, entered by the owner? ot Uie yacht White'lfe'ather in connection with the-collision during tho Hills-Gnp race on" Sulurrln.v ..afteinoon last whs con- , sidcrcii .by Ihiv Protest Coriimittee of the Port; M.icholson Yaqbt Glub durinir- • the '• week.The .JV.hita'.Heather collided with ' the Viola, and. from the'evidence given ' before' the committee, it appeared that the Viola hod previously collided with the .-\ilsa just nfter rounding tlie Pinnaclo buoy off Seatoun. T.he decision of the committee'-give'n on Thursday was that both yachts would- bo-disqualified from the-race. Such being the case the cup will go to the Waircre II and second pijriti.ori goes to tlie Kotiri 11. 'Tke proi test'niuV thb 'decision 'of" tlie cohiinitteohns created considerable'interwt in'yachting circles;- and -it -is • understood, tbat. there is -talk'cf an appeal against His I cwnmitteo'a decision. ' TO DAT'S EVENTS. The Port Nicholson Yacht Club's (fico to-day- will prove the- riiost-interesting race of the season, with the exception'of tho A -points race for firstclass -•'yachts-'-will be sailed, and' there jvi'l ljy n.ine starters;'' The handicaps ••rill be given' at tho start of the'race, eo that the'first- boat home'will-be.t' lo • wiiin'er'. • Second and -third-class • points ; races will also be sailed. The course Wr .• the first and" secondtclass races will bs : from Clyde Quay Wharf round ■ ham Buoy to Iforo Koro and back. The' third-class race will be- froirt Clyde Quay Wharf 'round Jerninjrham Buoy, round a buoy off Pipitea Point, and-back. The ilrst-ciass et'tries are as follow: Wflitangl, Marmigi. Kotirill, Wairern 11, Atalanta, VfoliiFTVnndefer, White Hither,"-and TCoim. The -second-class .entries rrei Inlantho, fialatto; Windward. Veins, Wmrore I.—T-he-third-class-on* tfies are: Miru, Amai, and Muritai.