YACHTING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26 September 1919, Page 3

YACHTING

— r« PORT NICHOLSON CLUB'S ANNUAL ■ ' MEETING. The annual meeting of tho Port Nicholson Yacht Club was held at tho Boat Harbour. Mr. W. Duncan, commodore, presided. In moving the adoptien of the annual report and balance-sheet, Mr. Duncan said that'members were to bo. congratulated on the splendid position of tho club. Notwithstanding the influenza ' epidemic, and tlia_i'nct that many members were still absent on active service, the post season Was one .of the most successful in tho history of tho e.ub. ' Tho achievement of a club house—long tho aim of the chili—was now on the point of realisation./' Ho was able to congratulate Mr. J. E. Cull tfor winning the. aggregate points for first-class yachts With his yacht- Kotiri 11, and Messrs; Scott and Jordan for winning the second-cSass points •in the Galatea. He expressed his gratification that a new yacht club has been formed in Evans Bay. • The big race of • lastUeason was for the Mills Cup. This was the'second annual race for this hand-, some cup,, and was won by Mr. E. Bucholz's yacht Wairere 11.. The ocean lace to Port Underwood and back was a most enjoyable fixture last season, and Messrs. Hamil Bros;, who had just returned from the front, wore the winners in their , yacht Ailsa'. The veterans' race was won by v .-Captain. Dawson, the harbourmaster, I who had> proved his skill in handling small boats as'well as large ones. . The ladies' race .was a popular fixture, and was won by Messrs.-Scott and Jordan's GalateaJiskippered by Mrs. B-. Milnian. He recommended that the incoming committee procure an Honour Roll'as a permanentrecord of. those membcips who had , sewed 'in .the; war, .and particularly to keep arecord'of. those wholiad.'in paying the greatest sacrifice, addod to the laurels of the cliib. The election of officers resulted:—Commodore, Mr. AV. Duncan; president, Mr. J. J.'Clark; vice-presidents, Dr. Fell, Captains C.'Post, H. Johnston, J.Dawboii, A. A T . Hale Munro,' and T. Chudleigh, Messrs-. C.'J.'Ward, W. B. Taylor, •G. F. Bothamley, D. Howard, Mackin- - toflh, T. Ronayne, A. J. Petherick,; J. F. Mills.'F. Keirnan, J. M'Lean,, sen., R. TurnbuK, H. .7. Smith, E. Bucholz, A. Dixon; A. E. Pearce, S. S. Heath, AV. G. Duthie, G.'Winder, J. A. M'Donald, G. Jackson, Britson, W. D. Blair, P. Harvey, C.-! Beaumont; vice-commodore, Mr. B. Clarke; rear-commodore, Mr. A. J. Petherick: secretary, Mr. A.. G. Wilkinson; treasurer,- Mr. A.: J.' Petherick; racing RBC'retary. Mr. H. Edlund; auditor, Mr. nV. trustees,-Messrs. AV. Duncan and'E. Bucko's:; . delegates to Wellington' Yacht and Motor Boat Asso- •■ ?tion.. Mrs'Ts. W. Duncan , ond B. Clarke; handicapper, Mr. J, AV. Gendnll; railing.committfts, Messrs; R. Milman, A. J..Petherick, G. Bothnntley; general ' oommitte?.. Slcr.srs. L. Smith, If. J. Smith, G. F. Itotlipmley, E. MiLman, A. Scott, and. C. Reeves.' : , It was decided to fix the subscriptions at 10?. Gd, pei- annum, with lady members • af-'a nominal,fee.of Is.. .A motion that yachts' fly their own identification flngs-in .raors instead of the club burgee was carried. ;'. .The annual' report gives the dottails of the first-class points races:—Ronn, tjvo. 'firsts, two seconds; '.Viola, two firetii Ailsa, one first, one foond; Wairerp IT, fi" first, one second; Kotiri IT. one first,throe seconds.- Second-class points, races: Galatea, one first, two seconds; Raweue, one first, two seconds: Venus, one first, one second: Wairere I. two firsts; Nanette, ce first. Th'i'd-cfass points Taces: Mi™, three firsts: Mnritni, twoifirsts.' matters dealt with in the annual report are flimmatised in the commodore's remarks. . .