THE ANNUAL REGATTA

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 9

THE ANNUAL REGATTA

Wellington's ■' time-honoured, annual yachting regatta, one of the- principal atU'actions of Anniversary Day, will take place on Tuesday. Interest in the comprebensivc programme of aquatic events will be greater than usual, on' account of the participation of yachtsmen from other provinces, who are in Wellington for the Sanders Cup-contest, which is to ■commence on the following day. Races are set down for all classes of keel yachts, small boats, motor launches, and hulks' boats, and a special event is being - put on for boats of tho Rona type, the adopted design for all craft built in tho future for competition for the- Sahdera Cup. Special arrangements- have ijecu mads for the success of this year's regatta, und- if fxpccttjlions arc realised— and-ttacrt> is, every indication that they wiil be—much .v.-iil/bcMdcne to raise the status of yachting".iii...Wellington. Racing will cojninwiee at 10 a.m. with a raco for yiielits. of UisVcccond class, .and. at intervals of a quarter of an hour other events Vfill.'be got oft fpr first and thirdclass yachts, centre-boarders, boats of the Rona type, and motor-boats under seven knots. At 2.30 .p.m.. the afternoon programme will commence, the .first race Stung' a youeial yacht handicap race, 'in which a big "field" will probably Hu seen. Then will follow heats in the' JcTiicae- /Class, a race for faster niotor-boaU. races for hulkr.' boats, and a 'goiVeraf handicap for launches: The prizes -will prcbablv bo distributed on the following Saturday evening at a big gathering, at wliii'ii Uie visiting yachtsmen'will be entertained.