KING’S YACHT WINS

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1921, Page 4

KING’S YACHT WINS

MIS ACT IV K PART IN 'll IK virroiiv. COWKS, Aug. 3. Cmliiil or Sweetheart as she would 1... called if her name wore translated 1 1 cm Welsh into Knglish to-day won f(ii- tin' Karl of Dimraven the [vino’s Clip, a handicap for yachts belonging to t!:«• Koval Yacht Squadron. ;nd the promi. r event of the regatta. Ci till- eight yachts entered f. r tlie race only live started. Terpsichore, the scratch heat, was kept out f the contest liy an accident to her rear. Sir |’. Johnson's Moonbeam brake her I,coni and ripped her sails while heating eastward, and had to give nit. from this point onward it. was a certainty tor Catiad, which (inislusl about -•even minutes ahead oi Sir W illium \\ . Portal’s V aider a, the second Imat 1101110. Almost cloudless skies and a strong sleadv breeze produced ideal sailing' conditions. The weather outlook improved considerably after the i.oiiig started in the forenoon. At that time ■a bit,, hers l , s were galloping merrily in the Solent and the wind was so strong, that it tested gear pretty severely. Among the craft to which this! state |of lliiugs brought grief was Nyna. J which sprang her boom and therefore ( could not sail. Consequently. rally the living's Kritannia and Sir Charles AlI loin’s White Heather started in the ! Moyal Yacht Squadron's Handicap, for 1 vachts exceeding 70 tons! over the 1, - : miles course. Tim King's yacht won 1 easily.

j The King again sailed in the Pritannia. among tliose accompanying him j being Princes?! Mary, who is a new j yachtswoman and does not minil a l;it I of rough wen tiler, j TIIK KTNCi’S KKKNNKSS It has been quite a spectator's oay. I hiven t.lic big I>oats kept so well i-rider j the island that .people ashore were able to get a dose view of them, .v'lhing ! the unh-okers who crowded Idle point In the Squadron Castle there was a big craning of ne-hs and fi'ccssim: of glasses rnon the lirittania as 'lie sa«l gratefully by with all her crew, the King at the head of tJiem hauling on the main sheet. The oidv ither race under ti-e auspices of the Koval Yacht* Sqeadr- q was a handicap for yachts not exceeding 71 1 !<uis. five were entered, but only two went to the starting post. They wen- Mr I. W. Cook’s cutter Thaiut and Mr .1, S. hfighfield’s cutter Cyra. Tin latte'- gave up when al-ont h.'if t'e distance had been covered, and Tbniict sailed over. A . rl from the events nrrati eil by the ICxal Yc I t Squadron, a, i'ire far (■-111 ! r ■ heats not included in the Kng-li-h i mm was promoted hy t.he ! ival I olid :i Yacht Club and was won by h'reesia. At the l‘o\a| l.ondon dinner le night Sir Charles Alloin. vicc-coinnuwl'uc of the elnli. presented a special cup v.lticli lie has given in unmeet ion with the international race, and which was won hv Mr li. Mould’s Pollv.