ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 7

ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

: iThe troubled .water .on; January 22nd was very much against the successsul performance of the programme, in its.entirety. In one instance the crew in a light.inrigged boat refused to start (very properly),'in consequence:' ;ot' the. rpugh .water, to/spuU. over .which would most certainly have been to risk life ; and in,: ?the.',case')of the four-oar inrigged; match, as will be seen .hereafter,'there was actually ho, race at ally as : the;Wellington' Club's boat/was swamped before it had accomplished half the' distance to be'pulled. : ." ~,, ~, | t ■i^The'regatta r under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor and the MarchioneJßs p'fiNormanby; President,! His 'Worship the: Mayor ; Commodore, ..George; Hunter, j Esq., M.H;E.; Vice-Commodore,'C. H., Snow, Esq. The judges , were—. Captains .Sims. (Agnes)y Williams (Avalanche), Watson' (frceatt Mail), Kennedy (Jessie Eeadman), W: 'R."Williams, andßose; and Mr. Beauchamp; starter for sailing. and ri whaleboat i races, <.: Captain . Holliday ; itarter for rowing races, Captain Mclntyrei : -; ': Following - is a \ description ', of the various events of the day,'with the results : ; ,'■ VSaTLINGA'Ra'CEi - F6R AIL-CoMEBa.—-Entrance,. 10b, 6d..,,First prize, cup from "funds;japd second, prize,., £3.i,, The .entrieß_werel'as_fbUow.:4rrTelegraph r .JEsxpert, and Avalanohe;, : a fair startbeing .obtained, and " within a few minutes ofihe tune,fixed, namely, ten 6'clockV It was'a good race between the Telegraph andr Avalanche, whojtook first arjd second places f r eHpectiyely, the j Expert rin;%Jbhg' v way,behihd.;j'" .■^.■ l( ,' > >.-.■':■■' \L " h: I ,Vr,A|rs&^ the ;OiitrjggOTs,,,who t'should'". have,, been aecprid t t ßtar.t'i'pirfng.| to, ..the heayy'.geaj.;^!' - .,', ' K<y-pq '.KsviVA'iX'/'"' "i ''•' ,Firs_tprize,' : M'.2",S.'Cb.'SgCup. and;£2s;; second jprize,,;'.£lG,;(if%urL"boa*ts ,otherwi§e ' ohly"£s). Xarifa, 16 tons (blue, Maltese,cross); cutter, Secret, 27, tons '(red "and blue) I'bceola, 5" tons (blue and, white); Minnehahajs tons (blue, white, and red), i of jwind' fayored .thelyacnts in,- their facei arid wheri.'the four. ,came to the scratch a strong N.W. breeze, rather puffy, * was blowing. -' At ; li o'clock the gun shot went off for "them'to"start,""and"the" little^.Minnehaha wen 1 1 1 away witha .bounce, folfowedby the Auckland! ;, Cutter'-' Secret, and the Xaiifa/which r w ; as yerjy.J 'slow in getting underway'.'' The Oceolbmadeja, wretched, start, in, ; fact, so bad that she never: atteinpted Jo ' race.:' The .Minnehaha held her' lead for a while,, running ,<with a free jsheet, : . ,sbije •, the: Secret kept ■ well up and gradually overhauled the little, craft, .weathering: her off Point Jerningham, across,.Evans : Bay.. The wind was rather fresh, but the Auckland vessel, which kept her gaff topsail set, seemed as if she could bear as much more sail- on as she carried, while the Minnehaha:was lying down, almost with the water at her combings, and the 'Xarifa, which had her topmast lowered, was standing-tip very stiff; As I soon as. the Minnehaha got: in; to the: centre, of Evans Bay, where there was a chop of a sea, <\ the Xarifa began to rapidly overhaul her/ and when Halswell Point-was reached:she passed the Minnehaha, and, shooting up,to windward," kept her well under her mainsail, the little vessel sailing very well, but taking the water overall. The yacht Secret was well to windward, arid about a mile ahead, when the first buoy was rounded at 12.15 p.m. When the Xarifa rounded it the Minnehaha was along

way astern, but going bravely -under'verytrying circumstances owing, to |he. heavy,sea.. After roundingthe buoy the Secret stood j in' towards the shore; and then; made _»-hoard down towards Somes quite' the Wellington yachtsmen by thedisplay'bf her' weatherly qualities.. Her. next tack: was in, towards Somes Island, and standing. close-; hauled, but Btill going at a slashing pace, and, as the puffs came down leaving 'a, Vyhite streak behind, she weathered Somes' Island, 'and then'putting round again passed the other buoy between Petoni beach and Somes; Island, the two other yachts hopelessly'struggling in the rear. -In the .tacking business the Minnehaha gained well bri her bigger . sister, 'but both .vesels seemed to'make, but" a pyor.fist of beat- I ing when compared with the Auckland vessel, and it was nearly an hour after:the Secretihad rounded the westerly 'buoy before the other vessels vferb*rtbletbsquate~away, from the wharf. The Secret was ; rapidly'increasing lier lead,' andßhe had the race, wellin hand, sailing along in grand 'style.. The Minnehaha passed the Xarifa and rounded,the,flagship about o|ue minute.in advance;' but'when'they hauled round again on the wind the,"Xarifa began sensibly to decrease the distance between them; however neither had the shadow of a chance for. first, place, as'the Secret was", fully six; miles ahead of them, and at each moment, increasing her lead. The Secret came in first (distancing the second boat, as before stated) at 19min. 40sec j past 2 o'clock.- The Minnehaha had a-good chance fbr" second place, jCqmihg u'p.splendidly, and appearing certain to take second hpnqrs ; but she went to the reßciie of the boat'which; had been run down, although as it turned out there was, no occasion for, such a proceeding, the' lads who" were in her haying harm. She thus had'to be' contented with third, place. The Xarifa came in at 28mjn. ; 30sec. past S, and the Minnehaha at '3smin. past 3. '',.''' ■' .', J ,. f. ; . ".' .~; ! Joniob Four-oar Inrioged-Gig ! Race.— Entrance, 10b. 6d. First prize, £lO ; second, prize, £3* : : Entries Maud, Transit, and Eclipse. The race .-.was- well- contested. Eclipse took the lead from the first, and came.. in first; Transit, second; and Maude far behind.

Coasters Race.—Entrance, £2 2s. First I prize, Shaw, Savill, and Co;'s cup and £25 ; second prize, .'£lo. The start was made: at [ the. time appointed. ' Following are the eni tries—Nelson,: Transit, Clio, Cynthia, Falcon. A false start was made by the Cynthia, and she had to come back, again to her moorings ; bat, the second; attempt was a success, all the vessels; getting' well "away together, the Cynthia, haying the lead,- the topsail schooner Clio second, Transit third, Falcon next, and Nelson bringing up the rear. -Across Evans Bay they ran- at, a slashing; pace, the- Nelson weathering the Falcon, and taking up fourth position, the latter loosing considerably, owing to her gafftopaail;being disarranged.: When the offside' of' Evans Bay ;was reached, the Clio- had crept up. to the .Cynthia, and kept with' her for the rest of the run to .the first buoy; on her weather. side. The Trtinsit'was now sailing well, and looking rather dangero.us for our' Wellington (vessels, J drawing up' close to the Clio, but being unableto pass her. The schooners ,had ..all.[sail set to; the best advantage,' and'gaff topsails and baliooii jibs were';in great request.;? When;,the buoy was reached, : the,Cynthia;ishoti ; across tlie;Clio and Transit's. bows, and succeeded ,in t'getting round first, closely -followed by the .others. J, >Now : the beating commenced," the Nelson, and. Transit being the.first to'put ap'outj while the Clio and Cynthia, which were very close'together, kept in towards shbre,' and when!she : :got round ;the other vessels were standing Well down!the bay, of qourse to.\-the'}leewara.-- Here theoTransit show.ed her splendid yeatherly.qualities, bittby bit she ran to the; windward of all the other-vessels, until she assurnedfa decided lead. A board,towards shpra, followed by:anotber tack, jwas indulged in"by Transit and th.e other vessels, but when they came !to,;weather the next buoy,. they: found '.themselves fa. lohg, way. to the lee of it, and ithe.«only vessel that . gotround was.the. Transit,; the; others having to make another tack before' .they.vsucceededr .Running before,-therwibd,-the*-Transit.'was | superior to our Wellington '..vessels, : ;and she continued to keep. her-, lead .dur"ing:-jthei;whole' course round, eventually; winning-by_ about ifiye,; mjnutes.in; .advance;,.of AbeuCliO,'; the Cynthia being third, and? -the, .Nelson i a good -fourth,:-.with; .th'eVFalcon ; nowhere. The times at which the boats; arrived hoiiae , W epe ;33min; ISsec. past 3 ; Clio, 52min. past 3 ; .Cynthia, 26min. i3osec. past 4 ; .Nelson, .32min.. past. 4.' r The Cynthia and Nelson lost time by; going" out.of .the course oh reaching home,.not seeming to understand that they should pass the. committee, ship, on'.the lee side. •■; • ;.•- : ■ .i .- WhalebOatßace.—Entrance, .j£ils.i:;First prize, £ls; second prize, £§. Entries—Electric,5 oars and .steer j6ar i (red, -white,, {andlblue) ,;,..!Freewill, 5 'oera -and. -steer oar" |,(red; and white) ; Danger,' 5. oars and, steer oar ;.(blue: :and .white) ; .Black, Diamond: (black), A good start was made, theßlapk | Danger, and Transit; getting away 1 almost abreast, the Electric .being slightly behind,-. The race 'was interesting. to those:jvho were in the fortunate position' of,-being able to observe it'closely. The race actually'lay tween the three first boats. "On the hotne trip 1 therewas a foul-between the. Black Diamohd and the Danger, and the,positions;at-.the. finish weriß as follow:—Black Diamond, 1:; Danger, 2 ;...Freewill, 3 ; Electric, ,4. : For lobviousV reasqnslwe say nothing,as; to the merits of:.the ; foul above referred than .'.to relate that the Danger.' lodged.; a protest against : the : Black Diamond.-. .-.-■ i ':■■■ -:.•;.; ~..:'., I-'. •■ I .

■:■ Second-Class Yacht Race.—Distanpe, 10 miles. Entrance, £1 Is. Firstprize.iCohen's •up and £10; second prize,-£s.oceola,»s"tohfT (blue and white); Flirt, 4: tons, centre boaj-d" (burgee); Minnehaha, 5 tons (blue,- White/' and red); Ino,: 4, . tons • (blue■ flag; ~white'C! c ross); Flying Fish, 5 tons (white "flag; fedl^stripes); Red Jacket, A ,tons.. (fed,; withqwhite cross); .Petrel/stons (redflag, whitecross,blue centre). Alls'tarted (at 11 p.m,') with the exception of the Minnehaha, who: was engaged still in the. yacht race. It was a very good race, the re-' .sulfebeing that the:Red Jacket came in l first at 3 o'clock ; Flirt, second,' at- three and a half .minutes past 3 y Flying Fish, third, a't'Slmih.;; 6isec. past 3. hits ,-.):wit: . ' Ships'.' Gia ...RacS.—Entrance,• 105.,-'.:6jl.' ■ First ~p rize,., ,cup,; ; ,from.; ;i funds,,, and .-£5;;, second.prize; £3.,.- oaptain t .Mclntyr^,,Btarted , the Florence (of :,the> Avalanche); and .Ocean , Mail and' Jessie Readman' 'some after the ajSpomted "time, the Electric, whiqh" -w"a» to'have .been' in>the' an »ppearanoe., /; The result of rt)ie race, which." wailreallyprewy,"was;as ■follows": —Florence,' lilOsemMwl,. 2l' IThe b(^t, ? »ndithe, jMaajthereforecpuldindttbu'ch " notwithstaii'dihg * that she iwas .manned,by^,n^uch,heap.er crew. 'trie crew- met'r thei| launch'cominanded ,by'ffle 'their;course) cbmplaihed they could, [ribtiihave arrived, sooner,, ii <j>f bfien ihthe'yhalebbat raoe.'.They also entered a protest. ' !, Foub-oar INriCoed. Gio Race.—Entrance, £1 \tfk iFirstiprize, Theatre Royal Prize an,d,, £2O ; second prize, £sl -The Maude.(Timani) and-Transit-(occupied by the-Dolly Vardeh orew)' started,; the Eclipse not being A /capital start was obtained,-both .crews dipping, their'oarsisimultaneously as Captain Mclntyije lo wared the red flag, but shortlyaf fer the first dartr ,the Transit inoy.ed'ahead:easily andincreased the distance totwo lengths; when Bhe nlled,Jtbje water having.:been ..coming-in over i the- sides, for some distance. The 1 other* boat,-thejcrew of which had the advantage, in lighter weights, " got to windward" of-the-Transit; the latter boat being'.to<"all intents ".dorieiip," to'use a v*lgar, but not the' less I expressive phrase.Wooda- beckoned; to, the vfhich was passing at'the. time, for assistance. The steamejr. launched a hoat, but the Transit'mon bailed out their boat,rand,pulled ashore, and their opponents,.pulled home. ; As stated elsewhere, this was. actually no Irace.'- Under ordinary circumstances, it vrould. have beSii a.|giftjtp the. Transit!; but the fact of the matter is the boats Bhould not have started., . Jonior Paib-Oar Gio Raoe.—Entrance, JOs. 6d. First prize, £5; -second prize, £l. Only two crews, put in an appearance at the i starting point (Ngahauranga), Abolition and i Astarte. The formbr had rowed up in a very | fine Blight batswing, which was totally unfit to

go half a : mile in a-raceon such a day, expecting to-find, the, Abolition.(a stronger.boat), at., the starting point; hut they' were disap- ( pointed iii : -their'expectation, and they veryj naturally refused'',to: start a , sfout,.inrigger,capable of standing,the; sea on Tb.erb.^asnq'rabeja'bcorairigly; a,nd, as 'illustrating the. danger, whiQhl'.'.would have^^^hebu-braved:had,'a start','been"made| >ve may"Bt'ater,t;hat."the,bo a t m/which qrewjof the '.Abolition, '.were.,.,pulluig. ..became swamped.' This"was entirely'.t^jff.bwi^.fault, however, inasmuch .as they, acted in direct, opposition to 'thb'express 5 Captiin Mclntyre to keep in to the shbre^ 1 - ] ".'. Ships' "Boats ~Saill^~^Kace.—Entrance, 10s. 6d." .First'prize,;cup,;frpmfunos, apd £5 ;'second ! prize, £2."; "Vao -Telegraph, (of the Agnes) the Avalaiichej. and started. The race was a hibst unfortunate one|, resulting'as" it didina dreadful accident whibh ■cast a gloom-over- all'= the day*s Particulars will be found elsewhere,] <- .v'" | ,