Rangi on Easy Street

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 219, 5 December 1927, Page 11

Rangi on Easy Street

SQUADRON HARBOUR RACE Thrilling Dash for Fourth Place Sent awaj 37 minutes before the scratch yacht, old-timer Rangi was on easy street in Saturday’s harbour race for the Hardie Cup. She was round North Head before lorangi or Ariki had crossed the line, and finished nearly five minutes ahead of Rawene, which sailed a nice race.

tjaNGJ’S liberal concession was the Jk Jnly serious flaw of the handicapping which otherwise produced a fine C °Notable, after Rawene and the ajestio Thelma had sailed into places, m a s the race between Kotiri, .Ariki 'nd Nga-Toa, which formed line breast, as soon as they had rounded J? tide-deflector, and fought all the Lfy to the line. Ariki drawing away : the last few feet. This was the climax to a great , . The boats had departed on the Mark Foy system, which robbed the start of the beauty with which the 14 stately keelers, moving off in a bunch under billowing canvas, would otherwise have invested it. But compensation came in the closing stages of the race. Though v.nei was well out ahead, the rest of Jr' field was by this time fairly well bunched, with Ariki and lorangi coming through fast from the back marks. It various stages the big yachts made n impressive picture. Close-hauled on the long thresh back to the Bastion, they showed as oblique slashes against the green of Motuihi and Brown’s Island and on' the second run to Saltworks their ballooning spinnakers added a racier touch. RANGI’S BIG START With her long start. Rangi set off at MS. followed by Scout. Delville and Windward. At 2.29 Duder took Kotiri away smartly, with Waione in his wake. Thelma went away in a leisurely fashion not consistent with her later running The big craft carried a strong crew, and seemed to be swarming with humanity. Victory and Moana dawdled to the line together, followed by Rawene, Prize (minus her topsail) and the Marconi- rigged Nga-Toa. Lean as a greyhound, lorangi was sluggish at the mark and lost half a minute. Ariki’s acceleration, by contrast, was rapid, and the scratch clipper began very smartly. Followers could see, even in the early stages, that some of the middle boats had hardly taken full advantage of their handicaps, but Rangi was not one of them. The limit ship had rounded North Head 30 minutes after she started, and good handling permitted her to hold the lead. Turning the Bastion for the home run. she hauled well in to windward, took full benefit of the slack water behind the tide deflector, and crossed the line at 5.30. just as Rawene was rounding the mole. The difference in times was 4min 34sec. Rawene having made up nearly 21min on the limit boat. Thelma loomed up impressively, less than two minutes behind Rawene, which had sailed a creditable race. THRILLS FOR ONLOOKERS Then, round the toe of tbe deflector, slipped Nga-Toa and Kotiri, with the dominant Ariki on their quarters. Straightening up. the trio were abreast, a magnificent sight, which raised the enthusiasm of onlookers. Kotiri. on the outside, looked a winner, but Ariki crept ahead in the last chain. Ariki was placed three seconds ahead of Nga-Toa, Kotiri one second further back. In succession, now, came Windward, Scout, lorangi and Prize. Delville, j last to finish, crossed at 5.50.17. Moana did not complete the course. Handicaps and finishing times were: Rangi ~ ~ .. 37min 5.29.57 Scout 33min 5.41.17 Delville 31min 5.50.17 Windward .. .. .. 28min 5.39.56 Kotiri 23min 5.39.17 Waione ~ ~ 22min 5.43 Theima lomin 5.36.22 Victory ~ .. 12min 30sec 5.43.49 Moana ~ ~ ~ 12min 30sec did not finish Rawene .. .. .. llmin 30sec 5.34.33 Prize llmin 30sec 5.42.22 N'earoa .. .. .. ~ llmin 5.39.16 lorangi Smin 5.41.53 Ariki scratch 5.39.13 SMART CRAFT MATERERE WINS M CLASS Four yachts crossed the line in a bunched start for the M class race, for which the course lay to Sandspit and the New Dolphin, thence back to King’s Wharf., twice round.

Handled judiciously, Matarere *nowed pace from the outset, and beat and Mara tea to the buoy on :**• flfst return. Manene and Marale * raced side by side, the former pining five seconds on a very slick ; ur n. and picking up more when Maraendeavouring to emulate Matarere y flying a spinnaker, dropped the overboard. The double round of the course was completed in capital time, with flnishorder as follows: Matarere. 3.22.12 1 Manene, 3.24.30 Maratea, 3 Mawhiti, 3.30.18 4 Miachief did not start. ON THE MANUKAU CRUISING CLUB’S RACES «. '^ ac ht and launch races were heLd Manukuu Cruising Club on Sat‘Jay under favourable conditions, in the sailing event the limit boat fm? Gnome . 17min, started at 2.38 p.m.. b y Mysterv Bimin, Walapu ‘Mnin, Bea Horse 6Jmin, Myra smin, ,Pf m Pagne smin, Maidie 4min, and ,ate » and Sylvia scratch. *, e r,n °me led to the bottom h£ rk with Myra and Sea Horse close On the lead back to the top

mark, Myra passed her small rival just before rounindg, followed by Sea Horse and Champ: | ne. Sylvia and Maidie were close together and Mystery and Waiapu brought up the rear. v Result:— Myra, 4hr 28min agsec ... t Sea Gnome, 4hr 31min 30sec .. 2 Sea Horse. 4hr 44min 55sec .... C Nine launches entered for the power-boat event and started as follows: Lynx, 39min, starting at 3.11; Grace 33min, Cremorne 27imin. Salome ‘■-mm, Almora ISmin, Mermaid lomin, Regal 13min, Wanderer 13min Pal o’ Mine scr. This order was maintained the first time round, but on the run to the bottom mark Mermaid, Almora, Regal and Pal o’ Mine passed some of their rivals. Result: Cremorne, 4hr ISmin 25sec .... 1 Regal 4hr ISmin 2s 2 Pal o’ Mine. 4hr 20min ' 2 MODEL YACHT RACE A model yatch race was held by the Cruising Club on Saturday, when six boys entered their boats. After a keen race Master J. Keegan's boat proved the winner. Master P. Bradv’s yacht came second and Master T Lloyd’s third.

Keen Yacht Racing Under Tamaki’s Flag

SMALL CRAFT IN ACTION Yacht racing was seen to advantage on the harbour near Kohimarama on Saturday afternoon when about 40 of Auckland’s fleet of small yachts competed in harbour races under the control of the Tamaki Yacht Club. A useful sou’-westerly breeze sent the little craft along in merry style. Fair entries were received in the six classes comprising the programme. The courses were as follows: H, L and N Classes.—From starting line, between launch and end of Kohimarama Wharf, thence round Bastion light beacon, starboard hand, thence outside Bean Rock, thence round beacon below Rangitoto Wharf, starboard hand, thence round mark boat off St. Heliers Bay Wharf, finishing at starting line. Other Classes.—From starting line between end of Kohimarara Wharf and launch moored north, thence round Bastion light beacon, on starboard, thence outside Bean Rock, thence round mark boat off St. Heliers Bay Wharf, on starboard, finishing at starting line. All twice round, except Z class boats, which went round once only. The officials were:—Starter: Mr. W. A.. Wilkinson: judges, Messrs. F. H. Browne and T. Kilfoyle: timekeepers. Captain Barnes and Mr. R. Wild. H, L and N Classes.—Five boats entered in this race and all started. Celox led the way over the line and Winifred came next. W’airere was third, closely followed by Waitere 11. and Wayward in that order. Celox maintained her lead round the Bastion mark and then Waitere 11. overhauled her rival and lead all the way to the finish with Celox close in attendance. However, the handicapping allowed Celox first place and the first boat home was placed third. Result: Celox (2£in), 4hr 27m ISs .. .. 1 Winifred (5), 4hr 30m 59s .... 2 "Waitere 11. (scr), 4hr 26m 36s . . 3 Star Class.—All three boats of this class started. Ola IV. led the way over the line, followed by Moa, and June came along several seconds later, owing to slowness in going about. On completion of the first round Ola IV. was two minutes ahead of June, which was folio ved one minute later by Moa; the last-named was not doing her best on account of a furry bottom. Ola maintained her advantage throughout, though June closed slightly before the finish. Result:— Ola IV. (scr), 4hr 11m 43s .... 1 June (scr), 4hr 13m 10s .... .. 2 Moa (scr), 4hr 16m 28s 3 V and S Classes.—This race produced the best start of the day, but only four boats out of the seven entries faced the starter. Drone, Aratu and Namu breasted the line together, followed closely by Magic. Drone was well in the lead at the end of the first time round. Namu was next, with Aratu close behind. At this stage Magic was bringing up the rear. Drone I led all the way and Namu and Aratu kept close together throughout the race. Aratu (8m), 4hr 19m 17s 1 Magic (8m), 4hr 19m 53s 2 Namu (sm), 4hr 19m 22s 3 T and X Classes.—Ngaio 11., Marie, Desert Gold, Kismet and Linnet responded to gun-fire in that order of crossing the starting line. The boats were all in fairly close order as they set sail for the Bastion. Kismet was comfortably ahead of Ngaio at the end of the first lap. Marie came along next, followed by Linnet, which was coming up smartly, and Desert Gold last. Kismet went into the lead early in the race, but could not overcome her handicap. Result: Ngaio (7m), 4hr 35m 10s ...... 1 Kismet (scr), 4hr 32m 47s .... 2 Linnet (sm), 4hr 39m 42s .... 3 Y Class.—Alerte was first away in this race, closely followed by Sea Breeze and Romp, running neck and neck across the line. Jupiter, Sea Nymph, and Opah followed in that order crossing the line for the second time round Alerte was well in the lead from Jupiter, which was ahead of Romp. At the finish Romp had changed places with Jupiter. Result:— Sea Nymph (11m), 4hr 45m 54s 1 Romp (7m), 4hr 43m 3s 2 Opah (sm), 4hr 45m 7s o Z Class. —Four Takapuna class boats contested this race. Kitty showed the way over the line, with Comet and Delphine close up. Tuatea came along in the rear. The event was fought out in keen excitement, the young crews showing skilful handling of their small craft. The finish was the closest of the day. Result: Tuatea (6m), 4hr 20m 9s 1 Delphine (4m), 4hr 19m 15s .... 2 Kitty (2m), 4hr 19m 10s 3 TAURANGA~YACHT CLUB (From Our Oun Correspondent) TADRANGA, Sunday. The first race for the Cairns and Woodward trophy was sailed by the seven-footer class yachts at Tauranga yesterday, when six boats faced the The result was; Boi'ril, 1; Petrel, Z, Whippet, 3,

OTAHUHU SAILING CLUB The opening of the Otahuhu Sailing Club’s season was held on Saturday, when perfect weather prevailed, with a fair breeze from the south-west. Four boats competed, and a very even start was made at 2.45 p.m. Sea Sprite rounded the top buoy at a slight advantage over Aurora, which was followed closely by Omaki and Rita C in that order. On the run down spinnakers were set, Aurora holding the lead until reaching the “stick,” where she missed the mark, and Sea Sprite, carrying on, was first round the lower buoy. From here, Aurora took the lead with Sea Sprite, Omaki and Rita C following in that order until the finish, which proved very close. Result: — Sea Sprite (16m), 4h 6m 1 Omaki (15m), 4h 10m 30s .. .. 2 Aurora (scr), 3h 55m 30s 3 Rita C. (35m), 4h 31m 4 Mr. H. Fearnley officiated as starter and judge. The next race will be held on December 17. The monthly general meeting will be held this evening.