PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED
NO SPEED-BOAT RACING Opinions freely expressed during yesterday’s regatta indicate that the committee made a mistake in not including at least one race in the programme for speed-boats. The light winds prevailing for a great part of the day robbed the sailing events of /t good deal of their interest, and speeders would have been just the thing to add a touch of pep to the dull stages between the start and finish of the yacht races. As it was, the public was entertained by the evolutions of several speedboats which circled round the flagship and indulged in scratch races where they were denied organised events. There is little encouragement to speed-men to build these fast boats if they cannot race on the chief aquatic day of the year when all other kinds of craft are represented. Prize money in past years has certainly been too freely awarded to speed-boats, but instead of cutting cut the events altogether the committee would have done better to offer smaller prizes but still continue the races. The public likes speed, and outboard motor-boats are very interesting, but at present they do not supply the thrills of their larger and faster sister boats.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 14
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201PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 14
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