You Are Reminded—

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 468, 25 September 1928, Page 16

You Are Reminded —

That the Richmond Cruising Club’s annual meeting takes place this evening. * * * That a meeting of delegates to the Auckland Yacht and Motor-boat Association will be held this evening in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron rooms. * *• * That the Akarana Yacht Club’s annual meeting takes place in the new clubhouse, Campbell’s Point, tomorrow evening. * * * That the Tamaki Yacht Club, baby ol Auckland clubs, will hold its third annual meeting in Gray’s Hall, Kohimarama, on evening. That the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s fifty-sixth annual meeting is to take place on Friday evening in the clubrooms, Endean’s Buildings. ♦ * * That the New Zealand Power-boat Association’s prize night and annual meeting has been postponed until the end of next month, as several officers are out of town. BETTY’S SKIPPER BUILDS OUTBOARD MOTOR-BOAT As in Auckland, the sport of outboard motor-boating seems to be booming down Christchurch way. The latest addition to the speeders v was recently completed by George Andrews, skipper and builder of Betty, Sanders Cup champion. "Bobstay,” of the Christchurch "Sun,” says: “This little boat, which was designed by Mr. Andrews, is 12ft. 6in. overall, and has a single step. The new boat was given a triaLon the Selwyn River on Saturday, and the performance she put up was very pleasing. The boat is much more stable than the racing machines that have been seen on the estuary, and is of a type which should induce many more people to take up the sport of outboard motor boating. “A feature of the craft is the pleasing way in which she takes off. She does not rear up in the manner typical of these boats, but skims over the water in a clean horizontal position. It is reported that several orders have been placed for the building of boats to this design and Mr. Andrews intends to take her to pieces and use her for patterns,’’