FIRST TAUPO GIRL TO BECOME A "YACHTIE"

Taupo Times, Volume VI, Issue 288, 15 August 1957, Page 5

FIRST TAUPO GIRL TO

BECOME A "YACHTIE"

TAUPO'S first girl "yachtie/; Miss Diana Aldworth, whose picture accompanies this report, signecl her nanie to a niembership form at a social evening held by the sailing division of the Lake Taupo Yachfc Club at the supper room of the Meiuorial Hall. The division now has a membership of 25. Like iier eounterparts elsewhero. particulariy at Auckland, slie has sliown a markecl interest in sailing, and says she is lookiug forward with keen anticipalion to the opening of tho season. Rotorua Contingent The social evening was made doublv pleasant with tlie presence of a contingent of nine from the Rotorua Yacht Club, headed by Dr J. II. Doyle, who b rough t with him a projector and an interesting seleetion of coloured slides he took during the regatta at Rotorua earlier in the year. Dr Doyle toki the 00 people who were present that he and his fellowmembers were willing to help the Taupo club in a variety of ways. "If j we ea n get rivalry between our two I clubs, so much tlie better,"' he said. • There was no flner sport (hau sailing, he said, and espeeially for teenagers, who found in sailing not only a bond of fellowship, but an outlet for their enefgies. i He mentioned tliat at the Faster regatta at Rotorua, where. he took the 4 * pietures sliown on the screen, there were no fewer tlian 300 visiting boats from various parts of the Xortli Isla nd. Family Interest "I suggest you should give tliouglit to sticking to oue class — oue of the more modern classep — because there is a lot more in the modern types than in tlie older classes," he said. "Doirt have a lioteh-potch of boats of various types." Dr Doyle mentioned tliat oue of the most pleasing features of sailing was tlie family interest in it; it was lioticeable particularly at Rotorua, and he considered there was a lot to be said for it. After tliose present had passed a wa r m vote of thanks to Dr Doyle and liis fellow club-members from Rotorua, tliey had supper and enjoyed dancing to music of the Taupo Swing Group ( Messrs R. M. Ilarford, ieader, Jerry Kuypers, John Bergers and Robin O'Neile) or exclianged ideas about suitable types of yachts, espeeially for youngor, budding "yachties," and Ihe prospect* for the coming sea son.