NORTH SHORE REGATTA.

Auckland Star, Volume XV, Issue 3760, 29 August 1882, Page 2

NORTH SHORE REGATTA.

The North Shore Regatta Club held a meeting at the Masonic Hotel la't evening, which wa3 very numerously attended, showicg the interest? already attached to the ! forthcoming competitions. t ettera were read from va:Lus owners of yachts, under tour ton 3 imaaurement, asking that a race admitting that class ot boats should be placed on the programme as wa? the case last year, 'lne Committee decided to accede to the request. No 3 cent on the projramme for "bona-fide fishing boats" therefore stands altered to "yachts and fishinz-boats, 4 tons and under," while Nos. 6 and S will now also include fishing boats as well as yachts. Various matters affect* ing the proposed whaleboit race were folly discussed. After the opinions cf various builders and masters of vessels had been head on the advisability or otherwise ot having light or heavily-built boat*, it wai resolved that the racing wluleboats should is of a light description, not to excesd 35ft. ia length, not less Uian 4ft. beam, the planking to be 5-16 in. thick, each boifc ta be steered with au oar. Several Rowing Club members who were present expressed satisfaction because of thia decision, and it m now almost certain that the Auckland, Ponsonby, and North Shore Clubs will each have boats built and furnish crews, while numereus other competitors will no doubt be forthcoming. The committee Is mafclog a great effort to have the war canoe race a thorough success.