YACHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 8

YACHTING.

NORTH SHORE YACHT CLUB. VICTORY WINS DUNNING CUP. , JTJNIORS HANDLE ONE-DESIGNERS. The North -Shore Yacht Club held harbour races on Saturday afternoon for five classes. There were good entries in each class, and some keen racing was witnessed, especially in the Jelllcoe one-design and the 14ft square bilge classes, for wnich there were twelve starters. The principal event was a general handicap for the larger yachts, the first prize being the Dunning Cup. This cup was presented by the late Mr. Jas. Dunning, and has been competed for annually for the past 23 years. The other classes were the 14-foot handicap and the 18-foot and uuder, and the Jellicoe class, for which the prize was a valuable trophy presented annually by Captain Tom Ryan. The condition stipulated by the donor of tnis trophy was that both skipper and <-rew uiust be under 21 years of age. Saturday's ra'-e was a particularly keen one, the youDg skippers being as follows ".—lron Duke, J. Lldgard; Rona, J. Glfford; Nyria, S. Dryland; Joan, O. Goodwin: Meteor, T. Parker; Ola. T. Wild: Betty, S. Rule: Rangi. W. Wins tone; Viper, J. Arthnr; Edna, T. Klllup; Rex, E. Baliey: All Black, W. Rogers. i uare was a whole sail breeac from the west, which kept steady all day. and gave the boats a run down harbour, a lead across to Sandspit mark and a dead beat back to the finishing line, a fair test on all points of sailing. THE DUNNING CUP. Tbe general handicap was sent off at 2.45 p.m., the entries and handicaps being: Victory scr, Ilex 2m. Waione 3m, Speedwell 7Jm. Waitere 74m, Sadie lOim. Celox 10§m, Ngahau 12m. Marie 12m. Daisy 13m. May- , belle 13m. Gloriana I.lm. Colonist 14m, Valeria 14m, Kotere 14m, Verms 16m, Rona —mi. Valeria was "first away, closely followed by Venus. Victory, Waitere. Marie, Sadie. Celox, Daisy, Speedwell, i Waiom". and G'.orlana. in this order, j all getting away within a minute of , gunfire. Victory, with her spinnaker drawing well, went into the lead soon after the start, and led all the way. Off Orakei Waiouo and Daisy collided, with the result of torn sails and broken spars, and both had to retire. Waitere and Celox had a great race, Waitere crossing ISsecs. ahead of Celox. The finish was timed: Victory 4b 16m 40s, Waitere 4h 27m 40s, Celox 4b 27m 58s, Speedwell 4h 20m 445, Valeria 4h 32m 5Ss, Gloriana 4h 34m 475. Sadie 4h 35m 20s. Venus 4h 37m 565. Marie carried away her main boom and gave up. Corrected times place Victory first, Celox second, and Valeria third. THE SMALL CLASSES. j 18-Footers.—This class was sent off at j 2.55 p.m. over two rounds of the club's j usual course. The start w_6 a good , one, a!! seven boars getting away in .-lose order, Secret betas s rst away, I Colleen, Cannot. Waitul, Atangatai. Ventura, 'and Mascotte following in this order. Secret and Colleen had a great race together. Colleen completing the first round only three sconds in the Iced, with Mascotte aud' Ventura fourth. Atangatai. Gannet and Waitul following in this order. Tbe finish was timed: Colleen 4h 31m 5Ts. Secret 4h ::2m 30s. Mascotte 4h 38m 40s. Ventura 4h oSin 475. Atangatai U\ 40m 30s. Waitul times pli-.rc <"<i'.''-?n rirst, Ventura second. H-'-'yot Handicap.—This class was sent ■ ■IT : t 3.5 p.m., over the same course as i the previous ,-laR?. Rover was first i away, followed by Valet. Aniwa. Whizj bang, Omakl, Cynic Rosina. Ara and I Tv.l. a.l close together. Valet soon ! went into the lead, opening well out I from Uover, which w_s second on completion of the first round, w'.th Arawa cio*e on Hover's stern. Next came Cy_rc. Tui. WhlaImng. Omakl and Am. In this order. Valet continued to get away from the others, and the finish was timed: Valet 4h 42m 335. Arawn lh 51m 535, Rover 4h 53m 20s. i Wbizbnne 4h 58m 15s. Cynic 4h 59m 51s, I Tul 5h lm 7s. Omakl 5h 10m 48s. Ara oh ! 11m 355. Rosina 5h 23m 20s. Corrected times place Valet first, Kovcr second and Arawn third. Valet was not placed in our Sports Edition through au oversight of the officials. 14-I'uoc .--iiuare Bilge.—This class was sent off at 3.13 p.m. The course was the same »« the two previous races. The twelve boats _ot away to a very even start. Dixie beius first, with Sea De'il, Sea Gnome, Sea Mew, Sea Sprite, Sea More, Sea Bubble. Sea Pl-le. Sea Spook. Sea Nymph. Early Dawn, and Sea Hawk following In that order. S«_ Sprite hno a short lead on the first round, -but carried away ber bowsprit when rounding The sandspit mark. Sea Gnome then tok command, nd was nerer headed. The finishing times were: Sea Gnome. 4b 32m 31s: Sea Dell, 4b osci 545; Dixie, 41i 56m 28s; Sea f-pook. 5h Oni 4s; Sea Hawk, 5h 2in 235; Sea Nymph. 5b f»m 12s; Sea Mew. oh 10m 365. Correct times place Dixie first. Sea Gnome second, and Sea De'il third. Jellicoe Class.—This was sent away at XS> p.m.. the course being the same as the preceding races. At gunfire Iron Duke was first across the line, with Rona. Ola. Meteor, Viper, Edna, ilex, Nyria, Jo.m, llangi, Betty and All Black in "this order. The first eleven /rot away within 40 s?eo_ds. All Black being over one minute late. Rona l--d uli the way. a.id the fini'li A _* : Rona 5b lm 50s, Ola 5b 3m 14s. Nyria 5h 4m ' 40s, Joan 5h 5m 40s. Rex oh Om 20s, Meteor 5b 6m, 555, Iron Duke 5b 7m. ss, Viper 5h 0m 10s. Edna 5b 14m 255, Betty 5h 16m 2s. All Black 5h 25m ss. Rona Is first, Ola second, and Nyria third. The ofiieers for the day were Mesrs. W. A. Wilkinson, G. E. Layeoek and H. Hill. TUKAPENA BOATING CLUB. Another of the series of races for this club's 12ft Oin one-design ciass was sailed on Saturday afternoon, in a good breeze from rhe west. The starters were Sport. Kitty. Winsome, Tatarlki and lanthc. Kitty was first away, followed by Sport. lanthc. Winsome and Tatariki. Iv this order. Kitty led throughout. Sport lost her skipper overboard thronjrb the tiller carrying away. but he was smartly picked up by the remaining member of the crew. Only three boats finished, as follows: Kitty 4h 50m, Winsome 5h lm. Tatarlki 5h lm 30s.