YACHTING

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1922, Page 8

YACHTING

VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB. HARBOUR RACES. The Victoria Cruising Club held a general handicap for Ihe President (Mr. W. I'ascy'si Cup, also harbour races tor the hree small classes ou Satnrday afternoon. There was a nice sailing breeze from he north, and some good racing was witnessed. The following arc the details: I.ACXCII RACE. Ella was first away, followed by Count—s, N'garena. .lean Grey. Velma. Sum-ay, -aiei.a. I'.ritta. Comrade, Mauurere, alliupc and Josephine. Sunray soon .vein in:, the lead, while Britta had >ngine trouble and retired. The finish ivas timed us follow*: Sunrav 2h 55m 2!ls. Ella :ih lltn 2l(s. Saieeda ."ill 1 m 58s. Ngarena :i;. 2m 2!'s. Manurere .".h 10m 245. Comrade Uh Him ::is. Jean Grey :ih 14m ::rt». Velma .".h 15m is. Josephine :ib 17m 21s. Calliope Sh 41m 12s. Corrected times place Josephine I. Ella 2. GENERAL HANDICAP. This ia. c was si v; ~IT tit _~(.". t.. a splenilid start, .mil Sadie out of tin- 2s boats failing t., start. There was a nice whole sail breeze fnin the north north-east, which gave Miv boa;s a lead, with sheets well aboard, to the Itesolttti ,n mark, a beat to windward (.. the .vhlte light i.uo.v iv Bangltoto Channel, ti Hat. urn nark to Resolution, and a broad lead n : , harbour to the Pile beacon, "fl- Chelsea, and a .-lose hnnl back lo the finishing line. Marie was lirst away. el.iaelv followed by Oniatcre. yiieeule. Montere. Wuiteic Starllght. Sea Sleigh. Valeria. Celox. Masiotte, Ituna. Secret. Waima. Ventura. Finest Gold. Gloaming. Nga.-o. Ivotare. Gannet. Vanitie, Atangatal Kesll.uw. Ben Bolt, and Mowai. in. the close lead to the tlrot mark Oueenie soon >veiit into tin- lead, followed by Wallere nnd Siarligni, Vanitie ami Restless, which were In the rn-k. took some time to work through tin. Meet. Queenie ,-onilntied to get away from the others on the "ill 01l lo the Channel mark, and the run ba.-li iip-aai-ooiir. and passing the flagship -he had ~.-,i- four minutes' lead from Waiter.-, which wa- ..vet- two minutes ahead of Starlight. Vanitie being fourth, aiiont eighi minutes behind (Jnoi vie, Veins !im. Marie I'Hii. itentlexs tin, t una t ere l_n. then .-3nie -■•tare. Venn-. Valeria, ami Moutere. with Hi." oiuers aii strung out behi-,1.. i.iieetiie was sailing well with h'-r topsail and leading ,i!i Iwth doing g-i'.d work, and [he finish was limed: C'lieenlc >\, 41m 51*. Waltere ■Hi 4ilm ss. Starlight 4h 48— 575. Vanitie 4h sl)in. lots, (V.'ox 4ii 5J:n f.lv. Restless -11, 5.1 m •"■lis. Marie -Hi 5.".tn stl«. Omatere -til sCui ::Ss. Valeria 5h tun 2s. I.olarc 5h dm 22-. Venn* 5h mv 275. Mo re 5h tin pis. Forest Gold ."li :::n .".Is. Secret ."a litn, Walapu 5h Urn 2is, teaming r.h Oni 525. Mowai 5h 7m Is. Bona ."id Him 21s. Waitn.l 5h Him —!a. Ngaro 5h 11 tn 2.15. Wily Not .ill Lint :i;;s. Atangatal sli Mm :isa. Ventura 5".i linn 41s. Mascotte "h Jim ts. .->, Slrlah ."h —in 5ll„. Ben 801 l ."•li 25m 17*. Corrected tltne- place Gloaming II —i. Forest Gold and Queeni.- dead heat for si I. and Secret luird. LIFT. HANDICAP CLASS. Omaki was first away from a very even -art. bit* Idler and Valet worked into the cad. and ha. a good race all the way. The Miiish was timed: Idler 5h lut 17-. Valet 5h Im :•.««. Itedwinic 51, On, Ms. Arawa 5h Pun IT.-. Viper s|| tint 13k. Rove,- sii 11m 445. Whizhang 5h !2tn '-'!-. silver '.ink s\\ I2m 52s Carltid 5h l.'lni 525. Tnl 5a l".m 32*. i:..slna 5h ism 45*. lini.-iki 5b i'mi 2i«*. corrected tiiii-s place Redwing I. Tul 2, Idler :(. n Finn- sQt.\i;r: bilge class. After a good fa.c In which .-ea Gnome led all tlie way. the finish was timed: Sea Gnome 4h :Stn Us. Sea Spook th Mm 545. Sea Haw 4h 41m -Is. Sea llelll 41l 42m HoS. Cupid -lb 42m IDs. Sea Mew 4h 44m 20*. fiixlc -Hi 45ni :12s. Sea Nymph 4h 45m 38s. Sea Rubble 4h -17111 4s. Sea More 4h 53ml .IK. and Karlv Dawn 4h 54m 20*. Silver Bell and Sea Sprite did not finish.

Corrected times place Sen Snook first. Sea Hawk second, and Sea Mew- third. JELLICOE ONE-DESIGN CLASS. Jnau was firs; away. followed by Beriy, Bona. Iron Duke. Nyria. Resolute. Rahgi. Ola, Meteor. Edna and Hex. Rom, s o(m worked ..ut a nice lead, with Joan. Iron Duke. Ola. Betty. Nyria. Rang!. Meteor and Resolute following in this order ou tiie lead to the Watchman mark, which was rounded as above. on the beat to the Shoal Bay lmirk Bona, sailed br A. Matthews. Ini.ci ted her lead, while Iron LMike tool: second place. -iff Northcote Point Bona lost the wind Tor abont a minute. It-ot llul-e. Nyria and Joan drawing well up-.--her. All now stood still for some time O'a aid Resolute coming on the leaders, Ri.u.-i wa.s the first to get the true wind out of Slo.n! Hay. and was ~tr again ln the lead with Nyria second and Iron Duke third. Rona rounded this mark at 4li L'm 20? Nyria 4h 2iu 40s. Iron I Mike -th .tin 40s. Ola ih 4m. Joan 4h 4in :a:.s. Resolute 4h 5m lo.s. Bett.i Ih Till slls. Meteor 4h 9m. On the lend to (he Tide Deflector Rona increased her lead, rounding 45s ahead of Nyria. which was 41)8 ahead of Iron Duke. 'Ha being ::i>s later and Joan 15s behind Ola. The same older was kept on ihe next round, except that Joan'passed Iron Duke and the finish wus:-Rnnn 4h ,*ilm .''.2*. Nyria th s;',tn l.Ss. Joan 4h s.'f n i :J7s. Iron I "ike -tli .-.5 m Bis. Ola Mi 55m 17s Resolute 4h 57m 545. Betty Ih 50s. Meteor 5b Im 34*. Rex 5h lint :;:;-. As there L« no handicap In the class Bonn is first. Nyria second, and Joan third. The t-esail in the __ft ,-inss neicssltntcd by Venus going ; . the rescue of a capsized 1.., at was -yon by Marie, with Waima second. and Forest Gold thiru. Tiie officers for the tlav were: Starter. Mr. A. Deacon; Judge, Mr. T. 1.. Thompson: timekeepers. Messrs. w. J. Matthews. O. .lohn-on. p. Boonstia. TAKAPUNA BOATING CLCB. The .move .iub held a race on Saturday fur their 12ft sin one-design starting off Bavswater wharf at :t p.m. Tatnriki was lirst away. with the others close t' get her. Winsome was in the lead at tile Northcote mark, followed hy Tatarlki, Sport, an.l Kitty. Kitty fouled this mark and retired, un the beat bnek. Winsome and Tatarlki had a great gn. only one second separating them. This order was maintained on the se,-r>nd wind. Winsome getting a pnff Just as she came to the line and bent Tatarikt by two feet. The finishing times were: Winsome. 4!i 22m 40s. 1: Tatariki. 41i 22m 11s. •_•; sport. 4h 21m 28s. 3.