YACHT CRUISING RACES.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 7

YACHT CRUISING RACES.

TO TAUHANGA AND RUSSELL. OVER THIRTY BOATS COMPETE. There wpre (rood entries for the lone fnirietmae crnialne races to Taur»ne« and evening from wnnrf. There wore nine entries for the lesß-familinr i conrse to Tauranca. but 22 faced the) starter for the more popular run to tne Bay of Islandß. TORAXGI FIRST TO TATRANGA. in the Xanranfra race were Wairikl. loranjrl. Prire. Moana. Qiipente. Rawene. Waitnncri. Ida nnd Ranzi. "hen thP boats lpft thp harbour just after sevpn ""clock on Christmas Ere thorp was a Blijrht hreeze from the south-went which took the yachts out in the ftulf. hut It took nearly 12 honrs before the Tauranca fleet was oIT Cape Colville. Then they wer» fortunate In findinc the wind come round from the north-east, which gave them a good run down the coast. As was expected, Toransl was first to make port, arriving at Tauranea shortly before 11 (.'clock last evening, followed ft few minutes later by the veteran Moana. waltanpi, and thp'n Prizp. According in newe telephoned from Tauransa this morning, the. corrected times place the yaclits: Queenie, 1; Moana, 2 ; Prize, :!: loranifi, 4. TO RUSSELI-. Both keel am) .ontrehoard cl.iescs wore sent away together in the Itussell P™""the. starters heing Sadie Marere. Starlight, Spray. Speedwell. Oelville. Waltcre. Av»tere, Ncarii 11.. Colo*. Kotiri, Marie. Knhirl, I [Waiapu. Doroen. Nzahau. I-ady Sterling. I*prl Ilox F*orpst (Join* unrt J Valkyrie. ' Owing to the holiday no word | has lieen reenired from Russell as tO tl)l» I result ot the racp. j