YACHTING.
THE AKARANA CLUB. The Akarana Tacht Club will hold four genera] handicaps for yachts and races for launches and the Star class to-morrow afternoon. In the race for 16ft and 18ft classes 26 boats have entered, while 19 mullet boats represent classes H, L nnd N. The race for the 14-footers has produced IS entries. All the events will start and finish off King's wharf. Thp officials in charge of the racing will be: Starter, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson; timekeepers, Messrs. H. Hill, G. E. Laycock, and Wilkinson ; judge, Mr. G. Miller. The entries and handicaps are as follow. Launches, to start at 2.3o.—Course, from starting line between the eastern end of King's wharf and the launch Maroro moored north, thence round (he Bastion light bpacon on port hand and back to starting line; ou<*e round: Cysnet, 12m bhd, scr. Lady Margaret scr, Viveen 4m, Leitner 6m, Esther F. 7m 40s, Hinemoa Km, Eileen 8m 30b, Miss Myrtle Ora. Some Kid 9m 30s, Methinia Dm 455, Erlwlna 10m, Wairete llm 40s, Muzzletov 16m. Keel Yachts, to start at 2.4o.—Course, from starting line off King's wharf, thence round the Bastion light beacon on port hand, thence round Duder's Sp'.t buoy in Rangitoto Channel on starboard, back round the Bastion on starboard, finishing at King's wharf: lorangl scr, Wairiki 25m, Scout 32m, Wanderer 3om, Valdora Join, Maybelle 40m. Mullet Boats, all classes, to start at 2.50. —Course, same as keel yachts : Waitere 11. scr. Starlight scr.. Celox ljm. Sadie 2m, Spray 3m, Esma 4m, Awatere 6m, Venus 10m, Rakoa 13m, Ngaru 11. 14m, Hula 16m, Forest Gold 16m, Lovelight 17m, Winifred 17m, Wairere 17m, Rahiri 10m, Louisa (no extras) 22m, Ngaro 23m, Ngawa (small sail) 26m. Classes M, V. and 8., to start at 3 o'clock.—Course, from starting line, thence round the Bastion beacon, thence round Sandsplt beacon, back round outer mark of starting line, thence round Resolution buoy, thence round Sandspit beacon, finishing at starting line. AH marks to be kept on port. The starter has Bower to send the boats the reverse way, in which case the marks will be kept on starboard: Mystic scr, Magic scr, Surprise scr. Belle ecr, Jlawhiti scr, Manene scr, Maroro scr. Mollie scr, Matarere ecr, Drone Jm, Doris 2m. Wild Wave 2m. Scud 2m, Phantom 2m, Wizard 31m, Declma 41m, Namu 41m, Aratu 4Jm, Muru 81m, Rival llm. Solace llm. Colleen llm, Atangatai 12m, Sea Sleigh 12m, 12m, Tulip 12nf. Classes T, X and V, to start at 3.10.— Course, from starting line, thence round Resolution buoy, thence round Sandspit beacon, round outer mark of starting line, twice round. All marks to be kept on port. In this race also the starter has power to send the boats the reverse way, in which rase marks will be kept on starboard hand: Cupid scr, Sea Gnome scr, Alert scr, Avalon scr, Rona scr, Queen March scr, Marie l|m t Bronzewing ljm. Kismet 2m. Njrnio 2m, Joan 2m, Rangl 2Jm, Linnet 3m, Sea Breeze 31m, Idler 4m, Dulcie sm, Shirley 6m, Sea Nymph 7m, Eleanor Bm. Star Class, to start at 3.2o—Course, same as for classes M, V and S : Ola IV. scr, Moa scr, June scr.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1926, Page 10
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532YACHTING. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1926, Page 10
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