YACHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 9

YACHTING.

ROYAL N.Z. YACHT SQUADRON.

PRIZE WINS HORTOX TROPHY.

The Royal New Zealand Tacht Squadron held two races on Saturday over the usual harbour courses, both events starting and finishing off the Kins's wharf. The first race was a central handicap £v>r first-class yachts, the prize beins the Horton bequest of £-0. The other three prizes were donated by the squadron. The entries and handicaps were lorancl scr. Moana <>m. Prize 7ni, Rawene 7m. Victory Tin. Little Jim 14m. and Windward l'4m. There was a fresh breeze from the south-west and all carried three lower fails, except Little Jim, which carried her topsail. The race started at -.30 p.m.. Kawenc crossing first with Prize. Little Jinr, I.jranpi and Victory all together, """with Windward 30s and Moana 50s late. It was a lead down Ihe harbour to the first mark off the Bastion, and all carried leading jibs. .Some of the Lwvit-; tried their spinnakers, but the wind w.is a bit too much abeam to carry i them effectively. loranpi m>oh went nut into the lead and off the eastern tide deflector the (.ril.-r \v;is loransi, Little Jim. Rawene. Prize. Victory, Moana and Windward. Off the Bastion. lorangi was still leading, while Prize had worked into second place. Then came Kawene. Victory. Moana. Little Jim and Windward. The same order was kept down channel, and on the close haul back to North Head loransi improved her lead a bit. It was a leg and a short one all the way up the harbour to the Rona buoy off Birkenhead. Passing the wharf loranjri had about two minutes" lead fro* Prize, which was about one minute ahead of Victory. Rawene beinc well to windward, with Moana close up. Little Jim and Windward were some distance behind. The same order was maintained up the harbour, and while irybing round the Rona buoy, the 14-footer Sea Hubble was overturned through colliding with Kaweite. The crew were smartly rescued by Kawene. which continued the race after transferrins them to a launch. Thetinish was Inraniri 4h 3»ni 3Os. Prize 4h 3-->m 5s Victory 4h 3-'> m .■>:{.-■. Moana 4h 41m 30s, Little Jim 4h 4Mn Sits. Kawene 4h .j"m 40?. Windward oh "m Iss. On corrected times Prize wins with Victory second, and luran;,-i third. The M Class. The second race was for the club's f ]Rft restricted patiki class boats i.M class I. with junior crews under 21 years. The starters were Manene. Mawhiti. and Mollip. which got away in this order at 2.4.1 p.m., with one reef down. The course was from off the Kind's wharf, round Sandj spit, thence round Resolution Buoy, and I back to mark off King's wharf, twice I round.

On the run to Sandspit all carried leading jibs, and Mawhiti set her spinnaker when about halfway down a more which the others quickly followed. Mawhiti led round Sandsplt, the times beinj;: Mawhiti 3h 10m 20s. Mollie 3b llm 12s. and Manene 3h llm 335.

On the beat across to Resolution Mawhiti still held the lead, but Manene passed Mollie. which llßrf trouble in zettins her centre-board ilown. and she fell off to leeward. On the beat up to the mark off the Kings wharf Manene came up on Mawhiti, and laying the mark in one board. gybed mund at :'.h 42m 3Ss. Ma»vhiti following at 3b 42m 455. and Mollie at 3h 4."> m 20s. On the second round Manene lead all the way and ihe finish was timed: Manew 4h '-2m oils. Mawhiti 4h 23m 13s. Mollie 4h 26m.

Manene wins with Mawhiti second, and Mollle third. M.nnene was sailed by S. S. Wilson. Mawhiti hy Scutt Wilson, and Mollie by A. C. Rohb.

The officers of the day were :—Messrs. J. C. Hewson. V. Mosefield. and W. Smail. assisted by Major Ktisfell, <»f the Royal Sydney Yacht .S<iuadn>n.