YACHT RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 12

YACHT RACING.

| AKARANA CLUB'S COURSES. j I.N HARBOUR .'I'D CRUISING. To-morrow afternoon the Akarana Yacht Club will hold a series of harbour and • cruising races, and a total of 72 boats have 1 ! bean entered. | The large classes, A anil B, will [ race to Te Kurne. near Coromandel. and the smaller keel craft, nuillct boats. ! etc.. will proceed to Arkle's Bay. and others, I the Star, M. etc.. will race over harbour I courses. All classes will start off the ', King's wharf. Following are the entries and handi- , ! caps :— j Classes A and B (Te Kume) to start at 2.ls.—AriKi, on wind scr., off wind scr.; Nga Toa. ISm and 12m ; Prize. 18m and I 12m; Rawene. 18m and 12m; Victory, 25m | and 17m ; Little Jim, 35m and 20m ; Kollri, , 40m and 22m ; Rang), 50m and 25m. Class V. to start at 2.3o.—Surprise (Arkle's Bay) scr., (Islington Bay) scr.; ) Mystic. 4jm and 7m ; Magic, 5m and 6Jm ; i! Wild Wave, 9m and 11m; Millicent. 10m and 14m; Scud, 12m and 15m; Solace, 13m and sm; Gannett, 15m and 20m. Classes L and N, to start at 2.40.— Valeria (Arkle's Bay . on wind scr., off wind scr., Islington Bay ''scr.; Venus, scr., scr., scr.; Winirred, 4m, jm, jm; Rakoa, ljm. lm, lm; Ngaru 11., sm, 2jm, 4m; Huia, 6m. 4m, 5m ; Lucille, Bm, sm, 7Jm; } Waima, lOjm, 6<m 0m ; Lovelight, 134 m, ; 7m, 121 m; Louisa, 14m, 10m, 131 m; Lorna, i 22m, 124 m. 20m. | Class O, to start at 2.4o.—Mirage (Arkle's Bay), 011 wind scr., off wind scr., 1 Islington Bay, scr.; Aurora, Bm, 3§m, tint. Class H, to start at 2.so.—Starlight I (Arkle's Bay), scr., (Islington Bay), scr. ; ' Waitere 11. scr. and scr. ; Awatere, 3m and 6m ; Spray, 3m and 6ra ; Esma, ?m and 6m. Classes B, C and E. to start at 2.50.— Ladye Wilma (Arkle's Bay), scr., (Islington Bay), scr.; Wairlki, 4in and 6m; Alexa, 10m and ISm ; Naiad, 22m and Ssm ; Maboe, 25m and 30m. Launches, to start at 3.o—Entries: Kathryn R, Kirita, Eileen. The handicaps will be declared to-day. Class M, to start at 3.lo.—Mollie. Mawbiti, Manene, Maroro and Matarcre, all scr. Star class to start at 3.20.—M0a, June, Olu IV., all scr. Class S, to start at 3.3o.—.N'amu, scr. ; Atangatai, 4in; Lancia, sm; Sea Sleigh, 6m; Muru, 7m; Tulip, 10m. Classes T and X, to start ut 3.40. —Joan, scr.; Kismet, scr.; Ngaio. 14m; Resolute, 2m ; Marie, 3m ; Mispah, 4m ; Eleanor, 4m ; Dulcle. Dm ; Iron Duke, 6m; Yvonne, 14m. Class Y, to «-tart at B.4o.—Alerte, scr.; Cupid, 4m ; Sea Gnome, 14m; Jupiter, 44m; 1 Sea Breeze, 6m ; Bronzewing, 7m; Romp, ) 12m. The ofliceis for the day will be:—Starter I and judge, harbour races, Mr. W. A. Wil- | kinsou ; timekeepers, Messrs. 11. Hill and G. Laycock ; judge, cruising race to Arkle's ! Bay. Mr. A. Braund; Mr. F. j J. Cooper. | YACHT SQUADRON. j . RACE TO TE KUME. j The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 1 hold a crvising race to Te 'lume to-morrow for the first and yachts, and ] a harbour race for class SI. The events I will start between the ;r on King's wharf and a dinghy moored north. { The keel yachts race will start at 2.15, (the entries being: Waitangl. Arikl, Xga I Toa, Rawene. Prize, Victory. Little Jim, Kotiri, Rangi. Moana, Windward, Scout, Heartsease, Waione, Gloriana. The handicaps will be declared to-morrow. Class M contest will be sailed in conjunction with the Akar.. 1a Yacht Club's race for class M, and will «tart at 3.10. The entries are Mollie. Maroro, Manene. Mawbiti. Matarere, all scr. MANUKAU YACHT CLUB. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. The open championship yacht race of the Manukau Club which was not finished last Saturday owing to lack of wind, will be resailed to-morrow at .30 The competitors are:—l Limelight, 2 I Merry Jest, 3 Nyria. 4 Valdora. 5 Mistral. I A start will be made between the club--1 house and mark buoy, thence bc'ween Man- [ gere Beacon and black buoy, thence round red buoy off Horn, thence round black buoy at Mangere Beacon, thence round red buoy or Horn, thence between Mangere Beacou and black buoy. Finishing between wharf and Mangere Steeple. The open championship of the Manukau. j for yachts not exceeding 14ft and for speed boats (all comers), will be held under the auspices of the club on March 12. All nominations will close on March 7. In either or both cases the nomination fee will be registration with the club, that Is, the boat and two members of the crew must be registered with the club. In the speed boat championship the White Horse Cup is held, together with a pennant, and the champion 14-footer will hold the Dennes Cur for one year, the skipper receiving a gold medal.