YACHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 103, 3 May 1929, Page 10

YACHTING.

VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB. FINAL HARBOUR RACES. ENTRIES, HANDICAPS AND COURSES. The Victoria Cruising Club will hold the final event of the season to-morrow afternoon when three general handicaps for yachts and one for launches will take place, starting and' finishing off the dredge Maui, moored off St. Mary's Bay. The first race, for launches, will start at 2.30 p.m., the race for keel, H, L and N classes for the Casey Cup starts at 2.40 p.m., the T, X, and Y class for the Boonstra Memorial Cup starts at 2.50 p.m., and the V and S class for the Rae Cup starts at 3 p.m. The following are the entries and handicaps:— Launches. —Course from flagship and mark moored south, round pi hi beacon, off Chelsea, thence round outer pile, oil Bayswater, thence round mark moored off tide deflector, finishing at flagship. All marks to be passed on starboard hand. Irene scratch, Areta Dim, lvaroro 24m. Casey Cup.—To start at 2.40 p.m.: Course from flagship and mark moored south, round Resolution buoy on port hand, round white light in Rangitoto Channel on startboard hand, back round Resolution buoy on starboard hand, round black buoy off Birkenhead oil starboard hand, finishing at flagship: Queenie scratch, Wairiki scratch, Starlight, 2m, Starloeli 3m, Celox 4m, Spray 7m, Why Not 15m, Mowai 18m, Dolphin 22m. ' Boonstra Memorial Cup. —To start at 2.50 p.m.: Course from flagship and mark moored south, -round mark off tide deflector, round mark buoy in Shoal Bay, round mark off Watchman; twice round;' all marks to be passed on port hand: Shaliniar scratch, Val sm, Rona (Um, Marie Sin, Maybelle 15m, Romp. Rae Cup. —To start at 3 p.m.: Course same as T class: Wild Wave scratch, Mistral 2m, Leverette 2m, Sceptre 7m, Rangatira 7m, Sea Sleigh 74m, Swiftsure 16m. The officers for the day are: Starter, Mr. O. Johnson; judge, Ml'. E. Griffiths; timekeeper, Mr. A. Perkins. The resail of the H class between Awatere, Celox, Starloch and Why Not has been postponed until next season owing to Awatere not being able to get her usual crew.

• AKARANA YACHT CLUB. THREE OUTBOARD' RACES. The Akarana Yacht Club will hold three races to-morrow afternoon for outboards boats for the Maud Shield. They are for B class motor and all three heats are off scratch, points of 3—2—l being allotted. In addition there will be an open handicap run in conjunction with the final heat. All events are post entries and competitors are requested to be at the clubhouse, St. George's Bay, at "2.30 p.m., when details as to courses, etc., will be mutually arranged.