YACHTING.
BREEZY FINISH TO SEASON. CBBNTBE-BOAIIDERS PROVIDE KEENEST HACING. 14-FOOT CHAMPIONSHIP RE-SAIL. POPULARITY OP OUTBOARD RUNABOUTS. (By SPEEDWELL.) The past yachting season was ushered in with a series of light breezes and frequently Saturdays were' so calm that racing had to be given up in despair. After the Christmas holidays, for which the weather was good on the whole, better breezes came in and held consistently, with an occasional hard blow, but it was the exception until last Saturday's finals, when something more than a "capful of wind" met the 50 or 60 boats which took part in the final races to Islington Bay and on the harbour. The racing last season was poor, with the exception of the 26-foot and 22-foot centre board classes, usually termed the "mullet boats," from the fact that they are built on the lines of boats originally ■ used for fishing for mullet in the shallow bays and estuaries around the Hauraki Gulf. We have to hand it. to these boats for providing,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1930, Page 14
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168YACHTING. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1930, Page 14
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