YACHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 18

YACHTING.

VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB.

UGHT-WIATHER RACING.

TREVIC SHIELD CONTESTS.

• The Victoria Cruising Clun held races on Saturday afternoon for all the smaller centreboard classes, starting and finishing Dir tin- western reclamation, and a race to Matiatia lor the larger boats in eonlunction with the Devonport Yacht Club l iniatere won the II class and the Maekav Memorial Shield, and Valkyria the L anil .\ class. The dub also held the annual contest for the Trevic Shield, competed for by boats il the V. class. Water Beetle, representing rakapuna I'lnb, won. with Tanya, Tamaki Club's representative, second. Eleven clubs were represented, the race starting after the finish of the usual race for the Z class. I'lic wind was light all afternoon, but between 5 and ii o'clock it died almost to a Hal calm and all finishes were late, a number nf bouts in each class retiring. The officers of the day were: Starter uid judge, Mr. O. .lolmson : time-keeper, Mr. .1. Davidson: recorder, Mr. (i. McGehan. At Devonport Mr. W. A. Lawrie was ifnrler and Mr. S. Shcppard time-keeper. Mr. 1.. M. Wood officiated at Matiatia from his yacht Memory. V Class. This race started at 2.30 p.m., Ihe course being from starting line off western reclamation, round Sandspit mark, theme round Resolution buoy, back to Sand--pit. up harbour to Kona buoy off Northmote, to finishing line. Riptide was first nway, followed by the rest of the fleet in close order, all crossing in just over a minute. < iff Devonport wharf Riptide had 'i good lead from Vaalele, followed by Limerick, Surprise, Charmaine, Paroro and Memutu. Riptide maintained her lead throughout and the finish was : Riptide 5h l!)ni 535. Shamrock 5h 25m 325. Arline Ml 27m Is, Charmaine 5h 20m 17s; Surprise 5h Mm, Marianne 5h 33m 15s, Martha S.. 5h :'4m, Maranui 5h .'iiim 20s. Leveret oh 41m 30s. Several boats in this class got becalmed near the finishing line and were can-led on to the mark. Hawk and Memutu fouling it. and they were not timed. S Class. —This race started at 2.40 p.m., the course being the same as the V elass. On the lead down to Sandspit Sirona went ahead, followed by Annette and Mahana. When the boats nearod Kona buoy, above Northcote Point, they run info a calm. The finish was: Sceptre.fill 27m 9s, Mahana fib i'.im 235. Siropa 5h 32m s<>s, Annette oh 33m 20s, Leone 5h 34m 555,. Rangatira 5h 35m 30s. T and X Class.—This race started at 2.50 p.m. and the breeze, although light, was steady. Vamp- took the-lead .from the start and had a good lead on the first round, but. all were becalmed foe a time off Northcote Point except Vamp, which was so far -ahead that she missed the later calm, getting the first of a light southerly shortly after 5 p.m.', which ■ enabled her to finish nearly an hour ahead of the second boat. Shalimar. The finish was : Vamp sh. 8m Bs, Shnlimnr Ch 4m 15s, Salome Gh 10m 565, Lena 6h 16m 28s. Y Class.—This race started at 3 p.m. and on the last stages most of the boats were becalmed off Northcote. Tempest finished first at oh 25m 345, over half an hour ahead, but was reported not to have rounded Rona buoy. If this is so it puts her out of the race. Swallow was also disqualified .for naddllng. The finish was (Tempest 5h 25m 848), Rebel 6h 0m 48s, Kea 6h 8m 48s, Joy Sh 10m 13s, Mulmai 6h 15m 6s, Koala 6h Z Class.—This race started at 2.30 D.m. and the start was a close one, all of the 23 boats crossing the line within 65 seconds. Benny was first away, followed bv Tanya Betty, Tamakl; Tauhau, Tere ana Ranoni, with the others close up. Ranoni worked into the lead going free to Rona buov. off Northcote,! and increased it on the beat to the mark off Shoal Bay and the run to the Watchman mark, followed .by Water Beetle, Benny and Lyla. The finish was: Ranoni 3h fern 50s. Water Beetle 3h ! 20m 555, Benny Sh 21m 34s Lyla 3n 22m 31s, Tanya 3h 23m- 4« Tere 3h 23m lis, Pat C 3h 24m 18s, Valeta,.-Jfflj-„ 2 »n» 2s, lolantnc 3h 25m 18s, Te Hoa :8h 26m, ffietty »t 28m 10s, Te Utu 3b 26m.. 13s. Meola 3h 20m 3™s Kupe 3h 27m lis, -"lulUr |k>y 3h 27™ 55s Kola 3h 28m 255, Gipsy 3h 28m 20s, Rio 3h 28m 565, Tmopal 3h3om 42s Tamakl 3h 30m Is, *™**£$\?^£ a '£f Uira 3h 30m 355, Tornado' an dom *rt, A< SUver b ? 1 e?n 16 Class.-The ri finish was, Valerie 4h 51m 6s, Kandy Kid 5h 6m 31* ■eUine Cloud 5h 7m 4s. Endeavour 5h 9m 50s Silver Fern 5h 10m Bs, Norena 5h 12m lis, Mary T. oh 30m .45a.

DEVONPORT CIiTTB.

/CRUISING AND HARBOUR RACES.

The Devonport Yacht Club was t*£\ |f ' oured with a steady breeze .from thenortb W on Saturday for their events held In k conjunction with the Club. The m keel yachts, the 20, 22 and 26=foot centrem 'board class and the M class atarted off J /Victoria wharf, Devonport, the classes nnder 20ft starting and finishing with the ' 'Victoria Clubs boats off the western I* reclamation. The keel and larger centre- ?■- 'ioard yachts finished at Matiatia. Mahaki " won the keel race, with Janet second ami Moana third. Tawera finished first, 4s - - ahead of Moana, with Taraato lni later. ?■". * The entries and handicaps .for the keel Yachts were :—Tawera, -~ Tamatea, rscr,; Moana, 8m; Prize, Little 31m, 10m; WatS oneV 17m; Altalr, Kotiri, 19m; Rambler, Windward 21m; Mahaki, 25m; Janet, f Dorothy, Minerva, j?6m; Karere,-40m. - f -At gunfire Mahaki erosseAinstjahead of - Tamatea, the neW boat Jbullt by gouldrey, > . -of Northcote, for Messrs. Newcomb Brothers, followed by Tawera, Little Jim, fe Altair, Waionef Windward, dKarere, Kotlrl, ?': Moana, Rambler, JanjM an* Dorothy Ifl m this order. Tawera and Tamatea: wentvpot fr-'j ahead on the close lead to •Bano*lHt,.J>otn ?''■ being close together In the weather berth *'.''(«* the others. Tawera drew clear of * . Tamatea nearing the mark and luffed, past W* '■:"■ it on her new course to North Bead and ' -~',\ . out Into the Rangitoto channel at 2h 37m &a "10s ; Tamatea, 2h 37m 30s; Mttle Jim,,2b it. :.-■■ 37m 58s; Waione, 2h 38m 15s ; Moana, 2h 38m'20s; Kotiri, and Windward, together, «"''" at 2h 38irir 50s. When they hauled hard ":- *■ ■ '"'on the wind in their beat down channel ©.. '.Tamatea, luffing hard, got on the weather fi- .side of Tawera and both sailed beam to fr-.'-Vbeam for some time, Tamatea gradually '-■ getting past Tawera to windward, her big P Genoa jib doing; good work in the light but steady breeze. ■' SB These two, still at close quarters, disappeared round North Head together, followed by Little Jim and-Moana and the %■■'::' others astern. It was a long beat down channel to weather Rangitoto reef beacon, and a. close haul on port from here to Bllly Goat Point on the north-eastern end of fe : Motutapu, after which sheets could be ;?• well eased off for the finishing line at •V.- Matiatia. Moana did well, and was leadt . lhg at the back of Motutapu, and a great race ensued for the finishing line between ? . , Moana, Tawera and Tamatea, Tawera getting the gun by 43s from Moana, and !& . ■ 'Tawhiri lm later. ?&'- *The finish was: Tawera, 5h 12m; Moann, ■;<■ - 5h 12m 4s: Tamatea, 5h 13m 4s; L,ittle S£' Jim, 5h 19m 255: Altair. 5h 23m 40s; Waione, 5h 26m ; Mahaki, 5h 27m ; Kotiri, 5h 31m 40s; Windward, 5h 33m 455; Janet, 5h 38m 15s; Rambler. 5h 30m; Dorothy,, '**•■ Oh 00m 30s; Rarere, Gh 6m 16s. W> H, L and N Class.—Tlite race started at 2.50 p.m., the course being" from Victoria '■eh wharf direct to Matiatia, observing Sand- £'•' spit and Bean Rock as fairway buoys. From ■V another good start Arawa was first away ?s■"■:• followed by Valkyria, Starlight, Marika, V, Macushla. Waialae, Omatere, Calypso, Corona, Spray and Kohara. All kept fr. • - fairly dcxe together on the , lead. down I; harbour. .There was a keen contest for first £H place between Qmatere,-Corona and. Arawa', ?! and they finished in that order, Omatere getting the gun by 30s from Corona. Macushla was first home in the 1 IT class ;#jilfter a «oodr,,race, ~with,. yalkyria.. The |S*flhiShing times were:—S class : Omatere, '/4h-21m; Corona, 4h 21m 30s: Arawa, 4h /'23 m 10«; Starlight, 4h 25m 10s; Calypso, -?4h 26m 20s; Spray. 4h, 27m. 10s. li class : &*Mhci'shh», 4h ,27m 305,; 4h 28m ; 4«'Marlka, r -,4h 29ra 15s r -Kohara, 4h 30m ; iSfKaialae; ~4h 36m 6». ,«,.,. , - M Class.—This ftiwisfarted off Victoria wharf, doing rcuhil Bastion mark', thence round White Llfchf bttoy in Raniritoto Changnel. th'erice to mark off, Stanley Bay wharf, " finishing across starting-'Mae. MaWhiti was ■■across . first followed bjt -Manaia> >Maan, ; --•■!■:' Manene and Mare So. Off" *the lead across. .< to Bastion Mnn#£ went ahead first, followed byJFsManene, Manala; Ma- '- whlti and Mnroro.S?The finish was:;>Manu -Hi 2m 58s, Manene '4h 4m 13s,' Manala, 4h (im 7s. Maroro 4h «nr 48s, Mawhltl 4M9m 535. B«snlt: Man>> 1. Maneno 2. Manata 3. The finishing times of the .club's-boats' in the harbour traces Were the iiame- AslJthe , A'lr-roria Club. The results were :— ' •:-'■;* ■,<.. Keel Yachts : —Mahaki_ 1,; Janet ■■ 2 ;; Moana 'f, ' H Class.—Arawdy 1, 2, Star-ja^^-r>'"-'il« and N Marlk/i 2, K&|M 'class.—Maroro 1, Mnnu 2; Manala 3. - " ■ 1,-Riptfde : <2. "Arline 3. l.'fMahana? 2, .RangaM^S^^P.''"9'!M»»' —Vamp 1, Shalimar. 2, _i, 3 oy 2 , Muimai 3. n i. ttl *• w * ter Bei>tle -•

POINT CHEVALIER CLUB.

SriERS CUP TO MARLENE. The Point Chevalier Sailing Club held a general handicap on Sunday for the Spiers Cup, starting and finishing off the clubhouse at 1.55 p.m. in a eouth-west breeze. Leone wa« first away, followed by Val and Vamp, with the rest of the fleet bandy. Marlene went into the lead early in the race, but Ma liana led on the second round and the finish was: Ma liana (scr), 5h 21m 15k; Marlene (2im). ">li 22m 10s; Vamp (4iin). fih 24m fills; Martha S. (3m), fill -iui 1-s; (4m), 5h 30m 14s; Rebel (l.ni), fill :j2m 20s; Seymour (12m), 5h 47ni 255; Gannet (i2m). 5h 55m 15k; Awatea (12m), 5h s!lm 555; Arlua (17m), Oh Om ss; Ngaro (18m), Oil Bm. Result: .Marlene 1, Vamp- 2, Mahana 6.

A race for junior members was also held, the finishing times being: Kanoni (scr), 4h Om .V.ls; Delphine (sJni), 4h 18m ss'; I'op Eye (8m), 4h 27m 355. Result: Kanoni 1, Ilelpliine 2, Pop Eye 3. Messrs. H. Buckley, J. Cleal, F. Yates, \V. H. uliver and \V. Jenkiu were In charge. HERNE BAY CLUB. The Heme Bay Sailing Club held Us annual picnic on. Sunday to Fitzpatrick's Bay, above Kauri Point. The motor boat Cyren.i was placed at the disposal of the club by Mr. R. Bellve, which also towed a number of boats to the bay, where over 200 gathered for the outing. Sports afloat and ashore were carried out under ; the direction of the commodore, Mr. Geo. Dennes, assisted by parents of the members and btlier friends, the outing being ihe best since the formation of the club live years ago. EASTER CRUISING RACES. The sweepstake race held annually by the Manukau Yacht Club ami open to allcomers will start on Good Friday morning. The Te Karo Cup is held by the winner for the next 12 mouths, providing bona title cruising gear is carried. Entries close this evening at the clubhouse. The Royal Akarana Yacht Club will hold a cruising race to Kawau, starting off the King's wharf at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday. To enable boats to compete in the race to Coromandel as well, the course will be from off the King's wharf, thence inside Waiheke to mark inside Beeson's Island, thence to Kawau, linishiing off Momona Point. TREVIC SHIELD. The Trevic Shield, presented by Mr. W. A. Johnston, of Bayswater, for .inter-club contests in the Z class, was competed for on Saturday after the usual, handicap race finished. The entries and their clubs were: Point Chevalier (Delphine), Richmond (Te Hoa), Ponsonby (Te Utu), Takapnna (Water Beetle). Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (Trevic), Wakatere (Te Uira), Victoria (Lyla),- Devonport (Ranoni), Royal Akarana (Kupe), Taniaki (Tanya), Howick (Tere). The mark on the outer end of the starting line drifted down harbour' just before this race starteu> but was later put back to its- former position. The race started at 3.42 p.m. in a light breeze, which later fell right awri'y,' 'and the boats only got home about 7 p.m. Lyla was first away, followed by Ranoni, Tanya, Te Uira, Kupe, Trevic, Te Hoa, Te Utu, Tere and two or three others. The finish was :^-Water Beetle (Takapuna Boating Club), 6h 19m 235, J. Waddell and H. Blampied, 1; Tanya (Tainakl Yacht Club), tin 23m 4Cs, 2; Te Uira (Wnkatere Boating. Club), 6h 33m- 525, 3; Te Hoa (Richmond Cruising Clab), 6h 34m 45g, 4. Results :— General Handicap for Mftckay -Memorial Shield.—Omatere, 2m, 1; Starlight, 4m, 2; Corona, scr, 3. H. Class. — Omatere, 2m, 1; Starlight, 4'm; 2; Cororia, scr, 3. L and N Classes. — Valkyria, lm, 1; Mncushla, scr. 2; Koliara. 4iii, 3.

V Class. —Maranui 1, Riptide 2, Arline 2 S Class. —Sceptre 1, Mahana 2i Rang! tlra 8.

T and X Class.—Vamp 1, Shalimar 2, Salome 3.,

Y Claas.—Rebel 1, Kea 2, Joy 3. •"""- Z Class.—rTere, 1, Bonny 2, Ranoni 3. Silver 'Ferins.-*—Valerie 1, Kandy Kid 2, Silver Fern 8.

RACES TO COROMANDEL.

The races for keel and for centreboard boats over 20ft from the. King's wharf to Coromandel promoted by tbe Coromandel Regatta and Sports Committee, will start on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. The prizes for each race are £3 first, £1 10/ second and ,10/ third, according, to. the number of entries; la addition to the cash prizes special prizes" for- first boat to cross the finishing line In each class have been donated by Mr. Ernest Davis. Entries close at Messrs. John, Burns and. Co. at 5 p.m. to-morrow*. The handicaps will appear in Thursday's "Star." The fee in each class is 5/.

ON THE MANUKAU.

COMBINED RACE TO COBNWALLIS. The Manukau Yacht Club and the Manuka u ('ruining Club held a combined race tp CornwilUls on Saturday in a light breeze. The ex-Waltemata 18-footer Atalanta did well and led the, fleet home, winning la both club's. ' * ' '■* l Tbe race started at 2.30 p.m. The finish was:—Atalanta, 5b 30m 545; Mystic, 5h 48m 525; Aoina, 5h 50m' 50s; Mistral, 5h 55m 40s ; Opab, 6h 5m 46s : Sea .Gnome. Gh 8m ?7s : Fay, «» <&m lOr-i Persebs, 6h 10m 525; Wixie M, 6h, 15m 20s; Maile, Oh 24m 455; Alerte, Oh 25m 50s; Tainui, 6h 31m 20s ; Nor Wilson, 7h 10m 30s. Results :-t-':.' - - Manuka ir Yacht Club.—Atalanta (4m) 1, Mystic (13m) 2",. Mistral (19m) 3. Manukau Cruising Club.—Atalanta (2m) 1, Mistral (17m) 2, Mystic (8m) 3.

Mistral won the Briscoe Cup by one point from' Alertei,",,;j ,i. '£4

There were only; -three'; starters Iff. the motor boat race arid only Elma- finished at 5h 30m to win on her own.