YACHTING.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20413, 7 December 1931, Page 7

YACHTING.

SANDERS CUP. FOURTH TRIAL AT DUNEDIN. tssocii-Tio* HUMUC) DUNEDIN, December 5. The fourth Sanders Cup trial, held on the Otago Harbour to-day, resulted in a decisive win for Winifred, sailed j by J. McGrath. Squib was beaten into second place by over three and a haltminutes. The wind was light from the south-east. - TT ~ nii The other boats, Joan, Heather, ana Mavis, were never in the race after the first round of the course. OPEN RACE. VICTORY FOR AVENGER. Quite a sensation was caused in tbe Canterbury Yacht «nd Motor-Boat Club's open race on Saturday by the performance of as .%£ » «•».' S ell S the d -new'bott completely outsailed the other U-footers better than Hakari. off the same ma«^ and'leeward course. ' The result was: Irene (T. Hobbs), 27mm, 4.57.50 P-m Irene's pump was out of < actio®. « was unable to T t " d of . ) Wate rbeetle came aboard. Waimana jscr;, (3?min), and Snark (35min) also startedA race for Takapuna ssiling bo«ts, nt 3.5 p.m. over the nsual course, resuuea as follows: — , Wee May (G. Tyro), 2min. f#.52 | Listless (H. G. Ostler), amm, i.10.00 r Zlta <J. Seymour), Bmm, 4.16.20 • Wet-U"(P. Priddy), 7min, 4.17.5 •• * Uira (G. Hendry), scr 4.10.18' . • jj Ma-Peru (W. Tissiman), 4mm, 4.16.30 . . » I Dorothy (h. Huston) got into difficulties I while skirting the reef, and was blown onit# the rocks. She wns got off undamaged and | retired. JUNIOR RACE AT REDCLIFFS. There were only four starters in the race for junior members of . the Christchurch Sailing and Power Boat Club, held on the Estuary on Saturday afternoon. There was a fresh easterly and the course was from the jetty round the tripod and up to Skylark, back to the Avon pile, return to Skylark, and then home. The result was:— Winsome (W. Webb), 3min •• Gadfly (T. Bassett), ,scr •• *' S Fidget (S. Morrison), scr ... •• ■ « Sea linp (J.'Cooper), Smm :; v. 4 Finishing timea:—Winsome 3hrs 46mm jOsec, Gadfly. 3hra. 43mm 32!tr; Fid«et, 3hrs 43min iaser.