YACHTING

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21639, 25 November 1935, Page 6

YACHTING

RACES AT REBCLIFFS CHRISTCHURCH CLUB'S EVENTS Conditions requiring the display at a high degree of lodgment and skill thoroughly tested participants in the. A, B, and 0. class races sailed by the Christchurch Tacit Club on Saturday afternoon. A strong easterly wind and an ebb tide combined sto make 'the water choppy, so that a number of boats found the going too hard and had to retire. ' ' Uncertainty about the finishing line marred an otherwise excellent race In the A class. Te Arai (A. T. Round) was in second place to Malay when she withdrew, her skipper thinking be bad crossed the linos. The new 18-footer Marlene (F. Morrison) also lost valuable time when it was discovered that the line had not been crossed. The course was the usual Skylark-Avon ran, twice round. The A class, boats started at 8,8 p.m., and the other classes at five minute intervals. Tha results were as follows :—• A CUm Malay (I. Trelenveu), lmln; 4hr 21min 17see .. • • .. 1 Setwnew (J. Coutts), 17min, 4hr 24znin 87soc • • ' •* .. 2 Marlene (F. Morrison), 4m!n, 4hr 29 min 4sec .. • • .. 3 Also started: Te Aral (A. T. Round), lmin; Omega (D. Collins), 17win; Seugull (A. Dykes), 17min. .. Malay won this race easily,,and only on the run to Avon was she threatened, being overtaken by Te Arai. At thuMurn, however, Malay drew away and scored an easy win, Te Arai failing to cross the 4ine due to mistaking the finishing Post.

B Class Cygnet (A. Penn), ISmra, 4hr 22min ISsec .. .. •• 1 Tiki (T. Turner), 14min, 4br 24min 27 seo .. . • .. 2 Rita (R. S. Beveridge), 12inln, 4hr 24min SOseo .. ..8 Fidget (B. Morison),' lfijmin, 4hr 24mia 86sec .. ■ ■ ■•.'.■ .. 4 Nlmrod (W. Webb), 16imin, 4hr 27mi» . 17seo ... .. .. 6. Tempest (Ti H. R. Green), ISmin, 4hr 28nsin 4Ssec ■ ' ■ .. ..6 Also started: Solace (N, Walker), 16min; Wren (J. G. A'Court), 16min; Redwing (J. G. McKay), 18min; Marina <H. Plummer), 19minCygnet scored a well-deserved Win, reversing the placingg in the previous race with Tiki, who found her new handicap just u little too much. Cygnet made practically tack for tack with Rita, which, due to some fine spinnaker work, was slightly faster off the wind. C Class Winsome (B. Tornbull), 17min, 4hr 84 min 40sec .. .. .. 1 Pop Eye (G. Allen), 17Jmin, 4hr 85min SOsec .. .. .. 2 Sunbsam (E. Walsh), 19mln, 4hr 86 min 40 sec .. .. .. 8 Wanderlust (W. Bryson), 17Jmin, 4hr ' 4Smin 66seo .. .. 4 Elaine (R. W. Thompson), 25min, 4hr 49min 87sec ~ ..6 Also started: Rascal (T. Bussett>, l&min; In, spite of a reduced handicap allowance after her win last week, Winsome secured another convincing win, in great measure due to the excellence of the spinnaker hand, I. Webber. •

PLEASANT POINT CLUB The. Pleasant Point Yacht Club held two races during the week-end in good racing weather. On Saturday, there wus a good fresh breeze, with a choppy sea. Both races were evenly run. In the first race there was only five minutes between the arriving home of the first and last boats, and in the second, seven minutes. The results were:— First Race—Saltaire, 15min (B. Christensen), 1; Usher, scr (J. Knight), 2; Ramona, 15min (R. Sturrock) 3; Rata, 18min (W. Treleaven) 4. Second Race—Aloha, 22m!n (V. Crammer), 1; Saltaire, 15min (B. Christen sen), 2; Ramona, 16min (R. Sturrock), 8; Usher, scr (J. Knight), 4.