YACHTING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 15

YACHTING

___ * —— . INTERNATIONAL RACE IN NEW SOUTH WALES ENTRIES FROM DOMINION > WANTED [THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, January 14. An effort to New Zealand vnchtsmen in entering for the inter nKafSacht race being promoted npvt vear by the New boutn vy"" Cta? Hundred and Fiftieth Anmversary Regatta is being made by Mr K. w Goddard, a prominent Sydney and raf g official who - &t P J 6^ nt ! The"See will rS vessels, and aWy sufficient an attractive prize for yafWs irorn overseas. There is a likelihood of a considerably greater amount Being aV That bl the race will be an internationafonfha's already been assured as advice has been received that three oi the six-metre yachts racing are under the barges of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, England; and one from the American Pacific coast wiU be entering for the race. , .. "It is the opinion of Sydney yachtsmen that nobody can build yachts like New Zealanders can, and I hope to nna them sufficiently interested to buiia, say, two six-metre yachts to represent New Zealand at next year's regatta, said Mr Goddard. ;* He felt certain that if New Zealand boats were entered they could be sold before the race, if this were desired, because of the high reputation of New Zealand-built vessels. He understood that the only six-metre yachts in the Dominion at present were heavy cruisers, so it would be necessary to build vessels for the race. IDLE-ALONG CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP AT KAIRAKI j The Waimakariri Sailing and Power Boat Club have appointed the following officials for the Canterbury Idle-along championship, to be held at Kalraki on February 21:—Judges, Messrs D. Crozier. J Clements, E. Sinclair, and W. Beanland; course committee, Messrs R. F. Joyce, C. Banks, and E. Heald; measurer, Mr C...Banks; starters,.Messrs C. Oborn and W. Toomey. Before the championship an open yacht race will be held for a trophy given by the club patron (Mr F. L. Parnham). The race will be run over a nine-mile course under the usual conditions. Visiting yachtsmen will be entertained at afternoon tea after the race, when the 'championship trophy will be presented.