OCEAN RACE TO WELLINGTON

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22768, 21 July 1939, Page 9

OCEAN RACE TO WELLINGTON

Decision of yacht clubs CELEBRATION OF r v" ’ CENTENNIAL Information on the' ocean race to be bdlo. from Lyttelton to Wellington by New Zealand yacht clubs to mark the ; centennial, was given to the annual Of the Banks Peninsula Cruising Clublast night, at which the commodore, Mr H. A. Rhind, presided. ,

It was stated that the race was being org|aised by the Royal Port Nicholson- Yacht Club, and it was expected that yachts from Canterbury, Auckland Wellington, and Nelson would compete..

The Club’s annual report said that there active members, the sam® number as kst season. Mr J. D. Hudson," vice-commodore, removed to Auckland during the season, and his a very real loss to the club. Browne replaced him, in ofl *ce, the position of rear-commodore r gaining vacant. Mr C. Allen now owfted the 28-footer Dorade Which he purchased in- Auckland, and Mr 'L. M. Colhagwqod recently launched his 28- ™ iff* Tangaroa. Several other JT'ijftog yachts had been DUilt by Canyachtsmen, and the mdpring pnmiem necessarily grew more acute. .only solution which wds thought wspthle for tbis problem would be re* consuuctjMi of the inner harbour by .byttaltan Harbour Boards w i s .dgaln held, chiefly by fleet; the power craft confhfg branch of their activities to for the Peter Dalrymple ® u p. which was won by Mr Kojnetfs Islay. The Nicholson Cup by Mr H. Tresseder’s Pacific S* M Remtett Cup by Mr J. S. Morewa. tkilJsLnhanclal statement showed that began with a credit of £SO Jd riosbd with a credit of £9l tallowing officers were elected: ESS*- -the Hon. Mr Justice NorthMr T. T. Gough: viceSir Bruce Stewart, proL * Cull. Mr W. H. Browne; Mr H - A - Rhind; vibe* cenSuS?*** W. R. Carey; rearMr A. H, A. Vivian: hbnMr C. C, Heines; reesurer, Mr A. Haworth.