Canterbury Club’s New Building .

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28543, 24 March 1958, Page 16

Canterbury Club’s New Building .

A new clubhouse, at Erskine Point, for the Canterbury Yacht and Motor Boat Club was officially opened on Saturday evening with a social and dance. The club house has a large hall on the top floor, with kitchen and offices. The basement is used for the storage of small boats and gear. The building cost about £2300 but most of the work of rrepaving the site and putting in the foundations was done by voluntary labour.

Mr F. G. Briggs. Mayor of Lvttelton. and commodore of the Hub. welcomed the guests, who included representatives of the Akaroa Boating Club, the Christchurch Charteris Bav, Waimakariri. Stewart’s Gully. Pleasant Point and Mount Pleasant clubs. The new club house was due largely to the efforts of its voluntary workers, said Mr Briggs, who officially onened the building.

The president of the Canterbury Yachtin? Association (Mr W. H. Bean land) congratulated the club on its new building. He expressed the hone that it would result in a revival of interest in centre-board yachting in Lyttel* ton. Akaroa Club Holds Race For Strathmore Cup Six yachts started In the first points race for Sir Bruce Stewart’s Strathmore Cup. sailed on. Akaroa Harbour on Saturday. Athena (J. Moore) was first, closelv followed by M. B. McMasters in Wvn. Flute (J. McKie) broke a mainsheet block "'hile in a handy position towards the end of the race. Bimbo (L. Todd) was third. During Easter, the club will hold its annual crews’ race for the F. Hollander trophy, the Easter challenpe cup, and an open sweepstake event. Repairs to the slipway have almost been completed. It was damaged earlier in the season when gale force winds and high tides washed away the middle portion. The slipway now extends past low water mark, allowing crews to launch their craft at any time. The repairs have cost the club about £lOO.