THORNDON DINGHYSAILING CLUB
A race was sailed by the Thorndou Dinghy Sailing Club Inst evening, for three trophies presented bv the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. The- following boats conineledli. Palmer's Zel (scr.), E. Bailey's Thelma (sit.), S. Scott's Eon a (Imin.), J. S. Swan's Blowfly (3min.), B. Stirling's Vera (3min.); and 'V. Moore's Ajax (''"'"very light southerly prevailed, nil tho boats carrying full sail, and at tlio end of the first round the Vera, Blowfly, and .Ajax gave lip, as the wind hud dropped to almost a talm. At this stage, however, a. light northerly sprang up, ennlilin;; Die remaining lliree 1)0!its to finish well within the lime limit. The Tloiia was never bended throughout, and finished first at exactly Shis., followed by the Tliekiin at Slirs. Omiis. Ilftset.. and /el, Slirs. Imin.' The duties of starter, judge, aniMimekeeper were' curried o.ut by Mr. .I'\ M'Keever, who also framed the handicaps.- Next. Saturday the second of a series of three raccs for the championship will. bo sailed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080227.2.84
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 9
Word Count
167THORNDON DINGHYSAILING CLUB Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in