YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 12

YACHTING.

[By Mainsheei.]

■:.;;.-;;,. the. season's racing.,,;'; ,'; : . January 30.—Ocean Race! '■•': , ;, '■ January 30.—Mills Memorial Handicap, l'obruary 6,—Socond-class and- Third-class '. .Handicaps. ■ ,; ■ ■ ' ■ , February 13.—16 ft; Handicap. .., ;— '■ ,'■' ;, Anniversary -Day 'dawned- with; a howling northerly,, gale and .'. the ■'. harbour feather white, but'yachtsmen were not dismayed at the prospect) and everything carrying a sail, irom second class down to the centre-board class, proceeded ,te reef, down in anticipation of the day's racing.. ..'■'■-.'■ .: . ._ ...The Rating. Race, :for the;B-motre class, only attracted two. starters—the old rivals, .Janet;-, sailed by S. Forbes, and Mahiua, -saued by Dr., Fell.. Mahina got all the.best ot the start, and was well away on the lead towards :Halsw.oll .before the Janet crossed I thelmeV The : .Janet was. in the boat harbour when .the' starting gun went,, but when she did get going she picked up : on her: opponent. .Afterrounding'tTie'Halswell buoy, Janet lessened, tho ;,gap, and then the boats teok difterent, .in':the. heavy, seaway.. :.,Tho -"Janet lost; her forward hatoh ; covering- ■ but picked it up,,-and sent Wo hands forward .to nail the .cover on—a wet task'inthe seas-brooking on board.' Smooth water..was met at Kprokoro, and -Janet ro™, d€ .a-;;the,,buoy; Bimin.-. "ahead: -of tho Manina. , . "About tho same time Separated the two bdats'at the.finish-.,'.: ',-. ~ .., . . . v. -The second'class handicap .in 'the. afternoon i brought out.the-Atlantic, Syren-,'. -Mahina, •Janet..Nancy Stair, -Patronue, and Viking,, and ail nnishedexcepttheNancy Stair, which' gave ■up before she, got. to.. the island. - The Janet'.-and Atlanta got away together, and sailed.length for .length. to'Halswell. Vikine: Jja,Mahina followed,. and' held together' to the buoy, and after themcamo'the Tatronu's,: : Sywn, and Nancy Stair." Oh rounding Halswell, the Janet. and the Viking:. outpointed 2J or y. th ' n Ei''tho .others falling away badly; ane Atlanta was getting. through the water, at.a great rate, but.wae not.pointing as high as the others.. also was smashing through it. The leading boats all weathI.ered .the _ island, on the one board, but, -at ,'*!}f' Korokoro buoy, Janet was 'first, Viking! | ; (2imm. later) .next, Atlanta was 6min. behindthd leader. Mahina followed 2min.' later,iwith .Patronue and Syren in the rear./ The ; Wiiplo fleet increased their Bail. on the rundown,, and Janet rounded.' Halsw'ell '■■ buov again 3}min;, ahead of the. Viking," and- got home first,., with Viking, Atlanta, Mahina, ratronns,. and. Syren following- in, the : order , named.--. :, ', ; ':;.,; .-•■•..; -. ■; .:,■.: ; ---> .:y'-::\.- '. '■■ i y .The , surprise of-the third-class race in/the' morning,-which race' was'won-by Taipare off; scratch; was , the. defeat of the May by tho second race :-of' the .day. also fell, to. Taipare, -'although. the' 'Narioya, - theonly other, starter, sailed well. The'Nanoya put ■up ( a. performance:in,the.first, rflce.-■■ '.■.'■;'"'' ..-■ .■ ■' 'v'/'. .■ : *■'.■■ ■■ ■■'■ ■■ ■• ■: Gonerall disappointment ; was' felt that the Malua , ,and;Dauntless did npt/meet in'the irourth-class race. Malua ebuld-not start in , the first race on account: of -a , mishap on the startmg-hne,, and, Dauntless had a >■ fairly easy wm... In the second.race,Malua won, but Dauntless did' not. compete,- having caoi ■sized Bhortly"before'the; gun :went. '■<. '■ ". .The-,Ooean Raoe, postponed last Saturday .on account of the: gale, will probably be de- , cided to-day. ■..■■•:■'-•:-. -.... j ; -~.-. ■■.■'.: . ; ; .■■The , . Waitangi. left" ,'on: a cruise in' the Sounds , on'. Tuesday last.'. .She-will return'in a.,fprtnight,..-buti will make.'another trip: to; the Sounds later io the season. : On the' *m? n su or T Ul f e ; J e ¥ ' T nl ' inolud e. • Nelson andcrUrytlle itinerary.' , ' ' ■ ■■■■: . The Janet and 'theßuihi were the only 'two boats..ou^in Saturday's.gale, and on Sunday .wiienv,the ; wind continued .as/strong as ever we ptirv was the only boat^tp. , turn out. ■'■ second-blass course was covered by tho Janet ml hour 53-minutes on Anniversary ;;Day], ;ThJs,:fest> second-class, time previous to,this Beasoh,was hold by the Svron, which to her -credit. -~- lhe-launch'.Emhi: is expected for the Sounds, late.to-night. ■: : - .'■ .. . ?. v The event,of ■Eegatta 'Day,was:the capsizing of- the ihalf-rator Dauntless ;sailed- by C. Petley, and -carrying such , tried -hands'as ..fed-;Seagar.-,and- Griffiths.::, .Charlie Cordinc was, not on board.; The; little .Dauntless ha! weathered^rnany, days like Anniversary Day, and .had. defied .-the. elements, oiv days that some.of .the deep-keel yachts,,wduld not face; so -that ,;her : performance was ■■ all the more romarkable. > 1 believe, that .she has• capdized once.before,.but not : .with-her,crack crew on NVr^^f d ' n^? r 7 racing;-';although her ;builder,,Jack,Cbalmors > .first.raced : herl)eforo sue. mpre than : half-finished.- .The 'Anniversary pay -.mishap.- has. a simple- : ex-, It. appears that a' fierce squall struck i .the,, little, half-rater suddenly and 1 threw hersaihng master (C.'Pebley) 'into the water.,. No, sooner was he put of-the : bdat than -shewent over.' The boat .was not damaged •muchv and,; with'orie now plank in her deck; will be- -as good as ever. ' . . Another exi>efienced hand came to grief in the person; of A; Aldredi owner, of ..the Irex, formerly .one; of,'tho Thprndon Dinghy Club fleet, aiid whichi.has been decked-in this season. The;,lrex was,'running before the gale, . and i when-off,the end of the dock turned turtle, m a heavy ..back-wash. The damage m this case was only a broken splash: board at tho bow. -A ; set Of false.testb was also lost? m .the excitement, .and ;swelled'- the amount,of damage sustained. The third capsize was the;scow Rival, which went over at the ..entrance, to the boat harbour. Two of- ?[ le J. r ? w , w e r e. emptied into the water, but the third-crawled; over the side of the' boat as. she'went over, and sat on the upturned bottom until another craft ran alongside and .. rescued-hani-before he had'even got wet. : It is: stated- that;-the'.'Bival lost her centre--Doara; ■;--. ■:■': ,-; ; ~■-.-..-, -~. • .-■.'.,,. ■„ .

:.rho work .done by. launch in assisting the; capsized is worthy of special mention. The Uvurlch was about te'leave on a - cruise. for tho day ;when 'the Irex went over, , , but. without any hesitation her owner wentto the; rescue, and spent practically the w ™ day: )»? din g %'' nnfortunate .sailers. , « lne crew: of the .Ngaira, ;says a correspondent, gave , ; an exhibition 'of how they can handle their boat on Regatta'morning. Just as. they-left their: moorings, the cry "Man Overboard 1" .was;raised; and.the yacht wore round and headed for the swimmer. Just before she.could pick,Kim up, however, the S 1 " 3 and., tide , had , . , carried him:-past, the Patronus, lying :, -:at her 'moorings; and' the Wgaira. had .to - choose;"betwcen. taking..the bowsprit; off the other' yacht and leaving somebody;, else to effect a rescue. '■■•. Two dinghies were -already, on'the way. and Mr. i'almer, , or the launch Vida' soon had the shivering man on board again little, the worse for his - five minutes' immersion. '..::'.' ; '