YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 9

YACHTING.

[Br Mainsdeet.] „ On Saturday last a hard southerly was blowing, but somo of 'he larger yachts were out tor a cruise round the harbour. Waitangi, Kona, and Janet went up tlio entrance. Syren went across towards Day's Bay. Mr. Jamieson s auxiliary yacht ltuihi was hauled up in the corner of the Boat Harbour for cleaning, and _ was refloated at high tide on Sunday evening. ■ . On Sunday a. light southerly was still blowing. White Heather and Janet , went for a beat up the entrance, and then ran down to Sentoun. Tho following yachts were anchored thero-.-Janot, May, White Heather, oyren, and Karaka. While the Warehou was proceeding .homsward she struck a rock off Jroint Jei-nmgham, but was soon off again, no damage being done. i. yacht Petrel, which used'to sail in Wellington waters, and was taken down to DunS % J t essrs - Jt'Keegan and Lambert a couple of seasoM ago, lias lately returned from f 5 e cr am ' the following is an acif tnp a S E'lblished in the Dunedin -rnofl r> ? ? srs ' K<2egan ond Lambert's fini V i el ,., lv " as toW€d t0 t''o Heads at d.» a'IK S commodore's yacht on Saturn m Taiaroa Head was cleared at 4 7 e H Od ful h sail S - W - breeze. At I ,'V"- the. yacht was struck with a in W »riii? h' ram - sq -! a11, wlnoh necessitated lowering the mainsail, and jib. Oamaru was ing TotT" 1 l \ a , yli § ht ° n Sunday mornfSf'Tit 1 P - Monday a start was mado iiA™?-? a very h( ? li i t S - E - breoze - '«**« vfJiL Tmnr " was l Picked up at 2 a.m. pn Tuesdaj, when the wind changed to N.W., and aW ftn' l nia " ,sal V were P-'lt down. After about two hours tho breeze Tightened, and under full sail the Thnaru { Breaker Z s •cleared at 5.30 a.m., and the Petrel was once « ' h « wharf. The members of tho crow were Messrs. W. Lambert P Lvtteltaf'rf Th" A start was made for Thursday morning at 1.30, in a light sou -wester. Eefo.-e daylight the wind chopped round to tho -N.W.. and by 7 a m on Thursday half a gale was -.blowing? As tho f?, nCe A t ' l6 ' B l' e increased, 1 and by midday tho yacht was headed to sea under close-reefed mainsail and storm jib. This continued all day and, at nightfall, the ves«l was pul, about and headed m shore. At daylight wnivi fl, 1 a ud_ was- sighted well to westward the yacht having made very little during the night. . Friday was a 'better day in some respects, as tho breeze was a full-sail north-easter with a confused sort of sea. Banks Peninsula was sighted at C p.m. on Friday, but ritl r7 S rap ! d ! y fallin l- About 8 pirn tho mnd went round to the S.E., and, in a few minutes, it was lifting a heavy sea. Land was soon shut out, and tho Petrel was again headed Mawards for three hours. At 11.15 p.m. sail was, lowered and the yacht rode all night on nnlftt ,'?u • orcw ,. t i y"> in e. in till morning. On Saturday it was still blowing a close reefer, and land was out of sight. It was well on to IJUd id r" Satur f t a y lon <l was sighted, n P- T' was under Akaroa Lighthouse. A start was immediately made for Lyttel on with a fine N.W. blowing" till Lookn? a i W f r f un ;l ed ' tbo wind completely fizzled out. At 3 a.m. on Sundav Lyttelton,li?ht was seen, but, owing!to the light wind, itira9> afternoon before Lj-tteltbn Wliarf was reached. From Lyttelton back to Dunedid was uneventful. • • ■ Last Saturday afternoon' tho, To Aro Sailing Club got off n race, which resulted in a win W w®"? 1 wi T h « .handicaps-were-as fol- ? n i ! , fred /?5 n '-'' P' va l (Stain.), Mbroro (ljinin.), ,and Rambler fscr ) boar'd 1 B J ? i raC l 9 f P oreC m !ost-her centerl board, and had to retire. The -result'of the race was as follows:-Eambler (1), winning a' trophy Mr. S. Seddon; Sed g), winning a-troDhy presented by Mr.'T' Rae; with Mororo (3), and the Kival (4). This afternoon; there will be. a' race, the winning boat receiving a trophy presented bv Mr. E WiU b# prc "