ENGLISH YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 12

ENGLISH YACHTING.

"■ The "week" 1 opened under.tho' flag of-th9\ Royal London Yacht Club'on Monday," August 2'' (says Sydney "lWcreb").-' The. direction .... - 'of'tlie.ivind gave the racers a load down and; .-, up. the western channel, and tho times over , v tlio' course wire, correspondingly very; fast.'Tho ... conditions, pdtoMJiavte 'been "improved upon.;; for the Wb v ,,6titkeV§,^and'-<;ohse<iuentlyt l th4 - . German wert ;-., soon' to peat advantage: in tho race, fori tho .; 23-metre and.. "A" -class '' yachts.•/,. The/, ... together, with ■'. Cicely,v-tho v only Britisli'. schooner.',. mi tho: ? racei--vbmlM"d~a-waT«from>the.- cutters., ' Gcrmania lcdtho Imperial yacht.all. the way, . and tton ty about 3min. from • her, but jlassea the mark boat on the wrong side. H.oteot.'■■. took first prize and Cice!y:.BCooad. The finishing;.times !.: Idotoor... lhr.. 87min. 33500, „ Cicely Ihr. BGmin. 66ee.- ''\; ; '. '■"">'.■■'■■■";'■ Tho meeting- {of.; the,-English "and foreign '-.' boats in tho- 15-metro : class .aroused, a i good ;• ideal of interest. Tho starters, were: Tuiga M tho Duke 1 of Mcdinacelli,...-Sloe, . ScnOr . lopfczj Ostara, Mr. W. Pi Burtonj Vanity, Messrs.... • Payne, Watson; and'Benn;" Marisko, Mr. A. ,' K. Stothert; Ma'oona.'Mr, Alraerio, Paget. ■': The race wan for.tho challenge cup: presented •' by the commodore of tho Royal London: Yacht .-,■'• Club for ..International racing.-. Last year, Mr,.;;« '■' W. P: Burton won it with Brltomaft, and '•>. this year successfully defended/, it '.with his ; ■.. newboat Ostara.' Finishing times' wore: Ostara -,' (winner); lhr. 33min. : Msec ;■ .Tuiga ; (second v .prize), lhi'. 35inin.:lGsoo.;,'Mariska,lhr, 88min. .': 3550 c.; .-Vanity, lhr; SSmin. ' 20scc;; f Ma'oona, '-~ lhr. 42miii. afisco.j Slec; lhr. : 43min.',5sccv... : '• The day following the. King's' Cup was raced - ' for under, tuoi aupices of .the Royal.' Yacht .' Squadron.' The race, for,-this , trophy :is Con-.*> fined, to yachts belonging to; racnibprs of .'the ' ( , Royal Yacht. Squadron, and, boingVa handi-' .... cap,'naturally attracts a. very largo fleet comv. . pavatively..'The,-race-started under, the.•; light -~', 'weather. handicap, with Meteor and'Sea'.Bird •' time' limit' with ■54min.\ , 50sec.'.. The tide was .';-' slack, and. light canvas was carried..-■White''- . ' Heather won by 12Jniin; from Cicely, which -■'. wos. just under two minutes in- front; of:■■ Meteor. .';,- •■ '"..'■"- s',;'; " • ■;,'.■:.'. ■ " ;>:'. r ....; >',:. ■ The race for.the 15-nietre class was ofcon* • \ sidprable interest, on account; of it i being, ths'.r first race, in.which the King iif Spain'K new; •; Fife-designed yacht Ilispani.v. took part.' Thr >|,f entrants wero: Hisphnia, Tiiiga, Slec,- Ostaraj '-.•'" Vanity, Mariska, Ma'ooua, and Britomart.',, I( ■■:' was a splendid race between Hispnnia, Ostara, ;,; ,and Tiiiga, but Hispaiiia finally won by noarlj ,■'■ Omin. from Ostara, with Tuiga third.. , -'.