YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 12

YACHTING.

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W'FIXTURES FOR THE- ;; Saturday, ; iebriiary:s.--rOoeaii.Eace, Han- .'. -:'; dicap 'Race 'for'.' all' lead-keel-Yachts /''belonging to the' Club.-v'"-.? Saturday, February' ; 19>-I-adie3' v-Race, '■*<-. ■■ General - Handicap.' •■ Each .-Yacht' to it-*; be sailed;the whole : way'by a ; lady. ; '■■■ Rac«3 ifor'the . Mills; Memonal-Trophy.' have now cometo anend. Last Saturday .the-race was ■ won :t>y..'tb.9' ; ;Waitan'gi; which' had 'Won it' once' before. ■ ■ She, therefore, holds'the- trophy; '•• All: the:, three yachts got'agiod start. -The' Siren lead first, followed 1 '■ by the . ,'Waitangi'; and.;': Ngaira; After, a .while the ; Waitangi : ;worked;up fo'firsti'place, arid finished .in; l the lead. After rounding -.Korokorb,..- .the,;,.. Ngaira worked - right"dowri to }Kaiwarra, but .the other two,' yachts' kept;' well up'to: wiiid--;ward..';:The\Ngaira: passed' well .'to'leeward of,.the' Siren .'on. the'. beat to Hals-, •weU, .-butV.ir Ngaira' . 'manageoV ';;.to, round Halswell; Buoy, before the Siren; , There was .'a : ,very,:olo96. finish,; the \Yaitahgi : 40sec. ( . ahe'ad;;of;' the 'Nguira.-''' : Hlr? : '-' ■•-/.-.-,'• :,:--'!-::--' .''.-:*';'';■'.■' :/:. Mr. Jamieson's launch returned, from 'the. Sounds'-'lasVweek. ■ The' crew, spent. a : very, enjoyable--time,' -cruising., about! in. ;th'e ; :'bays. and -coves.' The .crew.were'as i follow':—Messrs.- John- Forbes, T. Bae; J. iForbes,;andVP.- Moore;-.:;., •:: , , :':'.Mr. ; 'Palmer's new launot ha«. had;, its' new Ferro engine ;put ;in.. . . \ r .-This .afternoon.-:the ; -Port Nicholson. Yacht: £lub holds;an-ocean yacht .'race. The course will,be: From starting lino'to mark boat, five, '-miles' south-east, rfrom ;Black v ßdck,.'which: is.to be lefton Btar-. board ■; if; northerly,.'; and .the port'"if southerly. : The, yachts will use the main . ■>;.-The -.. f.bllowing" are;' the '.:enitries:—\Voitangi, Janet, .Ngaira, Patro- ■ nil*. Siren,' i Mahina;'' White Heather, 'Atalanta,. .and"Lizzie.''.'?:.'■>'••,;; --• :: i; " , : :•' This .afternoon'; the,; :.Thorndon' Dinghy : Club. :-will ihold-.-a-race„ for' a-:'trophyc presented ;by„Messrs,-:.Jagger;and;Harvey, of ■Auckland;:'-'-v .. < ;■";'■', 7^'.■"•'.■-.'^

iln thtfseoond-ctesyacht raci'on Anniversary.' Day,: it will 'be. remembered {.that the • Lizzie broke ,here: mast, . and'Xthe •Taipare'pulled out'.'of: the race and; .took the Lizzie-in'tow.';::At;a'committee:meet-ing, of. the' Port Nicholson'/Yacht. Xllub, held on'jThursday last, it .was, deojded that. the' first,' second,, and' third 'yachts will resail; the race with the Taipare. , ■.-:''There',was l some, discussion.at' Thursday' night's committee.meeting of the P.N.Y.C. as :to-whether lie Mahaki had; anyVrighti to, go round the Day's Bay' 6ide ; of Somes Island, when making for . Halswell Buoy on: Anniversary; Day*.'lt wasfound; by the''-committee.'that. there was 'no.;,rule ■ stating '\asl to ; whether the yacht should have,, gone.ground .the' far 'side ; of. the island or not.' ' , ~.; ' •'■ : .v' • An Australian paper states that ■.'.■. the committee of - the Brighton Yaoht.' Club -and Mr. .J, : iAllee,who has already, been ■selected as Sayonara's : skipper, for.;the races' next March against the 'New South Wales 'challenger,.. Mr. ;W. M. Marks's Culwalla 111. (late Awaniii), have decided to ask the following, gentlemen.■.to? act' as members of : her' ; racing ' crew:—Messrs. W. Parker (R.Y.C.V.), T. Hogg (R.Y.C;V.), IS. B. Holroyd. (R.Y.aV.),.H.-M.""Agg (8.Y.C.), J. *M. Corby (BXC), W..Hig.gins(B.Y.C),- V. Scales (B;Y.C), and A. L. Young (B.Y.C). These, with one-paid hand, will complete-her crew of .ten. Messrs'.'Parker, Hogg, and' Holroyd are, members.of Sayonara's'old racing crew,. Mr. Parker having sailed in her in the two,contests sailed in.Port Philip'against' Bawniti and ; Thelm'a,-. and; Messrs. Hogg and. Holroyd '■ in those two contests, and in the original race' outside Sydney Heads against Bona. •■ Sayonara'was to come'.but of, the floating dock at WiUiamstown'last ,"Wednesday, week.' ."' She ■ has" been' in for several days, it being-thought too risky, to .take, advantage / of the -St. Kilda Yaoht, Club's offer-of the use'of their 6lip.' Mr; barker,-;who will be;second. in command,'' under Mr<: Allee;has been asked' by Mr.: ■ Dixon, Sayonara's owner, to supervise and see .that everything is... carried out-ex-' peditiously.' Mr.' Dixon' is desirous that no expense should, be spared in doing everything to ensure Sayonara's ultimate suocess. 'The following; gentlemen 'will also ;be asked to hold themselves in- readi-l ness to act'as emergencies if lequired:—' Messrs. H. H. Green; H. Donaldson, J. A. Liriaor'D,';.V.Stubbs, and L. Higgins. These: gentlemen' are all .members' of the Brigh-ton-Yacht ■Club.".,' ■';

: The' following is an extract from the, log of the yawl White.- Heather;; which: had a fortnight's cruise.at Picton. The crew consisted of the following Hoggard, :G.. Hoggard, G. Wix;' B. C. Donne, R.. Grey/. and F. "■ Millm'an. :•' "The yawl White Heather left ; the boat harbour at 7.30 on Christmas eye. The,wind was very light from' the north-west. Cleared the Heads at 9.80 p.m.; and experienced light north-east winds, whioh hung. out until Sinclair, Head : was reached. After passing Sinclair Head it: began to blow, strongly from the north. At 11.85 p.m., when off Terewhiti, the yawl passed Mr.' Jackson's launch Taniwha. .When : about half-way between Terawhiti and Tory; Channel ran into a shoal, of porpoises. At 1.30 a.m. the; wind dropped, but shortly afterwards a heavy S.E. wind came up, which took us into Tory Channel, It was blowing very,. ..strongly."' inside, and we dropped-anchor in Jackson's Bay at 3 a.m.. On Saturday .afternoon at 2 o'clock we hauled up anchor and made for Teweka Bay, with a very light northeast breeze. Mr.' Cooper's and' Mr. Jackr son's launches, were also, there..; Wo remained in Teweka Bay all. day Sunday, going for a walk to Port.Underwood, iAt sun-down the wind had dropped considerably, so W hauled up anchor and made for /Picton. 'En route for there wo had a moonlight trip to Mabel Island, which was reached at 11 p.m. The wind then dropped'and the yawl opened out Picton at 1.30 a.m. Monday was a lovely day with' light breeze from ' the north-east.: Tbe.day was spent at Double Bay." On Wednesday we went to Resolution Inlet; a. good breeze favouring' us all: the way, and we. had a good trip. Passed the Ngaira when making for Separation Bay. The remaining days of tho cruiso—what, better kind of cruise, could there'bo?—passed without notable event and. after an extensive cruise, extending over more than a week in the Sounds there came eventually the last day'. It was a Sunday and at_ 5.30 a.m. we got under . weigh with a, nice, breeze from N.W. Waited for Siren,' and passed

out into the Straits at 7.15 a.m. passed Terawhiti at 11 a.m;; Tongue Point aiNsam ■ at 11.30 a.m.; passed Sinclair Head at 12 o'clock. The wind then veered round to S.W. and the yawl,'running.well before it, passed Island. Bay at. 9.30 p.m., and passed Pencarrow at midnight. The breeze held out until off Point Jerningham, when it died away; reached boat harbour at, 1.45 a.m.. after a passage of 13 hours..'." ' '