YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 12

YACHTING.

[Bl MIINSKIW.]

*. Satuiday,Vi?ebruaryj>2B.T-Handicap Eace : .5; ; ;. n yachts.;; f' Postponed l ;SV; ori/Anßiyerearyr^jlay;;.;: , r-:;: .v; : f vV'oap.'.'raoei'fpr, /all' .lead-keel,yaohts.b* .;;':';:ionging ; ';tb'club'.y; \^ : ' : ■ ■: : " ',

"■?f\Tie.i.weatfe'' : been ."/exoeptionally J good;:|_fop/... yachting." "Every j'fine Sund. a y. mornihg/at abbutJlO o'elockjat, the'bpat : harbour'; one ;can'see the.crews'bf the many yachts dressed in their :herej and;, .there, or taking 'passengers off-to. thejyachts.. It is ;a v pretty'sight :on' a fine sunny Sunday morning; to ;,starid y>n; the.. , toM ■'■ ■'and -watbh ttie .yachts, ieaving 'their':'moorings,; bound .fbr,pne"pr:other.bf,the.bays, Jit 12 o'cloiak Jttesboat: harbour,:is; practically...empty, hardly. bne : ;bf ! ;the \nnged fleet .being- in sight.. :Last SuhdayVnearly all -the'yachts spent, the: day at,.:i)ay'Bvßay - ahd:-Ebwry-;Bay.;J The. \\V aiveroj,;whicli has been:lying at her : moorings 'at/the\bbat ;harbour.:for-some-time,, was .'Eeenvc-put; last; Sunday :cruising rouii Hie harbbur.' -Ward Island was visited Jbjr/sbme .-'of the ■ launches \ and a' feiv of: the small sailing fleet, and the :three -'Evans Bay yachts, Ngaira,.:Pat-, •ronus, ..and iA'iking,: seen round .the': harbour.;.;^- X^4:i-? : ' : ~i'"-i

> ■ After. -up- on! .'the 'Elip/fbr'about.'a. year,:the-ketch-rigged, yabh't; |7hite. Wings has entered the.'livans Bay .'waters'. 1 again.; .On Sunday^she-went'over.,ib'iDay'a';,Bay,', carrying -plenty of ; ;;•;'•■•. '■■ L ~-} ';!;■> ■■■.'■ ■;; The}• .Waitangi :.is '-expected:• to \: return ■fromr'the. Sounds'' thisv afternoon:'v'The I yawl iVikingireturned' , from :,:the'' Spuiids .last-Friday evening.'.after. a very pleasant. , iorthight's .'cruise. Sounds.--; "'.-■iast 'Saturday's full-sail ; breeze' brought; ibut'.'a fgqod'number-i.of; starters-for: the 'ladies'"race;'.' The. race was' , 'wonVon , .'time' allowance. by'the'-' , ex-Auckland jyachtvlor ilimther- .This .was '■ the first :time. theVlo-; lanthb"had; raced 1 in '■' Wellington- waters.AlissK:Hog?ard took-the-WhiteiHeathOT Jroun&'the cdurso:;jn;good , -stele::. She f was. !the:scrati;hiyacht,'butishe'shqwed:all the other"boats' the'-wayrbundlthel course.- Mr. , ■&';'' Holme's's 'Nanoy'a' took-second:'.place, and ithe>.White:.Heather- third.-'. The ■ prize is a':gold."'.bracelet 1 ■ Some-of the Janet's ,gear'.;carried..away,, -resulted:in:her naving'to give iipi : '"/ f .-^'\.]".'■ :V.'.' : r .' : i;This; aftcrnodnvthe. ■itilei.iacff; ; for ; secoridTclasa.;yaehts-.-.which 'was':-'pos.tp , oiie'd'''from: ; ,' Anniversary m Day,' through qriq of .theyacStslosirighor.mast. The'scow'Rival 'did "well, in last-Satur-, day's 7 scow:race.-;It some yachtsmen-tha't.hqr racing;days:had gone. ; but- last',Saturday:'. showed ..that 'she: still had-Mineg6^invher;;: J ,Tlie:; race i'was.iWon; by the Eedwi'ng,'':with.;the-Ei\'Jil..close .her hind;-.; V'-^'-y^. , ■«> V\ v" W^--."- '', SThb 1 Sydney-'jfa'chtij Q"ulwulla:lll; recoiv; e<l -a i hearty: s§nd-off ';. when', 'she ,; . cleared Port" Jackson 1 , JVouM ~*°*< ~ ?^l ! a . r t,. /; A B ' sn e the Eoyal Scjuadron!e head- , . ciuarters.';Sh«/, w *'s'''-acdompanica : to. , .the : Heads i / , 'of yachts,; and -'and' , his- crew .received. ft;'fin'al i 'aiidseuthtisiastifl./salute as .the yaclit to. sea'. .'<3ood progress was mado for".Uher.-iirst , '22':miles,: when tho 'Island.: Hero- a heavy, gale: sprang iup, : - ari'd,: ; althongh'- ! the yacht-.' AwsJkep.t' .'gping/fdrVa ■■while, she eventual lp: turned .tail ,, : and,' fan»back .-'.M Jervis' Bay , ,^α-distarioef.bf.flOOimiles.: A; fresh"start. , jwas , , ,, ''made;'on";;th'e..: Sunday morning in .a haid.northerly wind, whiofi increased'to a gale. Tlw yaoht then

mado great, head-way Until within 20 miles of Twofold Bay,:when another southerly was encountered,;-Gulwulla IH. reached Tasmania safely. Sydney yachtsmen are waiting :• for ithe'big. race between the Gulwulla 111. and taeSayonara. The defence ,of the , Northcote Cup by the Victorians is glowing in interest, as the .little Victorian -vessel designed by G. N. , 'Lows, of England, .'after his, fa-: mous, 6-metre boat Embdor,'.. ia nearingcompletion. Her chief dimensions are: : -length, o.ai, -27ft. 6m.; •length ,1.w., :20ft. 6m.; beam,> sft. Bin.; draught, Bft. 6inj sail area,;sos:square.feet. GulwuUalll. measures: Length, 0^., : 80ft; length "yrX; 20.75ft;..beam, 5.78 ft.; sail,"area,.;. 500 sijuare feet's' lead-ballast;. 38cwt. : ..'; The handicaps for , the launch race for the Hislop Cup, -which was held.at Dunedin last 'week,' were as under (sor.), Matarua (52Jmin.), Paci£o (40min.), Query (55Jmin.), Lavina '■-. (56Jmin.),.. The course was.about 32 miles in'-length; and was : completed by tho Kelvin' in ;3hr. lOmin. The race was won by the Query .(Ghr. 56min. .29sec), Lavinia (6hr. 57min. 19sec.) being second. The' finishing times of the others were as follow:— , Kolvin (6hr. 50mm. Msec.), Matarua (6hr. 53min. 57sec.), • and Pacific , (6hr. . 54min. 32scc.). ■-; '.■/■.:.:.'■.:/ ; ;:-. : . ; ■;■■■;"■■;• ■■'■:■ Q -.