YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 12

YACHTING.

[Br MiisanErr.] Saturday, Februafy IS.—P.X.Y.C. Vscslt, and Motor Boat Club combined. Saturday, February 25;— Handicap Eztt* for Ist, 2nd, and 3rd-class yachts, Saturday, March, s.—Handicap Ea«j fcr ; Ist, 2nd, and Srd-class yacht*. ' Easter Monday.—P.N.Y. Club Picnic. ' The ladies' race sailed by the Port Nicholson Yacht .Club..last Saturday, resulted in a win for White Heather, with lolanthe second, and Warehou tliird- The finishing times of the various boats were: White .Heather, sh. 21min. lolanthe; sb. 30min.' 45sec.;' Nancy!;Stair7 sh. 36min.; Warehou,; sh; ,38mm:'Msec.'; Taipare, sh. 43min. 45sec.;' SjTeni 'sh. 49min. 15sec. ;■ Nanoya, sh. 50inin. ' The winner, led all the ; way ; round, \and was nicely bandied by Miss Hoggard., On, the;re-: vised time/, the • AVareh6u,"' i ;whioi' , ha(i- 1 -a mass of trouble at the Halswell buoy,- was placed third. .The course.occupied .31 hours for tho scratch boat. This appears to be too much of n task; t<ysetvladies,; especially- in a' "blow,".'and. the committee would do well to':consider; the advisabler.ess- of mapping out speciaL course -for. the-next race. of .the' kind. ■ La.st .Saturday's wind wasi exceedingly, trying at^ tho start, and gave the ladies in charge - some concern until tliey cleared , Jerninghdm Point. The Nancy Stair-had-the mis. fortuneto foul the Kaiwarra buoy. '

The ocean raco to Port Underwood next month is looked upon 'as being ■ assured, most of the owners of. cruisers being . ear thusiastic about the event. < , r,,..

The yacht;Muritai and' the ..launches Veronica', and Scotia, are. expected -.-to get away to-day for a cruise in the Sounds. }[r.,,R. Millman, owner of the newyacht Windward,: has returned from Auckland, ,and the -rigging/off' is going on' apacf. It, is .understood that she may be entered for the ocean race, which will, certainly be a good ."try. out for her. • She iwill start/an. unknown auaintitjf arid may give the handicapped; some ttouble. ' : ': - ; '.

' TheP.N.Y.C;'picnic is. to be> held-.at Scorching Bay to-day, the club combining in the" outing-with the-.Motor -Boat Club. - Afternoon, tei\ mil' be provided■ by.'the cluß®-: During <thß Sfteriiooh »a £ports proferamweAandujdjng .the following items, ? a lf# fiaefe, »lug or*- war4\be!w?eii Motor Boat, and P.N.Y.C. teams, relay race for teams of four men, .ladies' scul- ■ ling race in dinghies, and ladies-egg And : spoon race;' ",:U' ... The Criiising Club is holding^?:-handi-cap race'to-dav ahd* will'.make its finishing line in the ?bay .-at: which - the P.N.Y.C,'picnic'is being held, j.:,Referring to the general handicap race of .the-.Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, the Sydney .".Heferee" says there'-were seven startersCulwulla-'III, ; scratch; WhUjv.WingSj^Tmiri..';*^Petrel,' :llmin.; Yculba,' 12miii : . ;* Sunbeam,- ■ lonlin.; Magic,: lSntin.; and .Meteor, 21min.-. The yachts crossed the line to a Hying start, . which was a".fairly ,"even., one, Magic being first away and Yeulba last.-,At Steel Point Culwulla, 111- had? in established lead, ivhicK. shei held: overj'the rest of the course.- At , Manly she' rounded the buoy 2min.- 44sec. ahead'of'.White-Wings; at the finishing-line she was-Bmin. ahead „ of that yacht. But: although she sailed well, the handicaps were-'too much for her on the day,, and., the places were filled in the . end . respectively - '.by Sunbeam, Meteor, and Petrel; Sunbeam's performance was very meritorious. In the dead■ thrash to Steel Point this boat fared badly, and was last as" the yachts made across to the Manly, buoy. At,this time the , breeze was east of N.E.; and Sunbeam woke up to the-advantage: By the - time Manly' was reached ■ 4hfe - had* fofged ahead of Magic' and Meteor 1 , and: on'the ;'run to Shark Island she sped along. at<£iwbiider> ful rate, doing the best of all, with the exception of Culwulla , 111, passing Yeul- . ba and catching up on Petrel .and White Wings. At. the Manly .buoy, she - was 4min.Usee', .behind, Petrel; over*the rest of the course'she lessened that'by 4mili..: 6sec. She crossed the line the. winner by lmin. - 36sec., - from, Meteor."'i- ; ; > '.