YACHTING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 21

YACHTING.

[Br Mainsbeet,] ENTER THE SEASON 1913-14. A wet sheet-and "fiowiiifi sea, ' A wiiul (lint follows last That fills the while anil rustling Mil--, Awl bends the gallant must. The Spirit of the Sea. The poet Cunningham, who is responsible. for perpetrating the above, must have been a yachtsman to tlm core. Though the writer has not ranch time for poets, ho frankly admits that the lines were appropriate to the conditions 011 Sunday last. Although hue, the inevitable northerly made itself to t. There was indeed the wot sheet, .the flowing sea, and the. swiit-fooled wind. It seems unnecessary to add that tno wliito and rustling sails also bent thegallant mast. Yachtsmen enjoyed it. • The vachtsman loves the water, unu when i'tris "blowing ho loves the sport ever so much more.' "\\ater can't hurt you," ho remarks. to. his friend-often a'landsman. The friend smiles timidly, and possibly replies, in a doubtful voice, that lie agreed with the helmsman. Tliat is for the tune being, but he knows very -titilr that something is telling him—oil itho (J.l. as it were—that water is something to be afraid of. If only a few of the broadminded could but figure out the spint of' tho sea caught by Cunningham, how; popular the sport would become. Clubhouse Question. It. is hoped that the Port Nicholson Yacht Club's attempt to create a building fund for a clubhouse, through the medium of an art union, will be successful. A clubhouse is no doubt a big undertaking, and the officials s.iould make sure of tlfeir membership'.before taking any definite step. Once a strong membership—a real financial membership—is assured, and the members are interested, the clubhouse question could be gone into. ' "Jlainshoet" hastens to congratulate the new officials upon their recent np; pointinent. and hopes that their eiforis in tho direction of acquiring a clubhouse will not be unavailing, it is pleasing to not« that in Jlr. u. I'. Jlothiiinloy we have an enthusiastic and well-respected commodore, and as regards ,thc next important position—secretary—Jlr. Leslie Sloightholnio is tho right person in tho right place. ■ Progross on tho Shores. Yachtsmen are still hard at work 011 their craft, and the finishing touches to a winter's overhaul are now being put 011. A few of the craft in Evans Day will probably slide into tho' water . tomorrow, antl next Sunday should seo another hatch afloat. i.vcryfhiug is moving forward towards opening day. The date has not been fixed, but is not. very far off A. meeting of tho Fort Nicholson Club is to bo held next week when tlie day will be finally decided upon, and also tho form in which the occasion is to bo celebrated, A picnic at 0110 of the bays would be desirable, and even a number of short scratch races would be interesting. Thoso may bo held, say, from the Queen's Wharf to Jeniim;liain Point.and back.