KEEL YACHT RACING

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 67, 12 December 1932, Page 6

KEEL YACHT RACING

Port Nicholson Club Events

STRONG NORTHERLY WIND

A strong northerly wind, reaching •■'ale force at times, gave keel yacht crews plenty of excitement ou Saturday •ifteruooD, wheu the Koya] Port Nicholson Yacht Club held-two races for first, ami second-class keel yachts. Boats were all’ close-reefed, and. crew’s Aycre kept busv when they received the lull force of ‘the blow off the entrance to Evans Bay. lu the first-class race, only tw’o boats, Ailsa (scr.) and Viola (Tniin.) went round the course, set from Clyde Quay io Somes Rock buoy to the Southern Blinker and back to Clyde Quay. Viola proved the speedier boat, and crossed the finishing line over two minutes ahead of Ailsa. Kona just crossed the starting line and returned, finding conditions too boisterous; Wairere II became somewhat unmanageable after a brief minute or so in the narrow' confines of the Boat Harbour, and did not start ; Atalanta broke a stern-line and drifted perilously around the other moored craft at one stage of the proceedings: and Wairere I. while coming up from Evans Bay, blew out a jib, and consequently was unable to participate iu the race. ■ Five boats started in the secoud-elass race,' Nanette (12min.). Tsca (24), Galatea (scr.), - Mini (ITmin.), and lolanthe (14), which was sailed over a course set from Clyde Quay to Jerningham to Somes Rock buoy, to Koro Koro buov to Jeruiugbam, back to Clyde Quay. Galatea was first home, followed by Nanette and Isca, but the scratch boat had conceded too great a handicap to Nanette and Isca. the former being placed first ou corrected times and the latter second. Galatea was relegated to third place. Tavo races for A and B class centreboard boats were postponed owing to stress of weather. Detailed results are as follow, handicaps, finishing and corrected times being given in each case FIRST-CLASS KEEL YACHTS. (Club Handicap.) Ailsa (scr.), shr. 14min. 25see., shr. llmiu. 25sec •• • I Viola ("mln.), sbr. 12min. 20see„ übr. smiu. 20sec 3 SECOXD-CLASS KEEL YACHTS. (Chib Handicap.) Nanette (12m1n.), 4hr. 34min. Osec., 4hr. 22min. Osec I Isca (24min.), 4hr. ulmin. 27scc., 4br. 27min. 2"scc. ....... 2 Galatea (scr.), -Ibr. 33min. 13sec., 4br. 33min. 13sec 3 Mini (17min.), 5Ur. amijn. 43sec., 4br. ISmln. 43see 4 lolanthe (14min.) started 32min. late, but did not finish.