YACHTING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5235, 25 August 1891, Page 3

YACHTING.

Colored sails are now being adopted by sailing clubs in Australia. Soma objection was taken at first by boating men, but when the matter was fully explained to them, and were shown nicely colored representations of how a race would appear under the new conditions, and tie partial banishment of the "white wings," all objection ceased, and boating men heartily fell in with the idea, which simply resolved itself into a picture something like the following :— Some twenty or thirty boats, instead of flying most objectionable black numbers on their" sails, have the cloths of their " canvas " colored in harmonious and interesting designs, the choice of color being at the option of the boat-owners. Thus ono boat will be distinguished by a blue Maltese crosa, sufficiently large to etaud out in bold relief on the white ground i f all her sails ; others will adopt a diamond, a crescent, &c, while others again will stand by alternately striped cloths. The idea is not a bad one. Lieutenant "Evenden, jun., accompanied by Robert Ellis, the well-known English boatman (uncle of the late Henry Ernest Searle, champion eculler of the world) have started on a most adventurous cruise round the British Isles in an open boat barely 16ft. in length. The voyage from London as far as Falraouth was accomplished in safety, and the arrival of the Baby, as the boat was named, was being anxiously looked for at Bristol when the last mail left.