BOAT RACING.
Sailing boat races in the harbour on. j Saturday afternoon had to be postponed ! on account of the strong wind that was I blowing. The rowing race between the port and starboard watches of the training ship Amokura was also, put off. i Despite all this interference by • the elements motor boats held a -competition under the auspices of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. The following ventured forth: — Britannia, scratch; Tani- J wha, 9min ; Puriri, llmin ; Swan, 24 mm; and Tender, 39min. A course was, mapped out from the Glasgow wharf to Halswell *buoy, thence to Korokoro j and back the same way to the starting point. The only two to complete the course wero Britannia at 5.13, and Swan at 5.28. Puriri was unfortunate in having a mishap to hey rudder, and the otherfe dropped ouk A
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 123, 23 November 1908, Page 2
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