LADIES' RACE WON BY GALATEA.

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1920, Page 3

LADIES' RACE WON BY GALATEA.

A southerly breeze and ideal weather conditions generally were experienced for tho ladies' yacht race, under the auspices of the Port Nicholson Club, on Saturday afternoon. The handicaps were given at the start, and all yachts got away fairly well on time. Tho scratch yacht, Waitangi, rounded Jerningham buoy with topsail aloft, and by the time she reached Ngahauranga buoy she was on terms with some of the other yachts. Ailsa set her topsail and spinaker on tho run to Ngahauranga. In order to keep them full she took a rather more westerley ooursb than the other yachts. Roundingthe buoy, lolanthe, Rona, and AUlanta worked towards the westward, but Galatea stood over towards Somes Island. She worked to windward over here in great style. On the windward work, Rona and lolanthe kept well ahead of Waitangi. Rona overtook Ailsa, and, wlien standing in towards Queen's Wharf, lolanthe and Rona seemed to be leading. Galatea, however, came down like a train across Oriental Bay, and made the mark boat with over a minute in hand from lolanthe. lolanthe rounded tho mark well ahead "of Rona, the latter being followed by Ailsa, Waitangi, and Atalanta in that order. Galatea kept her lead back to Jerningham and to the finishing line. It looked as if Rona would catch lolanthe for some moments, but the patchy breeze in Oriental Bay failed her, and gave lolantho the opportunity. She made tho most of this. Galatea was sailed by Miss Sinclair Breen, aged 10 years, daughter of Mr. "Jock" Broen, of tho U.S.S. Co. Tho young lady got a second in tho same race last season. The results wero as follow (the "skippers'" names boing given in brackets): —Messrs. Scott and Jordan's Galatea. lOmin. finishing time 4h. 37m. 435. (Miss S. Breen), 1; Mr. G. M'Lean's lolanthe. 28m. 4-42-6 (Mrs. G. M'Lcan), 2; and Mr. J. M'Lean's Rona, 7m. .4-44-2 (Miss M. M'Lean), 3. Messrs. Hammill Bros.' Ailsa, 12m., 4-45-50 (Mrs. G. Hammill), 4; Messrs. Smith and Rowcll's Waita-ngi, scr., 4-46-46 (Mrs. Rowell). 5; Messrs. Adams and Hill's Atalanta, 14m., 4-52-0 (Miss Brar), 6.