YACHTING

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 66, 19 March 1928, Page 17

YACHTING

WEEK-END RACINGA light southerly prevailed for the Evans Bay Club's races on Saturday afternoon. Tlio raco for kcol yachts, sailed round Somes Island and back, resulted as follows: — lolantlto (17mln), 4h 48miu 47 see .... 1 Windward '(lOmin 30scc), 4h 48mm ,ri2so« 2 Wairero (nor), 4h Blmin 25sco 3 Also ntnrlod: Viola (bcv), <Jli Slmiu ■JOsec; Vouub (lStnin), 41i 52miu DOsec. Tho ruco for 18ft and under, class boats, Halted three times round tho course within tho buy, resulted as follows:— Minfra (24mm), S\i 58m in 32kcc 1 Sylvia (Uinin), 3h oOmin 27seu 2 Illinois (3miu 20scc), 4li 4min llscu .. 3 Also slavled: Nautilus (ser), 4h Bmin Jrcu; Tut (lmin 20sec), 4h Bmin 20sec; Kewpio (14miu -lOsee), <Jh 17min 07soo. A launch roco hold over tho course within the bay resulted:— Swan (Bmm), 4h 03min 1 huvYmo (17mm Mace), 3h frJinin 39sec 2 I'clix (scr), 'Jh Simla 34sco .'{ PAREMATA RACES. Two i'liues wovo held at I'aremntu duriiiU the, „week-end, « fresh ,Koutli-cnstcrl,v broezb^Witli'a wnoolh. sea.providing ideal conditions. Fivri. boats started in the first-class event, plaeings and-actual sailing times being aa imdvr: JVluire (lOniin), lh. lOmln 30fiec. 1; Ibox ('lmin), 1h ,Bmin 30scc, 2; Kuini (scr). lh smih, 3. Also started: Ariki, (Oinin), Kotuku' (L%miu). Only two boats contested tlzo secondclass race, Arukiwi (scr) winning; comfortably from Milocd (scr). WORSER BAY CLUB. A race for Tukapuna boats was held by tho Worser Bay Club over the week-end in a light southerly. Tho course wus from tin cln'bhouMJ to tho iido gauge, theuco to Follows's. Buoy, and back to tho clubhouse, twice round. The starting and finishing times were: — Ngaroma, 3h 2Cmin, 4h 20min 15sec .... 1 Kakariki, 3h 2flmirt, 4h 28min lCscc „ 2 Spitfire, 3h 30min, 4h 28min 30sec .... 3 Also started: Gipsy, 3h 34min, 4h 32min 30sec. Tho Maru oroke her rudder before tho raeo and did not start, while the Joan, 'who started at 3h 32min, did not finish.