YACHTING TRIALS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 119, 16 November 1933, Page 9

YACHTING TRIALS

Two preliminary Sanders Cup trials were held at Paremata on Sunday afternoon, after wbiehj, as has already been announced, the, Avalon was selected to represent the Paremata Boating Club in the main trials. •

The first trial started at the clubhouse and finished at Moorehouse's buoy. There was a fresh southerly: breeze blowing, and both boats carried just too little weight. Fast and exciting spinnaker runs kept both crews on the alert. The Josephine carried away her spinnaker, guys, and the Avalon had trouble with her halliards. At the finish the Josephine • \yaS 33see ahead of the Avalon. ■,'■■• ■ ,

The second race was ; held in Brown's Bay, the course being from Mooi-ehouse's buoy to Brown's buoy, throe times round. By this time the: iviiul had vipen and *y;is blowing in hard, squalls. Exciting inciiiß was seen as the Avalon took the lead on the' second, lead and continued to drnw away, finishing 2!&niin ahead of ' the Josephine. ,

R.P.N.Y.C. SELECTION

The Xavina, wlvich has been selected to represent the Royal Port .Nicholson Yacht Club in the main trials, carried Wellington's colours at the last Sanders Cup contest at Lyttelton, when she won two races. N. D. Blair sailed,.the boat at Lyttelton and he will also be the /skipper in the forthcoming trials. He is the commodore of the R.P.N.Y.C; It was largely due to his report on the lessons learned at the last contest that the system^ of holding preliminary trials this season was inaugurated.