YACHTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 11

YACHTING

GOOD CONDITIONS

ANNIVERSARY REGATTA

HARBOUR RACES

A fresh north-westerly breeze provided excellent sailing conditions for the various classes of keelers and centreboarders which competed on the harbour today in the Wellington Provincial Yacht and ' Motor-boat Association's Anniversary Day.regatta, The fixture, which is an annual one, attracted rather better entries this year than it has done for some time, and competition,' as usual, was keen.

Clyde Quay Wharf was the centre of activity, all races starting and finishing off it.'

The keelers raced over a course approximately 10 miles long. Starting on a line between the Clyde Quay and King's Wharves, they went to Jerningham, to the Miramar buoy, to the Datum Point buoy above Ngahauranga, and back to the finishing line between the Clyde Quay and King's Wharves.

The centreboarders, except the Takapunas, started between Clyde Quay and King's Wharves, and went to Jerningham to Coromandel buoy and back to a buoy between Clyde Quay: Wharf and the boat harbour, twice round, and finishing between Clyde Quay Wharf and the las^ buoy. The distance was about six miles. Takapunas sailed over the same course, but only once round. This morning races were held for fourteen-foter, 12ft 6in, and I-class '< centreboarders and for combined keeler classes. The Tauranga race was not sailed, principally because of the weather, which was a little heavy for this type of.craft. Races for the same classes' were provided on the afternoon's programme, with the addition of races for speed boats and launches. Placings, handicaps, and actual sailing times in the various races decided up to the time of going to press were as. follows: — , . FOURTEEN FOOTERS. Advance (l£m), lh. 27m 12s ...... 1 Jean (scr), lh 27m 34s 2 Aurora (2min), lh 33m 44s 3 June (4min), lh 34m 28s 4 Southern Maid (lmin) started late and did not finish. ; TAKAPUNAS. . Waitui (Brnin), 53m 52s 1 Swallow (smin), 58m 4s 2 Damfino I (lmin), 54m 9s ........ 3 Mamuku (scr), 54m 55s 4 IDLE ALONGS. Valhalla (smin), lh 29m 49s .......v 1 Courier (3min), lh 31m 45s 2 Manon (7min), lh 35m 4s 3 Aileen (smin), lh 33m 18s, 4; Elaine (3min), lh 37m 495, 5; Belvedere (3 mm), lh 39m 10s, 6; Wairere (6min), lh 40m 255, 7; Aloha (4min), lh 42m 255, 8. " ■.;:■;.; • KEELERS. Raukawa (4min), 2h 6m 32s 1 Wylo (3£min). 2h 9m 47s 2 Kotiri (Umin), 2h llm 24s 3 Astral (3min), 2h 15m 30s, 4; Avalon (22min), 2h 37m 445, 5;. Mai-anui (5£ min),,-J2h,21m'255,6; Atalanta (scr), 2h 10m, 7; Miro (7min), 2h 27m 525, 8; Isca (15min), 2h 43m 275, 9; Syren (10 •mm), 2h-41m 41s, 10; Mandalay (4min), !-2h 37m 48s, 11. i