AQUATICS

Evening Star, Issue 20428, 8 March 1930, Page 10

AQUATICS

OTAGO YACHT AND MOTOR BOAT CLUB A meeting of the committee of the Otago Yacht and Motor lioat Club was held on Thursday night, the Commodore (Mr C. W. Sundstrum) presiding. The club captain reported that one fourteen-footer shed was vacant, and the secretary was given instructions to allot it. • _ The committee appointed to go into the matter of the evening outboard races reported that it was considered to bo too late in the season for the events.—lt was resolved to abandon the programme for tin’s season. The question of the clashing of the Vauxhall regatta with the club’s last series of races was discussed at length. It was pointed out that the club had decided upon its dates early in the season and had printed them in ( its syllabus, which was circulated early in November. It was clearly not'the fault of the club.—The secretary was instructed to write to the association recommending that it should endeavour to prevent such a clash in the future. He was also instructed to write to the Vauxhall Club setting out -the views of the;-,club."' It was decided that the club should waive its right to the date of Mtrch 15, for its last series of races, and that they he postponed: for a fortnight-, A motion of sympathy with Mr M. West, who met with an accident lately, was recorded.

The question of unauthorised persons entering the boot harbour premises was brought up, and, in view of the valuable nature of the property and craft there, it was decided to lock the boat harbour gates at 10 p.m. In view of the return of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, the ' commodore stated that be had been asked that as many of the club's fleet as possible should meet the boats when they entered the ' harbour.—Boat owners were requested to be ready to go out when the time of the ships’ arrival was known.