YACHTING

Evening Star, Issue 21007, 22 January 1932, Page 5

YACHTING

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YACHTSMAN’S CALENDAR. January 23.—North-east Harbour Club, races and ladies’ day. ' February 6. Burkes-St. Leonards February 13.—North-east Harbour Club races. Launch and yacht races, .Vauxhall. , February 20.—0.Y.C. second senes *>f races* „ _ . . 1 March s.—North-east -Harbour Club races and R.N.V.R. v. Sea Scouts. .Vauxhall regatta. 1 , , April 2.— Oliphant Cup race and club races, Vauxhall. , _ ~ ~ April 9.—Vauxhall Cup and Sell Memorial Shield races, Vauxhall. NORTH-EAST HARBOUR DOINGS. The committee of the North-east Harbour Boating Club met on Monday evening, when the final arrangements for the annual ladies’ day were completed. ' An all-comers’ motor boat race .will start at 2.45, and a race for allcomers’ yachts half an hour later. A race for small boats, which was ■ new over from the regatta, will also be sailed between Frolic, Good Luck, and Harlequin. A first prize has been provided and several of the local sports have contributed a second prize. Experiment capsized oft the bay on Sunday, and the crew and boat were brought ashore by the club captain (Mr R. Ross), who launched a boat and Went to their assistance. The boat was .undamaged, and the boys escaped with i nothing more than a ducking. Messrs R. Ross and A. Chalhs have been appointed delegates to a committee composed of‘delegates from all clubs to control a confined picnic, and the club has donated a small sum towards the fund. The club’s fortnightly dance, which Was held last Saturday, was very successful. The next function of the same kind will be on January 30.' The Macandrew Bay Model Yacht Club has obtained the use of the shed for a social gathering to be held on'January 30. PORT CHALMERS REGATTA. The Port Chalmers regatta was held in excellent weather on Saturday last. The wind, which was from the northeast, was rather light for the sailing craft, but made splendid water for the motoring and rowing .events. A large crowd of yachting and rowing enthusiasts was present, and a most enjoyable afternoon’s sport was furnished. In connection with the motor events the judges are. to be congratulated on the firm stand they took regarding launch owners who exceeded the 5 per cent, variation on their declared speeds. The handicapping was on the whole good, and Air J. Barton is to be congratmated on the close finish in the Wakefield Cup heat. The excitement on the wharf was intense as the two speedsters raced for the line and crossed a length apart. CORNWELL CUP RULES. At a meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association, held on [Wednesday night, it was resolved to forward two remits to the cup conference urging that each province take its own boat, sail her in the first race, and thereafter draw for boats. The ■econd remit dealt with the specifications, and aimed at replacing the lin running rigging with Sin rope, and pusbtituting a wire main halliard for the present rope one. Before adopting the first remit the [conference should think of the annual post to all competitors. Competing associations are already faced with heavy expense in the transport and Insurance of the 14-footers, and the added expense of sending another boat away may be almost prohibitive. On the other hand, it will ensure that jenly the best boats in epch province [will be used in the contest. In the past some of the boats have not been ,«p id contest fortn, and could have done with a thorough drying out, while one Otago crew spent a whole inoming with scrapers and sandpaper on the boat they had drawn, in an attempt to, get her passably smooth. The substitution of |in for lin rope for the running gear would be an imprvoement, though a smaller rope is more tiriqg to hold in a breeze. A wire main halliard should obviate the badly-setting sails caused by the rope halliard stretching, and little extra would be added. OTAGO YACHT CLUB. The dance held at the boat harbour on Wednesday evening was a decided success. The proceeds have been handed to the Hospital Board to purchase articles for the unemployed diming their stand-down week. Dancing in the open air is becoming very popular, and the club will hold dances every Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock during the remaining summer months. Donations of clothing and boots will be received by the caretaker at the boat harbour, and will be handed in to the above depot. The condition of these articles matters not, as all things will be repaired before being given out. Members are urged to help ’ the unemployed in this manner. Euchre evenings will* be resumed on [Wednesday next. These functions will be run on the same, lines as last year, and followers of this pastime are promised an interesting session. \ On Tuesday evening the Social Com--1 inittee met delegates from sister clubs to arrange for the first annual combined duos’ picnic. Arrangements are .well in hand for this outing, which will take place at the Peninsula Motor Services’ picnic ground at Company’s [Bay on February 7. Fuller arrangements will be published in these columns later.

On Thursday evening next a race for i yachts of 14ft and under will be sailed over the Yacht Club’s course. Entries will he received by the secretary 'till 5 p.m. on the day of the race, or with the caretaker or club officers up Jill one hour before the race. Alf. Reeves is working hard on Starlight, and she should do well in future jraces. The fine weather last Sunday encouraged a large number of boat owners to spend the day afloat, and the various anchorages were well patronised. A good type of pleasure craft is Mr D. H. Reilly’s new whaleboat. She is SOft in length and has had a good deal of time spent on her. The Experiment is again moored at the boat harbour, having been pur- • chased by C. Leedon, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. Ideal weather prevailed for the »nnual ocean race from Auckland to Tauranga. Favoured with a light .Bouth-wesfc breeze the boats carried 'spinnakers until reaching Cape Colville, .where leading jibs were then used. The conditions were distinctly in favour of . the limit boats, resulting in all the prizes being won by them in both classes. Those who listened-in to the broadcast description of the race, yesterday morning were pleased to .hear a few

words from Mr H. Camp, who said that Heather was doing very well considering that she was the oldest boat in the contest, and the crew was upholding the honour of Otago in fine style. The boats had been divided into A"and B classes by the onlookers, he said, Avenger and Betty comprising the A class and the others the B class, and from the point of view of seamanship the B class was the more interesting. Clokes, of Auckland, was Mr Camp’s selection of the best spinnaker hand in the trials.