THE SAYONARA YACHTING CUP.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 February 1909, Page 4

THE SAYONARA YACHTING CUP.

'" THE SAYONR-A YACHTING CUP. [TJnited Pkes3 Association.! MELBOURNE, Friday. Or"«t interc.H was taken in the first contest ir.i- t!i,- Snyoti.tn: Clip. The defender was thy Victorian yacht Sayona'M, ;i!>.d (ho i h ill^n _-er t!io Thelma, of Sydney. At tho stnit i nice, wiiole fail souUi-eaoterly brocr.o ?pranj up. The Thelma was tho first over the hue, j but the Snyonarn, shooting up, got the windward berthing — an excellent start, o The wind freshening, the Thelma gave a fine exhibition of her sailing qualities, moving faster tha,n the Sayonara. As

Hie oastorn. shore approached the wind was alternately squally and light. The Thelma just held her own on the port tack, but gained on her rival on the s-tai-bosid tin!:. Thus (he race was > fought out to windward of the mark, j where the Savon.ira hi.l the advantage. | She made the buoy, but tlie Thelma missed, and had to make a .'hort board to get round, the Sayonara being a minut? to the ;;"od at lh ; s point. Thp

S.-ivmiara was quick in -hoisting her spinnaker, but sho could not break the sail out. The Thelhia was slower to set kites, but she did so- without anj * mistake, and overtook thn Sayohara. and I obtained „-. sooi! \cr.d. The , Thelma kept her. popition all the Way "home, although, it anything, the Sayonara decreased the lead given her opponent through the trouble with the kites. The Thphiia won by 45 seconds.