AQUATIC SPORTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 13

AQUATIC SPORTS

SATURDAY AFTERNOON’S EVENT CHROMADINE CUP TO MR P. CALDLR’S DALLY J. FRANK WINS HARBOUR SWIM The harbour presented a very fine sigtit on Saturday, when all the local yachts and power boats, together with several visiting craft, rowing skiffs, and Sea Scout cutters, were seen participating in the various events Much interest centred around the three visiting speed boats, The Pipi, owned by Mr I. Stace, The Pep by Mr K. L Watson, and the Pelorus Jack il by Mr L. Bird. These three speedy little craft are all raced at Picton, and throughout the afternoon kept the crowd in a simmer of excitement. The wash caused by the power boats, however, proved rather troublesome, and The Pep was twice swamped, when it dived through a wave. Other visiting boats were the Dally (P. Calder), Motucka, Tarepi (Stillwell), Motueka. Tainui (Elkington) French Pass, El (Kotua) French Pass. Scripps and Ver Dun (Kellar). Croiselles, yacht Rustler (Day) Motueka. A very daring display of aquaplaning was given by the Johnson Bros, behind the Leone, and also Mr P. McFarland disguised as Mr Dunlop behind the Chrysler Ace. The first event oi the afternoon was the Handicap Launch Race, of about 2J miles. This resulted in a win for Excuse Me (Smith) off Ornin. with Rival second, off lOmins. and the Pipi (Stace) third. HARBOUR SWIM About sixteen started on the Harbour Swim for the Black Cup. of one mile. The course was from the inner wharf to a mark about opposite the Rowing Club shed and back. J. Frank, the scratch man. gave the first man off 5 minutes start. He swam a very good race, swimming strongly all the way, gradually overhauling the limit men and winning tne race by over fifty yards. Brown also swam well to gain second place, and finished about a hundred yards ahead of the third man. McKenzie. The places J. Franks (sr>. 1; 1. Brown (2min). 2; K. McKenzie (2min). 3; Beattie (3min>, 4; G. Thorp (3min), 5; B. Crisp (3min). (}.’ Time. 31min 2secs. ROWING Five crews competed in rowing events during the afternoon. Blenheim No. 1. Blenheim No. 2. Nelson No. 1. Nelson No 2, Wairau. The first race was won by Blenheim No. 1. with Wairau second. Nelson No. 1 third. This race was won by a length with half a length separating second and third. Nelson won the next race by half a length from Blenheim No. 1. with Blenheim No. 2 three lengths f rther baek. Wairau won the last raee easily by five lengths from Nelson No. 1, with Nelson No. 2 third. Unfortunately the wash from the launches and the sailing craft somewhat obstructed the rowers, especially near the finishing line. In the last race Nel-

,on fouled a Tauranga. dui u woum mn t iave affected the result as Wairau held j i substantial lead at the time. SAILING RACES The light breeze favoured the Marita in the Idle Along race. All the boats got away to a good start, with the Ma- J rita, who was up to windward, soon overtaking the Mayfair, which was the smartest away. The Marita gradually went ahead and rounded the northern buoy ahead of the Tainui, followed bv Slipper. Mayfair and Colleen. On the run down the harbour all the boats had their spinnakers out. On the second beat up the harbour the order was unchanged, with Marita drawing slowly ahead. On the third and final lap the Marita rounded the northern buoy nearly half a lap ahead of Tainui. The Mayfair and the Colleen had pulled out of the race. At the finish the order remained unchanged. The starting and finishing time v ere fo Start. Finish. Hdcp. Corrected Time Marita 2.30 4.39 scr 4.39 Tainui 2.30 4.49 4m in 4.45 Slipper 2.30 4.57 Bmin 4.49 I I Ann 2.30 4.581 11 min 4.47 J I In the A class all got away to a good start, with Poneke finding the light breeze to her liking, going ahead and leading around the northern buoy from Valkeric. with Rustler third. Running down the harbour Poneke further increased her lead, which she held until the finish of the race. Starting and finishing times were: Poneke. 2.40—4.9. Valkerie 2.40 —4.27'.. Rustler 2.40—4.34 A. A large number of entrants took part in the Tauranga class raee, and tftes* little craft made a fine sight at the start of the race when they all moved off together. The Pipi got away to the best start, but was soon overhauled by the M.C.. with the Kokle in third place, and the Liza Jane next. The order remained unchanged, and the boats crossed the finishing line in this order, M.C., Pipi. Kokle. Liza Jane. On handicap, however, the Pipi won the race. The times for the race were: Pipi (9min), 57J,min; M.C., (scr) 63min; Liza Jane (llmin) 66min; Kokle OOmin) Cfimin. A very interesting demonstration of the seaworthiness of these little craft was given by B. Hight In the M.C. He capsized his boat and righted it again without hardly getting wet. The Sea Scouts race proved very interesting. Two cutters took part in the 1 race, the Arrow and the Iron Duke. Both crews rowed up to a point about half way up the wharf, shipped oars, and sailed back. The event was narnowly won by the crew of the Arrow. , LAUNCH RACES j The Novelty Launch Race was won L comfortably by L. N. Montgomery’s , Chrysler Ace with the visiting launch Ver Dun second and the Rangi third. . The Chromadyne Cup. an open ban 1 dicap race of about 4J miles, was won by P. Caldcr’s Dally, which had c - handicap of 7min 4secs. The Rang (7min) was second, and Milady third The winner’s net time was 33min U