AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14300, 21 February 1910, Page 7

AQUATICS.

YACHTING. V V NORTH SHORE YACHT CLUB. / The North Shore Yacht ; Club held its fifteenth annual j>icnio- at Kohimarama on Saturday, when ' a large number of yachting folk and: their friends ; ; participated, in - the outing. Tlie grassy knolls ; overlooking the picturesque bay were dotted with picnic parties of varying dimensions, and I a large, crowd lined the beach to watch the various contests included in- the programme. The commodore of the club (Mr., W. A. .Wilkinson) acted.; as , handicabper and starter. ■'"...' Mr. ■ A. Braund was judge,.and Mr. H. Brown secretary. ■:: 'The ; results of the more important event* were as follows :—/> "' •■,,,.:/.-.-.,-.v/.'|-i.;f.-" : .•-■/■'•■:--. ; -; : :; :: - Yache*' : : Dinghy Race, ; open.•! F. Shaw, 1; G. Emarali, 2; ■■ J. Gordon, 3.. . Ten started. '?: ■ Dinghy Race, paddled 'canoe-fashion : F. and R. ' Shaw, 1; F. Parker and- S. Weston, 2. Twelve competitors. ' '■ '• . ■' ' **".,.-./' .- Tug-bfTWar,- in-- dinghies: A .team of ,four, dinghies, ' pulled by, F. : Porker,' G. Emarali, F. Shaw, and T. Bone, 1. /////-V';/'/'-//:■? |-■;■/';;.-:- : ' ."--- Dinghy; Race, members only: G. Emarali. - .; Amphibious Race: T. McGlashan. • Twelve competed. , . ' • MANUKAU YACHT CLUB. .-(The Manukau Yacht Club sailed off the tenth champion . cup: race last Saturday, when - victory went to. the holder/Anahera, with Heather second, and Manola third. Edith was fourth. DEVONPORT YACHT CLUB. The Devoriport Yacht Club held.two cruising .'races to -;H6roto Bay, on' Saturday, when -some very close finishes resulted.::;/■•■ .' ',''-. : AH -the boats entered in class A faced the starter (Mr W. E. Alexander), who . got the : competitors away to time. The finishing times were a*: followsWaione i (scr.), '4h. ;20m. 205.; Kotlrl (5m.), 4h. 23m. > 305.; - Aorere (5m.), 4h. 23m. 155.; 'Victory (6im.), 4h. 24m/20a. ; On time atiowance Victory ij-,first,, Aorere second, and Kotin third-' 'In class B, all but the Sybil crossed the starting line, and after; a most interesting race, Eillalie finished first, with, a little more than a minute, to spare from ;Daisy, who beat Calypso by. five- ; seconds '■, for second place. '■;■ '■',The finishing times were:—Calypso, -.'4h. 26m: ■'. 555. ;>;Celox,. Ah. '27m. 125.; Eulftlie, 41i. ':■ 28m. : 305.; Daisy, 4h. 33m. 208;; Aturere, 33m.i 595.; Iris, 4h. 34m. 305.; Water witch. 4h. 39m. 225.' / ■ -V / ' /TheJDevonport Yacht 'Club also held a motor launch handicap over ■; a harbour course on Saturday. The ; result was as follows Shadow, 1; Buffalo Bill, 2; Alice, 3. '