AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 7

AQUATICS.

YACHTING. VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB. •' '■'. The t ladies' .race sailed .under the auspices >■ ox the .Victoria Cruising Club on Saturday afternoon brought the season's racing to a, close. The wind; was very Might from the nor'-nor'-e'ast. All the boats 1 started and the? ladies showed good judg- : : ment iby the way they handled the tiller. The '; ■■' '•" boats' crossed the starting-line together. The Miro * at once went to the front, followed by Sadie and Venus, with Hetty/ close handv. Miro continued to lead. On"the' run back 'from the Defiance Sadie passed Miro, and .finished, first after a.very . : close race. Corrected times: Miro, Ira., 1; Sadie", . scratch, 2; Venus, 6m., 3. Finishing times: Sadie, 4h. 26m. 405.; Miro, 4h. 27m.; Venus, 4h. 36m. - 31*. Hetty gave up. . ■;... - ]'.- The- Rose. and . Konini ; also sailed off the tie fos' the allcomers' trophy. ,; : Both? boats started to- •- gether. Konini at once went to the front,: and, - leading all round the course, finished at 4.25. ' Rose did not finish.. NORTH SHORE CLUB RACES.* ■ The North Shore Yacht Club herd the re-sail of - the - Class IX. (second • series); on S jturday, caused by < Mistral capsizing in the original " race,. ■'.-. ■: held on>February,26. / The entries and handicaps ; : , t ; were Sceptre, scratch ; .Saint, 3m.; Lasca, 4im.;,,*-:? Flattie, ' s£m.; : ' Ikarere, ;; 6Jm'. ;t-;'Ayesha| ; 6£m.; .-y\Dixie, . 6im. ;:' The ;■ race" started' at 2.45 ' p.m. All ';;•';■ ' started '' with i the ".exception lof s Saint. • The boats I:,-';.; got .well!away (together;except Lasca, who was .:• rather - late :in starting. Flattie capsized at the Calliope Dock buoy.' She was within* her -tune when She ; capsised. The other boats went to her assistance > and, Dixie picked up.one of her crew,. while the rest ! ;of,■; the crew were picked up; by other boats. The officer of the day was 'Mr. S. ' ' White.' The first' rounding l times were as follow:— Sceptre, 3h. 25m.;- Flattie, 3h. 27m. 10s.; Dixie, '3h.'3Bfn< 255.; Ikarnre,;3h.i3om. < 475.; Ayesha,3h. 31m. 195.. Lasca did not go.round. Finishing - times and > corrected }. times were as follow:— ' ?' 1 Sceptre,'; finishing'' timettl ';. 2m. 52s';, corrected < time' 4h. 2m. 525.; Dixie, 4h. 12m. and 4hi ' 6m. ,; 445.; Ikarejr>, v 4h. 15m. 405.• and 4b.- 10s.; ■: Ayesha, 4h. 20m. 38s. and 4h. 14m. Bs. , , . . .' ■ ' '■ .'"'. '■■'■■ MANUKAU CLUB. ' v ■ ■'"' / ■ '- .. -■"'■' -.■':.'' ''■ ■ :~y . ■ - ' '" '" -■', - Although the .yachting season-has.-closed at Onehunga, another. race was sailed off on Saturday for a nrize donated, bp Mr..W_, S. Moore, the starters being: AnaheTa, scratch; Heather, 6m. j.. Manola, ; Bm.; Tiro, 11m,; Edith, 12m.;': Petrel v * 65m. Manola (W., Shale) secured fir.-!> honours., thus registering her third successive victory. \