AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14925, 24 February 1912, Page 10

AQUATICS.

YACHTING. ROYAL NE.W ZEALAND SQUADRON. CRUISING RACK TO-DAY. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will hold a cruising race to-day. Tho handicaps will bo pasted up in the Squadron Rooms at 11.30 inn. If the wind should be from the south-west to west the destination will be Waiwora; if east to north-east, tho dos ion will bo Rocky Bay if northerly, Man-of-war Bay: and if southerly, round H.o Sunday Rock in Waihoke passage to Kawntowa. Tho race will" start from tho wcsUvrn tee of Queen-street Wharf at 2.45 pi„ Tho follcwinff aire tho entrants:— Ariki • Aorore. Cloud, Daisy, Hex, Kotiri, Maraiiffi. Ngatira, Rawene, Thistle, and Waioi 10. VICTORIA CRUISINC- CLUB. The re-sail of the Victoria Cruising Club's first series of class races will take place today- Only those boats that crossed tlio lino in'the first raco will bo permitted, to com- **>{**. Any boat unable to change fair-play men 10 minutes before time must notify tho officials on tho flagship. The following are- the, entries, handicaps, and courses, etc. Classes one and two sail tho sanio course; classes 3, 4, and 5 sail the-same course: — The c.Hirse for classes 1 and 2 is: Starting from between flagship otf Victoria Baric and mark-boat moored north, thence round Squadron boov on port hand, round black Jhuoy at R-jigitoto Reef (saltworks buoy) on starboard hand, back round Squadron buoy oil port hand, thence- round mark-boat at Chelsea on starboard, finishing between flagship and mark-boat-. Class 1 will start at 2.30 p.m.. and the handicaps Ranga-tira scratch, Speedwell 5m.. Pandora 11m.,, Valdora 11m., Zealandiii. 13m., Mayo 20m.,. Neola 20m., Waterwitch 20m., Roso 25m. Boats in Class 2 will, start at 2.40 m. The handicaps are:—Sadie scratch, Calypso 4m., Emerald 6m.. Glady 9m., Waiter© 10m., Rambler 11m., lina 13m. Class 3 ■will start at 2.50 p.m., and the course .is: Starting between flagship off Victoria. Park and ma rk-boat moored north, thence xownd the black protected mooring buoy oh* Point Resolution on port hand, thenco round Sandspit buoy on port, back round black buoy off Point Resolution on starboard, thence round mark-boat at Chelsea on stajboard, and finish 'between flagship and mark-boat Handicaps: Von us scratch, Dnlcie scratch, Arcadia, scratch, Ngaira scratch, Mowai 3m., Acadia 4rn., \Viuma 4m . Puawansja 5m., Hilda 5m., Hetty 7m. Class 4 will shirt at three p.m., and the oourso is tlio same as for Class 3. Handi; caps: Ngaro scratch, Decima 2m-, Rawhiti 4m., Eileen 5m., Rio 7m., Miss Mischief Class 5 will start at 3.10 p.m., and the courso is the same as for Glasses 3 and 4. The handicaps are: Minerva scratch, Atangaiti scratch, Aero scratch, Mistral l£m-, Sceptre l£m., Mascotto 2m., Flattio 4m., Eclipse 6m. Fair-plav men will change as under: — Emerald with Rambler, Calypso with Waiters, Sadie with Lina, Sadie with Glady, Venus with Ngaira, Puawanga. with Mowai, Acacia with Waima, Arcadia with Dtilcio, Eileen with Miss Mischief, Rawhiti with Rio. Atangaiti with Mistral Flattio with Sceptre, Aero with" Eclipse, Mascotto with Minerva. Tho handicaps for the motor launch races will be scaled. Entries for those races aro as follows: — Seven Knots and Over: Princess, Coouotte, Waimumu, Ruth IL, Marore, and j Nicola, ■ Under Sewn Knots: Constance, Meteor. 1 I and Leisure Hour. } i MANUKAU YACHT CLUB. The Manukau Yacht and Motor Boat Club will hold yacht and launch races to-day. following are tho handicaps:— Yacht Raco: Anahera scratch, Konini 15m., Spray 18m-, Zophyr 18m., Ibex 21m., ricetwing 24m., Elfo 29m., Zelda 29m., Red- i •wing 30m., Or-ena 30m., Amua 32m., Arvona j 03m., Ruhty 35m., Petrel 40m., Foam 55m. Launch Race (limit boat to start at 3.5 p.m.): Flirt scratch, Clyde 7m., Echo 91m., Huia 12m., Freda 17m., Dot 17m., Mairo 18m., Mildura 19m-, Waiono 19m., Scout 19m., Kereru 19m., Ngaroma 20m., Tuna 20£ m., Florence 22m., Buffalo 22m., Mavis 22m., Grace 22m., Kowhai 22m., Ngaru 23m., Kaitere 25m., Endeavour torn., Luisitania 25m., Gladys Grey 27m., Flossio 33m. A general meeting of the club will bo held in tho clubhouse on Tuesday evening next, when matters of interest will be discussed. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The yawl Viking, under charter to His Excellency the- Governor, made her initial trip on Sunday, with a large party on board, returning to the moorings about six p.m Mr. S. White, the starter in the North Shore Yacht Club races, had a difficult task on Saturday, as whon the time of starting some of the classes arrived there was only one representative of the class present. With commendable impartiality, Mr. White started each race as the time elapsed, not waiting a minute for the laggards. This is as it should be. It is expected that the Emerald and Waitero will start in tlio Victoria Cruising Club's races to-day. _ At latest reports both ; boats were away cruising. I In Class 14 race in the recent Auckland I regatta, through the Alico being disqualified *for being over-length, tho prizes have been awarded: Mayo 1, Neola 2, Mavourneen 3. j The protest in the Auckland Regatta trading cutters' race has been withdrawn, j so tho Mana is first and Janet second. The ladies' race, to havo boon held to-day by the Victoria Cruising Club, has been postponed to a date to bo announced. The sneak thief is still about. The latest i Victim to petty theft is Mr. A. H. Bentley. the rear-commodore of tho Now Zealand Power Boat Association and owner of the launch Sister Dora. Mr. Bentley's mooringbuoy, a two-gallon keg, was deliberately cut off the buoy-rope while the launch was at , her moorings near tho Iris wharf. ! The win of the Colma on Saturday in the ; North Shore Yacht Club's raco to Kawau 'was a very popular one. ': After finishing in the North Shoro Yacht .Club's cruising raco to Home Bay on Satur- , day afternoon, tho 20-foot mullet-boat Deeima proceeded to Matiatia, where the night was passed in company with the Mowai, Arcadia, Colox, and Wairoa. On Sunday the . Deeima went out to the Noisics. The light wind and flood tide on Saturday kept a good many of the boats from starting :to time in tho North Shore Yacht Club | races. | AMONG THE MOTOR BOATS. The steam launch Rehutai visited Thames for the week-end, returning to tlio moorings about six p.in on Sunday. Mr. T. Pressor's launch Sappho left on a ten days' cruise among tho islands of tho Gulf on Friday evening.^ The launch Karoro visited the Thames for the week-end, returning to the moorings about 5.30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The solo is reported of the launch Vanora, lately owned by Mr. Lindsay Cooke, of Potisonby, to Mr. Maurice O'Connor. The Vanora was built by Messrs. Logan Bros., and was in Nelson, where she was purchased by Mr. M. A. Jenny, who had her completely ovcrhaulel and renovated. Mr- Jenny called Iter the Vanora, and afterwards sold her to Mr. Cooke. She was brought from Nelson to Auckland by Captain J. W. Nicholson. The 35ft cruising launch Kiwi will leave to-day for a fortnight's cruise. Among tho nlacos to be visited will be Coromandel and Russell. Tho launch Seabird spent the weck-eud at the Sandspit.