AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15513, 21 January 1914, Page 5

AQUATICS.

ANNIVERSARY" REGATTA. * &*$ ■ " PRIZE MONEY ALLOCATED. '^ A meeting of the Anniversary Regatta ?* Committee was held yesterday.': afternoon, \" to deal with the question of prize, money,,. - for the big carnival on the 29th inst. The " programme was considered, and it was '* decided that the prize . money for the? -; following events bo the same as last year : '»-' . —Trading vessels, 20 tons register; and upwards; trading cutters; trading vesseij. ..' under 25 tons; fishing- boats, ~ 28ft .and . s under; yachts, bona-fido cruisers; yachts, not exceeding 25ft; yachts, Patiki class; yachts, above 20ft, and not exceeding 22ft; yachts, 28ft overall; dinghies, 14ft and under; dinghies, 10ft and undler; ', motor launches, seven knots and under man-o'-war pulling race. In the event for | first-class yachts, the first prize was in- ; creased to £20, and the prizes for the half, decked yachts, above 24ft and not exceeding 26ft, were allocated as follows : —First- * jprize- £12, second £3. Prizes for the J open boats. 16ft and under, • were . fixed i at £4 for first and £1 for second, and in ."„', l the event for yachts, 20ft and under, the • • ' prizes allotted were to the value of £7 ; < I 10s and £3. :.■■>■• '

The speed event for launches will carry prises of £5 and £2. and the prizes for motor dinghies will be £2 10s and £1. Prizes of £9 and £3 were allotted for the ovent for bona-fide launches of over 10 knots, and the prizes decided for the eight to ten knot launches were £8 and £3. An. extra launch event for visitors carries prizes valued at £6 and £2.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. The principal topic in aquatic circles is.', the Anniversary Regatta on the 29th -of- - tins month, and already yacht and launch - owners are getting their boats, in trim for' , the various events. Members of the Re?. gatta Committee are at present busily en-. gaged canvassing for subscriptions, but up to the present only about £115 has been collected, which amount falls far chart of tho sum required to finance' the carnival. It is proposed to give £327 in prizes, and unless the public respond, the amount will have to be made up by the members of,. the committee themselves. In view of thespecial occasion, it is to be hoped that the canvassers, during the next few days, will meet with moTe success than has been the case of late.

It has been decided by the Regatta Committee that the gold and silver medals donated by the Exhibition Committee „ shall he given to the owners of the fastest. "; launches competing on tie dav, irrespective V: of events. This means that the, boat."'; putting up the fastest time will.viii;the/.,; gold medal, while the silver medal will ■■_■ go to the second fastest boat. • -.*•<•-V " v *'t."' In connection with the : power-boat ; , !; '. events, to be decided at the Anmvereaijf-V >-■ Regatta, a number of owners are not clear as to what are the conditions governing the bona-fide cruisers' race. At yester-. „* day's meeting of the Regatta Committee, • -A y Commodore W. J. Jaggs explained tint the association was concerned" only with the build of the cruisers, as compared, with speed launches'. The associationhad' noth- A] ing to do with cruising gear conditions, which were fixed by the Regatta Garni ■'•■ mittee." With regard to these conditions, ~; it was decided that "all crhisers must .- Al carry sufficient ground tackle* t ; .with life-'." : . ■'. belts for the crew, and ? a Jife-buoyv *As ,-""■'' an alternative, to life-belts, kapok cushions *-??v : -; ! may he carried. 1, At the last regatta several post entries- »-»-.- | were received, but, if a motion 'to be moved'at. "the next meeting is carried, no ";; post entries will be received i this year - The motion is to he considered ' at the : -~ "' meeting of the committee oh Thursday '*"' 5 evening.' 'A -'':'"'' ; ■'.: >■■;■.' ''-':■ ': •■'■;;"'"■ An -attractive. programme : of events, to " * ' be decided on January 31, has been,drawn ,,,■■.. up by the New -Zealand Yacht- Power- "> boat Association, and the gala; > - which-''". follows the Anniversary Regatta so closely, should' undoubtedly •'; find . faVour ' with ■■% : ■ aquatic men. '.'"''' The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, - is holding a metre measurement' race .oa- '•' January 31, for yachts' in classes ; one.■anof^'-' > - ; two. /.The ; event, which is unique 'in.: the' ;."'"' annals of yachting, is •< creating a greaJH deal of interest. "