YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17652, 13 December 1920, Page 7

YACHTING.

r. n \:\. NZ. YACHT SQI'ADRON W MuNE WI \> HANDICAP. ■;■■.. It ■-:,; New Zc„: <r..\ Ya.-ht Squadron ! fcei.l i :;..:. . , ..; 1. r v., ~.■ .s ctx : r-at,,' iv aiterno, v. , \er a pari ■ :,i ■ :itrse. j /l ;,p veati.fr wai very' unsal ■-: t clo ry a; the s-j.rt ,:t ;•■ ,o;i', n'.y a air ~,.,,. ..-c sc-utii pi". ....:ng. but later in the ,•»-.' a nice so:st " y ircf-.e was experienced. '[><, ra.-<■ broug.-.*. out \l competitors, and was s.a-ted off : .e end of King's Wharf at hal' past two c. •'..■>:.. Victory got the beat ,;' t:i.> start, a'i : wa.s closely followed across • e 1-r.e by 1 ri"-.a, Rawene. Ariki. and in t'"a; 0.-O'T, with the rest of the i-.-at-s '■"! close at'enJo.nce. except Ida and i'p'iox, which got the worst of the start. The light a.r nu'ted lorangi, and before ; the b"at« had gone very far she assumed ♦he \ c *-\ rmd was never headed. Rawene a ! Vir f r>ry had an interesting contest for s.-,-ond place. The former, however, eventu- [ a ly passed Victory, a.nd in this order the boats pri rf.»,-'cc down the harbour. » here A.-tki a'so o-rerhauled Victory, .lorangi •v„e now Bailing splendidly, and further j'-.cressed lead on the run out through the Rangitoto Channe'. When the boats returned to the harhour lorangi was well i .a front, with Rawe-'e holding second posi- '. on, Ariki third. Victory fourth, Moana f.t'h, and Ngatira. sixth. These boats , r' uncled the top mark off Kind's Wharf in I the order named on the completion of the i •"-?*, round, av.d then onme Waione. Ida, i Windward. Little Jm. Scout, and Celox. i On the lead to the Bastion mark Ariki j replaced Rawene. and closed up on lorangi. ! but could not overtake her. There was j no further change in the positions of the j leading beats f "r 'the remainder of the r urse, except that Ngat'irn. was overhanled i Vt Waione. Tda. and Little Jim. The I finishing iir-"" were.—Torangi (3lm >. 6h. ' l c m. Jos: Ariki f-cr.L fih. "255; Rawene I Him. l . P.h. 29m 5.5s ; V-'ctorv (17m.L 6b. nam. j ?•!« Monr.a '17m.\ fin 33m. 545.; Waione | i -,nm ': K>i 43—1 C.3s Tna (''flmh 6h. 47m. j TV's.: Little J::u i33n..t. fih. 4«",. 585.: j Neat-ira i'3om.L fih. 50m. fis. : Windward iß«m.\ fi I'..1'.. 45.: Celox (41mA, fih. 58m.! 3,35; Scout U'ttO. 7h os. 12m. Corrected . t : -ifz place Vitione firs*., Rawene second, i Windward third.

THE ONE-DESIGN CLASS

An open race for 14ft. one-design boats I ■was also held by the squadron on Saturday, the first prize being £o, the second £2, and the thud ±'l- This race was witnessed i by a large number oi yachting enthusiasts, j including the Governor-General, Lord Jelli- I coe. who followed the boats round the course | in the launch Marguerite. His Excellency had intended competing in the race in. hie I new 14-fcoter Iron Duke, but owing to the I 'imfa/vouiabie weather in the morning it was ! decided to postpone the launching of the j boat unt_il this morning. The competitors "were; —Edna, Betty. Idler, Shamrock, Kewpie, Ola ill., Meteor. and Silver j Lirk. Edna. crossed tho line first i and then came Betty, Idler, and j Shamrock. Kewpie and Silver Link | were very laU 1 ;n starting and took no ' proxninont part in the rac.-e. finally giving upin the ieart to the Resolution buoy. Idler went to the front, followed by Edna and Cla 111. Bounding the buoy the order was: "idler. Edns.. Meteor, Betty, Ola HI. and -, Shamrock. The run across to the Sandspit beacon aaw Idler well in front with Meteor ' holding second position. On the close haul •up to the top mark Idler had M> give place to Meteor which was sailing well in the light weather. The order of boats rounding I the top mark on the completion of tho j first round was; Meteor. Idler, Shamrock. | Edna, Ola in, Betty. Kewpie. and Silver Link. Idler trouble with her mainsail, and was nass*-d by Shamrock, while Edna replaced Ola 111. At, the Resolution buoy Merteor was leading Shamrock by 1\ minutas, und when the Sandspit beacon was reached she had increased her lead by another 30 seconds. Ola 111 was the next boat round this mark and then came Idler, Edna-, and Betty. On the haul tip to the finishing mark, Idler regained third position, while I Ola TTT dropped back. The finishing times ! ■wGixr.—Meteor. 4h. 49m. 235,.; Shamrock, ! 4H, 52m. 215.; Idler. 4h. 52m. 40s-; Edna, 4h- 64m. 135.; Betty, 4h. 54m. 605.; _ Ola 111, 4h. 65rn- 6s. A.b there are no handicaps in this class Meteror is the _ winner, with Shamrock second and Idler third. The officials for tho day were Messrs. Jaa. Prater, C. Hewson. and V. Peace.

SWEEPSTAKE RACE.

K sweepstake race for 5s a bos.t was sailed on Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the Victoria Cruising Club over a harbour course. Four boats entered, but only two faced the starter —Tamure II and Seas-nook—the latter winning easily. The finishing time* were: Seaspook, 4h. 51m.; Xajnure IL sh. 9m.