YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17956, 5 December 1921, Page 4

YACHTING.

• NORTH SHORE Ct.UB. | 7 CRUISING AND HaRBOU RACES. p t, THREE BOATS CAPSIZE. \y l " The Keith. Shore Yacht Club held a 8 cruising race to Arcana Bay, Waiheke, on '■ i. Saturday afternoon tor keel and centreooatd i ; yachts and a.so harbour races for open boats. 1. A strong breeze from the south-south-west I prevailed throughout the afternoon, enabling 7. the yachts competing in the cruising race, i {l to reach their destination before 5.30 p.m. ( |" During the harucur races, two boats, the I [' t lift, "flattie" Early Dawn, and the 13-footer , Ara capsized, the crews of both being picxed ["• up by launches which were watching the I rates. In the cruising race the 22-fcoter Lucille capsized and sank off Brown's Island", her crew being rescued by the yacht Hilda! In the same race one ot the crew of the pi 20-footer YVayv.ard fell overboard at lookout 1 J, Point, Waineiie, but was soon picked tip H again. p e The most important fixture was tha race i 's fcr iho lilt, one-design boats. This event, i however, was robbed of a great deal }j I i interest owing to the owners of the Desert I j Gold deciding not to nice- The winner, Joan, | ? Bailed a good race and had no difficulty in J| securing the prize, Tho only other boat to | put up anything of s showing was Rona, J* but even this boat could net leg it with l < Joan on the second round- '• For tiie first time in the history of the chb - the races were started from t'uo black buoy ' •» below the Kiuu's Wharf, th<! innovation»prov- ' c > ing very successful- At the conclusion of the V cruising race n most enjoyable social was held fffl _st Awaroa Bt.y. Details are as follow:— ! . |: TUiH CRUISING RACE. H i. Only Victory and Waione started in Clais IS i- I. The former get the bc3t of the start El 1, and once in tne lead she was never headed- I i- 'i'tie finishing tira<:s were: Victory (Ira), & I 1, 37m 21s; vV'aior.e (3mj, 4h 38m Be- The it result was: Waione, 1; Victory, 2. e, The following boats started in Class H.: [ Thistle, Ngahau, Daisy, Eulalie, Maybelle, f J - Peri, and Colonist. Maybelle was first' ! ■' away and was closely followed by Ngahau, j ? Pen, and Daisy; a little later came Thistle, m V Eulalie and Colonist. The breeze just j :•' Euited Maybelle, aad havmg secured the S. '•' lead she was able to maintain it to the finish. Thistle occupied second position ind j' Daisy third after clearing ';he harbour. The ffl G finishing times wer": Maybelle (sni),"4h H a- 44m 4s; Thistle (scr,). 4h 47m 20s; Daisy i j e. (4m), 4h 49m 455; Colonist (10m), 4h 51m H 675; Eulalie (6m), 4h 54m; Ngahau (2m) m e 4h 56m 28s; Peri (Gm), 4h 56m 325. The M result was: Maybelle, 1; Colonist, 2; | a. Daisy, 3. 1 J9 Tho 2G-footers' race brought out Waifere j a . 11., Awatere, Omatere, Sadie, Hotaie, end [ B Foam. Waitere 11. got a splendid start and r ' once in the lead retained it until the finish, j . Awatore was second boat away, Omstere lt> third, Kotare fourth, Foam fifth,-and Sadie H e ' last. These positions were maintsined to h: "• the finish, which was timed as j i Waiters 11, (scr.), 4h 47m 61s; Awatere - (12m) 4h 62m 15s; Omatere (3m), ill 52m R i, 625; Kotrvre (9m), 4h 55m 4s; Foam (15m), e- 4h 57m 40s; Sadie (4m), 4h 68m St> He e, result was: Awutere, 1; Foam, 2; Idu'.S, a- The 20ft. and 22ft. mullet boats., which i. raced together, were sent away «uh. foe \ i 5 2Gft. class. Marie was first to show out, idla e, Waiapu, Valeria, Hilda, Venus, Lucille, Or Wayward, and Rehutai following li that r- order. Marie opened up a long ted and k, kept it until the finish. Off the Preira'a Island buoy Lucille capsized, resulting in ' se the Hilda retiring from the race in (Mr.to ' « rescue the crew. The finishing times weu; »' Marie (scr.), 4h £0m 88s; Waiaptt (8m). iv 4h 67m 325; Vena"'(sm), 4h 68m; Wamrd ie (13m), 6h 6m Gs; -Valeria (lm). ttb.-Bm.-The | a, result was: Waiapu, 1; Marie, 3; Venus,! je' THE HARBOUR EVENTS. .' B a- The competitors in the 14ft one-dasypi E a. claas were Joan. Betty. Rona, Shirlo;;, Ee- l. : solute. Idler. Ola 111., Rangi, Rep. Meteor, ■ _ All Black and Viper. The boats were sSnt j t away to a good start, Rona getting the best i' ot it, closely followed by Joaii. Mr, Slur-, H i. ley, Resolute, and the rest of the fleet «• ['■ 1, cept Viper, which was 9m late.. The boate, ■ t[ led by Joan, presented a very pretty •?»■ H le ture as they ran down tho harbour to n» w t- Resolution buoy. A fow minutes aiier..jn», a, start Rex. which was sailing Mr ;m«aeß | , i, race, broke her tiller and had to retire. m >- After rounding the Resolution buoy MOV- [. a and Bona \tew away from their jttia, wWt m Ola 111,. Resolute, and Betty were .Icadbi* H the other bohts. Joan and Rona coiitoued m T to make a close race of it, but wheii/tnej- HI [• sieets Joan proved too ««•»«.- HI I her rival and on the completion of W7" M .' round she was leading Rona by over wo Kg f rabute-s. Betty and Snipe hsd » very in- m teresting "go" on the wind, and just as. B» the flngship was reached Betty's "stopper,- we 5 through smart handling, beat Snipe ro™; y| I. this mark by the narrow margin of » W» ; HI S order of the other boats rounding the flsfc., HI >. ship was: Resolute. Meteor. Idler, !«*»?• Bfl 7 Shirley and All Black. Mcanwhi e, OU» « • skipper reported to the officials that he W , H • been cntght on the wrong tack by fliwth« ; [ '. competitor and took no further part in ™ «& race. On the second round Joan, ngjS; H . increased her lead from Bona, wniiti flew - 1 was replaced by Snipe and Resolute oy « , Meteor. Tho finishing times u, 4h 26m 35s;' Bona. 4h 80m 25b: 6*i»Pe»J» ■ •> ?3m 455; Betty, 4h 34m 30s; Meteor. 4h 34m H 40a; Resolute. 4h 35m 12s: Idler, 4n SBm K| 3 60s; Bangi. 4h 37m 10a; All Black. 411 54m | , 235. The result was: Joan, 1; Offu* KB Snipe, 3. Shirley and Viper did not fin SB- ..-.; ' The race for Class Y, 14ft square Mft. boats, brought out nine competitors, wmca • vrere led across the line by Sea Gnome, wittt MM s Dixie, Sea Mew. Sea De'il and Sea HawK n • hsndy; then came Svhray. Early Dawn ana fn iho. Spook, Sea Imp being 14m late. Shortir m s fitter the start Sea De'il took charge ana eg, - Was the first boat round the Besoltthon m, , buoy, followed by Sea Gnome. Sea HawK, • Dixie, Sea Mew, Sunray, Sea Spook ana m t Sba Imp. Just before reaching tho buoy , i Early Dawn capsized. When the bo«s « hauled on the wind Sea Gnome passed M M ■ Do'il and before the llwilup ww »wneo . tho latter was also overhauled by tie «o , , of the competitors and eventually 6«e up. - , , Sea Gnome was well in the lead on W I completion of tho first round,, but very MM separated Sea Uawk from Dixie., and WMg the boats again hauled on the wind fortM K I EDCond time up tho harbour Din» caagM 1 and passed Sea Hawk- The finishins timej j were -Sea Gnome (Cm bhd scr). ft m I : 658; Dixie (2Jm bhd scr, 6h,lm 15«., «*» g| . Hawk (scr), Si. lm 50s; fea Spook WfVg B . 6m 10s; Soa Mew dim bhd scr). Bhjm W; H; Sunray (scr). 5h 18m 455. Iho result was. | Sea Hawk, 1; Dixie 2; Sea Spook. 8. »» IW. , De'il, Sea Imp and Early Dawn did no. H fi C'las3 S, 18ft boats and under brought out ■ Mascotte, AtangalAi, Colleen, Ventura, «M Uinknm. Colleen got the best of the W crossing the line just ahead 0 Mascotte m» Atangatai, with tie other boats handy. B leea continued her lead on the run to »• Resolution buoy, and was still ahead when m the Sandspit beacon was reached, *™ K hauling on the wind, however, Colleen w , ; i overtaken by ■ Ventura, and just before tno h 1 first round of the course was sailed U»W» fKI IM, also overhaulcd j by Ate*k"j ffl crder was maintained for the remainder « the race. The finishing times 7? r e-7, ve ; h 'i, tara (scr), 4h 4lm 475; Atangatai (scr), ft H 65m 30s: Colleen (scr), 5h Om tOs. ■ waai-Ventura. 1: Atangatai, 2; Colleen, m Mascotte. and Dinkum did not hnisfi. ; Eight boats faced the. starter in the r*ce |i for CUes T. Silver Link was fi'st aww. » and was closely followed by Bedwing, OmaU H and Bosnia, with the others a little d.stanw gig a7tern. The run to the Resolution buoy Mj Silver Link open up a long lead, r° M J'se buoy well in front of her rivals. *• , thfs mark Ara capsized, her crew bemg pkg ffil pn by the launch Lavona M hauled Silver Link at the.SandspitjbeMOg mm and en the beat up the harbour ihftjg* M dropped astern of Arawa ana Cynio. t p the fiagsliip on tho completion ,^ I round the order was: Redwing, Artws, K Omoki. and Bosina. These MMg»Jgg WB maintained on the second round. MSffi M i„g times being: Bedw-w? (Sm). 5h lbm * . ■« Avawa (21m). 5n 19m 55.: Cyme || aim 40s: Sflyer Link (2m). §h jm «% MM OmaH (sm). Bh 26m 10s; Bosina (to). W- 1.,,, 80m 80s. The result was =T ß ffi ß ßaß|, M Cynic, 2; Arawa. 3. Ara and WJUM .»■« mi did not finish. , _, oiorfer, \ The officers for the, day were 1 -M H Mr. G. E. Laycock judge «d tomrtwwf- . for harbour races. Mr. W. A. R| judge for cruiains race, Mr. E. J. *-w . H u, tiffiokecper, Mr, % P. Boas- |