YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18195, 14 September 1922, Page 4

YACHTING.

N.2. POWER BOAT ASSOCIATION.

THE ANNUAL MEETING.

The seventeenth, annual moating of the New Zealand J/ower JSoat Association was he.d ia*>t evening- In© commoaore, Mr. £. Luapmau, presided, and there was a gooa attendance, including a. number of iauy In moving the adoption of the report, which has already been published, the chairman congratulated tho association on its financial position and appealed to members to take a more active part in races heid by the association. Powe.r boating, ne said, undoubtedly had a great fuuae oefore it and it was up to the new committee to consider ways and means to P lO^0 ?;,, JP.! interests. If boat-owners wo >°/*i y support its programme- the as*o«aUoTi couM look forward with confidence to a successful T'A. G. Lunn said the association had quite justified its action in h, *fe speed boat races last year, and he hoped they would be continued. __,n-j as The election of officer* ,;ff follows:-Patron. Mr H. R. McXtenzie. vice-patrons. Messrs. J. H, Gunson, W. #■ Levlnd. Hon. C. J. Parr and Captain H. H. Sergeant; commodore, Mr. F. Chapmani. viccSfommodore, Mr. W. A...Boucher; rearcommodore, Mr. C. J- Colhngs; secretory, Mr. E. L. Euchanan; treasurer, Mr. A. M. Wilson; auditor. Mr. C. R. »Audney, committee, Messrs. A. G-. Lunn C■ E. Le Roy. L. White. N. Campbell, S. JWatkin. M. W, Lane. J Inkster. S. Ham son. G. Trevithick. and S. H. club trustees. Messrs. E. LeKoy, a. u. Lunn M. W. Lane, and A. ±Jurt. The prizes won during the pr |" sented to the successful owners W M» Chapman. Of these the most inioortantwae the iSO prize for speed supporters and members of the association, and won by the Miss Masport, M Colonel White, on behalf orMessrs. Mason and Porter, owners of the Miss which also won tho spwd pennant, donated th* £50 to the association as a trophs « «£oed boat racing. The M.ss Masport would always welcome s> challenge, and if ene were defeated Messrs. Mason and Porter would h* quite prepared to build another boat to hold Auckland's end £ P Rols Mes«r=. S. H. Levland and W. D. Koss. who retired from the positions of viceand secretly, respectively, the former after four years' service and the utter ei*ht year* wore r ach -resent-d w-*h a est of pines. In making *o «fw «£ chairman referred to tie «^ Ss* rar-ied "lit by Messrs , Leyland and Koss during their terms of office.

NORTH SHORE YACHT CLUB. Some very important business will be brought forward for discussion at «i« annual meeting of the North Shore Y*cbt Club, which takes place on September -8. The question of securing *site for *^ clubhouse has been receiving & ttentiOT of the committee, .and while "g*J»« fi d fKSS has been promised by the Harhour Board there is every, reason to believe the will grant a site in Mechanics Bay- Plans and specification* for the proposed bwldmg ar« now bei:ag drawn up .and will be suomitted at the annual meeting ,„„ A movement is a so on foot to Aan» the name of the club to the Waitemata Yacht Club. It is pointed out <bat. although the club is known as the North Shore Yacht Club, the majority of its members belong to Auckland, and now that the question of securing a clubhouse on this side of the harbour ban been taken up, it woiiW hi rather misleading to still keep to the old name. In the event of the club changing its title it i.? proposed to associate the old name with the new and still fly the present club flag. . ... , , Another matter for discussion will, be the annual subscription At present this is is 6d for members over 21 and 5s under that ag«* It is proposed to reduce it to 33. but instead of only boat-owners b*rag compelled to be financial members of the club, as at present, it is suggested that fct least foui members of the crew of each boat must also be me/mbera of the club AN OLD-TIMER. The steel yacht Thetis, which has been out of commission since 191.1, has recently been oTerhauled. and there is every, indication of her changing hands and .boing put afloat this season. The Thotia. which is now the only steel yacht in Auckland—the others, Isafracl and Huia, having been broken up a number of years ago—was built at the foot of Hobson Street in 1895 for Messrs. Masefield Bros. In designing the Thetis, mod"b were made by thp. late Mr. Waymouth, of Mapua fame, and the late Mr. W, Seagar. From these a further model was made, to which the yacht was built. Tlin pla.ting was importer) by Messrs. Masefield, who also cast the lead keel. The hull waa pU-ted by Messrs. Sea-gar Bros, and the woodwork and spar 3 were supplied by Mr. C. Bailey, junr. Thp, Thetis was the first bulb keel yacht built in the Southern Hemisphere and in her first race in the Auckland Yacht Club she wa-s debarred from competing owing to her keel being different from those of the other yachts. In the following year, however, she was allowed to compete in the club's races on the casting vote of the late Mr. W Lind. The Thetis is 44ft. overall, 31ft. 1.w.1.. and has a beam of Bft. lOin The yacht has a splendid performance, her record including 19 first and numerous second and third prizes. She sailed her first race in December, 1895, in the Judge's Bay regatta, but, unfortunately, she was jammed on to the markboat at the start, which put her out of th* race. In the following yeftr she won the Auckland Anniversary Regatta for five-raters, defeating Aorers, Yvonne (now owned in Lyttelton), and others. A week later ehe carried off the Auckland Yacht Club's race (now the Royal New Zealand "Yacht Squadron), Rangitira filling second pla.ee and Ngaru third. Other important events won by the Thetia were as follows:—Ponsonby Regatta. 1897; Judge's Bay Regatta. 1897: Auckland Anniversary Regatta. 1898; Ponsonby Sailing Club, 1898: North Shore Carnival, 36ft. championship, 1898: Auckland Regatta, 18=19; P-oioonby Regattas. 1900 and 1903• Coromandel Regattas, 1901. 1903. 1901- Waiheke Regattas, 1902. 1903. and 1904: Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, 36 linear rating, and also ocean race. 1903. At the end of the 1904 season the Thetis wai dismantled and was not nut into commission again until the 1909-10 season. On. this occasion she secured third prize in the Auckland Regatta, but in the following year she carried off the first prize on January 29. beating both Rawene and ArrTci Since then the Thetis has been hauled up on the . beaoh at Ponsonby, where she is now bemg reepmmissioned. In addition 1o racing the. yacht has made some extensive cruises, visiting Tauransa and the North Cape. Among the oidor hands the Thetis is better known as tlw "Steeplechaser," having. "the Ponsonby reef three times in the westerly gales. On one occasion rii© was buried in the sand and had to be l»A ittL* g . W ?' Fifty hands were emnloyed. refloated fortnleht 3 wor £ the yacht was