YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18345, 10 March 1923, Page 7

YACHTING.

AKARANA YAGHT CLUE,. RACE FOR OPEN BOATS. The Akarana Yacht Club -will hold a general handicap for 18ft. boats and under this afternoon. The race will start at three o'clock, the course being; from starting line between the eastern end of the King's Wharf and the launch Winsome moored north, round the Sandspit beacon, thence round the Eesolution buoy, to starter's launch; twice round, keeping all marks on the starboard hand. If. however, the direction of the wind would give more beating to windward, this course will be reversed, in which case the Resolution buoy will bo taken first, and the mark* kept to port. A red flag hoisted on the starter's boat will indicate Sandspit. and a blue flag: Resolution. The following are the entries and handicaps:—Matarere scr, Wizard acr. Secret scr. Mawhiti lm. Champagne 2ui, Nunii Sim. Bona sm. Cupid 6m. Joan slm. Valet 61m (anv sail). Sea Gnome Sim. Desert Gold 6jrn. Nyra 6im, Betty, small sail 7m, big sail 6im. Sea De'il 7im, Atangatai jTim. Arawa Sea Spook 9m. Tiri 10m, Sea Breeze 11m. Sea Elf 11m. Sea King 11m. Redwing 12m. Golden Bubble 12m, Cynic 14m, Hapuka 15m. The officers of the day are:—Starter, Mr. G. K. Laycock; judge and timekeeper, Mr W. A. Wilkinson, assisted by Mr. Gordon Miller. VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB. THE DAVIS "CUP. The Victoria Cruising Club will hold a cruising race this anernoon for keel and centre-board yachts. The function will take the form of a general handicap, the first prize being a valuable cue presented by the patron, Mr. E. H. via. The race will start at 2.45 p.m. from the dredger Maui moored off St. Mary Bay, and unless a hard easterly wind is blowing the destination -will be Arkle's Bay. In the event of hard easterly or northeasterly wind, the race will be .direct to Islington Bay. A white fla? will denote Arkle's Bay and a black flag Islington Bay. The officials for the day will Starter. Mr. A. Deacon, assisted by Mr. P. Boonstra; judge. Mr. P. Hickson; timekeeper, Mr. A. Towers. , , „ . „_. The entries and handicaps are as follow.— WaiteTe 11.. on the wind scr, off the wind scr: Vanitie, 2m, scr; Starlight, 2m, 2rn; Cooee, Bm. 4m: Celox. Bm, 6m j Starlocn. Bm. 6m; Wairiki, 9m, 4m: Yum Yum. 12m. 6m; Marie. 14m. 7m: Venus. 16m, 8m; Kotare. 18m. 6m: Spray, 18m. 6m; Valeria, 18m, 10m: Winifred. 20m. 11m: Irish, 22m. 10m: Awatere. 24m, 10m: Doreen, 26m. Mm: Marere. 2fim, 15m- Mowai. 28m. 12m; Hilda. 28m, 13m: .Cynthia, 28m. 16m; Mistletoe 11.. 28m. 20m: Waiapu. 28m. 20m: Gloaming. 28m, 20m: Ngaro. 29m. 21m; Mermin. 35m, 25m; Mona, 60m. 38m. TAKAPUNA BOATING CLUB. The Takapuna Boating Club will hold a race for its one-desten class this afternoon, stnrtins at three o'clock. The entries are:— Winsome. Tio, Kitty, Sport, and Maud. POWER-BOAT ASSOCIATION. CRUISE IN COMPANY. The New Zealand Power-boat Association will hold a cruise in company to Awaroa Bay. Waiheke, this afternoon. Launches are requested to assemble off the lung s Wharf at half-past two, and will then proceed direct to their destination. la the evening a social and dance will be Held in Gordon's Hall. NORTH SHORE REGATTA. COMPLETION OF PROGRAMME. The postponed sideshows of the Northcoto and Birkenhead regatta are to be held this atternoon. A combined race for third ana fourth-c.ass yachts has also been arranged. This will be sailed at 2.80 p.m.. the boats engaged being: Valet scr; .Rover. Sea Sprite, sm; Rex. Sea Witch, - 6im ; Sunray. Sea More. 7im; Rosina. lola. 14m; ' Aoot !i?' 16m; Shrimp, 16m; and Velure. 23m. Mr. A Patterson will officiate as starter and timekeeper for this race, the. course for which is about five miles, starting between the wharf and flagship, thence round the western beacon off Shelly Beach, round the pile beacon off Chelsea, back to the starting line; twice round. Down, harbour all marks to be kept on starboard hand, and up the harbour on the port hand. The.sideshows will be commenced at\2.45 o clock.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. Ideal weather prevailed for the B™wnby Cruising Club's annual regatta last Saturday. Well over 100 entries were received for the various events, and with .exception of the launch race, nearly all the yachts that had been entered faced she starter. Of the 16 boats handicapped in the race for launches 10 took part in the . event, which must be regarded as satisfactory in view of the present tendency, of owners to go in more for cruising than racing, Tf.e event was won by the Kermath, owned by Mr. C. E. Mackie. ... . ', , The direction of the wind—couth-south-west—enabled the open boats: to lay ngbt round the course, while the larger classes had only a little windward work on the return from Eangitoto Channel to the Kesilution buoy, the remainder of the course being sailed with eased sheets. Had the smaller classes been sent down the harbour first i instead of up they would have had a beat from the Sulphur Bay mark to the Watchman which would have made .the racing more interesting, and certainly would have given the scratch boats an opportunity to work off their handicap. When it came,to finishing the smaller classes and the larger yachts crossed the line at the same time -in' the opposite direction, which is not at all advisable, and could have been avoided had the open boats been started the same way as the keel and centreboard yachts. t The well-known 14ft. one-design boat Desert Gold, winner of the Sanders Cup in 1922. changed hands last week, her new owner being Mr. T. G. Parker, of Stanley Bnv. The launch Rosyth 11. returned from & fortnight's cruise on Sunday. Leaving Auckland on February 17. she proceeded \*o Knwaii and., on the following day left for Russell at 6 a.m., where s she arrived at 8 p.m. ■':■-. Several days were spent at the Bav of Wands, after which the launch left on the return journey down the coast, calls being made at Dee" Water Cove. Whan7amumu, Tujekak*. Whangarei, and Kawau. Aft«r leaving ;. Kawau the Rosyth visited Mnl>i"-att<*i. v F«i>.rl<i and Wsrkworth. Some ...good hauls of fish were secured at Russell. -, The vice-presidents and trophy donors of ♦Hp Victor,'" CruWne Club were entertained by the club last Sunday. The function took the form of n picnic at Pine Island, and was largely attended.

.ROWING. , ■ '■ r ,„ t* ' m ,.'-. - INTER-CLUB EIGHTS. MAURICE OARO PAIR OARS. An extensive rowing programme is to be carried out for this afternoon. For : the first time in the history of Auckland rowing eight-oar racing will be indulged in. Five clubs have entered, . and the composition of the crews gives promise of hard racing for the coveted trophy. The race has been or* ganised by the Auckland Rowing Club, which has placed its! two boats at the sister club's disposal. The trophy is the Dr. Reid Memorial' Cup! The course will be from the Orakei ,'i Wharf to the eastern tide deflector, a distance of about one and a-half miles. If that course is not suitable one from the western tide deflector to the eastern tide deflector will be used. A meeting will be held in the Auckland Clubhouse at 1.45 p.m. to finally decide the course. The competing crews are— / ,'. Auckland.—W. Fleming (stroke). Strugnail (7), W. Stevenson (6). G. Barker (6), J. O'Hanlon (4), E. Bishop (3), Shorland (2). J. Stevenson (1). ; Waitemata.— Wolfgramm (stroke), John- # on X 7 )- Bryant (6). Mackay (4), Doubleday (8), Goodall (2), V. Smith v ß ii George.—A. Emery (stroke). C. Marshall (7). K .Page (6), Hume (6). W. Lamb (4). B. Walker (8), R. Surman (2). R. Morton (1). ■■'••.« West End.—N. Bright (stroke). J. Skini ner (7), Felton (6), J. Johnson (5), L. Skinner (4). W. Steele (8.) J. Bigelow (2), A. Hunter (1). North Shore.— Follas (stroke), A. Halvey (7) S. Rule (6), A. Harper (5), N. James (4), T. Harvey (3), 1 J. Archer (2), Jackson (1). ... .... - -, \ The heats are:—Starting at 2.80 p.m.: First heat, Auckland meets Waitemata: second heat, St. George meets West End: third heat, North Shore meets winner first heat. Final, winners of No. 2 v. winners of No. 8 heat; -.->. Mr.'MacCormick will act as starter and Mr. H. Cleal as judge, »• './•. At two o'clock the annual inter-club pairoar- race' lor «the Maurice Caro Cup will be rowed over. a course from the centre of Hobson Bay to the eastern tide deflector. The competing crews are: " Waitemata.— L. Brooker. • V West End.—Bright, J. Skinner. St. George. No. I.—W. Lamb. C. Marshall. . St. George. No. 2.— Page, Hume. . Auckland.—W. Stevenson, 3, Stevenson.