YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18374, 14 April 1923, Page 12

YACHTING.

VICTORIA CRUISING CLUB. FOUR HARBOUR RAGES. The Victoria/Cruising Club will hold three harbour races for yachts ; and . one : for launches this afternoon. Classes 1., 11., 111., and IV. will race together for the President's Cup; all 14ft. boats for the Boonstra Memorial. Cup and the 16ft and 18ft. boats for trophies presented by the club, All the events will start and" finish between the dredge Maui and the eastern pile beacon. The officials in charge of the racing will be: Starter, Mr. A. Deacon; . judge, Mr. P. Boonstra: timekeepers,' Messrs, 0. Johnston; W. -Matthews, and E. Griffiths. „ The entries and handicaps are as follows:— Launch Race.— start at 2.30 p.m. Course: From flagship, round outer-pile at Bayswater. thence round mark boat oft tide deflector, thence round pile beacon off Chelsea, to starting ' line. Sealed handicaps. Entries* Huia, Manurere, ' Marion D.. Ngarena, Saieda, Thelma, Zealandia, Esther G. Presidents Cup.—To start at .2.40 p.m. Course: From starting line, , thence round Resolution buoy (port hand), thence round White Light ; buoy (starboard hand), thence round Resolution buoy (starboard hand), thence round: Black buoy off Birkenhead (starboard hand), to starting line. Queenie, scr: Vanitie, 2m; Waitere 11., 8m; • Speedwell, 3m; Starlight, to; loch, j Wairiki,'Bm; Celox, 9m; Sadie, 9m- Marie, 9m; Venus, 11m: Valeria, .- 12m; Forest Gold, 14m; Winifred; 14m; Marere, : 16m; Doreen, 17m; Niobe, 18m; Waiapu; ■', 19m; Gloaming, 19ra; Mistletoe 11., ; ; 20m; ~ Cynthia, 25m; Why Not, 27m: Rawhiti* 83m. • f Sixteen.foot. and 18ft. Classes.—To start at 2.50 p.m. | Course Prom starting line between dredge and pile beacon, thence round mark off Watchman, . thence round mark in Shoal Bay, thence round mark east of tide - deflector, - all on starboard hand, to starting line;, twioe ; round.'-..'-If ■> course ■* is reversed a black flag will be flown, and all marks will then be passed ; on '? port hand. Wizard, scrj Mawhiti, i. scr; r Matarere, > eor; Secret, sor; Champagne, 8m; Leveret, •■■ 6m, j Namu, 6m; Atangaitai. . 6m; Dinkum. lira; Swiftsure, 12raj Phoebe, 13m: Sea "Egg, 14m; Pixie, 15m; Rita, 15m; • Fleetwing, 20m; Tiger, 22m; Lancia, 24m. -:- : . , -; .; Fourteen-foot Classes.—To start at 3 p.m. Course: Same as , 16ft. oUbs. . For this event two Handicaps have been declared, one for a breeze and the other ; for light weather. ! The handicaps have been calculated on boats using their ordinary sails. ■< Any boat using other sails will incur an additional penalty of Bm. The handicaps are --^Breeze: Rona, , scr; Cupid, lm; Sea Gnome, lm; ,Joan, lm; I Betty, 2m; Nyria, 2m;* Iron * Duke, 2m; Sea ! De'il, 3m; Arawa, s}m; Sea Elf, 6m; Redi wing, 6m; Sea Nymph, 7imj Sea More, 7im; ! May belle, 7Jm; Eileen 8.. 71m; Omaki, 8m; ! Tui, 8m; Aotea, 9m; Kitty, 12m; Ruru, 12m;. ; Banio, 12m; ? Anita,**? 12m yS Winsome, ; >12m, i Light weather: Cupid, scr; Sea Gnome., scr; , Rona, GOs; Nyria, lm; Joan, lm; Iron Duke, ' lm; Betty, 8m; Sea Elf, 6m;. Redwing, Vim; j Sea Nymph, 8m; Arawa, ';:' 8m; Sea More, 9m; Eileen • 8.. 10m; < belle, 10m; Omaki. 110 m; Tui. 10m; Aotea. 10m; Kitty; 14m; Ruru, 14m; Banjo, 14m; Anita, 14m; WinI some, 14m. s

" ; NOTES AND COMMENTS. * nif%? second , annual ' race for the Lipton Challenge Cup which took place last Saturday, brought out \- six competitors. " The weather conditions, were ideal, . the northerly wind giving i: the boats a. fair trial on all three • points :of sailing; : it was a, lead to the;: Resolution ■•; mark, a a dead •': beat to the beacon in Rangitoto Channel, a flat run tin with.- spinnaker set-to t a : little "nasi 'North | iiead, and a lead for ..the remainder of the l ;, fu?f^V :l rly , m i; race 'it could be seen I that Marie and Venus . were , going to - make a close ;; contest of it. Venus got the best of the start, - but Mane- gradually over-' hauled; her and at. the i Resolution buoy was leading .by the narrow margin of seven «econds: _Mane improved:; her ; position on the wind, beating out sto windward- and going, through the water in fine style. Heading down channel she was leading Venus by about lm^Bos;> the latter being about lm ahead of Valeria. Marie kept rather long in port, and Venus, , which worked more* in the .stronger tide, 'gained ,a ■, little i on her rival. At : the mark ; Marie : was Pleading by J lm 225.: Valeria' being; 3m 1235 ! astern of Venus. -; From -this out Marie: continued her lead, eventually crossing : the finishing line 2m 34s ahead of '. Venus, which beat Forest Gold for 1 second* place by V4m 675. Mario was -well handled by hers owner/ Mr. ,V. I Lidgard, and thoroughly deserved her win. Valeria,, winner ?of the ceup ; last. year, was . disappointing, and although she'occupied third position for the greater J v part of the rax©, she had, to finally give, place to' Forest Gold. "•■■'■■ Lucille' and Mowai were - never '• prominent. The cup will be handed to the Akarana • Club during the winter months, '''»■ and will then be retained . by the : club - for 13 months. :'--:. ■'■.•»v : ■.'v./. -..\.-,''.. •> ; >'.: ,v : -'.>.:'-' ; -

: ' Arrangements ~ for the,' official ; closing; ; ol the yachting, season, which takes place: next . Saturday, will be made at t a : meeting ?' of the Auckland Yacht . and i Motor-bout Association on Tuesday evening. : The 'v destination i for yachts and launches ; will probably be Islington Bay. / The smaller classes i will race over a harbour. course. •:'-:,;; ■-■■" ■:-"'- ■•■ - The .annuals race :;f or the Kohh Cup -for launches,, which was decided ; last Saturday by the 3 Ponsonby Cruising :Club, -was ■ very disappointing. : Only »four , boats entered for the race, and of these only two ' started. •', The holder, Daisy, arrived at the flagship some time after the race had started, * whiles the Kermath failed to put in anv appearance. This left Esther G- t and Kowhai -to themselves,, 'and after leading ,- from ;.start.-** to finish ; the ' former .won; by 275. So little is the interest ' taken . in; launch .- racing -at the present .time it has been • suggested that unless,' larger c entries - come ."'to- hand v from the various;■ yacht \ clubs, :the fixtures -on the programmes" for launches should;,be deleted until '•■ such time as ; launch -y racing: becomes more, popular, among owners. 'i . .:• .■- ; ;-V ■■:■, ■;;:- - A,/humber of yachts and launches have been hauled 'up for the winter, and several others will take the " hard'*?. to-day. The majority 1 of ; the boats, however, .will ■.-; not be hauled out until: after the final combined cruising race. ' . ■'