YACHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 7

YACHTING.

POWER-BOAT ASSOCIATION, PRESENTATION ,OF PRIZES. ' The New Zealand Power-Boat Association • held .its animal-distribution or prizes' and dance In ' tlie .clubhouse on'. Saturday evening.' ' The commodore,'.*Mr, C. H. Palmer, presided and there wa3 a good a'ttindariCe, including representatives of tho , various yacht clubs. In. extending a welcome to tho visitors, tie chairman said that yachting, either sailing or launching, was the finest sport'possible and there was no reason why it should not be Auckland's most favoured pagtimo, The past season had been , devoted mostly to speed-boats and all' would agree it had been a very good one. Owners of speedboats in Auckland were verv energetic, and those who had had a tripi.in a speed-boat realised how; exciting and thrilling speedboat racing was. The thanks of. the association wore dun to Messrs. .Wajker and Hall for presentiug a very valuable cup. for speed-boat racing. The prospects ior the coming season were very good and there was evenr indifation of a number of new boats making their appearance. There was just one regret and that was the loss of the Masport Cup, which had been won by- Mr.' : A. Hairick, of Wanganui with Miss Virginia. However, Auckland hoped to send a bbat to Wanganui this year and bring the cup back again. Mr. A. ,G. Lunn said the association justified its existence in many ways, especially in introducing opccd-boat racing in New Zealand.' Launch racing was not . like yacht racing and it must be realised that to,get right down to something more exciting than the formor, speed-boat racing must be resorted to. In four years the association had made excellent progress and he hoped thd- time Was not far off vfrhen intercolonial races .would be arranged-.between New Zealand and Australia. Mr. Liinn paid a tribute to the enthusiasm put into the association by tho commodore and appealed to the younger men to conie forward and "take • a pull on the rope," and thus help, things along. v . ..• ••. _ In presenting the prizes. Captain ,H. H. Sergeant' congratulated the association on the high standard it maintained, both-ashore and afloat.- Power-boating, was different from vachting. but both were entitled. to their share of the harbour. He .would be only I too pleased to do what he could in - the interests of the sport. ,t. - ; The most important prizes- were . won .by t.'he following:—Bust Cup. Grace -D*rKng: inter-provincial speed championship of ftew Zealand (Masport Cup). Miss ' Virginia: general handicap, over 25 knots, Miss.-X.; under 25 knots, Snot; all. speed-boats, Ngaro; Palmer Cup, Lady* Margaret; general handicap speed-boats, Baby Dev.; Auckland provincial open speed championship, Ngaro; highest speed _ during season. Miss Virginia: aggregate Big Tree Shield. Lady Margaret. Vocal items were rendered . by * M-iss Murphy and Messrs. Davidson > and Girr. tho remainder of tho evening being devoted to dancing. - .