YACHT RACING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22027, 6 February 1935, Page 20

YACHT RACING

BY SPINDHIFT

TAMARIKI'S THIRD SUCCESS ERROR IN TEAMS EVENT CUP DAY AT AKARANA

The new 22-footer Tamariki added the third successive win to her name on Saturday when she carried off the first prize in the Tamaki Yacht Club s race for L class. Getting the best of the start, Tamariki, which was again in the hands of W. A. Willetts, soon made her presence felt, and the issue was never in doubt. She passed the first mark 30 seconds ahead of Rakoa and further improved her position on the beat to the black buoy in Rangitoto Channel. After rounding the buoy the boats had a run to the Bastion light beacon and Rakoa made a great effort to head Tamariki, but without success.

Tamariki turned at the beacon lm 50s in front of Rakoa and in the second round she considerably increased her lead, crossing. the finishing line 6m 40s ahead of Rakoa and 10m 31s in front of the new 22-footer Melita. In the first round Rakoa and Melita made a very close race, but in the final round Rakoa drew away from Melita, and beat her "in" by 3m 51s.

The new boats Treasure, class T, and Muimai, class Y, finished a long way ahead of the boats in their own classes. Allowing for the difference in smarting times, Treasure sailed the course 5m 7s faster than Muimai, Avhich is a good performance. The actual times were:— Treasure, lh 22m 7s; Muimai, 111 27 m 14s. Course Mistaken The second teams- race hetween four boats representing class M and four belonging to class V was not brought to a successful conclusion. When the boats were sent away it was discovered that one of the V class had failed to start. The rest of the competitors, however, continued in the race, but through a misunderstanding, the three V boats and one of the M boats failed to make the buoy off St. Heliers their first turning mark. After the start they threw round and stood for the black buoy in Rangitoto Channel. The other three M boats ran down to the St. Heliers mark and, after getting round, beat out to the channel buoy. Arlins, Atalanta and Mawhiti finished well ahead of Maroro, Manene and Maratea, which had sailed the longer course. Memutu, the other V boat, was last to finish, although she sailed the same course as that by Arline and Atalanta. The Akarana Yacht Club will hold its annual cup day on Saturday, when harbour races will be held for all classes of keel yachts, centreboard and open boats, naval whalers and power boats. A suitable scow has .been secured for flagship and will be moored in Judge's Bay. The keel yachts'will compete for the Commemoration Cup, the mullet boats for the White-Lidgard Cup, the M, V and S classes for the He-o-lin Cup and the 14-footers for the Willetts Memorial inter-club championship and Eliot Davis Cup. The launches will race for the Ailsa Craig Cup. Powers <>! Conference Somo uncertainty seems to have existed as to the precise powers of contest conferences and their relation to the Dominion body, states the annual report of the Mew Zealand Yachting Council. In setting up the latter, it was not intended that the old system of conferences at contests, which did much useful work and provided a valuable opportunity for persona] discussions, should be abandoned and become mere sailing committees. Under the present rules, conferences are held at which, in the case of the Sanders Cup, each competing province is represented by its councillor and one other delegate, and in the case of the Z class Cup, each competing port by one delegate. These conferences have power to discuss any matters pertaining to the contest and make recommendations upon them, subject to the provision that if any alteration of rules is contemplated, prior notice must be given in order that the delegates may he made conversant with the opinions of the body they represent. It may happen that after hearing the subject fully discussed at the conference, a delegate may believe his association or club to be wrong in its view, and provision is, therefore, -made that conference decisions and recommendations must subsequently be voted upon by the provincial bodies comprising the council; this gives an opportunity for revision of opinion. So far as the powers of councillors are concerned, it is definitely the view of the chairman—and he has had occasion to give a ruling to that effect during the year—that their decisions should always be subject to the approval of their associations.

BOWLING NOTES ROTORUA TOURNAMENT MANY AUCKLAND ENTRANTS BV SKIP Owing to the dry spell of weather the playing surfaces) of the bowling greens have upset the calculations of the best players. Interest during the week was centred in the tournament at Kotoruu. 1' or many years the same players .1 re to be found in the Hotorua tourney, which is a tribute to its popularity. The first tournament took place in 1903, and last season's fixture was the first of the series to be abandoned. Over half the entry of fifty-five tea ma is supplied by teams from Auckland clubs. As usual there are some very good combinations contesting the various sections. UlO Auckland Bowling Club's annual Anniversary Day tourney drew the large entry of 3t> teams. The semi-final game on Saturday contested between It Caddy's Grey Lynn team and an Auckland rink skipped by Vincent, Hillsborough, was most keenly contested. Vincent led his team through safely, but he had to withstand a great game by Caddy. The final against another Grey Lynn link in charge of J. F. Hosking will be played 011 Saturday. There appears to be some difference of opinion as to the duties of markers in singles competitions. The laws and regulations governing the matter are explicitly set forth on page 21 of tho book of the laws of the game. Therein it is stated that "the marker shall control the game subject to the umpire." The regulations then proceed to define precisely in what manner and to what extent he shall control tho game. From a careful perusal of the laws it is clear that his duties are purely formal—straightening the jack, seeing that the jack is thrown the requisite distance, marking touchers, keeping an accurate scores tally, removing obstructions, answering questions of fact 011 request by either competitor. From the practical point of competitors the important point (sub sec. 9) is settled very definitely. He shall decide the result of the head, measuring if requested by either player, but shall not remove any bowls until both players arc satisfied. He cannot have greater powers than the umpire, to whom he is expressly subject. The umpire is empowered to settle certain points when called upon and in particular "which two or more bowls are nearer or nearest to the jack after the interested parties are unable to decide."