YACHTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22864, 20 October 1937, Page 22

YACHTING

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION ALLOTMENT OF FIXTURES The racing dates for the 1937-38 yachting .season in Auckland were allotted to the-various clubs at the annual meeting of the Auckland Yacht and Motor-Boat Association last evening. The > season will be officially opened on November 20 arul, with the exception of the Royal Xew Zealand Yacht Squadron, which will hold a general handicap for keel yachts and class M, all the other 'clubs will hold combined harbour and cruising l races. The report, a summary of which appeared in the Herald on October 7. was adopted. The statement of accounts showed a credit balance. The election of officers resulted as follows: —Chairman, Mr. C. H. T. Palmer; viceehnirman, Mr. M. K. Draffin; honorary secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. J. Collings; nuditor, Mr. B. W. Beaumont; measurers for X class, Messrs. E. J. Kelly and A. V. Tyre; mullet boats, Mr. G. S. Miller; honorary solicitor, the Hon. John Alexander, M.L.C.; starter, Mr. E. Culhanc; assistants, Messrs. G. S. Miller, G. E.' Laycock and W. Claridge; timekeepers, Messrs. O. Johnson and G. E. Laycock; recorders, Messrs. A. J. Collings, W. Jackson and T. McKnight; judge, harbour races, *Mr.'.G. S. Miller, cruising races. Mr. E. J. Kelly; sailing committee, officers of the day and Mfessrs. H. J. C. Georce and E. Edgecumbe. The Heme Bay Sailing Club was granted affiliation. l?aeing dates were allotted as follows: November o.—Tamaki Yacht Club, M and V class teams' race; Takapuna Boating Club, Cornwell Cup trials. November 13, —Richmond Cruising Club race for 1 wft and under classes; Takapuna Boating Club. Cornwell Cup trials; Point Chevalier Sailing Club,. cruising race. November 20. —Official opening of • the soasori; cruising and harbour races, all clubs. November 27. —Otahnhu Sailing Club, races for ull classes; Takapuna Boating Club, Cornwell Cup trials; Tamaki Yacht Club, races for all classes. December 4.—Roynl Akarana Yacht Club, cruising and harbour races. December 11.—Richmond and Ponsonby Cruising Clubs, combined harbour and cruising races; J loyal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, harbour races for' first and second division yachts and M class. December IS. —Takapuna Boating Club, Cornwell Cup trials. December 25. —Royal Akarana Yacht Club, cruising race for V class. January S.—Victoria Cruising Club, enp day, races for all classes, combined with Devoliport Yacht Club for classes H, L and N. January 14. —Royal Akarana Yacht Club, start of ocean race for Balokovic Cup. January 15.—Tamaki Yacht Club, annual regatta. January 122.—Ponsonby Cruising Club, contest for Lipton CVp and harbour races; Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, harbour race for first, second and third divisions, and M class.

January 20. —Auckland Anniversary Regatta. I February !">. —Ttoyal New Zealand Yacht. I Squadron, harbour races for first, second ! and third division yachts and M class; Northcote and Birkenhead regatta. February —Richmond Cruising Club's annual regatta; ' Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's week-end regatta. February 10. — Royal Aknrnn.i Yacht Cluli's annual regatta; Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's race for M class. February 20.—Victoria Cruising Club's regatta; Royal New Zealand yacht squadron's race to Te Koura and race for M class. March •">, —Ponsonby Cruising Club, annual regatta: Devonport Yacht Club, cruising race for keel yachts. March 12. —Takanuna Boating Club, annual regatta; Royal/ New Zealand Yacht Squadron, cruising races for keel yachts, harbour races for M class. March to.—Devonport Yacht Club, annual regatta, all classes. March 20 -Richmond Cruis'ng Club and Takapuna Boating Club, combined harbour and cruising races. April 2. —Royal Akarana Yacht Club and Tamaki Yacht Club, combined fruis'ng races for keel yachts and L and V classes; harbour races for T, X. Y and Z classes. April o.—Victoria Cruising Club, harbour and cruising races. April 2.l.—Official closing of the season, combined harbour and cruising races. The Manukau Yacht and Motor-Boat Club was allotted November 13 for its official opening day and February 5 for its annual regatta and championship.