Boat Harbor Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 606, 27 January 1917, Page 12

Boat Harbor Notes

\ (By "Boathook,") / - _______ The P.N.Y.C. held an interesting series of events on Anniversary Day, and, taking the war and other things into consideration, the committee should feel pleased with the sp »rt that resulted. • # * The first race started at 10.30 a.m. It was a second-class event, an-1 the Rawene, lolanthe, Windward, Venus Viking and Trixie started. Windward had the best of a good start, leading: to Jerringham buoy. The wind being fluky the boats were soon spread out, each after the best slant. .' . # # * It was, soon seen that, bar accidents, Rawene was the winner, Korokaro was rounded by Windward, lolanthe and Rawene m the lead. On the run home Rawene improved her position and won with plenty m hand. This was the most popular win of the day. • * * - The star event, the flrst-class race, was robbed of much interest by the Wairere not being a starter. This left only four boats m: Rona (scr.), Kotiri (scr.), Viola (5 mm.), Atlanta (20 mm.),. The Viola with five minutes start and a great spread of sail was most fancied, i •~• • | Viola got the best of a good start with Kotiri and Rona following and Atlanta well behind. Once round Jerningham, the wind being now well from the west, a great race ensued amongst the leaders to the top buoy. The Rona was the first to round, closely followed by the Kotiri and the Viola. The Atlanta by this time was well out of the race. • • * The run home saw a ding-dong go between Kotiri and Rjma. An exciting finish resulted, the Rona- winning by five seconds. Looking at the finish from Clyde-quay, two seconds seemed to be nearer the mark. Viola, always well within her time, finished third, but won on time allowance. • * ♦ The general handicap m the afternoon was eagerly looked forward to by all the sports. Wfien the handicaps came out the-iace was tipped to be a moral foT a second-class boat; the Venus being most fancied. • • • . These predictions proved to be well founded, for lolanthe landed the nfustard, with Venus second, and Rawene third. • # * > Congratulations to the skipper, of the lolanthe on. winning. Though George is only a youngster m years, he can show plenty of the hard-heads points^ • ■ • • Who sails the Kotiri? If it "is the owner — well, he should look; for someone else to do it. If it is not, well, he should have a smack at it himself, for she was handled very amateurishly on Monday. . . . "*• • • •The only two boats who seem to have an "earthly" m the points aggregate are Rona and Viola- m the first division, and Windward and lolanthe m the second. ' Bar accidents, the firstnamed boats In each class should be the winners — but then," one never knows. •, # • -The P. N. Motor Boat Club was to have held a race on Saturday, but as it was blowing a fresh nor'-wester the event was held ovpr pro tern. • • a One old hand who was watching the racing on Monday got quite excited over the first-class event. He was heard to say that the battle between Rona, Viola and Kotiri equalled anything that he had -seen m the "balmy" (or is it palmy?) days of yachting m Port Nicholson.