YACHTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12394, 2 July 1902, Page 3

YACHTING.

Tlie Otago Yacht ' Club's .intiual social takes place in .the Victoria Hall on Wednesday. ovenin" next, July 9. An energetic committee has the function in hand, which promises to bo as successful as tlie previous social gatherings of this club. A feature of the proceedings will be the presentation of prizes won during the past season to I In l successful competitors. In tho list of yachts removed from "Lloyd's Yacht Register for 1902" the most notable names are those of the big schooner. Arindno, formerly tho Boadicca, whicli was wrecked off the coast of Timaru last year; the Fife cutter, Calluna. built- the same vcar

as Valkyrie 11, 'Bi.'tannia,. anil Satnnita, which has been broke/i up; and the unsuccessful America Cup chi'lotiger, Valkyrie HI, which has also pa:se<l through the yaclit ( breaker's hands.The number of .yachts of 10 tons and upwards built or mlildingr in tjfc united Kingdom in 1902 up to date is ,« steam yaclils/.. totalling: 8323 tone.- and S-b eaiurjp yachts, aggregating 1974- tons. The idvreaso in numbers and toiuiago of new <&ani yachts ovor the corresponding period of last year is very considerable. but in tho maifcer of tailing vessels l the numbers of yachts • built are identical,' though the tonnage, shows only' a slight increase. A cable message was received Inst week stating that Messrs F. and C. H. Lasts cutter Viera-had won a Coronation Cup proscnted'by Mr Alfred Gollin, cnaimodoro of the Eoyal Yacht C,'ub of Victoria. Tho cup is valued at £50. and tho raeo was sailed under tho auspices of tho Royal Thames Club, of which Mr Gollin is an. honorary member. The Viera is a 3/-ton cutter, and was built by Messrs Fife and Sons, the well-known builders of Fairlie. There arc also thvco other Coronation Cups to bo sailed for under the auspices of English clubs during the season presented by Australian yachtsmen.