YACHTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20901, 16 December 1929, Page 9

YACHTING.

VAUXHALL CLUB RACES. The Vauxhall Yacht Club races were held on Saturday in perfect sailing conditions. In the race for yachts 12ft Bin and under, Colleen, Pupuke, Suzette, Sibmax, and Frolic were sent away to a fairly even start, Suzette leading the fleet by a narrow margin. All crews attempted to set spinnakers on the lead to the buoy off the stone wall, but trouble was experienced as the wind was fair on the quarter. The rounding times at the buoy off the stone wall were:— Suzette, 3hr 56min. Pupuki, 3hr 56min 30sec. Colleen, 3hr 57min. Frolic, 3hr 67min IBsec. Sigmax, 3hr 68min 40seo. On the run to the castle beacon Pupuki was the first to break out her spinnaker, the other crews losing some time in the change over. The run to the castle beacon was completed without any change taking place in the position of the boats, the rounding times being as follow: Suzette, 4hr 14min 15sec. Pupuki, 4hr 14min 55sec. Colleen, 3hr 16min 30sec. Frolic, 4hr 19min 20sec, Sigmax, 4hr 19min 20sec. On the lead to the finishing line Suzette increased her advantage, Pupuki lying becalmed for some time. The other boats were a long way astern, and the ; finishing times were as follow: Suzette, 4hj 35min 20sec. Pupuki, 4hr 38min 30sec. Colleen, 4hr 40min lOsec. Frolic, 4hr 41min 25sec. Sigmax, 4hr 46min 20sec. . 1 Three boats—Squib, Felix, and Starlight—competed in the race for the 18ft and over 12ft 6in class. The boats were sent away at 3 p.m. Squib was first over the line, being closely followed by Starlight and Felix in that order. On the lead to the buoy off Belcher wall Squib left the other boats further astern, and rounded the buoy with a substantial lead. On the heat to the castle beacon, however, Starlight passed Squib, rounding the mark with six seconds to spare. Squib again took tht lead on the beat home, and won by two minutes. The finishing times were as follow: Squib, 3h 36min. Starlight, 3h 38min. Felix, 3h 40min. The two outboard races were run off strictly to time, the results being as follow : First race: Firefly 1, Dulcet 2. Second race: Static 1, Firefly 2. ! The Burkes-St. Leonards Aquatic Club | held a series of races on Saturday after- ' n on under very favourable conditions, i The wind was light from the south east, I and the yachts made a very spectacular [ showing. I Ton yachts competed in the All-comers’ i Race. The boats were sent away to a splendid start, the 14-footer Eileen being first over the line, the remainder being divided by seconds. After rounding the beacon off Curie’s Point the Eileen hung to the wall, and in the light wind was easily holding her own with the Dawn, which was closely followed by Vera and Irex. Unfortunately the wind fell away, and progress was slow against the strong ebb tide. Early in the second round Dawn took the lead, which she held to the finish. The following are the results:— Vera (smin 30sec), Ih Iflmin Isec .. 1 Eileen (6min 30sec), Ih lOmin 46sec 2 Dawn (scr), Ih 20min 14sec .. .. 3 Also started: Miti, Irex, Shadow Heather, Minnow, Lassie, May. Four boats started in the race for motor launches, the final being very close, the event resulting:— Sylvia (Imin 20see) 1 Islay (scr) 2 Also started; Ugie and Pakeha. Speed Launches.—Miss Bruce (scr) 1, Argo (2min 20sec) 2, ,st (36scc) 3. Model Yachts.—Mr Isbister’s Romp 1, Mr L. L. Hayward’s Rakiura 2. Eight models competed. OAT RACES AT TOMAHAWK. Schoolboys’ boat races were held at Tomahawk Lagoon on Saturday morning, and after some spirited rowing resulted as follows: —First heat (eight starters) —R. Mathias 1, A. Kydd 2, A. Wilson 3. Second heat (eight starters) —Hankins 1, Winefield 2, Donaldson 3. Pinal: A. Kydd (Tomahawk School) 1, R. Mathias (Tomahawk School) 2, Donaldson (High Street School) 3.