YACHTSMEN WELCOME DAYLIGHT SAVING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 12

YACHTSMEN WELCOME DAYLIGHT SAVING

Yachtsmen, in common with sportsmen of every kind, are making no secret of their gratification that Mr. T. K. Sidey’s Daylight Saving Bill has at last become law. On every hand are heard expressions of delight at the prospect of the extra hour of daylight for cruising or returning home after the race. The general opinion does not favour any clock alteration to starting times of harbour races, or of lengthening the courses. With the extra hour of light crews will be able to moor their craft, stowing gear, and be home in time for tea

—given an average breeze, instead of arriving back long after dark. Owners to whom cruising appeals will also be glad of the extra daylight, which means an additional eight or ten miles or more, according to wind and tides. Craft which hitherto have not been able to venture far on Saturday afternoons will be able to sail as far as Kawau, Waiwera and Te Kumi. before the breeze dies away at sunset.

RICHMOND’S FIXTURES There will be a meeting of the Richmond Cruising Club this evening to decide, among other things, the number of fixtures it is proposed to aim at during the new season. This, of course, will be fixed finally by the A.Y. and M.B.A. when it allots the sailing dates to the various clubs, but Richmond will ask, most probably, for the same number of days ah last year—five—i.e., opening and final da s (combined), and three other Saturdays, including the club’s regatta clay. Har-dicappers, starters, time-keep-ers ar.d other officials will also be appointed at the meeting.