YACHTING.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 14, 6 April 1910, Page 9

YACHTING.

North Shore Yacht Club. The North Shore Yacht Club held an interesting race on Saturday afternoon, the event being a re-sail of Class 11. There was a very ••fluky’’ breeze from about north-north-east blowing during the progress of the race, at times being a fairly strong breeze, then dropping, and 'then increasing, but never throughout the race wa« it what one could call even a fairly even wind. Mr. 8. White, one of the enthusiasts of the club, was the officer of the day, and, as usual, carried out his duties in a most painstaking manner, bis time-keeping being most accurate. The entries, and handicaps were:—• Eulalie scratch, Rhona 2m, Peri 2m, Alexa 6m, Pandora 7m, Tangaroa Bm, Encounter 15m. Course: From off Victoria wharf, Devonport, round first buoy round North Head, thence round mark boat off Hobson Bay, thence round hulk Defiance off Shoal Bay, thence inside buoy off Calliope Dock, finishing at starting-line; twice round. Distance, 13 miles. A fairly even start was effected at 2.35 p.m., the breeze being very light at the time from about north-north-east. Alexa was first away, followed by Rhona (the latter a long way to leeward), Pandora, Peri, and Tangaroa, there only being a few seconds between the boats. Eulalie was engaged in another race, ami did not start, and Encounter, owing to the accident t<s her keel at Waiheke during the Easter holidays, was also an absentee. After the start, the yachts lead across to the southern shore, bitt Tangaroa was the first to go about, evidently in order to escape, the strong ebb tide, and, getting the advantage of Peri, looked as if she was going to work up into a good positron. The man in charge, however, made a mistake by “coming about’’ a bit sooner than he should have done, wi’th the result that the yacht “broke off” a lot, and lost a great deal of ground thereby. The wind was of the most tantalising character all the time down, and the yachts rounded the North Head in the following order:—Alexa, Rhona, Peri, Tangaroa, and Pandora. At this stage of the race the wind increased somewhat, and as the yachts returned after rounding the buoy round the North Head, and, conring along with a favourable breeze, Tangaroa bad worked up mt© third, place, whilst Peri was relegated to the position of ’’the stern-chaser. ’* Before Um wind, Alexa made the pace very strong, afl also did Tangaroa and Kltom*; but Tangaroa would have done much better If she had lowered her lending jib. a fa«*t which jjer crew were pretty slow in finding out. Ike breeze just suited Rhona, ami she, puked up a lot on Alexa, and Peri also made up sonic of her lomt ground. Pandora and Tangaroa hanging close together. Qp

*the firat round, passing the starting line, Rhona was first, and well to windward. Peri being a few seconds behind, Alexa having loet a lot on the beat down the harbour, being ©ver 2 minutes behind Rhona. I* the second round the breeze was very uneven, but Rhona maintained her lead, with Peri next, followed by Alexa, Pandora, and Tangaroa, in that order, the latter being 8 minutes behind the leader; the breeze then freshening again. Rounding the mark off Hobson Bay, there was only a little more than a minute’s difference between Rhona and. Peri, about 2s between Pandora and Alexa, whilst Tangaroa had picked up about 3 minutes lost on the first round. The finishing times were—Rhona, 5h 3Bm 2fih; Peri, 5h 31 in 21s; Pandora, 5h 36m 58s; Alexa, 5h 37m 555; Tangaroa, 5h 39m 525. Ou corrected times, the result is:—Rhona, 1; Peri, 2; Pandora, 3; Tangaroa, 4; Alexa. 5.

Victoria Cruising Clnb. The Victoria Crnising Club held class races on Saturday afternoon, which proved very interesting, especially as some of the finishes were extremely close. The wind was light and fluky, from about north-north-east, during the races. The following are the details:— Class I.—Entries and handicaps: Sadie scr., Cyrona ser., Calypso 2Am, Emerald 2|m, Glady sm, Marti 7m, Lina 12m. The course was from north side of flagship, off Freeman’s Bay, round mark off Hobsonstreet wharf, round hulk Defiance, round mark off Chelsea, back round the Defiance, thence round flagship, round Defiance, them e round mark off Hobson-street wharf, finishing north side of flagship. The finishing times were: Sadie, 4h 49m 14s; Emerald, 4h 57m 6s; Maru, 4h 58m 465; Glady, 411 59m 395. The corrected times place Sadie first, Marti second, and Emerald third. Class ll.—Entries and handicaps: Miro scratch, Eulalie 4m, Eoua Bm, Valdora Bm, Rose 11m, Konini 17m. Course: Same as Class I. Miro was away first, and led the others all over the course. The finishing times were:—Miro, 411 25m 525; Eulalie, 4h 27m ss; Valdora, 4h 33m 445; Eona, 4h 35m 17s; Konini, 4h 39m 41s; Rose, 4h 42m 265. The corrected times place Konini first, Eulalie second, and Valdora third. Class Hl.—Entries and Handicaps; Venus scratch, Mowai scratch. Hetty lAm, lola 3m, Hilda 3m, Acacia 4m. Course: From north side of flagship, round mark off Hobson-street wharf, round Defiance, round mark off Chelsea, round Defiance, round mark off Hobson-street wharf, finishing north side of flagship. The finishing times were: Acacia, 4h 26m 13s; Mowai, 411 26m 575; Venus, 4h 27m ss; Hetty, 4h 31m 425; Hilda, 4h 31m 50s; lola, 4h 34m 14s. On time allowance, Acacia is first, Mowai. second, and Venus 'third. Class IV.—Entries and handicaps: Sceptre scratch. Mistral scratch, Decima Im, Marc 4m, Fairy Belle 6m, Countess 13m. The course was the same as Class HI. This was an excellent start, all the competing boats crossing the line practically together. The finishing times were: Sceptre, 4h 24in 40s; Mistral, 4h 25m 465; Deeiina, 4h 32m; Maro, 4h 32m 365; Fairy Belle, 4h 34m 38s; Countess, 411 45m 4s. On corrected times, Sceptre is first, Mistral second, and Maro third. Maiinkan Yacht Club. The Manukan Yacht and Motor Boat Club sailed off another race on Saturday afternoon. Five boats started, and the Heather (Rushbrook Bros.), Bm, came in first, winning by 24m from Anahera (Pollan), scratch, with Manola third. The Anahera, in rounding the half-way buoy, fouled it, and may possibly lose her place on this account.