AQUATICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 14 May 1908, Page 9

AQUATICS.

The week-end cruise on Saturday and Sunday proved the reverse of pleasant. Very heavy rain fell on Saturday, while the next day, although the sky had cleared, the wind piped up hard and strong from the south, a cold blast indeed. Under the circumstances it was somewhat exasperating to find Monday a perfect autumn day.

In the annual eight-oar race between the States of the Commonwealth, which took place in Melbourne on Saturday, the N.S.W. crew led all the way and won by a length and a-quarter. This is the first time for years the Light Blues have been victorious, the Victorians having won it with somewhat monotonous regularity. Jack, of Tasmania, easily accounted for the sculling championship.

The N.Z. Power Boat Association will hold a social evening and prize night on June 5.

Mr. O’Brien, of Waiheke, is having a 24ft launch built at Logan Bros.’ yards. The new boat, which is now being planked up, will be fitted with a 4 h.p. Standard motor. The power boat the Logans have built for Rangitikei has been shipped south. In a trial the 18 h.p. Wolseley engine started easily and ran very smoothly. ♦ * • • The end of the season is now at hand, and yachts are being hauled up on most of the beaches. Wairere, Thistle, Daphne, Mohawk, Mignonette and several launches are now in winter quarters at Devonport. S 4> « 9 Mr. Stribley’s 24-footer Pastime has been sold, and she is being equipped with a motor. When ready she will join the fishing fleet. The Auckland Rowing Club, the oldest of its kind in Auckland, held its annual smoker and prize night last evening. No less than 23 sets of prizes were presented. « V * A The famous yacht which the English people presented to Garibaldi has just been delivered to shipbreakers at Ancona. Garibaldi had to part with it in his latter years and Queen Margherita of Italy bought it to save it from destruction. It was then given to the navy, and is now but a hulk. A fine type of power cruiser is the motor yacht Trident, which has been designed by Mr. A. Westmacott, and is being built by Messrs. Woodnutt and Co., at St. Helens, Isle of Wight. She is 77ft long overall and 70ft 6in on the waterline, 13ft lOin in extreme beam, and Bft in depth. Her draught is sft 4in, and her tonnage 64. The machinery consists of a triple set of 40 h.p. petroleum motors, driving three propellers. These motors are of the four-cylinder four-stroke type, with 5% in bore and 6in stroke, running at 700 revolutions per minute, and are fitted with Westmacott’s patent vaporisers and Woodnutt patent reverse gears. With full power the speed is 11 knots, with two motors running it is 9% knots, and with only one motor running it is 7 knots. Taking the maximum consumption of the motors at .65 of a pint per horsepower per hour, the cruising distance of one motor is 1240 nautical miles, on two motors 780 miles, and at full power 610 miles. The centre motor also drives a dynamo for electric light.