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T h e afternoon race for the li C lass started at 3 p .m ., and resulted as follow s:

11. M. s .K ism et, Mr. T . L. T u rketin e .................... 4 'J 49P addy, Mr. Southcott ..................................... 4 18 9T h e T o y, Mr. Spiers H allett ........................ 4 19 59

THE EAST COAST

BURNHAM YACHT CLUBAn interesting series of races took place at Burnham on

Saturday in the 12 ft. International D in gh y C lass, between a team of three m em bers of the Burnham Yacht Club and a team of three m em bers of the R a n elag h S a ilin g Club. T here w ere two races, one in the m orning and one in the afternoon. Both were won by the Burnham representatives, that in the m orning by three points and that in the a fter­noon by nine points. T h e details were as fo llo w -:

Morning RaceIt M. s.

H . W a rw ick Sm ith (R .S .C .) , 1st ............ 12 1 10H. R. G aydon (B .Y .C .) , end .................... 1. 1 20M. Straker ( B .Y .C .) , 3rd ............................. t_ 5 i<>G . Straker ( B .Y .C .) , 4th ............................. 12 10 n>A . Jam es ( R .S .C .) , 5th ................................ 12 10 20C ap t G iles ( R .S .C .) , 6th ............................. 12 2(1 5

Afternoon Race

H . R. Gaydon ( B .Y .C .) , 1st ...................... c 6 25G , Straker ( B .Y .C .) , 2nd ........................... 6 13 .<'>M. Straker ( B .Y .C .) , 3rd ........................... (> 16 31H . W arw ick Sm ith ( R .S .C .) , 4th ....... 6 17 toA. Jam es (R .S .C .) , 5th ......................... (1 21 oCapt. G iles ( R .S .C .) , 6th ............................. 6 37 o

CROUCH YACHT CLUB

T h e club had a spoon competition for their O ne-D esign C lass on Saturday.' 1 he race took place over a new course, the boats going up river and round a m ark moored nearly opposite Canew don Church. T h e starters at 4 .1 5 w ere: E lf, M essrs. L . L ow ry and W . Tow nend; Peter Pan, Mr. A. S. Porter; and Pengw erne, Mr. W . E. Brow n. Peter Pan had the worst of the start, but she won a som ew hat tedious race by nearly half an hour from E lf, as follow s :

H. M. S. H. M. s.Peter Pan Pengwerne .......... 7 34 30

(winner) 6 50 25 Elf r ...................... 7 16 5

WALTON AND FRINTON YACHT CLUB

R acin g took place in a strong northerly breeze on Friday last w eek for the G em dinghies w ith ladies at the helm ancl for the O ne-D esign iS-footers.

In the lad ies’ race the starters w ere: A gate, Miss D . F. Harney; Jasper, Miss V . W ilson; O pal, Miss IL C h adw ick. T h e helm swom en showed great pluck in sailin g their little craft in w eather so boisterous as to necessitate two reefs being hauled down. O pal got into difficulties with the mud and did not finish. Jasper won easily, and A gate w as timed in 13 min. to sec. later.

In the 18-footer class the follow ing boats com peted: D a f­fodil, Mr. R. F. G arnham : B ila n b el, Messrs. J. B. C on ly ami R. H. Palm er; Pierce Eye, Mr. P. Cole; and Cinders, Mr. E. A. W iggin s. T h e order of finish w as : Daffodil first, Cinders second, Pierce E ye third, B ilanbel fourth.

In the race for ladies on Saturday the starters in the Gem D in gh y C lass were A gate . Miss D. F. H a m er ; P ea rl, Miss P. Bacon : Jasper, Miss V . W ilson ; O pal, Miss H. C h ad ­wick : A m ethyst. Miss N. Robinson. Jasper was again first. O pal second, P earl third, A gate fourth, and A m ethyst fifth.

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THE SOLENT

SO LE N T Y A C H T CLUB

T he Solent Y a ch t C lub w ere at home for the 6-metre Inter­national C lass on jffn e I j j but only three boats accepted the invitation, viz., Zenith, T histle, and Reg. A fresh south­w esterly breeze w as blow ing, w hich demanded single reefed m ainsails. T h ey started at noon, and the course w as twice round the B lack R ock, Lym ington Spit, and Solent Banks Buoys. Reg and T histle made a good start, but Zenith was a little too soon for the gun, and the recross cost her over a minute. T h e w ind w as ahead to the first m ark, where Reg w as leading boat. Spinnakers were set to port for a run to the Lvm ington Spit, w here they gybed and had another run to the Solent B an ks. At this m ark R eg w as still leading and Zenith w as alm ost level with T histle. T h ey worked short tacks along the shore, and after a great fight Zenith weathered T histle before the end of the round, where Reg w as leading the second boat bv 3 min. 22 sec. Zenith gained on the leader during the second round, especially in the wind-

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ward w ork, reducing the gap to 1 min. 16 sec. Both Re and Zenith were steered bv their owners, w hile in the absent of Mr, Algernon .Maudslay Thistle had Mr. C laude 11 llap g oo d at the helm. F in ish :

It. M. s . n . M.R eg (w inner) ....... 3 2 26 T histle ...................... 3 1 1 .Zenith (2nd prize). 3 3 42

R O Y A L S O U T H A M P T O N Y A C H T CLUB

T h e Royal Southam pton Y ach t C lub were favoured wit glorious w eather for their opening regatta, held at H ythe > Saturday. T h ere was very little wind at the start, and tl first rounds were sailed in fluky airs that cam e from all rout the compass, resulting in a number of flukes. Zenith b. a stroke of bad luck in going ashore w hen leading at the er of the first round, while T histle lost third position earlier the race from the same cause. A w elcom e w esterly hiee filled in for the final rounds and brought the boats hon much earlier than w as expected. D etails :

Race for 6-metre International C lass. Start 12.45 P-1 C ourse, twice round Greenland and D etin ’s L ake Buoys

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line. T he s ta r te rs w ere R eg, S ir R alph St. G . G ore; Avesha. C om m ander R a tsey ; Z en ith . Mr. [. L. L ew is; Thistle^ L.tdv Baird; Rose, Mr. F . A. R ich a rd s ; Bettv, M essrs fi H aldstein and Colin N ew m an.the s ta rt, there was down the tide under

I.hey hedged on the line for p ick of the s ta rt, but

as they ran and reached patchy a irs , w ith a useful

...... .............. T hey hauled round the leew ard um e, the following o rd e r: Z enith , Rose, T h istle . Bettv, V . . and Re1'. I t w as a long journey tu rn in g to the D e a n ’s I >1.< Buoy, and Ayesha lost a lot of tim e ashore oil N etlev, w hile Reg W orked in to fourth place. At th is m ark the wind began to Increase, giving them a bent back to the line. 1 h is tlr, which was sailing a good th ird , touched the mud and w.i« passed bv both R eg and B etty . N ear H ythe P ier Zenith

leading, also w ent aground and pu t herself out of Rose w as leading Reg at the end of the first round

but R eg passed her early in the final fap, |ust■ ' , steady w esterly breeze, and

in good tim e. Finish :

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Ten scored her first victory at th e W hit M onday reg a tta , a resu lt which proved conclusively th a t, when well handled . 3* W ee Ten undoubtedly’ was, she is as likely a w inner as other boat. H er m aiden «urr<> w., tr ib o " to C - sfc •_ Mr I f - ’tn NT# m an, p c ' t o r x - - .f■’b ’ 1 ‘

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m g riioi n 6 mm. inLowein’s Lily, which had to allow the form er 3 min. R ow sell's Bonito II. was disqualified. Pi '. ' _.oM aid M arton (w inner), 8 hr. 6 min. 34 sec. ; Lily, 2nd, 8 hr. 12 min. 32 sec.

t r e r e j b r M r H * H ro o e , ►<*•* -.b .rp ’i.l if ird after going 'he

j„ . k bv Mr C hnM opherp ia im , ob ta ined the lead , and after being n earlv front of Mr. Jam es D am ant s Bonzo at the end

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was disqualified. F in ish in g tim es:

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Race for X C lass. S ta r t 1.0 p a n . S tepaside, Jem im a, and C oquette were first aw ay, w hile G reysteel and Ayl’e were about an hour g e tting across the line.’ R esult ;

Stepaside, Colonel C arev (w inner) ............ 3 31 20Coquette, Mr. H . Brickw ood (2nd) ... 3 p 44Greysteel, Mr. H . S. M ontgom erie (3rd) 3 ;8 22Jem im a, Mr. L eslie W ilson .................. 3 38 48Avle, Mrs. H eyw orth D avis ......................... 3 39 21

Race for 14-ft. D inghy C lass. S ta r t 1.30 p .m . Six of this class journeyed from Cow es and put up a very good race, with the following resu lt. W in n e rs ’ tim es:

EAST COWES SAILINC CLUB

R acing was resum ed by th is club on the 12th inst., in a fresh south-w esterly breeze. T he s ta rte rs in the 14-ft. N a tio n a l D inghy C lass w ere Mr. T. C. R atsev’s Jack R abbit, Mr. J. C. W . D a m a n t's Bonzo, Mr. H. S. S a u n d e r’s P apyrus, Mr. B. L. A tkey’s L a u ra IV ., ML G. W. M arv in ’s P u ssy ­foot, Mr. Colin R a tsey ’s Joy, Dr. T u c k c tt’s Io, and Mr. H. H o u se’s Zev.

P ap y ru s held the lead for some tim e, bu t was eventually overtaken by Zev, who won a keen race by 27 sec. Jack R abb it and L aura IV. gave up. F in ish ing tim es: Zev (win­ner), 8 hr. 7 m in. 8 sec. ; P ap y ru s , 2nd, 8 hr. 7 min. 35 sec. : Io, 3rd , 8 hr. io min. 2 sec. ; Joy, 8 hr. 11 min. 55 sec. ; Bonzo, 8 hr. 12 min. 45 sec. ; Pussyfoot, 8 hr. 13 m in. 45 sec. T he S m all C ru isers H an d icap was sa iled in two sections. T h a t for the A C lass was well won by Mr. G. F ish e r’s M ina, C orrected fin ishing tim es : M ina (14 m in.), w inner, 8 hr. 6 m in .; Mr. E ric W hite 's Buzz (15 m in.), 8 hr. 7 min. 54 s e c .; Mr. T . W. A dam s’s M aid M arion (10 m in.), 8 hr.9 min. 20 sec. ; Mr. W. Fox's Bonito II. (scratch), 8 hr.10 m in. iS sec. ; Mr. W . R ow sell’s L assie (14 m in.), 8 hr. 19 m in. 18 sec. T he re su lt in B C lass w as: Air D ex te r’s K ath leen (10 min. 30 sec.), w inner (8 hr. o min. 2 sec.) ; Mr, O a tle v ’s N cre N uff (4 m in. 30 rec.). 8 hr. 2 min. 55 sec. ; Mr. W . P a rso n s 's H ydroplough (scratch), 8 hr. 6 min. 3 0 sec. Mr. P ric k e tt 's K itten gave up.

Papyrus, Mr. H. S. S aunders (1st) ............ 3 42 19Bonzo, Mr. J. C. W . D am an t (2nd) ... 3 42 25Pussyfoot, Mr. G. M arvin, jun . (3rd) ....... 3 43 4

Race for cru isers not exceeding 25 tons. S ta r t 1.45 p.m .< nurse 13J miles. R ad ian t, M ajor .F. St. J H ughes, w as at scratch, and allowed W estra , F lig h t-L iru t. E . J. B urling , 13 min. 30 sec.. Spica, F ligh t Officer B ond, 21 m in. 15 sec., ti'-ncsta, F light L ieut. Bailey, 27 m in ., C aroline, F light Officer Russel, 40 m in. 30 sec. T he handicap w orked out very well considering the fluky n a tu re of the w ind, and gave the following resu lt. C orrected tim es :

YA RM O UTH SA ILINC CLUB

Seven sta rted in the race on the 12th inst. at Y arm outh , IAV. Mr. FL G. R eyno lds 's Judv led th ro u g h o u t and won well on the hand icap , Mr. G. G. C lea ry 's Seafowl being second, and Mr. S. S m ith ’s Jean th ird .

Radiant (w inner) 4W e-tra (2nd) ....... 4Npica (3rd) ....... 4

11 45 G enesta12 35 C aroline15 20

.................. 4 19 35............ 4 22 3

ISLAND SA IL INC CLUB

1 he promise of cap ita l sport by the 14-ft. N ational Dinghy Class, sta rted last season by the Is lan d S ailing C lub, • owes, is being am ply fulfilled. N ine boats a re now out, and at lca<t two m ore are expected. T h u s far the honours have been fairly and equa lly divided. T he synd ica te 's W ee

BEMBR1DCE SAILING CLUB

A t th is c lu b ’s rac in g las t week the R edw ings sailed for the W ilson C up, the w inner be ing Mrs. H ugh C ollins's F o r­tu n a , C ap ta in A. W estm aco tt be ing second and Miss Coch­ra n e ’s Jean ie th ird . A club boat's race on S a tu rd ay was sa iled in two hea ts , the w inners be ing Miss C. Bloxsome and M iss R. C ockburn . Two heats were also sailed on M on­day, the w inners being Miss Jean C ochrane and S ir E gerton H am ond-G raem e.

HAM BLE R IVER SAILING CLUB

T he eigh t Sunbeam s were a fine sight on S a tu rday as they crossed the line well together. C learing the river, Joy took the lead with W him sey, Saucy Sally , and M ary in close at-