Yachting Now An Official Tournament Sport

This year yachting becomes an official tournament sport, and the V.U.W. Yacht Club hopes to celebrate the occasion by making the yachting at Easter a truly memorable event. The races will be sailed on the Paremata Harbour in conjunction with the annual Paremata Easter Regatta, the largest four-day regatta in New Zealand, attracting about 150 boats of all classes.

Idle Along class yachts will be used for Tournament. These are two-man boats in light or moderate breeze, but require a crew of three in heavy weather. Crews are entered from Auckland, Victoria, Canterbury, Otago and Massey, the last being a newcomer to the sport. Boats are changed for each race so that five races will be necessary to give the crews a turn in each boat. Two races will be held on Saturday, one on Sunday morning, and two on Monday. The University craft may easily be distinguished from other regatta boats by a large "U" on the mainsail as well as the normal "I" class symbol.

The crew from Victoria: T. Brandon (skipper), R. Moody and E. Slyfield (crew).