The above club's second regatta of the sea son which took place at Siking on Sunday can scarcely be regarded as an unqualified success. This only from a racing point of view. If looked at in the light of a swimming competition or instruction in life-saving nothing could have been more successful. The day was not a beautiful one; at 6 a.m. it was raining gently with a good deal of wind and whenever the wind slackened at all it poured, which by the way did not often happen during the morning. At 11 am. when the first race started it was blowing several capfuls as the sailor-men have it, and all the boats had as many reefs down as they could and prayed for more. The Afona and Cheeper had already. distinguished, or rather extinguished themselves, by smashing their rudders so that they were out of it. At the first gun the boats came up to scratch: Snippet, Glance, Snark, Swan and Mary Jane, and their manceuvres afforded a lange amount of interest to the spectators on shore. At the second gun they were off and then the swimming began. The Snippet took the floor by gracefully capsizing in the middle of the reach throwing its two occupants in the water, and immediately afterwards over went the Snark with further swimming events, Then the life-saving began and the race was abandoned, which was just as well as it was only a mere question of time before the rest went over too. This race~ was the first of three for the Hongkong Visitors' Cup and will be resailed at the. next regatta, The next race was for the Dabchick, and it was started at 4 p.m. in a.
ig rain, 'a howling blast and a sky ominous' gloom." This proved more success ful than the morning's race. It was quite ten minutes before the first boat. capsized. This was the Afona with the Vice-Commodore on board and then the event of the day happened. There is a largo sailing sampan called the Sten, which holds several men. There were four in. ithe boat for this race for ballast, three of them noted yachtsmen, They proceeded to the rescue of the Mona and in so doing upset themselves,. How it Thappened no one knows. They are still discussing and the evidence is decidedly conflicting. However the great point is they went over and the survivors who hada'e gone over had the pleasing prospect of seeing six men in the water all very wet. The Mary Jane, who by the way was. handled by her skipper in a most seamanlike manner, then came to the rescue and the handicapper was hauled on board. The rest preferred to remain by their ships. and gallantly they stuck to them having about an hour in the creek before they baled them out. It is needless to say this. race was abandoned too, and all the Club. can hope for now is a better and finer: sailing day so that they can get the two events.off.
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