Picton · Open-boat handicapBritannia wins twice. Tara shares the corrected gap.
Britannia takes the first recorded ASN line and handicap honours in the Picton Open-Boat Handicap. Tara finishes five minutes behind on the line; its five-minute replay allowance brings the two boats level on corrected gap. Britannia is placed first under the adopted finish-tie convention. The equal corrected gap remains in the record.
Merlin takes third in both tables. All six boats finish. The double victory puts Britannia at the head of Picton’s opening sailing ledger, while Tara’s equal corrected gap is the detail that gives this result its character.
Lyttelton · First-class yachtsYvonne leads the line; Thelma owns the handicap.
Yvonne crosses first, with Mascotte next and Thelma - Dunedin third in the ASN replay. Yvonne’s line advantage over Mascotte is about 1:09 under the uncalibrated timing convention. Thelma finishes about 1:43 behind Yvonne on the line.
The handicap table changes the verdict. Thelma - Dunedin’s allowance lifts it to first on corrected gap, ahead of Yvonne and Onawe. Two boats therefore enter Lyttelton’s first recorded ASN sailing honours: Yvonne for the line and Thelma - Dunedin for the handicap.
Waiheke · Yacht handicapRainbow crosses first. Aorere takes the prize on handicap.
Rainbow leads ten finishers over the line in the opening ASN Waiheke Yacht Handicap. Aorere is second, about 43 replay seconds behind; Thelma - Auckland follows in third. All ten complete the race.
Aorere’s allowance moves it ahead on corrected gap. Rainbow remains the line winner, and Aorere becomes the first recorded ASN handicap winner in this event. The archive preserves both honours without counting the two tables as separate races.
