The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-08 00:00:00

THE ROYAL ALBERT YACHT CLUB.

PORTSMOUTH, Acors? 7.

The regatta of the Royal Albert Yacht Club was
resumed to-day, but the wind oontinned to blow so strong
from the W.B.W. that only me prise was sailed for. The
rowing and sailing prises offered by the committee of the
Portsmouth and Southees Regatta were not competed for,
a postponement until the weather moderates having bees
very properly decided upon.
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The prize sailed fer to-day was the Albert Cup d the
value of 50 guineas, presented by the dab, for cutters el
38 tons and under 80 tons, the course being from a shirting
vessel moored off Southsea beech, round the Warner light
ship, then round the S.E. buoy of the middle in the Wes!
Channel, returning to the starting vessel after rounding
the Spit buoy ; three times round. Five yachts were
entered for the race, viz. :

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45 Admfral French.
Vanguard BO captain Hughes.
The vessels slipped their moorings about half-peal
twelve o'clock , and immediately tacked round towards the
Warner light ship, having a splendid bream on the star-
board quarter. The Sphinx got round first and obtained a
good lead, followed by the Dione, Vanguard, and Chris-
tabel in the order named ; the Fiona, trioi to the
time occupied in getting her head being
considerably in the rear. They maintained their
relative positions with but little 'hinge to the
Warner, the Sphinx having hauled up to the wind-
ward of her opponents, and shaped their course westward
in the midst of a heavy sea, with clouds of spray beating
over their bows, and the smaller vessels appeared at times
to be almost buried by the sea. The Fiona,lhowever, soon
regained the ground she had lost, and took the second
place, the Vanguard also beading the Dione ; and on
rounding the ting-boat off Bentham beach the filet time
they were timed as follows :—Sphinx, 2 h. 4 min. 45 secs.;
Fiona, 2h. 5 min. 4 seta; Vanguanl, 2 h. 8 min. NI secs.;
Diane 2h. 22 min. 26 sees. The Christebal was con-
siderably in the rear, and she therefore gave up
the contest, and went into Portsmouth harbour. This
order was maintained throughout the second round,
the two leading vessels slightly drawing upon those
in the rear, and on again completing the course the
Sphinx was only about 34 seconds ahead of the Fiona, the
former being timed at 3 h. 58 min. 36 MKS, and the latter
3b. 59 min. 10 secs. The Vanguard passed at 4h. 9 min.,
and the Dione at 4 h. 11 min. 50 secs., and both these
yachts then retired from the contest On running be-
tween the Warner and the Noonan shoal for the third
time, the Sphinx drew ahead of her only remaining com-
petitor, and the FiODA, apparently thinking her chance
of success gone, shaped her course for Portsmouth, leaving
the Sphinx to complete the course alone. She arrived off
the starting vessel about 5.45.
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining accurate in-
formation respecting the schooner match round the
Isle of Wight yesterday, it was stated that the Witch-
craft, having carried away her foretopmsst, re-
turned to Portsmouth harbour early in the race. It was,
however, the Madcap that abandoned the contest as the
yachts were proceeding down the Solent. The Witchcraft
continued the race through the Needles and as far as
Dunnose, when, having carried away her maintopmast,
and a serious accident having occurred to one of her crew,
she gave up the race and shaped her course for Hyde, her
chance of *nooses against the Bluebell and Glorians
having become hopeless.

Yachts.
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Fiona .
Sphinx
Mae .