The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

AQUATICS,

THE ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.

The first of the series of yachting regattas announced for
this week took place yesterday amongst the second and
third class yachts of this club, for prizes in plate of the
value of £3O and £lO for the former, and of £2O and £3 for
the latter, and the following contended :

Second Class.
Yachts. Tone. Owners.
Octoroon
Dione ..

Folly
Vampire 2O .. Capt, Cammick.
Dudu .. 15 .. Capts. Baldock and Rudge.
Alexandra

Third Class.
Algerine lO ~ Mr F. Roseman.
Vision .. 8 .. Mr G. Harrison.
Colleen 8awn........ 10 .. Mr H, Aubrey.

The course sailed in the second class was from Erith to
South•end pier and back, with a time allowance of half a
minute per ton ; and in the third class from Erith to the
Chapman Head and back; time, a minute per ton.

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The wind at starting was Sal., a nice topsail breeze, but
it veered, towards flood, more to the eastward, and then
southwarded a great deal.
The Qusen of the Thames, ably commanded by Captain
Mills, who gave an excellent view of the race throughout,
and well provisioned by Mr Ducking, the superintendent
of the Alma packets, accompanied the race with a large
and fashionable party, and proceeded direct to Erith, where
the yachts were in readiness.

At 11.27 the commodore. Mr Arcedeckne, gave the sig-
nal to get in readiness, and at 11h. 32m. to start, They
were all very smart and away at the same moment, canting
to the northward without loss of time. The yachts were in
the rows, the third class line being rather lower than the
others. Of the second class the Alexandra, with the best
station, made the first board. which example was followed
immediately afterwards by the whole of the others, to wea-
ther the point. Ere the whole had been able to do this, the
Vampire and Folly got slightly foul, but there was no mis-
chief done save that the Folly was in irons for so me time
In the third class there was the same alacrity displayed in
setting canvas as in the other. The Colleen Bawn was the
Irst well under way, followed by the Algerine and Vision
almost abeam, but after tha second board the Algerine led
wall to windward, followed by the Colleen Bawn, It was a
twining wind in Long Reach and Northfleet Hopes, and,
after a long leg and a short one in Gravesend Reach, they
fetched down to Southend. At Purfleet the Alexandra was
well to windward, the Dudu being on a level with her, but
dead to leeward ; the Octoroon third, the Vampire fourth,
the Folly fifth, and the Dione last. The Algerine was here
leading well, the Colleen Bawn being second, and the Vision
a good third. Off Northfleet the Vampire passed the Octo-
roon to windward, and the Dudu shortly afterwards did the
same, and became the third boat. In Leigh Roads the
Alexandra still led, Vampire being second, the Dudu third,
and the 03toroon fourth, all being close hauled, with about
300 yards respectively between them. At Holehaven the
Vampire bore away some distance to leeward, and passed
her rival, the Alexandra, into the first place. A boat was
placed for the third class to round at the Chapman, and the
second class rounded the Queen of the Thames at Southend
in the following time and order :

H. M. 8.
Vampire
Ali- xandra
Oulu
oon
Folly
Dione 2 49 0

In rounding, the Dudu came so close to the steamer as to
carry away her topping lift. The small class boats rounded
as we have before stated at the Chapman, but were not
timed. They were, however, in the following order :
A lgerine, Colleen Bawn, and Vision, with the first-named
leading well, but not so large a gap between the two latter.
The large boats were respectively overtaken in the order
which they rounded at Southend ; but when the steamer
came level with the Vampire at Holehaven she had in-
creased her lead of the second boat a quarter of a mile,
while the third and fourth were drawing upon the second.
It was a dead thrash up through both et the Hopes, and
while the Vampire gradually increased her lead, the
Dudu, in Gravesend Reach, went through the Alex-
andra's lee, and came out at her weather, and the race