New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-09
REGATTA or THE NETWORK YACHT
CLUB.

Tie Regatta Of the New-York Yacht Club was to
have taken place on Thursday, june 7, but dead
calm prevailing at the hour appointed for the start
the race was postponed to Friday. After the heavy
rain of Thursday night yesterday broke clear and
cool, with stiff breeze from the southwest, which
continued with slight variation through the day.
Tie weather. with the exception OF one or two slight
showers in the early part of the day, was delightful
indeed. The sun shone bright and warm, but the
stiff breeze rendered oyercoats by means drpensa
bic; aud every person who participated in the race or
witnessed the sport could not fail of being highly
gratifed with himself and with the OCCASION
Tie rules of the Club excluding all but mezbers
from their yachts and s'eamboat and large number
of outside gentlemen wishing to witness the sport
Messrs Spofiord & Tileston with great hberahfy In
yited party OF over 300 persons to take an excursion
with them on their steamboat Leviathan. Among the
guests on board the representatives OF the pubic
press. the British Consul, the Rev. Henry Ward
Beeoher Henry GIinnel, Mr. Chas. StetsoD, Mr. John
d. Jones' Mr. George Curtis and other prominent per-
SONS of every profession At II o'clock the Levathan
left her wharf at Pier No. North River and mede for
the anchorage-ground OF the Yacht Squadron off the
Elysian Fields Hoboken, where the yachts were yet
of anchor
The yachts are divided into three casses the firs
including all vessels over 80 tuns; the second, vessels
Of 50 tuns and over uns and the third class Is COM
posed of yachts of 25 tuns and under. Three prizes
each Of the value of $685. were to be sailed for one
prze for the fastest saer of each class OF yachts The
yachts in each class allowed time for tunnage a.
follows:
To vessels in the first class, IS secondsper tun in
the second class 40 seconds per tun, and In the third
cass, As seconds per tun.
The rules allow yachts TO carry men as follows:
First class ore to every four tuns second class one
10 every three tuns; third class, one to every
three tuns.
The courses marked out for the sailing were fol-
lows
A vessel was moored, bow and stern abreast of the
Club-House, at Hoboken, on the east side of which
the yachts were anchored head to wind, in the follow
ing order of position, commencing from the stake-boat
with the yachts of the least tunnage. The third class
abreast of the stakeboat about 100 yards apart on
line due east; second class on line parallel with the
same 200 yards TO the north, and fist class on line
parallel with and 200 yards to the north OF the latter
The yachts TO pass 10 the westward of hag-boat sta
toned off Staten Island below the Quarantine Ground;
thence oasierly TO lagboat stationed off Long ISL
and above Fort Hamilton passing to north and east
thence around the buoy of the Southwest Split round
ing il from the north and east. Returning, to first
pass the flag boa. anchored off the Long Island Shore
passing it to the south and east; thence to the iag-
boat off the Staten Island shore passing it to the south
and west; thence to the fagboat abreast of the Club
House Hoboken, passing it on the westward. In going
and returning the buoy on the West Bank to be passed
to the eastward.
The Committee of Arangementsl consisted of
Messrs. CHAs. II. HAswELL, j. WINTHROP CHASLER
and John +. DAvIDsoS.
To accommodate the members of the Club who did
not sail in the yachts the Committee provided the
steamboat Norwalk, which was handsomely fitted up,
and appeared to be quite thronged with ladies and
and o. ntlemen. Dodworth attended with his omni-
present band to highten the pleasure of the trip.
The yachts entered were to sail in the following