The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-20
YACHTING NOTES.

| take part In the Bayonne Yacht Club regatta July
| q. Her name VIII be changed.
| Mr.. Henry A. Mott q prominent yachtsman, has
| invited the BrooSlyn Yacht Club OF winch he Is
( member, to participate in regatta ar New London
during the first week August. The starting point
| win be from an anchorage or that gentiemans sum-
mer retreat, near the entrance OF the harbor, and
| the arrangements of such nature that much a,ten-
ton will be directed to the aquatic struggle The
| club has accepted, and stirring times may be
pected.
The Orion Me- George A. Thayer left Brooklyn
| for Glen Cove on Tuesday, TO remain during the
season.
| Mr. p. Mcclellan, builder OF the Kaiser Wilhelm L..
has contracted 10 construct for her owner Captain
Being, slOop yacht sxty-eIgnt feet on deck
| The Sappho is at anchor OF milestone. she will
| soon proceed Co Newport.
The TarOlinta Is at anchor in New London
! harbor
| The Agnes Is at FIRE Island ana will remain two
weeks.
The sloop Recreation owned by Mr. Halsey Knapp
has arrived from Greenport. ana is at anchor in
| Gowanus Say. Her owner VIII make thar rcndez
| vous for fortnight more, when lie viii return
above This little yacht is eXqusltey fitted up, and
| In many RESPECTS is a model of her class.
| The soop Alert Mr.. join II. Dimon, Is at anchor
in the Cub basin, Brooklyn. She has recently been
fitted with bowsprit four feet longer than the
one replaced.
| The Dreadnaught Is anchored In the East River,
of Hamilton avenue ferry Brooklyn.
| Mr.. James Lennox, builder OF the steam yachts
Dixie Fire Fly, Mischief and Annie, will launch from
ills yard, loot OF Thirty fourth street. South Brook
Ign, to-day, the pretty steam yacht Surprise, con-
structed for Mr. John AsDinwali, OF Bay Ridge 7. l.
| This yacht Is slXty-tiye feet deck, thirteen
feet eight inches breadth of beam, four feet SIX
inches depth of hold four feet draught of water and
is schooner rugged Her engines OF the direct act
ing principle with cylinders eight and half inches
square and OF twenty horse power, which can be
| worked up to thirty horse II demanded. The boiler
Is OF the tubular description, 1875 tubes
inches IN diameter Tanks are fitted in the boat to
provide the boiler with fresh water when required
| condenser. The model OF this yacnt indicates
great speed. Her cabin forward OF the machinery
and different In this respect from the ajOritv OF
ike boats yet the change regarded improve
ment, as wilt be free from heat and the offensive
0dors always arising from engine and boiler rooms.
Mr. LennoX has upon the stocks the null OF another
! steam yacht. Il was ordered by New York gentle
man, ana VIII be fortyive feet In length on deck.
| Regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Clvb Mt Green
port August 5.
The Atlantic Yacht Club, Of Brooklyn, Will start
upon their annual cruise on the lst of August The
! feet viii rendezvous at Whitestone. from thence
proceed TO Glen Cove. thence TO New Haven, Green
! port and Stonington, where Commodore p eet Will
|
While al Greenport the club will. Saturday. Au-
gust 5, have an open regatta, gotten up under the
! auspices Of the Regatta Committee. This festival
will be of peculiar nature. as the rules and regula
| tons with which 1t Will be governed and about TO
be promulgated, conflne the contest to the boats
the club ana 10 those enrolled in any organized club
east OF ThrOgs Neck, together with cabin yachts not
enrolled in any cluo These provisions Will enable all
the clinkcr fishing vessels OF the Sound and east
| ward 10 participate ana 1t is expected the number
| OF such VIII be legion. Some Of these boats very
! fast, and as many OF the old yachts engaged in
this business, all Of such can then have OppOr-
tunIty OF testing their relative sailing qualities In
Interested may be early apprsed OF what Is in store
for them the following rom the Regatta Committee
| OF the Atlantic Club Is givcn:-
| EuiEs REGULATIONS.
aaa"on 70 -, tle yaeni o. ,ae Atlantic Yacht Club
club; any orsaniscd yacht club eass
3 s sS s T cn hs re on @ re-
imCarsS ash: SAILING in TINS regatta will be
ssPn seOe' = feet mater Lane tnd class cabin
feet and no, nnaer IS feet 'A0 Scoops onasr %
s are
@ nynS 5s ANA % OPss sSS S carry mHsa
" soacs. wll &c from an anchorage or the town of
miles from buoy on Crow Shoa 10 dret line with
Greenpor thence ard around sakeboat Oh Orient
loS upon length only to be ascer
ALL dividing the total BY two the result to be the length
deducting one-fourth from the calculation per
scale hayins been eeo1sirsea that the ratio there
Than halr feet will be calculated.
e yacht water lns
about the of yacn, that the chm earr
was not able TO measure before the resa,'a be set.
such yacht yachts ia dispute under The supervision the
VII ks,,; am, must be in writing signed By the
lilo pos Office New xork city, or BY leaving the with
xh M sus G eo R1aes 9 each class the
each class prize to the wiunnr yacht BY
% a e s ns s.s s,
in either class the time allowance prize of that class will only
*. Reah AMI Poa,ion-Yachts will start from an
Se S tive S @ 5 shall be
in advance soops in the to the Westward the order
All yachts intended at anchor
judges and the Regatta Committee viii the anchorage
Ts Of M Will Will s s'aS to the
their respective cases IN the order OF their arrival but all
Z. T"aSs,s The numbers which assigned the diff
tho are points on e m"As'
xI Jaiy, Henry A. Reeves and = W Phillips Of Green.
! appointed judges. .u, s.. ...,., 49,. -
for which x be given BY the Regatta Committee, either
e se nn S1f OF ." SSa for
ton second gnnor ana so on at such inter
and weather Careful attention requested that yacht
| Kill R,tc1ions-N saEeboat near
Grow nd shoa BY p h and esswsrG ana The
ward and at homestake shall cross the line between the main
| will be taken as the yachts cross the line
XIV I'd ldcc.-lhc distance which
allowance will be calculated In twenty miles. II
yacht sails within eight shall
| considered a Tor class.
Ky Violation Of these Special Regulations, or
"R and Regulations OF the Club by sail
ing regatta, he consitercds ulcicnt
judges rule Int OF the Regatta entitled
| any claim IA competing Yacht.
ANY tiyc the regatta will be cheerfuly
furnished upon application as ABOVE.
| The following extracts from the regatta and sail.
| ing regulations OF the Atlantic Cub viii apply to
| the yachts participating in the regatta at Green
| port
RULE q. During the regats yachts must keep their
SPIRITS their places and the tack of the
fast. throwing taking
ing of ballast shall allowed and each yacht
bring persons with which started. All
ing must be kept board
places Nothing but the hand lead and line be used In
sounding. and allowed propel a except
Yachts to anchor during the regatta. No