The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-23
THIRTY YACHTS IN THE REGATTA
The Schooner Madeleine Wins the Club
and the Eva the Union Prize.
MAGNIFICENT SAILING OF THE META.
The Meta and Meteor Win ALI Prizes in
Their Classes and the Qui vive and
Sophia Those in the Second Class.

The nteentn annual and nth Union Regatta OF
the Brooklyn Yacht Club sailed yesterday, over
their regular regatta course and proved of the
most interesting aquatic events that has taken
place this season. The Brooklyn Club, although
not mastering numerous feet OF large schooners
has always held the best sloOp regattas in New
York waters and yesterday they were very for
tunate in the number and beauty Of the yachts
Of that class that competed in the regatta. The
steamers william Fletcher and Magenta, the former
carrying the judges and members of the
press and the latter laden with the guests
OF the club, left Martins dock, Brooklyn,
ut eleven O'Clock yesterday morning and
steamed down to the starting point of Bay Ridge
The weather was charming, and, in fact, every
thing appeared favorable to a successful issue of the
event of the day. There was pleasant northerly
breeze, of sufficient strength to raise gentle rip
pie on the surface and give the yachtsmen visions
Of club tOpsalls staysas and balloon GIBBS to aid In
= fast run to the Southwest Spit.
The Regatta C0mmittee-Messrs. w. II. Pegg, H.
H. Mott G. L. Haight, B. E. Mallory John Oakley, J.
n. Sawyer, ID. S. Hines, James s. Dean, Samuel Hall
and H. Baragwanath-had evidently been early to
work, as when the Magenta and william Fletcher
arrived or Bay Ridge they were anchored as fol-
lOws:-SchoOners abreast OF each other, 200 feet
apart, or Bay Ridge, east to west, jibs down;
sOOps, first Glass; In line, 500 yards to the north
ward Of the achooners in like order sloops second
class, 500 yards to the northward of the first class
sOops in like order sloops, third GLASS; 500 yards
to the northward Of the second class sloOps in like
order.
The feet looked very picturesque as they lay
quietly riding at anchor and their decks alive with
the mariners, who waited impatiently for the start
ing signal, and whose hopes were each centred in
victory. The new sloop yacht lately built by
Mcclellan, OF Pamrapo, N. j., attracted much atten-
ton as she lay alongside the Gracie and it looked
as II by instinct she had selected position adjoin
ing the neetest Of her antagonists.
THE COURSE
for schooners and first class soops was from an
chorage to stakeboat at Southwest Spit, passing
1t from westward to southwark, thence to Light
ship rounding 1t from the northward to eastward,
and return TO home stakeboat, of Bay Ridge dock.
For second class sloops from anchorage to stake
boat at Southwest Spit, passing it from the
westward to southwark thence around stakeboat
Mt outer bar buoy, in Gedney's Channel, rounding
same from southwark to eastward, thence to home
stakeboat. For third class sloops (open boats),
from anchorage to stakeboat at Southwest Spit,
rounding same from westward to southwark thence
to home stakeboat.
All yachts to pass outside of Fort Lafayette and
to eastward of West Bank buoys Nos. II, Is and 49,
and, on returning to westward Of Dumb Beacon
All yachts ON, returning to pass to eastward Of
home etakeboat.
The club, usual, invited free entry OF all
yachts belonging to any duly organized yacht club
In the United States, and to all such yachts that
may enter the club offered for competition suitable
prizes
The allowance OF time for schooners and first class
sloOps was based upon the length and breadth of
yacht on the water ne the allowance of time for
second and third class sloops upon length only.
Each yacht had to carry the signal of the club to
which she belonged at the peak OF mainsail, and
also place her number upon each side of the centre
OF the mainsail.