The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-10
YACHTING.
The Eighth Annual Regatta OF the Ate
lantic Yacht Club.

The Eighth Annual Regatta OF the Ate
lantic Yacht Club.
The eighth annual regatta OF the Atlantic Yacht
Club will be sailed tomorrow over their regular
regatta course. The Regatta Committee this year
are:-Messrs. Edward Arnold I. Lawrence Mar
cullus, william B. Davenport, d. f. Valentine and
Sidney w. Knowles. The following programme OF
the regatta has been issued:-
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The yachts OF The Meet sailing in this regatta
shall be classified follows :-SchoOners. nrst
class soops cabin sloops over fortyfour feet water
nel second class Slo0ps cabin SiO0ps OF OrtyfOur
feet and UNDER water line, and third class sloopS
topen boats.
All yachts except schoonersl will start from an
anchorage OF Bay Ridge. and snail De anchored
in their respective classes in lines, 100 yards
apart; first class sloops in advance, second and
third class soops in the rear to northward, IN the
order OF classification.
All sloops intending TO sail in this regatta shall
be at anchor in line. with jibs down. promptly at
nine O'Clock A. NJ. One or more members Of the
Regatta Committee, with the judges, will be ut the
anchorage at q quarter nine A. NJ, to superin-
tend the placing or the yachts. The choice OF posi-
ton will be given to yachts in the order OF their
ARA but al must os ~ one ov hn-
as hereinafter provided All sleeps may slip their
The nnmoars which VIII be assigned the difrerent
yachts win be found separated. owners and CAP
tains will take notice OF this, and see that they
inches--to make them dstinguishable at a dis
tance. The number Is to be placed ABOUT the CEN
Yachts viii lily the Club nag at the main peak dur
ing the regatta.
Messrs William McMonnies, william II. Douglas
and Thomas j. Nortnall are hereby appointed
judges.
The signal for starting will be given by the Re-
gatta Committee on the guests steamer, the Ma
genta, aud win be as follows:-
At twenty minutes alter ten A. NJ. first whistle,
for preparation and for Schooner5 TO approach the
starting point. Three minutes more or less, ac-
cording TO wind thereafter second whistle, for
scnooners 10 start An interval OF ten minutes viii
marked by two nagboats. Any schooner that may
not cross the line within the time allowed will be
ruled out. After sufficient interval I'm the dis
erection or the Regatta C0mmittee) third whistle,
for all soops TO start: Careful attention TO this
manner OF starting from which there Will be no
deviation, Is particularly requested, to prevent
confusion or error on the part Of the yachts.
The course will be, for sChooners and hrst class
sloops from the anchorage down through the Mar
rows, to and around the stakcboat at Southwest
Spit ION buoy s1s thence to and around lightshp,
home, going 10 southwark and westward Of beacon
on Komer Shoal. For second class slooPs the
same course, to and around stakcboat NJ South
west Spit on buoy Slal thence to and around u
stakeboat near buoy In Gedney Channel, round
ing the same from the southwark thence home,
passing to the westward OF beacon Romer
Shoal For third class sloops, same course, to and
and around stakeboat on Southwest Spit con buoy
RESTRICTIONS.
All yachts to pass between Forts Lafayette and
and Is on West Bank, both going and return
ing; around stakeboat at Southwest Spit BY the
westward southwark, anu III nome Stdke De-
twcea the two stakeboats marking the line. The
home time will be taken az the yachts cross the
line between the two stakebOats.
u yacht Of the Meet shall sail the race In eight
hours 10 Will lie considered race for every Glass;
Allowance Is based upon length only, to be ascer-
tanned by adding actual length on water line to
actual length over all, dividing the total by two,
the result 10 be the length on which allowance ID
10 he calculated. The ratio is fixed as per scale
herewith. No fractions but quarter, half and even
feet Win be calculated. Distance oil courses upon
which the allowance win be calculated will be =
For schooners and nrst class sloops, forty miles;
second class sloops thirty-twomiles; third class
soops. twenty-io ur miles,
Rule II OF the Regatta and Sailing Regulations'
OF the Club. so far az IL applies to schoOners and
nrst class sloops, Is suspended for this regatta,
but u applies IN iull force TO all other classes OF
yachts.
Violations OF these special regulations. or the
Regatta and Sailing Regulations OF the CLUB, by
any yacht sailing in the regatta may be considered
sulfclent cause for the Judges to rale such yacht
out OF the regatt9 or as not entitled TO any claim
a competing yacht.
The club has engaged the steamer Magenta for
the use OF members and their guests, and the
judges steamer VIII leave Martins dock, Brooklyn,
NJ 80 A. NJ, on Tuesday. The following yachts
will probably compete for the priest