The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-06
YACHTING.
Regatta OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
Rules of the Race-Entrles and Regu-
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Regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club
Rules of the Race-Entrles and Regu-
lations tor Time Allowances.
The ninth annual regatta OF the Atlantic Yacht
Club will be sailed on Wednesday, June 10. rhe
Regatta Commttee-Messrs. W. B. Davenport, j.
Lawrence Marcellus. Sidney V. Lowell. Henry A.
Gouge and Sidney w. Knowles-have issued the
following
PROGRAMME:
The yachts of the fleet sailing In this regatta
shall be classified as follows -Schooners first class
sioops tcabln soops) and second class sloops open
boats. ALI yachts except schooners will start
from an anchorage of Bay Ridge, and shall be an
chored IN their respective classes in lines 100
yards apart; first class sloops in advance, second
and third class sloops in the rear to the north.
ward, in the order OF classification. All sloops In
tending to sail in this regatta shall be at anchor
In line, with jibs down, promptly at nine O'Clock
A. M. One or more members Of the Regatta Com
mittee, with the judges, will be at the anchorage at
sh. 45m. A. NJ. to superintend the placing OF the
yachts. The choice OF position will be given to
yachts in the order Of their arrival but all yachts
must De at least 100 feet apart SchOoners will be
started dying as hereinafter provided. All sloops
may slip their cables on starting. The numbers
which win be assigned the different yachts will
take notice of this and see that they are
placed sufficiently far apart tsay about twelve
inches) to make them dlstinguishaple at a dis
lance. The number Is TO be placed apout the GEN.
tire of the mainsall above the reef points. Yachts
will ny the CLUB nag at the main peak during the
regatta. Messrs. William Peet, Rev. W. II. Thomas
and Robert 5. Church are hereby appointed judges.
THE STARTING
signal will be given by the Regatta Committee on
the guests steamer, the Magenta, and Will be as
f0llOws:-At twenty minutes past ten A. NJ first
whistle, for preparation and Tor schooners to APP
or less, according to wind) thereafter second
whistle, for schoone:s to start An interval OF ten
mi tas will hn all n tn
the line marked by two iagboats. Any schooner
that does not cross the line within the time al
I'm the discretion OF the Regatta CommitIee) third
whistle, for all sloops to start.
will be, for schooners from the anchorage down
through the Narrows, TO and around the stakeboat
at southwest Spit ION buoy so. thence to and
eastward to westward, thence home going TO
southwark and westward OF beacon on Romer
Snoal. For first class sloops the same course, to
and around Stakeboat at Southwest spit ton buoy
SD, thence to and around stakeboat near
buoy in Gedney Channel, rounding the same from
the southwark thence home, passing to the west
ward OF beacon on Romer Snoal. For second class
soops same course, to and around stakeboat at
Southwest Spit ION ouoY S1sl, thence home. All
yachts to pass between Forts Lafayette and Rich
mond, 20 the eastward oil buoys H. Is and Is on
west bank, both gong and returning; around
stakeooat at Southwest Spit by the westward and
southwark, and at home stake between the TWO
srakeboats marking the line. The home time viii
be taken as the yachts cross the line between the
Two stakebOats.
must be IN writing !or dlled IN the proper form,
which will be furnished each YACHT and must be
filed with the chairman OF the Regatta committee,
MIR. William B. Davenport No. 204 Montague steeet,
room 8, Brooklyn, N. T., before nine A. Nj. OF June
g. They must contain actual measurements OF the
yacht over all and OF water line, and must be ac-
cOmpanied with measurer's certificate OF the
same, unless the same shall be on file with the
proper officer o! the club or In posses ion OF the
Regatta Committee. Measurer's address-Mr. c. t.
Lippitt, Brooklyn Institute. Washington street,
Brooklyn Yacht owners will notify him without
delay when and where their yachts may be
measured. Yachts may be measured adoat. II
hours 1t will be considered race for every class.
Allowance OF time is based upon length only, TO
be ascertatned by adding actual length on water
line to actual length over all, dividing the total
by two; the result to be the length on which al
lowance Is to be calculated. The ratio Is fixed as
half and even feet will be calculated.
Distances OF courses upon which the allowance
Will be calculated will be, for schooners, forty
miles; first Class sloOps, thirty-two miles; second
class sloops, twenty-iour miles.
The steamer Magenta has been chartered for the
Dock, Brooklyn, at quarter to ten O'Clock on the
morning Of the race. The judges boat Will leave
the same place at haLpast eight O'Clock.
Yachting Notes.
The schooner yacht Rambler, Mr. Thomas,
N.Y.YC, is on the ways at Red Hook. being over
hauled and made ready for next Thursdays re.
gatta.
The Portland Yacht Club. OF Portland, Me-, has a
squadron comprising i've schooners, eight sloops
and two steamers.
The schooner Yacht Alarm Rear Commodore A.