The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-04
NEW YORK YACHT CLUE.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS ANNUAL REGATTA
TIE COURSE, SAILING REGULATIONS AND

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS ANNUAL REGATTA
TIE COURSE, SAILING REGULATIONS AND
PRIZES.
will be sailed on Thursday. 18th inst. al eleven
O'Clock A. NJ. The prizes will be ~ iollows;-
One for keel schooners; one for first class centre
board schooners-those measuring 1000 cubic
feet aud over; for second centric
board schooners--yhose measuring less than 1000
cubic feet; tor first class sloops-those measuring
1000 cubic feet and over Tor second class sloops
those measuring less than 1000 cubic feet also tho
Bennett challenge prize for schooner to be sailed for
by all schooners without classification, and tho Ben
mott challenge prize for sloops, TO DO sailed for by
all sloops without classification. The regatta VIII
be sailed according TO tho sailing regulations oil The
club, and with time allowances for all tho prizes The
Bennett challenge prizes viii DO hold by the winners,
subject TO the terms OF the deed Of gilt
Eatrles be mado in writing, addressed 70 tho
secretary of club Will be received tho club
house, Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh street.
until Tuesday, 11th inst, at eleven O'Clock A. ~ All
yachts entering viii be- considered entered for both
sets OF prizes, unless Otherwise declared Attention
Is called 10 tho regulations STIMULATING that no yasnt
will bt entered unless she shall DO measured and her
model deposited with tho club. .
SAILING DIRECTIONS
Yachts Will carry their private signals az tho main
each yacht will be tskem sEs passes between tue
ferry dock Al stapeton, Staton Island. and the
be anchored abreast Of tho DOCK The signals will DO
gwen from the judges steamer as follows:-
For preparatory signal ono gun will be hrsd the
United States ensign tho ofthe boat will DO ow-
cred and blue peter WIN DO setin lis place. Ton n
utcs Interior tho stara second gun will be hrei,
the blue peter Will DO lowered and the Yacht Club lag
will be set Ten minutes aiterward third guu VIII
DO fired, and the time Of the firing OF this gun will DC
taken u tho tmc OF any yacht starting thereafter
Before my signal given the United states ensign
viii be flying, during the preparatory period blue
peter, anu, sfter The starting gun, tho Yacht CLUB
dag; , .,.., s.., !. -. v,,.,,. IN, no
given time OF each yacht IL taken ut starting
THE COURSE.
The will be from the starting point as above,
10 and around buoy No. 10 on the Southwest Spit,
keeping tho port hand; thence " and around
the Sandy HOOK lighship keeping on the starboard
Southwest spit buoy No. 10 the sarboard nand.
Yachts must Keep TO tue eastward VI Duoys Nos o. IL
and Is, the west bunk, 10 the southwark OF buoy
No 81 Southwest Spit, and outside OF buoy No. 5H
ON the point OF Sandy Hook going and returning anu
will between the judges boat aud buoy No. Id ON
the west bunk returning home wnero the race III
arc requested keep eeward oil behind those
engaged the race and 70 be careful not 10 ncrc
with them IL any way, particularly at the turning
points Yacht owners may obtain cards Of the entries
and allowances and further INSTRUCTIONS II needed
from the judges, board tho WIian Fletcher. at
near the starting point, between ten and hapast ten
O'Clock tho morning OF the regatta.
The steamboat Thomas Coiyer, furnished for the
exclusive of members OF the club aud thor gucsts,
viii the Erie Railway pier, foot OF Twenty-third
street, North RIVER on the morning OF the regatta,
NJ halfpast nine O'Clock precisely pier North River,
ut ten O'clock the ofry landing, Saploton, Staten
same points after the regatta henbsrs' ttckets may
bc procured upon application IN person. or by writing
10 q. Ii. steboins. No. As Exchange place. before
three O'Clock OF "Wednesday, 18th inst.
Tue Re galta Committee consists vi Charen II. Stsb
bins, Alexander Taylor, Jr., aud William Krebs.