The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-22
THE OCEAN REGATTA.
The Pilot Boat Race at Tybee to Start
at Noon To-Day.


The long talked of interstate regatta OF
pilot boats will come off to-day at Tybee
Not less than ten vessels have entered, and
others are expected to be participants. The
regatta committee met at the Office Of Pres
dent Purse Yesterday, and fixed the rules
! for the govei nlnent of tho regatta.
The main features OF the rules are that
| only working sails will be allowed; no prize
| TO be awarded, except two boats start in a
| class: boats 10 take their station within half
an hour after ordered; some one with com
! petent authority must report from each
! boat before the time for starting the tug
boat Cambria will blow one whistle to get
ready: ten minutes later two whistles for
first class boats, with one whistle at inter
walls for successive classes each boat must
60 fairly over the course, not touching any
buoy, boat or vessel used to mark it out, or
foul any vessel in the race; race to be fin
isbed in seven hours or no race; boats on
port tack must give way to those on the
starboard, and those going free must give
waYtO those on wind boats may luff to pre-
vent another from passing TO wlndward, but
must not bear away to prevent an antago-
mist from passing to leeward, and the boat
RAISING to leeward must not luff until she
has drawn clear ahead of the boat she has
overhauied; the lee side is that on which
time allowance is fifty seconds per foot for
the entire course,
The course to be sailed is from the inner
bell buoy at Tybee, outer sea buoy, thence
to sea buoy OFF Warsaw. Going, all buoys
to be left to starboard, except north breaker
buoy, which must DO left to port. Return
ing, all buoys to be left to port, except
north breaker buoy, which must be left to
starboard.
The regatta is TO be sailed under
the auspic s If the Savannah and TYbee
railway company, and tho following COM
mittee, from members Of the Savannah
yacht club and the Isle of Hope club, will
have full charge of the details and will act as
judges; Vice Commodore T. l.. Kiusey,
chairman; Commodore r. N. Demere, j.
N. johnson, N. Y. Henderson, F. 6.
duBignon, F. S. Latbrop, w, d. simpkins.
The entries so far are the | Go, Frances
Elizabeth, Sophie F. and Amelia K. of
charleston, the Grace of Brunswick, and
the Sprite, Neca, Wilder, Odell and Belle of
Savannah. Other boats were expected last
night from Port Royal and Darien to enter
the race.
The Sprite, Capt Marmelstein, enter
tanned the visitors from abroad on board
last night, and an enjoyable time was had.
The Sprite is to be the flag ship in the re-
gatta.
The prizes amount to $500 and the Tybee
pennant. Those who desire to witness the
regatta from the start to the finish must
take the $3.50 o'clock train for Tybee this
morning. Special sections will be run so
that all may witness the start. The boats
of the first class VIII start promptly at II
o'clock noon, and the outlook is promising
for a good wind and an enjoyable race.
Charleston people are coming over by
rail, as they say, to watch the Charleston
nilot hoate xgallr an fha from
the Savannah fleet, but the Savannah pilots
feel confident that they are invincible, and
that Savannah will carry off the Tybee
pennant. The prizes will be presented at
the Ocean View house after the regatta
H. Beuling expects TO have his new and
improved ife-boat in the breakers to show
its value as a life-saving agency at sea.