The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-28

Rules Adopted at Fairhaven and 4
Yachtsmen's Organixatio On Perfected.

Rules Adopted at Fairhaven and .
Yachtsmen's Organization Perfected.
E. l.. Rudy and c. P. Blanchard, the
two delegates from the Seattle Yacht Club
to the meeting at Fairhaven to form the
Northwestern International Yachting As
ISOLATION, returned yesterday on the
steamer Premier. In an interview with a
PosT-INTELLIGENCER reporter, Mr.. Ruddy
said:
The clubs represented at the meeting were
the Seattle, Tacoma. Port Townsend, Victoria,
Fairhaven, Whaicorn, Vancouver, Anacortes
and the St Lawrence Skif Club of Tacoma
Each club had two delegates.
The racing rules OF the New York Yacht
Club were made the basis OF our racing rules,
but few changes were necessary to make them
apply to our various styles of boats. The prin-
cipal changes are with reference to the measure
ment and time allowance. Our rule for
measuring is to take the mean between the
length of the boat on the water line when
loaded and her length over all. The time al
lowance is four seconds per foot per mile--that
is, a short boat is given that much time allow
ance over . longer one for each foot difference
in length Our classification is as follows:
First class-Schooners over twenty feet in
length.
Second clsss-Cabin boats, using stationary
ballast not over fifty feet in length.
Third class-Open boats twenty feet long or
over.
Fourth class-Open boats less than twenty
feet in length.
No distinction is made regarding rig outside
of schooners Boats of the third class may sail
in the four,h-class race by accepting the mini
mum length, and those of the first class may
sail in the second. providing enough boats have
not entered ia that class to mako q race,
- which requires at least two boats to en-
ter. All races must be started promptly
. - .<..-~
mite time Each club - to be assessed 80 cents per
capita on its mem bership to purchase trophies
to be sailed for at regattas to be held annually.
Every boat racing must carry only members of a
recognized yacht club, AID ell ballast must be
carried inside the rail-
Following is a list Of our officers: Executive
President, Captain L. b. Leaning, Of New
Whatcom; vice president. c. p. Blanchard, Of
Seattle: secretary, Arthur Gamweil, of Fair
haven; treasurer, Captain H. r. Foot,
Victoria; executive committee, John Barne-
son, OF Port Townsend; Captain y. II.
Boynton, OF Anaoortes; C. R Hurley, of Ia
coma Fleet ofhcers-Admiral, John Ba,nesou.
OF Port Townsend; vice admiral, w. H. Cush.
man, OF Tacoma; commodore, II. r. Foot OF
Vic,oris;lvice commodore. J. p. Nelson, OF Ana.
cortes: fee. captain, w. II. Hebron, Of Seattle.
The first regatta viii be held at Seattle on Oc-
tober 8. and will be sailed over the course
adopted BY our club. That Is, from the bell buoy
Oh DuwAmish head TO BlRkeley rocks, thence
to West point and back to the bell buoy
In conjunction with the international regatta
we will have q local regatta. Every club In the
association will be represented at this regatta,
and It Will undoubtedly be the
finest thing OF tho kind ever wit
messed on the Coast In addition
TO the races for the trophies. valuable money
prizes will be sailed for and consolation races
will be q special feature-tha. ia, those boats
winning first prize one day will be barred the
next
The regatta at Fairhaven was very exciting
and our boat, the Hettie Bell, won by sixteen
minutes They roasted Us numerically aud
said 1t was drifting race, and all that, but our
time limit was six hours and We made IL in
aide OF three, that does not look like
drifting race. The following day we had
scrub race. free for all, at SO corner The
wind was fearful high and they beat us on
time allowance, though We beat them all in
actual time. The Hetsle Bells crew consisted
OF Captain G. Y. Johnson at the tiller,
myself At the main sheet, J. W. Vol at the lib
sheet and c. P. Blanchard, C. e. Cawley and Il.
W. Eiddie-tor ballast
The Seattle club will hold q regular
meeting in Red Mems hall next Tuesday
evening for the election OF officers.
Captain G.. Y. Johnson, owner of the
Hettie Bell. issues the following challenge
to boats of her class:
The Kettle Bell IL ready 70 sail any boat