The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-05
TIE YACHT REGATTA.
Arrangements Completed and
Course Adopted.
GOOD FUND FOR PRIZES RAISED.
White Sails Will Skim the Egyptians
for Pennants-Puebla's Passenger
List-Marfne Notes.

All the arrangements for the great in
transitional regatta to be held here tomor-
row were completed at we'll attended
meeting of the Seattle Yacht Club last
night.
The regatta committee reported having
collected $500 for prizes and to defray the
expenses, and of this amount it was
thought about 800 could be used for
prizes to be sailed for Friday. the interna-
tional trophies to be sailed for tomorrow.
The course adopted was from Blakeley
rocks to Madison head, thence to West
Point and thence back to Blakeley rocks.
Tug Mystic was hired to carry twenty
members of the club to witness each days
race. J. F. Mcknight rendered the use of
his launch Aquiia for the two days to carry
the judges and reporters. The committee
further reported that quarters for all the
visiting yachtsmen had been arranged for
at the Grand hotel, and the boats would
all be anchored on the west side.
The report met with general approval,
with the exception of the course selected,
the sentiment seeming to be in favor of
the regular course of the Seattle club.
from the bell buoy to Blakeley rocks,
thence to West point and back to the bell
0uoy. 1uc COIiuilttcc RECONSTRUCTED IFS
action on the matter and adopted the lat
ter course. The boats will round the bell
buoy to starboard. a buoy placed this side
of Blakeley rocks to starboard, buoy off
West point to starboard, and cross the
starting line again with the bell buoy to
starboard.
Racing rules adopted by the Interna-
tional Association will govern tomorrow's
race, but there was strong opposition to
the rule requiring boats to carry only
members Of yacht clubs in their crews. 1t
was voted to instruct the committee to
confer with the executive committee of
the association, with view to having this
rule ignored.
There will be four classes of boats in the
international regatta tomorrow. Schoon-
ers OF all lengths constituting the first
class. open boats thirty feet long and over
the second class. open boats twenty feet
long and over the third class and open
boats under twenty feet the fourth class.
1t was decided to make three classes for
Fridays races and give two prizes for
each class-cabin boats of all lengths,
open boats over twenty Feet long and open
boats under twenty feet. The time al
lowance was fixed at three seconds per
foot per mile, the measurement to be the
mean between the length on the load
water line and the length over all.
A design for club pennant submitted
DO j. II. Johnson was adopted. 1t con-
sists of white ball with red star in the
center set on field of red and blue with q
strip of white running through the center
out to the point. The same design with a
white strip and one red star beneath was
adopted as the commodore's and with two
stars as the vice commodore's pennants.
1t was reported that arrangements had
been made by Commodore Sander to have
the Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship
Company send the steamer North Pacific
or George Il. Starr out to accommodate
those who desire to witness tomorrow's
races. The committee will make arrange
ments for boat the second day.
The matter of having the bylaws
printed was re ferred to the trustees and
the treasurer was authorized to employ a
collector to collect the dues from the men,
bers.
1t was voted to extend the list of charter
members to $50 instead of 200, the list to be
kept open until October so, after which
time the admittance fee will be $25, while
charter members are required to pay only
S..
All members desiring to ship as sailors
on any of the boats tomorrow or next day
are requested to leave their names with
4. Il. Spencer at the National Bank of
Commerce