The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-03
T0DAY'S YACHTRACES
The Weather Propitious for
Many Interesting Events.
a LONG LIST OF ENTRIES.
Raies and Regulations Thss WIN 0sv,
srn the Regatta edges, Time
keeper and starter.


Z tered, and some close aud exciting finishes
I may szrely be looked for. The course j.
I said 20 be a. excellent enc. and IL Borsas
! only favors the club and provides = good
K breeze some fast tine may he expected.
4 The yachts, sloopS aad esthoats have all
been overhanlsd and made III 20 race for
/ 3 kingdom
The club house wore decidedly nautical
l air yesterday. and the racers we're all cut
4 stretching their canvas and picking out
/ the best course. Each owner is confident
\ OF success. and great spirit of friendly
/ rivalry exists between them. The club
house has been iastefnlly decorated for the
occasion with flags and eve-gresns. and
I the club members are spNring no pains to
msks their first regatta the nautical event
/ Of the year.
The following rules viii be observed in
4 the regatta:
Ballast and trim-After the signal for
the start no ballast shall be taken on board
| or out 81 any yacht entered for thc race !.
nor shall any water be started from or
l taken into the tanks or other receptacles
for the same on such yacht.
No booming out OF ballast will be a.
lowed, and each yacht must bring back
the same persons with which il started.
Starts--ln all regatias and races the
start shall be hying one for ali classes
The starting and finishing line shall be
an imaginary one drawn from the dag
sIaf on the club house 10 stake boat or
buoy dying the club dag and anchored TO
a westerly direction trom the club house.
The starting signals shall oe as follows:
First-A blue peter displayed on q staff
on the club house AS signal for ali yachts
10 approach the starting line. This will
remain hoisted ave minutes.
Second "A red flag substituted for the
blue peter as a signal for ali yachts TO
start This will remain holsted I've
minutes.
1hird-The club dag substituted for the
red tag as signal that the time for cross
| ing the line has elapsed. Attention shall
be called to each OF these signals by gun.
from the club house.
Yachts of the third and fourth class will
be started ten minutes after the yachts Of
the first and second class are away. All
yachts shall be considered away after the
red flag is lowered. The starting signals
for third and fourth class yachts will be a
repetition of the signals for the first and
second class yachts.
The course for the frat and second class
yachts shall be: From the starting line,
| drawn from q mark raoored in a westerly
direction from the club house 10 and
around flag buoy moored oil Four mile
rock; thence 10 and around the bell buoy
moored off Duwamish head thence
90 and around buoy moore
off Oregon improvement Company
coal bunkeFs; thence TO and around
the home mark; thence to and around the
| bell buoy of Duwamish head thence To
and around the buoy off Oregon Improve
ment Company's coal bunkers: thence TO
and across the finishing line in front of
club house. Distance, Ia nautical miles.
| All marks TO be left on port side.
The course for third and fourth class
| yachts shall be--From the starting line TO
| and around flag buoy oil Four-Mile rock !:
| thence TO and around the bell buoy of
| Duwamish head; thence 10 and around n
buoy off Oregon Improvement Company's
| coal bunkcrs; thence 20 and across the
| finishing line. Distance. sJS nautical miles.
! All marks 10 be left on port side. This
course may be reversed at tho discretion of
| the regatta committee, in which case all
marks shalt be left on the starboard side.
/ In case any boat sails the course OF her
/ class in four hours, il shall be a race for all
I classes.
| Measurements shall be calculated ao-
| cording TO the rules Of the +. II. Y. C..
and shall be made By the club measureF
| All yachts are expected 20 be anchored
/ in close proximity to the club house by 9
a. m. on the morning or the race, for
4 measurement and final instructions
Time allowance for boats of the FIRST and
second class shall be three seconds per
! foot corrected lengths) per nautiea. mile !;
/ for boats Of the third aud fourth class,
four seconds per foot Corrected lengths)
per nautical mile.
/ The entries are as follows:
/ Glass i-Rainier. sIoop w. c. HeIlbron,
/ Seattle Yacht C.ub. Linda. sioop, J. III.
| johnson. Seattle Iaeht Club; Oracle fe-
| liz. sloop, A. NJ. Towie, r. II. J e.; Nora,
| sloop. Henry Hensei. T.. Il. y. c.; joseph
inc. schooner, J. Kelly. Everett Yacht
| Club.
/ CIass 2-Earl. cutter. A. Goodeli. T. y.
/ y. c.; Dores, sloop Hugo Graf. u. u. l..
| g.; Comet. sloop, Joseph Fellows. unai-
/ tnched: Edna NJ. sloop. X. T. Spencer,
/ Seattle Yacht Club; Truaut, cat sioop,
| Fred r. Billings, +. Il. Y. G.. Foam. sio0p,
| a G. Mcleod. unattached Storm King
| sloop, Whitney 4 Montadon. Everett
! Yacht Cub; Axalea. sloop. ". X. Lyle,
/ unattached; America. sloop, DR.. kibbe.
/ seattle Yacht Club.
Glass 3-retrei sloop. Clark e. Bartlett,
! unattached; Essie TitteI. cat. Frank
Faber, T. b \. c ka.eta. sloop. Samuel
/ Rothee, r. b. Y. c.; Nellie. sioop. Charles
| Watson, f. B. Y. e.; Tyee, sloop. II. j.
I McClelland. +. Is. u. c., Queen. sl0op,
| John Nelson. r. b. Y. c. Chef. cat. II. r.
/ Alciatore, municipalities Yacht Club; Elite,
/ sloop, Paul HolbTook, Emoenjaliee y acht
| club. Nautilus, sloop. A. kOhits, r. Is.
Y.C.
Class 4-Mermsid, sloop. ". r Farr. IN
/ attached Motor, sioop. ---~--, unattached ;
Brsmsrton. sloop. David Boyd, r.. u. Y.
/ e.; Shoe lily. sloop. +. Kicking, T. b.
Y.C
Judges, Amos Browa, VIII D. Wilson
| timekeepsr. William y. Richardson start
/ sf.. stockton Ramssy aud DE VI. simison.
The races viii start promptly at II -
/ O'Clock and the attention Of al parsiei'
pants is especially called 10 this fact.