The San Francisco call., 1899-05-30
SWIFT YACHTS WILL
RACE FOR REMNANTS

The annual Corinthan regatta to oe
held to-day oyer the channel course Will
be largely attended by lovers of yacht
ing. The CALIFORNIA; having troubles
that is to say, a regatta-of their own,
will not be able to be present The South
Bays and Son Franciscos will cruise to
the city front to witness the racing,
which bids fair to be exciting. AT ll:4o
a. m. one long whistle from the regatta
committees tug will serve as a signal 10
the yachts to get ready. The start Will
be of the one-gun variety. At 11:45 i've
whistles will be the signal for yachts or
the twenty foot class to start. at Il noon
four whistles will be the starting signal
for yachts of the twenty-five-foot class;
three whistles at 12:15 p. m. will be the
signal for the thirty-foot class; two whis-
ties at 1890 p. m. will be the signal tor
the thirty y-six-footers, and one whistle at
l2:45 p. m. will start the yachts of Class l.
The time of all yachts will be taken from
the starting signal of the class. Yachts
of the twenty-foot class are allowed TO
carry crew of three, those of the TWEEN
ty-fiVe-foot class a crew of five, those or
the thirty-foot class a crew of six, those
of the thirty-siX-foot class a crew of
eight and those of Glass a crew of nine,
ali to be amateurs. The regatta commit
tees tug will lie alongside the seawall at
a point 300 feet to the east of the Gus
Taylor street. A red ball will be hoiSted
thereon when the whistles of each class
begin, and will remain hoisted for five
minutes.
The course for the twenty-foot class
will be from an imaginary line drawn
from the seawall to a stakeboat an
chored 1000 feet offshore, to and around
Preside Shoal buoy, leaving it on the
port side; thence back across the start
ing line. The twenty-five-footers, after
rounding Preside Shoal buoy, will sail
to and around Blossom Rock buoy; thence
due north 23s miles to a stakeboat; thence
to the starting line. The thirty-footers.
thirty-six-footers and Glass l, after
rounding the stakeboat just mentioned,
will proceed to and around Presidio Shoal
buoy keeping Alcatraz on the Starboard
side; thence home across the starting
line.
The class-f1ag regatta of the California
Yacht Club will be sailed to-day over the
usual course, starting across an imag-
mary line drawn from the southerly pier
head of the narrow-gauge mole to a
stakeboat anchored 100 yards to the
south; thence to and around Blossom Rock
buoy; thence to and around the can buoy
of the Union Iron Works; thence to the
finish across an imaginary line drawn
from the southerly pierhead to a stake
boat anchored 100 yards due west. The
course is officially reckoned at ten nauti-
cal miles. The start will be of the one
gun kind a preparatory gun being fired
at ] p. m. Yachts of Class | will start
on gun-fre at los p M, those of Glass
2 at 1:15 p. m, and those of Glasses 8 and
4 at 80 p. m. A red flag will fly as a
signal for Class l. a white flag as a sig
nal for Glass and a blue flag as a signal
for Glasses 8 and 4. At Blossom Rock
buoy, which is also one of the marks in
the Corinthian course. the California
yachts will yield the right of way to the
Corinthian craft.
The Oakland Canoe Club will keep
open house" to-day at its home on Ses-