Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-24

Cobbossec fleet will be held. TODAY tbe
boats to start at 2.30 p. M.
The regatta will be open to all classec
of boats bearing sail regardless -,
size, style or sailing qualities. and ,
cordial invitation is extended IN ou
persons owning sailboats to participatc
therein.
Boats will be divided into classes as
follows, the question of length only
tower alD being considered:
FIRST CLASS.
No. 5-Waubaushene, cat rig. r w
Soule: length ~ feet.
| No. 3-Gretchen, yawl rig ID. c. Robin.
son: length. q feet
No. 2-Lady of the Lake. sloop. VIM
McFadden; length, ~ feet
No. i2.Ella Pearl VIM. H. II. Small;
length. 1874 feet.
No. G-Unk-ta-hee. double spritsail Mis-.
Alice Welch: length. % feet.
cs Noi 4Sk e1nib " loot sloop Webster
Neptune, skipjack. Melville Smith;
Hilda, sloop, Woodman & Wilkins;
| length, 1876 feet.
SECOND CLASS.
No. i4-White Wings. double spritsaiI.
S. S. Patten; length, 1873 feet.
No. i0-Liilian. eat, c. w. Goodwin
No, 15-"M,' cat, John II. Merrill
| No. llama s., cat, &. c. Hunt; length.
No. 1ssccNumph cat, Hiram Clark;
No 29-"B. o." double spritsail, Blaine
! owen; length. Is feet
No. 5l-No Name, sloop,
| No 59-Moscley. leg-of-mutton. Charles
Emery; length, IA feet.
No 1 d.
| son; length. 17-2 feet.
! No. A-Irace and Anna. St Lawrence
| sktf' g " Bailey: length. Il feet.
NO. 1-.Breeze. cat, --- -- Merrill
No. 50-Wenonah. leg-of-mutton. f. W.
Briggs length, 10 feet.
No. i1-llarold. double spritsail. Harold
llichborn; length, 14-2 feet.
No. i5-A!ice May. latteen, Arthur y.
Soule; length. IA feet.
No. tl-Zephyr. cat, Chas. j. Higgins;
No. enlist, cat f. =. Robinson. length
Is feet.
No, 4S>--sluash Seed, H. W. Reid:
Aiiqe sailing dory. +. B. Jackson:
length. ~ feet.
CANOE CLASS.
No. 35 Toothpick, double latteen VIM.
II: Reid: length. 1876 feet.
No. i6-Petrel. II. Partridge
w hlSper, I'll. BROOKS.
Any person desiring to sail boat in
race may do so without having il
entered. and its measurements Will be
taken by one of the committee after
the race is over.
These prizes will be awarded In the
first and second classes. and two in
the canoe class. The first prize in each
class to be held by the owner until the
next annual regatta, when it shall be
again offered as first prize in its class.
Time allowance will be computed by
the Herreshoff Table of Allowances.
First Class-First prize, Robinson
Silver Cup. Second prize. Bunting Flag.
Third Prize, Boat Lantern.
Second Class-First Prize. LIVER
Medal. Second prize, Anchor Third
prize. Brass Boat Pump.
Canoe Class-First prize. Silk Flag.
Second prize, Map and Pilot of Cob
boSseecOnJee
In addition TO the above prizes. every
boat under IS feet that sails over the
course will receive one dollar from the
regatta committee.
Each boat will carry a small white
flag, or patch. bearing a number. as its
requested to sew the same to the sail
near the middle. Ballast can be shifted
during a race, but none can be taken
in or put out after the preparatory gun
has been fired. There will be no entry
fee assessment or other expense, TO
persons taking part in the regatta.
The course in all classes must be sail
ed within 2l2 hours.
TO- rolr 49,, tl,;t
season, the committee decided TO lay
out a shorter course than usual, and
require the boats to go twice around
it.
Boats in the first and second classes
will sail twice over a triangular course
of about 2la miles Those in the canoe
class will sail but once over the course
and will not be competitors for the
sweepstake prize. The starting point
viii be an imaginary line drawn from
ID. &. Robinson's cottage to a stake
boat bearing a white flag numbered
1. directly in front of and about 10 rods
distant therefrOm.
In starting should the wind be south
erly or easterly. boats in starting will
cross the starting line from east to
west Should the wind be westerly or
from east to west. From the starting
point to the course to the second stake
boat, bearing white flag, No. >. is $.
T.. tin the direction of the "OutletD,
about a mile. Leaving this stake boat
on the starboard, the course to the
second stake boat talso bearing a
white flag, No. ., is w. n. W. about
III miles; thence. leaving the stake
boat on the starboard to starting line,
about one mile. All boats on returning
must cross the starting line in the OPP
posite direction from that taken at
starting.
! At 225 o'clock =. NJ. standard time.
the preparatory gun will be fired and a
horn sounded at Robinson's cottage, at
which signal boats will get ready. A.
go O'Clock there will be q second gun
and sound of horn, which will be the
starting signal
1t is expected that all boats will cross
the starting line as soon as possible
after the final signal is given, and all
boats must be over the line within five
minutes after the signal is given. The
exact starting time and time Of return
! Of each boat will be taken by the
judges.