Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-30
P0WER-b0ATS
To RACE HERE
Biz Event Will be Staged at
Raritan Yacht Club on
August s

A powerboat ace believed to be
the first ever put on in these waters.
will be held by the RAritan Yacht
Club on Saturday afternoon, August
s, as the result Of . decision reached
at q special meeting of the Board OF
Governors on Wednesday night
Already fourteen craft have been
officially measured for the event and
entries have been booked from New
Brunswick, the Bentley Yacht Club.
OF Tottenville: the Princex Bay
Club. and also from Sewaren and
Railway. The course il being laid
out by the committee in charge and
will be thirty miles In length. The
race will start At 2 o'clock and will
finish around $50. Suitable prizes
will be awarded.
At the governors meeting the club
Joined the American Power Boat
Association. the largest organization
Of its kind In the country. BY this
action, the members Of the local
yacht club will be eligible to enter
their boats in any races conducted
by the association.
The report Of the carnival com.
mittee was received and showed the
affair to have resulted in great sue
cess, both financially and socially. It
was announced that the automobile
contest will close Saturday night.
August 9. when the machine will
be awarded.
The following rules will govern
the races:
Cruisers and glass cabin boats
shall rae as n class, and handi-
caps shall be based upon the A. P.
D. A. rules governing cruisers.
Course.
From Raritan Yacht Club to
Great Beds Light. leaving 1t to port,
! to East Point Gas Buoy, leaving It
to starboard, to Bell Buoy at mouth
port, to Old Orchard Shoals Light,
leaving it to port, to Great Beds
Light. leaving 1t to starboard, to line
Of starting. Distance approximately
thirty nautical miles.
Start and Finish Line.
A line between the Flagstaff on
clubhouse dock and a stake boat
anchored to the eastward.
Time Of Start.
Boats shall start in the order OF
their time allowances. For the boat
having the greatest handicap the
signal shall be as follows:
Warning gun, 1850 p. m.
Preparatory gun, 1855 p. m.
Starting gun, 200 p. m.
Thereafter, when time allowances
permit, a preparatory gun shall be
fred two minutes before the starting
time Of each boat, which shall start
in the order of their numbers.
Measurement.
All competing boats must present
1920 or 1921 measurement cards
signed by an official measurer OF the
A. P. B. A., or be measured by one
Of the following Raritan Yacht Club
measurers, who shall measurce ac-
cording to A. P. B. A. rules:
G. H. Hooper, Raritan Yacht Club,
Perth Amboy. N. J.
Nelson Macan. Raritan Yacht
Club. Perth Amboy, N. ].
Chester Peck, Raritan Yacht
Club, Perth Amboy. N. ].
Arrangements for measuring by
the Raritan Yacht Club measurers
can be made by addressing any OF
the following at the Raritan Yacht
Club, or calling the phone numbers
indicated during the day time. OF
Gordon Baldwin, phone PSI Perth
Amboy.
Nelson Macan. phone 1900 Perth
Herbert ellis. phone 1900 Perth
Herbert Hooper. phone 1900
Perth Amboy.
Grew.
Rule XII. A. p. B. A.
Names and occupation Of crew
shall be handed to the committee al
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Power and Fuel.
Explosive engine or engines oper.
hted by gasoline, kerosene, alcohol
or producer gas. No ingredient tc
increase the power of fuel permitted.
Use Of sails prohibited.
Inspection.
Boats must report to the COM
lmittee at least one hour before theil
own starting time, and must be sub
ject to the inspection Of the COM
mittee at any time prior to the firing
Of the preparatory u for each
boat.
A. p. B. A. tables.
Protests.
Rule XIII. A. P. b. A.
The Raritan Yacht Club will
award q first prize, second prize !
I'VE start, a third prize If eight start
and a fourth prize II twelve start.
Entries.
Entries close on August 4, at Il
D. m. Measurement certificate mus
be submitted with entry blank.
In event of the inability OF tn
club measurers to complete measure
,ments by that time, special arrange
ments for measurements and entries
can be made with the Regatta Com
mittee.
All entries should be sent to Mr.
Gordon Baldwin, chairman Regatt'
Committee, Raritan Yacht Club
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Entertainment.
A dance will be given at the club
house in the evening after the hnlsl
of the race. and the captains an.
crews of the contesting boats. wit
their friends are cordially Invited t.
attend.
The lucky number for the awar.
of an Oldsmobile touring a VII
also be drawn on that evening.
Big Catch of Blue Fish
A party of fishermen cruising OF
Balilee and North Beach on Thurs
day captured As blue fish. averagin!
! four pounds in weight. n CCl2