Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-23
NEXT REGATTA
At PRINCE BAY.
Will be Held Sunday, Aug. n
Local Boys Will Com
pete in Races

The third of the series of regat-
tas being held under the auspices
of the Raritan Bay Yacht Racing
Association is to be on Sundai aft
ernoon, August 81, at the Princes
Bay Yacht Club, Staten Island. Five
events are included in the program
announced yesterday.
Possibly the most important event
on the bill, from the standpoint of
popular interest at least is the
speedboat race. which starts at 4:30
o'clock in the afternoon. Since the
first regatta at the Raritan Yacht
Club. early in the GUNNER. interest
in soeedboat racing has gained
ground rapidly in Raritan Bay
yachting circles. Popularity is not
confined to owners but is spreading
among a large number of mere spec
tators who thrill at the .ght of sew
eral fast boats speeding over the
water.
II. is understood that competition
among owners has reached the point
where the losers are contemplating
the construction of new boats with
which they hope to win honors next
season. The Raritan Bay Yachting
Association seems to have arrived
~ GO Ntiii u CIuyy vi us uTSL Year
OF existence, has done much to
stimulate interest in INCORPORATING
and sailing.
As the result of this years activi-
ty it has become known that several
new boats ill be purchased for next
year by local men. S~peedboats &C.
cupy the center of the state Just at
present but INCORPORATING and sail
ing are also gaining strength. The
yachting association has become
known outside Of this vicinity and
has received an invitation from the
Mississippi River Speed Boat Asso-
citation to join its ranks and build
boats for organized competition.
Sundays regatta at Prince Bay
starts at II o'clock in the morning
with a race for the open boat class.
Semi-cruisers get under way at noon
and cruisers at 1 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, with the speedboat event
at 1880. Owners desiring to enter
may obtain particulars through Nell
son Macan or Lewis j. Compton, of
the Raritan Yacht Club.
Another interesting event in Sum
days program is the bang and go
back race. This is to be a special
race for a trophy cup that has been
held by the Prince Bay Club for the
past ten years and it is understood
that the local organization is to
make a special effort to bring the
cup to Perth Amboy on Sunday.
In a bang and go back" race all
boats start from scratch. Captains
are forbidden to touch their motors
throughout the race and an official
is placed on each competing craft
to enforce the rule. No definite
course is laid for the race, but all
boats go ahead until a gun is fired
from shore. At that signal entrants
come about and return to the start
ing point.
The feature of the race is that
while boats of all speeds are enter
ed at scratch the more speedy cnes
will forge ahead steadily while the
slow craft hang back. At the turn
in& signal, then, the slow boats will
be nearer the goal and the fasser
ones will have to oversome the lead
at the same speed they made at
the outset. Theoretically, all en-
trants should finish at once but such
q contest ordinarily tunrs into a
battle of wits and boat handling
ability. Sundays race should be in
teresting, in view of the cup At stake
and the friendly rivalry between the
competing organizations.