Year: 1888

page_text: I HENRY GLANVILLE BARNACLE of The Vicarage Holmes Chapel Cheshire Clerk
in Holy Orders do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a game of skill which I call "The Yacht Race," in which
toy yachts and toy buoys or obstacles, made of lead, or other suitable substance are
engaged, the said objects being of different colors for distinction.
These are placed on a board, or a sheet of paper or pasteboard or any other
material of a suitable description on which lines are printed, painted or ruled, in tho
manner shown in the drawing appended, there being a spot or mark at the intersection
of all lines.
The board or other material or surface on which the game is played may be
embellished in any way to render it pleasing to the eye.
I do not however confine myself to diagonal lines, or the number of spots, as in the
drawing, as another arrangement might be adopted, such as lines at right angles to
each other, or a combination of rectangular lines and diagonal lines. But I prefer to
use the diagonal lines, as they represent the natural mode of sailing a yacht.
At opposite corners of the material or surface on which the game is played, there is
a picture of a port or harbour. The respective opponents have to tack their yachts,
from the anchor in one port, to the anchor in the opposite port, according to certain
rules. which are as follows.
1. Each player takes two buoys or obstacles, and two yachts, and selecting a port
places his yachts on the anchor in that port, which represents his anchorage, and
places his buoys or obstacles on any two spots within the dotted line marked Å from
which the buoys or obstacles must not be moved during the game, and which renders
the spots occupied by the buoys or obstacles, out of play. The spots marked B are
recommended as suitable positions for the buoys or obstacles to occupy.

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2. Each player tacks his yachts along the diagonal lines one at once.
Each player
takes a move alternately, and may move the same yacht as often as he chooses, it not
being necessary to move his own yachts alternately.
3. The first tack is from the anchorage which is represented by the anchor in Port
to one of the 3 nearest spots; every subsequent move may be to one or over one to
the second spot, not exceeding two in the same straight line, and no move can be made
except on a line, and having once left, its anchorage, a yacht cannot return to it.
The last move is from one of the three outside spots to the anchorage in the
port, and once a yacht has gone to its anchorage it cannot move again.
4. Whatever be the spot a yacht is on, it may tack along all the lines from that
spot to the nearest spot in each line, therefore no yacht, adversaries or friend's, can
pass to or over these spots, but must leave them open and unpassed over, as otherwiso
it would be crossing the bows of another boat which is against the ordinary rules of
sailing.
5. When a yacht cannot tack without violating the rules for tacking, the move is
lost, and the opponent moves. Each player must move when a move is possible,
whether backwards or forwards.
6. The player who tacks both his yachts into his adversaries port first, wins
the game.
7. The game may be played as above either with more buoys or obstacles than two
or with none or with one or any number of yachts apiece and with or without
considering the dotted lines, or sailing over more or less spots at a time, according to
the arrangements of the players.
Dated this Sixteenth day of October 1888.

page_text: I HENRY GLANVILLE BARNACLE of The Vicarage, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire,
Clerk in Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to a game, of skill in which toy yachts or vessels and toy
buoys or obstacles made of lead, or other suitable substance or material are engaged
the said objects being of different colors or of different shapes for distinction.
These are placed on a board or a sheet of paper or pasteboard or any other
material of a suitable description on which lines are printed, painted or ruled, in
the manner shown in the drawing which accompanies my provisional specification
there being a spot, cross or mark at the intersection of all lines.
The board or other material or surface on which the game is played may be
embellished in any way to render it pleasing to the eye.
I do not however confine myself to diagonal lines nor to the number of spots
as in the drawing as another arrangement might be adopted such as lines at
right angles to each other, or a combination of rectangular lines and diagonal
lines. But I prefer to use the diagonal lines as the sailing or tacking of a yacht
or vessel is thereby better represented.
At opposite corners of the material or surface on which the game is played,
there is a picture of a port or harbour or a space representing the same. The
respective opponents have to tack their yachts, from the anchor in one port, to
the anchor in the opposite port, according to certain rules which are as follows.
In setting forth the said rules reference is had to the drawing which as aforesaid
Iwas filed with my provisional application.
RULES.
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(1) Each player takes two buoys or obstacles, and two yachts, and selecting a
port, places his yachts on the anchor in that port, which represents his anchorage,
and places his buoys or obstacles on any two spots within the dotted line
marked A from which the buoys or obstacles must not be moved during the
game, and which renders the spots occupied by the buoys or obstacles out of
play. The spots marked B are recommended as suitable positions for the buoys
or obstacles to occupy.
(2) Each player tacks his yachts along the diagonal lines one at once.
Each
player takes a move alternately, and may move the same yacht as often as he
chooses, it not being necessary to move his own yachts alternately.
(3) The first tack is from the anchorage which is represented by the anchor
in port to one of the three nearest spots, every subsequent move may be to one
or over one to the second spot, not exceeding two in the same straight line and

page_text: no move can be made except on a line, and having once left its anchorage, a
yacht cannot return to it. The last move is from one of the three outside spots
to the anchorage in the port, and when a yacht has arrived at its anchorage it
cannot move again.
(4) Whatever be the spot a yacht is on, it may tack along all the lines from
that spot to the nearest spot in each line, therefore no yacht whether of an
adversary or of a friend, can pass to or over these spots, but must leave them
open and unpassed over, as otherwise it would be crossing the bows of another
boat which is against the ordinary rules of sailing.
(5) When a yacht cannot tack without violating the rules for tacking, the
move is lost, and the opponent moves. Each player must move when a move is
possible, whether backwards or forwards..
(6) The player who tacks both his yachts into his adversary's port first, wins
the game.
(7) The game may be played as above either with more buoys or. ⚫ obstacles
than two or with none or with one or any number of yachts apiece and with or
without considering the dotted lines, or sailing over more or less spots at a time,
according to the arrangements of the players.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is :-
The foregoing game of skill wherein miniature vessels or other objects are
moved from port to port upon lines drawn, painted or printed on a
surface of
paper, pasteboard, wood or other suitable material, with or without the combination
of certain buoys or obstacles, the said miniature vessels being moved and the said
buoys or obstacles being placed in accordance with a series of rules all prepared,
arranged and used substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this with day of Decembar 1000