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BROADLAND SPORT 



After the club was formed the yachts were at first divided 

 into two classes. Class I., Cutters. Class II., Lateeners. 

 Most of the meetings were confined to two races daily, and in 

 Class I. the smaller yachts were allowed to compete on the 

 usual time allowance. The course was about six to eight 

 miles, and the prizes offered were more valuable, although it 

 can hardly be said they were less coveted than they are now. 



The inauguration meeting of the new club was held at 

 Cantley on the 16th Juue 1859, and a course of eight 

 miles marked out. The events of the day were divided into 

 two races. The entries for the first included the following 

 yachts : 



A considerable amount of interest was centred. in this, 

 race by reason of the new rules and measurements introduced, 

 and because it was not definitely known which class (cutter 

 or lateen) under the new regime was likely to hold the 

 supremacy. The new allowance on measurement was a minute 



* The term cutter is a local misnomer, as these yachts were sloop rigged. 



