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BROADLAND SPORT 



In 1862 the total membership of the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 Yacht Club was about ninety all told. As the club grew and 

 prospered the water frolics of old gave place to well-organised 

 regattas, at which the racing was watched with much interest 

 and the sailing regulated by strict rules, which were rigorously 

 enforced. It may not be considered out of place if a word 

 is here added regarding the most important of these gather- 

 ings which was annually held near Great Yarmouth. 



This greatest of all water frolics of olden times was a day 



THE OLD TYPE OF SIXTEEN-FOOTEKS RACING ON BURGH FLATS. 



to be remembered, not so much by reason of the sailing 

 capabilities of the boats which competed, as for the re- 

 miniscence of individual adventure. Everybody looked upon 

 it as a duty they owed to society to get more or less elevated 

 in spirits towards the close of the day, from those in highest 

 authority to the lowest of the low. 



Burgh Water Frolic, now a fixture of the past, was 

 annually held, from time immemorial, upon Burgh Flats 

 at the westernmost end of Breydon Water. It was a gathering 

 which everybody in the district attended, and was looked 

 forward to from one year to another with great expectation. 



