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in the following order the yachts entered Lowestoft 

 Harbour : 



Hrs. Mins. Sees. 



Red Rover ... 1 50 29 



Ariel . . .1 56 36 



Waveney Queen .2 2 31 



Water Lily ... 2 6 45 



The first yacht accomplished the run, a distance of forty- 

 seven miles, in 4 hrs., 20 mins., 29 sees., and the last in 4 hrs. 

 51 mins., 45 sees. ; and as fully two hours had elapsed before 

 Or ford Ness was rounded, some idea of the pace may be 

 formed from the fact that the remaining thirty miles were 

 performed in less than two and a half hours, which, for yachts 

 of small tonnage on a neap tide, must be pronounced as most 

 successful. It must also be remembered that these yachts were 

 built, with the exception of the Ariel, for the navigation of 

 inland waters ; the time allowance of the latter was only 

 three minutes, and she lost the race by seven seconds. 



It was intended at Harwich that eight yachts, competing 

 for a prize of their own, should accompany the Norfolk and 

 Suffolk yachts to Lowestoft, but the unfavourable weather 

 which prevailed on the Thursday prevented this arrangement 

 being carried out. 



In looking at the photograph of the Waveney Queen one 

 cannot fail to note the enormous spars she carried. Her jib 

 was forty-four feet on the foot, whilst from the peak of the 

 gaff to the deck was no less than seventy-four feet, which 

 gives some idea of her vast spread of canvas. She beat the 

 Red Rover at sea, August 31, 1888. 



Speaking generally, the East Anglian Coast is not a good 

 one for yachting. There is a lack of good harbours of refuge, 

 and a labyrinth of sandbanks from the mouth of the Thames 

 to the Humber, which combine to render yachtsmen very chary 

 of eastern waters, so that with the exception of the Harwich 

 Regatta week, first-class yachts are rarely seen within sight of 

 land, or passing up and down channel. Amongst many of the 



