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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 26, 1887. 



A. C. A. REGATTA PROGRAMME, 



Monday, Aug. 15, 1837. 



No. L Paddling, Class I. — This race exempt from "one man, one 

 canoe" rule: 1 mile with a turn. 



No. :.\ Paddling, CfTassefc II. and III., exclusively.— One mile with 

 a turn. Meu entering in this event shall not enter in event No. 3. 

 Record event. 



No. 3. Paddling, Class IN 7 ., exclusively.— One mile with a turn. 

 Men entering in this event shall not enter in event No, 2. Record 

 event. 



No. 4. Paddling.— Open canoes with single-blade paddles; one 

 mile with a turn. 



No. 5. Paddling Tandem.— On the triangle, A and B sailing 

 canoes, decked with wood; 1}4 miles. 



No. 15. Paddling Tandem.— On the triangle. Open canoes; 1J4 

 miles. 



. No. 7. Paddling Upset, Classes II., III. and IV -No special ap- 

 pliances allowed. At signal every canoe, must be turned com- 

 pletely over, righted, and with the crew inside paddled across the 

 finishing line— 500ft. Record event. 



No. 8. Paddling and Sailing Combined.— On the triangle, Classes 

 A and B., paddle % mile, sail M mile, paddle % mile, sail % mile, 

 paddle \& mile, sail ¥ 2 mile; 3 miles. Record event. 



No. 6. Sailing— On the triangle. Novices, Classes A and B. No 

 limit to rig or ballast. Open only to members who never sailed 

 a canoe prior to Sept. 1, 1880; \y 2 miles. 



No. 10. Sailing, on the triangle, Classes A and B.— No limit to 

 rig or ballast; i% miles. To be started in squadrons. See Note B. 

 This will be the trial race for places in the American squadron in 

 the trophy race. Record event. 



No. 11. Sailing, on the triangle, Classes A and B.— Sail limited 

 to75sci.ft. No limit to ballast. To be started in squadrons. See 

 Note 8; 3 miles. 



No. 12. Sailing, on the triangle, A. C A. trophy. Classes A and 

 B.— No limit to rig or ballast; time limit 3 hours; ~% miles. The 

 American squadron will be selected according to the result of the 

 trial race, viz., event No. 10, with the exception, however, that the 

 regatta committee reserves the right to name three of the Ameri- 

 can squadron independent of the result of the trial race. 



No. 13. Sailing, Club Uace— Each club shall be entitled to three 

 entries. The first canoe to cross the winning line shall count as 

 ma7iy points as there are starters in the race; the second shall 

 count one less than the first, and so on to the last, which shall 

 count one, and the aggregate of the score of the canoes starting 

 for each club shall be the club score. To windward or leeward, 1 

 mile and return, lor a prize banner. 



No. 14. Sailing, Consolation.— Winners of either first or second 

 places in events Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 excluded. No limit to rig 

 or ballast; 1 mile to windward or leeward and return. 



No. 15. Sailing, Upset, Classes A and B.— No special appliances 

 allowed. Canoes to carry between SO and TSsq.ft. of canvas in two 

 sails. No limit to ballast. At signal, canoe to be tipped over 

 until top of the foremast touches the water. Canoe to be righted 

 and to cross finishing line under sail or paddle; Yn mile. Record 

 event. 



No. 10. Sailing, "Man Overboard."— While under way, at signal, 

 some object that will float, and at least as large as an ordinary 

 cushion, shall be thrown overboard, aft, out of reach. The same 

 must be recovered and the race continued to the finishing line; 

 J4 mile. 



No. 17. Hurry-Scurry Race.— 100yds. run, 20yds. swim, "00yds. 

 paddle. 



No. 18. Grand Review of the Entire Fleet.— This is announced on 

 this programme at the suggestion of the commodore. 



No. 19. Presentation of Prizes.— To take place at the A. C. A. 

 business meeting. 



No. 20. Pyrotechnics, and Illuminated Procession on the Lake. 

 NOTES. 



Note A.— As any programme for a fixed day, which includes sail- 

 ing races, is subject to the risk of being disarranged by a lack of 

 wind, the committee has decided not to have any stated programme 

 for each day, but to announce on the bulletin-board at 8 A. M. 

 each day the races to take nlace in the forenoon, and at 1 P. M. 

 each day the races to take place in the afternoon, with the hour of 

 starting each race. The first race of each forenoon will start at 

 9:30 O'clock. The first rice of each afternoon will start at 2 o'clock. 



Note B. — The unlimited and limited sailing races, viz.: events 

 N OS, 10 and 11, will be started in squadrons, by signals, as follows: 



First Signal, 5 minutes before the race, "fleet assemble," one gun 

 will be fired from, and the A. C. A. flag run up at, the starter's 

 station. 



Second Signal, t minutes later, "first squadron prepare," one gun, 

 and A. C. A. flag hauled down. 



Third Signal, 1 minute later, "first squadron Btart," one gun, 

 and red flag run up. 



Fourth Signal, 4 minutes later, "second squadron prepare," one 

 gnu, red flag hauled down. 



Fifth Signal, 1 minute later, "second squadron start," two guns, 

 two red flags run up. 



Sixth Signal, 4 minutes later, "third squadron prepare," one 

 gun, red flags hauled down. 



Seventh Signal, 1 minute later, "third squadron start," three 

 guns, three red flags run up. 



The number of signals will be increased on the same plan to 

 cover the number of squadrons into which the fleet may be divided. 

 The clerk of the course will assign contestants to the different 

 squadrons by lot, and any contestant starting in any squadron 

 other than that to which ho has been assigned will be disqualified. 



A time allowance between the several squadrons wiU be given 

 corresponding with the starting signals. 



Note C— The committee reserves the right to amend this pro- 

 gramme at any time, and also to cancel any event in which the 

 entries are not, in the opinion of the committee, sufficiently num- 

 erous to warrant a race. 



ROYAL C. C. 



A MEETING was held on Tuesday, May 10, at which Commo- 

 dore Edwards of Peterboro, Canada, was elected 'an honorary 

 member of the club. This well-known Canadian canoe sailor is 

 visiting England to compete in the Royal C. C. matches at Hendon, 

 and for the £50 challenge cup. John McGregor, Rob Roy, the 

 captain of the club, was in the chair. The sailing matches on 

 Heudon Lake promise to be, as regards entries, the best that the 

 club has held during its twenty-one years of life, Competitors.in 

 addition to Commodore Ed wards, of Canada, are expected from 

 America, from Liverpool, the Clyde and Hull clubs, and the head- 

 quarter list of probable starters includes already some eighteen 

 canoes. There is a large amount of "new blood" afloat in the club 

 this season, and also a considerable augmentation to the fleet in 

 new boats. Both Stewart and Baden-Powell have built new craft, 

 with many novelties in form, construction and equipment, which 

 as to rig, may probably be classed as "inventions." Tredwen, if is 

 thus far understood, will sail the Pearl of 1880, the craft which 

 Stewart sailed in the American matches, and which is known to 

 many by a nickname, the "oystershell" (she having a mother-of- 

 peail badge on each bow). That She is not the mother of a new 

 Pearl many are regretting, as the production from the brain-pan of 

 Tredwen of a new design— after the experiences of 1880, and simul- 

 taneously with the building of the two flyers aforesaid — would 

 have added in no small degree to the racing excitement of the 

 seas on. Yet Pearl is a very hard shell to crack, and her elder 

 sister (also Pearl) is by many'good judges considered even a faster 

 boat; anyhow, this pair in the hands of two brothers, will give the 

 best of the fleet enough to do to get the weather gauge. 



The Nautilus of 1880, which was raced in the American matches, 

 is at present looking for an owner, and therefore not to be counted 

 on at present in the racing fleet; but her sister boat, now named 

 Ihe Diamond, has already on the hike shown such a clean pair of 

 heels, especially to windward, that her flag may confidently be 

 looked for in the leading division, if not actually heading it. Of 

 the performances, so far as new boats are concerned, little can be 

 said at present, as fitting and stretching sail is hardly completed 

 with those afloat, and the majority are still in the builders' shops. 

 But as regards the older craft, the deecs of the two Pearls on the 

 Thames have been brilliant in competitions with the decked and 

 half-decked sailing boats of the Thames clubs. The Nina, a beau- 

 tifull\ fitted canoe, has been doing some wonderfully good sailing 

 at Hendou, in company with Diamond, Kitten and others. The 

 second class canoes, limited as to sail to 75 sq. ft., are showing up 

 in great force this season, and live new ones added to the list will 

 cause a considerable flutter among the flags of the older craft; 

 hardly, however, will they ruffle the flag of Sabi-ina^ whose 

 doughty skipper is widely known as "Spinaker Boom," from his 

 fondness in carrying a spinaker in all weathers and on all points 

 of sailing, often, thereby, obtaining the "bath" without the knight- 

 hood. The racing at Hendou will take place on the 21st, at 3 P. 

 M., and following Saturdays through Whitsuntide. By the 21st 

 the new craft will be afloat, and we may then be more in position 

 to describe their points, peculiarities, and improvements.— R. C. 

 C, in London Field, May Ik, 



HAMILTON C. 0.— This club will make a cruise iu company 

 with some canoeists from Brantford, down the Grand River on 

 June 22-24. 



THE EASTERN DIVISION MEET.— Arrangements for the 

 division meet at Haddam Island, May 28, 29. 30 and 31, are now 

 nearly completed. The terms at Rock Landing Hotel will be $1.50 

 per day, or breakfast 35 cents, dinner 50 cents, supper 35 cents, 

 lodging 50 cents, and those wishing to engage rooms at the hotel, 

 or straw for their tents, must send word as soon as possible to Dr. 

 Parmele, 17 Haynes street, Hartford, Conn. All who send their 

 canoes via the steamboat from Hartford, should, to save delay, 

 have them in Hartford not later than 3 o'clock P. M., Fri- 

 day, May 27, otherwise, owing to local complications, they wiU not 

 reach camp until Sunday morning. Buy steamboat tickets to 

 Rock Landing, and railroad tickets to Walklcy Hill. Those who 

 come down the river from Hartford by Saturd'av afternoon boat 

 cannot land at Rock Landing, but must go three miles below the 

 island to east Haddam, Upper Landing (the better wav is to go 

 down by train). For the benefit, of canoeists who are photograph- 

 ers, the committee will try to provide a darkroom. The pro- 

 gramme for Monday's races is as follows: 9:30 A. M., paddling, V> 



limited to 75ft., 3 miles; 2:15, sailing, no limits, 3 miles triangular; 

 3:00, combined, paddle sail V<j, paddle )£, sail %, 2-mile race, fin- 

 ish under sail; 3:45, open sailing race, any canoe owned by A.C.A. 

 members, 3 miles; 4:30, consolation sailing and paddling races, 

 paddle, % mile, sailing 2 miles. A novice is a canoeist who lias not 

 sailed a canoe prior to 1887. Open sailing race will be governed In' 

 A. C. A. rules, except regarding measurement. A ennoe of any 

 size may enter. 



OAKLAND C. C. SPRING CRUISE.-On April 28 three canoes 

 of the. Oakland C. C. were shipped by rail to Healdsburg, and next 

 day they were joined by a party of five boimd on a cruise down 

 the Russian River. After stopping at the hotel over night, on the 

 morning of April 30 the parl y, consisting of Com. W. W. Blow and 

 his daughter in the Zephyr, Vice-Corn. A. IX Harrison in the Snol- 

 ligoster, an Alaskan sealskin canoe; and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. 

 Wright, in the Columbia, launched at the railroad bridge at 

 Healdsville and started down stream. The day's run of 20 miles 

 was made through many rapids and some quite difficult places, 

 the ladies resting at night at a farmhouse, while the gentlemen 

 slept in their canoes. Starting early next morning a run was 

 made through the redwood country, the river winding with many 

 turns around the foot of the hills. During the day the Zephyr 

 came to grief by striking broadside on to a small island in a rapid. 

 Her lady passenger leaped ashore dryshod, but the canoe was cap- 

 sized and much of her load lost. After repairing damages with 

 the help of the other canoes, the cruise was resumed, and at 3:30 

 P. M. camp was made a mile, below Gucrneville. Starting at 10 A. 

 M. next day, they ran on until a strong head wind was met, which 

 made progress slow. Further on was a broad shoal, where the 

 crews had to wade and drag the canoes. The end of the cruise, 

 Duncan's Mills, was reached at 3:30 P. M., and friends were found 

 awaiting their arrival. The canoes were taken to the railroad and 

 shipped home, and the party spent the night at the hotel, return- 

 ing by rail next day. 



, PRIZE FLAGS FOR THE A. C. A. MEET.— JSc/i'tor Forest 

 and Stream: In February last the regatta committee sent to each 

 member of the A. C. A. a most beautifully decorated circular 

 letter, mildly suggesting the propriety of members contributing 

 flags for the Bow-Arrow Point regatta. It will require about 

 forty flags to satisfy the greed of the chronic prize winners on that 

 occasion, yet up to the present time the committee has received 

 promises of only twelve flags. A few days since I was honored 

 by a call from the Commodore, who informed me that the ex- 

 penses of the regatta committee would have to bo limited to a sum 

 he named, which is barely sufficient to buy champagne and cigars 

 for the commit tee, therefore nothing will be left for flags. Of the 

 twelve flags contributed, five will have to go as record prizes, and 

 three were specially contributed for prizes in the trophy race; 

 this leaves but four flags toward those needed for the general pro- 

 gramme. Unless there is a more generous response by the mem- 

 bers the committee Will be forced to offer as first prizes tissue 

 paper flags, and as second prizes, bone collar buttons.— Henky 

 Stanton, Chairman Regatta Committee. 



PITTSBURGH C. C— Editor Forest and Stream: At a recent 

 meeting of the Pittsburgh C. C. the following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: Reade W. Bailey, Captain; W. E. Woodwell, 

 Mate; W. W. Lawrence, Purser. After the meeting the members 

 of the club adjourned to the Hotel Duquesne, where they partook 

 of the annual dinner. The personnel of the P. C. C, has probably 

 changed less than that of any other club connected with the 

 A. C. A. All of the original members are still connected with it 

 and the majority of them were present on this occasion. The 

 annual Decoration day meet will take place as usual on the 

 Monongahela River. The sailing race for the club cup will be the 

 leading event and a strong effort will be made to wrest it from 

 our champion sailor, Mr. Bailey, who has held it for the past two 

 years.— Reba. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



fachting. 



FIXTURES. 



MAY. 



30. Great Head, Winthrop, tro- 

 phy. 



30. Knickerbocker Annual, Port 



Day, 



Morris. 

 30. Brooklyn, Opening 



Gravesend Bav. 

 30. Cape Cod V. C„ Club. 

 June. 



10. Portland, Annual. 



16. Atlantic. Annual. New York. 



17. Cape Cod Y. C, Club. 



17. Dorchester, 100th Regatta. 



18. Cor. Peun., Hull. 



18. Brooklyn Annual, Gravesend 

 Bay. 



23. Eastern, Annual, Marble- 

 head. 



25. Boston Globe Open, Boston. 

 25. Hull Club, Marblehead. 

 25. Oswego, Ladies' Day. 

 28. Great Head, Pennant. 



28. Oswego Cruise. 



Q.uincv, Club. 

 28-31. Portland, Cruise. 

 27. Dorchester, 97th Regat ta. 

 30. Cedar Point Opening. 

 30. Newark, Open, Greenville. 

 30. South Boston Opening. 



2. Miramichi, Race for Cups. 

 4. Larchmont, Pennant. 

 6. Hudson River Annual. 

 9. N. Y.. Annual, N. Y. 



10. Dorchester. 98th Regatta. 



11. Sandy Bay, Pen., Rockport. 

 11. Buffalo, Club. 

 11. Great Head, Open. 

 11. S. C, Annual, New York. 



13. Corinthian Annual, N. Y. 



14. Dorchester, 99th Regatta. 

 14. Larchmont Pen., Larchmont. 

 16. N. J., Annual, New York. 



Juxr. 



1. Miramichi, Annual Cruise, 11. Empire. Annual, New York. 

 Bay du Vin. 13. Great Head. 



2. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 16. Beverly, Sweep, Mon. Beach. 

 2. HuU, Penn., HuR. 16. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



4. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 10. Cor. Cham. Marblehead. 



4. Buffalo, Annual, Open. 18-31. InterJake, Put-in-Bay 



4. Boston, City. 20. Hull, Ladies' Day. 



4. Cape Cod Y. C, Club. 23. Beverly, Cham,,* Nahant. 



4. Larchmont An'l, Larchmont. 20. Quincy, 2d Championship. 



5. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 30-28. L. Y, R. A., Cruise and 

 9, Hull, Club Cruise. Races, Toronto. 



9. Beverly, Cham., Marblehead. 27. Great Head, 2d Cham. 



9. Great Head, 1st Cham. 30. Beverlv, Cham., Mon. Beach, 



9. Quincy, 1st Championship. 30. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



9. Sandy Bay, Harwood Cup, 30. Cor. Open, Marblehead. 

 Rockport. 30. South Boston Club. 



At/gust. 



1. Sandy Bay, Open, Rockport. 11. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race, 



1. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race. Belleville. 



Charlotte, N. Y. 11. Eastern, Fall, Marblehead. 



2. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 13. Beverlv, Cham., Mon. Beach. 



2. Sandy Bay, Annual. 13. Hull, Open, Hull. 



3. New York, Cruise, New Lon- 15. Cor. Ladies' Race, Marble- 

 don, 'head. 



4. L. Y. R. A„ Cruise and Race, 18. Miramichi, Race for Cups. 

 Oswego. 20. Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 



6. Beverly, Cham.,Swampscott. 25. Great Head. 



6. Great Head. 26. Quincy, 3d Championship. 



7-13. Buffalo, Cruise. 27. Great Head, 4th Cham. 



8. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race, 27. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 



Kingston, Out. 27. South Boston Club. 



10. Quincy, Review and Ladies' 30. Hull, Cnam., Hull. 

 Day. 30. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 



11. Great Head, 3d Cham. 



StiPTJSMBER. 



1. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 15. Miramichi, Race for Cups. 



3. Larchmont Fall, Larchmont. 17. Buffalo, Club. 



3. Sandy Bay, Pen., Rockport. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marblehead. 



8. Quincy, 3d Championship. 24. Great Head. 



10. Uor. Cham., Marbleneaa. 27. America's Cup Match, N. Y T . 



10. Beverly, Sweep., Mon. Beach. 29. America's Cup Match, N. Y. 

 10. Great Head. 



October, 

 h America's Cup Match, N. Y. 



EASTERN Y. C. REGATTAS. 



THE Eastern Y. C. has decided on June 23 as the date for the 

 annual regatta, and has also decided to start the race off 

 Half Way Rock, instead of Marblehead Rock, as formerly. This 

 will avoid some of the trouble caused by the selfishness of ihe. 

 owners of the hosts of small boats that last year anchored directly 

 in the course and refused to move out of the way of the yachts. 

 It is not. yet decided whether the course shall be to windward or 

 triangular, but after last season the club cannot do better than to 

 take a similar course. It is urged that the work of handling sails 

 and spars over six short legs of five miles each is too heavy, but. it 

 is only by such drill, in actual races, that boats and crews are got 

 into shape for the more important races that are to come, and a. 

 little hard work is well spent in tuning up the crews, while for the 

 spectators no better course could be had. Another important 

 change this year is the addition of a regatta on Aug. 12, m which 

 the New York fleet is expected to joiu. coming round from New- 

 port after the Goelet Cup race. The Boston Herald has offered a 

 cup to cost #l.iX)i! as a prize for sloops and cutters in the race of 

 Aug. 12. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. C. OPEN REGATTA. 



THE open regatta of the South Boston Y. C. will be sailed on 

 May 30, starting at 2 P. M., and will be open to yachts of 16ft. 

 and over, sailing length, enrolled in any yacht club belonging to 

 the New England Y. R, A., and all boats under 16ft. sailing length 

 whether belonging to any club or not. Entries must be made iu 

 writing, giving name of yacht, owner, club, rig, centerboard or 

 keel, length over all and on l.w.l.. and aft overhang, to G. F. 

 Clark, 43 Milk street, Boston, before May 28 at noon. The first 

 circular has been suspended and a second issued, containing some 

 important changes in the rules. We print the circular in full: 



Prizes, Classification, Measurement. Etc.— First class: All 

 yachts measuring 28ft. and less than 38ft. First prize, keels, ?25: 

 second, $15; centerboards, the same. Second class: All yachts 

 measuring 23ft. and less than 28ft. First prize, keels, $20; second, 

 $12; third, }8; centerboards, the same. Third class: centerboard 

 yachts measuring 19ft. and less than 23ft., and all keel yachts un- 

 der 33ft. First prize, keels, $20; second, $12; third, 8: fourth, $5; 

 centerboards, the same. Fourth class: Centerboard yachts -meas- 

 uring 15ft. and less than 19ft. Prizes, first, SI 5; second. §10; third, 

 $5. Fifth class: All boats measuring 12ft. and under 15ft. Prizes, 

 fust, $10; second, $. 



Measurements. — Yachts will be classified according to sailing 

 length, which will be waterline measurement, plus one-fifth of 

 after overhang. Time allowance will he figured on the basis of 

 the Herreshoff table of allowances. Schooners will sail at % of 

 their actual measurement. The official measurement of any yacht 

 club will be accepted, this club reserving the right to re-measure 

 any yacht, and in case of conflict of measurement, to take its own. 



Start.— The start for all classes will be from anchor. At 1:30 

 P. M. the first or preparatory gun will be fired, and the club flag 

 hoisted on the judges' yacht, which will be the signal for all 

 classes to form into line between flags bearing the number of their 

 class. Yachts will start at the following time and signal for the 

 respective classes: 2:00, second gun and lowering of club flag, for 

 first, second and third classes. 2:05, third gun and hoisting of 

 club flag, for -fourth and fifth classes. If, in any case, there 

 should be a failure to fire the gun, the specified lowering or hoist- 

 ing of the flag will be the signal to start. 



Courses— First Class: From starting point, leaving Red Spar 

 Buoy No. 2 and Thompson's Island on the starboard Spectacle 

 and Long islands on the port, Rainsford's Island, Wilson's Rock 

 Buoy and Toddy Rocks Buoy on the starboard, Point Allerton Bar 

 Buoy on the port; returning through "The Narrows," leaving 

 George's and Galloupe's islands and Nix's Mate Black Buoy No. 9 

 on the jport, Lovell's Islands and Red Buoy No. 8 on the starboard, 

 Long. Spectacle and Castle islands and Black Buoy No. 9 Upper 

 Middle on the port, to finishing point. Distance, ltmiles. Second 

 Class: From starting point, leaving Red Spar Buoy No. 2 and 

 Thompson's Island on the starboard, Spectacle a nd Long islands 

 on the port, Rainsford's Island and Wilson's Rock Buoy on the 

 starboard, George's Island Buoy No. 7 on the port, return inc; 

 through "The Narrows," leaving George's and Galloupe's islands 

 and Nix's Mate Black Buoy No. 9 on the port, Lovell's Island and 

 Red Buoy No. 8 on the starboard, Long. Spectacle and Castle 

 islands and Black Buoy No. 9 Upper Middle on the port, to fin- 

 ishing point. Distance, 11 miles. Third Class: From starting 

 point, leaving Cow Pasture Red Spar Buoy No. 6 on the port, 

 Black Can Buoy No. 7, off Fort Independence, on starboard, Spec- 

 tacle Island, Sculpin Ledge Buoy, Red Can Buoy No. 6 Lower Mid- 

 dle and Black Buoy No. 9 Upper Middle on the port, to finishing 

 point. Distance, 9 miles. Fourth Class: From starting point, 

 leaving all of the following buoys on the port: Cow Pasture Red 

 Spar Buoy No. (i, Red Spar Buoy No. 2. N.E. of Thompson's Island, 

 Black Can Buoy No. 7, off Fort Independence, and Black BuovNo. 

 9 Upper Middle, to finishing point. Distance, miles. Fifth Class: 

 From starring point, leaving stakeboat off K street and stakeboat 

 off City Point pier on starboard, judges' yacht on starboard, and 

 repeat, passing bet ween judges' yacht and stakeboat at the finish. 

 Distance, 4 miles. 



The finishing point will be an imaginary line drawn between the 

 judges' yacht and stakeboat, all yachts must cross this line at the 

 finish. By the kindness of Commodore Arthur Fuller, of this 

 club, the flagship Frolic will he used as judges' yacht, which will 

 be for the exclusive use of the regatta commifte'and judges. 



Hides ond ReguiattoKiau— This club being a member of the New 

 England Yacht Racing Association, this regatta will be sailed 

 under the roles of that Association, with the exception of the fifth 

 class, which does not come under the rules, and in which class 

 only there will be no restrictions in regard to sails or ballast. 

 Sails— Yachts in the respective classes will be allowed to use the 

 following sails, and no others: First, second and third classes— 

 For sloops and cutters; Mainsail, forestaysail, jib, jibtopsail (see 

 note), topsails and spinaker. For schooners: .Mainsail, foresail, 



and cutters, and "flying jib" in relation to schooners, have been 

 defined to include any "fore-and-aft" sail set on the topmast head- 

 stay. Fourth Class— For sloops and cutlers: Jib, forestaysail and 

 mainsail. For schooners: Mainsail, foresail, forestavsail and jib. 

 For cats: Mainsail only. Ballast— "Shifting ballast" will not be 

 allowed under penalty of the boat, and owner of the boat and any 

 other boat belonging to Mm, being debarred from further entry 

 or participation in a race given by a club affiliated with the New 

 England Vacht Racing Association, and upon the application of 

 the owner or sailing master of a competing yacht, at least four 

 days previous to the day of the race, the judges shall order a man 

 put aboard a yacht in the same class, said man not to count as one 

 of the number of men allowed hv the rules. No water shall be 

 starred from, or taken into the tanks after the signal to start has 

 been made. No more than the usual anchors and chains shall bo 

 carried during the race, which must not be used as shifting 

 ballast, or for altering the trim of the yacht. Ballast shall not be 

 shifted or trimmed in any way whatever during a race, A race 

 re-sailed, shall, as regards . this rule, be considered a new race. 

 Yachts will be furnished with two cloth numbers, which must be 

 sewed or fastened one each side of the mainsail, as near the 

 middle as possible. Numbers must lie in place before going into 

 line, and remain until the finish. Yachts not complyingwifh this 

 rule will not have their time taken, nor allowed in line. The 

 courses must be sailed in four hours. Yachts will be allowed to 

 carry one man for each 5ft. of waterline length, or fractional part 

 thereof. Yachts will not use any means of propulsion except sails, 

 and are not forbidden to anchor dining the race, but on resuming 

 the race they must weigh anchor. No person shall own the whole 

 or a portion of more than one yacht competing for the same prize. 

 If any owner or a captain of a yacht has any complaint to make, 

 he must present the same in writing to the judges, within half an 

 hour after returning. The decision of the judges shall be fiual fn 

 all cases. No second prtae will be awarded in any class unless 

 three or more yachts start, no third prize unless four or more, and 

 no fourth unless live or more. The result of the regatea will be 

 published in the daily papers, and the owners of the winning 

 yachts notified by mail when to obtain their prizes, as none -will 

 be distributed on the day of the race. No sharpies or catamarans 

 allowed in this regatta. The numbers allotted to yachts belonging 

 to this club, entered for this regatta, willbe their racing numbers 

 for future races of the club during the season. Owners will there- 

 fore please preserve them. Regatta Committee— Arthur Fuller, 

 A. H. Hall, F. T. Christian, F. G. Coolev, James Bertram, J. J. 

 Bligh, J. W. Sherman, Jr., W. J. Me Ardle,' Guilford S. Reed. 



CAPE COD Y. C— This club was organized on April 9 with the 

 following officers: Com., J. B. Cummiugs, Orleans. Mass., yacht 

 Madge; Vice-Corn., H. H. Sears. Dennis. Mass.. yacht Ariel: Fleet 

 Capt., F. S. Allen, Brewster, Mass., yacht Percy Allen; Sect'y- 

 Treas., E. D. CrowelL East Dennis, Mass., vacht Iris; Meas., 

 Joshua Crowell, East Dennis, yacht Gracie. The fixtures thus far 

 are: May 30, June 17, July 4, aU club races with cups to first boat 

 and cash prizes to second and third in each class. Crews are 

 limited to one man for each oft. or fraction of waterline. No light 

 sails and no shifting ballast, The club burgee is blue with white 

 letters C. C. 



