Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations (1887)
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller, 1846-1928 · New York, Cassell & company, ltd · leaf 19
YorkYacht club had its first regatta July 16,1845. Its first rating for allowance oftime was per ton, of custom house meas-urement, and the allowance was forty-fiveseconds per ton. Its first course was from forty-five tons; about sixty feet long per-haps. Evidently the schooner was the favoriterig,… … MR. JOHN C. JAY S LA COQUILLE. a stake-boat off Robbins Reef, to a stake-boat off Bay Ridge, L. I.; thence to a stake-boat off Stapleton, S. I.; thence to andaround the Southwest Spit buoy, returningover the same course. Presumably, everyyacht in the club started, for it was thefirst regatta ever…
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