Seven boats started in the yacht race on Saturday. The course was up the river and round a stake-boat moored at the foot of the Seven Mile Reach. 'There was jo strong south-easterly wind. All the j boats on starting had two reefs in, and all except the Pinafore and Arrow' used {small jibs, It was a capital ran up, and the stake-boat was rounded in the following order:—Coquette, Undine, Pinafore, Ariadne, Arrow, Maid of Kent, Fairy. After rounding the stake-boat, a little more sail was carried in the run back before the wind, but just before the yachts
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