The Regatta on Saturday the 12th inst. twas the best of the season, bat unfortunate. ly resulted in no race" as the a Boat for the second time was in the wrong place. Six yachts competed fur the prize, among them being the well-known Charm that lias been laid up for two years, and has recently been lengthened. A strong breeze blew from the south-east, and with the exception of the Charm all the yachts started with one or two reefs in, and got away a3 follows Thistle allowed "i... Ssu, at 3h, 6m. 138° Tndine 4, 704,38 6 40 Charm 3 33 6 56 Ariadne}, 2 538-7 8 Fairy, -8 33 8 00 Louise) 75 43 8 2
The Charm coreying full sail was overpowered by it, and though she maintained second place to the upper end of Pagoda Reach, where she stopped to reef, she had no chance against the Undine which yacht, single reefed, and with wind and water favourable to the display of her best sailing qualities, gradually worked away from the fleet. the stake boat was about proper position and 10 104 lab The Charm Gnding that the race was off, anchored, the run back, the Louise had neatly t the Undine, when the latter came to grief among a lot of boats at anchor, and was brought up by colliding with a junk, from which she got clear in a few with the loss of part of her main-The Louise that started last, came in first, but as the race was declared off, she was not a winner. The record is as 640 51509 20829 208 29
8295 745 15025
800 53217 20617
613 511% 205.11
523 21583
The Fairy Challenge Cup will be sailed for on the 26th inst. the race to be over the Sakong course.
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