'A summer sky with fleecy clouds dotting the blue and a good whole-sail breeze from the south-west promised a perfect yachting day on Saturday, and five yachts hoisted their fighting flags. The start was supposed to be at 2 p.m., the up-river course having again been chosen, so that the yachts had a it tide both ways. The boats were to start across the usual imaginary line, sail up river, and luff round a stake-boat moored about two miles up the seven-mile and return, finishing across the starting-line.
The Clutha, Romolo und Undine started at scratch, allowing the Thistle 14, and the Ariadne 15 minutes. The cutters were under all plain sail when they started, without gaffstopaails, and they crossed the line as under by Yuen-fe time 2
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