THE REGATTA.
to the editor. Sm, —Your correspondent "Stick to Your Rules "is out in his bearings. AVhen the boats were ordered by pistol shot to go from their mooring buoys the first flag boat they had to round was off Patterson's, then round the one off AVaverley, and, lastly, the one at the flagship, which completed the first round, and going on again round Patterson's, &c. when past the one at the flagship the second timo completed the race. . This the Carbine did, and won, being first. At starting the boats had nothing to do with the flagship. It was only at the finish of the first and second rounds they had to do with it. Let me as an old yachtsman advise young fellows to otudy their charts, their boats' best sailing trim, the winds and currents, and learn how best to sail their own boats, and they will have greater pleasure in the pastime and in winning a race than by gaining one by pointing or sharp practice.— I am, &c, Mar.b 30, J. L, G,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9390, 1 April 1892, Page 3
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179THE REGATTA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 9390, 1 April 1892, Page 3
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