'GIMCRACK.'
Mr. J. Stevens, 1844.
FIRST AMATEUR CORINTHIAN REGATTA
OF THE
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
October 6, 1846
For a Cup subscribed for by members of the New York Yacht Club. None but members to sail and handle their yachts. The allowance of time on this occasion was reduced to 45 seconds per ton Custom House measurement.
The course was from a stake boat (the 'Gimcrack') anchored off the Club House, Elysian Fields; thence to and around a stake boat anchored off Fort Washington Point; thence to and around a stake boat anchored in the Narrows (off Fort Hamilton), turning it from the eastward and return to the place of starting. Whole distance 40 miles.
SECOND AMATEUR CORINTHIAN REGATTA
OF THE
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
October 12, 1847
Over the New York Yacht Club Course
By a resolution passed at the second general meeting, July 13, 1847, it was decided by members, not yacht-owners, that on the second Tuesday in October, a regatta should take place for a prize made by their subscription, the yachts to be manned and sailed exclusively by members, allowing each boat 'yacht' a pilot.
The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to regulate the regatta, with full power to postpone if the weather should prove unfavourable.
Edward Ceuter.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd.
Nathaniel P. Hossack.