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Plan of first race course, W.J. Roué

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Original blueprint, drawn by W.J. Roué.

"Course No. 1. 39½ Miles." From Breakwater in Point Pleasant Park, to Inner Automatic Buoy, to Outer Automatic Buoy, to Sambro Light Ship, and back.

"Course No. 2. 39½ Miles." From Breakwater in Point Pleasant Park, to Inner Automatic Buoy, to Outer Automatic Buoy, to Sambro Light Ship, and back.

"Course No. 3. 39¼ Miles." From Breakwater in Point Pleasant Park, to Inner Automatic Buoy, to Shut-in-Island Bell Buoy, to Outer Automatic, to Inner Automatic, and back.

"Course No.4. 39¼ Miles." From Breakwater in Point Pleasant Park, to Inner Automatic Buoy, to Shut-in-Island Bell Buoy, to Outer Automatic, to Inner Automatic, and back.

Date: 5 October 1920

Credit: Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Reference: Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic  FMA, F79.307.1

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