After Havre, Nice ranks as a French yachting centre. The regatta is always held about the 12th to 15th of March--a time of the year when we are generally experiencing a kind of weather which totally removes any idea of yachting from our minds. The Union des Yachts Français patronise this _fête nautique_, which is sometimes assisted by English yachts that are in the Mediterranean; for instance, Lord Dunraven's 'Valkyrie' has been amongst them, and Lieut. W. Henn's 'Galatea,' he being a member of the Club Nautique, 8 Quai Masséna, Nice, a club founded in 1883, with rather more than one hundred members. At the present time several English gentlemen belong to it. Their 'Siège' is No. 12 Rue St. François de Paula à Nice. These foreign yacht races do not offer any inducements to our finer and larger craft, as few of the competitors are over 20 tons. The City of Nice gives good prizes, as under:-- _Above 20 tons_ Francs 1st Prize for yachts above 20 tons, } 'City of Nice' } 5,000 and gold medal 2nd Prize for yachts above 20 tons, } 'City of Nice' } 2,500 and silver medal 3rd Prize for yachts above 20 tons, } 'Société des Bains de Monaco' } 1,000 and silver medal _Under 10 tons_ 1st Prize for yachts under 10 tons, } 'Monte Carlo' } 1,500 and gold medal 2nd Prize for yachts under 10 tons, } 'Monte Carlo' } 750 and silver medal 3rd Prize for yachts under 10 tons, } 'Monte Carlo' } 400 and bronze medal The courses are very short--about 11-1/2 miles in the triangle once round; and in the race from Nice to the flagboat off Monaco the course there and back is only about 19 miles. The whole arrangements are carried out according to the rules and regulations of the U.Y.F., which have given great satisfaction at Nice as well as at Havre. It was at Nice that the idea of a race for steam yachts was first carried out. Two vessels entered, and only two; and as the 2nd prize and medal was 120_l._, they both had something to try for. The two were the 'Eros,' 850 tons, Baron A. Rothschild, and 'Francisca.' The 'Eros' won the first prize, 600_l._ and medal. [Illustration: 'Valkyrie,' No. 1. _53 tons_ (_Commendatore Florio, Nice Yacht Club_).] GERMANY