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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 22, 1900. 
The Yankee-Mineola Protests. 
■ Thk decision of the race committee of the Newport 
Y, R, A. in the two pairs of counter protests of Yankee 
and Mineola in the race of Aug. 22 was made pubHc on 
Sept. 15. The race committee found it necessary to hear 
a number of witnesses on both sides and to weigh care- 
fully a quantity of conflicting testimony. The full text 
of the decision is as follows: 
In Race, Aug 22, 1900.— In view of the fact that both 
yachts have protested as to the first foul, the committee 
will consider the first foul only, rejecting the second, ni 
accordance with the precedent already established by 
the committee that the act by which a yacht disqualifies 
herself thereby deprives her of all further rights m the 
race. The following are the protests and claims sub- 
mitted: 
Newport, Aug. 22. — To the Regatta Committee, New- 
port' Y. R. A.— Gentlemen: I beg to protest the Yan- 
kee on the reach to the first mark to-day for not keep- 
ing clear of the Mineola and fouHng the Mineola when 
luffing, the Y'ankee being the overtaking yacht to wind- 
ward. Yours truly, August Belmont. 
Newport, Aug. 22.— To the Regatta Committee, New- 
port Y. R. A.- — Gentlemen; While regretting the col- 
lision at the first mark to-day, I protest the Yankee for 
coming about on the port tack when she was unable to 
clear the Mineola, which was on the starboard tack and 
close hauled after rounding the mark. Yours respect- 
fiillys •r: August Belmont. 
First Protest.— Started eight seconds ahead of the Yan- 
kee, she being to windward and about a length astern of 
the Mineola. The Mineola immediately luffed, after 
•crossing, up to the Yankee, and when she met her the 
Yankee yielded to the luff, the Mineola's compass show- 
ing southeast by south. The boats luffed alternately and 
bore away, the "Yankee gradually overtaking. The Min- 
eola bore away till the compass showed east by south to 
avoid fouling the Yankee's mainsail with the masthead 
spreader, the Yankee bearing away with her and killing 
the wind in the Mineola's head sheets, causing the min- 
eola to luff without taking the helm, and in doing .so 
the Yankee's boom end caught the bowsprit shrouds of 
the Mineola. The Yankee, being the overtaking boat, 
should have kept clear, and consequently the fouls were 
hers. August Belmont, Owner. 
Second Protest. — Wind W.S.W. ; course, E.S.E., four 
miles. The Mineola approached the first mark on a broad 
reach in the immediate waVe of the Yankee and about 
2oft. astern of her. When about looyds. from the mark 
the Mineola began trimming down and taking in her 
jib topsail, and when about 20yds from the mark bore 
away to leeward of the Yankee and trimmed down her 
mainsail close and fit to go on the wind. 
The Yankee luffed around the mark ahead of the Min- 
eola and on a wider circle, owing to her coming down 
closer to the mark, while the Mineola luffed on the 
wind in a shorter circle, but astern of tlve Yankee. Tlie 
Mineola held her way, passing the mark on the starboard 
tack and headed about S.S.W.. while the Yanke sailed 
around the mark with a sufficiently wide turn to leave a 
free opening for the Mineola to come in without coming 
into the wind. The Yankee came about and began to 
fill away on the port tack without paying any attention 
to the Mineola being on the starboard tack. 
The course of the Mineola could not then be changed 
to wear away clear of the Yankee. If held on her course 
she would have cut head on into the Yankee's quarter. 
The helm of the Mnieola was then put hard to port with 
the owner's assistance in an effort to luff clear. The 
Mineola struck the Yankee just aft of her rigging and 
gradually rounded to and became locked on the port tack 
under the lee of the Yankee. The mark had already been 
rounded when both yachts passed the mark on the star- 
board tack, and the Yankee when she came about on the 
port tack did so when she was unable to clear the Min- 
eola. August Belmont. Owner. 
Regatta Committee. Newport Y. R. A. — Gentlemen : 
I beg to protest the Mineola for fouling Yankee in to- 
day's race. The first foul occurred in the following man- 
ner: B'oth boats were reaching for the first mark with 
booms to port. Mineola luffed and Yankee, to avoid her, 
luffed also and was heading southeast. Yankee got Min- 
eola's wind and drew rapidly ahead. Then Mineola kept 
off while Yankee held her luff. Then Mineola luffed 
sharply, with the apparent intention of going under Yan- 
kee's stern and struck the leech of Yankee's mainsail 
with the outer part of her bowsprit shroud. I beg to 
protest Mineola under Rule 7. The second foul oc- 
curred in the following manner: In rounding the first 
mark Yankee had a clear lead and tacked around the 
mark. Mineola attempted to force a passage between 
Yankee and the mark, and in so doing struck Yankee 
just aft of the rigging. I beg to protest Mineola under 
Paragraph 2 of Rule 12. Very truly yours, 
H. B. DURYEA. 
In the protests and at the hearing certain contradictory 
statements are presented. Mineola claims to have been 
forced to bear away in order to avoid fouling with her 
topmast spreader the mainsail of Yankee; further, that 
Yankee bore away with her and so approached her too 
closely, thus ultimately causing the foul. Both of these 
statements are denied by Yankee — as to the danger of 
fouling the topmast spreader and as to bearing away. 
In the protest of Mineola these circumstances appear 
to be cited as explanatory, and the main claim is based 
upon the duty of Yaakee, as an overtaking vessel, to 
keep clear. In order to prove that Yankee forced Min- 
eola to bear away, it is necessary for Mineola to prove 
that _ a foul would have occurred had she not borne 
away. As to the charge that Yankee bore away with 
Mineola, and was wrong in so doing, this charge would 
be included and judged in considering the general charge 
that Yankee, as the overtaking yacht, failed to keep clear 
as required by the rules. 
In view of the conflict of testimony and the general 
character of the claims under the protest of Mineola, the 
committee decline to consider the above alleged facts 
as distinct and separate issues and instances of foul sail- 
ing, and have decided to confine themselves to the actual 
fftul or contact, it being the basis of the protests and 
clear as to the essential facts, and to consider all other 
circumstance^ only as related to such foql. In the judg- 
ment of the committee the following are the essential 
facts: 
First — Yankee was the overtaking yacht to windward. 
Second — An overlap existed, as proved by the fact of 
the foul. 
Third — Mineola luffed and touched the lee side of the 
leach of Yankee's mainsail with her (Mineola's) weather 
bowsprit shrouds about 6ft. from the bowsprit end. 
Fourth — Had Mineola not luffed the foul would not 
have occurred. 
The rules cited by either side respeotively appear to 
cover the case. They are as follows: 
By Mineola — Rule 5 — Overtaking. — ^An overtaking 
yacht shall ,in every case, as long as an overlap exists, 
keep clear of the yacht which is being overtaken, except 
as specified in Section 12. The overtaking vessel, if to 
leeward, must not luff until she has drawn clear ahead of 
the yacht she has overtaken. 
Rule 8— Luffing. — A yacht may luff as she pleases in 
order to prevent another from passing her to windward. 
By Yankee — Rule. 7 — Altering Course. — When of two 
yachts one is obliged to keep clear, the other shall not 
alter her course so as -to involve risk of fouling. 
The rights and obligations conveyed in these rules are 
equally important and binding, and these rules must be 
construed in the light of common sense and as dependent 
upon and explanatory of each other. 
As to Luffing — The phrase "in order to prevent" should 
be noticed. In the opinion of the committee this rule 
does not convey a right to luff when such luff will no 
longer act to prevent another yacht from passing— that 
is, the leeward and overtaken yacht has no right to luff 
into the other and cause a foul when the windward yacht 
has drawn so far ahead that the leeward yacht can no 
longer by luffing actually prevent the other yacht from 
passing her to windward. In such a case the windward 
yacht is practically unable to avoid a foul, and when this 
point is reached the leeward and overtaken yacht is 
bound to hold her course under Rule 7. Rule 7 is univer- 
sal in its application to the right of way rules, and only 
by fixing such limit to the right to luff can Rules 7 and 8 
be satisfactorily harmonized. Where the right to luff 
under Rule 8 ceases the obligation to hold the course un- 
der Rule 7 begins. This point is certainly reached when 
an overtaken and weather yacht can no longer luff clear 
by yielding to the luff of the leeward and overtaken 
yacht. 
Judging from the points of contact, it appears that 
Yankee had reached such a point that .Mineola by luffing 
could no longer prevent Yankee from passing' her to 
windward, and that Yankee was no longer able by luff- 
ing or otherwise to avoid a foul. 
The question as to whether Yankee, as the overtaking 
vessel, kept sufficiently clear of Mineola turns also upon 
the bearing of Rule 7 upon the right of way rules. In- 
a--much as an alteration of course in contravention of 
Rule 7 vvoidd carry with it the responsibility of a foul 
resulting from such alteration, it .seems only fair to con- 
clude that under existing rules the obligation upon one 
yacht to keep clear of another is limited to keeping clear 
of such other yacht as does not unlawfully alter her 
course. 
In the present case Yankee was obliged to give all 
necessary room as long as Mineola had a right to luff. 
When, hovrever. Mineola was bound to hold her course. 
Yankee was within her rights in giving only sufficient 
room to pass clear had Mineola so held her course. In 
the written and oral statements the committee finds the 
luff admitted on the part of Mineola and they' find no 
evidence to show that without such luff there would 
have been a foul. 
As to Yankee's causing the luff, Mineola claims that 
Yankee in passing so blanketed Mineola's head sails as 
to cause her (Mineola) to luff without change of helm. 
Even if admitted, this fact does not. in the opinion of 
the cornmittee, necessarily place the responsibility of 
Mineola's luff upon Yankee, and especially because of the 
following admissions by the owner of Mineola at the 
hearing on Sept. 5: 
First — It was admitted that at no time was Mineola 
out of control. 
Second — That the mate of Mineola. stationed forward, 
gave a signal to indicate that Mineola, if allowed to luff, 
would swing clear of Yankee, and that the sailing mas- 
Seawanhafca Corinthian Y. C. 
oyster bay- — LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Sept. 6, 7, 8. 
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. planned for three 
days of racing at Oyster Bay on Sept. 6, 7, 8, the first 
two days being devoted to the raceabout class, which was 
to race for a cup presented by J. R. Maxwell, while the 
last day was the annual fall race. It was proposed to race 
the raceabouts in pairs, but out of the five at the station 
on Thursday only three were ready to start. Spindrift 
could not make up a crew, and Scamp' broke the club of 
her jib just before the starting gun. The other three, 
Raider, Sis and Snapper, was started at 2:50, the course 
being a triangle of six and three-quarter miles on the 
Sound just outside Oj^ster Bay. There was a strong S.W. 
wind, and Sis and Raider carried single reefs, while 
Snapper tied in two. The first round was timed : 
Sis 3 55 40 Snapper 3 58 50 
Raider 3 56 18 
The final times were; 
c- -a. ^ ,^ , Finish. Elapsed. 
Sis, F. T Bedford 4 48 .50 2 08 BO 
Kaider, H. M. Crane 4 59 15 2 09 15 
.Snapper, 11. L. Maxwell.." , 'Withdrew. 
After the race Mr. Bedford claimed the cup on the 
ground that he had won practically the final heat. The 
race committee referred the case to Mr. Maxwell, who 
gave the cup to Mr. Bedford, and offered another for the 
following days. 
On Friday Sis did not start, and Scamp won, with 
Raider second. Snapper third and Spindrift fourth. 
On Saturday the wind was fresh from the east, but 
after the first round it fell and came in lighter from S.W. 
A very good race was sailed with a large fleet of starters. 
The 46-footer Ilderim was matched against the smaller 
Norota, giving her half the regular allowance. Norota 
won on even time. The times were: 
Cutters— 60ft. Class— Start, 
,, , . - Length, 
lldernii. 1. \V. .Satterthwaitc 64.00 
Ciitters-*43ft. Class— Start, 
Mirth tl.. J. Will. Beekman 41.73 
Norota, D. U. Biirnham 
Sloops— :Mt. Class— Start, 
O bhuna San, II. J. Pratt 35.81 
. , Yawls— .36ft; Class— Start, 
.Aiulax. II, W. l!:aton :W.90 
Flora, ITcnry IT. Lnudon 35.36 
Sloop.s ::!Oft. Class— Start, 
Oiscail. J. Maxwell. |r 29. IK 
Kit. . W. H. Macdonald . .". 29.93 
.Merion, A. If. Alker 29.89 
.Marguerite. John K. Dingec 29.96 
Eijpronzii Alfred Peals... , ;M.00 
Wiiidora, Jnlni (ireen 
1 
Finish. 
4 55 OS 
1:15. 
4 40 56 
4 36 45 
1:20. 
5 09 57 
1:20. 
5 22 10 
5 52 ].0 
] :25. 
5 0!) 09 
5 23 ;jo 
n 07 32 
5 16 2(i 
5 10 5.S 
Calboals— 30ft. Class— Start, 1 :25. 
30.00 
Raceabouts— Start, 1 :35. 
Kaidcr, H. M. Crane 21.00 • 
Sis. P". T, Bedford 21.00 
Colleen, L. R, Albcrgcr 21.00 
.Scani|i, Johnson De P'orcst 21.0!l 
r. 1:; 02 
•1 19 07 
» 47 15 
I .-,0 111 
I 51 12 
■Ai). ■ 
0 15 II 
t .51 37 
1:10. 
5 16 08 
5 14 00 
Elapsed. 
3 40 08 
3 2t> 56 
3 21 45 
3 49 57 
1 02 10 
4 .32 10 
3 44 09 
3 55 .30 
3 42 ;i2 
:'. 51 26 
2 '15 5S 
4:! 02 
3 hi 07 
3 12 15 
3 15 10 
3 16 12 
Sloops- 25fl. Cla.ss— Start, 
:Miirnnir, Barclay Ward .25.00 
Roehcllr. lidwjivd Kelly,.,,,,., 25.'00 
Cal boats— SSft. Clas.s— Start, 
I arda, II. II. (lordon 24.64 
Win or Lcsc, J. S. Appleby 23. .50 
Sloops— 21ft, Class— Start, 1 :50. 
Ox, R. N. Bavler .21.00 4 10 50 
Sloops— 18ft. Class— Start, 1:50. 
Flim Flam, A. D. Prince .18.00 4 11 14 
Catboats— 35ft! Class— Start, 1:40. 
Spindrift, M. Goetchins 18.60 Not timed. 
Mongoose, Simeon Ford 21.00 3 56 40 
Sloops— 15ft. Class (Special)— Start, 1:55. 
Moya, Anderson Dana 17.50 , 4 18 2S 
Nora, Lewis Iselin 4 17 32 
Catboats— ISft. Class— Start, 1:50. 
Wee Win, F. Sherwood 14.08 4 20 07 
-Seawanhaka Knockabouts — Start, 1:40 
fferon, K. F. Coudert, Jr 21.00 5 20 31 
Senta, Daniel Bacon..'. 21.00 5 20 05 
Dacoit, H. H. Mossnian 21.00 Withdrew. 
Special Match— Start, 1:15. 
Ilderim, T. W. Satterthwaitc 54.00 4 55 08 
Norota, D. W. Burnham 4 36 45 
The 
3,;!5 
3 1 1 
IL , 
3 36 OS 
3 34 00 
•2 20 50 
2 21 14 
2 06 40 
2 23 28 . 
2 22 32 
2 30 07 
3 40 31 . 
3 40 05' 
3 40 08 
3 21 45 
Avinners were Norota, Audax, Alerion, Sis, 
Rochelle. Win or Lose, Mongoose II., Nora and Senta. 
ter of Mineola afterward asked the mate why he (the Norota won the special match race, and sail over "nrizes 
mate) ga\c the signal so soon. 
The conclusion of the committee is that Yankee did as 
the overtaking vessel keep clear as required; that the foul 
was clearly due to Mineola's luff; that Mineola was rc- 
spon.sible for luffing and wrong in so doing. Yankee is 
.sustained in her protest and Mineola disqualified. 
Ralph N. F.i.lt.s. 
Woodbury Kane. 
A. Cas.S 0ANfIELD. 
Riverton Y. C. 
RIV£RT0N — DELAWARE RIVER. 
Monday; Sept.' 3. 
The Riverton Y. C. sailed the final race of the season on 
Sept. 3 in a fresh S.W. breeze that fell just before the 
finish. The times- were: 
Catboats— Start, 2:33. 
„ _ , Finish. 
Sea Gull, Lee Cook 4 56 00 
Peerless, H. F. Stoddard , 5 01 15 
Priscilla, Philip C. Clarkson 5 02 10 
Butterfly, A. G. Marshall 5 03 15 
Leila, Blair Fergusori 5 04 23 
Mosquito Boats— Start, 2:36. 
No. 11. A. G. Cook 4 34 20 
No. 2, Charles M., Jr., & Robert Biddle, 2d.... 4 35 15 
No. 15, Filson Graflf ,...^..,.4 38 15 
No. 8, .John L. Bioren 4 57 00 
No. 3, Thomas Walnut Fouled fiagshi'p. 
No. 12, H. McI. Biddle Withdrew 
This being the last race, the prizes for the mosquito 
boat series were awarded, as follows-: First prize, silver 
berry dish, won by A. G. Cook, 51 points; second prize, 
compass, Charles M., Jr., and Robert Biddle, 2d, 44 
points; third prize, nautical clock, T. H. Walnut, 22 
points; fourth prize, set brass lanterns, Filson Graff, 19 
points. 
The catboat prizes were : First, cut glass dish, won by 
Lee Cook; second, large loving cup, -won by H. F. Stod- 
dard ; third, small loving cup, won by P. C. Clarkson. 
In the knockabout class the Kaloola won a handsome 
carving set for Capt. H. N, Emmons, 
were awarded to Ilderim. O Shima .San, Windora, Ox, 
Flim Flam and Wee Win. 
Elapsed. 
2 23 00 
2 28 15 
2 30 15 
2 30 15 
2 31 23 
1 .58 20 
1 59 15 
2 02 15 
2 21 00 
Bi-ooklyn Y. C. 
BATH BEACH— GRAVESEND BAY. ~ ~ 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
The fall regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. was sailed on 
Sept. 8 after being postponed from the previous Saturday: 
The wind was light from the south, and the times were ; 
35ft. Class Sloop,s— Start 3:30. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Be^s ■ ; 5 14 17 1 44 37 
Kangaroo 5 16 46 1 46 46 
Squaw 5 15 28 1 45 28 
Olga Withdrew. 
25ft. Class Sloops— Start, 3:35. 
Ojibway 5 35 47 2 00 47 
Song and Dance Withdrew. 
Charlotte 5 58 52 2 28 52 
20ft. Class Sloops— Start, 3:35. 
Pebble 5 52 55 2 17 55 
Pard ....Withdrew. 
Marine and Field Clut, 
BATH BEACH — GRATOSEND BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
The final race of the Marine and Field Club one^design 
class for the Snedeker trophy was sailed on Sept. 8 in a 
moderate southerly breeze, the times being, start 3 :3s : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Kelpie 5 57 27 2 22 27 
Quinque 5 57 50 2 22 50 
Sweetheart 5 58 49 2 23 49 
Flying Fox 6 00 07 2 25 07 
Vixen 6 00 56 2 25 56 
The standing of the yachts at the end of the Snedeker 
trophy contest is -as follows : Kelpie, 18 points ; Quinqiie. 
12; Stinger, 6; Skylark, 5; Sweetheart, 4; Vixen, 2. 
