MarkcH 31, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

tion shall be called by gun or whistle, shall be as 
follows: ; 
Warning.—The hoisting of a white flag or cone. | 
Preparatory.—Five minutes after the warning signal, 
the lowering of the white flag or cone and the hoisting 
of the blue peter or blue peter cone. e 
Start.—Five minutes after the preparatory signal, the 
lowering of the blue peter or blue peter cone and the 
hoisting of a distinctive signal, as provided in instruc- 
tions. 
2. In -starting yachts by classes or divisions, the 
classes or divisions shall be started at five minute inter- 
vals by hoisting other distinctive signals for each ad- 
ditional class or division so started. The starting signal 
for one class or division shall be the preparatory signal 
for the next succeeding class or division. ‘ ? 
3. The Regatta Committee may alter the time inter- 
vals between signals, when so stated in the instructions. 
4. All starts shall be flying and shall be one gun starts 
unless otherwise specified in the instructions for the race. 
5. When the time of starting is postponed until later 
in the day the committee shall hoist code flag ‘‘G’’; post- 
ponements shall be for even fifteen minute intervals. 
RULE XIII. 
RIGHT OF WAY. 
Definitions. 
(a) Closehauled. é 
A yacht is close-hauled when sailing by the wind as 
close as she can lay with advantage in working to wind- 
ward. 
(b) Wind Aft. 
A yacht with the wind aft is deemed to have the wind 
on the side opposite to that on which she is carrying her 
main boom. 
(c) Overlap. 
An overlap is established when an overtaking yacht 
has no longer a free choice on which side she will pass, 
and continues to exist as long as the leeward yacht by 
luffing, or the weather yacht by bearing away, is in 
danger of fouling. 
d) Mark. 
A mark is any vessel, boat, buoy, or other object used 
to indicate the course, and is not a mark until the start- 
ing signal has been made, and does not involve any 
question of sea room. 
All marks, except established buoys and light vessels 
used as marks, shall fly the club flag, or show a ball in 
the club colors. 
Right of Way. 
When one yacht is approaching another yacht, so as 
to involve the risk of fouling, one of them shall keep 
clear of the other as follows: 
1. On different points of sailing: 
keep clear of one close-hauled. 
2. On same point of sailing, with wind on opposite 
sides: When both yachts are close-hauled, or both free, 
or both have the wind aft, and the wind on opposite 
sides, the yacht with the wind on the port side shall 
keep clear. 
3. On same point of sailing, with wind on same side: 
When both yachts are free, or both have the wind aft 
and have the wind on the same side, the yacht to wind- 
ward shall keep clear. 
4. Converging close-hauled: When two yachts, both 
close-hauled on the same tack, are converging by reason 
of the leeward yacht holding a better wind and neither 
can claim the rights of a yacht being overtaken, then the 
yacht to windward shall keep clear. 
5. Altering course: When of two yachts, one is 
obliged to keep clear, the other shall not so alter her 
course as to involve the risk of fouling. 
6. Overtaking, luffing, and bearing away: A yacht 
overtaking another yacht shall keep clear of the over- 
taken yacht: 
a. Passing to Windward.—An overtaken yacht may 
luff as she pleases to prevent an overtaking yacht pass- 
ing her to windward, until she is in such a position that 
her bowsprit end, or stem, if she has no bowsprit, would 
strike the overtaking yacht abaft the main shrouds, when 
her right to prevent the other having a free passage to 
windward shall cease. 
b. Passing to Leeward.—An overtaken yacht must 
never bear away to prevent another yacht from passing 
her to leeward—the lee side to be considered that on 
which the leading yacht of the two carries her main 
boom, The overtaking vessel must not luff until she has 
drawn clear ahead of the yacht. which she has overtaken. 
7. Rights of new course: A yacht shall not become 
entitled to her rights on a new course until she has 
filled away. 
8. Passing and rounding marks: If an overlap exists 
between two yachts when both of them, without tacking, 
are about to pass a mark on a required side, then the 
outside yacht must give the inside yacht room to pass 
clear of the mark. 
A yacht shall not, however, be justified in attempting 
to establish an overlap and thus force a passage between 
another yacht and the mark after the latter yacht has 
altered her helm for the purpose of rounding. 
9. Obstruction to sea room: When a yacht’ is ap- 
proaching a shore, shoal, pier, rock, vessel or other 
dangerous obstruction, and cannot go clear by altering 
her course without fouling another yacht, then the latter 
shall, on being hailed by the former, at once give room; 
and in case one yacht is forced to tack or to bear away 
in order to give room, the other shall also tack or bear 
away as the case may be, at as near the same time as is 
possible without danger of fouling. But should such 
obstruction be a designated mark of the course, a yacht 
forcing another to tack under the provisions of this sec- 
tion shall be disqualified. (See Rule XX., Section 2, 
where this rule is particularly referred to.) 
RULE XIV. 
WRECKING oR SHIFTING OF A MARK. 
Should any mark be missing or moved from its proper 
position during a race, the Regatta Committee shall, if 
possible, replace it or substitute the Committee boat with 
Code flag “O” hoisted, and call attention by gun or 
A yacht free shall 
whistle. Failing thus to re-establish the mark, the race 
may be ordered resailed or not, at the option of the 
Regatta Committee. 
RULE XV. 
ACCIDENTS. 
Each yacht shall render every possible assistance to 
any vessel or person in peril, and if in the judgment of 
the Regatta Committee she shall have thereby injured 
her chances of winning, they shall order the race re- 
sailed between such yacht and the winner in her class. 
RULE XVI. 
POSTPONED AND RESAILED RACES, 
1. At any time before the preparatory signal the Re- 
gatta Committee shall have power to postpone any race 
should unfavorable weather conditions render such post- 
ponement advisable. Should the race be postponed for 
the day, then such postponed race shall be considered a 
new race. The signal for such postponement shall be 
Codeirag SH’, 
2. At any time after the starting signal and before the 
finish the Regatta Committee shall have power to de- 
clare off or order resailed any race, should unfavorable 
weather conditions render a finish improbable within the 
time limit. The signal denoting such action shall be 
Code flag ‘‘J’. New entries shall not be received for 
such resailed race, and a yacht disqualified in the orig- 
inal race shall not be eligible to start in the resailed race. 
RULE XVII. 
SHORTENING COURSE. 
Should it be necessary during a race to shorten the 
course, Code flag “‘M” and two blasts of the whistle, or 
two guns fired, shall show that the race is to be finished 
with the round about to be completed, or at the mark 
where the Regatta Committee’s boat is stationed when 
giving the signal, and the time allowance shall be pro- 
portionately reduced. 
RULE XVIII. 
TIME OF RACE LIMITED, 
Except when otherwise specified in the instructions, a 
race in any class in which no yacht has finished at one- 
half hour after sunset shall be declared off. 
RULE XIX. 
PROTEST. 
1. A yacht having, cause during a race to protest 
against any other yacht for violation of these rules, shall 
at once display Code flag “‘B,”’ which shall be known as 
the protest flag, and keep such flag flying during the 
entire race. A protest must be supplemented by a writ- 
ten statement of the facts, which must be sent to the 
Regatta Committee before 6 P. M. of the next (week) 
day following the race. 
2. If through protest the measurement of any yacht 
be called in question, the Regatta Committee shall direct 
the measurer by whom such yacht was measured, or if 
in their judgment, such measurer is not available, then 
another measurer, to remeasure the same, disregarding 
designers’ drawings and certificates and the result, as 
reported by him, shall be final. The expenses of such 
remeasurement shall be borne by the party against whom 
such protest is decided. 
RULE XX. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS, 
1. Each yacht must go fairly around the course. A 
vacht touching a mark, unless wrongfully compelled to 
do so by another yacht, shall at once abandon the race. 
2. If a yacht, in consequence of her neglect of any 
of these rules, shall fould another yacht, or compel an- 
other yacht to foul any yacht, mark or obstruction, or 
to run aground, she shall be disqualified and shall pay all 
damages; and any yacht which shall wrongfully cause 
another to luff, bear away, or tack, in order to avoid 
fouling, or shall without due cause compel another yacht 
to give room or to tack under Section 9, Rule XITI., or 
shall herself fail to tack or to bear away, as required in 
that section, or shall in. any other way, infringe or fail 
to comply with any of these rules or attempt to win a 
race by other means than fair sailing and superior speed 
and skill, shall be disqualified. 
3. After having been officially measured, a yacht shall 
not make changes in her trim affecting L.W.L., nor 
make alterations in her sail plan, without written notice 
to the Regatta Committee, specifying the changes that 
have been made and embodying a request for remeasure- 
ment. 
4. The Regatta Committee shall without a protest 
disqualify any yacht, should they know prior to the con- 
clusion of the race that she has committed a breach of 
these rules. They may disqualify any yacht for a breach 
of these rules should such a breach be brought to their 
attention in writing prior to 6 P. M. of the (week) day 
following the race. 
RULE XXII. 
AWARD OF PRIZES. 
1. The owner of a winning yacht, or his representa- 
tive on the yacht during the race, shall, before the 
awarding of prizes, file with the Regatta Committee a 
declaration that all the rules and regulations were com- 
plied with. 
2. A prize shall be awarded to that yacht in each 
class which makes the best corrected time over the 
course. 
3. If a winning yacht be disqualified, the prize shall 
be awarded to the yacht making the next best corrected 
time over the course. 
RULE XXII. 
AMENDMENTS. 
1. These racing rules can be amended only at meetings 
in notice of which the proposed amendment shall have 
been stated in full, 
2. An amendment, to become valid, must have been 
passed at one meeting and approved at a subsequent 
meeting, one of which shall be a general meeting. 
No amendment which has been rejected at one 
meeting can be again proposed at a subsequent meeting 
within six months thereafter. 
4. There shall be no suspension of these rules. 
Boston Letter. 
Y. R. A. or MaAssacHusetts Merrtinc.—The 
annual meeting of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts 
was held at Young’s Hotel on Thursday even- 
ing March 15, President Charles Francis 
Adams, 2d, in the chair. Racing dates were 
selected, subject to the action of a conference 
between representatives of the Boston, Eastern 
and Corinthian yacht clubs and the yacht racing 
associations. The suggestion offered by a com- 
mittee, appointed to arrange a uniform mark 
for Y. R. A. races, was objected to, and the 
matter was referred back to the committee. A 
vote of thanks was passed to Sir Thomas Lipton 
for the gift of a $500 cup. The following officers 
were elected: Pres., Charles Francis Adams, 2d; 
Vice-Pres., Sumner H. Foster; Secy., A. T. 
Bliss; Treas., I. H. Wiley; Executive Com., 
Charles Francis Adams, 2d, Sumner H. Foster, 
A. T. Bliss, H. W. Robbins and B. S. Permar. 
CONFERENCE OF CLuBs.—A Conference was held 
at the Boston Athletic Club on Monday even- 
ing, March 19, between representatives of the 
Boston, Eastern and Corinthian yacht, clubs 
and the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, for the pur- 
pose of arranging non-conflicting dates, at which 
the following schedule was made up: ’ 
May 30, Wednesday—South Boston, Y. R. A., 
open, City Point. 
June 2, Saturday—Boston, club, City Point. 
June 9, Saturday—Corinthian, club, Marble- 
head. 
June 16, Saturday—Boston, clubs Hull. 
June 18, Monday—Boston, Y. R. A., open, 
Hull. 
June 23, Saturday—Corinthian, club, P. M.; 
start of ocean race to Isles of Shoals, evening. 
June 30, Saturday—Boston, club, Marblehead. 
July 4, Wednesday—City of Boston, open, City 
Point; Corinthian, open, Marblehead; Eastern, 
open, Marblehead. 
July 6, Friday—Eastern, annual, Marblehead. 
July 7, Saturday—Eastern, start of cruise; Cor- 
inthian, club, Marblehead. 
July. 14, Saturday—Boston, start of cruise; 
Corinthian, club, Marblehead. 
July 21, Saturday—Winthrop, Y. R. A., open, 
Nahant. ' 
July 24, 25 and 28—Boston, midsummer series 
YR, A.; open, Hull: 
July 26, Thursday—Quincy, Y. R. A., open, 
Hull Bay. 
July 27, Friday—Hingham, Y. R. A., open, 
Hull Bay. ; 
July 30, Monday—Boston Y. R. A., open. 
Marblehead. 
July 31, Tuesday—Eastern, open, Marblehead. 
Aug. I, 2, 3 and 4—Corinthian, mid-summer 
series, Marblehead. 
Aug. 6, Monday—Manchester, Y. R. A., open, 
West Manchester. 
Aug. 7, Tuesday—Manchester, Crowhurst cup, 
West Manchester. 
Aug. 8 and 9—East Gloucester, Y. R. A, 
Gloucester. 
Aug. 10 and 11—Annisquam, Y. R. A., open, 
Annisquam. 
Aug. 13 to 18—Eastern, 
trials, Marblehead. 
Aug. 23, Thursday—Plymouth, Y. R. A., open, 
Plymouth. 
Aug. 24 and 25—Duxbury, Y. R. A., open, 
Duxbury. sed 
Aug. 25, Saturday—Corinthian, club, Marble- 
head. 
Aug. 27, 28 and 29—Cape Cod, Y. R. A., open, 
Provincetown. 
Aug. 31 and Sept. 1—Wellfleet, Y. R. A., open. 
Wellfleet. ie 
Sept. 1, Saturday—Corinthian, club, Marble- 
head. 
Sept. 3, Monday—Lynn, Y. R. A.,_ open, 
Nahant; Corinthian, grand handicap, Marble- 
head. 
Sept. 8, Saturday—Boston, club, Hull. 

German-American 
