New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-16

yacht had passed 20 the westward Of one or more
buoys OF the West Bank, and tha, another in lains
mp under tie lee Of q third compelled the latter 70
luf up End finally 10 lie to wndwsrd Of her course to
avoid being crowded 10 the westward az q buoy %
the eastward Of which ,he was compelled to pass bS
the regulations.
Although the time had passed within which protss
could be received against the sailing OF yacht the
Comm ttee felt themselves not only JUSTIFIED, but called
upon before awarding the prizes in vindcsOn OF the
ne gritty OF the Club and the justice Of their decisions,
TO cOnsider any facts coming - then knowledge which
ought 70 affect their award.
All the parties interested having been notified ~
appear before the Committee, and Gil the cases being
Considered the following conclusions arrived at
First The re gulatiOus issued by the Committee for
the government Of the Regatta declare, in going aud
returning all the buoys on the W,t Bank are TO be
"pss.ed 10 the eastward and es il was conceded
thu; tie Julia and Una did pass buoy No. 9 to the
westward the question then arose, this buoy one
Of those included in the regulations.
On the part OF the owners OF these yachts, u was
alleged lst. That this buoy was not buoy Of the
BaLk; ID. That Il was known by the pilots as buoy
on a Eh0V 10 the soufkward of the Bank that there
wa. a channel inside OF il % the nOrhward; and 81
That they compelled TO employ pilots 10 guide
their yachts upon that occasion, the Interpretation
Of pilots al large Of plotaGe directions should be ia
ken az conclusive a. to the application of the rule
On the other hand, IL was argued by the parties
who protested: 1T That this Buoy was strictly a
buoy Of the Bank, il being upon the southernmost
limit Of it, and upon the western confines of the chan
mel: ID That in its construction color and number
ing it was like the acknowledged buoys Of the West
Bark and that il was considered by the Govern
ment Officer at this station, who has them IN charge
In the deliberations Of the Committee, it appeared:
lst That in the opinion Of Prof A u. Bache, Superin
teDdent of the United States Coast Survey this buoy
was held by him to be buoy Of West Bank; that
from communications with large number OF pilot.
eighteen IN number, that they, without dissenting
voice. declared that buoy No 9 was ~ Of the Bank;
ID That il was upon different bottom from that OF
Of, n.,t hat hove chi mol n
and that the pilots did not know II a. Bank buoy
and further, that there advantage derived from
the course held by these yachts.
In view, then, OF the elements presented the Com
mitee entertain the opinions:
First: That although buoy No. 9 is, in the opinion
Of the Chief Of the Coast Survey buoy Of the West
Bank and that it may be hydrographically yet, that
with pilots. and baymen, IT sknown as buoy
of of the West Bank further, the lettering Of that
Bank upon the Coast Survey charts, the location Of
the buoy the character of the bottom there aud the
existence Of channel inside OF il, are all of charac
ter calculated to render that buoy equally as much
channel buoy buoy OF the Bank
Secoad. That there was no advantage to be antic-
pated or gained in passing to the westward OF this
buoy preference TO the eastward Of it, that 1t was
passed by the the yachts under the opinion
supported by the unqualified assurance of their pilots
thai it was not buoy the West Bank was it
ever understood to be one.
Third: That a. ii was necessary for the owners Of
yachts to employ pilots, they should not suffer from
The terms If the sailing equations cODrciipg with
the general understanding of the pilots; il the regula-
tor are held TO be ambiguous imperfect, the error
il with tie Committee and not with the of the
yachts.
They decide therefore:
Ftrst: That yachts julia and Una did not, az
claimed by the protests conflict with the purpose 81
the Ealing regulations viz that # passing Ia the
ea,tward Of buoy on the West Bank whereby
advantage might he had in running out Of the set or
strength Of the tide.
Stcond That the protests against the Favorita and
Minnie being Withdrawn, the re-measurcment OF the
sails Of the Luckey showing their Ia conform to
that under which She entered and the charges against
the other yachts not having been formally substan
iaed, that their claims to be placed in the Regatta
aIe III no wise forfeited
FnaHv: That the prizes in the several classes were
re,uecliyely won by the Julia, ROwena and Luckey
and that the Wdgeon is the winner OF the prize for
the schOoners Of the first class.
In conclusion. the Committee recommend t. the
Club that in future Ealing regulations, for the same
course that the buOys of the Wet Bank be specified
by numbers as Nos. H. IS ard l5 and that all yachts
entering for a Regatta shall be provided with two
rieces tf canvas on which shall be painted, in red
their number On TIE liz. Of entries Of which their
owIers be required 10 secure each side Of the MAN.
sails Of their yachts.
Very respectfully,
CIIAS ii. HASWEL1,
ROBERT o. COLT,