The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-06
hail. the baIlinc Yacht must follow her as soon

hail, the haJling yacht must FOLLOW her as soon
as she can do so safely. This applies not only
ali occasions. For yacht must be held re-
spons ible for her hail Otherwise hall TO tack
%Ght be ,ar cover Sf ,0 The rules @
courage in their preambles, II a yacht iails III
an attempt 70, clear and fouls another yacht or
Sa ,ho mfpk tse Tor ss ape @
decide should any Tse adsr ssSfSn
cred g. a And mif so n ZOO Il mark vsSrs cable and
yacht turns IL in its new position. they must
decide i the point comes, NJ. whether or , not
she could have cleared mad the marx renamed
"Thc word preceding in section - dc.
maids at,en9n iY sc mani n Gra ne ua IN
ton The point is not well taken. rndopbt.
distractions when and while the question. OF
danger enters, This Is the exception to the
F owc mark would be an
il were a small float or keg resting OH placid
sea. and the whole question 81 sea room as a.,
rules. for section 10 apart from the definition;
would he deprived OF all possible force ami
Ssdn @S rHss but SS nst BEEN
laid upon this point we show. somewhat III de-
tail, that the influence Of preceding has been
1T is evident that the only period in race
when a yacht takes any interest in q marx IS
when she Is passing or rounding Ing, It; uhe ere.
ton ia Is section Is material. Again, sea
room has nothing whatever to do with either
4 4hs r thsv ars ne tEer
re2g hSnafT ir fne to
IA. Of the question Of sea room as treated "a
section Is. is established without any aid
ton Is is superhuous.
Again. the rules take up. In order the es;
een pY' st nsns saa havnf nshes
Passing and bounding Marks and Deini-
and and inform ' US. as has been stated. that when
n mark is being passed or rounded sea room
is not to be eonsidered as 9estrletsd And
So,nt II oEsa would fs sea
ton to sea room'-and this we find il
the title Of the following section. From this
ssection 40 all mention OF mark rs omitted.
ter of such importance. that the omission was
accidental. and, when We look for the reason
between an Obstruction and mark. An Oh
struction involves the question of sea room: a
mark does not involve IT. Zach. therefore.
demands u separate treatment and each re-
AMI this claim for preceding is not tenable.
sons marx rn has su Just been mentioned in sec
ton 15 in connection with sea room for the
first and only time; and it is there mentioned
structed. Clearly. 1t would be illogical to as
sumo it's anonymous inclusion in II succeeding
section. of which obstruction to sea room Is
the title.
Other clubs here at home. using the paren-
thesis rs explanatory. have inserted mot q
mark, after the words, or other obstruction
in sections closely following the phraseology
Of our section IL. And the rule OF the British
Yacht Racing Association reads: If two
yachts are standing toward shore or shoRl
or toward any buoy, boat. or vessel. and the
yacht to leeward is likely to run aground or
foul of such buoy. boat or vessel Ia mark vesse!
exccIted. then &c. There are other ways Of
declaring that marks are not distractions And
In addition. they recognize the exception to
which we have called attention for otherwise q
yacht could have no relief from the rules. no
matter how formidable the mark or how dan
gerous yachts stress in turning it. Under
our rules. which cannot. in our opinion. bear
any other construction than the one which We
have given. the character of Il mark appears
obscure to some and it would be well to make
It clear to ALL II. therefore. q mark is not to
be considered as an obstruction to sea ROOM
We advise the insertion OF not mark after
or other obstruction in section ~. II. on the
other hand. q mark Is to be SO regarded. then
section Is should state it clearly. And in
either case preceding should disappear as
being in both superiluous and misleading
AS to the relative merits of the two prop
ositions. it is evident that it would greatly
simplify passing and rounding to treat u
mark as an obstruction But it would destroy.
as we have shown. q va liable and important
test Of nautical skill and Judgment"