New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-30
FOR AND AGAINST THE PROTEST
VIEWS OF YAcHTsMEN Ok THE CASE OF THE
VIGILANT AGAINST THE DEFENDER

VIEWS OF YAcHTsMEN Ok THE CASE OF THE
vIGILANT AGAINST THE DEFENDER
Onlnlon. on the subject Of the vigants protest
seem to differ widely among yachtsmen. Ana the
points AT ISSUE may be regarded IN a variety Oh
ways n orc may Judge by local gossip SON"
members %, tho Atlantic Yacht Clup We're as
cussing the matter last night on the deck OF
schOOner-yach now attending mo c'u''o' '"e -
them said:
81 think Willard has the best OF Il. The protest
vas perfectly proper. II is part OF the gam"-part
of The real SIKH OF the thIns-,o make every en-
dcavor 10 force your opponent out OF MS course
when your boat holds the legal right OF way ihere
t. no bc.t.r evidence OF smart tactics and long eN-
u.-,,nrc than 10 make the other fellow come about
or alter his course IN the last few crucial moments
when perhaps. De- IS headed for the starting me
II completely sp1.s his start. ana iha'S "ha'
yo,'r~ after WHOM boat IL on the s,arhoafH
,n.k clos, -hnu.cl everything else must give way.
Thl. was Vigiiaurs position ana II she had ratfhe'
the Defender tho Defender would have pad ior
Vig.lants damages"
'Oh that's all very we'll in the Enghsh one-s"h
starts" said another. But why DO we want u
bother with that sort Of thing wh'n' accoTu'"s J."
our way the time % each boat that passes 'he
line within the iwo-mlnutc lint Is taken ana ''e
difference allowed after the hnsh2 There was no
necessity for Vlrilant TO force Defender OF h'r
course because there WAS no advantage III IT,
Tho advantare was ril the other way. Inc boa'S
.cre about 10 be sent on before "A very hght ar
that was almos; behind them. and IN "hl'h no
boat could drift far In a minute and NAH WIZ
loras real and only proper policy In these cond'-
,,o,s u,s 70 let Defender drlft across the Inc
as soon as possible after gunhre. ana theh 10
walt before following. until good minute Ut "o''
had been chalk-d up 10 the Nigilants crca' III me
,imckecpers' record The distance that Dc'eh'"r
would dr.n In that time would not be worth "i'ee"
seconds when good breeze sprang up. ana III ms
,o,h.n, but wait And he st had every chance OF
being able TO split her wind and blanket hef III
ward as he came down with his spnnaker SET. Inv
case was totally different from that IN "h'Vh u'
boats are sent on on n wndward course, ana VII
lard simply d.d not know his best business II III
,hose conditions he tried 10 prevent or Decay be-
fender I'm crossing first what say, therefore, -
that VigIlants position was much improve" ~
her being delayed. and would have been p'''e'''
stu more by "A whole minute OF iur'"'' "''"'.
Consequently the protest ought to De throw" o n
because the occurrence coinplalh'i OF improves
protcsier's position"
.Rut II !s no, a question OF advantage or disa'-
vantage" said a third man. "Ail the Regatta .o"'
mlttce can consider Is whether or not "''
law was broken And II II vas the p'ie"''' " w.
Of II. The rules say that any yacht wh'cn wins
fully causes another TO lun 10 avoid fouI'ns s""'
be disqualified"
..VeIl that only puts the question on the WORD
.wrougfully' was the Defender legally wrong
on this point the New-York Yacht Cuo 'uie 10
contained in one line: a yacht free shai Keep eicar
OF one cosc-hauleI.' But there are many WHO
claim that the Vlgilant. the two boats APP
nroachel had started her sheets. and that she was
not AT that time strictly speaking. cose-hau
They claim that unless strictly c,ose hau'eu '"o Van
NOT ,oLe lin, benefit % the rule a..
That's all rats" said the man VINO spoSe n nn"
THE general rue IN NAVIGATION mus. ne, live &c poce
10 vessels on the wind And that's what inc , cauo
rule means. though badly %9rdsd, ~ one knows
e IL
thai vessels are entitled to the benefit OF tne
m, wind The Vigilant was certainly on the Wind
even though perhaps not strictly sPeahins, D' ~
hauled. and therefore she Is eh'"eu u ''"'" WV
Il don't agree with you" said weN, ysrbssl
Wall Street lawyer who is also an aoe y acn,S
| man YOU can't Introduce what you may nappo ,
understand about elnp rule I'm statues psnaldv is
be construed strictly. especially wheh u pe'' 10
Involved In THIS case where yacnt ron ~
q being bas no latitude hH for
sonaI opinion az to the extended incoming OF i we
| close-hanleI Commuters cannot convict on what
| they intended their law to mean Inc seeli.isg
me distinction between law ana coh''ho"-S'"'0 -
Yes but after ALL were these boats within me
TasnSs rules when '"e' "''" ''' 80 ,n ,..
they were Is r GsaT f4o 5a the .Me
| the preparatory signal Is given ,. .,,,
VERY soG%d ID, ad a ,ns myself and ali through
the book the regulations are called ,ne Safnr
Rules S S9w ho H ei hal That's Clever What WIN
you take to drink? This argument makes me 'ee'
| faint" .u ,.trLi,c an,
the question and one OF them snar merev as
test boat SO far know. there was notni mn, , ~,
this race to gained except to SHOW the S ns
| spe~d OF the boats and give us line on the re,
fender and the international probaots,s , hnm
| away this and you take away the Whoie th''f
Nobody cares a doughnut who gets me priz 1r, ~
| there il one All that Ia wanted Is gehrrai IN
| ton and when this Is certainly the iact; tnnn,
that the protest no matter how IL be decidei Is a.
| rot. and that the sooner II IL w'thara""' "e wv
| ter"
vArKyprr III SAFELY STARTED ON HER
TRIP.
| Landau yuIv oe-The tug Vanguard, which parted
company with the valkyrie III ut Malin Head at
10 o'clock yesterday morning. reports mat inc vino
| was blowing moderately from the north-n11rthwes'
and that all on board the yacht were we'll
THE vIoLAs MAST BROKEN
| New-rondon Conn., July 29.-The sloop yacht
| Viola Of the New-York Yacht Club was towed IN