New-York tribune., 1896-01-15
CLAIMS OF THE YACHTS.

The claims Of both yachts follow this statement:
Observation-Disclosures claimed that after keeping of
for the ne she steered 80 to the line well
clear OF the committee boat" and that she kept
this course unchanged: but that Defender. having
at first kept hard away" finally luffed into her.
Valkyrie eased her helm in order to avoid the foul,
but Defender being the overtakng yacht. caught
Valkyrie's boom in her starboard rigging. The
explanation that Defender kept converging
until at last she got herself close under VAL
kyrie's lee quarter that she lost the wind out Of
her head sails and that this. with Valkyries wash.
caused the lufng. In addition. Nalkyrle insisted
that she left sufficient room between the
committee boat and Defender. because If she had
luned higher. she would run into the committee
boat. and If she had stayed" she would have been
witnesses averred that her lun did not ater her
course by more tnan point ca point ana a half at
the committee boat was only six feet distant. Val
kyrie states that she did not see the protest haS
ond oe aso .nat had she see" 1t she would nave snow"
Defender-,on the other hand Defenders wit
nesses stated that according to Mr. Iselins nstruc-
tons. she was heading for the lhghtshp VITA
hGfs q Ssn aSSn n8Ps Of a6'qs h
with wide sheet, in order. as some OF them sup
thought TO save herself from crossing the line too
carly. Mr. Isen ordered his helmsran to keep his
going TO- vaikyrie :uYed and in doing 50 swung
her boom into Defenders, starboard rigging. De-
luNed at all and claimed that she left valkyrie
ample between herself ana the committee
Lord Dunrayen's representative on Defender
states that in his opinion the foul was eau Gau.ed 10y by
DO bf aSrs commee to sVe Boat FIR add ha
Iselin several times told Captain Han OF Defender,
risk fp of collision. and that 'in his judgment there
ample. room for Defender to manoeuyre without
Of crowding toward one end OF the line, it has not
been claimed that Defender s had had insufficient room
The New.York & Yacht Cubs 5 5TepresGenStve G sos on
AT Defender finding herself
close to her adversary. she began to iun so as TO
she threw her main boom into Defenders rigging
and foul occurred" He adds: There was noth,
mark boat and yachts to wa. ant Valkyrie in bear
ing down Defender
In its decision the committee quotes Section No.
H. Rule XVI. which reads:
"A yacht shall not bear away out Of her course go
as to hinder another In passing TO leeward ana h as
the committee based their decision.
At the same time. the Nakyrie. on her own show
ing was steering well clear OF the committee boat
and after her luff she had room TO spare In
statement. neither vessel had sheets in. And for
these reasons she was also in viola ton Of Seton
free or both have the wind aft and have the wind
the same side the yacht TO wndward snail Keep
The valkyre cited against the Defender the fol-
lowing sections under Rule XVI. Section I; AN over
taking yacht shall. in every case, so long as an
overlap exists. keep clear OF the yacht which Ia
being overtaken." Section 10: "A yacht may luf as
she pleases in order prevent another from passing
her to wndward. provided she begins to lun before
an overlap has been established; and Sections II
and l6 which treat Of room in passing or rounding
marks Instructions But in our opinion the al
kyrie's infringement of Section II nulllhed SECTIONS
: and 10 and the fact that even after lufhnG she
passed well clear of the committee boat throws OUT
the others.
Finally the Defender to leeward and. as The
Naikyrie states she the Overtaking vessel. ana
when the foul occurred had almost reached the Val
kyries beam And all this being so. II Is important
to remember that when yacht is passing another
to eeward. she has ever, nducemcnt 20 avoid u'1ng
into her adversary. since by fouling her she would
destroy the points OF advantage she has gained
! And on the other hand the temptation TO yacht
which is being passed to leeward Is TO approach her
adversary In order to blanket ner and thereby Sc
| cure her under her lee
EVIDENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHS
The committee publish in connection with the
| report two pictures from photographs made I'M
mediately after the foll which viii be studied
| with interest The first taken by j. Byron and
shows the Defender in a crippled condition II also
| has the committee boat on which the signal ball
! has not been lowered. showing that the starting
! signal had not been made.