ROYAL

NOVA SCOTIA

Yacnt- sewadron.

Station :—Halifax.

Formed 1878. Date of Admiralty

| Warrant, 9th November, 1880.
CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, |

| Sailing Regulations,
&e., &e., &e sa

Note-—-Any alterations of Constitution, By-Laws or Sailing Regula-
tions will be printed on slips, for insertion on page and number as
indicated, and it is requested that this book be carefully preserved and

kept corrected as above.

HALIFAX, N. S.

Printed by Jarmmes Bowes and Sons.
1881.

OFKICERS HOR JS}.

A>°PAFAZI WY NAA RAAAAS

Contmodore.

His Excellency the Marquis or Lorne, K. T., G. 0. M.G.

&c., &c., Governor-General of Canada.
Bice-Commodore,
C. C. Carter, Esq., R. E.

Mear-Commodore.
F, S. West, Esq.

Monorary Secrefary.

A. C, Epwarps, Esq.

Monorary Treasurer.

Wm. Heptey, Esq.

Commiffee of Wanagement.
J. E. Butter, J. W. Srams, <A. E. Jones,

W. H. Brockrrerp, 4H. Sr. George Twinine, Esq’rs.

Sailing Committee.

Capt. Watt, R. A., L. Briann, Wm. S. Satter,
JAMES FRASER, J. W. Stairs, Esq’rs.
Weasurers.

Halifax :—J. E. Burier, Esq.
G. H. Lukes, Esq.

unenburg :—Epwarp DowLine, Esq,,
Collector of Customs.

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CONSTITUTION

I,

This Association shall be known as the Royat Nova
Scotia Yacur Squapron, and its objects shall be to pro-
mote Yacht building and sailing in this Province, and to
encourage its members in becoming proficient in navigation,
in the personal management, control and handling of their
Yachts, and in all other matters pertaining to seamanship.

II,

The Officers of the Squadron shall consist of a Commo-
dore, Vice-Commodore, Rear-Commodore, Secretary and
Treasurer,

It shall be the duty of the Commodore to preside at all
meetings, to take command of the Squadron, and to call
Special Meetings whenever he may think necessary, or at
the request in writing of at least ten members.

In the absence of the Commodore the Vice-Commodore
shall discharge his duties, and in the absence of both the
Commodore and Vice, the duty shall fall on the Rear-
Commodore.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a irue
record of all proceedings of the Syuadron; a correct roll
of members, together with the date of their election; a
register of the Yachts belonging to the Squadron ; to notify
each member elect of his election ; to notify each member
of every meeting ; to conduct all the correspondence of the
Squadron, and te take charge of the books, records and
papers,

It shall be the Treasurer’s duty to collect all dues and
assessments, pay all bilis contracted by the Squadron and
passed by the Committee of Management, keeping a correct
account of the same in a book to be provided for that
purpose. He shall deposit all the Funds of the Squadron
as received, subject to Art. XI., in a bank to be approved
by a meeting of the Squadron, and all eheques drawn
shall ve countersigned by one of the Flag-Officers, and he
shall be liable to account for the same whenever so required
by the Committee of Management.

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IIT,

There shall be a Committee of Management composed
of the Flag-Officers, Secretary and Treasurer, ex officio,
and five members, of whom at least three shall be yacht
owners, who shall be elected by ballot at the Annual
Meeting. It shall be their duty to audit all accounts and
to approve all debts of the Squadron before these are paid ;
to examine all proposals for membership and report on
approved names, and to make an Annual Report concern-
iag the condition and finances of the Squadron, and such

other matters as they way think proper, at the Annual!
Meeting.

‘ay

The officers named in Art. IT., (except the Commodore)
shall. be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, each
election to be by « separate ballot.

Vv.

The name, address and profession of any gentleman who
wishes to become a member of the Squadron, together with
the names of his proposer and seconder—who must be
members—must be sent in writing to the Secretary at least
ten days previous to a meeting—whether special or regular
—of the Squadron, and be by him submitted to the Com-
mittee of Management for approval, and when so approved,
inscribed in a book in regular order as received, At least
one week previous to said meeting, a list of candidates
containing all the particulars above mentioned, shall be
sent by the Secretary to each member, and a vote by ballot
taken at the meeting, when one black ball in seven shall
exclude, Any candidate who has beon twice black-balled
shall not be again eligible for proposal.

VI.

The Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, the Admiral!
Commanding on the Station, the General Commanding the
Imperial Forces, the Mayor of the City of Halifax, the
Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and the Flag-Officers
and Secretary of all Royal, Recognized and Foreign Yacht
Clubs, extending the same courtesy towards the Flag-
Officers and Secretary of this Squadron, shall be, together

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with any gentlemen ballotted for (in accordance with Art.
V.,) as such, Honorary Members of the Squadron, and
entitled to all privileges except voting at meetings or
ballotting for members.

Vil,

Officers of H. M. Army and Navy, and members of all
Royal, Recognized and Foreign Yacht Clubs, extending
the same courtesy to members of this Squadron, shall be
admitted on payment of the Annual Subscription, after
having passed the ballot, and any such gentlemen owning
yachts shall become entitled to vote on all questions when
a vote by yachts, as hereinafter provided for, is called for.

Vill,

The.e shot oe Vor Regular Meetings of the Squadron in
each yes”, to be held as follows :~-The first (annual) to be
held o1 th: *urd Trursdey 0,” January; the second on the
third Thxrsdiy of April: vhe third oo the third Thursday
of July: une tic forrth oa che ird Thursday of October.

x.
At meetings of the Squadion seven members shall con-

stitute a quorum, and at Committee Meetings three
members shall constitute a quorum.

X.

Upon a proposal to alter the time allowance, rule of
measurer: at, classification of yachts, or any cther question
exclusively affecting yachts, the vote shall be taken only
by yachts, that is, the owner or owners shall be entitled to
one vote for each yacht. Whenever a vote by yachts is
called for, the Secretary shall call the name of each yacht
enrolled in the Squadron, and its vote shall be called viva
voce, or by ballot, if ordered.

XI.

The Squadron shall incur no debt that cannot be met by
funds in the hands of the Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall deposit ten per cent. of all moneys
paid ‘n to him in a bank to be approved by a meeting of
the Squadron, to the credit of the Squadron, and all such

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deposits shall constitute a Reserve Fund. No part of this
fund shall be eppropriated, unless by vote of a majority of
tue members present at the meeting, and at least ten per
cent, of the amount of the fund at the time such appro-
priation is voved, must remain in the bank to the credit of
the Squadron. Such appropriation shall not be drawn
save by a cheque signed by the Treasurer and counter-
signed by one of the Flag-officers. The account of this

fund shali be kept separate from the general account of
the Squadron,

XII.

This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote
of the members present at any regular meeting, provided
always, that the proposed amendment shall be submitted
in writing at the regulay meeting of the Squadron next
preceding that at which it shall be voted upon, and that a
copy of the amendment shall have been sent, along with
the notice calling the meeting, to each member. The

alteration, if voted, shall come into force at the next
Annual Meeting,

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BY-LAWS.

I,

The Ensign of the Squadron shall be the Blue Ensign
of Her Majesty's Fleet.

The Burgee shall be blue, with a red cross edged white,
and the Arms of Nova Scotia in the upper corner,

The Commodore’s fing shall be the Squadron Burgee,
swallow-tailed ; the Vice-Commodore’s, a similar burgee,
with one white ball in the lower corner next the mast; the
Rear-Commodore’s, a similar burgee, with two white balls
in the lower corner next the mast.

All yachts are required, when cruising or accompanying
a race, to fly the Squadron Burgee and Ensign. All yachts
must have on board the three flags required to make their
number in the Squadron List, and the Answering Pendant.
h'lag-Officers must have on board a complete set of signals
(Commercial code),

If,

After providing for the Reserve Fund and the necessary
current expenses, the funds of the Squadron shall be
annually appropriated to Prizes to be sailed for by Yachts
belonging to members.

III,

The Annual Subscription, payable by each member,
shall be $5, and —- entram.e fee.

The entrance fee and annual subscription of every can-
didate for membership, approved of by the Committee of
Management, must be lodged with the Secretary (who
shall at once pay it over to the Treasurer) when the pro-
posal for election is approved (or the name will not be
included in the ballot list.) Should the candidate not be
elected, the amount shall be returned to his proposer. A
mémber elected at the regular meeting in October, shall
not be liable to pay another subscription till the second
January following. The proposer shall, however, be in
all cases responsible to the Squadron for first year’s dues

of a member introdneed by him,
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The Annual “ubseription shall become due on the Ist of

January in each year. and no member whose dues are
unpaid shall be allowed to vote.

The Treasurer shall notify all members whose dues are
inpaid on the first day of April, and
fail to pay their dueg by the next regular meeting of the
Squadron, their names shall be read out at such meeting,
und, unless the dues are then pail, erased from the list of
inembers and not restored unless hefore the regular October
meeting the subscription, together with a fine of $1, be
paid, and such reason given for the delay as shall satisfy
the Committee of Management, Any member, however
leaving the Province, may, by giving notice to the Seere-
tary, be relieved from the payment of his subseription
‘luring any year of his absence, provided such exemption
is Claimed before the regular April meeting in any year,

shoul! such members

IV,

Any trember whose dues for the current year are all
paid, may withdraw from the Squadron on his written
application to that effect being seit in to the Secretary.
Squadron Certificates, Admiralty Warrants and Cups or
Prizes, the property of the Squadron, which may he in a
member's possession, must be returned to the Secretary
before the resignation can take offect,

Vi

In the event of the absence of all the Flag-Officers from
ny meeting of the Squadron, the member who may be
cleeted by those present shall take the chair, and on all
questions where there is an equality of votes, the Chairman
shail have only a casting vote.

Vie

At the regular April meeting in each year the Committee
of Management shall produce a list of all subscriptions
paid in for the current year, together with a statement of
all funds in the Treasurer’s hands, and an estimate of what
portion of the same will be available for Prizes to besailed
for during the season; and present a report recommending
the amount, number and class of said prizes, and the days
on which they are to be sailed for

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Vit.

At the Annual Meeting in each year ¢. Sailing Committee,
composed of five members, shall be elecied by a vote of
the Yachts. Three members shall form a qnorom, and
the Committee shall have the management of all matches.
with power to decide all disputes and protests,

VIII.

Yachis shall be measured in the following manner :—
The length, for tonnage, shall be taken on tke waterline :
the breadth shali be taken from the outside of th vwutside
plank at the broadest part, whether above or 1, w the
main-wales, and the depth amid-ships from the upper eide
of the covering board to the under side of the garboard
strako, These three dimensions shall be multiplied toge-
ther and the product—divided by 150—shall be deemed
the true tonnage. Any decimal of half or more than half
® ton shall count as a ton, and any less shall be disregarded.

IX,

At the Annual Meeting in each year two Measurers
shall be appuiated by ballot. Jt shall be their duty to
measure all yachts belonging to the Squadron in the manner
provided for by the Rule cf Measurement, and to file with
the Secretary a certificate of such measurement.

Every Yacht owner shall furnish to the Secretary the
name and rig of his yacht, and a description of his distin-
guishing flag, and the name of the port at which his vessel
is owned ; and no yacht shall be allowed to start for any
prize given out of the Squadron Funds, unless a certificate
of her measurement by the official measurers shall have
been filed with the Secretary. The measurer’s fee to be
$1.00 for each Yacht measured, the same to ve paid him
by the owner.

X.

The Committee of Management shall have power to
appoint Deputy Measurers at any port in the Province
where Yachts of the Squadron may be stationed.

XI.

A Yacht may enter at any tonnage exceeding her regis-
tered tonnage, but must, in such cases, conform to all the

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sailing regulations applicable to said increased tonnage,
and give and receive tin. allowance in proportion thereto.

XII.

Each Yacht sailing for any prize given exclusively by
the Squadron, must be the property of a member or mem-
bers, and her owner or owners must have paid up all their
dues for the current year, under penalty of the yacht being
disqualified.

XIII.

Any member entering a Yacht for a Squadron Match
shall deposit with the Secretary an entrance fee of $1,
which shall be returned to Yachts making a bona fide start
to the satisfaction of the Sailing Committee,

XIV.

Each Yacht owner shall assume a distinguishing flag,
different from that of any other member, to be described
in the Squadron list, and shall sail all matches under the
same. Notice of any alteration in a member’s flag to be
sent to the Secretary before the lists for the year are
printed.

XV.

If any prize offered by the Squadron be not awarded, on
account of any breach of the Sailing Regulations of the
Squadron, for want of entries, or other cause (save a post-
ponement on account of the weather, or an unfinished race
under Sailing Regulation 2), the Sailing Committee shall
report the same to a meeting of the Squadron, when the
amount of such prize shall either be carried to the credit of
the Squadron Fund or offered again for competition amongst
some or all of the vessels of the Squadron under such con-
ditions as may seem fit, subject, however, to the General
Rules and Sailing Regulations.

XVI.

The Sailing Regulations of the Yacht Racing Associatioh
as adopted by the Squadron, at the time being, shall
govern ail matches for prizes given by the Squadron, un-
less altered in any respect by the special conditions under
which any prize is offered,

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XVII.

Any member buying or selling a Yacht must, give notice
thereof to the Secretary within seven days after the com-
pletion of the purchase or sale, and no Yacht not duly
entered on the Register shall be entitled to representation
at a Squadron meeting.

XVIII.

Private Matches.—Yacht owners, members of the Squad-
ron, sailing private matches, are entitled to have the race
started and timed by the Sailing Committee of the Squad-
ron; the expenses being borne by the Squadron, and the
result of match recorded in the Squadron books.

XIX.

Vacancies in either the Committee of Management or
the Sailing Committee shall be filled up at the next ensuing
Special or Regular Meeting of the Squadron.

XX.

The Secretary shall publish, when required by the Coru-
mittee of Management, and forward to every member of
the Squadron, a list of the members, with the date of their
election, a list of the officers and committees, and a list of
the Yachts registered, showing the rig, tonnage and port
of ownership, official number, owner’s name, distinguish-
ing flag, and, whenever possible, builder’s name.

XXI.

Any alteration in these By-laws must be proposed in
writing by a member at a regular meeting of the Squadron,
and a vote taken on it at the next, due notice of the pro-
posed alteration having been given to each member. A
two-thirds vote of members present shall alter the rule
fd the alteration shall come into force immediately.

YACHT RACING ASSOSIATION SAILING RULES,

ADOPTED WITH ALTERATIONS MADE WHERE NECESSARY TO
AGREE WITH THE BY-LAWS OF THE SQUADRON,

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1. All Races, and all Yachts sailing therein, shall be
under the direction of the Flag-Officers or Sailing Com-
mittee of the Club under whose auspices the Races are
being sailed. All matters shall be subject to their approval
snd control; and all doubts, questions and disputes which
may arise shall be subject to their decision, Their deci-
sions shall be based upon these Rules, so far as they will
apply ; but as no rules can be devised capable of meeting
every incident and accident of sailing, the Sailing Com-
mittee should keep in view the ordinary customs of the
sea, and discourage all attempts to win a Race by other
means than fair sailing and superior speed and skill. ‘The
decisions of the Sailing Committee shail be final, unless
they think fit, on the application of the parties interested,
or otherwise, to refer the questions at issue for the decision
of the Council of the Yacht Racing Association. No
member of the Sailing Committee or Council shall take
part in the decision upon any disputed question in which
he is directly interested. The Sailing Committee, or any
Officer appointed to take charge for the day, shall. award
the prizes, subject to rule 80. It any Yacht be disqualified,
the next in order shall be awarded the prize. The Officer
of the day, duly appointed, has sole charge and control of
the Races on the day he is appointed to serve, is respon-
sible only to the Sailing Committee duly assembled, and
may not be interfered with by any individual member
thereof.

2. The Sailing Committee, or Officer in charge for the
day, shall have power to postpone any Race, should
unfavourable weather render such a course desirable,

8. The tonnage of every Yacht entered to sail in a
Race shall be ascertained in the manner following: The
length shall be taken on the water-line; the breadth shall
be taken from the outside of the outside plank at the
broadest part, whether above or below the main-wal2s,

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and the depth amidships from the upper side of the covering
board to the under side of the garboard strake. These
three dimensions shall be multiplied together and the
product—divided by 150—shall be deemed the true tonnage,
Any decimal of half or more than half a ton shall count as
a ton, and any less shall be disregarded.

4. Time shall be allowed on arrival for difference in
tonnage, according to the annexed scale, increased or
decreased in proportion to the length of different courses.

If it is necessary during a Race to shorten the course,
the signal flag denoting the race hoisted under the White
Peter, or in case of fog or darkness two guns fired, shall
show that the Race is to finish with the round about to
be completed, and the time allowance shall be reduced in
proportion.

5. Entries shall be made with the Secretary’ at least
forty-eight hours previous to noon of the day appointed
for starting each Race. In case of a Sunday intervening,
twenty-four hours shall be added. Entries may be made
by telegram, and it shall be deemed sufficient that the
same shall have been despatched before noon of the day
on which the entries close, subject to the provision as to
Sundays.

The Sailing Committee may refuse any entry,

Form of Entry to be signed by the owner, or his repre-
sentative, previous to the Race:

Please to enter the Yacht for the

Race at on the

Her distinguishing Flag is ; her rig is
; and her tonnage, in accordance

with Rule 3, is tons. I undertake that while

sailing under this entry all her ballast shall be properly
stowed, and shall not be shifted or trimmed in any way
whatever ; and that I will obey and be bound by the Sailing
Rules of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.

Signed this day of

Each yacht entered for a race shall be given a number

with the sailing directions, and saould any yacht cross the
line before the signal for the start has been made, her dis-

tinguishing number shall be exhibited as soon as conven-
iently may be, as a recall, and kept displayed until the

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said yacht shall either have returned and recrossed the line
to the satisfaction of the Sailing Committee or have given
up the race. The numbers to be in white on'a black
ground, and the figures not less than 2 ft. 6 in. in height.

Should any Yacht duly entered for a Race be disabled
during the Race, such Yacht shali, in the event of the
Race being re-sailed, be entitied to start; but no new en-
tries shall be received under any circumstances whatever
for a postponed Race.

6. Kach Yacht entered for a Race must be the bona
fide property of the person or persons in whose name or
names she is entered, who must be a member or members
of a recognized Yacht Club.

7. No owner shall be ailowed to enter more than one
Yacht in a race, except in cases in which a Prize is given
for each rig, when one Yacht of each rig may be entered,
nor shall he be entitled to enter the same Yacht under dif-
ferent rigs for any Race.

8. When a Prize has been offered for competition, any
Yacht, duly entered, may claim to sail over the course
and shall be entitled to the prize; subject, however, to
Rule 2.

9.

10. Every Yacht sailing in a Race shall have on board
a member of a recognized Yacht Club, who, before the
Prize is awarded, shall sign a declaration, that the Yacht
under his charge has strictly conformed to all the sailing
regulations, as follows :—

I hereby declare that the Yacht whilst sail-
ing in the Race this day, has strictly observed
the Sailing Rules and Regulations. -

(Signed)

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11. Each Yacat must carry, at her main topmast head,
a distinguishing Flag, of a suitable size, which must not
be hauled down unless she gives up the Race. If the top-
mast be lowered on deck or carvied uway, the Flag must
be re-hoisted in a conspicuous place as soon as possible.

12. Every Yacht entered for a race shall, at the time
of entry, or as soon after as possible, be supplied witb
written or printed instructions as 1o the conditions of
the Race, the course to be sailed, marks, &c. Nothing
shall be considered as a mark ia the course unless special-
ly named as such in these instructions,

13. There shiall be no restrictions as to sails, or the
manner of setting and working them.

14. There shall be no limit as to the number of paid
hands, ond no restrictions as to the number of friends, or
to their working. Nv hand shall join or leave a Yacht
after the signal to start, excepi in case of accident or in-
jury to any person on board.

No more than the usual anchors and chains shall
he carried during a Race, and these must not be used as
shifting ballast, or for alteriny the trim of the Yacht, and
all ballast shall be properly stowed and shall not be shifted
or trimmed in any way whatever during a Race.

16. Each Yacht shall carry at: least one life buoy on
board ready for use.

17. The Yachts shall start from moorings, «nchors, or
under way, as directed by the Sailing Committee. Half-
an-hour before the time of starting one of the following
Flags of the Commercial Code shall be hoisted as a prepa-
rative Flag for the Yachts of each successive Race ; in
case of a start from anchors or moorings to take up their
stations for the start with headsails down, or all sails
down, as the Sailing Commitiee may direct; or, in case
the start be a flying one, to approach the starting line,
Viz, :—

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Five minutes before the start. the preparative flag shall.

be lowered, 2 Blue Peter hoisted, and a gun fired; after

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which the Yachts in the Race shall be amenable to the
Rules. At the expiration of five minutes exactly the Blue
Peter shall be hauled down and a second gun fired as, a
signal to start. If the start is to be made from anchors or
mooriags, lots shall be drawn for stations, and springs
shall be allowed on the same bridle or anchor chain or warp
as the bow-fasts, but are not to be carried to a buoy, pier,
other vessel, or fixed object. If any Yacht lets go or parts
her bridle before the signal to start, or if she drags any
moorings or anchor to which she is made fast for the pur-
pose of starting, she shall be liable to be disqualified, unluss
such parting or dragging be explained to the satisfaction
of the Committee, or unless she has returned, after the
signal to start, within the line of starting buoys, so as not
to obtain any advantage by the accident. In a fiying start
if any Yacht, c¢ any part of her hull or spars or equipment
be on, or across the line before the signal to start is made,
she must retufn and recross the line ; a Yacht so returning,
or one working into position from the wrong side of the
line after the signal to start has been made, must keep
clear of all competing Yachts. Should the gun miss fire,
the lowering of the Blue Peter shall be the signal to start.

18. When two yachts are approaching one another so as
to involve risk of collision, one of fhem shall keep out of the
way of the other, as follows, viz.: A yacht which is run-
ning free shall keep out of the way of a yacht which is
close-hauled. A yacht which is close-hauled on the port
tack shall keep out of the way of a yacht which is close-
hauled on the starboard tack. When both are running
free, with the wind on different sides, the yacht which has
wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the
other. When both are running free with the wind on the
same side, the yacht which is to windward shall keep out
of the way of the yacht which is to leeward, bat a yacht
which has the wind aft shall keen out of the way of the
other yacht.

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20. When rounding any buoy or vessel used to mark
out the course, if two Yachts are not clear of each other at
the time the leading Yacht is close to, and actually round-
ing the mark, the outside Yacht must give the other room
to pass clear of it, whether it be the lee or weather Yacht
which is in danger of fouling ‘the mark. No Yacht shall
be considered clear of another Yacht, unless so much
thead as to give a free choice to the other on which side she
will pass. An overtaking Yacht shall not, however, he
justitied in attempting to establish an overlap, and thus
force a passage between the leading Yacht and the mark
after the latter Yacht has altered her helm for the purpose
of rounding.

21. When passing a pier, shoal, rock, vessel, or other
obstruction to sea room, should Yachts not be clear of each
other, the outside Yacht or Yachts must give room to the
Yacht in danger of fouling such obstruction, whether she
be the weather or the leeward Yacht ; provided always that
in overlap has been established before an obstruction is
actually reached.

22. A Yacht overtaking any other shall keep out of
the way of the overtaken Yacht, and a Yacht may luffas
she pleases to prevent another Yacht passing to windward,
but must never bear away out of her course to hinder the
other passing to leeward—the lee side to be considered
that on which the leading Yacht of the two carries her
main boom. The overtaking vessel, if to leeward, must
not luff until she has drawn clear ahead of the Yacht she
has overtaken.

3. If two Yachts are standing towards a shore or
shoal, or towards any buoy, boat, or vessel, and the Yacht
to leeward is likely to run aground, or foul of such buoy,
boat, cr vessel (a mark vessel excepted), and is net able
to tack without coming into collision with the Yacht. to
windward, the latter shall at once tack, on being hailed to
(lo so by the owner of the leeward Yacht, or the person
acting as his representative, who shall be bound to see that
his own vessel tacks at the same time.

24. Any Yacht running on shore, or foul of a buoy,
vessel, or other obstruction, may use her own anchors,
boats, warps, &e., to get off, but may not receive any
assistance except from the crew of the vessel fouled. Any
anchor, boat, or warp used must be taken on board again
hefore she continues the Race. 7

2

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25, Each Yacht must go fairly round the course, and
must not touch any buoy, boat or vessel used to mark it
out, but shall not be disqualified if wrongfully compelled
to do so by another Yacht. Any Yacht causing » mark
vessel to in any way shift her position to avoid being fouled
by such Yacht, shall be disqualified. If a Yacht, in con-
Sequence of her neglect of any of these Rules, shall foul
another Yacht, or compel other Yachts to foul, she shall
forfeit all claim to the Prize, and shall pay all damages.

26. No towing, sweeping, poling, or pushing, or any
mode of propulsion except sails, shall be allowed,

27. A Yacht may anchor during a race, but must
weigh her anchor again, and not slip. No Yacht shall
during a Race make fast to any buoy, stage, or pier, or
send an anchor out in a boat, except for the purpose of
Rule 2t,

28. No other means of sounding than the lead and line
allowed, ;

29. In case of a man falling overboard from a competing
Yacht, all other Yachts in a position to do so shall use
their utmost en? avours to render assistance ; and if it
should appear that any Yacht was thereby prevented win-
ning the Race, the Committee shall have power to order it
to be re-sailed between any Yacht or Yachts so prevented
and the actual winner.

30. Should the owner of any Yacht, or the person
acting as his representative, consider that he has a fair
ground of complaint against another for foul sailing, or
any violation of these Rules, he must, if it srise during
the Race, signify the same on first passing the Committee
vessel, by showing an Ensign conspicuously in the main
rigging. The protest shall be made in writing, and under
such regulations (if any) as the Sailing Committee may
have determined, within twelve hours of the arrival of the
protesting Yacht, and shall be heard by the Sailing Com-
mittee and decided, after such inquiries as they may
consider necessary. They shall also, without a protest,
disqualify any Yacht, should it come to their knowledge
that she has committed a breach of the Rules

31. Should any Flag Vessel or other mark be removed
from its proper position, either by accident or design, the
Race shaii be sailed ove again, or not, at the discretion
of the Sailing Committee.

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32. Any Yacht disobeying or infringing any of these
Rules, which shall apply to all Yachts, whether sailing in
the same or different Races, shall be disqualified from
receiving any Prize she would otherwise have won, and
her owner shall be liable for all damages arising therefrom,

Should a flagrant breach of these Rules be proved against
any Yacht, her Sailing Master may he disqualified by the
Council for one season from sailing in any Race held under
the Rules of the Yacht Racing Association.

33. As mixed Races are no satisfactory test of the
relative speed of Yachts, the different rigs should, whenever
practicable, be kept separate; but when mixed Races are
unavoidable, the following Rules shall be observed :-—

The tonnage of Schooners and Yawls to be reckoned for
time allowance as follows, viz. : Schooners at three-fifths,
and Yawls at four-fifths of their actual tonnage ; provided
that in case of a Yawl, her main boom when in its place
und parallel to the deck, does not extend more than two-
fifths her extreme beam abaft the stern end of her load
water line. [During the season of 1879, a yawl built and
sparred prior to 1879, whose main boum extends more
than two-fifths her extreme beam abaft the stern end of
the load water line, shall be allowed to compete as a yawl,
by adding the extension of main boom beyond the two-
fifths of extreme beam limit to her length for tonnage, and
her tonnage shall be calculated accordingly.] In caleu-
lating the deduction for difference of rig, the tonnage by
certificate to the exact fraction to be used. The time
allowances to be calculated from each vessel’s reduced
tonnage. Schooners and Yawls shall be allowed to enter
in classes of forty tons and under at the reduced tonnage.

34. Flying Starts shall be pure and simple, with no
restriction of time as to crossing the line and no allowance
for delay.

35. There shall be no limit to the time for concluding
a Race.

36. The classification of Yachts shall be as follows :—

Not exceeding. .... ..ceecee § Tons,

Above 5 tons and not exceeding 10 +

66 10 66 64 6s Lo
66 15 te sc 20
66 : 66 46 40
46 . 66 ¢ 890

46

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37. As distance is an important element in the caleu-
lation of time allowance, the marks and flag boats should
be placed so as to mark as accurately as possible the
of the course for which time is allowed.

48. In heavy weather it should be arranged, if practi-
cable, for Yachts to stay instead of gybe round marks,

39. The Sailing Committee should be particularly
careful to provide arsple room between the points marking
the starting line,

length

@ caleu-
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1 i ena, ~ Aeterna —

TABLES OF TIME ALLOWANCE.

The principles assumed in computing these tables are the
same as those alopted in the calculation of the Time Table
of the Royal Yacht Squadron (1866) namely, that the
allowance of time given by a larger to a smaller yease!
should be directly proportional to the distance sailed, and
imversely proportional to the size of the vessels; that is to
say,

[fa larger can allow a smaller yessel one minute on i
particular length of course she can allow her two minutes
on a course of twice the length,

And with respect to the element of size, the assumption
is that if a vessel, of say 50 tons, can allow a smaller one
any given time per ton of difference, a vessel of twice the
size, or 100 tons, can only allow half the time or the same
for 2 tons that the vessel of 50 tons allows for one ton.

The allowance of time for each ton will consequently be
obtained from the relation

Ist
i=——
7
where ¢ is the allowance of time per ton in seconde. & a
number, whose value in the Table is taken as 30, on the
supposition that a vessel of 30 tons ean allow one of 29
tons one second per mile, / the length of the course in
miles, and 7‘ the tonnage of the vessel,

For a course of 50 miles the formula therefore is:

30 & 50
a jeri

yf di

The time seales have been computed for courses of 50.
10, and 8 nautical miles. These seales have been adopted
hecause from them the time allowance for almost any
length of course ean easily be caleulated. For example,
ihe time aiiowance for a course of 16 miles will be double
the 8-mile scale; the time allowance for a course of 30
miles will be three times the 10-mile scale; the time allow-

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“nee for a courac of 9%
und in like manner the
of course may be

miles will be haif the
time allowance
readily ascertained,
In the 50-mile scale any number involving a fractional

part of a second ig represented in the tables by the ne
whole number, that is,

At 40 tons the true No, is 49m. f2°81s,
us 49m. 53s. Atal tons the true
is 806 down as 50m. 29s,
error, which, however,
“ny two Yachts,

But in the 10 and 8-mile
for the sake of accuracy,
second,

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50-mile seale :
for any othe: lenuth

rest

; it is set down
No. is 50m. 29°39a. : it
This of necessity

involves an
Cannot exceed a sec

ond as between

scales it has been ne Ssary,

to give fractional parts of a

es worked out from the tables, for
“ny given length of course, fractions exceeding half a
second should be counted as seconds, but fractions of half
* second and under should be disregarded,

Rvix ror vsixe THE TABLEs.
Take the times placed opposite to the
two vessels; the G‘flerence bet

time the larger vessel is to allow the smaller one over the
length of course Specified at the head of the column from
which the times are taken,

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ENSIGNS, BURGEES, SIGNALS, Etc.

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Knsigns and Burgees may be procured from 8, W,
Worre, High Street, Southampton, England, Flag-maker,
Also from Messrs. W. Srairs, Son & Morrow, Bedford
Row, or Messrs. Pickrorp & BLAck. Water Street,
Halifax.

Complete sets of the Commercial Code Signal Flags, in
pocket-bag, may be procured from S. W. Wotrr.

Crus Burrons, in black horn or gilt, may be had from
the Hon Seeretary.

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USEFUL INFORMATION.

(From Dixon Kemp's “Manual of Yachting.”)

ApmiraLty Warranrs. —Warrants granted to Clubs,
and the Members thereof, granting permission to fly the
White Ensign, or the Blue Ensign, or the Red Ensign
with device on it. An Admiralty Warrant also enables
the owner to ship excisable goods, such as wines, spirits,
tobacco, tea, &e., direct from bond without payment of
duty; and to enter ports without paying harbor dues
(this does not include dock charges) and to make fast to
mooring buoys laid down by the Admiralty, if such buoys
be not required by ships of H. M. fleet. An Admiralty
Warrant is also useful in foreign ports as it at once estab-
lishes the nationality of a yacht; and the port autuorities
usually show great civility to yachts carrying an Admiral-
ty Warrant, securely berthing them, and frequently fore-
going harbor dues (not dock charges.) When a Yacht
changes hands her Warrant must be returned through the
Club Secretary to the Admiralty.

EnsigN.—If an Ensign other than the Red be flown by
any vessel without a warrant from the Admiralty, a penalty
of £500 stg. may be inflicted, and any Custom House or
Consular Officer or other Officer in sI. M. Service on full
pay may board the vessel and seize the flag. Although the
Red Ensign has been assigned to the mercantile marine,
no device can be put in it other than the Jack without the
permission of the Admiralty. The jurisdiction of the Ad-
imiralty only extends to flags flown afloat, and any Ensign
ean be hoisted on flagstaffs on shore. When a Warrant is
granted tc a Club to fly the White, Blue, or the Red En-
sign with a device, this Warrant does not of itself entitle a
Member of the Clab to ily either Ensign on board his Yacht :
before he can legally do so he must also obtain a Warrant
trom the Admiralty through the Club Secretary. As many
Warrants must be obtained as he belongs to Ciubs if he de-
sires to fly the flag of each club. When the Yacht is dis-
posed of the Warrants must be returned through the Club
“ecretary to the Admiralty, and if the owner obtains a new

Bt ae af ane

Yacht he must get fresh Warrants.

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Ensicn, Horstina or.—Ensigns and Burgees areshoisted
every morning at eight o’clock (9 um. from September 30
to March.31), and hauled down at sunset, It is a slovenly
habit to hoist or haul down colors at irregular hours. At
sea it is only usual to hoist colors when passing another
vessel,

DierixG tie Enstaxn,—The Ensign is lowered or dipped
aS a means of saluting a Commodore, ‘e., or Member of a
Club. The junior member should be the first to dip. Some-
times, if no Ensign is flying, the Burgee is dipped. It is
usual to “dip” in passing a Man-of-War or Royal Yacht.
A Royal Yacht never answers the salute by dipping her
Ensign.

Burerr, Errquerre or.—It is considered etiquette, if a
Yacht is on a station where there 1s a Club established, and
her owner is a Member of the Club, that the flag of that par-
ticular Club should be hoisted as the Yacht arrives on the
station, although the owner nay be the Commodore, or
Vice, or Rear-Commodore of another Club. If his Yacht
is a schooner, he ean fly his pennant at the main, and the
Club Burgee at the fore. If several Yachts are lying at an
anchorage where there is no Club, the Yachts will fly the
Burgee of the Senior ( licer present, but if there be two
officers of equal rank present then the flag of the one whose
Club is senior by virtue of the date of its Admiralty War-

rant will be flown. The Senior Officer means the one of

highest rank, and where the rank is equal, the seniority
depends upon the date of the Admiralty Warrant of th» Club
which conferred the rank, and not upon the length of ser-
vice of the officer ; but a Vice-Commodore of a senior Club
does not take precedence of the Commodore of a junior
Club. By the same rule, when several Yachts are present
belonging to Clubs that have no Admiralty Warrants, the
date of the establishment of the several Clubs would decide
the seniority of officers of equal rank, but Clubs with Ad-
in‘ralty Warrants always rank before those without. (See
‘Royal Clubs.”)

SaLutes.—It is usual to salute a Clr ag-Officer on his
first hoisting his flag on a Club station at the beginning of’ a

season, and when he hauls it down at the close of a season.

by eleven guns for a Commodore, nine guns fora Vice-Com-
modore, and seven guns fora Rear-Commodcere, respectively,
It is etiqnette for a Flag-Officer of a Club to return dh

salute
tice 1
ing t

junio

Ri
sion |
Adm
confe
the A
this ¢
rant
Wart

es areshoisted
September 30
is a slovenly
ir hours. At
ssing another

‘ed or dipped
Member of a
» dip. Some-
ipped. It is
Royal Yacht.
dipping her

iquette, if a
tblished, and
Y of that par-
tives on the
amodore, or
if his Yacht
ain, and the
‘lying at an
; will fly the
1ere be two
‘one whose
iralty War-
the one of
he seniority
| ofth» Club
igth of ser-
senior Club
of a junior
are present
rrants, the
ould decide
iS with Ad-
10ut. (See

ficer on his
inning of a
f a season,
Vice-Com-
spectively,
O return a

|
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junior always salut

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salute, but a royal personage does not do so. The prac-
tice used to be for a Yacht to ‘salute the flag” on arriy-
ing at a station ; this practice is still in vogue in America, a
first.

Royan Yacurt C —A Club that has obtained permis-
sion from the Hou: Oluce to use the prefix ‘‘Royal.” An
Admiralty Warrant obtained from the Admiralty does not
confer the title; but a Royal Yacht Club that has not also
the Admiralty Warrant can only fly the Red Ensign, and
thiscan have nodevice, A Club with an Admi ‘alty War-
rant takes precedence of a Club that has only a Royal
Warrant,

Extract From ApMIRALTY Crrceunar, Lerrer LM M,
Ist AuGust, 1878,

In all applications for Warrants for Vessels required by
the Act to be registered, it is essential that the tollowing
particulars be stated :—

Name of Vessel,

Rig.

Lengih, per Register,

Breadth do.

Tonnage do. (to decimals)
Port of Registry.

Name of Owner.

Warrants are granted to tho Secretaries of Clubs, and
My Lords consider the Clans responsible for the return of
the Warrants. They would, therefore, Ssiggest that a rule
should exist in the Club requiring the return of the Warrant

whenever it becomes obsolete.

Whenever a Warrant ceases to be in operation, either by
the sale of the Vessel, or from any other cause whatsoever,
it is the duty of the Secretary of the Club to return it to
this Office, so soon as possible, in order that it may be
cancelled, and each Warrant, should be accompanied by a
statement of the reason for its return.

In the event of a Warrant being lost. the Secretary must
acquaint the Secretary of the Admiralty of the same. and
the letter should be accompanied by a statement from the
Owner, of the circumstances under which the Warrant has
been lost.

Until Warrants are returned. or 2 satisfactory explana-
tion of their non-return is afforded, fresh Warrants will not
be issued.

It is requested that copies of the lists of Vessels of the
Clubs may be sent to the Adiniralty ence a year,

rer LM M,

required by
ie tollowing

Clubs, and
e return of
that a rule
ie Warrant

1, either by
hatsoever,
eturn it to

it may be
unied by a

otary must
same. and
t from the
urrant las

explana.
ts will not

els of the

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"yr oes ee ne 8 A Dy i ; ? he
EXTRACT FROM ADMIRALTY LETTER 01 S69H JUNE,
ISSO, NOTIFYING GRANT OF WARRANT TO NSS S.

to WEAR THE BLUE ENsign or H, M. FLErt.

L.

HS,

**On granting this Warrant, my Lords desire me to state
that they must stipulate for the Warrant to he hd
“for cancelling should ‘the Yachts of the Squadron ‘3
* yeduced below ten in number, of which more than half ar
** vessels under fifteen tons.”

J
;

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MEMO. FOR YACHT OWNERS.

I. All Yachts of the Squadron must be auly registered
by the Registrar of the port of ownership.

2. Before a Yacht can be registered she must have been
surveyed by the Surveyor of Shipping, who will require to
be furnished with the builders’ certificate.

3. When a Yacht is duly registered the owner must
obtain from the Honorary Secretary the necessary form of
application foran Admiralty Warrant for the same,

t. The Board of Trade have exempted the Yachts
belonging to ¢liis Squadron * from such of the Provisions

‘of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, as require a ship’s
** name to be marked on each of her bows, and her name
**and the name of her Port of Registry on her stern, and
‘also from such Provisions of the said Act as require a
** scale of feet to be marked on each side of her stem and
** stern-post.”

o. To qualify Yachts for ‘acing it is also necessary that
the Honorary Secretary shall have been furnished with a
certificate of tonnage by one of the Squadron’s Official
Measurers.

6. In case of any cuange in ownership of Yacht it is
important for the protection of the interests of all parties
that the change be registered according to law.

Further information can be obtained from a Registrar of
Shipping,

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