YACHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 21

YACHTING.

MTTST BE IN ORDER.

RULES FOR PROTESTS. The entering of a protest against a brother yachtsman is one of the most distasteful jobs that falls to the lot of a yacht s skipper, but it is really necessarv at times for the sake of both parties. At a meeting Of the Auckland Yacht and Motor Jioat (1 ub n few years ago. when Mr E H. North croft was in the chair, he mentioned that the idea was prevalent in yachting circles that it was unsportsmanlike to enter a protest against another boat. If a breach of the rules had been committed. he said, it was in the best interests of the sport that the breach should !*• reported. '1 he rules of yacht racing should he a s strictly observed as in any other spurt, and lie did not consider there was an,\ stigma on a skipj>er who entered a Or"test when the breach was clear. Tlie investigation of the facts up to a protest and the decisions arrived at wero of ton of value to all. and a warning to strictly observe the rules governing the conduct of the sport. Auckland Association's New Rule. The rules governing the entering of a protest by a competitor against another boat, or boats arc little known, an<l less frequently observed. Like everything else there is a correct way to do it. The Auckland Association has decided on the following rule for protests : All protests must lie entered in the rerpiired manner, accompanied by a deposit of 10/. All protests must be in writing, sijrned by the skipper of the'boat, protesting. The protest must contain: (a > An outline of the fact, that gave rise to the alleged breach of the rules: (1>) the rule or rules alleged to be broken, quoting their number or numlfcrs: (c) the names of any craft in the vicinity. Failure to furnish all the required particulars may result in the rejection of the protest as informal.