- Sumurun hit Aleras transom and continued along her starboard side becoming entangled in main sheet and boom.

Sumurun yacht crash. The Forum is a free service and much like the free content on Public Radio we hope you will support WoodenBoat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. - During this contact Alera was pushed to windward and Sumurun hit the mark. Tiedemann Classic Yacht RegattaWhile rounding a mark she was involved in a three yacht collision initiated by the 94ft Fife ketch Sumurun striking Amoritas sister ship Alera from astern which set in motion a chain reaction resulting in the much the larger Sumurun.

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The collision took place on 070707. A third classic yacht Alera had spun Amorita into Sumuruns path although the big ketch was found to be at fault for not keeping clear. Amoirta sank but after a two-year legal battle was restored and re-launched in 2011.

See exhibit 6 Alera ahead of Sumurun expected that Sumurun would pass to windward. The causes of this 2007 collision at Newport between Sumurun the 94 William Fife 1915 ketch and Amorita a Nat Herreshoff 44 gaffer launched in 1905 were complex. It was not until Sumurun turned to starboard in an attempt to round the mark closely that Alera recognized the possibility of a collision.

A third classic yacht Alera had spun Amorita into Sumuruns path although the big ketch was found to be at fault for not keeping clear. The causes of this 2007 collision at Newport between Sumurun the 94 William Fife 1915 ketch and Amorita a Nat Herreshoff 44 gaffer launched in 1905 were complex. Also involved in the collision was the Alera another 1905 New York 30.

Doyle said the hull of the Amorita suffered significant damage He said the other two boats had minor damageScott Backholm a search and rescue controller with the Coast Guard said the call came in Saturday about 3 pm and the Coast Guard at Castle Hill launched a boat. Sumurun tried to round the mark inside the smaller boats even though she did not have the right or the room to do so It became clear to the operators of Sumurun that a collision would occur when Sumurun negligently changed her course in the direction of the smaller vessels ahead in an attempt to round the mark but Towbin failed to navigate so as to avoid striking the vessel. In 1897 in The Santanita a case involving a collision between two racing yachts sailing under the rules of the Yacht Racing Association of Great Britain the House of Lords concluded that the owners were bound by the Associations rule making one yacht liable for all damages notwithstanding the liability limitation provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act.