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

Sumurun yacht crash. Sumurun clear astern did not keep clear of Alera clear ahead and broke rule 12 Sumurun clear astern at the two-length-zone took room inside Alera and Amorita which she was not entitled to and broke rule 182c Sumurun did not avoid contact when it was reasonably possible to do so and breached rule 14 twice Sumurun touched a mark of the course and broke rule 311. The owners said the Amorita went down quickly after the Sumurun a classic sailing yacht from 1914 hit it. It was not until Sumurun turned to starboard in an attempt to round the mark closely that Alera recognized the possibility of a collision.

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. The horrific crash took place on July 7 2007 off of Beavertail lighthouse in Jamestown RI while racing in the Robert H. A few months ago there was an article in WoodenBoat about this.

Sumurun Stormvogel and Wild Horses emerge victorious from the caribbean leg of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2013. The losing boat in the collision was the 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport RI. Related PostsAntigua Classic Yacht Regatta - 20202019 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta - New Developments2020 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta - Update2021 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Cancelled2019 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta - The Stage is Set.

The Sumurun has its homeport in Antigua in the Caribbean. Presuming Ed said. 4 all three boats were on a port tack approaching the mark.

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. The boats were going around a marker when the Alera reportedly nudged the Amorita into the path of the Sumurun. Does seem to be a bit of a problem with classic yachts - the death of Jacques Bourry when Mariette hit the six metre Taos Brett IV in 95 the Amorita and Sumurun collision with luckily no injuries in July last year and now this.

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. Amoirta sank but after a two-year legal battle was restored and re-launched in 2011. The collision took place on 070707.