* * * * This boom, which is a very
heavy triangular spar, has transverse slides for adapting it to the exact shape of the sail at every one of the various points of strain. Upon receiving this opinion, Mr. Vanderbilt, the helmsman of Enterprise,' decided to replace the boom with an ordinary one. On the other hand the Committee of the New York Yacht Club, who must understand their own rules, saw nothing wrong with the boom and officially said so. Sir Thomas Lipton very properly 'declared that he had no objection to whatever boom ` Enterprise ' might use. It is true that the New York Yacht Club rules mention several " contraptions " as contrary to the spirit of yacht racing, but in spite of our strong desire for the victory of Shamrock V ' we cannot see that the boom to which Mr. Nichols objected comes, or ought to come, under the ban.
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