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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 18, 1896, 
that will tempt us to invest as largely as our nurses will stand. The 
whole field has not yet been covered. The Lakes yet lack a boat that 
can be sailed fast to windward by two men in a heavy gale through a 
heavy sea like the teeth of a saw, and then run into shoal water at 
night and furnish them comfortable sleeping accommodations; they 
still lack a steam, naphtha, gasolene or oil burning launch of fair size 
and great seaworthiness, coupled with much cheaper cost, to explore 
the thousands of beautiful bays and islets scattered over a whole 
summer's cruisings, some of them practically off soundings; the 
present well-known ones are only purchasable by millionaires. 
Abmeek. 
The New Y. R. A. Rule. 
The new rule of the Yacht Racing Association of Great Britain, 
under which all new yachts of this year will be built, is notable as 
marking the first attempt of any prominent yachting organization to 
place restrictions on extreme features in designing. How fully it may 
meet this very desirable end is as yet a matter of conjecture, and the 
first year is likely to show some serious defects in it ; but as the first 
step in a direction which all clubs must ultimately take, it is well de- 
serving of the attention of nil yachtsmen. We have already published 
the formula, but its exact application can only be understood when 
familiar with all its details, which are given in the following official 
circular, recently issued: 
Yacht Racing Association. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MEASURERS ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF THE 
COUNCIL. 
The measurer shall not measure for the Yacht Racing Association a 
yacht or boat which he has designed or built, or which any firm he is 
interested in has designed or built; nor shall he measure any yacht in 
which he is interested as owner or otherwise. 
Before measurement the yacht must have on her length and girth 
marks, and before testing the marks and measurements the measurer 
Fig. 1. 
must ascertain from the owner or his representative that the yacht is 
in her correct racing trim. 
All sails, spars, gear, etc., as usually carried by the yacht when 
racing, must be on board, and also the usual racing crew when the 
measurements for the length or girth are being taken or checked. 
The measurer may allow sails, spinaker gear, tackles, etc., to be 
put amidships while the measurements and marks for the length and 
girth are being tested. » 
The measurements to be taken are the length, breadth and girth, 
and the length of the spars, or dimensions of sails, in accordance 
with the Yacht Racing Association Rule No. 3, for the rating of yachts, 
as follows: 
The rating of every yacht entered to sail in a race shall be ascer- 
tained by adding together length (L.), beam (B.), 0.75of girth (G,), and 
0.5 of the square root of the sail area (S.A.), and dividing the sum by 
2 according to the following formula: 
L +B +0 75 G +0-5 ^STX 
a 
:= Rating. 
In all ratings figures in the second place of decimals below 0.05 
shall be disregarded, and those of 0.05 and upwards shall count as 
0.1. 
The length Rhall be taken between the outer edges of the official 
marks of the Y. R A., as placed by the owner at the bow and stern of 
tne yacht, this length to represent the extreme length for immersion, 
provided always that if any part of the stem or sternpost or other part 
of the vessel below the marks for length project beyond the length 
taken as mentioned, such projection or projections shall, for the pur- 
pose of the rule, be added to tne length taken as stated; and pieces of 
any form cut out of the stem, sternpost or fair-line of the ridge of 
the counter, with the intention of shortening the length, shall not be 
allowed for in measurement of length, if at or immediately below 
the marks for the length, nor above if within 6in. of the water 
level. 
The breadth shall be taken from outside to outside of the planking, 
Fig. 3. 
in the broadest part of the yacht, and no allowance shall be made for 
wales, doubling planks or mouldings of any kind. 
The girth shall be taken from l.w.l. to l.w.l. under the keel at a sta- 
tion 0.6 of the distance between the outer edges of the length marks 
from the fore end. The girth shall be measured along the actual out- 
line of the vertical cross section at that station at right angles to the 
l.w.l., see Figs. 1 and 2, a a', and Figs. 3 and 4. If the draft forward of 
that station, e e, Fig. 2 (rfbt includiag the girth of a bulb, if any), ex- 
ceeds the draft at that station, a a', twice such excess to be added to 
G. In taking these measurements all hollows in the fore and aft 
under-water profile of the vessel to be treated as filled up straight. 
Should a piece be added, as at 6, then a line must be drawn from b to 
c, and the girth be measured to d. (Fig. 1.) 
In the case of a centerboard, 1.5 times the extreme drop of the 
board below the keel to be added to the girth as taken at a a'; and if 
the board is dropped below the keel at e e, the excess at e e shall, 
nevertheless, be added to girth in accordance with the rule. Bulb or 
ballasted centerboards to be measured as fixed keels. 
Owners shall mark the length for rating of their yachts on both 
sides at the bow and stern, in such manner as the council may direct, 
with the official marks supplied by the Y. R. A., which marks shall at 
all times represent the extreme length for immersion when the yacht 
is lying in smooth water in her usual racing trim, including racing 
crew on board at and about the mid over all length. 
Owners shall mark the points for measuring the girth as follows: by 
fixing three metal discs of suitable size on each stfe of the yacht, not 
less than 2in. or more than 6in. above the load waterline level (and 
parallel thereto), and not less than 3ft. or more than 6ft from end to 
end, and so that the center markj a, of the three, coincides with the 
distance 0.6 from the fore edges u£ the bow marks (see Figs. 1 and 2, 
a) ; and the owner shall also place a disk coinciding with this center 
mark (perpendicular to the l.w.l. level) under the rail or covering 
board, and another on the side of the keel perpendicular to the l.w.l. 
level, see a', Figs. 1 and 2. The distances between the l.w.l. level and 
the horizontal marks to be measured when the yacht Is afloat in 
smooth water with crew on board according to the rule, and deducted 
from the girth as obtained from center mark to center mark. 
Example of working : 
L.w.l. = 45 6f c. Girth = 23.4. 
Beam = 13.0 Sail area = 2,600. 
The girth multiplied by .75 is 17 55. 
The square root of the sail area 2,600 is 51, which multiplied by .5 
equals 25.5. 
Then the sum will be: 
L 45.60 
B . 13.00 
.75 G, . 17.55 
.5 ^S. A 25.50 
2)101.65 
50,87 = 50,!) linear rating, 
Length,— The length (L.) for use in the formula shall be obtained 
by measuring the length over all on deck, and deducting from this 
length the distances in to the bow and stem marks as fixed by the 
owner, from perpendiculars let fall from the bow and taffrail, as 
shown in the diagrams. These perpendiculars if measured when the 
yacht is afloat are to be obtained by a hand lead sunk two or three 
fathoms deep, so as to insure a steady line to measure from. The 
distances in from the line are to be taken by a rod placed parallel to 
the water surface, as shown in the diagrams. 
After the over all length has been taken the measurer must see that 
the crew are placed at and about the mid overall length. (See Rule 
14.) He must then ascertain that the yacht is not immersed at the 
load waterline beyond the length represented by the owner's marks 
at the bow and stern. 
If a yacht is measured in a tideway, the measurer must view and 
verify the marks in smooth and during slack water; and the over- 
hangs must be measured in smooth and during slack water. 
If the measurement for length is obtained when the yacht is ashore 
the position of the bow and stern marks must be afterward verified 
or cheeked when the yacht is afloat in racing trim in smooth water, 
and before the certificate of the measurement is sent to the secre- 
tary. 
The over all measurement must be taken parallel to the l.w.l. above 
the deck, starting from any convenient point forward on the rail, knee, 
etc., ahead of the fore end of the l.w.l. 
When the length over all is taken with rods, a line should be stretched 
taut from the point forward to the taffrail to facilitate the accurate 
shifting of the rods. 
Beam. — The beam? may be measured when the yacht is afloat or 
ashore. The beam shall be taken by means of a straight edge and 
plumb line. 
Girth.— The girth is to be taken from center disk to center disk (a a) 
at right angles to the load waterline under the keel, following the 
curve of the cross section as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and must 
necessarily be measured when the yacht is on the stocks or laid 
ashore. 
a smaller number of persons on board than set forth in the foregoing 
table, such number shall be stated on the certificate of rating, and 
shall not be exceeded in any race sailed under the certificate. 
Dixon Kemp, Sec'y. 
24 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, Lokdon, W., March 12, 1P96. 
When the yacht is afloat for the other measurements the measurer 
shall check the level of owner's girth marks with regard to the water- 
line level. 
The distance between the water level and the metal disks marking 
the horizontal line, or line parallel to the line of flotation, must be 
accurately measured when the yacht is afloat in smooth water, in rac- 
ing trim and crew on board stationed amidsbip in accordance with the 
rule, and deducted from the girth as taken from center mark to 
In the case of a yacht being fitted with a centerboard or lifting keel, 
the owner shall either block up the yacht so as to show the board or 
lifting keel lowered to its full extent, or shall furnish the measurer 
with a true drawing to scale of such centerboard or lifting keel low^ 
ered to its full extent. 
Spars and Sails.— la measuring the main boom length from the 
mast to the pin of out-haul tackle, the measurer should see that the 
traveler, whether on a slide or round the boom, is chock out. For 
this purpose the clew of mainsail should be unshackled and the trav- 
eler hauled out to the farthest point to which it can be taken. 
The measurer should ascertain for himself the point on the bowsprit 
or cranse iron to which the base measurement for fore triangle must 
be taken. 
In measuring the height for fore triangle, a piece of white linen 
should be attached to the ring of the tape, and the tape can be then 
hoisted by the signal halliards. 
Before measuring a jackyard the sail should be bent to it, or the 
foot laid parallel to the yard and fairly stretched; and. as a check, 
besides measuring the distance from the sheet to the outer lacing 
hole, the number of cloths from sheet to clew should be counted. 
All measurements should be taken and recorded in the measure- 
ment book twice, and a third time if there is any material disagree- 
ment. 
A steel tape or rods must in all cases be used for taking the meas- 
urements 
Trim and Length Marks.— The measurer must take and record in 
Fig. 4. 
the measurement book such notes of the yacht's trim and length 
marks, by measuring the height above water at the taffrail and stem, 
or by such other means as will enable him at any subsequent date eas- 
ily to ascertain if the immersion at the waterline or the marks at the 
bow and stern have been altered since measurement. 
Ballast— It a yacht has movable ballast on board the measurer must 
note its position. 
N. B.— In the event of any difficulty arising under the first para- 
graph of these instructions or otherwise as to the measuring of any 
particular yacht, the secretary shall make arrangements for the meas- 
uring of the yacht. 
foes for measuring. 
The measurers shall collect the fees before measuring and be respon- 
sible for the same to the hon. treasurer. 
Members. Non-members. 
£ b. d. £ s. d. 
24ft. rating and under (for eirth) 1 10 17 6 
Over 24ft. and not above 52ft. (for girth) 1 11 6 2 2 0 
Exceeding 52ft (for girth) 2 2 0 2 15 6 
24ft. rating (for length, beam and spars)..... 0 15 0 110 
24ft. and not above 52ft. (for length, beam 
and spars) 1 10 1 11 6 
Exceeding 52ft. (for length, beam and spars).l 11 6 2 12 6 
Half fees for a measurement of length and beam only if carried out 
conjointly; also half fee for spar or sail area measurement only. 
Fee for certificate when no new measurements are required, 5s 
Upon measuring days fixed by a yacht club, b->ats of 24ft. rating 
and under will be measured at an inclusive fee of £1 12s. 6d., and half 
fee for girth only, or for length and beam only, or for spars only. 
The yacht club in such cases must pay th« measurer's traveling ex- 
penses. The scale applies only when not fewer than four yachts are 
measured on one day. 
When a measurer has to travel any distance specially to measure 
one yacht, the owner must pay his traveling expenses. 
Upon regatta days, if sufficient notice is given to the secretary that 
yacht s require measurement, the fees will include the measurer's 
traveling expenses; but for special visits to measure, the attendant 
traveling expenses must be paid by the owner of the yacht. 
Ample notice must be given to the secretary by the owner as to 
when his yacht is ready for girth measurement. 
EXTRACT FROM RULE 14. 
In yachts of 42ft. rating and under the total number of persons on 
board during a match shall not exceed the number set forth in the 
following table: 
Not exceeding 18ft. rating ,.....,2ie sons 
Exceeding 18ft. and not exceeding 2 If t. rating 3 persons 
Exceeding 24ft. and not exceeding 32ft. rating , 5 persons 
Exceeding 30ft. and not exceeding 36ft. rating 7 persons 
Exceeding 36ft. and not exceeding 42ft rating 9 per ons 
If an owner elects to hare hia yacht measured for rating length with 
A Sharpie 30-foo.ter. 
A craft that promises to be a surprise in the new 30ft. class is now 
on the stocks at Hunt's boat shop at Bridgeport, Conn. While the 
dozen other yachts of the class are fin- keels of the conventional round 
framed model, this latest one is nothing more or less than a fin- keel 
sharpie. Her owner is Clinton Barnum 8eeley, formerly owner of 
Atlantic, schooner, and her designer is William Gardner, well known 
through Llris, Kathleen, Alceea and Norota. The yacht will conform 
to the special rules governing the class, with 30ft. l.w.l , etc., but will 
have only 8ft. Hn. extreme beam. The model is that of a New Haven 
sharpie, to all practical purposes. The keel is nearly as long as the 
over all measurement, the stem being straight and with a slight for- 
ward rake from end of keel, while the transom, about 1ft. deep, rises 
from the after end of the keel. The overhang is about equally divined 
forward and aft, the ends of the keel running out in continuation of 
the fair sweep of the bottom, as in the ordinary sharpie. The corner 
between stem and keel Is not rounded off, but the two straight lines 
meet at an angle. The transom is about 5ft. across and is not square, 
but has a fair round and is well shaped. 
The bottom has a round of about 5in. to the floors, and the side tim- 
bers are not straight but swept to a long radius; all the middle frames 
having the same sweep, while the forward frames grow straighter 
toward tbe bows. 
The construction is heavier than in most Gardner yachts, but is very 
interesting. The keel is flat, about 12x3in. amidships, and, as stated, 
running in a fair sweep from heel of sternpost to tiansom. At the 
angle between bottom and side an oak chine is worked, about 3x5in. 
amidships, with rabbets on lower and upper edge. The floor timbers 
and upper timbers are jogged into the ehines, and stout oak floors 
cross the keel to take the strain or the fin. The bottom planking will 
be singiej fitting in between keel and chines; the topsides will be 
double-skinned. 
The fin will be of %ia. steel plate, and the lead bulb will weigh 
5,6001b8. The fin is 5fc. deep below keel, the hull drawing about 2ft., 
and is about 6ft. loDg fore and aft, the edges being vertical. The bulb 
overhangs the fin about 1ft. at each end. The fin is secured to the 
keel by steel angles, and provision is made for shifting the fln forward 
or aft after trial to correct any faults of balance before It is finally 
fastened with %m. rivets. Tbe rudder is approximately square in 
form; a steel forging with steel plate blade. The yacht will have a 
snug cabin under a low trunk, with well-crowned roof. 
Mr. Hunt is making an excellent job of the construction, which is by 
no means as easy as is commonly supposed; in fact, in this size of 
craft, where single planks cannot be u»ed and a regular frame is 
necessary, the laying off and actual building are both more trouble- 
some and difficult than in a yacht of the conventional rounded form 
and its accompanying construction. The spars will be made by the 
Outing Goods Mfg. Co., successors to L. K Young, at Bridgeport, the 
mast, gaff and spinaker boom being hollow. 
Biscayne Bay Y. C. 
With the snow falling heavily in New York on April 7, there is 
something particularly tantalizing and irritating in the accompanying 
picture of the home of the Biscayne Bay Y. 0., of lat. 25 N., "the 
southernmost yacht club in the United States." The wretched vic- 
tims of the "temperate" climate of New York and Boston must all be 
moved to envy ot the fortunate few who compose the B B. Y. C. The 
new club book shows a roll of twenty-six members with twenty -one 
yachts. The officers are: Com., R. M. Munroe, yawl Utilis; Vice- 
Corn., L. D. Benton, aux. yawl Susie B.; Sec'y, Kirk Munroe, yawl 
Allapatta; Treas., W. H. Browne, yawl Holgozana; Meas., A. L. Cail-, 
let, stmr. Fin de Siecle. The club sails under the Seawanbaka rule. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Yesterday the olu wooden drawbridge at the entrance of the Tibu- 
ron Lagoon was raised to let out the white-canvased flyers of the Cor- 
inthian Yacht Club. Last October the fleet went into winter quarters 
in the lagoon, and the old drawbridge has kept faithful watch and 
ward over their hibernation. So yesterday morning the merry, merry 
clubmen with the auxiliary power of two big draft horses, hauled 
on tbe falls and tackles, and the yachts were liberated for the season's 
sport. As each enlivened craft passed through the draw it was greet- 
ed with cheers from the launches and rowboats lined up abreast out- 
side of the lagoon and on the shore. All of the graceful craft left the 
moorings and slipped out into the broad waters of the bay except the 
sloop Ceres. She draws 5ft. of water, and her iron keel was firm- 
ly glued to the muddy bottom. Two launches pulled strongly on the 
towlines, but the low water and the adhesiveness of her winter bed 
defied their efforts and she stuck. A high tide and a tug will start 
her and she will join her sisters shortly. The yachts that were taken 
out were as follows: Witch, W, Brooks; Secret, G. G. Barlage and 
T. T. Tracy; Elece, F. F. Ames; Pride of the Bay, William Nutz; 
Mignon, G. V. Beber; Freda, A. Lyons; La Paloma, E. G. Carrera; 
Cupid, R. Dean; Speedwell, Ed. Donahue; Feu Follett, H. H. Gorter; 
L-is, A. R. Gurrey; Arturas, William Grover; May, Newell& Hawkes; 
Clara, Hamilton, Hopps & Young; Cornelia, L. E. Hart; Phoenicia, H. 
Justins; Naiad, Kelly Bros. ; Petrel, M. Mordecai; ^Eolus, Morrow & 
Westerfield; Mist, W. R Moody; Belle, O'Brien Bros.; Truant, J. W. 
Pew; Venture, William Romaini; Pinta, F. E Schoeber; Thelma, S. B. 
Stevenson; Cisne, H, L. Head. They were taken to their moorings in 
front of the Corinthian clubhouse, where the work of trimming ship 
was commenced. Spars were scraped and put in place, the rigging 
set up and the decks scrubbed, and sundown found tne white squad- 
ron in shipshape condition for flight. It was a beautiful day, sun- 
shiny and without wind, and the bay around Tiburon was like a sheet 
of glass.— San Francisco Call, March SO. 
A regular meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. was held on 
April 7, with Com. Rouse in the chair. The club rules were amended 
to conform to those of the Yacht Racing Union. The following 
dates were announced: May 30, a special race for 15-footers, over in- 
pide course on Oyster Bay; June 22, first of trial races, continuing each 
d»y until a defender is selected; June 27, annual regatta; Monday, 
July 13, first race of international series; Aug. 26, Rouse cup for 
oChooners and 30ft. class. Mr. B. C. Ball, helmsman of Ethelwynn in 
the races with Spruce last year, was present by invitation to receive a 
handsome silver matchbox presented to him by the club. On April 10 
the club met with a serious loss in the death, at the age of 38, of its 
fleet surgeon, Dr. J. West Roosevelt, an old and very popular member. 
At the annual meeting of the Cohasset Y. C., on April 2, the follow- 
ing officers were elected: Com., Lyman D. Willcutt; Vice-Corn., Fred- 
erick H. Pratt; Treas., Chas. H. Cousens; Sec, Harry W. Souther; 
Meas., Arthur O. Higgins. Executive Committee, Wm. H. Crane, A, 
A. Lawrence, B C. Clark, John O, Howe, Edmund L. Parker. House 
Committee, Chas. W. Gammons, Chas. C. Wheelwright, Elmer W. 
Lewis Membership Committee, Edw'd F. Willcutt, T. Fred Stoddard, 
James A. Bouve, Caleb Lothrop, Edw'd F. Ripley, E. Snow, Jr., Frank 
R. Pegram. Regatta Committee, Dan'l N. Tower, John Richardson, 
Ralph B. Williams, Jas. Dean, Jos. N. Willcutt. 
On April 8, Mr. Payne, of New York, introduced In the House a bill 
providing that yachts belonging to a regularly organized yacht club 
of any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts 
of the United States shall have the privilege of entering or leaving any 
port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom 
houses or paying tonnage tax. 
The Lawley Co. will build for Oliver Ames, of Boston, a cruising 
cutter from designs by A Cary Smith. She will be 54ft. over all, 
35ft. l.w.l., 13ft. beam, 8ft. draft, with a freeboard of 2ft. 3in. About 
9 tons, nearly all of the ballast, will be on the keel. The yacht will be 
of modern build, but with nothing of the freak nature in her con- 
struction. 
Fleur de Lys, schooner, recently purchased by George Lord Day, 
from George Trotter, arrived at New York last week after a winter 
cruise to the West Indies under her new owner. 
The yacht building at E. B. Strickland's yard, Port Republic, N. J., 
for J. J. Kane, Jr., of Phila., will be named Celia. She is intended for 
both racing and general use, 
Intrepid, steam yacht, Lloyd Phoenix, arrived at Ponta Delgada, 
Azores, on April 12, having sailed from Bermuda on March 31. 
Works on Sunday— 
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