March 2, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
179 
The America's Cup Committee. 
A meeting of the America's Cup Committee was held on Feb. 25, 
there being present Commodore Smith and Messrs. Canfield, Tarns 
■And Fish. A letter was :read from Mr. Iselin, tendering his resig- 
nation from the committee, owing to his position as managing 
owner of the new boat, and the resignation was accepted. The 
following letters were read, action on the subject of crew limita- 
tion, as referred to in the first one being .postponed totbenext 
meeting of the committee. 
Dimraven Castle. Bridgend, Glamorgan, Jan. 31, 1895. Dear 
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
the 14th inst., and received with pleasure the formal notification 
of the acceptance by the New York Yacht Club of the challenge 
forwarded for me by the Royal Yacht Squadron. 
I shall consider the first race as provisionally fixed — as stated in 
your letter — for Sept. 7, and shall use my best endeavors to get 
across in time. 
I do not know of any question which requires speedy settlement 
except that of the number of crew which the vessels may carry, 
or rather of the number of persons all told to be on board when 
the vessels are measured. 
I have given Mr. Kersey authority to act for me in all such mat- 
ters, an authority which he has been kind enough to accpt; and it 
would save time and trouble if your committee would settle this 
matter with him. 
I have the honor to remain yours very faithfully, 
JAMBS D. SMITH, Esq. DUNRAVEN. 
New York, Feb. 19. 1895. 
Dear Commodore Smith: Referring to the question of the Vigi- 
lant, the time is approaching when we should decide definitely 
what is to be done with her and what measures are to be taken to 
bring her to the starting line to meet the new Herreshoff boat in 
a condition to show her greatest speed. 
I am going abroad this spring, but expect to be home in August. 
If it is agreeable to your committee, I will take the boat, and 
promise that she will be at the starting line (of course, barring 
accidents) in the best of condition to show her full speed. With 
kind regards, sincerely yours, 
Commodore JAMES D. SMITH. GEORGE J. GOULD. 
The following reply was framed: 
Feb. 20, 1895. 
Dear Commodore Gould: I have yours of the 19th, and note what 
you say regarding the Vigilant and bringing her to the starting 
line in condition to meet the new Herreshoff boat. This confirms 
your verbal statement to me. which I submitted to the America's 
Cup Committee. Your action in the matter is quite agreeable to 
them, and they will be glad to have your proposition consum- 
mated. Yours truly, JAMES D. SMITH. 
To GEORGE J. GOULD, Esq. 
The New York Y. C. Racing Rules. 
The work of the special committee of the New York Y. C, ap- 
pointed sometime since to consider and prepare amendments to 
the racing rules of the club, is shown in the report which we pub- 
lish this week. The committee was composed of five of the ablest 
and most competent men in the club, men of long practical experi- 
ence in racing, and at the same time fully conversant with the 
theories and formulas on which racing laws are largely founded. 
In carrying out their work, one difficulty has been to frame cer- 
tain rules not merely to atta ; n the best results, but to meet the 
views of the members of the club, some- of whom are opposed to 
what they deem too radical innovations. It is quite certain that 
before it can attain its old-time popularity under the existing cou- 
rt itlona of expensive construction and maintenance, yacht racing 
must be very thoroughly reorganized in its methods, witn material 
improvements in details of classification, measurement, courses, 
starting, etc., all tending to make more exciting races and closer 
finishes; but such changes cannot be made in a day or a year, and 
many yachtsmen are still loth to give up the old easy-going ways. 
The most important change recommended by the committee was 
that in Rule I., bv which the basis of classification was changed 
from load water' sline to racing length. This measure has long 
been advocated by the Forest and Stream, the reasons for it being 
given at length. In the present depressed state of building and 
racing, with just one new boat, a 70ft . schooner, on the stocks, it 
cannot be SdM that classification is a vital issue: but it has long 
been evident that, failing the discovery of some entirely new sys- 
tem of yacht measurement, the next step in this country was to 
classify as well as measure the yachts by the Seawanhaka rule; 
and, this being the case, no better time than the present could be 
had for the change. In saying this we do not overlook the fact 
that all changes of rules should be made in November, and not in 
February; but, this apart, there are really no racing clases at 
present, and consequently no vested interests within the club fleet. 
The table accompanying'the report shows that no serious disturb- 
ance of existing classmates need result; the boats racing together 
about the same as of old. 
■While the classes as arranged are all right as far as the New 
York Y. C. is concerned, they at the same time conflict with the 
olasses existing for five years in the Larchmont Y. C; a cause of 
trouble in the event of any general building to class in two clubs. 
The work of changing to the new classification cannot, however, 
be considered as complete until the other large clubs, the Seawan- 
haka. Atlantic and Eastern, shall unite with the New York and 
Larchmont, as in 1889. in the adoption of one standard classifica- 
tion. This work might well be undertaken now, with a view to the 
formulation and adoption of such a classification in the fall . 
The other changes in Rules I. and II. are merely matters of de- 
tail, taking the measurement rule and list of club courses from the 
By-Laws, where they never belonged, and transferring them to 
the Racing Rules, as in other vacht clubs. 
Rule VI1L, now VII., has been re-written, but with no material 
change, no attempt being made to place a minimum limit on bulk- 
heads and fittings, or to prohibit the use of stage scenery instead 
of solid wood in the construction of partitions and bulkheads. 
The new Rule VIII. deals very ineffectively with an important 
matter; as proposed by the committee it would have been equiva- 
lent to the English method, of measuring with crews on board, the 
only fair way; but as finally passed after much discussion, it 
amounts to merely a limitation of crew, all hands included, to be 
carried in each class. The table shows a liberal limit. 60 men for 
Vigilant and 57 for Valkyrie II., the latter having carried less than 
0 in her races in this country. 
The changes in Rule X. are merely nominal, but Rule XVI. has 
been improved by the addition of the word "first," thus removing 
all grounds of dispute as to the right of a yacht to start as many 
times as she may please to, being timed only on the final start. 
Such starts have at times been allowed in other clubs, and there 
are some who contend that they have such a right, but the rule as 
it now stands settles the matter within the New York Y. C. 
The most radical proposal in the entire report is that relating to 
Rule XVII., Section 14, which, we are glad to say, was rejected by 
the meeting; the committee, while introducing it. making no 
efforts toward its adoption. Under the proposed wording, the fact 
that the outer one of two yachts at a mark tacked, would be pre- 
sumptive evidence for the disqualification of the inner yacht. It 
is ciaimed that by the introduction of the positive fact of a tack, 
the rule is made more positive and definite.but there would still re- 
main the conflicting evidence as to whether a tack was really nec- 
essary; and the testimony of impartial witnesses would be essential 
to the satisfactory settlement of the dispute, just at present. In 
the case of the more likely contingency under this section of the 
rule, of a little judicious "hogging" on the part of the outer boat, 
she might clear herself of blame in the event of a foul by filling 
away on the other side, and claiming to have been forced about by 
the inner boat. Under the present reading, no such claim is possi- 
ble, the sole point to be decided being whether the inner boat could 
have weathered the mark without tacking had the outer boat been 
entirely absent from the mark. In practice this is usually difficult 
of proof, but it is evident that it is the true point of the question: 
whether the outer boat tacks or not in giving way has nothing to 
do with the case. The adoption of the proposed amendment by the 
New York Y. C. would lhave made a serious conflict of rules, the 
present wording being now recognized by all yacht clubs; and in 
this respect would have been open to strong objection. 
In Section 6 the words "(not a mark)" which were needlessly in- 
serted in 1893 are very properly dropped. 
Rule XVIII., relating to the departure from the rules in cases of 
special danger, is dropped entirely. 
In the body of the report will be found the actual wording of the 
amendment in the few cases where that of the committee was not 
adopted verbatim. 
Larchmont Y- C- 
Rear Com., Henry M. Buoknall, cutter Minerva; Sec* Charles 
G. Little; Treas., William Murray. Trustees, to servo three years 
—Charles McK. Looser and William B. Jenkins. 
Tfie following appointments were announced: George A. Cor- 
mack, fleet captain, and Dr. C. F. Roberts, fleet surgeon: Regatta 
Committee, John F. Lovejoy, Otto Saronv and Alfred Marshall. 
J he treasurer's report was very satisfactory, showing that the 
club is at last clear of the financial difficulties consequent on the. 
very large outlay in purchasing and improving the propertv. The 
secretary's report shows the following fleet: Schooners, 34; 
auxiliary schooners, 3; cabin sloops, cutters and yawls. 94; main- 
sail cabin boats, 14; jib and mainsail open boats, 22; mainsail open 
boats, 26; steamers, 52, and launches, steam or naphtha, 33; total 
fleet. 274. 
Z According to the report of the library committee, the value of 
the pictures and books donated to the club within two years is 
over $12,000. 
Mrs. Elizabeth H. J. Beach, of Hartford, Conn., presented to the 
club through Mr. George A. Cormack a silver trophy in memory 
of the late Com. Colt, to be sailed for by the schooners of the club. 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
The annual general meeting of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. was 
held at the Windsor Hotel on Sat., Feb. 2. The secretary's report 
showed the year just completed to have been most important in 
the way of additions to property, membership, fleet, general in- 
terest as.well as importance, that the club has yet enjoyed. This, 
with the .financial statement, which proved most favorable, was 
unanimously adopted. 
The election of officers resulted as follows: Hon. Com., Sir Don- 
ald A. Smith, K. C. M G„ M. P.; Com., George W. Hamilton, cut- 
ter Coquette; Vice-Corn., Lionel J. Smith, cutter Viking; Rear 
Com., Stonewall Jackson, sloop Soubrette; Sec.-Treas., James G. 
Monk; Meas., J. C. O.-Almon, F. P. Shearwood, R. Fitzgibbon. 
Committee: Wm. Davidson, George H. Labbe, John F. Mackie, F. 
G. Beverly Hamilton, Gershom de Sola, A. Guy Ross, G. Herrick 
Dnggan, W. McLea Walbank. 
A motion: allowing a yacht, if under charter to a member or 
members, for three yachting months t» compete for a oltib prize 
was voted on and carried. A notice of motion was made that the 
annual general meeting be held on the first Mondav (in place of 
Saturday, as now), in February. Winter sports being at .their 
height in February, and Saturdays none too many, the yachtsmen 
considered they would be more in their element on the universal 
washing day; so, no doubt, the next general meeting will approve 
of this change and a full house will be "more readily obtained for 
'96 and after. Few other minor matters were attended to, when 
the meeting adjourned with a hearty vote of thanks to the retiring 
officers, to whom the club's present good standing is due. 
New Yachting Term. 
Editor Forest and Stream: I am disappointed in you. I asked 
you last week as prettily as I could to define the newly imported 
yachting phrase "a narrowing wind." and you don't do it. You 
say that you believe it is "comparatively new." Honor bright, 
now, did you ever see or hear of it before the case cited in my 
former note? Then you actually descend to mere commonplace 
journalism and seek to befog your innocent readers by a discourse 
on the paucity of expressive yachting terms. 
Evidently your conscience troubled you a bit, for you "harked 
back" fuither on the term "narrowing" was undoubtedly sug- 
gestey by the word "broad." Now, if you had said "broadening," 
you would have had a better case; but I don't believe that you 
overheard of -a "broadening wind." Personally 1 like the term 
(narrowing wind." I mean), though being only an amateur, I shall 
not venture to define it, and I am quite willing to abandon " widen- 
ing" in. favor of "broadening." But please, Mr. Editor, tell us 
what they mean, or we shall suspect you of being doubtful about 
it yourself. 
"Floaty," when I first saw it used in some English paper last 
year, struck me as a clever invention. To my mind, it immedi- 
ately conveyed the idea of buoyancy with an indefinable some- 
thing superadded. It seems to me that your condemnation of it 
as "less definite and explicit" is not well taken. If you rule out 
such words, your accounts of next summer's races will be very 
dull reading. 1 should really like to see a list of a few "definite 
and explicit" adverbs applicable to yachting. 
While we are on the subject I may a,s well cite another term 
wnich was new to me last year, namely, "sweet curves." It was 
used, if I remember rightly, in some English description of the 
new cutters before launching. Since then it has become quite 
common, and it is pretty sure to be used by somebody regarding 
every notable yacht that is built. I do not al together fancy it, 
used in this connection; yet I am very sure that there hinges in 
my memory something that some poet has said about "the sweet 
curves of neck and chin," or words to that effect. 
Be that as it may, I defy you or any other fellow to define what 
a "sweet curve" is in terms that will enable an ordinary mortal to 
know one when he sees it, let us say, on a rival's boat or on the 
cheek of another fellow's best girl. AMATEUR. 
The adjective "broad ' has long been used by sailormen to indi- 
cate a wide angle, as in the case of a boom "broad off" at a con- 
siderable angle with the line of keel, or an object 'broad open," or 
bearing at a wide angle from another. 
The term "narrowing," so far as we can recollect, we have seen 
only in the recent writings of a Glasgow correspondent of an 
American paper; as we understand it. the meaning is a wind which 
draws ahead, at a very small angle with the vessel's keel, exactly 
the reverse of broad; and presumably suggested by the common 
use of the latter term. We never have heard of a " broadening 
wind," and probably never shall, when afloat; but sailormen are 
not over-critical in matters of this sort, if a word serves its purpose 
and expresses to them a definite meaning, as does "broad" in sea- 
parlance, that is enough. If our correspondent will only define the 
indefinite something" conveyed to him by the other term, "float- 
ing," it may help us to a clearer idea than we now possess of its 
real meaning. The word "sweet" is in quite common use among 
boat-builders to denote a curved line or surface which is "fair" 
and true, and pleasing to the eye. Should we be ' ortunate enough 
to witness and report the races of next season, we shall try to find 
terms to do justice to them, and to make our reports bothlievly 
and interesting. ^ 
The New Cup Defender. 
The operation of casting the 70-ton keel of the new Herreshoff 
90-footer was successfully accomplished on Feb. 21. The wood 
mould was laid on the slipway in the south shop, and well shored 
and bedded in earth. The new melting furnaces were built just 
outside the shop, with troughs leading to the mould. The pile of 
lead pigs was prepared for melting bv covering with heavy canvas 
and steaming thoroughly until it was well heated. A large force 
of men was on hand, under the personal direction of N. G-. Herre- 
shoff, and very careful preparations were made to guard against 
possible mishaps. Everything passed off successfully, and though 
the keel is stul in the Imould, there is no reason to suppose that it 
is other than sound. Nothing more is known of the models or 
construction of the boat, but the indications are all in favor of 
composite build. No provision for a centerboard was made in the 
mould. 
The annual meeting of the Larchmont Y. C. was held on Feb. 20 
with Mr. A. Bryon Alley in the ehair. Com. Huested being absent ; 
while Mr. T. D. Rich acted as secretary in the absence of Secretary 
Little. The following ^officers were elected: Com., Henry M. 
Gillig, schr. Ramona; Vice-Corn., George Work, sip. Katrina; 
Tarpon Springs. Y. C. 
The annual election of the Tarpon Springs Y. C. was held in the 
Town Hall on Feb. 6, and the following officers were elected: 
Com., James P. Phmney; Vice-Corn., G. E. Noblitt; Rear Com., 
J 0 ™. 1 ,- Barney: Meas., JohnG. Boyer. Membership Com.: w. 
A. Richey, G. E. Noblitt, W. A. Badgeley, and Corn., Vice and 
S 6 ^-. 00 ^" ^"S^cio- ZRegatta Com.: Jacob S. Disston, G. E. 
Noblitt, Frank M. W T ebster, R. W Clemson, M. E. Gregg. Trus- 
tees: M. E. Gregg, Joseph Griffin. Com. Phinnev takes great 
interest in the club, having served in this office" since it was 
formed, Feb. 28, 1887. He proposed the following names for mem- 
bership at this meeting: P. L Webster, F. M. Webster, W. A. 
Badgeley, H. F. Drake, F. F. Marsh, Harry G. Marvin, Joseph 
Burby, John F. Barney, Merritt Clark, George N. Truax, editor 
Florida West Coast Truth; T. O. Marvin, Dr. H. B. Douglass, 
Edwin i. Douglass, ;C. H. Bigalow, Chas. E. Hyde, R. G. Fowler, 
W.H. Bigelow. This makes forty-six members prpoosed by him 
within one year, and he has twelve more to propose at the next 
meeting. If each member would do so well, it would be the largest 
club m this country. 
The club is in a very flourishing condition, has a fine property, 
and is the only club that has two regattas every week through the 
winter, with members from every State, from Massachusetts to 
California and Minnesota to Florida. Commodore Phmney has 
two racing yachts designed by the justly celebrated Geo. F.'Law- 
i? y ^°*,V b0 J 1 H 1 Boston < that are ready to race against anything on 
the (jrtilt ol Mexico, for money or marbles. Come on.;out of the cold 
to tne Land ot Flowers and Sunshine; our fine hotel is crowded. 
_ _ Payson. 
New York Y. C. Racing Rules. 
nui'OBT OP Special ooMMrraeio, 1895. 
Your committee appointed to revise the racing rules of the club 
recommend the following changes which they submit in the form 
of suggested amendments, as follows: 
Rule L— Classification. (As in 5th column of appended table.) 
Sec. 4. Strike out this section, as the so-called Class 8 is not one of 
the official classes of the club. fci 
Sec. 5. Add this section to Chapter XVI. of the By-Laws; amend 
Chapter XIV. of the By-Laws by striking out "any change in 
these measurements to be reported by the ovyners, as customary, 
to the measurer," and substituting the following: "if any yacht, 
by alteration of trim or immersion, by dead weight, increase her 
1. w. i. length, or in any way increase her spar measurements, as 
officially taken, she must obtain a re-measnrement," and then 
transfer Chapters XIV. and XVI. of the By-Laws to the Racing 
Rules. 
Rule II.— Strike out this rule as it is only a reference to Chapte 
XIV. of the By-Laws. 
Make Rules III., IV., V., VI. to read II., III., IV., V. and VI., re 
specti vely. 
Rule VIII.— To be numbered Rule VII. To read as follows: 
Section 1. Floors must be left down and bulkheads and doors 
left standing; water tanks kept iu place, and at least one bower 
anchor and cable kept onboard. Trimming by dead weight shall 
not be allowed after the preparatory signal. Neither ballast nor 
water shall be taken in or discharged after 9 P. M. of the day be- 
fore a race, but the above restriction maybe waived as to water 
only by permission of the Regatta Committee. 
COMPAKA1IVE. TABLE SHOWING PRESUNl AND PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION AND 
RULE AS TO MAXIMUM NUMBER ALLOWED DURING RACES AS EXEMPLIFIED 
BV THE YACHTS AT PRESENT IN THE BOOK OF OFFICIAL MEASUREMENTS. 
SCHOONERS. 
Class I. , - 
OveriooftL. W L. 
Class 11. 
Not over 100. over • 
90 ft. U W L. 
Not over 90, over 
So It. L. W L- 
Ci.aSS IV. 
Not over 80, over 
• 70 ft. L W. L 
Class V 
Not over 70 ft. 7- 
123 60 
o so 
1 10 "« 
106 36 
104 90 
103 92 
100 72 
96 78 
90.98 
59 84 
89.81 
88 33 
87 26 
86 58 
36 Bo 
H- 82 
84 33 
85 90. 
83 95 
80 03 
80 60 
80 oj 
79 85 
78 30 
76 62 
75 00 
70 22 
DO 04 
72 80 
70 49 
69 73 
68 08 
66 24 
65 10 
6; 42 
61 04. 
62 00 
60 85 
5S 06 
5? 65 
55 £° 
54 20 
53-52 
54 02 
47 I 6 
Coronet. . . . . 
Ramon .1 .. . 
Yampa . * 
Constellation 
-Fleetwing ,.. 
Palme! , . 
Intrepid 
Fortuna . . .—. 
Alert .. ,.\. 
Merlin . 
Lasca , 
Alcaia . , ,'. 
Sachem 
Mayflower. . 
Miranda ... 
Comanche , . 
Atlantic '. .. 
Emerald 
Crusader. ., 
Iroquois 
Magic . .. 
Marguerite. 
Ariel ..... 
Clytfc -. ... 
VVaylarer. 
Oenonc .... 
Dagrrrar .... 
Elsernarie. . 
Sylph 
1.14.84 
10; 84 
106 4$ 
107.24 
ICO 66 
102. tl 
98 01 
94-57 
91.58 
'93 35. 
93 17 
94 J5 
90.01 
90 20 
85.90 
55-75 
S6 31 
89,51 
83-36 
82.24 
;S 22 
83 48 
83 53 
79 46 
76 88 
80 J? 
75 43 
75 6o 
72 40 
7i 
71 47 
68 03 
67 57 
70 I 
65 9: 
65 9j 
«f 79 
63 J6 
61 91 
60 < 
58 44' 
59 J 
S& 39 
SS 
49 5<5 
Shamrock , 
Princess .. 
Peerless 
ffilrbjriger . 
Quickstep 
V tator 
LoyaL 
Tnton, 
Azalea. 
Gevalia, 
Louis 
Agnes L 
Nearra. 
Feheila . 
Tioga . . , . 
Leona .', . 
SLOOPS. CUTTERS AND YAWLS. 
Class I 
Over OS fl. R. L. - 
Class 11 
Not over 05 . over 
85 ft R. U 
Class HU 
Not over 85 , < 
7S tl. R- L. 
Class IV 
Not over 75 , Over 
65 U-R 
Class V. 
Not over 05 ft R- L 
R'i|r is t<? pf rsvtu on 
taird dunug me*. 
man for every 2 
ft of R L ur ffatf 
tion. 
man for every 3 
ft ol R L or frac' 
III 
t man for every- 3 
ft ol R L urfrac 
I man for every 4 
ft. ol R L 01 Irac 
I man for evcrv 5 
ft ol K L 01 liar- 
[tun. 
5« I 
5J 
54 
S4 
5' 
51 
3t 
J» 
J* 
J* 
1< 
31 
*s>. 
20 
29 
3 S 
28 
28 
27 
28 
iS 
27 
Jfiv 
as 
'S> 
l« 
trj 
17 
18 
Over So ft. L. W. L. 
Class II. 
Not over So, over 
70 ft. L. W. U 
Class III. 
Not over 70, over 
61 ft. L. W. L 
Class IV. 
Not over 61 ; over 
53 It L. VV L. 
.Class. V. 
Not -over 53 , over 
46ft_ L w L. 
Class VI. 
Not over 46, over 
40 ft. L. Wi L._ 
Class V[[. 
Not over 40 ft. L. 
W L 
L^ 55 
6 9 34 
65-50 
60.56 
6o" 41 
59 S 
59 ?■ 
57 '4 
54 
5 J , 
y- 'i 
n 50 
51.22 
50 66 
51 64 
4S 9- 
45 90 
45 90 
45 S8 
4} " 
4;.7& 
45 64 
-45 62 
45 00 
43 80 
42 60 
<M - 
-to :6 
59-96 
39,92 
39 93 
39-87 
30.3a 
39 58 
39 50 
39 76 
37 80 
37 00 
36 28 
35 00 
33 45 
32 85 
SO 32 
iO 40 
86 23! Navaboc .. ■ 
"6.1-- Vigilant 
*5.9<j'| Valkj-rie . . 
35,48 Colonla ,. 
47,' Jubilee 
Note.—No boat 
ever built in "this 
class". 
Bedouin. .... 
Gracte 
Katrtnn , . 
Huron . . , , 
\V4v1vard .... 
Hildeiarrt 
Queen M.tb . . . 
Ventura 
Dare- 
Athlon . .... 
Clara. .... 
Cinderella 
Whitby , 
Eclipse. . . 
Forget Mc Not 
Fredonia. .... 
I'ldcnrn. 
Nautilus, . 
Owence 
Mihcete .... 
Jessica ..... 
Sayonnra. , . . . « 
Wasp 
Flarpoon ...... 
Gloriana - 
Orjole (Ketch) 
Uvira. ...... 
Nirvana .. ..... 
Awa 
Manqnita... .. 
Gorilla 
Ventura 
Minerva 
Choctaw ./V, 
Tomahawk. . ."*. 
Gossoon.. 
Mocassin . . . 
Zingara.. .. 
Peri 
Drusilla 
Waif 
Sayona 
Daisy 
Bonnie Kate .. 
Gladys 
03 09 
5,6 62 
95 48 
73 "I 
74 03 
76 08 
68 44 
.65 58 
l -'5 ,J9 
I 3 
60 2 
60 OS 
59- 08 
55.12 
57 86 
56 32 
55-15 
54 53 
53.97 
54 88 
53 23 
54 61 
53 00 
50 22 
54 06 
54.97 
54 85 
54.17 
4S oS 
47 14 
49 91 
46. 7* 
48 09 
47.28 
47. 12 
45 61 
47 08 
48.65 
47.83 
47 23 
41 3-' 
41 5° 
38 28 
25 « 
40 72 
37 61 
36 39 
36 63 
Class I. 
So ir. R.L. and over, 
Class IL i man for every 3 
Not over 80. over ll of R. L. orfrac 
70 it. R. L. tiOu 
3 nfen lor every 5 
ft of R. L. Orlrac 
(ion. 
Class III. 
Not over 70, over 
60 ft. R L. 
Class IV. 
Not aver 60. "over 
55 It- R". L. 
Class V. 
Not over 55 ; over 
50 ft. R. L. 
Class VI. 
Not 6v£-r 50 ft. R L. 
man for even' 4 
ll. of R. L. 01 Irac 
man for every 4 
fl. qf R L. or Irac- 
tion. 
I man for every 4 
ft of R. L. or frac- 
tion. 
I man for every 5 
ft. of R. L.-or frac. 
tion. 
57 
60 
Co 
Si 
25 
26- 
tS 
17 
17 
16 
16 
16 
15 
14. 
15 
15 
n 
■ 4 
'4 
H 
'4 
14 
Insert a new rule to read: 
1 Rule VIII.— Crew. A yacht shall he permitted to have on board 
n races only as many persons as she shall have on hoard when 
officially measured, but this number shall not exceed that given by 
the following formula (Column 6 of appended table. Passed in 
this form) : 
"The number of men to be carried in races shall not exceed that 
given by the following formula." 
" Rule X.— Section 1. Insert the word "racing" before the^word 
rules." 
Section 9 to read as follows: 
Every yacht shall render all possible assistance to any vessel or 
person in peril, and if in the judgment of the Regatta Committee 
she shall have thereby impaired her chance of wining, they shall 
order the race re-sailed between such yacht and the winner in her 
class. 
Rule XVI.— To read as follows: 
Section 1 The time at tlie start and [finish shall he taten when 
the foremast in schooners and the mainmast in single-masted ves- 
sels and yawls first crosses the line, after the starting signal has 
been given. 
Rule XVII.-Sectiou 14. First sentence to read as follows: 
If an overlap exists between two yachts wdieu both of them 
without tacking, are about to pass a mark on tbe required side' 
then the outside ,yacht must, as far as possible, short of tacking' 
give the inside yacht room to pass clear of the mark (Not 
passed.) 
Sec. 15. Strike out]" and does not involve any "question of sea 
room." 
Sec 1G. Insert "vessel" after "rock," "dangerous" before "ob- 
struction," omit the words '"not a mark," and add new paragranh 
to read as follows: v 
But should such obstruction be a designated mark of the course 
a 7£. * forcing another to tacli or bear away under the provisions 
of this section shall be disqualified. 
RnleXV'lII.-Strike out 
Rule XlX.—Sections 1 and 2. To read in one section as follows- 
livery yacht must go fairly around the course and must not 
touch a mark or force a mark boat to shift its position but shall 
not bo disqualified if wrongfully compelled to do so in order to 
avoid foiilmg or being fouled by another yacht. 
VVith the exception of the changes in the classification and the 
substitution of racing length for 1. w. 1. length as the basis and the 
addition of the rule limiting crews the amendments the adoption 
of which is recommended by your committee are for the purpose 
of adding clearness and of collecting under the head of RacinLr 
Rules all that pertains to racing. 
Your committee were unanimous in their opinion that the time 
had arrived when the club should adopt as the basis of its svstem 
of classification racing length in place of 1. w. 1. length. 
The present basis of l.w.l. length apart from other reasons pre- 
