June ii, 1898.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
473 
To initiate and give effect to such conditions would at 
tlie present time be a service to yachting, such perhaps 
as it never more needed; and it would be one in which the 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. might find much satisfac- 
tion, and earn the gratitude of the yachting community. 
All of which is most respectlully submitted. 
(Signed) John HYSLOp, Cliairman. 
A. Gary Smith. 
W. P. Stephens, 
New York, May 28. 
At the meeting on May 29, at which the report was 
submitted, the following resolution was adopted; 
"Resolved, that the report of the Special Committee 
on Measurement be received and ordered printed and 
distributed among the members of the club, and that thfe 
thanks of this club be extended to the committee for 
their conscientious and valuable work; and 
"Further resolved that this club recommend to the 
Yacht Racing Union of North American the adontion 
of the formula, or rule of measurement, proposed in the 
said report, and that the chairman of the Race Commit- 
tee be and he hereby is directed to lay the said report 
and recommendation at his earliest opportunity before 
the Union or its coitncil for their consideration." 
The Yorkshire One-Desig-n Class. 
A NEW one-design class has recently been established 
on the northeast coast of England, in the vicinity of 
Hull, the Royal_ Yorkshire Y. C. being the leader, with 
ten boats; the Pirate Y. C, of Hornsea, having nine; and 
the Yorkshire-Corinthian Y. C, of Bridlington, seven. 
As shown by the accompanying cuts, from the Yachting 
Monthly, the design is very peculiar for these fin de 
siecle days, the waterlines of the fore body being very 
full, and those of the afterbody very fine. The design is 
by Mr. J. S. Helyer, manager bf Field & Co.. Limited, 
Itchen Ferry, who have built the boats. The dimensions 
are 25ft. over all, iSft. l.w.L, 6ft. loin, in beam, and 3ft. 
4in. draft. The boats have an open cockpit amidships; 
the keel is of English elm, sided 3in.: the stem and stern- 
post, also of English oak, are sided and moulded 3in.; 
the transom of English elm, lin. thick; the frames of 
American elm, spaced 8in.. with grown oak floors sided 
Tin., the planking being of ~,4,\n. redwood. The shelf is of 
pitch pine, 2Xi/4in-; deck beams of English oak, with 
white spruce at the ends; deck ^/im., canvased; bulwarks 
teak, 2in. high forward and lin. aft, lin. thick. The rig 
includes a gunter mainsail, leg-o'-mutton, and a roller 
jib, both of cotton duck, the area being 320scj.ft. The 
outfit includes one anchor and 20 fathoms of cable. All 
ironwork is galvanized, and the fastenings are of cop- 
per. The total ballast is 24cwt., of which i7cwt. is on the 
keel. The>-cost, f. o. b. at Southampton, is £80, or $400. 
The rules of the class are as follows: 
Yorkshire One-Design Class. 
T. The class shall be called the Yorkshire one-design 
class. 
2. Each boat shall have a registered representative on 
the committee, to whom all club notices-shall be given-, 
and failing his ability to attend, he shall have power to 
depute a recognized co-owner to represent him at such 
meeting, and that such owners shall constitute the com- 
mittee of the class. Four to form a quorum. 
3. There shall be elected at the annual meeting- an 
honorary secretary, who shall also act as treasurer. 
4. Election of members shall be in the hands of the com- 
mittee. Candidates for membership shall be proposed by 
a member and seconded by another member, notice being 
given in writing a week previous to the electioia. Such 
election to be by ballot. Such candidate must be or be- 
come owner, or part owner, of one of the class boats. 
5. The annual subscription shall be los., to become 
due on the Tst of January of each year, and if not paid 
before the first day of June the names of those in arrears 
shall be liable to be erased from the list of members. 
6. In all cases of voting there shall be only one vole 
per boat, and no alteration or addition to these rules 
.shall be made without two-thirds majority of those pres- 
ent with power to vote. 
7. If a new boat is proposed to be built, the honorary 
secretary will supply all particulars and requirements as 
to builders, sailmakers, etc. Any new boat must be built 
according to such particulars and requirements from the 
existing plans and specifications in all respects, and sub- 
ject to the approval of the committee of the class. 
8. A special general meeting shall be summoned by the 
honorary secretary on requisition of six members. 
9. Owners must enter their boats for regattas and 
club matches in accordance with the regulations of the 
various clubs, and whenever racing, the rules of that 
particular club must be strictly adhered to. 
10. That the class do not recognize more than three 
joint owners per boat. 
11. When practicable, two or more boats of the class 
shall be built at a time, and their ownership determined 
by lot. 
Sailing By-Laws. 
T. The number on each boat shall be limited to four 
when class racing, but no paid hands shall be allowed. 
Each boat must be steered by a member of the class. 
2. The boats, masts, spars, sails, etc., shall be exactly 
alike, both as to size, material and construction, and no 
alteration of any kind shall be permitted unless with 
the sanction of the committee. Only one suit of new 
sails shall be allowed for each boat per annum. 
3. The boats must race with all fittings mentioned in 
the original specifications on board, including anchor, 
chain and life buoy, but no shifting ballast of any kind 
will be allowed. 
4; Correct number of boat, leaving out the number 3 
on account of its similarity to the figure 8, must be 
fixed in suitable sized figures in peak of lug, so arranged 
that when the sail is set the figures will be upright. 
5. If at any race an accident might occur which might 
endanger the lives of those on board a racing boat, all 
boats shall render assistance, and the race may be de- 
clared null and void if the committee decide that any 
boat has lost a prize by doing so. 
6. That any dispute in respect of anjr race or racing 
regulation shall be decided by a temporary committee. 
Scale of Feet 
YORKSHIItE ONE-DESIGN CLASS, 1S9S 
consisting of three members of the class, who shall have 
no interest in any of the boats concerned in the dispute, 
and to be named by the eqmmittee, and that their de- 
cision shall be final. 
Instead of a Preface." 
The almanac of yacht racing in the Solent classes, 
mentioned elsewhere, has no preface this year, but the 
author-editor, "Thalassa," under the heading "Instead of 
a Preface," sets forth some new ideas on the measure- 
ment f|uestion, as follows: 
This is the seventh annual almanac for the Solent rac- 
ing, and a preface not being required this year, I take 
the opportunity to ventilate a new racing rule which 
would produce a better type of small yacht than the 
Solent raters under the existing Y. R. A. rule, whether 
in its present form or with added coefficients. 
My proposal is that the sail which a racing yacht may 
carrv shall not exceed the amount given by the follow- 
ing equation, where S represents the yacht's sail area, 
D her displacement, and C a constant to be settled after 
careful examination. Whe,n S is rendered in square feet 
and D in English tons of 2,24olbs. each, C may, I think, 
be fixed at 18 for the Solent classes. 
Any proviso or rule embodying displacement has been 
objected to by many yachtsmen on the score of the diffi- 
culty in weighing yachts, but the Y. R. A. having adopted 
weighing to settle a certain class of disputes concerning 
boats of 36 rating and under, has, by this very fact, con- 
cjusively shown that weighing is regarded as practicable 
for sitch boats. 
If yachts raced under the above proviso, which repre- 
sents" the modulus or efficiency of any sailing vessel, the 
rating rule for purposes of classification and time allow- 
ance might simply be R. 9 (L.-f-B.), where R. is the linear 
rating (in meters, feet or any other measure). L. is length 
of hull on waterlinc, and B. is extretiie beam. 
We would be glad to see Thalassa carry this idea a 
little further, if possible, and formulate a measurement 
rule of general application on this basis, of S and D as 
the main factors, dimensions being ignored as far as is 
possible. - 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The new year book of the Yacht Racing Association of Massa- 
chusett.? is an improvement even on the handsome book of 1897. 
and is in every way a credit to the Association. The cover is oE 
green canvas, with an artistic design embossed in black on the 
front. The book contains the rules of the Association, fay-laws, 
etc., list of associated clubs and delegates, club burg-ees, tables 
of distances, Government regulations, chart of Boston Harbor, 
and other useful miscellaneous matter. The frontispiece is a 
reproduction of Mr. Stebbins' photo of the Association rendez- 
vous of last year, and many other reproductions of Mr. Stebbins* 
yacht portraits are scattered through the book. Mr. N. B. Stone, 
bf the executive committee, contributes two very convenient cross 
tables of sailing distances, on the Atlantic Coast from^ Halifax 
to Panama, and on the Massachusetts coast from Provincetown 
to Newburyport. The book is published by A. T. Bliss, 111 Milk 
street, Boston, the energetic secretary of the Association, who has 
expended a great deal of labor in its compilation. No better 
evidence could be given of the prosperity and stability of the 
Association than a book of this kind; and in looking it over 
one finds it difficult to realize that the Association is barely two 
years old, having been organized on March 19, 1896. 
The annual dinner of the Southern Y. C. of New Orleans took 
place on May 21 at the West End Hotel, the menu having a 
decidedly nautical and patriotic flavor. The club will celebrate 
its golden jubilee next year. 
Capt. George W. Beebe, the Sandy Hook pilot, has recently 
compiled a very comprehensive and useful guide to the waters 
of New York Harbor, containing tide tables, table of currents 
for the Nortti and East rivers, sunrise and sunset table, table of 
pilotage fees, list of fog signal stations, compass bearings and 
distances about the harbor, names of steamship linens and agents, 
location of all piers about New York, Brooklyn, Staten ^Island, 
Bayonne, etc., and charts of the North and East rivers, Kill von 
Kull, etc. T^he liook was compiled solely for the use of the 
pilots, and is not for sale, but is so practical and useful that it 
would probably meet with a ready sale to yachtsmen and others. 
One of the notable features of the Larchmont Y. C. is its libra- 
ry, \Vhich. according to the annual report recently issued, now con- 
tains 3,230 volumes, an. increase of 513 voltimes during the past 
>;car. The club has been doubly fortunate in that Hie fir'^l 
librarj^ committee and its successors have shown excellent judg- 
ment in planning the establishment of the collection, and that the 
members of the club have been most liberal in their support 
of the project. The collection, which is now valued at -WejOOO, 
bears evidence to the good judgment and artistic taste of the 
committees. The shelves, of a total length of 600ft., have been 
covered with French Levant morocco, probably the best material 
known for the purpose. Uniform bindings have been adopted 
for the various standard publications; sets of transactions, Govern- 
ment publications, etc., have been completed, and many standard 
literary works have been acciuired. The club has now a very 
handsome new book plate. Tlie report includes the names of 
books and donors within the year. 
The Corinthian Y. C. of San Francisco, whose club station is 
at Tiburon, Marin comity, Cal., has arranged its usual extended 
programme of week-end cruises for the fleet, beginning with an 
opening day on April 30 and squadron cruise on May 1, and end- 
ind on Oct. 2.3. On June 18-19 the fleet cruises to McNears and 
return; on July 2, 3 and 4 to Martinez, through Montezum.-i 
.Slough to Vallejo; oti July 16-17 to the jNIarin Islands. The 
.summer cruise starts on Tuly 30 and ends on Aug. 7; on Aug. 
13-14 the fleet vi.sits Port Richmond; on the 27th and 28th, Peta- 
luma Drawbridge. The Pacific Interclub Y. A. regatta falls on 
Sept. 9, and the small yacht regatta two days later; then on 
Sept. 17-18 the fleet cruises to Vallejo. On Oct. 1-2 comes a cruise 
to McNears, with a clam chowder. On the 15th and 16th a crui.se 
to EI Campo, with Corinthian games and small yacht regatta 
on the second day. Oct. 22 is celebrated as closing day, with a 
final cruise on tlie 2.3d. The club may fairly claim the honor of 
having one of the handsomest burgees afloat, a blue field, with 
broad white stripe, red triangle next the fly, with white star. 
The handy little guide and handbook of the Solent racing, 
edited by Thalassa, is ready for 1898, with the usual amount of 
information as to the Solent clubs, the Solent Classes Racing 
Association, the local one-design classes, tides, etc., with charts 
of all the club courses. 
We have received from the publisher, L. Upcott Gill, London, 
a new work by A. Anstcd, "A Dictionary of Sea Terms, for the 
Use of Yachtsmen, Amateur Boatmen and Beginners." The book 
contains a very large number of sea terms, relating to yachts and 
small craft as wcU as mercantile vessels; the definitions arc 
clear and sufificiently ample, and there are numerous illustrations. 
The book will prove useful to all interested in yachts, boats and 
vessels generally. 
We have received the year book of the Royal Vcrbano Y. C, of 
T-ake Maggiore, Italy. The club is under the patronage of his royal 
highness King Humbert. The book contains a list of members 
and yachts, and the programme of races for 1S98, from June 
until September. The club races under the rule of the Unii>n of 
French yachts. 
The May nimiber of the Yachting Monthly opens with a story 
of some rough cruising in a canoe on the Severn and Bristol 
Channel at Easter, including a wreck. Four excellent views of 
the_"bore" on the Severn are given. There are the usual number 
of interesting articles on j-achting on the northeast coast, yaclil- 
ing in New Zealand, yachting oii the Norfolk Broads, etc. The 
folding plates show two designs in the 42ft. L. R. designing com- 
petition. The first prize design, by Ernest H. Dash wood, shows 
a^ handsome racing yacht of strong S section and bulbed keek 
The other design, l3y Peter Knox, is of a roomier boat, with less 
hollow to the sections. Both are well worked out. In ad- 
dition to the many smaller illustrations of yachting scenes in 
all parts are four large plates, a fine picture of Satanita, one of 
a racing yacht in Sydney Tlarbor, a very good picture of a 
Dutch -'bocier" or yacht, and a spirited view of Molesey Lock, on 
the Ll^pper Thames, crowded with punts, canoes and launches. 
Among the smaller cuts are two views of the auxiliary Valhalla, 
under steam and under sail. Notice is given that in the future 
the designing competitions will be held quarterly instead of 
monthly. 
Com. Jarvis, Royal Canadian Y. C, has purchased the cutter 
Winnetta, and has renamed her Merrythought. She will be com- 
Ijletelj' refitted above deck, with new sails. 
Vreda, cutter, imported in 1889 from Scotland, the first of the 
20-raters under the then new "rating rule," has been sold by A. 
B. Boswell to Mr. Peuchen, of Toronto. 
The announcement of the abandonment by the Larchmont Y. 
C. of all its races for the season on accotmt of the war has been 
countermanded, and the club will hold its usual races. The 
following committees have been appointed: Regatta — John F. 
J->ovejoy, chairman; Henry C. VVintringham and Howard W. 
Coates. House — Augustin Monroe, chairman; Edward J. Greacen, 
the commodore, ex-officio; William B. Jenkins and the treasurer, 
ex-officio. Library — Frank D. Shaw, chairman; William G. Scott, 
Randolph Hurry and Lieut. Plenry Morrell. Art — Ploratio R. 
Harper, chairman; Theodore D. Rich and Edward F. Caldwell. 
Golf — l^'rederic W. Flint, chairman; Charles A. Singer, George E. 
Ide, Oswald Sanderson, Roger Lamson and Frank A. Moore, 
secretary. Fleet surgeon — Charles F. Roberts, M.D. John Hyslop 
will still continue in the office of measurer. 
Nydia, steam yacht, now owned by I. E. Emerson, of Baltimore, 
has been cut apart and lengthened 20ft. at that city. She was 
designed in 1890 by H. J. Gielow, and built by H. C. Wintring- 
bani, at Bay Ridge. 
A special meeting of the Kingston Y. C. was held on June 2, al 
which it was decided to hold the Lake Yacht Racing Association 
regatta at Kingston on Tuly 22, 23, 25 and 26. The prizes will reach 
$1,000. 
The steam yacht designed by Gardner & Cox for George Weld, 
Esq., of Boston, was launched at Roach's yard, Chester, Pa., 
on June 4, being named Malay. She is 155ft. over all, 20ft. beam 
and 10ft. 6in. depth, with engines 10, 16 and 25 by 16in. and two 
Almy boilers. She is expected to show 15 knots. Another similar 
craft is still on the stocks in the same yard. 
The Corinthian Fleet, of New Rochelle, opened the season on 
June 4, at its station, Harrison Island, Echo Bay, with the usual 
ceremonies. The annual regatta, scheduled for June 11,, will be 
postponed to a later date, so few racing yachts being ready; in 
its place a special race will be sailed open to 25ft. class, 20ft. 
class open sloops, 21ft. class knockabouts, and special dory class. 
The knockaljouts will sail for the Dewar cup, which must be won 
twice before becoming the permanent property of the winner. 
Entries close on Thursday with Oscar H. Chellborg, 1 Broadway. 
In consequence of the mining of Boston Harbor, the Massa- 
chusetts C. will this year abandon its course off Nahant, and 
sail its annual regatta, on June 17, over inside courses, off City 
Point. 
A private match has been arranged between the open 21-footer 
Celia, W. S. Gould, and the knockabout Mongoose, Simeon 
Ford, for $50 per side. It will be sailed off the American Y. C. 
house, Milton Point, on June 11, Mr. Hagen Morse sailing Mon- 
goose, and Mr. E, Burton Hart, Jr., sailing Celia. 
