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FOREST AND STREAM^ 
[March 17, 1900. 
not proposed to appb' the new conditions to the smaller 
classes. Mr. W. Baden-Powell took the ground that any- 
thing under the name of yacht and of over 36ft. linear 
rating should be considered as a yacht and fitted for 
yachting use, and that only boats of 36ft. and under 
shou'd be recognized as day sailing boats. The result 
was that the amendment was carried to apply to the 
42ft., as well as the 52ft. and larger classes. 
We heartily agree with the action of the Association, 
in the belief that the best interests of yachting and yacht 
racing together will be conserved hy such adequate re- 
strictions in the form of the measurement rule, scantling 
regulations and direct specifications as to fittings and 
equipment as shall give every possible opportunit}^ to the 
owner of a useable yacht, as opposed to the modern racing 
machine. In our opinion, no legislation thus far has 
been sufficiently radical in either of the three details of 
formula, scantlings or fittings, to produce such a com- 
bination of speed and useful qualities as designers are 
capable of to-da}-^ if put to the test. With the full influ- 
ence of both associations and clubs exerted unitedly and 
intelligently in the effort to produce a reasonably fast 
type of yacht, it should be possible to turn out a vessel 
of good internal capacitj^ for her extreme dimensions, of 
a form suitable for speed and at the same time seaworthy, 
and of a construction which, though very light, as judged 
by all previous standards, would still be amply strong 
and of reasonable durability. It is not necessary that the 
resultant vessel should be a mere box, either in form or 
build; on the other hand, she should be far superior to 
such yachts as Minerva, Gloriana, Wasp and others that 
at no distant day were considered model craft in all 
respects. 
The British Y. R. A. 
A MEETING of the Yacht Racing Association was held 
in London on Feb. 21 with Col. Fitzroy Clayton in the 
chair. The principal business of the meeting was the 
adoption of the proposed amendments to the racing rules. 
The following proposal was sixbmitted by Mr. R. E. 
Froude: 
"In electing to make no change at all in the wording 
of the 'Rule of the Road' Rules (Nos. 42 to 46, 1899, 
numeration), the committee have, as I think, adopted the 
correct alternative to thoroughly revising them; but, at 
the same time, it seems to me a pit}^ to lose the opppor- 
tunity afforded by the general revision of the Y. R. A. 
Rules, for putting these rules also into a perfectly satis- 
factory shape. 
, "I laid before the comtnittee a draft of these rules, 
which seemed to me fairly satisfactory, and which re- 
ceived the adhesion of our late chairman; but I forbear 
now to trouble the council with it, if only because I con- 
sider that no changes ought to be made in these particular 
rules without more thorough consideration than there is 
now time for. 
"My suggestion, therefore, would be that these rules 
should be taken as they stand for the purposes of the 
present revivion, and that a committee should be ap- ■ 
pointed specially to consider them during the present 
year. Such committee would be, of course, at liberty, if 
the}^ thought fit, to recommend after all that no change 
in wording should be made; but they might also be left 
free to adopt another course, which seems to me to have 
a great deal to recommend it. This would be to draw up 
a digest or exposition of these rules for the considera- 
tion of the council and for eventual publication with 
their authoritj^" 
After some discussion it was agreed to reconsider the 
question at a future meeting. 
Various proposals and amendments were discussed, the 
principal amendments adopted being as follows : 
4. — EVERY YACHT TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE. 
A valid Y. R, A. certificate shall be held by every 
yacht starting in a race under Y. R. A. rating, unless the 
owner or his representative signs and lodges with the 
sailing committee before the start a statement in the 
following form, viz. : 
UNDERTAKING TO PRODUCE CERTIFICATE. 
The yacht competes in the race of the 
on the condition that a valid certificate is to be produced 
within one fortnight and dated not more than one week 
after the race, that she is not to be altered between the 
race and the date of certificate, and that she competes in 
the race on the rating of that certificate. 
Signed 
Date 
6. — ENTRIES. 
Entries shall be made with the secretary of the club 
in the follov/ing form at least forty-eight hours previous 
to noon of the day appointed for starting each race. In 
case of a Sunday intervening, twenty-four hours shall be 
added. Entries may be made by telegram, and it shall 
be deemed sufficient that the same shall have been dis- 
patched before noon of the day on which the entries 
close, subject to the provision as to Sundays, but such 
entries by telegram must be confirmed in the proper 
form, in course of post : 
Fofm of Entfy, 
TO BE SIGNED BY THE OWNER OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE. 
Please enter the yacht , owner - — — , for the 
• race at , on the . • ■ 
Her distinguishing flag is — • . ; her rig is — r^-^, and . 
her Y. R. A. rating* is 
And I agree to be bound by the Racing Rules of the 
Y. R. A. Signed this day of . 
In case the rating has from any reason been incorrectly 
stated in the form of entry, if the fact is notified to the 
sailing committee in writing before the entries close, the 
sailing committee shall, regard only the yacht's correct 
rating at the time of starting; but otherwise the yacht 
cannot sail at a lower rating than that entered. 
8. OWNER TO ENTER ONE YACHT ONLY. 
An owner may not enter more than one yacht in a 
race, nor the same yacht for two or more races adver- 
tised to be sailed on the same day and under the same 
club. 
17. — FITTINGS AND BALLAST. 
All yachts exceeding 36ft. rating must be fitted below 
deck with the ordinary fittings of a yacht, including the 
following : 
In yachts not exceeding 42ft. — Fittings not yet deter- 
mined by the council, but will be on the lines of the 52ft. 
class. 
In yachts not exceeding 52ft. rating. — Three complete 
transverse bulkheads of wood of average thickness at 
least -^^in., the spaces between to be fitted to form a fore- 
castle and also one or more cabins. The cabin or cabins 
shall contain not less than two sofas upholstered, or two 
standing cabin bunks fitted complete, two sideboards or 
sideboard lockers, one swing table, one fixed lavatory. 
Water tanks of not less than 20 gallons' capacity. One 
fixed under-water w. c. fitted complete with all pipes and 
connections. 
In yachts exceeding 52ft. and not exceeding 65ft. rating. 
— Foui; bulkheads as described above, the spaces between 
to be fitted to form a forecastle, saloon,- and one or more 
other cabins. The saloon to contain not less than two 
sofas upholstered, one swing table, two sideboards or 
sideboard lockers. The cabins to contain not less than 
three standing cabin bunks fixed complete, and two fixed- 
lavatories. Water tanks of not less than 40 gallons' 
capacity. Two w. c.'s as described above. 
In yachts exceeding 6sft. rating. — -Four bulkheads as 
described above, the spaces between as described for 65ft. 
rating. Saloon and cabins as described for 65ft. rating, 
but cabins to contain not less than four standing cabin 
bunks. Water tanks of not less than 60 gallons' capacity. 
Two w. G.'s as described above. 
All yachts exceeding 42ft. rating shall have a fixed 
*The rating may be omitted for races not under Y. R. A. 
rating. 
companion or ladder, and the forecastle furniture shall 
comprise cots or hammocks equal to the number of crew, 
and the usual lockers, seats, cooking apparatus, etc. 
The following shall apply to all j^achts starting in a 
race: During a race, the platforms' shall be kept down 
and bulkheads standing, and all the other fittings above 
specified retained on board except cots, cushions and 
bedding ; no water may be started from or taken into the 
tanks ; no more than the usual anchors and chains may be 
carried ; no bags of shot may be on board ; all ballast must 
be properly stowed under the platforms or in lockers ; 
no ballast or other dead weights may be used as shifting 
ballast or for altering the trim of a yacht. 
No ballast shall be shipped, unshipped, or shifted, after 
9 P. M. of the day previous to that on which the race is 
.sailed. " ■ - 
. 18. — BOATS AND LIFEBUOYS, 
Every j^acht exceeding a rating of soft, and -under a 
rating of Soft. ' shall carry a boat on deck not " less than 
loft. in length and 4ft. 3in. beam, and every yacht rated at 
80ft. and over, one of not less than 12ft. in length and 
4ft. ^in- beam, ready for immediate use, with oars lashed 
therei^i. Every yacht shall carry at least one lifebuoy on 
deck ready for use. " j 
20. CRUISING TRIM. 
W^hen yachts are ordered to sail in cruising trim, the 
following rules ai'e to be strictlj^ observed throughout the 
race: i. No doors, tables, cabin skylights or other 
cabin or deck fittings (davits excepted) shall be removed 
from their places before or during the race. 2. No sails 
or other gear shall be put into the main cabin in yachts 
exceeding a rating of 73ft. 3. Anchors and chains suit- 
able to the size of the yacht shall be carried, and yachts 
over 42ft. shall carry one at least on deck, with chain 
rove and shackled on ready for use. 4. Every yacht ex- 
ceeding 3 rating of 50ft. and under a rating of 80ft. shall 
carry a boat on deck not less than lOft. in length and 4ft. 
3in. beam ; a yacht rated at Soft, and over, her usual cutter 
and dinghy. 5. No extra paid hands except a pilot, be- 
yond the regular crew of the yacht, shall be allowed. 
40. — ^FINISHING A RACE. 
A yacht shall be timed for completing a race as soon 
as any part of the hull or spars be on or across the finish- 
ing line, but continues amenable to the rules so long as 
any part of the hull or spars remains on the line. 
44. — APPEALS TO COUNCIL. 
A protest which has been decided by a sailing com- 
mittee shall be referred to the council of the Y. R. A. 
(a) If the sailing cominittee, at their own instance, should 
think proper to so refer it. (b) If either of the parties 
interested make application for such reference, on a ques- 
tion of interpretation of these rules, within one week of 
the sailing committee's decision. In the latter case (b) 
such reference must be accompanied by a deposit of £5 
in the case of yachts exceeding 36ft. rating, and of £3 
for yachts not exceeding 36ft. rating, payable by the party 
appealing, to be forfeited to the funds of the Y. R. A. in 
the event of the appeal not being sustained. 
45. — PARTICULARS TO BE FURNISHED BY SAILING COMMITTEE. 
The reference to the council must be accompaiiied by 
the following particulars as far as the same are applicable : 
I. A copy of the protest and all other written statements 
tliat may have been put in by the parties. 2. A plan 
showing (a) the course; (b) the direction and force of 
the wind; (c) the set of the tide; (d) the positions and 
tracks of the competing yachts involved in the protest. 
3. A copy of the advertised conditions of the race and 
the sailing instructions furnished to the yachts. '4. The 
observations of the committee thereon, with the sailing 
committee's decision. 
60. — CERTIFICATE OF EATING. 
As soon as a yacht has been measured, the official meas- 
urer shall forward the measurements, with the sail- 
maker's diagram, to the secretary of the Y. R. A., who 
shall thereupon issue a certificate of rating, which shall 
be in force from the date of the completion of the meas- 
_.ur.ement. If from any peculiarity in the build of the 
yacht, or other cause, the measurer shall be of opinion 
that the rule will not rate the yacht fairly, or that in any 
respect she does not comply with the requirements of 
these rules, he shall report the circumstances to the coun- 
cil, who, after due inquiry, shall award such certificate 
of rating as they may consider equitable, and the measure- 
ment shall be deemed incomplete until this has been done. 
63. — In this rule a clause has been inserted that the 
certificate of rating shall cease to be valid at the expira- 
tion of two years from the date of the latest certificate 
for which all the measurements were taken. 
68. — PUBLICATION OF CERTIFICATES. 
The principal particulars of measurements, with the 
dates of the certificates, shall be periodically published. 
69. — PARTIAL MEASUREMENT. 
For the information of handicappers, or for other 
purposes, an owner, on pa3-ment of the specified fees, may 
have his yacht measured for length and sail area only, 
and receive a certified statement of such measurements 
from the secretary of the Y. R. A. 
In the annual election, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales 
was re-elected president. One of the two vice-presidents, 
Sir George Leach, positively refused to stand for re-elec- 
tion, and the other, the Earl of Dunraven, was dropped, 
as he had not attended a meeting of the council for a 
year. The two new vice-presidents elected are Messrs. 
W. G. Jameson and A. Manning. Mr. H. G. A. Rouse 
was elected honorary treasurer to fill the vacancy caused 
by the death of Mr. G. E. Lake. 
Y. R. A. of Massachusetts. 
A SPECIAL meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Massachusetts was held on March S at Young's Hotel to 
act upon the proposition to admit yacht owners to asso- 
ciate membership in the Association with power to vote 
only upon th€ racing rules. Pres. A. Henry Higginson 
presided, and the following clubs were represented : Bos- 
ton, Columbia, Duxbury, East Gloucester, Jeffries, Hull- 
Massachusetts, Manchester, Mosquito Fleet, Nahant Dory, 
Old Colony, Savin Hill, South Boston, Wellfleet and Win- 
throp, fourteen in all. 
Section 3 of Article 3 of the by-laws of the Associa- 
tion, which simply provided for the election of clubs to 
membership by the executive committee, was stricken 
out and the following substituted : 
"Past or present owners of racing yachts, and other 
persons interested in yacht racing, may become members 
after election by the executive committee. Provided, 
however, that such members shall have the right to vote 
only on questions of the racing rules ; that they shall not 
vote on questions which do not affect their own classes; 
that only such members shall vote as are yacht owners 
and members of a club enrolled in the Association, and 
that no yacht shall be entitled to more than one vote." 
,,jM:|| Article 11 of the by-laws was so amended as to give 
the executive committee the power of a membership corn- 
's mittee on both clubs and associate members. 
Some' discussion was had on a proposition to make 
%| the annual dues for associate members $3, but they were 
"if-jfinally left at $5, the same as for clubs. ■ 
An amendment to Rule 3 of the racing rules was made 
'■' (!by striking out Section 2, which provides that yachts of 
any recognized yacht club may enter Association open 
races, and substituting the following : 
"A yacht belonging to a member of any club of the 
Association may enter any open race of a club of the 
I .j,r Association, provided such yacht has previously entered 
|i|!|for the season." 
Ifii The amendment gives Association yachts the right of 
™eritry, but permits clubs to invite yachts of clubs outside 
the Association to enter their open races. . . 
The racing rules were further amended by adding^ a 
new rule incorporating in them the cabin yacht restric- 
tions, and the definition of schooners and yawls as made 
''1^1 by the executive committee. This incorporation gives the 
associate members, as well as the delegates, a right to 
[VOte on changes in the restrictions and limitations. 
A further amendment to the by-laws was made that 
no delegate shall be eligible to individual membership," 
