May 31, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
693 
Forest and Stream gives a weekly digest of Yachting and Motor Boating events from all over the country. 
New Universal Rating 
There seems to be a universal feeling of 
satisfaction among the American yachtsmen over 
the fact that the New York Y. C. consented to 
race under the present rule of measurement and 
time allowance, instead of the obsolete rule, 
which produces a flimsy racing machine, pure 
and simple. 
The new universal rating, quite similar to 
the European international rule, has developed 
a good, wholesome type of yacht. All freaks 
are penalized. Length is measured on the quar¬ 
ter beam line, overhang is regulated in pro¬ 
portion to the water line length, and any excess 
is added to the water line length in computing 
the rating. 
The rating is 18 per cent, of the product of 
length multiplied by the square root of the sail 
area divided by the cube root of the displace¬ 
ment. The limit of draft is 16 per cent, of the 
load waterline length plus 1.75. The cube root 
of the displacement must not exceed 20 per cent, 
of the load water line length plus .50. 
The rule puts a premium on displacement 
and a penalty on driving power. 
The old water line and sail area, or Sea- 
wanhaka rule, was the rule for the practical rac¬ 
ing man and racing boats; in fact, many very 
fast ones were turned out under this rule, not 
only from the drafting table, but from whittled 
models. The new rule, or universal rating rule, 
is the rule of the scientific naval architect and 
one under which a boat can be produced only 
after much study. 
Since this rule went into effect among the 
more prominent yacht clubs and yacht racing 
associations of the Atlantic Coast and Great 
Lakes, a number of very fast racing yachts have 
entered the field of this sport. The great ma¬ 
jority of these rating boats built since 1904 with 
their designers, class and the year built, are as 
follows: 
Alden—Sidney, C. B., 17-rater, 1912; Shirley, 
Class Q, 1913. 
Boardman—No rating yachts built. 
Burgess—Orestes, Class Q, 1906; Secret, 
Class R, 1907; Onda IT, Class P, 1908; Achilles, 
Class Q, 1908; Onda III., Class P, 1913. 
Crane—Spider, Class Q, 1906; Soya, Class 
Q, 1906; Spider IT, Class Q, 1910; Soya II., 
Class Q, 1910. 
Crowninshield—Essex, Class Q, 1907; May¬ 
be, Class Q, 1907. 
Gardner—Dorothy, Class Q, 1907; Man- 
hasset, 26-rater, 1907; Windward, Class P, 1909; 
Grayjacket, Class Q, 1910; Class S boat, 1911; 
Medora, 46-rater, 1912; Michicago, Class P, 
1912; Olympia, Class P, 1913; two class Q boats, 
1913; Radiant, 65-foot schooner, 1913. 
Gielow—Crescent, Class P, 1905; Jig Step, 
Class P, 1905; Sue, Class P, 1905; Effort, 60- 
rating sloop, 1906; Class Q sloop, 1907; two 
class R boats, 1908; Odysseus II., Class N, 1909. 
Herreshoff—Doris, Class L, 1905; Irolita, 
ex-Queen, Class B, 1906; Aurora, Class 65-raters, 
1907; Avenger, Class L, 1907; Seneca, Class P, 
1907; Dorothy Q, Class Q, 1907; Eleanor, Class 
Q, 1907; Shimna, Class L, 1909; Adventuress, 
Class N, 1909; Cara Mia, Class P, 1909; Ham¬ 
burg IT, ex-Westward, Class A, 1910; Vagrant, 
Class F, 1910; Elena, Class A, 1911; Joyant, 
Class P, 1911; Corinthian, Class P, 1911; 
Vagrant, Class D, 1913; New York Y. C. one- 
design 50-footers, 1913. 
Lawley—Alice, Class N, 1910. 
Mower—More Trouble, Class Q, 1905; Joy, 
Class Q, 1907; Chaperone, Class Q, 1907; Cres¬ 
cent, Class R, 1907; Class Q, sloop, 1911; Water- 
town, Class R, 1911; Nealmo, Class R, 1913. 
Owen—Little Rhody 11 ., 1907; Kathleen, 
Class N, 1908; Wianno, Class P, 1909; Timandra, 
Class P, 1909; Mavourneen, Class P, 1910; 
Amoret, Class P, 1910; Swamba, Class R, 1910; 
Sumarki, Class R, 1910; Italia, Class P, 1911; 
Sayonar, Class P, 1911; Patricia, Class P, 1911; 
Viva IT, Class R, 1911; Dorello IT, Class M, 
1912; Nirwana, Class R, 1912; Scrapper 11 ., Class 
R, 1912; Stranger, Class P, 1913; South Shore, 
Class P, 1913; Sayonara IT, Class P, 1913; 
Mantaqua, Class Q, 1913; Class Q, sloop, 1913; 
Class S, sloop, 1913. 
The list shows that four of the American 
designers have produced the majority of these 
rating racers, namely, Herreshoff, William Gard¬ 
ner, George Owen and Charles Mower. 
Herreshoff has designed twenty-five rating 
boats, George Owen twenty-two boats, William 
Gardner eleven boats and Mower seven boats. 
Of Herreshoff’s twenty-five boats, three were of 
the one-design Aurora class of 65-raters, and 
nine of the new 50-foot New York Y. C. one- 
design class. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The Boston Marine Agency has sold the 25- 
foot speed boat Bunny for J. F. Cooper, of South 
Boston, to Herbert Kears, of Dorchester; the 21- 
foot waterline knockabout Ellinor for L. E. 
Barnes to S. P. Capen, of Worcester; the 18- 
foot auxiliary knockabout Noma for M. B. 
Shepard, of Cambridge to Peter Legere, of 
South Boston; the 25-foot cabin catboat Navajo 
for J. P. Atkins, of Worcester, to H. F. Webb; 
the 20-foot power boat Jabberwock for Guy 
Hamilton to Arthur Weldon West, of Somer¬ 
ville ; the 30-foot cabin catboat Della A., for 
J. Mulcahy, of Brockton, to I. E. Lengren, of 
Malden; the 18-foot knockabout Janet for W. 
H. Howell, of Baltimore, to James W. F. Par¬ 
sons, of Revere; the 25-foot auxiliary yawl 
Arlema for H. E. Ayers to W. C. Brewer. 
About all the boats in most of the yacht 
clubs were at their moorings Memorial Day, on 
which date many clubs went into commission. 
Ticks From the Ship’s Clock. 
The April fool bunch at Bayside hung a 
good one on the Butterfly class last Saturday. 
As the club was not in commission, W. H. Mac¬ 
Gregor, chairman of the race committee, an¬ 
nounced that all rules would be suspended. Tak¬ 
ing this literally, joker E. C. Sprague headed his 
boat Moth for the shore immediately after the 
starting gun was fired. When the beach was 
reached, a crowd of willing humorists loaded 
the Moth on to a truck, hauled her to within 
fifty feet of the finish line, put her overboard 
and crossed the line a winner by about ten 
minutes. Although protested by the sober- 
minded, the regatta committee awarded the prize 
to auto skipper Sprague on the announcement 
of “rules suspended.” Although the Bayside 
Y. C. is a dry organization, it is rumored that 
Captain Sprague has not had to buy a thing in 
Bayside all week. It isn’t a no-license berg— 
it’s part of Greater New York. 
What could be more tickling to the heart 
of the waterman, not yet converted to power 
boating, than the fact that the three flag officers 
of the New York Y. C. this year command sail¬ 
ing yachts. Commodore Pratt sails his schooner 
Sea Fox, Vice-Commodore Baker owns one of 
the new fifties, the Ventura, while Commodore 
Morgan will sail another fifty, the Grayling. 
The gasolene bug still has a lot of missionary 
work to do among wind jammers. 
The start of the Bermuda race will be on 
June 7. 
Capt. Byron Miller, of the Squantum Y. C. 
Charles Braunback, of Boston, the owner; 
Charles H. Ramsdell, of Somerville; Richard 
Tomfohrde, of Boston, and Charles J. Martelk 
of Boston, have completed a cruise from Nor¬ 
folk, Va., to Boston, by the inside route, bring¬ 
ing up the 46-foot cruiser Amohalko. The de¬ 
scription of the trip through the fish weirs of 
the Chesapeake, Elk River, Chesapeake and 
Delaware Canal, Delaware River to Burlington, 
N. J., and then by way of the Raritan Canal, 
through the low hills of New Jersey to Perth 
Amboy, thence to New York, makes an interest¬ 
ing story. There were no accidents on the trip, 
but there was enough excitement among the fish 
weirs, the locks of the canals and on the shel¬ 
tered waters around New York to give pleasant 
thrills. 
Based on an estimate by Federal authorities, 
Rhode Island has a larger percentage of power 
boats for its population than any State, with 
the exception of those on the Pacific. There 
are 3,000, making about six power boats to every 
1,000 inhabitants. 
It is intimated, by a bird—not one of those 
durned English sparrows, maybe a sea gull— 
that William Gardner, in addition to building 
an aeroplane up the Hudson, is designing an 
international cup defender for W. Butler Dun¬ 
can. 
The Linekin Bay (Me.) Y. C., composed 
mostly of summer residents, has mapped out its 
program for the summer. William McKenney, 
of Boston, is commodore. The entertainment 
