Nov. 6, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
745 
Measurement Certificates. 
At the fall meeting of the Massachusetts Y. 
R. A. recently a letter was read from John 
Greenough, owner of the sloop Onda, which 
explains itself: 
“A. T. Bliss, Esq., Secretary Y. R. A. M., 
Boston: 
“Dear Sir—I venture to suggest the ex¬ 
pediency of modifying clause 5 of rule VII., 
which reads: ‘No entry shall be received until 
a yacht has been officially measured,’ which is 
construed to mean by the measurer of the Y. 
R. A. M. 
“The effect of the present rule is to make it 
a condition precedent for a boat wishing to 
enter a race that it shall have a certificate, not 
from any duly qualified measurer of a respect¬ 
able club, but only from a particular indi¬ 
vidual who may find it physically impossible to 
measure all the boats in time. Moreover, it 
subjects competitors to a heavy initial expense, 
by requiring what may prove merely a duplica¬ 
tion of measurement already paid for. The 
narrow and inflexible wording of the rule 
should be changed, as follows: ‘The regatta 
committee shall have satisfactory evidence of 
the qualification of all competitors.’ 
“The working of the existing rule was illus¬ 
trated this season in the P class, which was the 
most active competition of the series. Seven 
boats sailed in this class, but five of these were 
not considered as officially present at any race, 
and only the record of two boats was taken, 
the result being that the pennant went to the 
boat which was actually third in the series. 
Such an outcome tends to discredit the emblem 
and must militate to the disadvantage of the Y. 
R. A. _ The fact that my own boat, Onda II., 
was winner in the class and was refused recog¬ 
nition of measurement certified by the Eastern 
Y. C. has emphasized my appreciation of the 
situation I have outlined. The possible delay 
in measurement is illustrated by the fact that I 
applied to the Y. R. A. measurer on Aug. 14 
and receiyed his certificate on Sept. 20, an in¬ 
terval which covers the Annisquam and Glou¬ 
cester meetings of the Y. R. A. 
“I trust that I shall escape the imputation of 
any selfish interest in bringing this matter to 
your attention, for I do so at the request of 
many members of the club to which I belong. 
“Yours respectfully, 
“John Greenough.” 
At the meeting it _ was proposed to adopt a 
rule that will provide for enrolment in the 
regular Y. R. A. classes, sailing for champion¬ 
ship trophies measurement certificates, which 
heretofore had to be made by the official meas¬ 
urer of the association, will be accepted, sub¬ 
let to protest, from the measurer of any club 
n the association, or from the measurer of any 
:lub which has adopted the rules of the At- 
antic Coast Conference. 
The proposed amendment was submitted by 
W. L. Lambert of the Hingham Y. C., and 
unended by John B. Killeen, of the Boston Y. 
■ 4-> after a letter had been read from John B. 
jreenough, of Gloucester, owner of the class 
3 sloop Onda II. 
Onda might have won her class championship 
ast season, with a consequent leg on the Lip- 
on cup, but the only measurement certificate 
'resented was that af the measurer of .the East¬ 
ern Y. C. official, W. Starling Burgess. Mr. 
Greenough understood the rule and neglected 
o have his boat measured by the Y. R. A. 
.dficiak so the championship went to J. B. 
'allon’s Timandra. 
To win the Lipton cup requires one owner to 
jun three times. Onda and Timandra will 
herefore be rivals for the second leg on the 
up next season. 
The matter, not only from Mr. Greenough’s 
tandpoint, but also for the benefit of other 
achtsmen. should be given great attention. If 
he rules of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts state 
hat no yacht is eligible for championship per- 
entage unless officially measured by the asso- 
lation measurer, then the only thing that could 
e done would be to ignore her work in the Y. 
A. races officially; and the owner of the 
boat could blame nobody but himself for failure 
to look up the rules thoroughly. 
But there are certain courtesies passed from 
club to club in regard to the acceptance of 
measurements in which the Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation of Massachusetts could properly 
figure. The three largest clubs in Massa¬ 
chusetts Bay and the Yacht Racing Association 
of Massachusetts have adopted the rules made 
by the Atlantic Coast Conference ,the so-called 
universal rule. 
It is customary among clubs which use the 
same rule of measurement to accept the meas¬ 
urement as made officially by the measurer of 
another club, subject to protest. This has been 
done by the three large clubs and there has 
yet failed to be a measurement protest follow¬ 
ing. Mr. Greenough knowing of this rule, 
evidently thought that it would apply to the 
Yacht Racing Association as well, and that a 
detailed measurement of his boat, under the 
rules of the Atlantic Coast Conference by the 
measurer of a club which had adopted the rules, 
would be sufficient. 
The proposed amendments will be considered 
at the annual meeting of the association. 
Dinghies on Lake Ontario. 
Members of the Rochester Y. C. are to have 
a class of sailing dinghies for next season’s 
racing. These boats will be similar to those 
that have been raced for two seasons by mem¬ 
bers of the New York Canoe Club and have 
proved so satisfactory to the members of that 
club. Two years ago there were seven of these 
dinghies down the bay. Last year ten more 
were built, and it is probable that the fleet will 
be much larger next year. The Rochester men 
went to C. D. Mower for design. They thought 
they might get six members of the club to build 
boats at a meeting held on Oct. 28. Fourteen 
members agreed to purchase boat's, and it is 
not at all improbable that the fleet will increase 
to about thirty vessels before the season opens. 
It is hoped that these yachts will help to boom 
the sport on the Lakes, and these boats, which 
are very similar to those sailed by Toronto 
yachtsmen, will no doubt be matched against 
some of the Canadians during the summer. 
1 he probable outcome of the new movement 
will be a small, informal organization known as 
the Rochester Skiff Club, that will be apart 
from any other club and will not be under the 
control of the Rochester Y. C., although the 
latter organization will have a strong represen¬ 
tation of members in the smaller fleet. The 
skiff club, if the present idea obtains, will be 
affiliated with the Lake Skiff Sailing Associa¬ 
tion, its fleet will comply in every particular 
with the specifications laid down by that associ¬ 
ation, and its members will be able to race 
against the Toronto dinghies or any other as¬ 
sociated fleet on the lakes. 
Some of the Rochester Y. C. men originated 
the idea. A lark or two have skimmed around 
Charlotte for a season or two and the owners 
have had barrels of fun in a quiet way, while 
other sailors have looked on with something 
very like envy. There was no need to drum up 
a crew, no need to drag up a heavy anchor or 
pull on a nest of sheets. All that had to be 
done was the running of the tiny skiff down a 
runway, the stepping of a mast and rudder, and 
a run down the river to open water. Every 
time a local man went over to Toronto he saw 
a fleet of a' hundred or more dinghies in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the bay, some manned by the 
president of a bank, some by the office boy of 
the same institution. Dinghy racing, it ap¬ 
peared, was the true democracy of sport, and 
every one had a good word for it. 
Aemilus Jarvis, Gooderham and other Cor¬ 
inthians have always backed this form of sail¬ 
ing consistently,. seeing in bigger fleet and the 
education of skippers who will sail big racers 
in the future. In like manner the men behind 
the local movement are Christy, who sailed 
Iroquis; Pembroke, who has built and sailed 
the Kee Lox cup candidates; Wilson Cross, 
who has been in the international crews; John 
Taylor, one of the best of the younger sailors 
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