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The International Yachting Conference 
Adopts a Rule. 
Tue delegates representing all European coun- 
tries interested in yachting at the International 
Yachting Conference met at the Hotel Langham, 
in London, on Monday, Jan. 15. The vice-presi- 
dent of the conference said at luncheon on the 
first day of the session that he greatly regretted 
that the United States was not represented, as 
they would like to have had some one fully famil- 
iar with the American formula set forth its ad- 
vantages, particularly as the rule seemed to pro- 
duce the kind of boat for which all were aiming. 
In order that the American formula might be 
fully understood and that a discussion of the 
formula might take place, Vice-President Man- 
ning in the absence of any Americans, recom- 
mended its adoption by the Conference. The 
German and Danish delegates opposed any such 
move, and stated that they felt that the American 
rule was unreliable and impracticable. Other 
members of the Conference did not feel as 
strongly on the subject as the German and Danish 
representatives, but yet were opposed to its adop- 
tion. 
The French modifications of the American for- 
mula that had been submitted on Tuesday were 
rejected unanimously on Wednesday. The inter- 
European formula, a compromise’ between the 
British, Scandinavian and German rules, which 
had betn recommended, was thought well of and 
it was adopted on Thursday. 
On Friday the Conference ended its session, 
and in the evening the delagtes were the guests 
of the Royal London Y. C. The delegates will 
report back to the organizations or associations 
which they represented, and if those bodies ac- 
cept the rule as adopted by the delegates, who 
will meet again in about two months’ time, it 
will be adopted by the Conference and will re- 
main in force until 1910. 
The new rule as adopted is length plus beam, 
plus one-half the girth, plus three times the dif- 
ference between the skin and chain girth, plus 
one-third the square root of the sail area, minus 
the freeboard. The sum of these is divided by 
two. The formula is thus: 
L+B+4%G+3d+1-3 V sa—F., 
2 
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British Letter. 
Watson Boats VANISHING.—The Yachtsman 
in a recent issue comments on the rapid disap- 
pearance of the Watson designed boats from the 
Clyde, and points out that in the list of Clyde 
winners for 1905 only four of the famous design- 
er’s boats were to be found. The name of Wat- 
son as the most successful British designer of 
his day is held very dear in Great Britain, and 
at the first- blush it seems astonishing that, 
though he has been gone little more than a year, 
he should be so poorly represented on the Clyde, 
but the fact is, as indeed the Yachtsman plainly 
states, the great designer was so fully occupied 
with plans for large steam yachts that for many 
years he had practically given up designing sail- 
ing boats, and in the small classes on the Clyde 
Fife and Mylne have long been the leading lights. 
Curiously énough the most successful of the four 
Watson boats was the old 23-footer Majel. This 
remarkable boat is thirteen years old, but at the 
‘beginning of 109004 she was purchased by Mr. 
George Edward, in whose able hands she ap- 
pears to have taken a fresh lease of life, as un- 
der his guidance she has in the last two seasons 
eclipsed all the previous performances of her 
youthful days by winning thirty-eight prizes in 
fifty-seven races, of which twenty-two are firsts. 
A WownDERFUL VETERAN.—Watson had the rare 
gift of occasionally turning out a boat which 
never appeared to age or lose her form, and 
there have been many instances of his yachts rac- 
ing year after year with astounding success be- 
cause of their thoroughly good all-round quali- 
ties. One of the most remarkable examples is 
the old 4o-rater Creole, which last year completed 
her sixteenth season. She has been in commis- 
sion every year since she was built, and has never 
changed ownership. Col. Villiers Bagot, for 
