New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-18
QUESTIONS OF YACHTING.
MEASUREMENT AND TINE ALLOWANCES.
PROPOSED ACTION BY THE NETWORK YACHT CLUB
AN INVITATION FROM HALIFAX DECLINED
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PROPOSED ACTION BY THE NETWORK YACHT CLUB
AN INVITATION FROM HALIFAX DECLINED
The regular monthly meeting OF the New
York Yacht Club held at the Club house. Maosoh
and ghthst. last evening Resolutions OF
regret at the death OF j. r. Waller, ex-Commodore OF
the club. were passed. II decided that IL
would be inexpedient to accept tho invita-
ton Of tho Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Ciuo
to visit Halifax this summer. The foiIowing
members were admitted: J. b. Dumont, ID. H. Fan
shaw j. r. Parke, J. c. Hoagand E. l. Gerry AUSTIN
Lathrop, c. ]. Langdon and J. f. schermerhorn. JE
IIildgard, Superintendent OF the Coast survey, was
elected an honorary member.
The report OF the committee measurement and timo
allowance presented and will DO considered az
adjourned meeting May %. Tho report
was in part as follows:
Your committee have to the conclusion that any
system that taxed either BREADTH depth bulk each by
itsef would favor or foster an opposite qaallty anu
should therefore be rejected That length II the prnc
bal element for speed but that length alone would tond
produce extent OF orego
ing attributes That 1t would DO tmpracticable 10
stated, FOR the reasons mentioned.
That bulk beam depth. with outside ballast, or a
fed, in other words. power ability to carry SAIL
was the next most important element, and
or area Of sail, which could therefore
be ss9 as the m9dns factor OF enSn
Limiting tue owner designer In Ms particular iancy
power only such sails as are ordinarily carried when
sailing could he justly considered And your
length form, modified by sail in some form,
should be the principle adopted Aud the OF
resentatives OF the clubs have been in communities
ton with either in person at many OF our meetngs
labors and reached It's conclusions, the facht
Racing Association Of Great Britain has taken up
the subject aud has advised the adoption OF similar
principle as the only means checking the OWLS which
have arisen from directly some one or more OF me
CLEMENT Ir. as herein stated aud allowing O'Her
Il was accepted by your committee fact that tho
the Shape OF the boat, but that it
would be difficult or amost impossible to formulate
geLsa rule that wodld tax ali states equtably ana
thar 10 tax any portion OF 1t as part OF inc wIoe o
would be TO give the same nor 20 tbonV1t
sufficient importance to outweigh consldeIat ons O' SIM
pliclty in measurement aud freedom 10 Tue OWL
designer in carrying out ldchs us 10
finish grace Of outline particularly as under Tie pres
cay Ignored IL has therefore decided tha tue formula
shall be twice tue length plus the n SQUARE so Toct
being merely II ed to approxim the figures to the
actual length to facilitate the use OF the ordinary
cnt for purposes Of comparison aud registry the result
being led Measurement FOR lime Allowance. IL
decided that II would be imprac! lcaOie ana On,
ectOnable, for obvious reasons, 10 OBTAIN san area
by taxing ac.ual SAIL measurement g. whicA are
varying -and your conmiti1e therefore, clIno "
the conclusion that for the purpose OF ascertag aoa
certain specified measurements on the sPiId only DO
perpendicular taken along the after-sidc OF
the mainmad IRON the under-sde oI Tue gait,topsdl
block shcaye topinast TO the uPPersl e VI DOOM
when rc sling ON the saddle on The lowest part oil
gooaencck, The distance OF which point from tue maui
deck horseback to be recorded by tde measure 10
gctner with the Othcr points used IN measurements -
A base line be taken from the Dcch0o OF point OF
contact OF the Ibslay bOwspr or hyingJiostay on
jbooom. IN straight line to mo cnd oi the III ooOm
win one quar- a OF the length OF gait measured
IRON after side Of mast to eud aided thereto
10 ub from these hguics the usia Iofmuia lor
obanin the area in square feet OF Triangle - 10 be
folio namely Base multiplied Dy the Perpendicular
ana divided 10y Two H.. A., ,.r.,r, si,oo, s,.-..,
I'M. measurement TO DE taken when tue yacht Is afo It
si4.-.ed amdsnips. 1ho mcasurcr at te
un, Of taking his measurement, 70 aiiit
squa.c .oo ~ the ara. asccrtained, add twce the
cngtH acertaued, DIVIDE the sum Dy three ana tue
result D. tue measurement for time alOwuIce
ANY change in these inca to reported by
the owners customary. to the measur~
The reason given By the committee for taking the
squlr, root OF the sail area as follows:
It bias been found in yachts Of normal tyne that tho
-qar. rot sail expressed IN square feet Is
about equal to me Length ON W9tcr me Inu 'neIforc
a departure from the normal typo IN tho
direction of increased or diminished srep- In other
words "a heavily rugged vessel would he taxed. the
ordinary typo 10 ireo and u snugp rggeu boat oe
benefited.
In regard 10 tho time allowance table the report says
The time allowance table I-cd the accepted rule
tha speeds the square roots of relative
Lengths aud tnat, tnoso relative speeds are onIy de
ye.oped IN strong winds ana uhdcf tho most i4NorHho
ci.cn1t stances, scale OF allowance giving iour-tcnhs
differences Will. IN tus Opuloa Ot gOhI
constitute equitable tabio for use IN the average
wc.tAtr ia when races are rsilod
The e asshcItions recommended are as follows:
schoohers-Class /. To comprise AL those whose
measurement time-aOwducc length Is 100 feet and
Cnss 2 All those OF less than 100 feet and not under
80 feet.
Glass g. All Of less than so feet
For Sonps Class l. All OF 5j feet and over
Class . All those less than % feet aud not under 40
feet.
Class 3. All under As feet.
Tie committee Is Of the opinion that there
should DO time allowance between
ytcuts OF over l2O feet Ii also reCOm
incnds as customary before tins last year. cup be
offered Keel SchuOners In any should prefer 10
eall by themselves tha class TINS would have the
rert OF REDUCING the number of cups TO be offered Al tue
June regatta from IA to z. The report is signed by
A Cary smith. Arson Phelps stokes, Charles " atron
Lippit, e. smith Lee, j. Frederick Tams.