The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-16
MARVIN SAFE CO.,
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.
TRYING 4 NEw CLASSIFICATION.
The I.archmont Yacht Club Kemeaauren
Its Boats by IA New RuIe.

| Ever since the spring races OF the Larch.
mont Yacht Club. yachlsmen have been dis
| GUESSING tho new system OF classification and
| time allowance adopted by that club and its
effect on tho seasons racing Long Island
Sound is virtually the racing yachtsman's
paradise Tor there he is sure OF smooth water.
moderate tides, and, If Commodore Lowery Is
on board the flagship, he is almost sure OF q
breeze. So. with these conditions. it's no won.
der that the club events are we'll patronzed.
When the subject oil new rules for classiilca-
ton by measurement and time allowance was
agitated by the leading clubs last winter with a
view of regulating the sail area Of yachts in
certain classes. the New York. Seawanhakn-
Corinthian. Eastern. and Atlantic Clubs
adopted a new rating for time allowance. tho
formula OF which is: ITO the square root Of
the saiIIarea add the load-water line length and
divide the sum by two." The old rule was
TO the suuaro root of the sail area add twice
the load-water line length and divide tho sum
by three" Tho result under each rule was the
yachts measurement for time allowances.
The eiloct Of the new measurement has been
booms and excessive sail spreads. There was
hardly time to formulate the proposed system
OF measurement by which the yachts would be-
reclassiiIed. 80 no change has boon made 10
the classlcation since the amended rule
a iorty-foot class
The powers that be up at Larchmont. how
ever. took the lead. as they have often done be.
fore and tackled the clusSiil cation question in
dead earnest by reneasuring and reclassiIy-
ing their boats and adopting rating for time
scale. Until they become familiar with the
new departure the result at first sight was
startling to some. especially to the small boat
owners. and almost as much so to the owners
OF the f9rty-io"ters. for they found that the
the Liris, Tomahawk. Chiquita. Gorilla: andin
sG all th9 p iSeT exfsps the
into the Same class with the Clara.
said b9r ma mn and
beaten, as she did the other day Mt Larchmont.
Ofcourse, that was the first race under the
as n criterion. but i hardly, looks fair for the
little chaps nov. # it continues. new forty;
plan. II the object was to stop the enormous
sal! plans think they have succeeded"
ing been the first 10 adopt classification by
corrected length, and its committee now say
ted TO consider it, practical application to ex-
listing boats. with tho result that the same
figures WHICH had formerly applied to their
resented water- line length. were made to APP
ply to corrected length; for the, same purpose.
10 wit: Divisions into classes. tho result being
that the class supposed TO correspond to the
forty-footers- their former, ,water-line length
found in actual application in its higher limit.
too large TO take in the forties. and in its low
limit too high to let them all in.
1t Is apparent. therefore" say the Corin-
thians. that boat could be built to come
within fifty four feet corrected length with
which none OF the present fortie- woG!t have u
chance. In other woI DIS, all the existing boats
would be rendered useless in their owners
hands for racing purposes. That vested inter-
est would be sufficiently strong I" defeat any
rule OF which This WAS q necessary element,
there can be but little doubt"
lieioirinE to their own races. which take
place on Wednesday Of this week, tho Corn-
ihians call the attention Of y4cnt owners TO the
fact that. while classification by corrected
length will lie the rule. tho classes are 80 ad-
JuStei that the largest and SINAI lest Of the
present forlies will pe able to sail in the forty
TO ilfty-iout class
1T is particularly desired" they say. that
the new rule should not lie condemned on ac-
count OF tho LarchmOnt experiment. which
has arisen from an incidental and not an es-
s"ntial. an eAttaneous and not an intrinsic,
element"
The Corinthian Club Ia Of limited member
ship. and 1t exists. its members say. chiefly for
the purpose OF experiment, 1t is DESTROYS OF
doing its utmost to assist in solving the 0ues-
ton 81 proper elias silcaliOn. but they say they
can only DO 81 by watching the performances
OF u number OF types OF boats sailing under
like conditions.