New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

THE COMMITTEE OF THE NETWORK
ASSOCIATION MAKES A COMPROMISE.
TWO SYSTEMS or MEASUREMENT PROVIDED
COMMODORE PRIME WINS HIS POINT

(OMMOl'Oht Ni'"'
sEAwANHAKNs OPENING DAY FIXED.
Commodore A. ]. Brine has won a victory. and
Is TO be congratulated. because it is victory OF
principle He. more than any other man, ereaten
the New-York Yacht Racing Association an as
socIaton composed OF the smaller and more nu-
rncr,us Yacht clubs In the neighborhoOd OF New
York for the purpose Of the establishment OF
uniform rue under which the regattas Of those
clubs should be sailed In England the National
Yacht Racing Association governs the yacht racing
Of the United Kingdom In America, before the
estab.ishn ent OF the New-YOrk Yacht RACING As
ISOLATION each yacht cub. whether large or sma. j.
he'd its regatta under the rules which the cub IL
self had formulated. There was no uniformity no
systematic and concurrent work on the part OF
the cubs make yacht racing something wnich
should pertain to all and not to set Inc New
York Yacht Racing Association sought to sa'her
together ali the smaller yacht cubs. and to estao-
1ish for their rctattas one uniform rue Of meas
urement and all vance. so that in the building OF
boats the designer and the builder should know eX-
actly what they were building. and under what
rules their yacht was t. race
40 serious effort has ever been made 10 DTlhs
tho larger Yacht cubs into Ike organization,
but the time will come when for them rs Wei as
FOR the smaller clubs. an institution Ike the Ma
tional Yacht Racing Association OF Great Britain or
the New-York Yacht Racing Association must be "a
tab.ished The designer cannot buDd a boat 70 peat
the time allowance of my cubs II IS enough ''at
ne be- hampered hy the crude systems az time
allowance which appertain TO on" orSahlHh''o"'
In attempting to carry out this idea the NeW-fo'K
Yacht Racing Association asst winter came near 10
destruction However wise or Unwisc the rules
&, nroposei were the principe entirely right.
tn. withdrawal from the association 81 the BOOK
lyn Yacht C.ub-and ~ one or two other CUBS whose
de,egateg at the last general meeting OF the lacnt
Racing Association body stated that me ony
idea OF their cubs in Joining the association
was for good fellowship. and for having peasant
time and "A hospltab.e pace to cruls" 70 "heh
they went out sailing brought about the appoint
rnent OF a committee Of which Commodore Prime
was rnade chairman. lie made chairman De-
cause ne had been the chief Kicker against what
seemed 10 be- the sentiment Of all the delegates u
the association. that the principal OBJECT OF '"e
establishment Of the Yacht Racing Association
was good fellowship. and not the pronunciation oil
A uniform rule FOR regat,as
Tn. COMMITTEES yesterday sent out it, report. In
which IL recommends that the membership OF any
c,uh in the association shall be forfeited by voun-
,,rv withdrawal or any club may be suspended
or expelled b. charges brought OF violation OF
the constitution. bylaws or sailing ruies' ~ WV
,birls vote Of the clubs present. at any meeting
apeclllly called for that purpose such o'uo Sna''
have an opportunity 10 be hedrn IN III o"" -"
fence on notice being given to the secretary oil the
I, WA also decided that AZ races and regattas
rlven nv any club q member OF the association or
10y association Itself and open 10 ciuo t''hpr'S
- ,h. association shall be- sailed urder the rules
- tho assSclatlon II is evident that here came
coronrornlse between the good fellows and the
varh,snen. FOR two systems Of measurements are
nroviAed one f. the length ami sail area measure
mon, and the other what Is designated In the re-
port as the hull measurement. The length ana
sail area measurement is that used by most yacht
c,,hs 81, standing to-day on this side ~ the water
II ls 10 the lOad-watcrlne length adj the SUR
root OF the sail and divide ~" sun % w w.
,rh,, "A FAR has proved the nearest solution 10 n'
apparently unsoivable problem OF measurements
OF time allowance ..,,.. a., ,,. tho
The hull measurement IT, as propouniel py nv
committee the length over all plus the length On
mo load saterine divided by two II Will thu7 ~
seen that while Commodore Prim" mas ea,tleI nn9
,oint OF having all yacht clubs enrolled IN IN" ~"
',d.r me rllcs laid down by the association, th'
committee by providing two rules OF meaSuremrn'.
has effected comPromlse wn1n no u0nU nm rue
yriI result In there being actuAly one UNI ~ III
sor nea sllrerent for time allowance Tor AL l"'tS
sailing IN regattas held by emos Deio"b"'s =" '"'
New-York Yacht Racing Assoclatloh ILL.,. ro~
,,tbIar Yacht club will open their house az oyster
Raw ON May 80 Trains will begin running on u's-
day Nav e. to Accommodate those VINO WISH 10
snend the night at the clubhouse. lne pIlce vi
,nnoais a. the clubhouse Will be reduced ms year,
and members can get Luncheon or breakfast iV' 81
cents and dinner FOR 81 the circnar ssu saci n
fnatures I'm the Sunday luncheon. and II members
do not like the table d'hote. they may 2vall tne,r
selves OF the menu la carte ne lo"S viio o.t
rnittee this year is composed OF George buliock'
"a In,len Roosevelt Walter G. ellison. Arthur De-
lano Weeks and Walter T. owens. -. ...o
The New Rochelle Yacht club VII open lts nous vs.
c,ub win be held on Monday at the Grand Union
Hotel in this city.