The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-29
RULES FOR YACHTS
CODE GOVERNING CLASSES AND
MEASUREMENT FOR 1898
= ADOPTED.
FAD FOR WHITE BEAR CATS.
0 PROVISION MADE TO SUPPLY A
CLASS FOR THE OLD
CRAFT.
en- Addition J. c. Elmer, OF This City,
pa u Member of the Executive
Committee.

Re MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 28-Forty
4 delegates, representing seventeen yacht
,-.Iubs in the Northwestern Inland
Yachting association, met at the Hotel
9fister today 10 adopt new sailing reg
citations and measurements for the sea-
/ fon Of 1888 Fifteen clubs accepted the
ciew rules, the Nodaway Yacht club, OF
1,Neenah, and Oshkosh Yacht club de-
dining to sign the agreement because
I { virtually excludes their racing craft,
4 10 provision having been made to sup
8bly a class for old yachts
D. White Bear lake yachtsmen are
H9racticaIIy in the same boat as the
Lake Winnebago sailors, but they de-
cided TO conform 10 the regulations
HadOpted by the association, and will
Ahave new racing craft built this win
Mter for next summers regattas-
The following officers were elected:
President, J. W. Taylor, of st. Paul;
Secretary and treasurer, Benjamin Car
penter. Of Chicago; executive commit
Wee. Benjamin Carpenter, Of Chicago;
NJ. P. Elmer, OF St. Paul, and Dr.. J. E.
JNeyman, Of DeIavan.
The new rules are as follows:
Article The start shall be e one gun fy-
ing start. with preparatory signal
. { Article 2-The races shall be sailed without
Article two classes of yachts are pro-
1vided for as follows: First class sleeps must
mot exceed twenty feet racing length, the
following formula determining the racing
length; add the lead water line TO the square
root u the sail area and divide by Two, which
'WiII equal the racing measurement
! Second class sleeps must not exceed seven
teen feet racing length.
Article "A yacht draft OF hull or keel
shall not exceed five inches, and with the
ceEterboard down shall not exceed six Feet
The draft shall be determined when yachts
are IN trim for measurement center boards
shall be so constructed that they can be
wholly housed without leaving any projection
below the keel or hull
Article yachts shall be measured with
out the crew on board, but Instead thereof a
dead weight Of 450. pounds shall be carried
amidshps, approximately at the center OF
. buoyancy, during measurement Ine total
| actual weight Of the crew, including all
clothes. personal apparel and belongings
| I worn by them or carried on board during any
race, shall not exceed 500 pounds
Article 6-Shifting ballast shall not be al
4 lowed Weighted center boards shall be con-
/ sidered fixed ballast.
Article No outrigger or other mechanical
device for carrying live ballast cupboard shall
Article S-The factor Of sail area, used IN
determining racing measurement, shall be as
Certained by adding 10 the actual area OF the
main sail computed from its exact dimen-
siOns, the area OF the fore triangle The hoist
Of the main sail when measured shall be
n plainly marked on the mast and at its outer
n used to set sail, and the sail shall not be set
Il beyond these limiting points The fore trf-
] angle shall be determined by the following
2 factors: The perpendicular shall be the per
II pendicular distance between the deck and a
II point on the forestry above which the iib
\ shall not be hoisted. The base shall be at
a the distance between the forward side OF
Il the mast at the deck and the point Of inter-
III section Of the forestry with the bowsprit OF
Y +he hull Any lib. when set, must not extend
beyond the upper and forward points above
/ defined
Il Sails shall be limited to mainsau jibs and
spinnaker. The total area OF the mainsal and
fore triangle shall not exceed 500 square feet.
The area OF the mainsaiI alone shall not ex-
coed 50 per cent Of the total area The area
Of the spinnaker. measured as d triangle,
whose base is the length Of the spinnaker
boom measured from its outer end when set
TO the center OF the mast and whose perpen-
diculaT is the distance from the deck at the
+ fore side OF the mast to the spinnaker halyard
/ block, shall not exceed twice the area OF the
{ fore triangle.
u Article 9-The spinnaker boom when used
u IN carrying sail shall not be lashed to the
bowsprit or stem head.