New-York tribune., 1902-10-18
NEW YACHT MEASUREMENTS.
SUGGESTED SYSTEM WOULD DO AWAY
WITH FREAK" BOATS.

At the NTH general meeting. to he Eeld next
thursday, the. officers uf the New-Gork 1arH' ''u"
VIII nave submitted 10 them important 'epo''
'I"m the committee on measurement lhel' Sue
sessions II adopted, Will according TO the "p'l'o
o experts, not only effect radical change IN the
system Of measurement which has been ID vogue
10Y 'ne last twenty-five years. but Will also 40
away with the obnoxious freak GOAT anu en-
courage the designing and building of usefui ana
healthier type OF yacht. To quote from the report
In the opinion Of the committee, the , aaoPIt4T .
ercaiiv ;ntTa al tRt aDotS 81; Vachting pro-
Ttce ra ing on frmer ard more eluitan,ss pIlS iis
that the Sub should adopt these recommendations
i'i Il period Of five year
Realizing that its report would ne OF International
importance, the club last February appointed d
committee to confer with tn leading yacht de-
Signers OF Europe and the United states. The com
mlttee is composed of the following Hach'smeh'
VINO ar" recognized leaders IN the sport .
->l'hoison Kane. c. Oliver Iselin, " Butter Dun
can. ir.. a ass CanfieId Henry +. Iippitt John r
Lovejoy. Oliver +. Cromwell Newbury d Lawton'
archibald Rogers and L. d. Morgan. George A
Oormack is secretary of the committee.
set of questions formulated and copy sent
TO each of the following designers: Nathaniel u
Herreshon. A. Cary Smith William Gardner. b. H.
'r"wninshield A $ Cheseborough- j. Beaver
Webb, Clinton II. Crane and John Hysiop- In
Europe these designers were consulted; george .
watson. William Fife and Arthur Milne. OF 1ias-
gov; Arthur +. Payne Of Southampton' Linton
Hope and j. X Soper. Of London: r. +. Froude. ot
Gosport; J. T. Bucknan of Bitterne; Alfred Ben
zon. of Copenhagen. and George II. nuggan OF
Montreal
To the question. DO YOU consider it possible to
formulate system OF measurement which might be
adopted international standard the ma
Jority said YES. The committee found that all the
designers were in harmony I'm recon mendng as
factors in formula length sail area and dispace-
Inent so they were asked suggest the details OF
new system of mea surement embodying the three
factors named. The result the following;
Rating measurement: l. dength) multiplied BY
me square root Of the :. A tsail area' divided ny
nv times the cube root Of p tdispacems4u % be me
sail area shall he added to the water line length
Eighteen feet to be the limit of draught and it
Is provided that should the extreme drdusnt ot
draught specified for her atng by the following
Gale such excess OF draught shall be multiplied 10y
line Of any yacht in racing trim exceed the lenetn
line SHAH be added to her rating 1t is also pro
yited. SO as to limit saii area. that should the
measurement Of length BY the foregoing formula
more than IS per cent any such excess shall be
An entirely new classification for yachts is pro-
Schooner OF Class to be 100 feet rating measure ga
mer' lass B. not over loo teet ana oyer oyer y iTe1 t
over 81 and over slfeet Class Z. not over 81 feet
For sloops the rating Is TO be.
Class F. over 100 feet rating msasur%ementi % class
over ~ and over 81 feet. class l. not over 81 and
- feet. class J. not over 81 and over W rect
class X. not over % feet
i is also recommended that the formula for time
allow auCe shall read
Time equals s g 6Oa divided by the square foot Of
minus 3.6-1 divided by the square root Of l.
The 3Jlo represents the number OF seconds IN an
hour. the rating measurement of the small Yacht
and L the rating measurement Of the large one
The committee In recommending this change says;
II was considered desirable by many that the fuI
theoretical value OF time allowance. lD per cent ne
allowed but the committee. wishing 70 be couserva-
tive. recommends that the tables now In use ne
raised from n per cent. as in the above tor-
rnula and that all vessels shall receive time allow
ance according their rating In all races except
when otherwise specially provided. The committee
believes that the present conditions. under ~hlch
the larger boat has the advantage in her class.
should not obtain TO such extent as II has here
ioforc and that those wishing 20 build should
have greater Ia titIde in the choice OF size within
limitations Of their respective classes. 90 thdt
smaller boat may he nearer equality with the yes
Il - III. ht- In her CLass.