New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-11
or SSlT-2.52o

The diagrams show the actual conditions for 1905
The boats taken in classes so far as possible,
and reduced 10 an average rating and TO an aver
age elapsed time over the course. For the sake OF
uniformity. this average elapsed time is reduced to
To avoid confusion Of lines the material has been
grouped sheets, one devoted exclusively TO
The races OF The Long Island Sound organization.
Where mere were put Two Spots LOT any one Gay
ton and, the character OF the curve being indie
terminate, the TWO spots We're joined by straight
TIE coefhcient is the difference between the ordi-
mates Of any two points Of its arc, divided by the
difference between the corresponding abcissa. The
cent Curve Was ssso obtained and the ratio Of these
coefhcients taken This ratio shows the proportion
that would have put boats of different size on an
If the two curves were Of similar character any
two points could be taken. But the inspection
shows that the curves are only similar in a very
general way. that points at about the centre
Of length OF the curves were chosen to best ap-
These ratios are shown tabulated in the diagrams.
&c - 1e @ LOT shG @ 3lA 11eT nP seTes
series is lls per cent and the average for all is s.
per cent Of the full time allowance, indicating that
The allowance under the present 70 per cent tables
The large difference between the New-York Yacht
Club series and the Long Island Sound series is
H g19 ~ 9 II ~ q 4 OF ms ts attenl6 1I
The coehcient Of this curve. tabulated. is 12 per
per cent. and for its lower part 81 per cent.
Taking the ssgepces and the
20 per cent 9dc these t hgqres taken in conjunction
fOoters are the TOP points Of the n. Y Y. c. series
they frequently the bottom points in the Long
Island series, show that cOeficient, based
the present method Of calculating time allowance.
can be fair to all classes The Long Island Sound
series would be much valuable had there
been boats OF classes from H 10 N and the n. Y
7. G. curves would have been better for the pres
ence Of boats Of classes P and r.
sailed class. These were the N Y. Y c.
races OF June Is and August II, u and II. On
two of these days august Il and 12) there a
fair wind and toe, and the races were finished in
remarkably quick time. with the order Of the finish
on corrected time almost directly as the rating
measurement, with the small boats first showing
that the large boats had to give great deal too
much allowance for these conditions. OF the
order Of finish on corrected time directly as
the rating measurement. with the large boats hrsl
and the other, August Il, \ dead TO
windWard, with the boats well mixed
fishes. on corrected time and, while there was a.
difference IN the finishes Of over an hour, there
was almost fifty minutes difference among the
thirty-footers alone. AS these two conditions are
more nearly those that the time allowance table
was designed 20 cover. II will be well consider
them.
The aggregate corrected time for the first four
boats for these two races was: The Yankee.
T:17:O0: the Mineola, 7:I7:30; the Cara Mia,
Elsie and the Ibis. 7:20:40 This shows a re-
rnarkably close finish for a total distance OF 39A
miles Noting and allowing for the fact that there
which would unduly aid the small boat we arrive
eft the conclusion that the time allowance, as
oIven IN the 20 per cent table is insufficient which
also agrees with the average ratios derived from
the curves.
Tho seventies and the thirtes were raced per
s,stentIv throughout the season. and although
.bav are boats Of dssinilar form and some OF the
races were sailed over similar but not the same
fornlances on all days. when both classes were
represented, IS OF interest