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was not taxed. Her great draught also en-
abled her to carry this big sail spread,
ana the 100 tons of lead on the bottom of heI
Keel gave her the necessary stability. Her
null proper was a mere shell, and as a vessel
sne was absolutely Useless except for racing
one is probably the last OF the big racing
machines. III a challenge were to be ac-
copied under the old rule OF water line
"a plus square root of sail area divided
ny two there Is no reason why a vessel
should not be turned out that Would be 10C
Ieet over all, 30 feet on the water line and
spread about 10000 square feet Of canvas.
NO one IN his senses would think Of sending
a craft like this across the ocean.
Ihe new ruler reads: yachts shall be rated
Tor classification and time allowance ao-
cordlng to the following formula: length
multiplied by square root of sail area di-
ylded by 6.5 times cube root OF displacement.
Length Is not water line length but a line
measured In such a way that IL Practically
gives the length Of the line on which the
vessel sails, and to get a boat Of wholesome
type load water line must not exceed this
length by more than IFS per cent. There
ls a limit too on draught, which IL OILS
times length plus $50. Sail area too Ia
limited so that il mus not be more than
1875 per cent. of length.
The deed OF gift says the init Of yachts
Tor the cup Is 90 70 . on tn water line. 30
that the yachts that will race for it under
the present rule will be about thesiZe OF
the Queen. The Queen is o. feet on the
water line Her draught is Ia feet 10 inches
ana she spreads about IL 900 square feet OF
canvas. There are many possibilities in
the rule. A designer IL he wishes may
make a boat of large displacement and
give IT a large sail area, q e displacement
offsetting the sail spread. or he may build
a boat OF small displacement and give IL
a small sail spread; but experience has
already taught that extremes either way
do not work out well.
There is one thing in the rule that will
please yachtsmen OF the old school. There
is no tax on the centreboard, and with a
limit on draught the centreboard will be
OF great use. The Queen has a centre
board which increases her draught to about
twenty-five feet. Ii is certain, though, that
the British yachtsmen will not have a
centrcboard craft. and the next contest
for the cup may be a repetition Of
the old days when HI British came here
with their keel craft and sailed against the
ce~ntreboard, always to be beaten. -.
1t has been expected that there would
be a challenge for a race for tho cup next
year. Designers here have been working
out the problem Of designing a cup defender
for some time and IL Is certain that when
there does come n challenge IL will not take
long TO get things moving for the defence Of
he cup. Herreshof has already turned
out a 90 footer under the rule. Henry j.
Gielow has designed the Effort, a yacht
sixty-five feet long that has beaten the
Queen, and he has plans for a cup defender.
He has worked at these plans for q yachts
man who has an idea OF building, but that
yachtsman prefers to keep his name quiet
until the times comes to place an order
for a yacht.
The new rules will considerably reduce
the cost Of building and running the yachts.
They will he smaller In every way and Will
not need 50 many men to handle them.
IL has been figured that IL a challenge comes
for a yacht in the 40 foot class the cost will
o be more han Sl5O, 600. which is about
a quarter of what the Reliance cost. There
are several yachtsmen on this side OF the
Atlantic who would be willing to spend
$780, 600 for n cup defender. especially when
they know that they will get n good type
of yacht and not a mere racing machine;
and it is more than probable that when
the challenge comes Herreshof, Gardner
and Gielow will each have orders for a yacht.
This will make the racing much more inter-
esting and do more TO help the sport
and to develop q good type of boat than all
the racing there might be under the old
rule.