New-York tribune., 1908-12-03
CHANGEYACHTING RULE
INEW RATING FORMULA.
Amendments adopted at the atlantic
Coast Conference.

Delegates to the Atlantic Coast Conference which
| met last night at the New York Yacht Clun arter
discussion lasting nearly three hours adopted py
| unanimous vote with only slight modihcations all
| the amendments proposed by its committee since
its last meeting October g.
Yachtsmen all over the United States will ne
benefited by the rules Of measurement for the
conference passed a resolution to the enect that
the ruIes as now adopted shall stand for suf-
hcent number of years to warrant commence IN
those intending TO build yachts and tn that end no
changes are to be made until such time as Ihe
benefits OF a change clearly outweigh the disad-
vantages.
The only changes of Importance in the various
clauses of racing rules those relating 10 the
classification. where the classes from 10 . are
to be known as "'sloops yawls, eliminating the
word 'sloop" after Class NJ and changing Class
from 16 to II feet Under the heading length the
rule is that all yachts 100 feet load water line
shall allowed 90 per cent and the dra1t unit Is
to be 16 per OF the load water line plus lT9-
sufficient TO change the quarter length TO the
loan water line length.
BEFORE the conference adjourned sine die the same
committee that framed the rules was instructed
with power to put the rules in shape for final pas
sage and also to define a schooner and yaWl-
H1milius Jarvis represented the Yacht RACING
Union of the Great Lakes of which he Is president
Others present were Charles P. Tower. F NJ Hoyt'
stuyvesant Wainwright George Owen. Of Boston
and Victor L Cumnock
William Butler Duncan. tr-. Of the New YORK
Yacht Club. who is also chairman Of the confer
club. was secretary. The meeting was called TO
order shortly o'clock the delegates present
representing the New York, Larchmont- Seawan-
haka Corinthian Atlantic Eastern and Brooklyn
yacht clubs the Yacht Racing Association Of Long
Island Sound the Yacht Racing Association or
Massachusetts,. the Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing
Association the CoTinthian Yacht Club, Of Marbe-
head and the Yacht Racing Union of the Great
Lakes. The designers present included WlIhan
Gardner A Cary Smith. Clinton H. Crane, Henry
J Gielow and c. Sherman Hoyt. The delegates IN
cuded William HaTock. Walter c. Kerr. Harry L.
Maxwell John r. Brophy, H f Boucher, LOUIS
NJ Clark, Henry A Morss and r ". EnEnons' 20.
The committee of five appointed at the neeuhe OF
October s. which made its report last night con
sists Of Louis NJ. Clark, R w Ernnons "a n
De 3 Parsons and Charles Lane Poor. Upon their
recommendation, after consultation with wen known
designers and others the change 70 load water line
from quarter beam the measure Of length py
which IT was claimed the best characteristics OF
the rating formula would be retained was adopteo-
The rating formula now reads: Rating measure
rrent equals 01SQ times the length, multiplied ny
the SQUARE root OF the sail area, divided ny the
cube root Of the dspla cement
Under the heading Length in the racing rules
the paragraph will read: The L IN the Tor
rrula shall be the load water line plus one-haf or
the excess of the quarter beam over the percentage
Of the load water line given by the formula; per
centage equals 100 minus the square root OF the
load line"
The new method Of measurement will he benen-
ciaI to yacht owners in many ways including the
matter of speedy delivery Of certificates Of meas
urement by designers