The San Francisco call., 1908-12-08
RULES TO GOVERN
MOTOR BOAT
RACING
Classification Fixed by Iuferna-
fiOnaI Association VIII
Be Enforced

The racing rules adopted and issued
by the International Association OF
Yachting -Automobiling and which will
be enforced by the Automobile Club
of America are bound TO affect
International national and local
contests. The rules provide that
there shall be series of classes
for races and cruises. The motor boat
racers have maximum length of Is
meters. or 40 feet and are divided into
two classes: Glass i, in which the
diameter of the cylinders is limited to
195 millimeters (6.1 inches) for four
cylinder motor or it's equivalent, what
ever the number of cylinders; and class
2, racers" of unlimited power Racer
cruisers" have maximum length of
Is meters. or 60 feet and are divided
into five classes. The first is special
class, in which length is not factor,
and in which the boats are limited only
by the weight of their huh under load.
1hese are craft having single GYM
der motor, four inch maximum pore or
equivalent, with a minimum weight OF
l,4SO pounds. Beside the hrSt speclal
class, racing cruisers are divided into
TOUR classes, according to their lenBIn-
me second class comprises boats nav
Ing length of 6.5 meters, or 70 feet,
or less. The third class comprises
poats OF more than 60 meters, put not
exceeding meters (26 feet): Inc
fourth class comprises boats or more
than 3 meters, but not exceeding ~,
or 4O feet. The fifth class comprises
boats OF more than II meters, put not
exceeding Is, or 60 feet. In each OF
these classes the power OF the motor
is limited, and the ratio of the power
OF the motor to the weight OF the Doat
Is fixed The maximum bores are hAed
for the four classes as follow: Second
class. 80 millimafPrS * = lnCneSJ per
cylinder in four cylinder motor, OF
the equivalent in piston surface. Third
cylinder in four cylinder motor, or
the equivalent in piston surfaces.
Fourth class, 130 millimeters GO inches)
per cylinder in a four cylinder motor,
or the equivalent to piston surface.
Fifth class, 155 millimeters Col inches)
per cylinder in q four cylinder motor,
or the equivalent in piston surface.
The classification has the advantage
or permitting very large NUMBER OF
boats TO take part in races on an equal
footing in each class, and its adoption
viii result in making future 1nterna-
tional races more interesting, while at
the same time it will encourage deVel-
opment in the construction OF motor
boats The international association
viii diSqualify every competitor VINO
enters an international race under
other rules than those adopted by IT,
tine exception being made of events al
ready existing or which have been pub
! icly announced. The committee of the
motor boat division of the Automobile
! Club of America will be made up OF
representatives of all the leading yacht
clubs and motor boat clubs in this
! country. Among those who have been
invited to appoint a representative are
| the following: New York yacht club;
Larchmont yacht club, Seawanhaka
Corinthian yacht club, Motor boat club
! of America, American power boat asso
citation, Columbia yacht club, Detroit
yacht club. Southern yacht club of
/ New Orleans, Eastern yacht club of
Boston. Columbia yacht club of Chicago,
National Association OF Engine and
Boat Manufacturers. The Automobile
club of America has no intention of at
| tempting to assume charge of national
motor boat racing in this country, and
at the convention of delegates from
yacht and motor boat clubs in the
United States, which it is proposed to
| hold during the national motor boat
show~in Madison Square garden in Feb
ruary next, in all probability a ma
! tionaI body will be formed for the pur-
pose of framing uniform rules for the
government of national racing. The
motor boat division of the Automobile
Club of America viii do all in its power
to assist the formation Of such a ma
tional body.