Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . the present system of length and sailarea, it was designed to benefit a particularclass of yacht. The 1856 rule providedthat yachts carrying less than 2,300 squarefeet of canvas should go in the third class,and their allowance of time over the clubcourse should be i^ seconds per squarefoot. The second class includedyachts carrying 2,300 square feetand upwards, and the allowancewas 1% seconds per foot. Thefirst class included those yachtswhich had a sail area of 3,300square feet and upwards,with an allowance of one The fact was
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . the present system of length and sailarea, it was designed to benefit a particularclass of yacht. The 1856 rule providedthat yachts carrying less than 2,300 squarefeet of canvas should go in the third class,and their allowance of time over the clubcourse should be i^ seconds per squarefoot. The second class includedyachts carrying 2,300 square feetand upwards, and the allowancewas 1% seconds per foot. Thefirst class included those yachtswhich had a sail area of 3,300square feet and upwards,with an allowance of one The fact was, that the immense crowdswhich used to throng the Elysian Fields towitness the finishes, had much to do withthis ; the yachtsman of that day, resplen-dent in blue and gold, felt himself in thepresence of this assembly of thepopulace a very much more im-portant individual than heesteems this was previous tothe war, which madethe wearing of a uni-form very common,and which hascaused this, thegreat club ofthe country,to discardit almostalto-. .(!o- -5r\ ^^v^ second. The new regulation had one go(Kleffect; there was a larger entry at the an-nual regatta than for many years. Theyachts were started by classes, as they stu-pidly are to this day in some of the clubs,and there was only one days racing, thelight-ship course being very un])()]nilar. gather, and relegate the blue and gold tothe minor clubs. Ihis year was marked by anotiicr event,and that was that on August 8, 1856, theclub sailed its first regatta at New lied-ford over a course 32j^! miles me show how unequally this sail- 26 TJIK HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. area rule worked. Here this race: Name. Jons. Sloop Silvit\ Widgeon^ ////a/, Schr. Favorite, Haze, Tivilight, are the entries for Square Thus, the Widgeon, a larger yacht thanthe Siivie, has to receive time from her,and she also receives time fro
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