 Race shall be ascertained in the manner following : the length shall be taken in a straight line at the deck, from the fore-part of the stem, to the after-part of the sternpost ; from which deducting the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the...  Hunt's Yachting Magazine - Page 3421861Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kipping - 1847 - 224 pages
...and the result will give a divisor for dividing one-tenth the length of the load water-line, taken from the fore-part of the stem to the after-part of the stern-post : this last result will give the distance, nearly, that the centre of effort of the sails should be... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Sports - 1856 - 804 pages
...fTote.— In May. 1855, the Thames Yacht Club passed a rule for finding the length as follows :— '* Tbe length shall be taken In a straight line at the deck, from the fore part of the stem to the alter part of the »tern-poet; from which deducting the breadth, the remainder... | |
 | Shipbuilding - 1857 - 696 pages
...yacht clubs have recently adopted the following rule for measuring yachts for racing purposes : — The length shall be taken in a straight line at the deck from the fore part of the stem to the after-part of the stern-post, from which deducting the breadth, the remainder... | |
 | Commerce - 1858 - 784 pages
...former article at page 560 : — UNITED STATES. For vessels of more decks than one. — Take the length from the fore-part of the stem to the after-part of the stern-post, above the upper deck ; the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, and account half of this... | |
 | English literature - 1868 - 790 pages
...Yacht Club plan is the best that could be adopted. It is as follows : — Take the length of the yacht from the forepart of the stem to the afterpart of the sternpost, from that subtract the greatest breadth, — the remainder shall be estimated the just length to find the... | |
 | 1868 - 794 pages
...Yacht Club plan is the best that could be adopted. It is as follows :—Take the length of the yacht from the forepart of the stem to the afterpart of the sternpost, from that subtract the greatest breadth,—the remainder shall be estimated the just length to find the... | |
 | Royal Institution of Naval Architects - Naval architecture - 1871 - 380 pages
...measurement for the purpose of ascertaining such tonnage shall be taken in the " manner following : the length shall be taken in a straight line at the...shall be esteemed the just length to find the tonnage. The u breadth shall be taken from the outside of the outside plank, in the broadest part of u the yacht... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1871 - 1024 pages
...length shall be taken in a straight line at the depth from the fore part of the stem to the after part of the stern-post, from which deducting the breadth,...shall be esteemed the just length to find the tonnage. The breadth shall be taken from the outside of the outside plank at tho broadest part of the yacht... | |
 | P. R. Marett - Yacht building - 1872 - 150 pages
...builders' tonnage in measuring yachts for racing purposes. The Koyal Thames Yacht Club rule is : — The length shall be taken in a straight line at the deck, from the fore part of the stem to the after part of the stern-post, from which, deducting the breadth, the remainder... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1877 - 592 pages
...The tonnage of every Yacht entered to sail in a Race shall be ascertained in the manner following : the length shall be taken in a straight line at the...deducting the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the length to find the tonnage; the breadth shall be taken from outside to outside of the planking, in... | |
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