'Feeling it' off the Ferry.
The Windermere Club takes precautions to ensure as much as possible real, well-contested races, and like the 'Water Wags' at Dublin has definite club measurements, thus:—
(a) Length of yacht on load-water-line, from fore side of stern to after side of rudder post, shall not exceed 20 ft., and the total length from fore side of stern to extreme end of counter shall not exceed 25 ft. 6 in., and no part of stern above or below water shall or sternpost below water shall project beyond the 20-ft. gauge. A yacht shall be considered to be on her load-line when she lies adrift from her moorings in smooth water, without crew, with all sails set and racing gear on board.
Royal Windermere Yacht Club. A fair start.
(b) Beam (extreme outside measurement) shall not be less than 6 ft. 6 in. without beading or moulding.
(c) The draught of water shall not exceed 5 ft. 6 in. when the yacht is on her load-water-line.
(d) The yacht shall show at least one-quarter of an inch of her rudder-post clear of the water when on her load-water-line.
(e) No part of the counter shall intersect a triangle or the produced perpendicular thereof shown on p. 186. Base 5 ft. 6 in. on load-water-line produced perpendicular 1 ft. 4 in. from water.