Yacht rating and measurement

Yacht rating Rules - A description and analysis, as of 1895
Les jauges de courses françaises - up to 1912 (en français)
International Rule - British, changes from 1895-1934
Universal Rule - American, changes from 1903-1931
Measurement details - from Lloyd's Yacht Register of 1897
Summary of yacht measurement rules up to 1933 - Great Britain and USA
The 1934 Measurement Rule - the Cruising Club of America's formula for able ocean racing craft
New England yachts - 1830-1940 - the influence of rating rules on yacht design

Volante 1851
Jullanar 1875
Arrow 1875
Clara 1884
Puritan 1885
Minerva 1888
Gossoon 1890
Gloriana 1891
Dorello 1907 - amidst "fast yachts of 1908"

British yachts and yachtsmen - "a complete History of British Yachting from the middle of the sixteenth century to the present day", London, anon. 1907
Dixon Kemp - a significant writer
Yachting Monthly - many references
Tony Marchaj - a major contributor
Le Yachting, Georges Clerc-Rampal, 1912 - chapter on "Jauges de courses françaises" p. 136-154
Sir Peter Johnson - a balanced, British perspective, including his Guide to the Rating Rule
Philip R. Marett - first yacht designer to analyze relevant mathematics
Olin J. Stephens II - "All this and sailing too"
W.P. Stephens - author, recognized for his detailed understanding, interalia
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - multiple references
Russell Potts - The social construction of a sporting technologyy : yacht design and the rating rules, 1880-1920
Alan Viner - A History of rating rules for yachts 1854-1931