Yacht rating and measurement

Yacht rating Rules - A description and analysis, as of 1895
Universal Rule - changes from 1903-1931
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

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