Thames Measurement

Under the Thames Measurement (TM ) refers to a 1855 ( another source: 1854) introduced surveying formula for yachts.

The formula is:. L = length of stem to stern B = overall width.

Particulars

In 1855, London's Royal Thames Yacht Club solved the Builders Old Measurement from by the Thames Measurement to get a fairer formula for calculating the handicap of so presumptuous yachts. The Builders Old Measurement previously used in the surveying boat had been maxed out by some yacht owners widest possible by shortening the length. Nevertheless, the new calculation formula based on the Builders Old Measurement. It presented the calculation of the length of the ship at the new calculation formula but on the hull length from to prevent a related abuse.

The measurement formula found in the United Kingdom a general proliferation and held, for example, of the first edition of Lloyd 's Register of Yachts in 1878 to the last in the year 1980. Nowadays the formula is still occasionally used to traditional costs of constructing a new yacht type to be estimated.