The Model Yacht: Volume 20, Number 3 – Fall 2019

The The Yacht Model Model Yacht Journal of the U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group Volume 20, Number Three Fall 2019 Summer SPRING Fall 2019 Fall 2019 The Model Yacht US VMYG Leadership President: John Y. Stoudt, jstoudt309@gmail.com …………………………………………………(610) 316-8695 President Emeritus: John Snow, jsnowj@comcast.net ….………………………………………….(978) 594-8521 Treasurer: Tom Alessi, alessitr@icloud.com….…………………….…………………….…………(610) 566-9504 Journal Art Director: Bruce Richter, richterbruce@gmail.com….………..…….………….……….(917) 575-2221 Journal Editor: Jeff Beck, beck.jeff@gmail.com….………………..………………….………………(240) 252-0236 Editorial Staff: Ken Young, youngrun@sbcglobal.net….………….………….………….…………(630) 957-7490 Webmaster: Jim Flach, Jim.flach@gmail.com.…………………………………………………….(610) 299-8138 Membership: Tom Alessi, alessitr@icloud.com.………………………….…………………………(858) 525-5217 Regatta Coordinator: Nick Mortgu, mortgu@comcast.net.……………….………………………..(609) 820-0509 Awards Coordinator: Rob Dutton, edwin653@aol.com…………………………………….………(703) 608-8812 Resources Coordinator: John Y. Stoudt, jstoudt309@gmail.com…….…………………………….(610) 316-8695 Historian: Earl Boebert, boebert@swap.com ………………………………………………………(505) 823-1046 Boat Yard: Jim Linville, linvillejim@gmail.com …………………………………………………..(781) 534-0203 Plans Coordinator: Ivor Walton, vintageplans@comcast.net Construction Advice: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@atlanticbb.net …………………………….(443) 282-0277 Social Media: Steve LaBrenz, srlabrenz@hotmail.com……………………………………………(484) 947-1327 Class Coordinators Free Sailed: John Fisher, jfisher577@gmail.com, ..………………………………………………..(719) 651-0762 Intl A Boat: Mike Denest, mjd12k@yahoo.com ….……………………..…………………………(610) 316-3570 Schooner: Tom Alessi, alessitr@icloud.com.………………………….……………………………(858) 525-5217 Skipjack: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@atlanticbb.net ………………………………………….(443) 282-0277 Unrestricted: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@atlanticbb.net ……………………….……………..(443) 282-0277 Vintage 36: Alan Suydam, alansuydam@comcast.net …………………….……………………….(301) 653-4899 Vintage Marblehead: Bruce Richter, richterbruce@gmail.com ……………………………………(917) 575-2221 Regional Coordinators European Continent: Russ Trapani, teamlebanner@gmail.com……………….……………………..(501) 789-3927 Mid-Atlantic: Scott Todd, dscotttodd63@gmail.com……………………………………………….(410) 310-2453 North Central: Ken Young, youngrun@sbcglobal.net….………….………….………….…………(630) 957-7490 North East: Cliff Martin, c_martin5@comcast.net…………………………………………………(508) 533-5971 North West:………………………………………………………………………….………………………Open South Central:………………………………………………………………………….……………………Open South East:………………………………………………………………………….……………………….Open South West: Ernie Mortensen, usvmygt@gmail.com………………………………………………(858) 525-5217 UK Coordinator: Graham Reeves, graham@reevesmail.co.uk……………………………………………..+44 151 936 1140 Fall 2019 Summer 2018 The Model Yacht The Model Yacht is published three times per year by the US Vintage Model Yacht Group. Copyright 1998 to 2019 by the US VMYG. Reproduction for noncommercial purposes permitted; all other rights reserved. Other copyrights are maintained by the original holders, and such material is used here under the fair use provisions of the relevant copyright acts for nonprofit research and educational purposes. The Layline By John Stoudt A Special Thank You I would like to personally thank those of you who have contributed something extra to the US VMYG. You have helped ensure a stable financial position. We appreciate your support. I also want to thank all of you who have been writing for the US VMYG. Your articles have been great, accompanied by many very nice photos. Keep them coming! Definition: A layline is a straight line (or bearing) extending from the next mark to indicate the course a boat should be able to sail on the one tack in order to pass to the windward side ofthe mark. (vsk. wikia. com/wiki/Layline) Editorial Address: John Stoudt 309 Sundance Drive Chester Springs, PA 19425 jstoudt309@gmail.com On the Cover: The Model Yacht Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY Membership Renewals: The annual membership fee will be due and should be renewed with the publication of the first newsletter of the calendar year. Please reference “Membership” on page 34 for the dues amounts. Please use the form that accompanies this issue of The Model Yacht to complete your membership renewal. Membership Dues Now Due Membership dues are due at the beginning of the calendar year. So it is time to start thinking about sending in your dues for 2020. Please renew either electronically or by mail. The link for renewal by JotForm is: https://tinyurl.com/y6xvymaf The mail-in form can be found in this issue. We encourage you to select to receive the emailed newsletter. Please Note: Ernie Mortensen is retiring as our membership secretary/treasurer. Ernie helped ensure a seamless transition from the work that Earl Boebert was doing. He made the transition to the new financial/membership structure look easy. We thank Ernie for his efforts and dedication to our pastime. His replacement is Tom Alessi who lives in southeast Pennsylvania. Tom’s contact information is US Vintage Model Yacht Group, PO Box 319, Lima, PA 19037-0319, usvmygt@gmail.com or (610) 566-9504. 1 The Model Yacht Inside Leadership Team……………….. i The Layline………………………1 Barnacles……………..13, 25, 28 Milestones……………..4, 12, 32 Tribute To Dave Brawner……5 2019 National Championship Report………..7 Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award Winners………………..13 Early Pond Yacht Skippers Part.1……………………………..14 What Boat Is This?…………..17 Intro To Vane Design………. 21 The Svea Project, Part 2……26 Construction Help……………29 Boat Registration……………. 33 Membership Form……………34 Fall 2019 Summer 2018 2019 National Championship Regatta The 2019 National Championship Regatta was hosted by the Chester Springs Model Yacht Club at the Tel Hai Camp and Retreat Center, Honey Brook, PA on September 26–29, 2019. A special thanks to the CSMYC and its members for organizing a very successful US VMYG regatta, with 27 skippers sailing 61 boats. There were 11 skipjacks, 10 schooners including one unrestricted class boat (a 6-ft Rainbow), 14 Vintage 36s, and 26 Marbleheads racing over the 4 days. There was a woman racing, Melinda Bugg. She raced a Terrapin Sharpie schooner (under 50”) and placed third, the first time a woman placed in a vintage event according to our historian. She also sailed a classic Marblehead (Blackwatch), the first boat to race in this newly sanctioned US VMYG class. John Henderson raced two boats, his wonderful Mad Hatter (a British design) and Rainbow a 6-ft replicate of the America’s cup boat. Both of these were beautifully scratch built by John. The event had varied wind, from light and variable to wind at 10–12 gusting to15 mph, with a little rain during the Skipjack event. In addition to the British boat there was also an Italian Marblehead, a Brusotti, sailing. This boat’s hull was brought into the US in the mid 1950s by an executive of Exxon and given to a boat yard owner on Cape Cod. It was acquired at the Woods Hole Model Boat Show completed and rigged for R/C sailing. Joe Paradine was loaned the boat for the event and had a blast sailing it. The place awards were miniature versions of the boats being sailed. Seventeen were presented to the winning skippers. 2 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Summer 2018 The USVMYG designed its own “chevron” which was distributed to the various winners. The chevrons were printed on a waterproof clear paper that can be affixed your boat, stand, or wherever the skipper chooses. The chevron is the symbol, in gold, silver or bronze, shown here with the year imprinted under it. Photos and Videos from the 2019 Nationals These can be found at the following locations: Judy Bonnano Judy’s Smugmug files www.judybonanno.smugmug.com under “sailing” then appropriate regatta Jim Flach – many regatta photos files for your viewing pleasure https://regatta.smugmug.com/browse Bobbie Frankenfield Bobbies-photos.com Tim Good and Jason Kinzel YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Os9BhrsYwSyf4_mX6lg7w Google Drive Picture Folder: https://drive.google.com/folderview? id=1VjcbY8_Y6TbV2ROA_YyboVuQsNXr_I6c Special thanks go to our photographers who have taken amazing photos and drone video footage of the regatta. 2020 National Championship Regatta (NCR) The US VMYG is looking for a local club to sponsor the 2020 NCR. If there is a club interested please contact me as soon as possible. We have heard some rumors but nothing definite yet. There is a NCR regatta subsidy program. Please open the following link to review the procedure: https://usvmyg.org/regattas/ We encourage the sponsoring club to host all of the classes the US VMYG supports. This makes for a much more inclusive event and gets more boats on the water. More Individuals Join Our Leadership Team The following individuals have volunteered to join our leadership team. Treasurer/Membership Secretary – Tom Alessi, usvmygt@gmail.com…….(610) 566-9504 Social Media – Steve LaBrenz, srlabrenz@hotmail.com…………………………..(484) 947-1327 Mid Atlantic – Scott Todd, dscotttodd63@gmail.com………………………………(410) 310-2453 North Central – Ken Young, youngrun@sbcglobal.net…………………………….(630) 957-7490 North East – Cliff Martin, c_martin5@comcast.net…………………………………(508) 533-5971 We still have a few Regional Coordinator positions open for Northwest, South Central, and Southeast. 3 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Summer 2018 Your Wish List There must be a piece of US VMYG clothing that you cannot live without. Place it on your Christmas list and give the list to your secret Santa. Milestone The link is: https://shop.corporatecasuals.com/us_vintage _model_yacht_group/shop/home The Works Project Administration of Roosevelt’s New Deal built many ponds in urban areas throughout the US. It probably didn’t hurt that FDR himself was an avid full-scale and model yachtsman; prior to being stricken with polio, he and other Roosevelt’ skiffsailed 36-in models across the Hudson River near Hyde Park. Write for Us! If you are doing something our members would like to read about, write it down. Send it to Jeff Beck (beck.jeff@gmail.com) and me (jstoudt309@gmail.com); include some high resolution photos. We will clean it all up, run it by you, and get it ready for publication. The more we have the better the Journal will be. Online Purchases There are a lot of individuals making on-line purchases of plans and other printed materials. While it should be automatic, every once in a while there is a glitch in the process. You make your choices and pay by PayPal. As soon as your payment clears, our system sends you an email with links embedded in it. You should open the links and download the files to your favorite storage location. The email has a time out feature built in to it for obvious reasons. So if you do not open and save the item/s they will become inactive. If you do not receive the email one of two things happened 1) your PayPal payment did not clear or 2) there was a system glitch. We can check both, so let me know (jstoudt309@gmail.com) and we will fix it. The plans can be taken to a print location like Kinkos or Staples and printed out. They should print out full size. Here FDR is checking with an expert eye the fairness ofa model yacht presented to him by a group of schoolchildren. Photo courtesy ofthe New Deal Network. Used by permission. 4 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 A Tribute to a Friend, David S. Brawner By John Stoudt Author John Stoudt “Stay Calm, Sail On!” On May 19, 2019, David Brawner passed away suddenly. It shocked many of us in the model yachting community. While David was not a vintage model yachtsman, he was an avid supporter of model yachting of all levels. He served as president of the AMYA from 2011 to 2014. He provided the leadership to AMYA that has made it the organization it is today. Many things made David unique, but a few are most notable: ● ● ● ● He never said “no” to anyone He always had an encouraging word His humor was renowned Nothing was beneath him – he even cleaned off keels/rudders in a weedy regatta If you asked him to run a regatta, his response was, when and where? He would be there. He was a great believer in the Corinthian Spirit (an especially high standard of sportsmanship) and encouraged us all to live by it. He sailed well and always gave advice to improve our own skills on the water. If you showed up at a club sail without a boat he placed his transmitter in your hands. “You have to give it a try, you cannot hurt anything.” Photo Judy Bonanno 5 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 David’s Quips “Instruction #1, have fun. Refer back to #1. ” “We are grown men sailing toy boats. ” “Remember fellows, we are sailing for a chunk of wood. ” “Sail fast. ” “At least you’re consistent. ” Photo Jim Flach “You knuckleheads. ” “It’s not my boat. ” As was mentioned, he was not a vintage model yacht sailor; however, when asked to be the regatta director for the 20th anniversary regatta of the US VMYG, he said, “I’ll be there!” This increased his interest in vintage model yachts. He had a vintage model yacht restored that had been owned by an elderly friend. He came to vintage events when he was not sailing one of his boats. He got great pleasure in seeing the skipjacks sailing. They sail very much like an R/C Laser. He was often heard saying, “This is awesome”. So to you David, your friends in the US VMYG say, “May the wind be in your sails!” You will be missed by all. Photo Jim Flach 6 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 2019 M Class skippers and their boats Photo Judy Bonanno National Championship Regatta Report The first recorded model yacht sailed on the Serpentine in Hyde Park in 1851 as documented in The Illustrated London News. Since then model yachting has been a sport in England, the United States, and worldwide. In the US there are well over 300 clubs sailing nearly 40 different classes of model yachts. The American Model Yachting Association and the US VMYG are national organizations that support these classes. This year the US VMYG celebrated its 25th anniversary with a National Championship Regatta. This was sponsored by the Chester Springs Model Yacht Club (CSMYC) at the Tel Hai Camp and Retreat Center in Honey Brook, PA. There were four photographers/videographers supporting the event with their expertise. Judy Bonanno (still and video), Jim Flach (still), Bobbie Frankenfield (still), Tim Good (still and video), Jason Kinzel (drone still and video footage). Their photos and videos can be found on the Chester Springs Model Yacht Club Facebook page. There were two silent auction items at the banquet. The first was a beautiful stained glass piece by George Hotton (club member) depicting a sailing ship. The other item was a complete Marblehead kit (excluding electronics) made available through the kind generosity of the following individuals: Scott Todd of Blue Crab Model Yachts (hull), Rod Carr of Carr Sails (suit of sails), Steve LaBrenz (ballast), The Little Boat Builder (parts and wood for construction), Ivor Walton (planked deck), US VMYG (plans), Roger Cousineau of Model Yacht Fittings (gooseneck and vang). Twenty seven skippers from Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia registered 61 beautiful model yachts for the regatta. The CSMYC regatta committee was made up ofTom Alessi, Richard Bardsley, Kirsten Becker, Martin Blumenthal, George Hotton, Tim Good, John Kathman (race director), Steve LaBrenz, Joe Paradine, Ivor Walton, and Tom Werner (CSMYC Vice Commodore). Beth Lippincott assisted with scorekeeping throughout the regatta. The CSMYG spouses hosted daily trips to local attractions, the Brandywine River Museum and Longwood Gardens. Food was provided lakeside in the form of refreshments and lunch both full days of sailing. There was a Friday night picnic and a Saturday evening banquet. Special awards were given at the banquet including a distance traveled award to Colin Parker who came up from Duck Key, FL. 7 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 There were two Marbleheads of European origin sailing in the traditional Marblehead races. Mad Hatter, a wonderful British design, was built by John Henderson of Chestertown, MD. It was a site to behold with its fully curved hull and deck. Joe Paradine was sailing John Stoudt’s Italian boat Brusotti. This boat was brought over by an Exxon executive in the mid 1950s and given to a boatyard owner on Cape Cod. It was only the hull, keel fin, and bulb, and it was completed by Stoudt. John Henderson tuning Mad Hatter. Photo Judy Bonanno John Henderson received the PITA award for always asking the tough questions on any project he undertakes for the vintage group. Cliff Martin had a special from Graphics Plus of 25 copies of the new issue of Model Yachting issue 197 to fill the void and his storage locker. Ken Young received a Tushy Cushy to make his ride home more tolerable. Several other door prizes added to the fun. An original piece of artwork was prepared by Candace Stoudt for the regatta. It is a mixed media piece depicting the location, various boats sailed, 25th anniversary celebration, and other details. Copies were made by the US VMYG printer and distributed to every participant, volunteer, and others. It is a companion piece to the one presented at the 20th anniversary celebration. The venue was the beautiful lake at Tel Hai Camp and Retreat Center in Honey Brook, PA. It is a wonderful place to sail model yachts and is well maintained by the camp staff. Howard Moss and his staff were wonderful to work with and very supportive. The camp kitchen staff provided the picnic on Friday evening. Special thanks go out to the staff at Tel Hai from all that participated in the event. There was a European connection at this regatta. Under 50” schooners at the start with the large boats offin the distance. Photo Judy Bonanno 8 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 M Class boats heading to windward Vintage Marblehead (VM) Marbleheads raced Saturday, September 28 (1:00 pm) and Sunday September 29 (9:00 am). Winds were varied, 6–10 mph, with gusts to 15 mph, partly cloudy. 9 Photo Judy Bonanno The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Skipjacks Skipjack 48s (Pepper Langley Design) raced Thursday, September 26 (1:00 pm). Winds were light to moderate with occasional light rain. Photo Judy Bonanno Schooners and Unrestricted Models Racing Class Schooners and Unrestricted Boats sailed on Friday, September 27 (9:00 am). Winds were 4–8 mph, partly cloudy. Photo Judy Bonanno 10 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Vintage 36 (V36) Vintage 36s sailed Friday, September 27 (1:00 pm) and Saturday, September 28 (9:00 am). Air was light on Friday with light to moderate wind on Sunday, partly cloudy to sunny. Photo Judy Bonanno Awards were given to the first three places in each event. In the fin keel under 50 inch Schooner class, only two were awarded. There were three Appreciation Awards presented to John Henderson (Rainbow), Melinda Bugg (Classic M), and John Stoudt (over 50 inch Schooner, 81 inch overall boat). These recognition awards are an effort to encourage getting more vintage model yachts “out of the closet” and onto the water. Awards awaiting the final numbers. Photo Judy Bonanno 11 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 The Earl Boebert Craftsmanship Award was presented to the skipper/builder for the most beautifully crafted model yacht in various classes. ● ● ● ● Milestone Marblehead – John Henderson, Mad Hatter Design Schooner – Ivor Walton – North Carolina Oyster Sharpie Design Skipjack – John Stoudt, Pepper Langley Design Vintage 36 – John Stoudt, Chico II (AJ Fisher Design) In 1930 Roy Clough, then commodore of the Marblehead Model Yacht Club, proposed a new class of larger boats. The result, of course, was that the sail area was settled at 800 in2, and the single most popular class in the history of model yachting was launched. The Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award was awarded posthumously to David S. Brawner who epitomizes the intent of this award. David became a supporter of the vintage boats about 5 years ago when he served as race director for the 20th anniversary event of the US VMYG. We are forever grateful to have had someone like David provide leadership and an example of sportsmanship to our cherished past time. David may the wind be in your sails! Rainbow and Valmore crossing paths Photo Judy Bonanno More regatta details and photos/videos may be found at: ● The Chester Springs Model Yacht Club Facebook page. ● Chester Springs Model Yacht Club https://sites.google.com/site/csmyclub/ ● United States Vintage Model Yacht Group https://usvmyg.org/ For more information contact John Y Stoudt, Commodore, Chester Springs Model Yacht Club. ● 610 -316-8695 or jstoudt309@gmail.com Called variously the “Marblehead,” “50/800,” or “M” class, it had at one time over 1000 registered boats. The class became a national class in the US in 1932 and an international class in 1937. 12 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 The Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award Winners Marshall Croft was an active pond boat sailor and builder actively involved in the sport beginning in the early 1930s. The Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award annually recognizes an individual for exhibiting outstanding peer supportive qualities in the model yachting community. 2000 – Marblehead, MA 2001 – Tampa, FL 2002 – Spring Lake, NJ 2003 – Detroit, MI 2004 – Newport News, VA 2005 – Solomons, MD 2006 – Solomons, MD 2007 – Marblehead, MA 2008 – Spring Lake, NJ 2009 – Solomons, MD 2010 – Mystic, CT 2011 – Spring Lake, NJ 2012 – Marblehead, MA 2013 – Spring Lake, NJ 2014 – Downingtown, PA 2015 – Marblehead, MA 2016 – Spring Lake, NJ Downingtown, PA 2017 – Marblehead, MA Spring Lake, NJ 2018 – Marblehead, MA 2019 – Honey Brook, PA This encompasses the practice of good sportsmanship, judicious sailing, assistance to the recipient’s comrades, and/or exceptional contributions to the well being of the sport of vintage pond yachts during the US VMYG National Regatta or over an extended period of time. Earl Boebert, Jim Dolan Ben Martin, John Snow* Earl Boebert Dale Wenniger Alan Suydam John Atwood Parker McClellan Dave Querin Earl Boebert Thom McLaughlin Thomas Younger Andrew Charters Harry and Alice Mote Graham Reeves Domenick Bonanno Thom McLaughlin Biff Martin None None None None The Marshall Croft perpetual trophy. John Y. Stoudt Photo US VMYG David S. Brawner *Name on Plaque Barnacle The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave—Rhode Island, September 21, 1938. The Providence Journal Company: “The famous Herreshoff ship yards were wrecked. Three America’s Cup defenders were badly damaged and great sheds were collapsed on the exposed waterfront.” 13 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Early Pond Yacht Skippers Part 1 By Cliff Martin In the end, the proof of design concept was left to skippers who took their model yachts to a local pond and sailed against other designs of the period. In the hands of skilled skippers, superior designs ultimately prevailed, and by doing so challenged those who followed to continue design innovation. When asked to write a beginner’s guide to early pond yacht designers and skippers, I have to admit I was rather overwhelmed. I knew there were many people who made significant contributions to model yachting because some of their names are legendary and many of their hull designs are still being sailed today, particularly within the US Vintage Model Yacht Group. While their legacy certainly lives on through their designs, little information is available about the individuals, Captain Nathanael Herreshofftesting model from a skiff themselves. So, with some online sleuthing and the help of some very knowledgeable members, I will try to information of interest about pond hips, particularly sailing ships, have captured the imagination for find pioneers. The plan is to cover as long as people have wanted to see what lay beyond their shorelines. yachting one or two individuals per issue over the As such, it’s not surprising that over the years people have found enjoyment in designing, building, and sailing models that represented next five or six issues. the sailing vessels of their time. For the first entry in the series, I have chosen two individuals who probably It’s also no big surprise that model yacht design was not limited to mere imitation of full-size yachts. Model making was the perfect have immediate name recognition to platform for design innovation, and in many instances model yacht anybody who has ever sailed a vintage designs inspired development of full-size yachts. yacht, be it a full-sized or model. S 14 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 The names Nathanael Herreshoff and L. Francis Herreshoff, are synonymous with sailing, and for logistical reasons learning something about them seems to be a logical place to start. In their time, the Herreshoff family was a dynasty of innovation in ship/yacht building, and that influence has not diminished to this day. While many may know them for their full-size boat development or their America’s Cup successes, some may not know why they have an impact on model yachting. Even more amazing to me, the offset numbers required to loft and build the full-size yachts were taken from the models. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company was known for its very skilled craftsmen, and they would have to be in order to loft a full size yacht using a model as a pattern. For any who might be interested, his workshop, his tools, and many of his models are preserved and can be seen at the Herreshoff Museum located in Nathanael Herreshoff Nathanael Herreshoff was born on March 18, 1848 in Bristol, RI where he was one of seven brothers. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and went on to form the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company with his brother John B. Herreshoff. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company started out designing and making steam vessels but later turned to the design and construction of highend yachts. Some of his clients included familiar names of the time, such William Randolph Hearst and members of the Vanderbilt family. Nathanael Herreshoff became known as an innovative sailboat designer, with designs ranging from small 16-ft sailboats, intended to train children (i.e. future yachtsmen who might be interested in buying his full-sized yachts), to the 144-ft America’s Cup Reliance, with a sail area of 16,000 ft2. The model room at the HerreshoffMuseum, Bristol, RI Bristol, RI. It’s a great place to see and learn more about Herreshoff’s work. His legendary yacht designs included the America Cup winners Vigilant (1893), Defender (1895), Columbia (1899 & 1901), Reliance (1903), and Resolute (1920). These were designed and built at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. While not designed by Herreshoff, America’s Cup winners Enterprise (1930) and Rainbow (1934), were built by Herreshoff Manufacturing. Every winning America’s Cup yacht from 1893 to 1934 was built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. What is remarkable, and one of the reasons we think of him in model yachting, is that Herreshoff would visualize his new design ideas by carving them into model yachts. He would then sail the models to test how well his innovations worked. In the 1870s he was credited with developing a vane 15 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 steering gear for full size boats, which was adapted by model yacht skippers for use on their hulls. He carried on the family legacy by becoming a boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles. With all of these accomplishments, it is easy to understand why Herreshoff hull designs became popular for model yacht builders in the 1920s. It’s also easy to understand why this love of the “classic” designs continues to this day in the “J” class. However, L.F. Herreshoff did not live in his uncle’s shadow and spent a lot of his time developing and building model yachts. He was known to design and use specialized tools and machinery to help in the design of his model yachts and to help miniaturize the fittings for use on them; he sought to keep his boat’s weight to a minimum. Nathanael Herreshoff died on June 2, 1938 in Bristol, RI. Fortunately, the Herreshoff legacy did not stop there. He founded the Model Club of New York and was one of two listed officers throughout the 1930s and 40s. His “A” design Arawa, sailed by Ains Ballantyne of Mill Pond and Ted Houk of the Seattle MYC, reportedly was very competitive against all comers, and was compared favorably with Fred Pigeon’s Ranger in the late 1940s, although the boats never met. L. Francis Herreshoff L. Francis Herreshoff was born November 11, 1890 in Bristol, RI and was the son of Nathanael’s brother. L.F. Herreshoff died December 1972, but again his contributions to model yachting have survived his passing. There is still much to know and much to learn from these early designers, builders, and skippers. We copy many of their designs, and we still compete with them to determine the better design or skipper. We will be talking about others in following issues. If this brief presentation has piqued your interest, I invite you to look for a wonderful book by Don Kihlstrom called Sunday Sailor, Turner Publishing, 1998. L. Francis Herreshoff He may not have the name recognition of his uncle Nathanael, but he was certainly part of the Herreshoff dynasty in his own right. 16 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 What Boat Is This? Article and photos by Nicholas This is an email conversation that I had with John Stoudt, Graham Reeves, and Martin Bandey who helped me identify a boat that my father sailed in London. Thank you to everyone who helped solve this mystery. Nicholas: Good Evening! Hoping you can assist me with a “project” I am undertaking. Trying to identify a model boat my dad has had since a child, I have attached photos below. We are hoping to restore it and get it back on the water, but we need to know what is so we can hopefully get parts. We think it was purchased in London in the 1960s. It is a pond boat. It’s about 4 ft long, 5 ft top to bottom, and has “1446 MK” on the sail. John Stoudt: Hi Nicholas, Please take a measurement of the boat on deck. I suspect you will find it is 50 in long making it a Marblehead class boat. Also, measure the height of the mast. Would you be able to take a picture of the profile of the hull of the boat? That will enable a better chance of identifying the particular boat design. Because you mentioned it was purchased in London, I have copied to pond yachting colleagues in the UK. They may be able to help with this Nicholas: Any leads or advice would be great! 17 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Graham Reeves (former Chairman of the VMYG UK): Hi Martin. Best way to move forward on this boat is to firstly check our Marblehead register for K1446. You will find that K1446 would have been registered about the end of 1963 or early 1964. My boat Wendy J K1395 was registered about May 1963. During that period Marblehead registrations averaged about 50 per year. There is a possibility that I may recognise the boat as it was in my super active Marblehead years. I was also the Marblehead registrar about that time. I have also copied David Mathers and Charles Smith as I believe one of them has the register. By the way David and Charles, it’s the brown register for that period. Martin Bandey (Chairman, VMYG UK) : Hi David, An inquiry here from John Stoudt, Chairman of our US VMYG colleagues. It seems likely this boat could be a Marblehead. Do you have the Register as far as 1446 and if so could you let me have the details please. Graham: As for any numbers on the hull, this wasn’t a requirement in the 1960s so it is doubtful you will find any. The registration number as I said is K 1446 (K being the UK letter before GBR came along.) Sails you have were made from yellow varnished Terylene [Dacron® in the US — Ed.] which is hard to obtain now. It may be possible to get sails made in the UK but I’m not sure about the USA. Suggest you contact Rod Carr. John Stoudt will probably be able to help you contact Rod. Again for parts/fittings talk to John Stoudt. If you want anything specific, I may be able to source some items in the UK for you. 18 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 When you send me the photos I have asked for please include some photographs of the vane steering gear. It looks interesting. Nicholas: Thanks everyone, this help has been amazing. Even if we don’t find sails the fact we have some background on the boat is perfect. My grandfather was in the US state department based in London and that’s where my dad grew up. He tells stories about how the boat was functional when he was a kid and it was raced in London. It is now in their home. When I am at their house for Christmas I will get some better photos! Graham: Looking at the photos I am 90% certain she was designed by Dick Priest. I am still waiting for a reply from the person who has the UK register. As I have said, she would have been registered in late 1963 or early 1964. Dick who was a good friend of mine designed three Marbleheads. Witchcraft in 1954. Witch in 1956 and Bewitched in about 1963. I think she is either a Witchcraft or a Bewitched. More photos from Nick will confirm. I have attached some information about Dick taken from my book which I published in 2011. Hope you find it of interest. As soon as I have the info from the register I will pass it on. Incidentally, I am still in touch with Dick’s daughter Lynne. Firstly, thanks go to David Mathers for sorting out the info from the register. As the boat was registered in November 1964, it makes me also think the design is Bewitched. 19 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 I knew Ron Brooks, and he built loads of boats for many Clapham skippers including Chris Dicks. Ron didn’t do a lot of sailing. He just enjoyed building. As you can see the original name was Minx IV. Also I don’t think that David realises you live in the USA as he suggested you come to Fleetwood to race. I think you now have all of the information available on your Marblehead. Best of luck with your restoration. Nicholas: By the way my father was very impressed with the Trans-Atlantic communications this has turned into. Apparently he was very active in London with this boat, racing it on the Clapham Common Pond (sp?) back in the 1960s. We are going to try to dig up whatever paperwork we can find while I am at their house during xmas. Thanks again! 20 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Introduction to Vane Design By John Fisher Free Sail Coordinator Illustrations used with permission from VMYG (UK) First, let’s look at what a vane does. A vane is simply a mechanism that keeps the boat on a constant heading to the wind. In its most basic form, a vane consists of a feather that is on a pivot and (through either gears or a linkage) acts on the rudder to hold the boat on a constant heading to the wind. When I first looked at vane or freesail boats, they looked complicated. In fact, they are not complicated, and all of the breakback style vanes I have been able to handle work on the same principles. This is the first of two articles that will cover how they work. 21 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Most vanes have the ability to adjust the angle for each tack separately to allow for any differences in tack angle due to boat or rig construction. This means that when the boat changes tack, the vane will automatically switch sides; gravity and wind move the feather and weight from one side to the other. The mechanisms to do this can look quite complex. We will look at different designs in future issues to show the many ways this motion is achieved. The vane allows a boat to sail itself and make corrections to its course so that the sails are maintained at an optimal angle to the wind. This doesn’t mean that it will hold a constant course across the pond, only that it will hold a constant course to the wind. While this is an improvement over balanced rudders and Braine gear, the ability to hold an angle to the wind alone does not offer a great advantage. A wellbalanced boat can sail without a vane. What made the vane dominant in freesailing was its ability to hold a course to the wind with the ability to self-tack. The ability to self-tack is often described as “breaking the vane”. There are three basic designs of breakback vanes: Fisher, Lassel, and Ballentyne. The Fisher and Ballentyne are essentially the same with the only difference being how the weight and feather are linked. A breakback style vane has two settings: fixed and broken. In the fixed position, the vane acts like a simple vane and will hold a course in relation to the wind. This setting is used for reaching and running. Usually this is accomplished with a clamp that has enough friction to keep its position while sailing but is free enough that a sailor can move it by hand while sailing. Where vanes get interesting is the broken position. What “breaking the vane” does is allow the feather and a counterweight to move to a fixed angle on either side of the centerline while the tiller is kept in the middle. Think of the counterweight and feather as pendulums that are mounted horizontally. Due to gravity, the feather and weight will move to whichever side of the boat is lower. This puts the vane on the correct side of the boat for that tack. A stop of some sort is used to set the correct angle for going to windward. The difference between the vanes is how the feather and weight are linked together. 22 In most designs, the feather can only push on the stop setting the feather angle. This means the vane can only move the rudder to make corrections into the wind. Practically this translates to needing the boat to fall off slightly on its own to let the vane lift the boat. This is different from how most radio-sailed boats are set up. Designers did come up with a few ways to overcome this limitation, 1) make the counterweight and feather heavier, 2) make the angles unequal for the feather and weight like on a Lassel style vane. 3) run elastic between the feather and the counterweight. The third option is common on English boats. They run two sets of elastic, one to hold the vane over center and the other for guying. Now let’s look at the three basic designs. The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Fisher As you can see, the Fisher vane uses a sliding pin and slot to link the counterweight and feather. The pivots for the feather and counter balance are located equidistant from the center pivot. This allows the vane to be balanced both broken and fixed. The disadvantage is that the angles do not allow the feather to push against the rudder if the boat rounds up. A current version of this vane is the Stobbe vane made by Jeff Stobbe. Ballentyne This vane is really just a Fisher vane but with gears instead of pin-and-slot to link the counterweight and feather. This design does not seem as popular probably because it’s easier to make a pin and slot than to source gears. It has the same advantages and disadvantages as the Fisher vane. I created a vane base on this design using readily available R/C car gears. 23 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Lassel This vane is one of the most common designs in use in England. It was made popular as the Clem vane and the ezi build vane which is an easier to build version of the Clem design. This vane is similar to a Fisher vane in that it uses a pin and slot to link the feather and counterbalance, but it differs in that there are only two pivots instead of three. The feather and the vane share a pivot, which offers two advantages: it is more compact, and the tack angle can be viewed directly on the angle disk, unlike the Fisher and Ballentyne vanes. This vane also allows the feather to push slightly on the tiller when headed, because the angle between the pin and slot is not symmetrical like on the other two designs. The disadvantage of this design is that it can not be balanced in both the broken and fixed positions because the pivots are not equidistant from the vane pivot. Operation First look at the lock. Each vane has some way to lock the feather and counterweight so that they are in line with each other. This is the fixed position. When in the fixed position, the feather can be rotated to hold a course from close hauled to running. One thing to note is that the feather angle is not the true angle of the wind because the apparent wind reduces the angle. This is set based on experience with the boat and vane. Now that we have covered the basics of how vanes work, let’s look at the adjustments that are used to sail. 24 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 degrees. Let the wind fill the sails to start heeling the boat, and the vane will move to the correct side. Once it’s ready, release the boat. If everything is set correctly the boat will sail across the lake. When a boat arrives on a tack, turn it with a pole and allow the wind to fill the sails. This will cause the boat to heel and the vane to tack over on its own due to gravity and wind pressure on the feather. Then it will sail off on the opposite tack. Next we have tack angles. When the vane is broken, the stops for the tack angle need to be adjusted based on the boat and the wind speed. Smaller boats and higher winds tend to need a larger angle than larger boats and lighter wind. This is in the range of 29–34 degrees. If there is a difference in course between tacks, they can be adjusted here. Finally there is centering tension. This is to dampen the input from the vane so that the boat doesn’t wander all over the lake; a small amount of tension with either elastic or a spring is applied to the tiller to keep it centered. This can be adjusted between upwind and downwind legs. The vane is more effective upwind due to the higher apparent wind speed. On Spreckles Lake it can also be helpful to add a comb to the centering elastic to allow a bias to one side. This is especially helpful when running because the boats are only sailed from one side of the lake. For the running leg, lock the vane and adjust the feather so it’s pointing into the wind with the boat pointing the direction you want to go. Place it in the water and let it go. If everything is trimmed correctly, it will sail down the middle of the lake in a relatively straight line. If it comes to shore, then you need to rotate the vane. If it comes ashore on the starboard side of the lake, rotate the vane 5 degrees clockwise and relaunch. If it comes ashore on the port side, rotate 5 degrees counterclockwise and relaunch. While rewarding when it goes right, freesailing is very frustrating when it goes wrong. Now, how to sail. To sail to weather, place the vane in a broken position with a tack angle of about 30 Barnacle A Great Cut-Off Saw—DRILL MASTER 2-in Mini Bench Top Cut-Off Saw. This precision bench saw makes perfect cuts in soft metals, wood, and plastic in 1/10th the time it takes by hand. This bench top saw is so accurate that you might never have to file or sand ends. It is great for model making and is available from Harbor Freight. 25 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 The Svea Project Part 2 By Gene Novak The plug on the buiding board As a quick refresher, these articles are about the building of a 1/16 scale radio-controlled model of the Swedish designed J Class America’s Cup racer designed in 1937 by Tore Holm and Gustav Plym. The 1/16 scale makes the model fit into the AMYA J Class for competition. My last article finished up 6 weeks after project startup with the planking for the plug not yet finished. As with any project, there were a few hiccups along the way, but as of this writing there are two complete hulls and more interest in the project than I anticipated. matter what color the plug was going to be. On went the body filler and more sanding followed. When everything looked perfect, primer and then clearcoat were applied. Once the plug was perfect, the mold could be made. Because the hull has tumblehome, the mold would have to be two pieces. Fig. 2. The plug and two mold halves The planking was completed on the plug and sanded to a smooth finish, and the wood plug looked great. I had hopes of finishing the hull with clear fiberglass for a display piece so great care was taken to get just the right finish on the hull. Once cured, the fiberglass was wet sanded to a smooth finish, and at that point the first hiccup appeared. There was a definite hollow in the starboard bow area; somehow the frames had been misshaped in that area. An attempt was made to fair the area with fiberglass, but the hollow was too deep and the thought of a clear wood hull was out the window. In order to turn out a good mold, the plug would have to be shaped perfectly. It doesn’t really 26 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 applied for proper curing. Once the molds were cleaned up a little, it was time to start a new hull. More wax was applied, allowed to dry, buffed, and repeated for a total of 12 coats of mold release wax on the mold. This must be done to insure proper separation of the hull from the mold. The plug was attached to the building board with two pivot points to allow for rotating the hull for easier access. The top of the hull has also had a 1½ inch flange added to allow for the deck to be fastened. Many coats of mold release wax must be applied to the plug to ensure that it doesn’t stick to the mold when you try to separate the two. Next a flange must be attached to the centerline of the bottom of the hull temporarily for mold building. This flange on the mold must be strong enough to be bolted to the other half of the mold for joining the two hull halves after lay-up. Fiberboard and modeling clay were used to get the perfect mid-hull flange, and two locating cones were attached before the fiber glassing was started. Off to my supplier for a batch of white gel coat, veil, mat and cloth to build the first hull. We were into December now, and temperatures are still falling so the heating tent is necessary to get everything to cure. I have found that after applying gel coat, it is best to wait 24 hours before applying any cloth. You want the gel coat to be pretty well cured so you don’t disturb the edges. On goes the veil, mat, and fabric and low and behold, on December 10th we have our first Svea hull. The first layer is black tooling gelcoat which is far harder and more brittle than regular gel coat, then a layer of light veil and seven layers of fiberglass mat followed by a final layer of fiberglass cloth to smooth out the surface for easy handling. Simple right? Each layer needs to cure for a couple of hours before applying the next layer to avoid building up too much heat that would cause distortion to the mold. A few days were spent getting all of the layers on. The temporary mid-line flange was removed and waxed in preparation for the next half of the mold. Black tooling gel coat was applied to the remainder of the hull and allowed to cure. While everything is curing on the plug, 11 holes were drilled in the mid-line flange for bolts to be installed during assembly. Remember those cold temperatures? Well it turns out that the mold should be cured for a month before trying to make a hull, otherwise you get a chemical attraction to the mold and your hull sticks. Yes, it stuck in about four places causing damage to the hull and mold. Both were salvageable, but it was not the results I had hoped for. At that time, I received an order for two Svea hulls and one Ranger hull, so I moved the repaired Svea mold inside my office and set a heater for 80 degrees to further cure the mold. I prepped the Ranger mold with a newly recommended mold release wax and layed up hull #6. That mold is 2 years old, cured, and the new wax worked wonders. The Ranger hull leaped out of the mold so fast I had to laugh. One more J Class boat is completed. So there you have it, the abbreviated way to make a mold for an 8 ½ foot boat. When the fiberglass had cured for a few days it was time to break the two mold halves away from the plug. Fig. 2 shows the mold halves and plug alongside the plastic tent that had to be built to heat the fiberglass for curing. Fiberglass cures best at 77 degrees. Here in California the night time temperatures in November were falling into the 50s, so some heating had to be Now it’s time to turn my attention to the repaired mold, and start Svea hull #2. This time nearly everything went well. A little sticking of the gel coat at the rear of the hull, but that was easily repaired, and that boat has been delivered to its new owner. He will be building it with the help of our J Class secretary, John Hanks, and hopes to have it 27 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 equal to the weight of the rig at the designed mast location, added enough to make up for the deck and radio gear and it was time to get her sitting on the proper lines. The lead was moved around to get everything just right, and amazingly Svea only needed 1 1/2 lb more ballast than Ranger. The difference is that all of the lead sits much lower in the keel of Svea than Ranger’s ballast. sailing by March 10th, our next scheduled J Class race. I doubt that my boat will be done by then so I’ll be sailing my Ranger against his new Svea. It will be like an America’s Cup race from back in the 1940s. I’ll let you know how she sails in the last installment of the Svea Project. After getting the ballast location figured out, the hull was lined with Fig. 3 Svea hull #2 plastic and the proper quanitiy of plaster of Paris was poured into Of course, with this project there are other matters the hull and allowed to harden. The plaster was to attend to. I had to design the rig and sails for the removed and cut into three pieces of nominally boat, enlarge the rudder so we have control (scale equal weight, and molds were constructed. So far rudders have proved too small to control the boat in I’ve poured two sets of ballast for Svea. The molds fleet racing), and calculate the ballast and are holding up well, and the ballast fits just right. placement. The sail plan is very similar to that The ballast was fitted in the boat while it was in the designed or Ranger so with a 10-ft mast we will tank, and everything looks great. With a little luck, carry a little over 4100 in2 of sail. I have a tank for Svea hull #2 should be sailing next month and hull testing ballast placement, so that was filled with #1 shortly thereafter. Hull #3 is headed for water and the lead weights prepared. Luckily, the Chicago so those sailors should see a new Svea ballast for Ranger fits easily inside the larger keel later this summer. of Svea, so that was a great start. I placed weights Barnacle Jumper Transmitter – practically universal. Jumper T12 V3 Transmitter is very versatile and comes with Jumper TX updated firmware and the Jumper JP4IN1 module that allows communication with a wide range of protocols such as Walkera DEVO, Spektrum DSM2/DSMX, Flysky, Esky, Frsky, WLtoys, Hubsan, Hisky, Futaba SFHSS Assan etc. Simply stated, you can sync this radio with pretty much any receiver. 28 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 Construction Help By Allan Thorsen This is an email thread about a construction question that I initially sent to Ken Young in St. Charles, IL. He forwarded it to John Stoudt, who responded and copied to John Henderson for additional comments. Allan Thorsen: Hi Ken, I am thinking my winter project will be my schooner, built off the old orphan EC-12 hull I have had for 10 years ( ? ! ). In fact, I accidentally bought some cloth at Joann Fabrics today for sail material … and may also have redrawn the first draft sail plan I had, now with a Marconi main, gaff foresail and club jib, with a flying jib possible to add on. Can you give me some ideas about spars and gaffs i.e., diameters of them, best dowel wood (oak, poplar, hardwood)? On your biggest schooner, how big are the masts? diameterwise? Usually the longest at home centers is 48 in (or 36 in), so I figure my main mast will need a “size down” topmast dowel to get the height I need to be over 4 ft. I am figuring on keel-stepping the masts. So I need some input, otherwise I just guess about this! OK, Mr. Vintage, I’m asking for some ideas / input. Allan Redrawn first draft ofofsail plan with Marconi rig. Image Allan Thorsen 29 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 John Stoudt: Hi Allan, Ken forwarded this email to me. I have a few remarks, and am sharing it with John Henderson who may have some as well. I will try and answer your questions as best I can. Spars—I make my own by Mast blanks with plywood core stiffener. Photo John Stoudt sandwiching a piece of aviation birch plywood (⅛ in) between the outside (accent) wood, either, spruce, pine, or mahogany. The dimensions are: mast, ½ by ¾ in; booms, ⅜ by ½ in. If you keel-step the masts, I would use nesting brass tubing. Fix the larger piece through the deck, and epoxy it to the keelson. The smaller piece gets fastened to the bottom of the mast. You will probably use a bowsprit. If so, is the king plank large enough to handle the fasteners needed to anchor the bowsprit? Rig size can be an issue here. I would not go over 1200 in2 of sail area (EC-12 size) and make sure the center of effort is correctly positioned (lead) related to the center of lateral resistance. A conversation can be found on how to calculate the lead in Skene’s book (Elements ofYacht Design ) in the chapter on “The Sail Plan – Proper Lead”. I recently built a sharpie schooner and did not have a rig plan. I laid it out full size and played with the rig, sail sizes and shapes, until I had something that worked with the math in Skene’s book. The boat just placed third in Nationals. JYS John Henderson: Allan, This sounds like an interesting project. Assuming that you are planning to float the EC-12 hull at its original waterline and not add any external ballast keel, your sail plan will be constrained by the righting moment available from the EC-12 hull. As John S says, a target sail area would be about the same as the EC-12 (~1200 in2). A schooner rig, presumably being somewhat lower, might get away with a bit more area, but be cautious. 30 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 You must balance the center of effort of the sail and the center of lateral resistance of the hull. The sail centers can be estimated reasonably accurately (See Skene’s, as John S says). Figuring the center of resistance of the hull and the amount of “lead” are less certain —the generally accepted “lead” of ~15% of LWL is really just an estimate, and recommendations vary. (“Lead” is the distance by which the sails’ center of effort is forward of the hull’s center of lateral resistance.) You might instead calculate the center of effort of the EC-12 sail plan and then locate your CE in the same place. I have never used storebought dowels for masts. I think they are too heavy, too short, and have uncertain grain patterns (with the consequence of possible weak spots). I generally make masts of Photo Allan Thorsen light and straight-grained cedar or pine. I prefer pine because I think it is stiffer, but only if I can get a really straight-grained piece (which is increasingly difficult). Regardless of the wood species, I worry about weak spots. I try to mitigate this by laminating at least 2 pieces, so that weak spots are unlikely to line up. The usual recommendation is to cut two lengths, each half the desired thickness, rotate one of them end-for-end, and then glue them together. The problem then is that the preferred planing directions are different for the 2 halves, and so shaping the mast with a plane is problematic. Therefore, I cut the 2 halves longer than the required final length and glue them back together with a several-inch offset. This helps to 31 The Model Yacht Fall 2019 preserve the grain orientation but makes any weak spots unlikely to match up. I generally taper masts and give them some kind of non-round shape (airfoil, or maybe just a rectangular cross-section with rounded corners). The cross-section dimensions depend on the sail area, the mast length, the amount of support rigging (shrouds, backstays, jumper struts, etc.), and the righting moment of the hull. Your schooner rig, with the sail area divided between two masts, will likely have less loading than a sloop rig of comparable sail area. If you have a Marconi mainsail, you will likely be able to have a backstay—which I would recommend, since the mainmast is likely to also be the support for the foremast’s “backstay”. Keel-stepping makes a stronger mast, but I have never found it necessary on a model with adequate shrouds, and deck-stepping is simpler (as long as you put some form of compression post or strong king plank below the mast). I would think that a glued-up mast (per above) with a starting cross-section of ¾ in per side would be fine. This would allow you some air-foiling or rounding and tapering. I built an Albatross schooner this way, which had sail area of about 1600 in2, gaff-rigged on both masts with topsails on both masts. (My Albatross probably weighs a bit less than your EC-12, but may be a bit deeper—I don’t have an accurate comparison of righting moments.) Each mast had spreaders, with shrouds running from deck through the spreaders to the top of the masts. Note that the spreaders must be above the gaff, which can be a constraint. I also rigged lower shrouds on each mast that run from the spreader location down to the deck. I could not rig a backstay, so the lowers, especially on the mainmast, are 2–3 in aft of the mast base. My booms were no thicker than ~½ in, and were tapered. They were not laminated (although I selected the wood and flexed them to check for weak spots). I think this is OK because schooner booms are necessarily short. Gaffs were more like ⅜ in. Hope this helps, John Henderson 32 Milestone Nikola Tesla tested a remote control boat (1898) in New York’s Madison Square Garden, using a small, radiotransmitting control box. He was able to maneuver a tiny ship about a pool of water and even flash its running lights on and off, all without any visible connection between the boat and controller. Tesla’s Wirelessly Controlled Boat. The Model Yacht Fall 2019 US Vintage Model Yacht Group Boat Registration Form (effective July 2020) Name: ____________________________________ AMYA #: (optional) __________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ Email Address: _________________________________________________________________ Phone Number (home): ___________________________ (cell) __________________________ I would like to register/obtain a sail number for the following boat/s: • Free Sailed Boat – Request sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ John Fisher, 16735 Forest Green Terrace, Elbert, CO 80106 Email: jfisher577@gmail.com phone: 1-719-651-0762 • International A Boat (vintage) – Request sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ Mike Denest, 2 Whitehaven Court, Newark, DE 19711 Email: mjd12k@yahoo.com phone: 1-610-316-3570 • Schooner – Request a sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ Tom Alessi, 1 Rampart East, Media, PA 19063 Email: alessitr@icloud.com phone: 1-610-566-9504 • Skipjack – Request a sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ John Henderson, 465 Gull Court, Chestertown, MD 21620 Email: jgnhenderson@atlanticbb.net phone: 1-443-282-0277 • Unrestricted Class – Request a sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ John Henderson, 465 Gull Court, Chestertown, MD 21620 Email: jgnhenderson@atlanticbb.net phone: 1-443-282-0277 • Vintage 36/600 – Request a sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ Alan Suydam, 11665 Asbury Court, #560, Solomons, MD 20688 Email: alansuydam@comcast.net phone: 1-410-394-3150 • Vintage Marblehead (50/800) – Request a sail number ________ or the next available number Boat Design: _______________ Circa: ___________________ Bruce Richter, 345 West 13th Street, Apt. 3G New York, NY 10014 Email: richterbruce@gmail.com phone: (917) 575-2221 Please mail this form with a check for ($7.00 x number of boats) to the class coordinator. 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