The Model Yacht: Volume 1, Number 1 – September 1928

qIT H HB mMm o D mB m9 cur2AI®Hff sBH>qITnMmnR9 fl928 fl6 ®BRTffs A ®®mper Sfl®5o A ffRAR LINCOLN MEMORIAL POOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Book Yoac Need BUILD A WINNING MODEL` YACHT By THOMAS MOORE This new book, by a Marine Engineer of the Navy Department and experienced model yachtsman, explains Simply every detail of design and construction and sailing. The lines of sev- eral prize-winning yachts„ Bofjo”b.4 JJ and rfadr£/c, designed by John Black, President of the Model Yacht Racing Association of America; 8%%%y / and 8%%%y J/, designed by James A. Potter, and a class ” R ” boat designed by Thomas Darling, a wellknown designer, are given. “Wecannot. recommendthis book too highly . . . Within its covers we were able to find the answer to every model question.”-rfac iR%ddcr. Recoinmended for the experienced sportsman as well as the boy boat builder. With plans and diagrams. At your bookshop, $3.50 FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY, Publishers New York qIT H tlB MODmBm9 cm`2AI®HqIT The Maga%iape of Model Yachting Vol. I SEPTEMBER,1928 No. I England Takes International Regatta by Scant Inches. Plucky U. S. Skipper Almost Wins with Broken Mast and Flapping Sail Gosport, England, August 7-(Special grapevine despatch).-Sailing with a broken mast and a flopping mainsail, Joseph A. Weaver, Jr., of the fiemn:rnq;a:a:kha[¥e:8:[r¥:Chtthf;]Pnbt’e#itttofaitrtyriotdhe: yacht races, today lost the YACHTING MONTHLY Trophy by scant inches, giving the British holders of the famous prize a most tremendous scare. Eating up a 14-point lead held by the British yacht Lc.#Je IVcJ/, Patsy started sailing like a house afire, won a race with her mast snapped half off and sail bagging, brought the score up to the point where the last board would have meant victory by only one point, and lost the series only in the last yard of racing. Her total score was 102 against the winning Britisher’s 107; with France third with 49 points. If your special correspondent has gotteri his metaphors and similes somewhat mixed up, it is because the excitement of the finish was enough to addle anyone. Although it was MODEL YACHT’S fond hope to open up a hectic career with a salute to Skipper Joe Weaver i or bringing back the bacon, the story of his valiant fight is almost as good even though it meant that again the States get only second place in the internationals. The entrants were : Country Yacht S kipp e r United States …….. Patsy …………….. J. A. Weaver, Jr. England …………….. £¢.#/a Ive/J …….. Mr. A. Jones France ……………….. Argo.„ ………….. Mons. A. Authena.c FIRST DAY Saturday, August 4. Patsy Ahead. Racing started at 11 o’clock with a fresh N. W. breeze making scoring by boards 2 and 3. The wind soon drew around to N. and made it a reach both ways. The first race was between the British and French boats, down wind, the latter getting away and winning I airly easily. The second was between France and Pc!£say, in which the former scored 2 points again. By lunch time the scores stood, U. S.,13; Great Britain,13; France, 4. When racing was resumed after lunch it was il reach both ways. Under these conditions the American boat showed herself extremely fast and clean through the water. The French yacht, which is said to be by far the best continental boat yet seen under the rule, on occasion took points i ron each of her competitors. At the close of the first day’s racing Pofffy led £¢.#/a IVc// by 4 points, two rounds being sailed in the morning and I our in the afternoon; total scores: U. S., 35; England, 31; France,12. THE SECOND DAY Monday, August 6. England Ahead. At the start there was a nice S. W. wind givirlg a run and a beat. In the forenoon 4ngo showed up extremely well and at one time made a run of 12 points straight off the reel. The morning scores were.. Palsy, rl ., Little Nell, 9 ., Argo,14. Argo did not do so well during the afternoon, and I?c!£try also fell off. Half way through the 2 THE MODEL YACHT afternoon the wind suddenly backed to S. and S. E. in the middle of a board and the scoring was according.ly reversed f or the next round. £€.f fJe IveJ/ continued to draw ahead, taking 40 points f or the day, against Poftry’s 27 and 4rgo’5 23, bringing the total scores up to: Pa}£rty, 62; L¢.#/c IVc/J, 71; Argo, 35. THIRD DAY Tuesday, August 7. Great Excitement. Racing started in a nice S. S. W. breeze that strengthened during the morning. During this next heat wa,s between France and Pofrty, the latter winning l]andsomely. Patsy Breaks Mast. In the beat back Pa)ffay had secured a commanding lead and came to shore a couple of yards short of the winning flag. In turning her, in some manner, Weaver broke the mast half way up. But af ter an instant’s pause he re-trimmed and managed to get her safely across the line, a winner with half her mainsail flapping. An adjournment wias made while the mast was spliced and fished and after a couple of trial P4rsy, AND HER OwNER, A. 8. Raynoids. round the British yacht increased her overnight lead to 14 points and by lunch time the scores stood at rl7 tor Palsy, 91 i or Little Nell, aind 45 for Argo. Then came the I un. The wind continued in the same quarter and i rom the start right after lunch Pa)fray began to show her heels to the other two and gradually cut down the Englishman’s lead which, at the start of the last round had been reduced to only FOUR points. The first heat of the last round was between Erigland and France, the I ormer wirming both ways and increasing her lead to 8 points. The -(Buckingham Photo) boards the racing was resumed. One can imagine Weaver’s handicap-Pafrty, in the first place, being another man’s yacht, and the English conditions being much different f rom those on this side. Yet he brought Pd7tsy within four points of L¢.ff/e NCJJ. The position now was that if the American yacht won both the run and the beat she stood to win by a single point down wind. Both the boats were rather wild but a.fter a retrim Pofsy managed to get home comfortably in the lead. On the beat back she went ahead I rom the start and gained about two lengths lead. A heading puff caLused her to shake and the English boat drew up. A second puff headed her and the British boat THE MODEL YACHT fore named as the American challenger. Raynolds sailed Pofs..\i to a good second, and such were the conditions that Weaver believed her to be the better all-arouiid yacht. So he obtaiiied Associati()ii I)ermission to take Pc!ts.\i, owned by A. 8. Raynolds, of the Central Park M. Y. C. drew level to leeward. The race was only decidecl ill the very last yard, when L®.i £/a Ive// managed to just get her bow a.head of Pc!£fay. Final scores.. Little Nell,1Or ., Patsy,1On., Argo, 49. Yearly Event This ill.ternational, the biggest event in the model calendar, has 1)een sailed for several years. England, we believe, has won the trophy, posted by a foremost English yachting journal, each year. It is now time we brought it over to this side the big water. Last year John Black, sailing Boffo7&€.c! /J, lost the race by only olle point. If we can get a number of new clubs interested in competing in the national eliminations we should have a better chance at the thing. Although Joe Weaver and John Blcick are about our best sailors, judging I rom past records. Weaver, sailing his S/a.¢4cr, won the July eliminations at the national regatta at Washington out of a field of a dozen picked entries, and wa,s there- 3 Last year Black was only one point behind the English winiier, beating out several other countries. He ,ilsJ) made a good second in the races of 1926. Weaver was American representative in 1925, and, we believe, was again second. The previoins year an English boat was brought over here and lost a series to E. A. Bull, sailing from skiffs. Just as the Englishman’s defeat was due to his inexperience in outside sailing, so we believe has our going down been due entirely to inexperience (as comparecl with the Britishers’) in bank-to-bank sailing. Considering this fact, the American representatives have done mighty well. We do not admit the Britishers’ yachts were any better than Ours. Next year is another. Look out, England! The Value of the Model Yacht “Hey, Willie. their little boats Come and see the boys sailing . . . lacks stability and flops or turns turtle. You all know the sort I mean, and I don’t refer to any of the very excellent and real little miniature yachts now to be purchased. Then there is the queer makeshift, thrown together by the boy who has nothing to guide him. All he knows is that a piece of wood with a fin for a rudder and a stick on which to hang a strange piece of cloth ought to sail. And, oh, the grief in these. There goes with it the cussed contra|)tion made by the ignorant Big Brother or Papa or Uncle, who knows as much about yachts as he does about tother side of the moon. It’s tragic when you consider that the same energy and materials would produce a yacht the lad could be proud of . Oh, they’re not boys at :1:’stfeby;ryes,glean;;’n:#L;’ee[it?sLwaay:a:Ps°uggah:e.t,Pis Have you ever heard these remarks? I have. Often. Its an unf ortunate truth that too many people believe this model business ‘ means sailing boys. boats. Maybe if some of us would discard those tricky little short linen pants and wear he-clothes, it might help. Instructive Tralndng To my mind model yachting has many advantages. It begins in the late fall, when a chap is wondering how he’s going to fill in the shut-in winter months. If he’s a bit of a designer he gets out the drawing board and weapons and starts to plan the yacht that shall beat everything. To the newcomer in the field it may be said that this is an interesting phase of the game, but unless he has a yen for it he’d better leave it alone and take the plans of someone who likes such jobs. During the winter aiid bad weather, building a sailing or power model is not only indulgence in an interesting h.obby, it offers good training in craftsmanship and shop practice. It takes and builds muscle. As a school shop project for the boys it can’t be beat, f or it combines instruction with a task interesting to the lad. It offers a boy a chance to have a real little yacht when he can’t afford to buy a good one. And may the powers save the young ones from the usual toy-store A Year-round Sport The model provides a year-round sport, for after Phue£’8[;negnaannddrsfgi¥£#€rh::rtiEeg°g::ir;::tfe°r°ourti:td: Whether he follows her in a skiff or walks around the banks of a pond to navigate her, the healthful exercise is there all the same. He learns how to sail, why she sails, and all that. It’s wonderful how many people there still live who wonder “how you get it back again?” “why it sails one direction while the wind is blowing another?” and the rest. The model yacht sails just the way the big yacht sails, and if you have mastered the little craft it’s not a far jump to mastery of the large. The model yacht is the training ship for bigger things: the Navy or the Merchant Marine. It will breed an interest in the sea and seamanship that may some day stand the youngster in good stead. There are few sports in which it is more possible to play unfairly. A skipper knows what he must not do but maybe there is no one there to abject. Horrible Toys When i ond papa brings home one of these misfits he lets poor Junior in i or a lot of grief. For the thing will neither sail nor drift. It usually E 1:Ifu ++++ + ri+T\+:\+,+\\t+i+++\+i+\t+/.+ i++ +?ga + + ++i-++?+t+`Tb+ +++++++\++++\++ ++ +++\”+/++++\+ ++i+i 4 THE MODEL YACHT Has Serious Purposes watch him. No um|)ire; no referee. He’s on his honor. It’s easy to fudge in a model race, but the la.d who could fudge and is educated out of fudging, has learned a valuable lesson in sportsmanship that will be good I or him. Probably no other sport calls for so much of that quality we call “sportsmanship.” Model yachting has its serious side, as apart f rom the mere building, owning and sailing of a trim little ship. One learns something of ship design, the dynamics of propulsion and f rictioii, what is good form and what is bad. It stimulates that almost dead love of the sea that once was the very When sailing weather is over i or the season it’s life-blood Of America. It may guide the youngtime for the skipper, not to lay up his yacht, but ster into the ranks of the yachtsmen from whom to repair, re-rig, re-paint, or maybe re-construct. were recruited, not so many years ago, some of If study has shown his model to be unsuccessful, your Uncle Samuel’s best emergency seamen. It or maybe too small for him, along comes fall and may guide him into the ranks either of the counwinter in which to build a better or bigger craft. try’s sea fighters or into that marine fleet of which And so it goes, the year round. And all year we stand so much in need, of which we hear so round, he’s in with a good bunch, one in which much and see so little. goodfellowship is the thing, congeniality, friendliness and mutual aid. W.ashington Boys’ Regatta As a part of the Commuiiity July Fourth activities, the first real model yacht regatta I or school children was held on the Mirror Pool of the Lincoln Memorial, under the joint auspices of the Washington M. Y. C. and the D. C. Community Center Department. Forty some contestants, ranging in age i rom 5 to 20 were the contestants for fifteen locallyposted trophies. Some of these lads-and girls, mind you-had more than one craf t entered. As an expedient to bring together those youngsters interested in models the entrants were classed by over-all 1engths. Not a very successful rating, to :£n:utrhe6:::a£:£zS::trot:dofna°tiehasetn:hn:SfjausnTorapm¥%:i yacht club. Sailing craft were organized into three classes, ranging from 12 inches up to 36. There were also races for steam, electric and springdriven power models. The trophies were donated by Washington mer- cchoaft:,£t:eec.£t;zTe#:;arsas:::adt£:rn6manf:::I:,¥ooT:uar:€ watches, and included a copy o£ Tom Moore’s new book, “Build a Winning Model Yacht.” There are many junior model owners around Washington, and the event aroused sufficient interest to warrant the Community Center Department, under the direction Of Miss Sybil Baker, to under- MODEL YACHT EXHIBIT IN NORWAY. In January, 1929, the Norsk Modelsoflf orehing will be 25 years old. The club intends to celebrate this jubilee with an exhibition of mode.1 yachts and boat models of all kinds. The exhibition will be held at Oslo from the lst to loch of January and the club invites all interested, of all ages, to join and expects a great number of entries. Boats may be entered by private individuals or clubs abroad as well as at home. The yachts will be cla,ssed according to size and type and diplomas will be given I or the best in take a study of the model yacht as a serious school project for promotion during the coming winter. It is proposed to push the construction of models in the school shops and to undertake race regattas on a regular Program. The Department has enjoyed considerable success in handling local contests with boy-rna,de model aeros, and this interest on their part bids well for increased interest among Washington lads. The prize winners were: Class A (Sail) : GIBRALTAR, Robert Lunch, /3/ff ,. RESOLUTE, Samuel Cross, s’eco%d,. BLUEBIRD, Blair Bennet, f%¢.rcz. Class 8 (sail) : MAJESTIC, Everette Rupert, ¢rsJ,. JAY, Jay Stahl, 5cco7!d,. ALOHA, Clarence T€empff , third. Class C (sail) : CHLOE, Jack Carden, J;/a;.. WINONA, Bert Brooks, fcco#d,. THE KAISER, Clark Keyser, ffeo.rd. Class D (steam) : HENLEY, Suzette Goutell, frrsl. Class E (electric) : LUCKY STRIKE, Leslie Busch, ¢rf£,. JOY, Gilbert Edson, seco/Gd. Class F (spring) : FLYING YANKEE, Samuel Cross, J;rf£,. SLEWFOOT, Gurden Whitaker, second. Free-for-all, sail, WINONA, Bert Brooks, ¢rSJ. each class. Every type will, therefore, have opportunity to take part. Entries must be sent to Norsk Modelseilf orening, Jembanegaten 6, Oslo, before November lst. The only charges will be transit to and from the exhibition, and insurance. Yachts must be packed carefully, every boat distinctly marked with her name, name of owner and I uill address. Boats I rom abroad must arrive at Oslo at the latest by December 1. This club is a member of the International Model Yacht Racing Association. THE MODEL YACHT 5 ffHmB mMmoDHBmo ffA®Hffl Am OutJline Of the PurDoses and HODes Of This Maga%i:ne In this, the first issue of THE Mol]EL YACHT, it We want to see a model yacht club in every city or. a lake, river or large pond, or where there is might be well to outline some of the aims and pura sizeable park lake. If there is a live town withposes we have in mind. First, of course, we want to gather closer the out such f acilities we want to see an artificial lake interests of those already in the game, young or iristalled. And we want the.se clubs to be I ull of old. To spread the good word on new ideas. To pep and members of the Association. tell what has been tried and found useless for some And why forget the girls and womenfolk? other chap to experiment with. To act as a disWe’ve seen many good feminine tars and skippers. tributing agent I or good cons,truction or rigging We offer these aims, also, to the school official, dope; for it seems impossible to think that a good the teacher of manual training or other shop praclnodelman should invent or find a successful gadtice, the director of the various boys’ clubs and get without telling the rest of the gamester§ similar activities. They-are of interest to the ofabout it. We want to encourage the activities of the Model Yacht Racing Association of America, that federation o±- model yacht clubs that represents us internationally. To stimulate club membership in the Association, i or this is not a thing I or individuals but for clubs. We want to encourage the widest competition among the senior clubs. If we ca,n get the juniors into meeting each other, all the better. We want to tell the youngsters or newcomers in the business what f un, recreation and value they can get out of the sport; to show them the rig`nt methods of construction, rigging, fitting and sailing-. To do everything we can to increase interest in the game. It is particularly desirable to boost the boys because today’s cabin boys will be tomorrow’s skippers. We believe that every adult club should do its best to help, aid and abet the little I ellows. And this applies to the big yacht clubs, also, for their membership of the future is just growing up. Catch ’em young, train ’em right, and they’1l be yachtsmen. Clubs _ We would like to see every club of seniors organize a junior section among the boys a little too young to work with the adults. It is hardly wise tc take them into full membership, we think, because they like to work by themselves. They won’t g::b:but;h;:tuL8£,tin::t£:£]ewftt:tst:n3£gthceha%baac:8 smoke. But a junior membershii), with its own officers, meeting by itself under the eye of a senior advisor, will go far. Guide ’em a bit but let them work out their own salvation. Better for them. Or better still, organize the boys around your neighborhood as a separate club of their own. Let them be completely autonomous. As they grow up offer them as incentive for good racing or good workmanship the prize of membership in the adult club. We would like to see a junior section of the M. Y. R. A. i or this purpose. ficials of the parks, recreation activities, community center departments, vocational education agencies, and the like. To such officials the model yacht offers a project of instruction, recreation and physical education that cannot be overlooked. A National Regatta Mo’D`EL YACHT has in mind the undertaking of a iiatjonal championship contest among boy model enthusiasts, of which more will be said as time perfects plans. We want to see the model taken up by every school shop as a regular and interesting project. We want this to lead to a boys’ club in every school, particularly the high schools, with a large liiie-up of inter-school, iiiter-city, and interregional competition. Every town of some size that has the water could support at least one junior club. We want to see so many expert modelmen spring up that we won’t have to go across the Atlantic to cr.allenge f or the international cup-but have the other folks coming across here to try and get it. To be successful in these things we hope to be able to publish all the latest news of the clubs and other yacht activities; new ideas in design, gear, fittings, rigging, construction and sailing. We want articles on how to make fittings, especially. Short and to the point; illustratel with drawings and diagrams; and particularly do we want good, clear, lively photographs of all kinds. In so i ar as the material is made available to us we will endeavor to do these things. Without the straw we are like the Israelites-we cannot make bricks. Even though you have a clubhouse at your sailing station, it will be handy to have a small repair kit with you whether sailing bank to bank or from a skiff. A cigar box with a. tool or two, a few bits ol- hardware, wire, cord, etc., will do the trick. THE MODEL YACHT Skiff or Pond Sailingp By HAROLD MCGII.I,ICUD¥ There are two methods of racing models from skiffs, or “outside” sailing, or bank to bank on enclosed ponds. Which is the best? In England, which might be considered the home of the model, so long has this si)ort been popular, the general understanding is that bank to bank a:1;[ingght£.:h£%r:;;rereod£.na?FgeatpornftftsohasE;,?epea:vehi:E: ment. Personally, I believe they chose ponds and lakes because most of their outside water must be too rough for a model. The yacht is trimmed and adjusted while held at the shore. The services of a mate are required on the opposite bank in Order to trim and tack. There has grown up a considerable list of rules governing racing under these conditions. ica, and has been sent to England twice as the American challenger i or the Yachting Monthly trophy in the internationals. Black claims to have been very much for outside sailiiig, but now is an enthusiast for pond sailing. He has some good arguments, too. [jc`,`,I::y:u:u[raeck:I.r#]m¥::h:inogw;:h¥jiththt:es;:rbt: This you cannot do with skiff sailing because the boats are too f ar away i rom shore and they (the public) lose interest when they cannot see the boats.” Something in that, John. “The Yachting Monthly Cup races will always be sailed on ponds. Why have skiff sailing when -(Photo by Buckingham) A BUSY MOMENT DURING THE WASHINGTON REGATTA. RETRIMMING ANI) SETTING SPIN- NAKERS FOR THE LEEWARD RUN. In outside sailing the yacht is I ollowed by the skipper, who sails by himself in a skiff, and who can make adjustments as needed. This sort of sailing is more like being aboard ship, and seems to some of us to be the more desirable method. As a general thing, where a large sheet of water is available, this is the method followed by most American modelmen. we should be tuning our boats for pond sailing? (Fine enough. John, but how does that prevent you sailing from a skiff ? And is this the only competition.?) Boston and Chicago are building ponds and Baltimore will have one. Other cities will have them when the time comes. (Good, but what about the folks who have good open water?) “The future of model yachting is with the pres- Friends of pond sailing think it takes more skill, and gives more keen competition to sail from bank to bank. They say a more intimate knowledge of the yacht, the breeze and real sailing are needed. Take John Black, for instance. John is President of the Model Yacht Racing Association of Amer- ent school boys. The winner of the London races (1927) was only 17 years old. The sport is coming fast. Skiff sailing is too expensive, danger- ous and beyond the strength of a school boy. The race is won mostly by the man who can row the best. The best boat seldom wins. THE MODEL YACHT “The fine point of model yachting,” Black goes on, “is in the balance. Pond sailing can perfect this much more than skiff sailing. Like golf, it is the fine points that make it interesting. “We must not thing of the preselit or ourselves. This sport has come to stay. But we must show the public that there is something more than throwing a model into the water and trusting she gets to the other shore. pond sailing.” TheL only true teist of sailing is I grant it is a good thing to sail where the other I olks can have a look-see. Tis the best way to gather recruits. But what about the pests who g-ather around and ask a thousand crazy questions? I’m for you on showing the public what we are doing., otherwise. I don’t see that skiff sailing is much more exi)ensive than the other. One can usually hire a skiff at a sailing station; better still, he can make his own for a slight sum, and he always has it. We all like to row occasionally. And what about the extra exercise from rowing? Will all the walking you can do on the hard pavement around the usual enclosed pon(1 give the same healthful use of your muscles? Nix. I’d sooner do my work sitting down. Sure, keep the boys off the wa,ter until they are able to swim and otherwise take care of themselves; but, John, do you mean to say rowing is actually dangerous? How d’ye get that way? When the lads grow up a bit of pulling a pair of 7 oars will develop back, chest and arm muscles that can’t be beat. Of course, you can get a skiff that weighs a ton and won’t turrl iLround inside a city block. But you can also get light, seaworthy boats that will run a block on one stroke and spin on their own bottoms. Belay, John Black! What else is pond sailing but throwing the yacht into the water and trusting she’ll get to totl[3r shore? When she leaves your hands she’s gone, and you can’t re-trim to take a,dvantage of a I)uff or change. of breeze til she hits the other bank. And in the meantime she’s probably lost the race. If you’re behind her in a skiff you’11 take advantage of the puffs just as though you were at the tiller. Where else will the youngster get his sailing training? I presume 1’11 get in Dutch with a lot of the lads who prefer bank-to-bank sailing ; but^ let’s have it out. I still stick to my say-so, that outside sailing will give better training. Let’s sa.il on the ponds at intervals to get the public eye, if that’s what we want. And let’s keep the youngsters there until they grow out of it. But me I or the skiff. For another thing, pond sailing is too hedged about with laws, edicts, rules and regulations. I hope MODEI, YACHT later will publish the rules of both games. Then the folks will see which is the best. ED’s NOTE-We hope shortly to publish the rules I or both kinds of sailing, Hal, in several installments with interpretations. Organizing a _Boys’ Regatta Not much can be said on this subject, as it’s a hit or miss proposition because unless the boys have been at the job long enough to have built up a good one-desi.gn class it is rather difficult to class and sail the boats together. They are likely to be all sizes and rigs. However, c`r`.e of our correspondents has asked f or help, and until some expert at untying such tangles comes across with the dope we will make a stab at it. The boats can be classed either according to over-all length, or water-line length~an easy business to measure them with a tape; or else according to sail area. If you use the former method, have the boys register their bc`ats, with measurements, well ahead of time. See how many different lengths there are, then divide them into as I ew classes as the various lengths will stand. It is impossible, and needless, to tr.v to give these boats “ratings” under any standard measurement rule. See that in classing them you don’t have boats in the same class that are too cliff erent in size, and race them only in their own classes. If you find that one small boat sails so f ast she always beats the others, give the latter a chance by putting the fast one in the next largest class. To measure the yachts according to sail area, lay the boat on its side and mark off each sail into two right-angled triangles. Any school arithmetic book will tell you how to get the area, of a right-angled triangle-and there you are ! Boats so classed can be divided up as you have classed them under the other method, and it is probable that this \`-ill be the fairer way to rate small boats. When you come`to racing, if there are so many boats I or the a`’ailable s|>ace that they will I oul each other, di\’ide them up into heats, the winners of each heat sailing the run-off. Don’t have different classes sail at the same time. Have- all yachts as near in size as possible so they can sail boat f or boat. A heat should be across, or dowli, the pond, and return. Give the first, second and third boats to finish each board, five, three and one points; or five, four and three. Or else just pick out the first three in each heat and let them sail for first, second and third in the finals. Another way is to have two or three boats sail together in each heat, arranging it so that all boats sail once against each of the others. If the first half of the heat is to windward, give the winner three points, the others nothing; the second half will then be a leeward run and you will give the winner two points. After each boat has raced each other once, add up the scores and the highest are the winners. If you can dig up some rice little suitable trophies, one, two or three I or each class (according to the number of entries), it will add interest to the occasion and probably bring out more entries. You might have a series of such club races, one each week, keeping the scores for the season’s points. 8 THE MODEL YACHT school boy. However, the lads have more pocket money these da.ys than we oldsters enjoyed; and the enthusiast can afford to do without a few unnecessities if he has the right spirit. Also, if MODEL YACHT can supply him with his money’s worth. We believe we will, as soon as we get really started. qITHHB MODIAmo CIfA®HqIT The Maga2!ine of Model Yachting Published Monthly at 3605 Fourteenth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. We want dope. Lots of it. Varieties of it. No, we are not narcotic fiends-we want dope to Vol,.1 SEPTEMBER,1928. NO.1 print. Want to have the. very latest kinks in 1.1`e model line, designs, gear, doodads and knick- Single copies, 15 cents. Yearly subscription, $1.50 Foreign, $1.75. knacks. We want to hear what your club is doing, especially along the line of races and regattas. We want photographs-yachts, sailors, sailirig stations, clubhouses and all that. We want draw- GAMMIN’ WI’ THE SKIPPER With this number THE MODEL YACHT makes her appearance. Elsewhere we have told you something of the aims with which she opens her career. We hoi)e you’ll` like her ; we also hope she’11 do you some good, help the sport, and increase interest in it. MODEL YACHT may be considered to have a pre- tentious program. Maybe so, maybe no. Time alone will tell-and you reader folk. If you don’t like our ideas we want to know so. If you do like them, or have additional oiies, we’d be glad to hear about it. The success of Mol)EL YACHT, like that of our sport itself , rests with you chaps, young and old. We can’t do a thing unless we have you behind us. Are you? We have not only been told there is a good field i or a publication devoted to model yachts and yachting; but that there is a real need for one. good. If we fill this need successfully, well and That’s what we want to do. If we don’t, the blame will be divided among us all. Mol]EL YACHT has been mnning through our plans f or several years. We find that others have had similar ideas. The recent appearance of our English I riend, “The Model Yachtsman,” served to crystallize this idea, it is true. But there were other factors. So, here we are. Our cover design is taken f rom a photograph of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, Washington, D. C., where the Washington club does its bank-to-bank sailing. It will be familiar to man.v of you as having been used on the cover ‘of the recent reg-atta program. It was so good wie just had to use it again. We are indebted to Mrs. E. C. M. Payne, Washington artist, for it. In our first advertising, you may remember, a subscription price of oiie dollar a year was announced. This was purely a tentative figure, and deliberation showed that a dollar fifty, with single copies at fifteen cents, was more sensible. We wish printing and other costs could be such as to make a dollar, or even less, sufficient. Tain’t pt)ssible. We wanted the price at the lowest possible figure so as to make this paper available to the ings of yachts, gear, and ideas, of all kinds pet..taining to the designing, building, rigging and sailing of models. MODEL YACHT is really an unpretentious sheet. We don’t expect to make thousands of dollars on her every month. In fact, we expect to dig. ilitc` the old pocket more than once. For that reason, at least until we catch our sealegs and get to breezing along with a bone in the old teeth, we don’t expect to be able to I)ay for contributions. However, send along your drawings, photos and chatter. If your offering-is good we’ll print it; credit you with it ; and try, eventually, to pay you i or it. Joe Weaver, every modelman’s hat is off to you. Nothing that could be said herei could add an)’thing to your \’ictor}. at Gosport. When a skipper, with ever}. coiidition uiifavorable, gets the other fellow to shaking in his shoes, then, despite an almost fatal accident, comes out in f ront and loses onl}’ b}’ the length of a goose-neck, we think that’s a prett}’ good `-ictor}-. Next time it will be the other chap.s bow that will come in second-and, somehow, it.s our idea that our British i riends will feel almost as happy about it as we will. They’re good sports. Joe Weaver, Sir to you. With this first issue you receive a subscription blank. If you like our ideas, |>in a dollar and a half (check or p. o. money order-no stamps) to the coupon, print in your name and address clearly, and shoot it in immediately. If you are not interested, give your copy to some chap who is. If you know of a friend who’d like to be a friend of ours, send in a subscription for him. If your fri`endship with him isn’t worth that much, send us his address and we’11 send him a copy. .If you know some likely lad who would be interested, fill him with joy by giving him a subscl.iption. What about a birthday gift? Or an advance Christmas remembrance? GOSH….! First Her (watching a race) : “Wonder what makes that little boat jump and hop around so?” Second She (equally dumb) : “I just heard the man say he was going to put it on a tack.” THE MODEL YACHT 9 THE MAIL BOX A register for your kicks, knocks, boosts, Dosies, and suggestions A Line From John Black, President of the M. Y. R. A. C`1ub” is not in the M. Y. R. A. roster, but as we are boys around 14 and 15 we do not expect to belong 3ic£, but j’ocJ7t.. T0 THE MODEL YACHTSMEN 0F AMERICA : The launching of a model yacht magazine will be a great benefit to the sport in this country. For many years model yachting has gradually become more popular, and, today, with models being made in almost every city, a wonderful future can be expected. In order that this magazine may be a success it will be necessary for every person interested in model yachting to give his hea’rty support. Success means subscriptions. have power models. I do “o* think THE MODEL YACHT should also cover the field of model air- craft and railroads. If it did cover those two I wouldn’t subscribe. Our club has had f our articles in the “Lake Michigan Yachting News,” and Sheldon Clark, a, prominent yachtsman of this city, has donated a trophy I or our model R class o£ 39 inches 0. A. JACK A. WAklNG, JR., Chicago. JOHN BLACK. Thanks, Tucker THE EI)ITOR: It gives me great pleasure to extend the congra.tulations of the Prospect Park M. Y. C. to THE I am commodore, and we have 12 members in our club and about half of them have built model sailing yachts and the others THE EDITOR : Will you tell me how I can find a yacht’s rating, and what class she belongs in, and how to number the yachts? WM. KOSABUD, JR. t¥a°tD¥ac¥A:=dT’e£Jert££Sde;t8tefiers:f]Stshui:.g:ofd:e[c]Se:rn: healthy sport will in a short time feel that THE MODEL YACHT is part of his equipment, and show that it is necessary by subscribing for it. FRED H. TUCKER, Secretary. Here’s the Right Stuff DEAR EDITOR : No doubt when you look in the club space you will find that the “North Shore Model Yacht (This ,is from a. boys’ group that will shortly be turned into a model yacht club. Will some kind soul who has done something on the rating of boys’ small yachts, write and tell us how he arrived at a simple measurement rule or how he classed these little cra,ft? It’s a difficult job and about the only things that occur to us are segregating the boats according to over-all length or sail area. The boys don’t want too much detail of course. John Black, or Baltimore, tell us what you have done.) THE GEAR BOX Suggestions on Gears, Fittings, Etc. A Handle for the Heavy Boat It is convenient, when handling a heavy yacht, putting her in or taking her out of the water, to have a handle inside the hatch. An excellent handle is one that can quickly be placed in position and as quickly withdrawn so that its weight does not stay in the yacht. Most large models have removable keels held to the hull with two long bolts that lead through tubes to the top of the deck, where a nut and washer hold them on. These tubes are of ten encased in wood posts that help to make the job water tight and stiffen the deck. And tubes and bolts usually pass through two deck beams. A piece of soft wood a bit longer than the distance between the centers of the wood posts is slotted at each end with a notch wide enough to loosely grip the posts. The under corners are rounded off for a more comfortable grip. One end of the handle is stuck down the hatch, one post engaged in the notch; the other end is similarly engaged near the top of the other post and when you level off tlie handle inside, the boat may safely be picked up and carried because its weight is distributed on the deck beams. When launching the model it is easy to slip the handle off `and clamp down the hatch cover. 10 THE MODEL YACHT Model Yacht Racing Association of America The M. Y. R. A. is composed of affiliated clubs in many cities. It is a member of the International Model Yacht Racing Association, which is composed of national associations. If you own a model, or want to, and live in one of these towns, get in touch with the club. If there is no club in yc,ur town-rganize one. We want to see a club wherever there is a poiid or other suitable stretch f or sailing. OFFICERS • Johii Black, Prcj’i.dc/}f, 65 Pine Ridge Road, West Medford, Mass. Herbert L. Stone, Editor “Yachting,” 7’¢.cc-Prc5idc/if. Wellington Rindge, Sccrcfor3J, 1717 Beacon Street, Waban, Mass. E. A. Bull, rj.cof!irc7.. DIRECTORY OF AFFILIATED CLUBS WASHINGTON M. Y. C., A. G. Buhrmann, Secrcfa7.}., Clerks Office, U. S. Court House, Washington, D. C. BOSTON M. Y. C., Fred L. Pigeon. S”‘ei:’Ly’coieridge Street. CENTRAI+ PARK M. Y. C., Howard Griffiths, Secycfory, 609 West 117th Street, New York City. CI+EVEI+AND M. Y. C., A. H. Beechei., Co”owodore, 507 Electric Building. DETROIT M. Y._C., w. T. Stevens°ni8fe£’acsftcrGyiand Boulevard. TACKSONVII+I,I M. Y. C., W. J. Sand ford, Jr., Playground and Recreation Board, Jacksonville, Fla. MONTCI+AIR M. Y. C„ E. F. JUDD, Secrcfary, 14 Bruce Road, Upper Montclair, N. J. MONTREAI, M. Y. C., OTHER CLUBS HOI+LY\VOOD M. Y. C., Morton Moore, 5`ccye£¢r’, 1418 N. Spaulding Avenue, Hollywood, Calif . KANSAS CITY M. Y. C., L. A. Sheriden, Pres®.de”£, 5127 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. PHILADELPHIA M. Y. C., H. I. Schofield, 532 Righter Street, Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa. ROCHESTER M. Y. C., Summerville, Rochester, N. Y. SAN FRANCISC0 M. Y. C., Harry Cook, Secrefar}i, oGDENPARKGe;a.t€€TP;h.:iirpkss’S€::rr::°#’ontreai,canada. 117 17th Avenue, Richmond Dist., Sam Francisco, Calif. Robert H. 6Y5ho£%. ichcr’oe::’.g’t., Chicago, Ill. PROSPECT PARK M. Y. C., F. H. g4ucDk::;tfrecg€:::S’,’ Brooklyn, N. Y. BOYS’ CLUBS BALTIMORE RHODE ISI+AND M. Y. C.. Amos R. Ardoene, Setcrcfa)r.`t, Yellow-Checker Cab Co., Union Station, Providence, R. I. M. Y. C., care of Maryland Y. C.’ COI+UMBIA M. Y. C., Gurden Whitaker, ST. AUGUSTINE M. Y. C., Warren F. Magee, `Secrcfar}., Y. M. C. A., St. Augustine, Fla. TOLEDO M. Y. C., A. M. Youngquist. S.ecrcfor}., Waite High School, Toledo, Ohio. Baltimore, Md. 1773 Lanier Place, Washington, D. C. NORTH SHORE M. Y. C., Jack A. Waring. C.o»]i7!odorc, 4528 Malden Street, Chicago, Ill. WITH THE CLUBS ;a:i:cfegdirc:€s:s:::.amh±:61e:;in:Sfejfts¥:ag:k:e:wh;icaiea,]::;`! July 1 to 4, at which it acted as host. Between the work, the heat, and the excitement, most of the Bunch were pretty well played out. Every member enjoyed the occasion to the fullest: was glad to see a good bunch come down; and considered the visitors a bully gang. You’d all en,joy ::tpi%dnaTahyo£::sven::tbeyeqaur£.te a Contender for inter_ g:e:t::]£goutsh:a;ertTshe::#eatSrefn{:£enr€:yat::oppreor::,;o: The regatta committee is vdrv busy. at this ‘time selecting the three challengers’ for the Eagle Cup Team, and competition is very keen among the models and skippers. ¥aas;o:Saucjcoe;3’usanodnet.h£SAhi:LPoeudgin#:#nggttohne3fa Brooklyn The Prospect Park M. Y. C. has added a few Washington rTh€ -Washington M. Y. C. is just recovering from .the elimination regatta of the M. Y. R. A., not expect to place in the regatta, the showing made by several of the local yachts was pleasing. The club wishes to extend its thanks to Messrs. Schofield, of Philadelphia ; Moore, Buhrmann and Yoemans, of Washington, for their zeal, energy and fairness as a regatta committee. They did fine THE MODEL YACHT 11 the spring, with finals just at the closing of the schools, a new model yacht club has been formed in that city. We understand it is to be called the c.Fs:::ct::wf.:n:::n::igoant:i,#:a::vey.aac|htfcT::: Baltimore M. Y. C., and is under the wing Of the famous Maryland Y. C. yachts were re-rigged to measure in. A new double-ender, I. M. A. Class yacht, by These events have also stimulated adult activity, Tom Moore, writer of “Build a Winning Model and a senior club has either been organized or is Yacht,” has just been launched. This is a built-up about to be I ormed. This will mean nearby comboat and shows the care and finesse of a skillful petition I or the Washington and Philadelphia clubs. builder. Moore is just tuning her up and already Advances have already been made by the Orioles she shows promise of speed. Her lines were pubto start a little I racas with the Washington club, 1ished in “Yachting” last year. and both groups are hoping that much good interA series of club races is being sailed on the city racing will result. Tidal Basin on alternate Sundays, for a trophy to It is understood Baltimore is building a new be presented to the high-point winner at the end pond especially designed I or models. of the season. A I ree-for-all regatta is planned I or Labor Day. Chicago The Washington Club is rejoicing over the prospects Of early completion of a new boathouse on From Chicago comes word of the North Shore the Tidal Basin. This building is being erected M. Y. C., a boys’ organization. We have had but by the government department of public buildings a f ew details about this group, but it seems to be a and public grounds. A large room at one end has been set aside I or use Of modelmen, and here live one, whether old or new. They not only have they will be able to store yachts, equipment, tools a number of yachts, but have staged several races i or which they have been lively enough to gather and other junk. This new building will add greatly to the convenience of sailing, as it not only is on trophies and to get newspaper publicity. That’s the shore of the Tidal Basin, but only a hundred what we call “the stuff !” work and received thi` congratulations of even the losing visitors. yards I rom the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, which is suitable for pond sailing and makes a good public show place. Forty some Washington youngsters had a good, ]8oioiut£#yea6e:i:rJuj¥pJ;ur¥io:nr.e8a#;hreetsdu]bty#E: that one group of boys got together and organized the Columbia Miniature Y. C. Within a couple of weeks these la,ds had organized a set of races for themselves and went right to work. One of the sensible things they did was to limit membership to a low figure. This idea could be followed by other boys’ groups, for a number of clubs in the same city would undoubtedly result in finer competition. Baltimore As a result of a very fine and super-successful regatta for boys’ boats, held in Baltimore during Philadelphia There used to be a Philadelphia M. Y. C., a men’s outfit. We have heard little of them for a couple of years, but understand they have awakened and steps are being taken to raise the dead. The City of Brotherly Love has plenty of yachting spirit, and it should certainly be easy for at least two grotlps to get going. COMING EVENTS Ogden Park M. Y. C., Club Cup Races-Labor Day. Prospect Park M. Y. C., Eagle Cup Races, September 16. Washington M. Y. C., Club Races, Labor Day. How to Form a Model Yacht Club This is for the Boys Already we have been asked how to go about organizing a model yacht club for boys. Truly we are a nation of organizers; but in union there is strength, and only by organizing can we successfully swap good ideas. While this column of type is aimed to answer the lads’ question, it will do as well for the adults. First, catch your boys. Pick ’em out. See that they are a congenial bunch and don’t try to have too many in your club. Pick the kind of ch:lp who doesn’t divide his time among too many interests ; it makes him lukewarm. Your group need not, i or the start, be made up of boys owning model yachts. They may be sufficiently interested to build later. Say next winter. In the meantime have ’em act as your mates on one side of your pool while you skipper I ram the other. This will teach them something about sailing and what to do. Pick Members Corefullu Elect a, popular leader for your Commodore, President or Captain; another live chap with ideas as Vice, or First Mate; and a third for Secretary, some lad who dcesn’t mind doing the work, writing letters, sending out notices of meetings, etc. If you collect duels make him Treasurer, also. A small club need not bother with dues, though. 12 THE MODEL YACHT Tell them about your boats and they’1l be glad to Meet at each other’s homes every month or two weeks. This will keep you all in touch, give op- make a window display of them. Write up cards giving the nameis of the boats, their owner`s and portunity I or exchanging ideas and getting the other chap’s help, and keep you together especially builders, and telling something about your dub. A window display of this sort will boost you conduring the willter. If you can find a room in yol]r Y. M. C. A., Scout headquarters, or other boys’ siderably. In some cities the storekeepers are glad to pa}’ club, it would make a fine place to meet. Invite a little something for a show of this kind. Maybe .the strangers. If you can have safe places there they’1l exchange some good tools, or something of to store your yachts where the meddlesome hallthe sort, i or having the yachts I or a week. This dlers can’t break them up it will give you a good will help the club treasury or tool chest. show and maybe bring in more members. r To make things regular you might want to have Dig up sorrie I riendly storekeeper, city official, a, short constitution setting I orth the aims of your newspaper editor or other good scout, and hornclub and a I ew things like that, but the shorter swoggle him into putting up a trophy or two f or the better. Make your club one that will be I ree you to compete for. Ciet some good photos of your from “red tape,” concentrate on building good yachts and races and give them to your local newspapers with a story to print. They will. yachts and getting up good competition in races and excellence of workmanship. Organize a summer’s series of club races; give the winner five points; second, three; third, oneIf all your boys haven’t got workshoi)s or basements where they can work, organize a club shop or something like that. At the end of the sailing in some handy place, and let each chap bring season total up the points and to the chap with the hig-hest score give a trophy of some kind. A club around some tools. If you have tools the other lads need, lend ’em to them. But I sure do hate pennant will do nicely. Or a book; or a subscription to THE MODEI, YACHT. to lend tools. Some folks don’t know enough to During the winter get some good model yacht bring them hack. If there are some good tools plans and build new boats. These designs are you lack, club together and buy them. available in many places. Maybe we can get deDig up some enthusiastic. model yachtsman who will help anrl advise you, meet with you, help you signers to advertise in THE MODEL YACHT. If you in your shop, or go sailing with you and teach you don’t understand the plans, don’t ask the usual manual traimng teacher what they mean, go to the’ fine- points. If this- man belongs to a “big j7our yachting f riend. Blueprints are blueprints, ¥#ti’ndc]:b;o:%enT:ichmat£:aib:trtaeirfings::aucthearr°wi8 but you have to know something about yachts to know what all those tricky lines mean. may fit the bill. And do your best to enthuse If your group is going to build more than one your own shop teachers in having the boys build different size or type,of yacht, see if you can’t real models in the shops as class projects. If your club is made ur of boys from the same school, so get several boys to build i rom the same plans. much the better. Scout around the other schools, Tha,t wa,y, when you get stuck, one cha,p can help get a group ill each school warmed up, form school another. Aiid when they’re finished you can have some good,c`ne-design class racing. Don’t try to clubs and you’1l have some fine competition. See race all boats together regardless of size or rig. if you can’t get model racing in on the school .sports. It .can’t be dc;ne. If there is an adult model club in your city, or a Big Time yacht club, get hold of one or two of the members to come around now and then during the winter and give you a talk about yachts and yachting. A real yachtsman will be glad to do and if you can get your entire club to build in one class you’1l have more sport. There won’t be any of this thing of the one lad with the largest yacht always coming in first. It`s all very nice to lose a race like a sportsman, but a f ellow likes to beat the others sometimes. Above all, be sportsmen. Sail clean. Stick to the rules. And if there is some chap who is not this. If, when you are. sailing, some likely looking boy comes around -and begins asking questions, don’t f reeze him off. Talk to him and you may get another member. Draw a good, but simple, pennant for your club flag. Have your mothers or sisters sew some out of ` silk for you. They should be triangular in `shape-the {pennants, not the sisters and mothers. See that youri,skippers fly them when sailing. `r ‘I£, you purchasei models, get good ol|es. Don’t bother with the usual line of toy store boats. There are severa’1 manufacturers \who put out good yachts at reasonable costs. Better still, build your own. You need not necessarily make your own ;fittings ; you can buy gcod ones and save time and Fri€ff .you have some nice looking yachts, particu- A one-design class is the best, inclined to act the good I ellow-take him down a peg or two, and if that won’t work, have nothing to do with them. Yachting is for the sportsman, not the boor. REGATTA PHOTOGRAPHS. Those who attended the national eli\minations of the M. Y. R. A. at Washington early in .July, and those who {lre interested in having good model yacht pictures, can get them from C. 0. Buckingham, 810 .13th Street, N. W., Washington. Mr. Buckingham v,’as the official photographer of the occasion and made some interesting group and individual photos. Several appear in this issue. The 5×7 size are fifty cents ; 8xl0 size, one dollar. iarro[¥`naft.:h:#e¥te::ek¥eapdeersb¥nyy°ouurr°n¥inghE%¥a’oo8d: ‘the +®big dep,artment stores, -or hardware stores. Get in touch with him and send along ten cents extra i or postage. Star Models FOR SALE-MODEL YACHT COMPLETE inches; W. L. 4a.a; beam 13.e; Sail area l8ae CONSTRUCTION SETS sq. in.; draught 10.9; rating 80.3. Braine Steering gear. Nickeled fittifLgr made in England. InternaLtional Model-A Class. L. 0. A. 70 MATERIALS FITTINGS Very fast and handles nicely. Crated for Shipment F. 0. 8. Toledo, Ohio, $180.00. For particulars communicate with MODEL YACHT. FREE CIRCULAR Write DIRECTORY MODEL iarp]ua.P5!.ntBo:fgis?!P]S66fosumM:ite#:8b;;:di°orn&rac£:: Boat Works N.J. 56 Davenport Street STAMFORD, CONN. ” Originals in Miniature” (Small insertions of this type, 5 cents per word, minimum 10 words. As we get more small ads of this sort we shall arrange a market page of them to show you where to get plans, prints, supplies, etc.) West Coast-T. E. LANDER 5425 3d Ave., Los An8eles. Calif. The Printing of this Magazine has been done on the presses of the Progressive Printing Company, which Company will be pleased at all times to give estimates on large or small orders. Our motto.. Printing a§ yott like itl Progressive Printing Co. Phone: Frankhn 4-200 1226 North capitol street Wa,Shington, D. C. il ri,y-i .I Aduertisers We invite your inspection of these pa.g.es when considering your advertising. While the circulation o£ THE MODEL YACHT will never be stupendous, we get the jump on other pa,pers in that every reader will be a potential customer. Our readers comprise an enthusiastic group of yachtsmen, model yachtsmen and other sportsmen and craftsmen. They will closely scan the advertisements in this, their own, paper. Moreover, an ad here will stand out; it will not be buried as in a larger paper. The modelman f requently owns larger craft, for which he needs supplies, outfit and equipment. He is not solely interested in minia,ture craft but gives his time to making other things with tools. He needs paints, varnishes, tools, hardware, glue, cement, skiffs, canoes, outboard and inboard engines, and many other materials, luxuries and necessities. He is interested in various types of handicraft; makes other types of models and miniatures; is a woodworker and metalworker ; a,nd is usually a handyman around the house. OUR RATES Here are our rates. We want a clientele of regular advertisers upon whom we can count I or regular insertions, speedy copy-and ready checks. F`ull page, $20.00 Half page, $11.00 Quarter Page, $6.oo Small insertions 5 cents per word, minimum 10 words. Same rates apply to cover pages and inside pages. First come, first served.