Model Yachting: Volume 1, Issue 7 – December 1929

MDD[L YA[HTINfi VOL. I DECEMBER 1929 Photo by A. R. Brown Tk” l u t e Last defender of the America cup. MEE&EBFH See page eight. @IHERESEFMdAS NO. 7 BUYERS OF To Know the Beet, Make Thie Test INT-CRAFT Commercial and Majestic Radio Demonstrated in Your Home RE SALES AND SERVICE THE I)ESIRE TO PLEASE J. D. GRIFFITHS 541 Frankliri Street SHOP AT MELROSE HIGHLANDS, MASS. Melrose Highlands, MODEL YACHTS Built to order. Models for .ale from $25 to $200 Skiffs for pond sailing $35 LUMBER Cedar. wide and long, positively free from knots, light. long-lived. easily worked, takes a fine finish SAIL CLOTH I have for sale a speciaLl weave of the famous Wamsutta Duck especially suited to Class A and larger, 75 cents a yard A. R. BROWN MELROSE HIGHLANDS. MASS. VISITORS WELCOME Mass. MODEL YACHTING AND illHnB MODHBm9 ff2A®HCIT A PRINT-CRAFT PUBLICATION FOR MODEL YACHTSMEN VOL.1. DECEMBER,1929 OUR NEEDS WITH this issue we take over the publication of rfee /14lodeJ y¢cfeJ NO. 7 Send in two dollars for a subscription. If you are now a subscriber send in two dollars more for a subscription for some friend or youngster. Catch ’em young and train them right. AIl of you must be made to realire that Joe/ are personally re§ponsible for this paper. It’s success or to fill unexpired subscriptions and add as many new ones as we possibly can. This transfer was made so that the model yachtsmen of the United States may, if they desire, have failure depends on you. We ow%s! a representative paper devoted to fe¢”e owo”ey to carry it on, owo7.a their sport. 77eo„i-y to improve it. “Don’l give ub the shib!” It seems deplorable that model yachtsmen will not support a paLast but not least, we need news per. The cost is not great, there from every section of the country. i§n’t a model man in the country News and photos from power modwho would miss the two dollars a el men, news and photos from ship year necessary to bring him a good model men, news and photos from Paper. racing model men with reports of We are going to carry on. The regattas, building activities, etc. size and influence of the paper deModel Yachting urges readers to pends entirely on you men. We write us letters. If you have a have some good material and pic- kick to register, kick away, if a tures for you, we cannot give them suggestion that will help us make to you unless the money comes in the paper more interesting, suggest. for paper, labor, cuts, ink, postageWe are not mind readers, if you and incidentals. will tell us what you like we’ll try Money-making does not enter to give it to you. into this proposition at all. The We would like a line from every sport of model yachting will have reader, telling us about their modto increase ten fold before a paper els, where and how sailed, how of this type could hope to become many in the various classes. With a money-making ~ publication, ha/ such data the editor will have the it can be made to break even if all facts for a paper more interesting will do their bit, to the greatest number. MODEL YACHTING Some of the skippers immediately rigged their models and got out Pity your poor editor man, on Flushing Bay to familiarize Writing, Striving, the best he can, themselves with local conditions. To give you all the news and Such, Though maybe it don’t amount to much. The Commodore of Williamsburgh Yacht Club placed his powThe applesauce letters that you pen Are all very pleasing and nice, but then er boat at the disposal of the visit:i ‘±1. If you’Il kick in with a little dough ors, and six of them being real Model Yachting will grow and grow. sea-going availed themselves of `A—_r` coupl’a _ bucks -_-`- ““` will -_I buy _a r`_–plate. his hospitality. The rest of the L`:I:,`i\ I `_ ‘foJ ,fa’,jirfu,h’& and ink, at any rate. crew put up at the Bayside Yacht ‘?!J’-:-7″ ‘` |t-isn’t such an awful pile Club. .I 1] 7 ‘ Buthelp§tomakethesheetworthwhile Saturday morning the wind was Then_,again you boys in distant places very light, but we came out after Might send re8u)ts of Some of your races lunch to find a steadily increasing Send the names of your officers. too breeze. Probably the largest fleet St; other clubs will get in touch with you. of A boats ever started in this Just now that’s all I have to Say country were ready to battle over And I’m hoping that it may ” Make you dig down in your socks the windward and leeward course To keep Model Yachting off the rocks. of ab6ut a mile and a quarter. The sixteen boats made a stirring picture as they manouvered NEW YORK CLASS A RACES about the line in what had increasThe Central Park Model Yacht ‘ Club held an open race for Class ed to a smashing breeze with big seas. The boats had all they could A models at F`lushing Bay, Satur- carry. It was a real test of boats day sept.14. Although this race and seamanship as trick sailing was had been announced in plenty of impossible under the conditions. time only three clubs were repreThe starts w,ere flying, with a sented, Boston, Central and Pros- warning whistle followed in two pect Park. minutes by preparatory signal, two The Boston Club went over the minutes later the starting signal j” road with two trailers, six skiffs ”` `r9’ty7 nestedthreeon a trailer. In the after which each boat was allowed two minutes in which to get over j skiffs were packed nine class A and The Editor ?:,g co,_F<," the line. four Class 8 models. The Class 8 models being the entries for the Eagle Cup races. The Boston crowd started about 10.30 p. in. Thursday. An uneventful trip, and we arrived at the Williamsburgh Yacht Club early Friday forenoon. Francis Rich, of Boston, got his E¢s!ow¢7.d off with the whistle, a good clear start and was never headed. He repeated in the second race. In the third race AB Reynolds of the Central Park Club with P¢£sy JJ lead at the windward mark, holding this lead for MO'DEL YACHTING more than half the run home, but 3 Weszow¢7.d, designed by C. 0. Lil- Eastward and Westward were running steadier, gaining fast. Reynolds was passed about three quarters of the way to the line. Rich jegren and built by Fred Pigeon has made a great record this season, winning the Siesta Cup at Washington, fifth place in the elimand Pigeon had a battle royal to inations at Washington, season the line, crossing in a smother of championship of the Boston Model foam, the former winning by inch- Yacht Club and third in the interes, making three straight firsts for city series. this young man against the toughest of competion. RUNNING WILD The prizes offered were, an elecHickory, Dickory, Dock, tric percolator, toaster, and bridge Ea8tward'8 got a mighty sock. She developed a nasty punch lamp. These were selection prizes And hung it on that Cla88 A bunch. first place rating first choice etc. Winning first for three races. and how. The summary Is sailing solne, you must allow. RICH, Boston RINDGE, Boston PIGEON, F., Boston WEAVER, New York BATTE¥, New York REyNOLDS, New York PATERSoN, Boston JAGSCHITZ, New York PILE, New York BULL, New York PIGEON, S., Boston 34 32 31 28 24 Her 8kipper's had a lot of fun And her racing career has just begun, 1§ 16 16 14 13 Class A Skippers taLke this I or a tip Or she'll sail you out of ai championship. 9 MCGILVAy, Boston 8 ]EDLlcKA, New York BRoWN, Boston 5 BcoTH, New York 0 0 CHAMPLA|N, Boston The way that baby'8 steppin' out They wonder what it's all about. 2 OBITUARY Model yachting lost oi]e of its oldest and most devoted followers in the recent death of John E. Wetmore. Mr. Wetmore, in his 76th year, Notes was an active participant in the sport right up to the close of the A;s Yankee Doodle 11 isowned present An attack of rheuby Mr. Cox of Cleveland another matism season. the past two seasons preclub is represented, making four. vented him racing but he seldom E¢s!ow¢7.d, the winner is amahog- missed having his model out of a any planked boat designed by C.O. Saturday afternoon. From his vast store of model Liljegren and built by her owner, the youngest member of the Bos- lore, Mr. Wetmore was always ton club. Rich built this boat in ready to give for the benefit of any three weeks time, her entry in this who asked. We extend our sympathy to his race being her third trial under sail. loved ones in their bereavement. y¢/a 8%//dog, the second boat is A long life well lived. John E. from designs of Tom Moore, built Wetmore, gentleman and sportsand sailed by Wellington Rindge. man. 4 "MODEL YACIITING ics Building. it will be well taken care of until the show is over. A PRINT-CRAFT Not only as a gesture of apprePUBLICATION ciation for the generosity of Mr. MELFto§E ll]GHLANDS, MASS. Campbell, but for the good of the sport, you should have entry. The Subscription Price exhibit last winter was the direct TWO DOLLARS A YEAR means of an active model yacht club being started near Boston. ADVERTl.lNG RATES ON APPLI CATION This club had an active racing seaVOL. I. DECEMBER,1929 NO. 7 son in 1929 with new boats planned for the racing in 1930. A good display of the MarbleEDITORIALS head Sail Area Class would help round out a well balanced exhibit. Some of the exquisite little craft MODEL BOAT SHOW raced there with their various type The Motor Boat Show to be of steering gears that their skipheld at Mechanics Building, Boston, in F`ebruary 1930 will have a pers do such clever stunts with, would be tremendously interesting. section for the display of models It is not necessary that the boats as usual. be the last word in craftsmanship, Mr. Che§ter I. Campbell, manas models of average or mediocre ager of these great shows, is keenly workmanship often encourage the interested in model building and tyro to mak3 a start, whereas the racing. The space for these dismaster workman's job discourages plays is donated by Mr. Campbell him, seems too far beyond hi,s and is under the supervision of the ability. Boston Model Yacht Club. If you start cleaning up the old Very fine prizes are offered for boat now, working in spare time, junior competition, the awards be- she will be ready for the show so ing made by a special committee you will have no last minute drive appointed for that purpose. to get her ready. The model displays attract a Let's every one who can, plan great deal of attention. The dis- on showing, make it such a large, play at Boston is said to bethe distinctive display that the public finest of this class shown anywhere in the country. While this may will realize the sport is groow!.73g, not standing still. MODEL YACHTING or may not be true, the display is nothing to what it might be if all the model men would make a special effort to have an entry. Every reader within reasonable distance should plan on getting at least one model ready for this exhibit. There is no entrance fee, simply take your boat to Mechan- SCHOONER WANTED One of our readers is interested in locating a schooner of the Gloucester fisherman type, about 30 in. long, for decorative purposes. If you can help him, write to us. MODEL YACHTING EAGLE CUP RACES 5 and fourth. The points for this race were, Central Park 16, Pros- th#opg,t¥:¥Sro%E?}nsg?]9|ty£Eeag£|: pect Park 15, Boston 14. offered a cup to be competed for by model yachts. As far as the writer can learn, this cup never SECOND F3ACE The second race was started at 11.18 over the Same course. Dun- ]iegf!9,N;E:nT?rwkasu:ji[riesdeptt6£5otst ing the brief intermission the wind ton by a happy crew from the Boston Model Yacht Club. *ah€cE;P#Pa£°inac%#TaS£:i%:,rs:g: duced the usual choppy sea. The onTt£:tascetFtae]mwb;enrni:S%fasttaec:ep. tro£:Sfardac%][£tthwe¥s{cOE[gbh3:gel:: ward of five years of hard, tiresome effort, discouraging effort up ifnt'£{swr8::%:£es|?#,bnyafaeerd:Peed to this year, as the New York team There was not much to choose had always had the little edge nec- between the leaders in that hard essary to hold the trophy. thrash to windward, but when they turned for that run home, wow! ofThhreesee6%sessfreb%:]t:edfpoymateeaacE challenging club, scores are totaled £a:ejrs8tn'abs]ter:gggifghfgebr:i:a£'r¥t in each race for the three boat over the line when he fell back in i:gaoE::hthc:¥E:itrfen%obu°r::£S;°]a- ;;tt£¥r£:i;%:;gt:;':iTi#r`:#:€airsba:£{ 3;armoef9at, Ra7e.”boon, was control on that wild run and had second. Witch Il and John Har„¢rd, both from Boston, were third f3ckbeed3[;Ckf%gtur%.ach+£8#n?s7#q:8 6 MODEL third, Bull’s PoJfaa Do! was fourth. The Boston crowd were jubilant over their victory and were heart- YACHTING Young Waring came cast with his parents this summer. They came over the road to Massachu- Seotitnststahcekreffrocd;:i8yasctftpsshaadtev¥[ heard of. He was fortunate ;[5yipco&8]rg.::ut%tftgb£¥£t:he:au:ge;t:ot:Br°:r§: been enough to see the Eagle Cup and in this class, in fact new boats are i;r3e6d¥c¥T:rBCoost3tnTctionforthe POINT SCORE Boston 47, Prospectpk. 44, Central Pk. 41 lntercity Class A races at New York as well as club races at Boston and Wakefield. ingToehtirip,Eroox::bvte¥a#i5#E: points explained to him will be of BOSTON M. Y. C. I.9:HN H_A_RV_ABD, S±andish pigeon WITCH II, Robert pa!terson – 21 17 LIGm, Orrin chamblain 9 TotaTT7 88¥£ghtac8]eainihemco°dnes,t#c££nh:f£% building in the Lane Tech. Sr. High School wcod shop. PROSPECT PARK M. Y. C. PoLKA DOT, E. A. i8%// tf u¥t:gee, &X8C.ahF#a8yTL8# `S S## BA:INBON, F. L. Ketcham DIXIB, FTed Tusker the fans and invite all who visit this section to give us a call. Total CENTRAL PARK M. Y. C. 22 13 tg:T£,:E;A¢#?efgA.We¢oe7 9 TotalTh INDIVIDUAL POINT SCORE J°sephA.RWoi:¥frp2?;rsoFnre[d7P{ge°n2] MOVIES OF MODEL RACING The Boston Model Yacht Club Fuarse¥|efyofintthe:ets±££graFeoso¥tn%aps]£: ington, Classes A and 8, shots at the Eagle Cup races, and other miscelaneous shots. These films will be rented to any NORTH SHORE M. Y. C. c|ugmwiasJa:*aYd¥ingt’h:r.’s&fei::££ fa]oa5:I,T#¢%,yonwithhisciassR The award was made on Oct. 28 ie;::eenathguas:!::i:gatotfh: g3zfg 8E Com. Waring. Mr. Stockton, a il:ut:8i::#.1|’Fo|:f:b::hr#iegf.:o,;ef|g:: Boston, Mass. g#dh:h:e:i:::::s:aftil:ete::¥:;r::i;irng s:iiEp:a:i;:w::l#!#:::tty?diiE THE SHIPMODELER {r:¥a;g:3e;h:e;s::i:Fr:si3:;#t§]e;t:e::E;gn; th:81;Sfpmrfugoadz:ferisak%Fit]£8T#a¥ a]%£#[esheg£Terfifonfe#t:,:tog%::i; 55 Middagh St.. Brooklyn Heights, %:h:{gne::::##8:Sold:eta;ga!§: £ndt¥A’:i:S:t;£#:ttisrie=¥i::teh:irul!| racing. club membership at $2.75 a year. MODEL YACHTING 7 PERSONALS Raspberries, Peaches and Quince, plucked here and there. WE UNDERSTAND THAT- Thos. Malloy, of Chicago, who Sailed Jupiter at the elimination races in Washington, is planking up the number ten design of F. T. Wood, for Class A racing next year. Sontag is building number five, Mr. Wood’s Little Rhody design. The Melro§e Club is thinking Some of joining the National Association. With some fine A boats completed and more to be built this winter they should do well at Boston next year. Capt. Gibson, o£ Bloomfield, New Jersey, isbulding a wood design. The captaqu Com. Steinbrecher, of Detroit, is building was an interested Spectator at the Eagle Cup races. a Chewink stretched out two inches on the waterline. The New York Scoiety of Model EnginJohn Clark, of Wyandotte, Mich., is build- eers will hold their annual exhibition at ing from the Vol§ung plan, also lengthen- the Knickerbcoker Building, 42nd Street and Broadway, New York City, Decemed three inches on the waterline It is reher 16 to 21st. ported from Chicago that Volsung cleaned up four models racing at Cedar Lake. It is dangerous to give Fred Pigeon or This boat has had several changes since Wellington Rindge a dare. One gave the the Washington races, which have improv- other a dare at Winnepesaukee and over ed her greatly. The boys from the Genthey dove, clothes and all, to the great detral West mean business, it looks as tho light of the crowd. their would be something doing in 1930. Several new A boats are building from the Westward design. Mr. Liljegren produced a crack boat in this design. Jim Potterischanging his Class 8 boat Vamp into an A boat. This should make a fine addition to the Boston class. With four Potter designs in Class A in 1930 there is liable to be something stirring in every race. The winning of the Eagle Cup has stirred up interest it the Class 8 boats. Current gossip has at least one more club fighting for thistrophy. Several new bc)ats will be built. Three or four fast boats that have been out of commission will be ready to race next year. Bill Malanson is starting a new Class A boat for the 1930 racing. Francis Rich will sail the Class 8, Aurora next season. Some of the Boston boys forgot to go to bed when Francis L. Herreshoff got to talking model designing and building to them in New York. Three new boats from Marlboro will help the Melrose Club’s Class A fleet in 1930. Your subscription is badly needed so we can add four more pages and a lot of pictures to the January number. Wait’l ya seethe cover! It’s awow! F`. T. Wood called on all his friends in Boston recently and paid the writer a visit. While here I Showed him “the fastest A boat ? in the country” but he couldn’t see it. He did admit that in “her breeze” she would be fast. Now I have to locate that kind of a breeze. Braintree Point skippers are already planming improvements that this seasons racing has shown them will make them faster nextyear. Wehope to have some news from secretary Vaughan for January issue. The members of the Boston Model Yacht Club will have an annoying Question for their A Class to handle in 1930. Model yachts are raced by hundreds of skippers in Los Angeles, yet never a photo or news item of these big events gets east. Won’t some of our Los Angeles subscribers send us some pictures and facts about these events. Lack of intersectional interest retards development of the sport. Frank Courtis won the Fall series of the Marblehead sail area class. Selmar Lar§en was second with 37 and Ed Baron third with 36. The prize was an onyx pen set donated by Mr. Hooper of the Salem Laundry. “Did you Seen her go?” he inquired with much enthusiasm. 8 MOI)EL YACHTING SUBSCRIPTION PREMIUMS Literature For Model Makers The cover picture this month and the two photos on the back Studious reading of books and magazines will show model builders many new or easier ways of doing things. Some you will find useful are listed below, and may be obtained through us. cover of Resolute, Defiance and #a:;tftehe¥eertehr::kse]nco3;ffr¥ceewd# the honor of defending the AmerBOOKS ica cup. The original negatives Model Sailing Yachts, Elements of Yacht are eight by ten inches, very fine Design, Model Sail Boats, Build a Winexamples of marine photography. ming Model Yacht, Miniature Boat BuildI will give a contact print on ing, Barlow’s Tables, Ship Model Making heavy glossy paper, suitable for MAGAZINES #[atE£:v86ry°fsuebascchrip°t{otnhe:3S#%B:i ya!cfe!8.„g received before Feb. 15th. The retail value of these photos is $2.25. The subscription price of The Model Yachtsman, Model Yachting, Model `Enginder, Model Maker, Yachting, The Rudder, Motor Boating, Power Boating, Motor B9at. •`&! _ ffH GLOOM CHASERS o¥fgf’w:%g’&:2i5S 32i3g ?o??a2:, in These pictures should be in every yya¢CcE!G.„Cg[usEoinidtB:ffutnht:yre¥d°i8eg’ room of every club. With such an inducement we can see no reason for holding out on that subscription. You can’tmake two dollars buy greater pleasure or value for as great a number in any other way. WORDS OF THANKS . The visiting model yachtsmen wish to thank Messrs. Clawson and Collins for their efforts for our comfort. The commodore of the In summer most of the girls hold their ” coming-out ” parties at the beaches. A dentist and an automobile mechanic always find conditions much worse than you ever expected. eAr:y[?°geyt E;.y fall in love-but they gen. Get money but don’t let money `get’ you. Blind love can never see its finish. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Class R model for sale. Well built, #h§[!3[i:`£a,1:ii:i:a:;]#%|,.:;8;Aei¥#eir%f:: .i:lli!Tis:bei;.#rc:rh;t:se?iue:orr.i:s:lea:i: 0762-M. Mr. Griffiths for the vast amount of work and detail thev attended to in connection with the Class A and Eaglecup Races. Last but not least the unknown “good scout’ ‘ who voluntarily worked on iler rod so long’ it that broken came throug fect. Class A model built from the famous Dos- The Model Yachtsman §g§C::]ch:`i;So¥i°ad£`’Asa¥’St|E8:1%#’€e:: (British) from $15 to $35. A. R. Brown, Melrose Highlands Mass. Phone Melrose 0819-W SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.60 A YEAR :°o”nG.8[tp£[oan?S.pri::n38¥.°r#;?%¥rpe’ofifn#d3{ y¢c¢!G.„g, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 99″B;7¥E”?a;:st$7C!?Sinpe#::i:’nla:Fatss; £. #ei]g8:£; i8f%%fetfdfgne g%:e¥t,deE¥s]t Boston, Mass. al other models, thirty inch to four feet •\/ -i=B MODELS FOR SALE ESTRELLITA FOR SALEThis is probably one of the fastest models of its size ever built. Has repeatedly defeated much larger boats with greater sail area in all kinds of weather. Designed and built by A. R. Brown. Estrellita is 34 in. o.a., 27 in. w.1., 6 in. beam, 6.50 in. draft. Sail area 437 sq. in. Lead keel 2 lbs. 4 ozs. Hull complete with lead weighs 3 lbs. 11 ozs. Planked with 1/8 in. cedar, white oak ribs steam bent, brass screw fastenings. Braine steering gear, turnbuckles, pulleys, gooseneck, all specially mnde of aluminum. This boat was built to race in the Marblehead Sail Area Class but the owners activities in the larger classes prevents her use. A high class job in every way at the bargain price of $35. CLASS a MODEL rsGgr Designed by F. T. Wood. Planked with Spanish cedar. Practically new having been completed in July 1929. An exceptionally fine job in every way. Price $50. FOR $5.00 We will prepare a cut from your photograph and print it with a fifty word description of your boat to occupy this Size Space in one issue. Send copy to raGisl, MODEL YACHTING D. W. MCGILVRAY 49 Colby Road Atlantic, Mass. Metro.e Highlands, Mass. Defiance This i§ one of the photographs given with our special subscripton offer on page eight. Read it now ! Vavitie This is one of the photographs given with our special subscription offer on pageeight. I, __ _ _ _ i ,.`_ I Readit now! -==±+____±±±±±L±-L*–LE=±’-±;I