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illHE lb Yi (C1HI 1rIlOO lG . IMl (I]1Nl1f IHlI1s y I $..l8SCRIPTION t#2fOAY£ARINUS..&CAHADA. ’21° FORtlGN. AUGUST 1946 , .. ‘ MODEL YACHTING MONTHLY AUGUST, 1946 NO. 18 Photo by K. Baumgarten . LESTER SYTHOFF’S M-CLASSFOUNDERSIN A HEAVYCHOP AT CAMDEN,N.J. Model Yacht Racing Association of America-~ I I : I MEMBER CLUBS -~c ATLANTIC-Sam Engebreitsen (C) Nicolai St., Picksville, N. Y.: Wm. Perfect (VC) Old Saybrook, Conn.; Chas. Heisterkamp (S) 6814 Clover Lane, Upper Darby, Pa. EMPIRE-Waldemar Freudenthal (C) Jt 304 E. 83d St., New York City; Ni~ Caeti (VC), 309 E. 5th St., New YorktS 1 City; Walter Lison (S), 251 E. Kings. ·;~ bridge Road, New York 58, N. Y. BERKELEY-Geo. E. Atthowe (C) 1924 Prince St., Berkeley, Cal.; Donald Grimes (VC), 1131 Neilson St., Berkeley, Cal.; Lois E. Atthowe (S) 661 Neilson St., Berkeley, Cal. BOSTON-Fred L. Pigeon (C), 131 Coleridge St., E. Boston, Mass.; H. E. Richardson (VC), 643 Fifth St., So. Boston, Mass.; Wm. E. Wadsworth (S), 48 Simmons Av., Belmont, Mass. CADILLAC-Harry Chandler (C), 3476 Audubon, Detroit 26, Mich.; Sim Smith (VC), 636 Hanna St., Birmingham, _Mich.; Wm. Robert (S-T), 17180 Chandler Park Drive, Detroit 24, Mich. CENTRAL PARK-A. B. Reynolds ( C), 5000 Broadway, New York City; J. A. Weaver (VC), 169-01 32d Ave., Flushing, N. Y.; J. J. Treuchtlinger (S), 66 Fort Washington Ave., New York 23, N. Y. CHICAGO-Thomas Molloy ( C), 7121 So. Paulina St., Chicago, Ill.; James McKinney (VC), 6818 Cornell Ave., Chicago, Ill.; George Macey (RC), 310 So. Wood St., Chicago, Ill.; John Clark (T), 7411 Constance Ave., Chicago, Ill.; Dr. Leonard Peal (S), 7319 So. . East End Ave., Chicago, Ill. CLEVELAND-A. H. Beecher ( C), 3586 Warren Road, Cleveland 11, Ohio; Ro- bort Morris (VC), Rd No. 2, Hudson, Ohio; 0. J. Steppart (S-T), 3921 Henritze Ave., Cleveland 9, Ohio. DEEPER HUDSON-Fred Gould (C), 552 Madison Ave., Albany, N. Y.; Malcolm Robertson (VC), 545 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.; H. V. D. Allen (S), 1506 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y. DETROIT MODEL-Geo. E. Steinbrecher, 18806 Gainsborough, Detroit 23, Mich. FOREST HILL-Ronald Meil. (C) jrt 4186 Ellison St., So. Euclid 21, Ohio’. ;ol Ray Savage (VC), 2628 Princeton s~ ,h Cleveland Heights, Ohio; ArthUr o Newbacher (S) 13509 Casper Road, 1c Cleveland 10, Ohio; Elmer Neufer Er (T) 15712 Scottsdale Road, Shaker Br Heights 20, Ohio. (F IRVINGTON-Pierson Gordinier (C), Cl 311 Vermont Ave., Irvington 11, N. J,’I • Edgar Van Name (VC) 191 Roseville Ave., Newark 7, N. J.; Louis J. Tokar (S), 1156 Grove St., Irvington 11, N. J. • C .., LONG ISLAND-J. L. Sythcoff (C), 84-09 Talbot St., Kew Gardens, N. A . 2 Y.; Otto Gerry (VC) 85-17 106th JSt., Richmond Hill, N. Y.; James Fulton (RC), 103-20 94th St., Ozone Park, N. Y.; Walter Krebs (T), 204 W. Seaman Ave., Freeport, N. Y.; James Warrell (S), 42 W. Hawthorne Ave., Valley Stream, N. Y. – ( I. t< ·E V LOS ANGELES-W. R. Many (S) 365 ! So. Mansfield Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. SC LYNN-Louis G. Parker (C), 42 Bartlett St., Malden, Mass.; Harry Kamerick (VC), 20 Houghton St., W. Lynn, Mass.; Soren Pederson (S), 53 Ellsmere Ave., Lynn, Mass. MARBLEHEAD-Dexter Goodwin (C), Stacey St., Marblehead, Mass.; Francis Courtis (VC) 57 Elm St., Marble,. head, Mass.; W. E. Hoeg (S), 11 Jersey St., Marblehead, Mass. .. MILL POND-E. P. Phillips, Jr., (C), Box 523, Port Washington, N. Y.;· Adrian Iselin (VC), East Williston, N. Y.; J. L. Sythoff (RC), 84-09 Talbot St., Kew Gardens, N. Y.; F. E. Farmer (S), 31 Harbor Road, Port Washington, N. Y. NTCLAIR-Wallis ~- Axt ( C), 28 Montclair, N. J.; Fred ~- Muir (VC), 43 James St., Mont. N • J ••• Richard 0.. Reger (S), 139 -!aJr, ··hestnut St., Montclair, N. J. 'oENIX SPORT CLUB, INC.-Char··~sGobel (C), 1422 Jerome St., Phila• Iphia 40, Pa.; Joe Brugger (VC) J:11 North 9th St., Philadephia 40, ~.; Alfred Schmeuckle (S) 6810 ~), Green St., Philadelp~ia 19, Pa._; Otto lo; sohns (T) 1645 E. Bnll St., Philadel:t., phia 24, Pa. llr ROSPECT p ARK-Charles H. Lucke F (C), 658 68th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; d, Ernest M. Garbe (VC), 531 3rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; George E. Brooks (RC), 929 E. 35th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charles E. Wanker ( S), 666 59th St., I, Brooklyn, N. Y. REDBANK-F. S. Anderson, R. D. No. 1 Matawan, N. J. JUJODEISLAND-Howard Angell (C), 86 Brandon Road, Cranston, R. I.; Samuel R. Dickie (VC), 125 Francis Ave., Pawtucket, R. I.; Elwin Mitchell (RC), 509 Park Ave., Providence, R. I.; Clifford A. Nickerson (S), 17 Morton St., Providence, R. I. SEATTLE-Harold Pederson (C), 2822 W. 68th St., Seattle, Wash.; Jack Alma (VC) Issaqah, Wash.; Morris Fiare (S), 7228 4th Ave., N. W., Seattle 7, Wash.; C. R. Simpson (T), 1535 E. 89th St., Seattle 5, Wash. SOUTH JERSEY-Marshall F. Guy (C), 108 E. Beechwood Ave., Oaklyn, N. J.; Marcus Olsen (VC), 23 E. Walnut Ave., Westmont, N. J.; Norma E. Guy (S), 108 E. Beechwood Ave., Oaklyn, N. J. TRE-POL-PEN-Tom Williams (C}, 1722 Belle Ave., Flint, Mich.; Ed Maas (VC), 15850 Mansfield Ave., Detroit, Mich.; John L. Olenik (S), 5063 Caniff Ave., Detriot, Mich. WARINANCO-Wm. L. Jones, 762 Murray St., Elizabeth, N. J. WASHINGTON-John T. Edwards (C), 7107 Allison St., Landover Hills, Md.; A. W. Greely (VC), Westchester Apts. 39th & Cathedral Ave., Washington, D. C.; A. J. Downing (S), 4118 Woodbury St., University Park, Md. OTHER AMERICAN CLUBS AND CORRESPONDENTS 1 ·ates Ave., ANACORTES-James B. Wright (C), Box 12, Anacortes, Wash,; John G. Dorcy (S) 1309 Fifth St., Anacortes, Wash. BELLINGHAM-Bernard Mathes, 1635 Northwest Road, Bellingham, Wash . CLOVE LAKES-Henry M. Micha, 1026 Annadale Road, Annadale, S. I., N. Y. COLUMBUS-G. 0. Furry, Eng. Dept., Ohio Bell Tel. Co., 42 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio. . DA YTON--J. F. Bolgiano, 221 Baltimore St., Dayton, Ohio. FLORIDA-E. L. Cheney, Box 582, Winter Park, Florida. KANKAK.EE-F. J. Schumacher, 528 S. Myrtle Ave., Kankakee, Ill. • MILWAUKEE-F. R. Keebler, 2952 N. 49th St., Milwaukee 10, Wis. MT. LEBANON-Joseph G. Ayers, 760 Gypsy Lane, Mt. Lebanon, Pa. NEWPORT-E. Sturteyvant, 39 Frank:lin St., Newport, R. I. N.-CAROLINA-Frank M. Dieter, Rt. 3, Box 63, Hope Valley Road, Durham, N.C. ~ SAN DIEGO-Tom J. Allen, 969 Scott St., San Diego 9, Cal. STATEN ISLAND-George W. Bedford, 61 Burnside Ave., Staten Island 2, N. Y. ST. LOUIS-Robert Buckley, 4048 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. RICHMOND-J. D. Vincent, 3519 Barrett Ave., Richmond, Va. PHILADELPHIA-Dr. H. J. Stout, 20 W. Phill-Ellena St., Philadelphia, Pa. TEXAS-John J. Bell, 610 Dallas Ave., Houston, Tex. TRAVERSE CITY-R. M. Linsley, 525 Washington St., Traverse City, Mich. CANADIAN CLUBS TORONTO S. M. E.-W. B. Jones, 34½ Victoria Park Ave., Toronto 8, Ont. MONTREAL-Gordon A. Carpenter (C), 5614 McLynn Ave., NDG, Montreal, PQ.; R. D. Matheson (S), 415 Grosvenor Ave., Westmount, P. Q. WELLINGTON-J. F. Marr, 329 Woolwich St., Guelph, Ont. V ANCOUVER-C. J. Pratt, 6395 Chester St., Vancouver, B. C. 3 ) , I' WHY I LIKE THE X-CLASS By Don Lyon, San Francisco M. Y. C. Of all rating rules that have been conceived, (mostly with the idea of thwarting the ambitious or "radical" enthusiast,) the X-Class seems to me to bear more ideal common-sense in form, and more chance for the development of a perfect all-around racing type in practice, than any other rule yet off ered for the consideration of model skippers. • The avowed purpose of rating rules is to establish a basis for fair competition, without reverting to a one-design class, or restricting the individual idea too harshly. Simplicity of form and directness of application, along with a resultantly practical size of boat, are all-important factors in producing an ideal rule; and it is obvious that the X-Class rule possesses all these virtues in a large degree. The elimination of technical detail from the rating rule also contributes to its favorable acceptance. Such detail, though· theoretically sound, is only understandable to a minority of those interested, and really hampers the realization of the skipper's ideas. Everyone who sails a boat should have a clear understanding of the limitations of the particular class he sails, in order to be able to note room for improvement, in either the existing boat or in subsequent boats. For those who love technical detail, an~ they are many, all is not lost, f0r here, in the X-Class, is a golden op. portunity. The absence of c_onstructh·, formulae and involved ratings leaves a perfectly clear field for the consid. eration of every factor involved in Pro. ducing an ideal model for the peculiar conditions of wind and water bein, considered. The effect of the maximum sail area limitation, rig limitation, and prohi. bi tion - of spinnakers is to practically standarize the driving force and tht manner of· controlling it. The other minor limitations of the X-Class rule serves merely to bar "freaks." Here, again, competition is placed on a high. er level. However, the cagey skippers and tricky- manipulators may still get their innings, for the X-Class is essen. tially a responsive and sensitive type. Niceties of trim and judgment rel!lain as critical as ever; notwithstanding the removal of some of the pet "correction factors." To dispense with further comment, I will leave the convert, (hopefully) with the remark that I heartily endorse the X-Class because it allows me to do the things with a racing model that I have always wanted to do, but .could_ not heretofore do without fetching up against some insurmountable restriction. .There was a young fluff named Bianca Who slept while the ship lay at anchor. She woke fast as hell about ¼ hydrochloric (muriatic) acid and some cuprous chloride. The cuprous chloride "plates" the stainless steeL Use "half-and-half" solder (half tin and half lead). MONEL is unsuitable for salt water sailing. BALSA wood is graded: Soft, Me• dium and Bard. The hard grade is about twice as heavy as the soft, hence soft balsa is best for vane feathers. -Use brushing laquer for a finish-aever varnish. When the skipper did yell, "Bey, hoist up the top-sheet and spanker!" BITS OF OAKUM Dunton's soldering flux, sold at hardware stores, is good for soldering stainless steel. Som•e skippers make their own, using zinc chloride, and adding 4 American JIOIIEL YACHTING MONTHLY --- _-, \ A GUST, 1946 II ___ Skippers No. 18 ..:.::..::---'--------- Published Monthly by TIIE MODEL YACHT RACING .\~ ·ocIATION OF AMERICA C. H. FARLEY, Editor 8 , Qitincy St., Medford, Mass. Subscription, One Year, ,., iXl in U. S. and Canada: $2.50 Foreign : • -·I eserved. Nothing that appears in this maga• . be reproduced, either wholly or in part, without 1 -. '"•'i . mission of the Editor acting for the MYRAA or • ·••·n p,r h' • hts • 11 J {0. ntributor who reserves IS rig • ,, ' • • .,; 1ts r P'flolo by ..4. R. Laull WALTERR.MANY, LOS ANGELESM.Y.C. IN HIS SKIFF. "SUNKISS" IN FOREGROUND, HOLLOF PATRONSFOR VOL. II Ains Ballantyne F. J. Santos Harry Richardson Deeper Hudson MYC Chicago MYC r· ,,t t.. Pigeon )I MYC 111rta1r r•nl k W. Gwinn, Jr. f'1,••·n1x MYC f,..i,t,·rn Division llID-'\'lEST DIVISION M-CLASSCHAMP'SHIP Sailed June 15-16 at Chicago. SW wind, fluky, about 5 miles the first day. On the 16th wind was stronger, from SE, giving beat and run. 1 Lassie A.Arroll 74 2 Ronsar L. Peal 63 3 Patroit J. Macey 59 4 Ranger T. Molloy 53 5 Slik G. Baron 44 6 Corsair G• .Macey 39 7 Dink F. Eley 26 8 Aye Aye w.Foote 19 Mr. Arroll handled his new yacht expertly and shov,ed some beautiful spinnaker rune. Dr. L.Peal,who ma.de only 15 points the first day all but overtook the field when his "SUnk:iss" design "Ronsar• got going in the stiff breeze on the second day. Mr. Foote had difficulty with his boat, and was forced to withdraw after his boom snapped in a gust of wind. --LEONARDPEAL. ROLLOF SPONSORSFOR VOL. II A.H. Link Long Island MYC Robert M. Linsley Ronald Moore c;,.. f.. Steinbrecher n,u111as Allen n,.,mas Allen, Jr. A H. Lasscl RACING REPORTS OVILL CUP RACE AT PROVIDENCE,R.I. The soallest field of contestants eTer to assemble here at Roger Willia~s Park competed for the silver oup donated by an old member of the club, Albert Covill. Everyone seemd anxious to get their summer camps in order, and decided to make the beet of the excelent Sunday weather, the 21st of June. It was the first time the club- had the opportunity to try out the land l system arxl the score ie interesting. The land l eyetem is shown in the let oolumn, and the old 3 and 2 system in the ~ column. Dot Sappho Challenger Hard Luck H. Angell Gifford 22 19 16 Denkewitz 15 PROSPECTPARK MODELYACHTCLUB This club held the Memorial Day Regatta May 30 under favorable weather conditions, gentle SW wind and a clear sky. Races were held for each class, A, Mand x, starting at 9.30 a.m., finifhing 3 p.m. The scores of this race will be combined with the scores of the Columbus Day and Election Day Regattas, and the average high-point score will decide the winners. Lovely cups and plaoques were on display at the club/house, being the handiwork of our measurer,Walter Krauss. Timekeeper was Ernest Garbe Jr. Races were in skiffs. •-IUELS J. RASMUSSEN, Cn,R.C, The wind at the start was a mere but increased throughout the day. Two rounds were sailed. F. J. , Santos was o .D. National Secretary F.J.SANTOS has a new 161.ill movie car.iera, and took some interesting shots. His ambition ie to visit all the big meets, and get material to produce a 5000 foot reel to be shown in J.:YRAA clubs and , zephyr, for p:ropo.ganda. at C.c.e.mber or carce meetings, Schools, etc. --a.A.NICKERSON Cor:: • CRAB. A hand-operated 5 winch. Umpire. M·ODEL YACHT-O-MANIA COMIC UPROAR IN THREE ACTS AND MANY SCENES -Expurgated Edition-No Rights ReservedBOOK BY ........ Commodore 0. Watt Abuttock, N. A. CHINMUSIC BY ........ Admiral E. B. Wacky, D. S. C., D. D. T., T. S., etc, COSTUMES BY ........ Stripp Teeze & Co. FITTINGS BY ........ Wolworth & Dine PUBLISHED BY CRABBE, BLATI' & GROUSE, Unlimited. Billingsgate and Rotten Row, Lanes, Thanks. FIRST PRODUCED at Tottering-on-the-Brink. (Passed by the National Board of Nonsencorship) You had better pass it up, too! ACT I. TERRIBLE ACT Il. Worse. ACT m. Worse anff more of it. CHARACTERS, Members of the Jerkwater Model Yacht ·club MOPEY DICK .......... Commodore (A hill-billy) ........ · • • • .. Bariton. DOPEY MULLINS ...... Vice-commodore (a hill-'william) ..•. Whiskey Te~ WINDBAG WILKES~ ... Easy Chairman of the Race Committee ..... ... B PICKLEPUSS PETE .... A half-wit_ mate ........................ : .. Ten CHIEF TALKING BULL .. A hal!-breed ~it .................. Grunting P~ PAPPY PUSHER ....... An ancient manner ............. Falsetto-Castra~ CLARA THE COCKROACH .. The Heroine ................ • ...... Crawling Also, other voiceless members, too unimportant to be noticed, either at a meeting or at a race, but we have to have 'em, or how could the big-shots shine? ACT I. SCENE, the Tavern of the Wall-eyed Catamount (or the Pub at the Cross-eyed Lion), where members of the Jerkwater M. Y. C. are holding a meetin'. All characters, and they really are characters;--are dressed, except Clara, in morning clothes, overalls, zoot-suits,- shirt-tails out, et cetera. Many wear cheap yachting caps. Chief T. B. wears moccasins and a breechclout. Several models are displayed, also blueprints of vane gears, sliding rigs and other crazy contnptions. The members are imbibing liquid moonshine and chawing niggerheel. MOPEY DICK. Waal, naow thet you-uns electioneered me Commadore, let's go and git back that there Kalamazoo Cup which them Big Town thieves hi-jacked from we-uns last year at Mudd Pond. DOPEY MULLINS. Mudd Pon Wot a place! I remember .... ~. MOPEY (interrupting) Ahrr, ye dumb bunny, yew don't remem ncihin', yew. forgot to take o_ff beatin' gye runnin' to looard. Tha haow we-uns lost thet race! PAPPY PUSHER. Time's a-was yew shiftless skonks. Quit all furse and let's pick the galoots whi is goin' to sail them Mudd Pond m WINDBAG WILKES. But, Gen!1 men, don't you reahlly think it wo be more equitable and magnanimous hold an elimination trial race to sele cuah bettah boats and captains? No• don't you, haw? (Clara enters R. 2 E., cautiously. MOPEY (seeing Clara) Yew nar: cockroach! Aw, I didri't mean yz Windbag! (Ejects stream o! T. J. ... ·u ·ce) at Clara, but misses her baccc J 1 .. d hits the pre-war nggmg of some :in Clara dodges backstage.) l,nL's boat. Aw, shucks, I'll git thet bodacious . ·kroach yit. Say, what's the matter llll .. th entering the "D"1rt y D uc k"?• I ,~ I h . . krow she's lop-sided and er fm _is rnck-eyed, but I bet a dull.sr she km beat any boat in the Newnited States! PAPPY PUSHER. Wall, I been pushin' boats, man an' boy, for forty year, an' my "Scalded Hawg can b cat--"•'--D0 PEY (interrupting) Aw, shet yer tater trap, Pappy! That there "Scalded Hawg" is slower than a pig-boat and cain't beat nuthin', leastways beat ter winnard. My "Dying Swan" is thebest of the three-CHIEF T. B. (Jumps up on table suddenly) Ugh! Sure! T'ree. T'ree big hawg. Sail .all time. Win heap races. Waste club money for travel. Make big talk. Big Chief Talking Bull wann,a sail his "Minnie." Ye-ow-ow-wa-wawa! (War whoops, bugs out his eyes and thumps his chest). MOPIE. Minnie! Ha-ha! Thet's a laff. Wazza matta with yew, anyway? I was the one that done everything for model yachting and done all the work in this club and won all the prizes, too, but I am a right-givin' man, so lc:t's ALL go to Mudd Pond. Shaddup everyone and vote, all-those-· in-favor-say-eye-it's a vote-an'-so-ordered! (Bangs his mug on table). . PICKLEPUSS PETE (Startled, wakmg up) Who ordered? Make mine a cawn squeeze sour. Clara enters L. U. E., very cautiously and starts snooping around. MOPEY (seeing Clara, shouts:) Yew n~rsty cockroach! No, ·no, not yew, Picklepuss, don't get sore! CLARA ducks another T. B. shot, shows her stern, and makes derisive and suggestive motions with her antenna€: and left-hind legs, which maddens the Jerkwaterites . MOPEY (greatly excited) Meetin's adjourned! Git that there cockroach! (All the members five salvos of T. •J . at· Clara, who dodges them all, and does a fan-dance as she exeuents P. D. Q.) PICKLEPUSS. Aw, yew-uns will git all tuckered out chasin' bugs! Let's sing. (Strums on his Cat:lrrh). All jine in the following song as the curtain falls down. SONG (Tune: Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo!) 0 gimmie a yacht, a mortal yacht, AD.'a long-armed mate or two; An' I'll win all the prizes Of various sizes, While I beat yew, beat yew, beat yew! 0 gimmie a pole, a nice long pole, An' a pair of good strong arms; An' I'll shove my boat An' git yer goat, ·. While I beat yew, beat yew, beat yew! 0 gimmie them cups, them shiny cups, To fill with blood and gore! For I love to sla.ughter Every boat on the water ' While I beat yew, beat yew, beat yew! Etc., ad infinitum. END OF ACT I (Bet you are not sorry either!) d Wlf'/0- BA&WILl Lr II;’ . P”ss . 1/.) Pe. 1e ~ CLf\RA !’,..;. MAX TH ..,,. ~ I • • • :_. l.-’11, ..~ ~ .. ACT II The home waters of the Big Town Model .-,a:. Mu dd pond in springtime . •• Club. usual, and what do you care, anyway? ~- Late as ~I•· Same as Act I, with the following additions notorious of the ti \HACTERS: _,’ Town MYC. •• R OF THE DAY …… Machinegun Kelly, Commodore, B. T. MYC OFFICE Soprano yp THE BLOOD ………. A champion skipper, . broken-nosed and G dcgged and heckled by his musty mate and body-guard AS TOMMY ………. The hell-rarin’ Caowboy from Flatbush TEX Barreltones. AKE THE CHEATER …… Scorekeeper J and figure messer-upper Five and Tenner OTHER CHARACTERS acting as Vmpires, Starters, Jedges, etc ….. Mixed Nuts. Also MOB of hungry trophy-chasers, incompetent mates, crackpot Designers, lonely model yacht widows, rudder-twiddiers and other pests of the pond milling around. The curtain rises, much to the dismay of the audience, on a scene of rusty beauty. Among a clutter of old tin cans, refuse, ashes and other debris the waters of Mudd Pond gleam in the sunlight. (At least a few drops of H20 ore visible). The pond is nondescript in shape, like a tripe spread out to dry. Bullfrogs croak in the wippy weeds; the brush, which extends in many spots close· to the water’s edge, is infested with ticks and poison ivy. Mud squishes between the toes of the skipPE.rsas they toil through the muck untangling their boats. A suit of redflannel under-drawers, split down the middle, serve as starting flags. Umpires and Jedges carry sawed-off shotguns. The Big Town boys are puttering with their mode~, surreptitiously arranging their moveable ballast, etc. A loud racket is heard in the distance , gradually growing louder. It is the Jerkwater Club driving up in their a . . nc1ent fhvvers and post-war jeeps. E~ch car is loaded with skippers, mates, wives and brats, plus models and baggage•. They have driven thirteen hun- dred miles and attended a dance and banquet every evening, which were given by model yacht clubs in towns through which they passed. Always chiselers, they didn’t pay a cent for food, drink or lodging, and they camped under trees when some dope didn’t invite them to stay overnight for free. The mob disembarks and establishes their beach-head. They set up their boats, which are queer, and no rather about it. The Big Town boys pay absolutely NO attention to the “honored guests,” not even one of them saying “Howdy,” but keep right on with their deadly business. There is no wind blowing, which pleases Pappy Pusher, who produces a 12-foot turning pole which has a hydraulic ram at its outer end. The jerkwater beys are rather hurt at being MOPEY thoroughly ignored, and DICK mounts carelessly on the d2ck of a model and cries, “Come on, boys, lets have a song!” Picklepuss produces his Catarrh and the Hillbillies and HillwiHiamEttes chant nasally the following: SONG (Tune: Way Down Upon the Swanee River) Render with pathos Way daown upon our dear Jerkwater, Far, far away; Thet’s whar we learnt to sail our models, Thet’s whar we fight an’ play. Them boats are beautiful creations, Riding the foam; •Backed from the trees on our plantations-(S0B) We wish we’d all stayed home! All de worl’ am sad an’ dreary, Eb’rywhar we roam; o skippers, how our hearts grow weary(S0B) Let’s we-uns all go home! MACHINE-GUN KELLY, the Officer of the Day, a model yachtsman for his own amazement, who is deaf (pronounce “deef”), half-blind and rather dumb when anything happens not helpful to his own team, quickly steps up to the mike and announces: “Snap it up, boys! Let’s start the race. Our boys is all here, and I reckon them punks with the dead-pans and funnylcoking tubs must be the Joikwater fellers. Hey, youse; the foist Joikwater shill I perceives doin’ anythmg fishy will git woiked over and disqualified! All our Big Town boys are all good sports, and these shot-guns is loaded! MOPEY. 0 yeah? Why, yew lowdown toatd,frog, I’ll bounce a rifleball OPS-sorry, friends! I meant “tro-· Phy.” Now, while the Race Committee are trying to jumble ·up the scores, I am going to relate to you a firsthand description of these lovely little mortal yachts. Some of them have Braine gear, and some have no Brain gear, or rawther, vanes. A vane is a ~Ute little bawsla wood feather stickIng up on the rear-end of some of these mortal yachts, and they are supposed to st e.er them. Most of these exquisite little ships are designed on the moveable buttock system and are hacked out of punka-punka wocd, a new sort of mahogany. The ladies (hubbahubba! made just darling joyous-colored sails for them. The masks are seven or eight fzet tall, and are hollow, just like the mortals. The village blacksmith made the droll little gadgets that make the boats run all over the pond. Oh-oh, here comes the 0. D. with the scores,-and whadda-yaknow? The two clubs are TIED! Yes, Sir! This mortal yacht epic is on its last leg, and the two highest scorers will have to sail off to decide which club will get the cup. Nothing can stop one of these keen boys from winning a-trophy! I’m going to take you folks right up the pond-side and follow this sail-off with you! Golly, this is exciting! Now we have some news: Mopey Dick with the “Dirty Duck” and Gyp the Blood with the “Atomic Bum” are the pair who are to sail, and believe you me, they are SOME pair, folksies! Now the boats are in the water; the skippers are telling their bewildered mates what to do, what NOT to do! They’re off! Boy, these yachts run like pickpockets! Gyp pushed his boat twice as far as Mopey did! The wind is blowing-no, it’s stopped! No, it is blowing again: Oh, NUTS, while making up my mind! I’ll tell you some more about this famous Kalamazoo Kup. • It’s a-WOW! Did yo:u see that on your television sEt? Scmething has happened; Mcpey’s ahead-now Gyp’s ahead:No, they’re BOTH ahead-what-a-race! BRA WK! (The mike squawks and dies. Meanwhile, both yachts come ashore . near the finish line. A gye is· called for, so each skipper grabs his boat without turning the vane and then push~s it out twenty feet offshore on the starboard tack. Everyone is greatly excit~. What ·language! Both tubs stall .and refuse to gye, and then both start sailing backward. What a situation! Then a little figure appears on the deck of the “Dirty Duck.” It is CLARA the COCKROACH! She stomps her feet on the deck, making a clicking sound like an upper and lewer plate at chow-time, waves her antennae, and then shinnies up on the vane gear and rhumbas out onto the counterweight. She starts a fan dance without a fan, maybe figuring to use the vanefeather for the purpose. New, remember, Clara is a REAL Cockroach, large and hefty, and not a common waterbug. Her weight gradually swings the ccunter-weight over slowly, oh, so slowly, and then-CLANK! The dilapidated gadget goes away over, and the “Dirty Duck” comes about onto the port tack and kisses the finish line -alone and victorious with the cheers ‘ of the multitude ringing in her backstay! GRAWWK! The mike is again working, and Max the Mouthpiece’s s~xless and over-bred voice is heard above foe roar of the mob. “Flawsh! Mopey Dick, of the Jerkwatah Mortal Yacht Club, that sterling skipper, that super-duper go-getter, wins the Kahlarnahzoo Kup!” CLOSING CHORUS (Tune: We’ll All Have Another Little Drink) The Entire Company, Battalion Regiment. _ or We’ll all build another little boat, And another little boat And another little boat:’ We-‘ll all build another little boat To pass the time away! We’ll all pass another little rule, And another little rule, And another little rule: WE:’ll all pass another little rule, Forget it the very next day! We’ll all give another little push, And another little push, And another little push: We’ll all give another little push, We love to sail that way! We’ll all have another little race, And another little race, And ancther little race-: We’ll all have another little race, And win that cup, hey hey! FINAL CURTAIN (About time, eh?~ IT REALLY HAPPENED! By FREEMAN J, SANTOS \\ (‘ C (‘ le MODELYACHTING, ITS GROWTH? brought to bear on them that they will be forced to heed. And fix up local waters that are at present unsuitable for Model Yacht Racing. And I am sure most of you fellows will agree, there are plenty of lakes, etc., that would do the trick, provided that they were catwalked, or in some other ways made tenable for the racing of our Models. So, how about it, MYRAA? Here is something that CAN BE DONE. And it is my humble opinion the correct approach to the whole SNAFUED set-up. If you in the executive committee are in agreeance, let’s hear from you through M. Y. M. And a lot of fellows like myself who do not belong at this time to Model Clubs will go all out to give it our full support. by CLINTON T. SIMON ,.1most every issue of this maga.. here has been printed a plea for ;inc t • f tile enlargment . and expans1ofnf ~ \!Lidcl Yacht Racmg. Matter o ac , • president of M. Y. R. A. A. has 111 c • ,ked the co-operation of a 11 1·t s· mem~-,r clubs and individuals in this e~rnest endeavour. Some time ago it w.is suggested that all potential buyers 1 the new ONE DESIGN boats, be ~ranted honorary membership in the ~rganization. However, this particular oNE Di:.SIGN hit a snag somewhere .ilcng the line, and has laid a nice big egg, so to speak. I11 It . has long been my desire as a Model Yachtsman, to open the sport to the general public, and in this way garner enough interest so that the park officials in YOUR local sections, will’ be forced by public demand to take heed to our cries for more and better conditioned Model Yacht Ponds. The Yacht Clubs in existence to-day while having the game at heart, are in no position to dicker with ·these park officials, because they only express their own limited desires, and are not voicing the sentiments of the public who, after all, foot the bill for the civic improvements. Well, here is my idea, the MYRAA to allow membership to any persons having in their possession a hull regardless of size, be it an A,X,M, or 36″ with the proviso that said boat shall be measured and rated in accordance with existing rules. BITSOF OAKUM A gadget is a sea-going term applied to any object when its name is not known. When it is desired to distinguish between two gadgets, the terms Gilhooley or Gilhickey are used. A SEA LA WYER is a litigious, captious member of a ship’s company or a model yacht club, who is more given to questioning orders and rules than obeying them. He is one of the pests of the navy, merchant marine and MYRAA. • To YAW is the act of suddenly sheering from the course, and may be caused by poor steering, ‘the condition of the sea, or by characteristics of the vessel’s underbody or by a combination of the foregoing. A REBATE is the groove at 1he side of the keel or backbone for receiving the planking, but is usually caUed the RABBET by shipbuilders. ARDENCY ·is that property ot a vessel by which she tends to throw her head up into the wind. Vessels with this characteristic must be held on their course by keeping the helm These persons to pay entry fees, or monthly dues, whichever the MYRAA shall deem fit. Tl1e monies brought in this way to be used to sponsor open races and supply small plaques or miniature trophies to be awarded the winners. In this way the general public will be able to indulge in the sport, and with enough voice to be heard all the way to your various city halls. Park offiicials will have pressure a-weather. The reason for this tendency ‘is found in the resultant lateral resistance of the vessel before or ahead of her resultant wind-pressure·. 13 M.Y.M.SUPPLEMENT “BROOM V” is the newest of the famous line of “Brooms” designed by J. Selmer-Larsen of ~arblehead, Mass. She carries the familiar tum blehome and streamlined transom, but differs from previous “Brooms” in that she shows hollow waterlines away forward, and has a modified seal-flipper keel and isolated skeg. Like most modern M’s she has also taken on weight and bulk. Both a conventional and a “suggested” sailplan are shown. Her 22 lb. displacement and 16 lb. lead ballast should give good stability. BITS OF OAKUM BAKELITE is an organic substance which may be used in either its liquid or solid form. As a liquid· it is sometimes used for impregnating porous materials, such as paper or cloth; for enameling under heat and pressure, and as a binding agent for moulded compounds. Solid bakelite is unaffected by water, steam, oils and almost all chemicals. It is used in electrical insulation, and can be moulded in many shapes and forms of different colors. It is very suitable for skegs on model yachts. STAINLESS STEEL is a chromium alloy, containing bet.}veen 10% to 26% chromium. Nickel is often added to resist ·corrosion. The 18-8 type 18% chromium and 8 % nickel) is widely used. A free-machining- type is manufactured which contains sulphur. M:ist types of stainless steel can be welded. Small parts for model yachts may be soldered, using- a special flux. Propeller Boss. Not the captain of the propeller, but the central portion of a screw propeller which carries the blades and forms the medium of attachment to the propeller shaft. MONKEY TAIL. A curved bar fitted to the upper, after end of a rudder and used as an attachment for the rudder pendants. LIMBER BOLE. A hole or slot in a frame for the purpose water from collecting. of preventing MAST PARTNERS. Wood plankinr or steel plating worked around a mast hole to give side support to the mast. JACKASS.• A canvas bag filled with oakum and placed in the hawse pipe to prevent sea water coming aboard. FREEBOARD. The distance from the water-line to the top of the weather deck at the side. Sometimes used with reference to the entire out-of-water portion of a vessel’s sides. FAIR or FAIR UP. To so draw the lines of a vessel so that the defined surfaces will show no irregularities throughout their entire extent. To line up the frames of a vessel under construction to their proper position. JEW’S HARP. The shackle by which the anchor chain is bent to the anchor ring. PLANIMETER. An instrument used in measuring a plane £.urface by moving a pointer around its boundary. The indications are read fro~ a scale attached to the instrument. • Professor Rowlands says that the wetted surface is a rmall factor in the speed of models at speeds over ½ to 1 m•ile, because of the relatively high speed-length ratio. ••. • A glance at some of the ·old C-class de!:igns makes· one shudder at keels 18 to 20 inches deep. However th·e trend of draft in late M and X models· is an 1n: crease over the usual 12 inches.-· . , .. ‘ AFTER BODY. That portion of a vessel’s body aft of the midship section. FORE BODY. That portion of aves• sel’s body which is forward of the’ midship section. MIDSHIP SECTION. The vertical transve~e section located at the inid~ point between the forward and after :p,erpendiculars. Usually this is the largest section of the vessel in area. .• BILGE WATER. Drainage water which accumulates either in the bottom of the bilges. Go~p. ,, DOG BASKE.T. A large tapered oval g-alvanized tub used as a general purpose galley utensil. They resemble the tubs used in dog kennels for bathiDC dogs, hence the simile. 14 Monthly. 6. By enforcement of rating and racing rules, clubs and individuals are assured that their yachts will not be made obsolete by evasions of rating rules, or evasions of fair saling rules. 7. Announcements of all races reported are printed in MYftf, with the names of winners. WHAT HAVE WE TO OFFER? wttY you SHOULD JOIN A CLUB wHY A CLUB SHOULD JOIN THE ~t\’RAA Member clubs are entitled to 1 •pete for many valuable titles and com f trollhies, raced for annually. Some o these are the NATIONAL CHAMrIONSHIP in each of the four recognized classes, A, M, X and 6-M. DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS are Id in each of the three Divisions, he • al Eastern, Midwest, and Pacific, annu Jy. Most of these are for pond sailing, but the Eastern Division for several years has also held championships for skiff or open water sailing, and a movement is on foot to hold National Championships for open water sailing also. 2. Member clubs have the right to compete for the privilege of International championship racing, when such events are held. Of course, these have been abandoned for the duration, but may be expected to be revived now that the war is over. 3. Member clubs receive copies of the MYRAA Constitution and Regulation~, also Membership Certificates. They may also obtain standard starting schedules, racing- rules, etc., from the National Treasurer. 3. Membel’ clubs have the privilege of gaining· publici’ty in their own locality, for the club and its members, through holding regattas of divisional and national importance. Publicity in local papers tend for success to increase membership and obtain public interest and support. 4. Member clubs may register their yacht~ and receive a registration card and/or certificate of measurement, which entitles them to entry in divisional and national events. 5: Member clubs receive monthly news and publicity of their doings through the pages of Model Yachting M. Y. M. LIMERICK CONTEST ON THE THEME “THERE WAS AN OLD SKIPPER NAMED·–” (Send in your version-Appropriate prizes will be awarded-maybe) There was an old skipper named Gray, Who sailed a big pot-bellied “A”; Quoth he, “Now the rule Should be clear to a foolAnd to me it is clear as the day.,, -W. L.B. Tbue was an old skipper named Lem, Who rlued up a cute .little “M”; Quoth ·he, “I am sunk! The rarboards have shrunk, There’s a hell of a twist in the stem!” -W. P. B. There was an old skipper named Rex, Who hacked out a seven-foot “X”; Quoth he, “All this winter I worked on this splinterI hope that a prize she’ll annex”. -0. W. I. an There was old skipper named Hicks, Who slide-ruled himGelf a “Wee Six”; Quoth he, “She’s a be~utFull of cube and square rootHer crew weight’s a couple of bricks”. -0. P.A. 15 EASTERN DIVISION SIX METRES A-Class Championship at Boston, Mass-. June 29-30, 1946 .•,’lind both days 8-10 miles, weather fair. Spinnakers were used extensively.Four rounds sailed. All yachts carried vanes,the 2 Mill Pond boays using nBallantyne type” , and the rest “La.esel type”. A moderate number of re-sails were necessary. Sailing officers were conspicuous by their absence, the lone o.D. and a part-time scorer being present. Most of the contend.era had a mate, however. The results were as follows: Stafford Levy B Margie 72 W.G.Bithlee B Corinne 65 A.~.Ballantyne MP Arawa. II 57 w.P.Bithell B Redskin 48 F.t.Pigeon B Westward 9 34 A.B.Reynolde MP Patsy lII 24 H.E.nicha.rdson was o.n. and c.H.Farley was part-time scorer. liessrs.Levy and Bithell slugged it out, so that at the end of the third round both were tied with 55 points. Levy extracted 17 points in the 4th, am Bithell was able to collect only 10 points in this last round. The New Yorl,;: contenders could not find their proper trim until the 2nd day of racing. The following figures show how the scoring would stand if’ the 1 and 1 system had been used. It so happens that the positions of’ yachts do not change, but it will be noted that the scores are bunched closer together. Stafford ~evy 69 W.G.Bithell 66 A.~.Ballantyne 63 W.P.Bith•ll 58 F.L.Pigeon 55 A.B.Reynolds 49 Reynolds had his vane bent over almost double in a collision, and by grace of the fact that he had tied it on with a string recovered it •••. oallantyne had a stay let go when it oought in a crack in the masonry and the mast went overboard.. Fred Gwinn and Vlm. Moran were on the job as mates, and Fred went home happy in the possession of’ 2 Boston X-class boats, “Spina.long” & “X-jeep”. Maurice Levy super-mated for his brother Stafford, am Fred.E.Coburn chewing both nails and toothpickel?) assisted W.G.Bithell. Harry Denke witz came up from ~rovidence and was ma.ting for Fred ?igeon, while F.ddie Gledhill substituted for him on the next day. They say Eddy carries one of’ those npersua.ders” to repel truculent characters ….. In spite of a little hypertension on occasion the meet was peaceful and only one or 2 ~eohnical disqualifications occurred. Six-metres skippers of the G~9-\4t Detroit MYAdone themselves pr~ June 9 in a raoe for the skippe~ 1 the Detroit River YA, a major organization. These e~ippere, ve ans of many a major S 1 x Metre, 11 JJetre and llaokin&w raoe, ekiPPeret the six-metre models. The Detroit News, sponsors of the race, Pllt u», permanent 18-inch burnished ooP»lt bowl topped with a model yacht al~ . with prizes for the three top boata Twenty six major yacht skip~ and mates were enthusiastic &’bolat the performance of the models in \Ill 18 to 20 mile bre.eze. Spinnaker rune a.Id photo f inishee were feat THE CADILLACMYCmade top ho!lCl’t placing entries let and 3rd,· Tre-Pol-Pen MYCplacing second. A .Arroll’ e Na.tiona.l champion, U. “Hurricane”, sailed by o.w. Beok at Bayview and Detroit YO won let p Perce Darnell and Clyde Palmer, o~ owners of “Pintail”, a succesatuJ. major 8-l.Letres, finished 2d and at respectively.Darnell sailed Oleniob “llalcolm F”, and Palmer had Foote*, new full-keeler “wee scot”. Anothll, new full-keel job by H.Chandler ma4t her debut and showed great prom!ae Fourteen Six-metres models ·tao~ the starter’s gun. Model yacht ski► pare Toted this event on a par –n~ the many big events held on the~ Isle Basin. The euocess of’ this; • ent may be credited to the ~NOi’\ of Fred Hayes of the Detroit YO· our Archie Arroll. ~e ofthe Great« Detroit 1rYA feel this to be one •1 to further the sport of MOdel yao ing. , —WALTER C. FOOTE., , .ni NEW ENGLAND INTERCLUBAT LYNN, KASS. The secom race of this eeriN was held May 2H, and attracted entries from the 4 !iew England ol ·LYNN MYC • f I eJ .PateyJim Young L.Parker F.Fountain MAR:i3LP.HEAD MYC Dan Ua.nning s.ooane A. Mattsson G. Beckert • .., Rogue Judy lieuesis Uy Honey CLUBTOTAL susprise • Sunny Jim ~-,•10 Tumbleweed ,11· Elbee ‘- -‘t CLUB TOTAL 37~’. RHODEl SLAIIDHYO H. Angell Dot s. Dickie Challenger H.Denkewits Hard Luck Sappho J. Gifford CLUBTOTAL BOSTONLrYC • w. .:r.Bithell 16
