Model Yachting: Volume 3, Issue 36 – February 1948

FEBRUARY Price 25 Cents 1948 I •• •• •• •. .. ‘• ‘• ‘• ‘• ‘, •’• ••• ‘• I I I I \ •• •• •• •, I I ‘• •• •• I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I :: .. I I ,• ,• ,• ,• A Non-Profit ••••••••N.l’N. Publication ……………. of the Model Yacht Racing Ass’n of America ._._._••.,,._Yr!Yrl’.l’N.Yrl’.P,l’rl’,IY’rl’h-,,y,..,aN.•■-,,’VYm•,h••.. ~ into line then the wind pressure on ~ Y:acht’s sails makes him drift clear out t;·. lme, necessitating re-jockeying while t~ others drift, etc, etc. • . N~w ~his is not by any stretch of fr 1magmat10n a desertation against sk ·.; salin~. No siree!!! Skiff sailing ha/: definite place in the sport, but it mu; be made a pleasure rather than a ha ‘:’ ship’. wherein a contestant must har\~ r~wmg technique, muscle and a heac pivoted on a ball-bearing neck. A : it is this inability of mankind to turn neck beyond a 90 degree angle, th:n spells the unpopularity of skiff sailing I bel~eve that any man can paddle or rO\\ a skiff as fast as any class yacht ca.r travel, provided he can watch the yacht’: every move. What constitutes han labor and disgust is to row in one dire tion and when you look around, to fii that the yacht has jibed on the opposii tack, and you are rowing some distancL in the opposite direction, losing your boat and the chance of ever catching • with the more fortunate others. On sticking out some four or :fivefeet beyo11 the gunwales of the skiff does not improvL conditions either. Personally we ar~. of the belief ths~iling in the ope~, either large ponds ‘ 1 nvers and bays, with unobstructed wind~ provides the best test for any yacht, an/ feel that more regattas in these waterwould be held if the event could be mad! more pleasurable. ln the Scandinavian countries the, have solved the question of unnecessar)· rowing by constructing a type of canoe·’ kayak that is fast and seaworthy. A paddle is used instead of oars and the ‘ contestant follows his boat (facing it,) so that he can watch and en joy the thrill_ of seeing the yacht cut thru those livi:: waves. This idea of using canoe-kayak typJ1 ?f boa~s in skiff sailing is penetratini mto this country, as is evidenced by th· numerous requests we have received iit the past year for plans for a boat of tl ·,1 type. I This week we came across the planJ ?Jl~.q,,~J. ,’5-:/q,~4J!~9 MAIN OFFICE 71 Ca Ila Street, Providence 5, R. I. Freeman J. Santos, Managing Editor Miss Jeanne A. Santos, Associat<: Editor Leslie Gesback G. C. Gallagher Mid-West Rep. Western Rep. h~ Founded in 1946 by Charlea H. Farley Under order of MODEL YACHT RACING ASS'N OF AM. Sub•criptlon, $2.00 One Year, In U. S. and Canada: $2.50 Foreisn All ~gltts rcs,rv,d. Notlitft(I t~at appears '" this '"a(IHtf!e '"ay ~e r,prodfl_c,1, ettMr u1holly or i" part, 111ttltMUwntte" p,r,,.us.an of the Editor acting for the MYRA.A or fro'" a contributor who r,s,rvu his rights. Vol. i 11 FEBRUARY No. 12 FORE'N'AFT MAKING SKIFF SAILING ENJOYABLE First of all let us cite some of the reasons why skiff sailing does not appeal to most skippers. Rowing, altho one of the best forms of exercise, requires rowing experience that the majority of skippers do not have. Then again, some of us are a trifle too old for thjs strenuous bit of labor. Following a yacht in a skiff is undoubtedly the most unnatural piece of business we have ever experienced. It's like riding a horse backwa1 ds. W c app_r~ach the starting line, jockey for pos1t1on, pull in our oars, grab our yacht and place it in the water, and while waiting for the starting gun, drift exactly to where we don't want to be-usually into the other contestant. Some of the experienced skippers approach the line, bow first, while dragging the yacht aloncr, side. If he is lucky and the gun gots off exactly as he reaches the line the maneuver is practical, but if he has to wait for the other contestants to gee Cont. on Page 9 2 , I I ! I IIVI MANY'S LAST RESEARCHN~Wf The following article was 1he last 2r;er penned by 1he great sportsman \Valter j\l[any. A tribute to his untiring efforts in the adL·ancement of model yachting. e There seems to be two ways of looking d .· .110 Jd yachting. One way is to follow d .·:" _' major yachts; and in the old days this 1 is • . ~ the object. We tried to show by it :~.-~~i:d sailing what the ma ior yacht :. ,IH 1u Id be. Inasmuch as the model "~-;TAR had ~he first known cutaway fore~ t·nnt. Captain Townley showed the way ' n that. 1 (. For those who care to follow the major , •ichts we have the A's the R's and the I ✓L'C' I s•IX. The other way to look at it is to prn:~.lucc a model that will be fast and win model races regardless of the fact that could be used as an idea for a major ,, ·acht. I think the latter appeals more to he modern model yachtsman. Speed, 'ia11clmore speed regardless of looks. I try to keep the C. G. under the C. G. ' c the water-plane as the boat pivots Jnrritudinaly about that point. As a 5 _., f d rule: I figure where the C. G. o lea ( i :rl I . IN MEMORIAM On January the 26th the Great Master alled onto himself that great sportsman : nd builder of model yachting, Walter 'Admiral) R. Many. Walt was one of the iron men that ?ailed model yachts at Prospect Park and heepshead Bay at Brooklyn in the early 890s. His interest in model yachting ndured to the very last, when his great eart tailed him. The loss is great to the sport in general: n Southern California it is irreplaceable. hanks, Walt, for what you have done Jr us! a.••• • ., • •" •• PUBLIC LJBIW should be after the hull is built, and I know where the C. G. of the hull is located. Then I know just where to place the C. G. of lead in order that the C. B. I donot worry much overtheC. L. R. as the mast can be placed to best advantage on trials. So long as I can get the result, ant wind force in the same line as the resultant water force of the hull I know the boat will sail as a balanced yacht should. See "When your'e sailing on the wind" in Yachting, July 1940. In regard to lateral plane it is a strange •proposition. It seems that we get a certain resistance when running, that is, in the upright condition. Then the resistance increases due to the heeling, alone, when on the wind. In addition to that, there is the induced drag caused by the wave-making, etc. Cutting down of this induced drag is the main object. It appears that the larger the boat is, for a given class, the more this is cut down. On a 6-Meter yacht the upright resistance was 136 lbs. Heeled to 30 degree angle it was 150 lbs. But when towed at 6 knots· the longitudinal resistance became 206.6 lbs., or the induced drag was the difference between 206.6. and 150 lbs., or 56.6 lbs. some 37 percent increase over the 150 lbs. It appears that what we are after is as long and as flat as awave as possible. According to the sailing length, a certain length of wave will be created which governs the speed. The more speed we can get the longer the model should be to fit the new wave that wants to be created. In other words if the model is not long enough the boat not only sinks deeper in the water but also creates deeper waves. Doubling the length of the wave takes twice the power, but to double the height of the wave takes four times the power! One varies directly to the other as the square when twice as high, and as the a ~ cube when three times as high, and so on. In YACHTING for JANUAR.\r 1941 is an article on ..Tank Notes Of cours-..: in a Class like the "A" Star Boats" which I think will prove Ill . where one has set limitations, one must idea was the correct one. It shot.dd~ figure out the best relationship he can read by any one planning the star ~ with the different factors involved. How, type of hull. In part it says "although 1'. ever in the X-Class there arc no limits and we try to produce a boat that will was popularly considered that rounct:' have hardly any wave, but that can be chines were desirable, every increase In driven with the 1000 sq. in. So if we bilge radius was accompanied by an inselect a speed of say three knots. we have crease in resistance, in the range of speeds normally sailed by a Star." a wave that is sixty ins. long From this the W. L. should be at least sixty ins. In the summary it states that a ~t long. owner may have had a faster boat than From curves published by the Stevens the standard Star for these reasoll!. "The fore and aft contour of the boat Tank we can, with a given sail area and had been flattened and a large decrease in a given speed of apparent wind, find the resistance accrued." lift, and from that the moment heeling "The boat was sailed down by theI our little ship. The hull must res1st this head, at least while running, which by having the same moment, hence we would give 12 per-cent decrease in the figure what our stability must be. Not enough stability will make the power of power required to drive her. "Square chines might have been used. the sails too much for the hull and we which means a decrease in resistance." get poor results. The article is quite a long one but I Sharpies: The 'M' Sharpies have not proved so good, and it is no doubt due think I have said enough so that those to the 0. A. restriction. However I interested will look it up. oon YACHTIN,.._ ____ _ think that one with a plumb stem, with ______ the chine carried right to the stem, would SOUTH JERSEY do very well. I get this idea from the At its Annual meeting the South PENGUIN Class, designed by Rhodes, Jersey Club elected a new slate of officers where this idea is used. The lines were with new blood at the helm with "checks I published in Yachting some time ago. and balances" to form a perfect organi· And seeing these boats sail helps my zation and "Model Yachting" looks for, belief. ward in great expectations from this club. On AVENGER, my X-Class Sharpie, Not only were they quick in procuring all that I have written above has been their certificate, but lost no time in plac· sought after. From my experience, as far ing their bid for the National "M" Class as models are concerned, I think the Regatta that comes to the East this year. sharpie form produces the fastest boat. Officers dected :-Arthur L. Bingman, You will note that on the windward side Com; Albert H. Link, Vice Commodore; the water seems to leave the hull in a Charles A. Heistercamp, Sec'y-Treasurer, dean manner, and does not wish to fol, Park Ave. and Apple Lane, Riverton, low the buttocks and rush all over the N. J. Club Reporter, Alden D. Taplin. counters. A rounded chine is the wrong idea IRONIES altogether. The designer of the original The guy that calls himself a sportsman, Star Boats told me the same thing and but refuses to subscribe to his own mag::t' I thought he must be ri,2:ht as he had zine, but brazingly accepts an office ff worked for William Gardner for many importance in the sport without blink' years. To prevent side-slipping I want ing an eye. a flat chine .. I do not see the double, The guy that is always telling you chine at all. o/hf'-•!l;~Q?~,_.a~:iyall that what to do and how to do it, but never grip on the water? · ____: takes his own advise. 1 4 FRISCO BAY STALWARTS Some Thumbnail Sketches fame as a very successful designer. I introduce you to Club Secretary DON R. LYON, N2.vel Architect in thJ yard o t' Geo. W. Kneass Co. yacht a::d boat builders of San Francisco. Doa is one of our younger men and that he has wl~at it takes is proven by tr.o ! ,rger number o.f Cbss X ~:i~l Ch:::::; T.f :·:1cers now in the Club House which are the product of Don's drawing board. Since they were designed to perform under vail on Spreckels Lake, they will generthe peculiar wind conditions which preally be found to outperform Eastern designs in our waters. Thus, we of the Club, believe we harbor a genius in our midst, a man who can not only design a handsome and fast craft but who can build it from keel up as well. The standbys of the San Francisco \!odel Yacht Club will be found among ; 110 :;e members who congregate at Spree•. ,]~ L~ke, not only for the Sunday !\l :i frcrnoon races and such seasonal and .pedal events as may transpire, but also ,,it pr2ctically every afternoon, rain or -iiine, Summer and' Winter. Among r 11cm you will find the experimenter, he man with an idea, the man who haYing built his boat, is determined to make it perform as it should or find out the reason why it won't, so that he may profit by the lesson he charges up to l•xperience and correct its shortcomings in the next boat he may design or build. Some yachtsmen who have made a name for themselves in racing yachts on the Bay were men who at one time dernted much thought and skill in the de,ign and construction of model yachts, profiting by the lessons learned in the performance of these miniature craft on Spreckels Lake and which could be applied in a measure to the construction of full-sized yachts. In studying hull forms, wavemakin!! tendencies and other factors related to ~peed through the water, it has long been the practice of many successful yacht and boat builders to start with a model of the projected craft. It may be a half-model or a full hull, a study of which may show some deficiency or miscalculation, the proper correction of which is indicated to the experienced ~ Virgil Custovino But when it comes down to building model yachts, here is the Vice-Commodore, Virgil Gustavino, who has probably constructed more model boats than any other one man on the Pacific Coast. We are told that Virgil has built over 40 sailing craft as well as a large number of power boats. His craftsmanship is in a class by itself; it shows a degree of meticulous and exact accuracy in the laying down of a given design which in its final and finished stages results in a perfect reproduction of the designers's creation. Not only is the man a master cabinet maker and worker in wood, but he is also a skilled artificer in metal whose reproductions in metal of the hundreds of fittings _and appliances h marine use are exact miniatur~ facsimiles of the originals found on the largir craft, even to their working parts. As a builder of the prototype power boat", Virgil is without a peer in these parts and much of his work commands a high price. Though he has largely retired from active business, he has found a life interest in model building, the lure of which he can not 1·esist. eye. Nat Herreshoff, the Erh=tol, R. I. ,lesigner of many America's Cup defenders, is said to have placed much faith in models and used them extensively. This genius, though blind, left his imprint in a greater degree on American yachting history than other man. Don R. Lyon So while in the S.F.M.Y.C. we may not have the equal of Nat Herreshoff, yet we do have a man who has achieved 5 Bill Moyes Ex-Com'dre Bill Moyes was the man ~.t helm of the Club; his diplomacy, poise and ability to pilot the Club through waters somtimes troubled v. ith instances of interclub rivalry is such that the Club has no doubt that it has the right man in the right place. There is no better qualified skipper of sailing craft on Spreckels Lake and Bill also wields a mean hammer, saw and chisel as is plainly evident in his fine flagship "Mad Bob,"' built by himself and one of the toughest contenders in the X Class, a:: well as his two smaller boats in Classes M and S. Bill Moyes had what it takes to be the Commodore of a model yacht club. . Paul Collet Another genius of a somewhat different type is Paul Collet, a Shell Oil Co. executive who has given much study to model yacht designing in its theoretical aspects and whose researches along this line may result in what appear to be somewhat unconventional hull forms. Paul is a builder of no mean ability and his productions show that he has the courage of his convictions. His iconoclastic innovations may sometimes excite the ·ri&7oilities of his fellow-members, but when he wipes up the field, both in his home waters and in· E'astern competition as well, then one has to admit that the shoe in on the other foot. Like the rooster which has spurs to back up his crow with, Paul Collet has the cups to back up his theories on marine architecture, and in passing, it could also be mentioned that Paul Collet has few equals in his ability as a skipper of model yachts. Hans Tofte, who built and sails No. 6. the Hom~y Bee, as well as many other able boats, you have already met in these columns. You may not know, however, that Hans, who enjoys the respect and affection of his fellow-members, h:;_ic, the reputation of being the best-qualfied skipper in these parts, though Capt, Hans' modesty is such that he would vehementally disclaim the ability whhh his fellow-members insist he does, in fact, possess. Club Measurer Milton Haxton is one of our younger members, a shipbuilder by profession, who knows what it h; all about when it comes to timber splicing and fitting, and a couple of fine boats, one in Class M and two in Class X, show that Hack is no slouch at building miniatures, as well as the full size ships. Reminds one of the postman who takes a hike on his holiday. But when Hack gets at the helm in competition, then everyone look out, for you will see some sailing. Witness how Hack just copped the Golden Gate Kennel Club Cup for first place in the recent Class M' series of races. Hack is the man we have to beat next year, when this Perpetual Cup is again sailed for. That is: if we can. Leroy Hammond Dick Tompkinson is understood to be an Ex-Great Lakes yachtsman; he is an enthusiast with a flair for model yacht design as an inspection of his fast and able X Class yacht "Blix" and its smaller replica, the B'obcat of Class M Leroy Hammond sails No. 1 7 in X Class, the handsome "Lotta E." This beautiful boat, a sister ship to Haxton's No. 5, shows the sleek, clean lines of Don Lyon's best designs, plus the work- Dick has two fine perform- ing boats and the consensus Hans Tofts Milton Haxton Dick Tompkinson will show. around Spreckels Lake is that Dick knows how to sail them. They afford the toughest kind of competition and you don't stand much chance against Dick unless the wind happens to haul into the South, in which case, a boat that can not point so high may nose into first po. ition. Thus Boreas, or whoever it may be that is the god of the winds, rees fit to stack the cards against the favorite. manship of Virgil Gustavino. of opinion Mr. Ham- mond, a very pleasant business man, who 6 77 as Hayden is doing-, you can cong-ratulate yourself. · ys model yachting, a hobby ]1e .·nJO h d ·, ·es with amateur photograp y, an ,11:11 d h :·!l t he latter pursuit, Mr. Hammon . as •. some outstanding work. He 1s one ,1011e • the wheel horses of the Regatta Com0t • h . ·ttee a job wh1c requires some goo d nll n:.iture' as well as mathematica• 1 a b·1·t 1 1 y. F. W. Mackay F. W. Mackay, an old-time Club member recently returned to these parts after 13 years sojourn in Tahiti, and now resumes his old hobby of building and sailing models, both sail and power. He recently acquired the fast X Class No. 77 from Virgil Gustavino and when Mack is not sailing his 77, he spends his time building three speedboats, and he has the ambitious program of tackling the building of two Class X boats and another Class M Bobkat during the coming Winter. You see what can happen to a good man when he gets bit by the model yachting bug. Mack is a wonderful craftsman when it comes to working in metal he could probably play Unfinished Symphony on a lathe if it had enough keys. Lansing Pearsall When you talk to Lansing Pearsall, skipper of X No. 40· and M No. 49, t he d . ,·ou may learn why the double en er 1s •preferable to the conventional counter, . in designing stern Imes. Both of Lan s boats possess this feature in which they differ from most of the other boats, and whether you agree with Lans or not, you would have to admit that he knows how to sail a model yacht. For Lans had a long experience on the Bay as a ,·achtsman; he sailed the old Belle, built byFrank Stone way back around 1905 before some of you were born. You can go down to Fisherman's Wharf any day and you will still see the doubleenders, a design which probably originated in Genoa or elsewhere in Italy so long ago that let us not think any more about it. Maybe the original plan was to reverse the mast and' sail them stern foremast; I don't know about this, but those boats could sail and still ran, just as Lans Pearsall's models do on Spreckels Lake to-day. By all means, talk to Lans Pearsall, the exponent of the double-ender. B. F. Schmidt Commander B. F. Schmidt served in Uncle Sam's Navy for ,10 years and is now taking a well-earned rest in which an almost daily five-mile hike up and down the shores of Spreckels Lake serves as a constitutional. This mileage is estimated (but not measured) and is about the distance covered in an afternoons sailing. Frank Schmidt started out with a V-bottom or sharpie type, which has flat sid'es and a V -shaped bottom , which may be good if you like them, but Frank switched to one, of" the fast X Class designs of Don Lyon and now Frank is up and coming with the • rest of the bunch when he sails his Flying Cloud, No. 26. Jim Hayden Jim Hayden served Uncle Sam for over 40 years in the Weather Bureau. Now he is retired, and at 77 is still hale and hearty and you will find him almost every day in the year sailing his Class }I King Tut, which is a hard boat to beat in any weather. Carl Schmidt built this boat and many others also, mostly in the popular 50 inch class M, which held the spotlight for many years before the development of Class X, which has largely superseded the M Class. But Jim Hayden will tell you that he is content with King Tut and you can have all the big Xs you want. If you can do a.s well at Cus Callagher Gus Gallagher, a retired printer of 71 and an old-time Bay yachtsman, who has sailed on the B'ay since he was 10 years old and who has owned' many boats in his time has in recent years resumed the building and sailing of model yachts. Gus sailed models many years ago on Stowe Lake ; this was long before Spreckels Lake was built. In those days, the models were sailed -on- a 7 broad reach back and forth across the lake; you needed a mate on the opposite shore to turn the boat. So he came to build boats for his nephews and grandchildren and gradually got around to building them for himself. It's a good hobby, Gus says, and it gives you some fine exercise outdoors several days each week and when one isn't sailing, he can build them; and what more do you want 7 "Pete" Peterson Capt. "Pete" Peterson is another retired mariner who sails a handsome X Class boat, No. 23 which was built by himself form the same lines as B'ill Moyes' No. 9, both fast and able ships. Pete is know by his cheerful grin and willingness to step into the breach whereever an extra hand is needed in Club activities. Moreover, he is the proud possessor of a home workshop equipped with the most complete line of woodworking and metal machine tools to be found anywhere, in the use of which, Pete proves that he is a master mechanic. Charles Westerfield Charlie Westerfeld, another wheel horse of the Club when hard' work is on the agenda, is likewise a power tool fan, with an ·enviable layout in his home workshop. Charlie is a retired foundry m['.n, an expert in metals, whose services the boys commandeer on occasion when there is a lead keel to be cast, a process in which Charlie knows all the angles. He owns a fine M Class boat of the Bobkat design, but his doctor's orders forbid • him to undertake the sometimes strenuous work required of a skipper, so while Charlie is perforce condemned' to the side lines, he is not what you would term an armchair sailor by any means. power boat section of the Club, among whom one could mention Virgil Gusta. vino, with his prototypes, the cruiser Anna 3, Tiny and the steam tug Jennie Wilson, Heine Free with the ocean going tugboat Consultor 2 and .a sponson type speed hydroplane, the former with a steam power plant and the latter with a 2-cycle gas engine. Lyle Stevens has a fleet of several boats, among them is the 5 foot purse seiner Pacific Star, a 5 foot PT type prototype and a smaller cruiser. L. Havard has a prototype of the tanker Esso Trenton, with a steam power plant, 5 feet long and Jack Henry is the proud owner of the beautiful cruiser Margie, a gas boat which has what it takes. Ed. De Gear is there or thereabouts with a fleet of the gas speedsters, those sponson equipped things which remind one of a bat or a sting ray; but how they can go when they are wound up. So there you have a few thumbnail sketches of some of the men, old-timers and new-timers, who can be found at Spreckels Lake most every day in the year, not dozing in the sunshine, but enjoying to the full the facilities given to our city by the Spreckels family and aided by the Park Commission, and maintained in excellent condition by the latter. G. C. Gallagher Mid-west Rep. ______ _,.ODEL YAC:NTING______ HARTFORD _ CLUB Burritt A. Root, Sec'y,Treas. of th~ Hartford Club has bought a kit of Hopkin's "Sharpie" and is being kept busy during the stormy season. Henry Giles was host to the bovs with a clam-chowder supper last month with some 14 members seated around the festive board. At the December Annual Meeting the following officers were elected :-Charles Petschke, Commodore; Hugh Ross, Vice; Brooks Heise. Rear; James Alexander, Measurer: Henry Giles, Librarian; B. A. Root, Cec'y,Treas., 40 Sherbrooke Ave., Hartford 6, Conn. POWER BOAT ACTIVITIES The men who have been mentioned in these brief sketches are among the most ardent followers of the sailing contingent of the Club who make use of the Lake in the afternoons. During the forenoon, the Lake is reserved for the 8 BRITISH "M" CLASS NATIONAL Kittiwa~e, Semels, 2nd CHAMPIONS 1st Vectis, SKIFF SAILING 3rd eliminating the usual confussion of interlocked oars. With little experience a paddler can guide his craft directly to where he wishes to go by using the paddle as a rudder by a simple twist of the wrist. As skippers face forward, starts can be made fairer and quicker. By adding a cradle on the forward deck, skippers can start some distance from the starting line, and as they approach the line in unison and get the gun, drop their yacht in the water and are off without :.1.11y confussion or delay. No guessing as to whether you are rowing, face your work and be right. Some will say that the trick lies in keeping your skiff alongside the yacht and to leeward. It is that very practic~ that, in our opinion eliminates the yacht as primary factor in the race, in favor of the skipper. How many,many times have we seen an adapt skipper with a skiff, edge his yacht around a bouy without even breaking tack, or making a single adjustment, Penalizing skippers for "touches" does help to equalize matters, but only in official M. Y. R. A. A. events is this method resorted to. Plans for this craft can be had by addressing Mechanix Illustrated, Plans Service, Fawcett Building, Greenwich, Conn. Ask for plan "B-14\" $1.00 . Cont. from Page 2 an excellent craft that is ideal for .Jiff sailing and urge every skiff sailer to -end for these plans. It is canoe shaped (U got a vacuum there. This is the ; 111portant point to remember for it has hn.:n demonstrated that the force of this \’acuum is, or should be, exerted in a i(1rward direction. That is, if your mid,hip se-ction has been designed correctly. \:oc your midship section; the boat’s 111iJshipsection. We don’t care what kind of a miclship section you have any, way. Now listen closely for this is a ·ccret that can not be reapeated. You must then de~ign a form or hull that will produce this vacuum. Then with a ~O degree angle of heel, the vacuum is I erforce accentuated and you then have even more speed, so much so that on a run she may run herself under or pitchrole, as it is called. In simple algebraic -·>fow, .··c·c·J ______ _..ocEL YACHTING,______ Bill Valentine saw a moron sitting on his porch holding a small piece of rope. “What’s that?” asked Bill. “That’s my weather vane,,, replied the moron. “How can you tell the weather with that?” queried the puzzled Bill. “When the rope sways to and fro, it’s windy. When it’s wet, it’s raining!” Leroy Gesbeck of the Chicago club was invited to a Nudist colony recently, and at the following meeting of the club was pestered with questions regarding his experience. Fred Eley, who is always sticking his neck out, asked him, “How c:id you get in? Was it ea~,y?” “Well,” replied Leroy, “they don’t do things by halves,-they even have a butler meet you at the door.” “If they don’t wear uniforms” said Fred, “how do you kn