Model Yachting: Sail and Power: Volume 6, Issue 63 – April 1950

i r `i ; i i i u# a —- i i 1 R= r`-. S`J ;` ` ‘ 1 a fo th. – E= ( I ‘\1: Et /.* rty.hze!R ty`stfoh„fH!`#9 Hunor6quE ANCHORS SAIL AND POWER AWEIGH By Ted Houk, President, M.Y.R.A.A. PHILIP BARR, Editor Model Yachting is all for frip. Everything we do in the Sport is something to get glad about, not mad about. Fellows sometiines oppose th.e .introduction of a Associate Editors new class, or a new activity in Model Yachting on the grounds that it will .di;Sail : place some favorite existing class or activity. This is far from truth. When DR. T. W. HOUK the M-Class was added to the fleet the 601’9 51st Ave., N. E. sport grew by leaps and bounds by the Seattle, Washington M-Class skippers that were added. The Power: A-Class is still going sltrong. Several clubs have become greatly strengthened MR. S. S. RABL by the addition of a Po.wer Boat Section. 6 North East Ave. By scheduling power boating in the Baltimore, Maryland mornings and sailboating in the .afternoons, these club’s ponds are kept active Address all communications to all day, the spectators, competitors, .park THE LaROCQUE COMPANY departments and tax payers are`-all Publishers happy. The sailboat and pbwerb6at secMODEL YACHTING MAGAZINE tions draw upon each other for officials, 92 Douglas Ave., Prov.idence 8, R. I. so everyone has his chance to play. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Domestic, One Year„ …………………. $2.00 Foreign, One Year ……………………… $2.50 Vol. VI. APRIL 1950 No. 63 ADVERTISING RATES (Effective March 1, 1950) Single Edition ……………… $20.00 e, 12 .Editions ……….. Each 18.00 Page, Single Edition ……………. 11.00 Page,12 Editions ……. Eachl0.00 Page, Single Edition…: ……… „. 6.50 Page, 12′ Editions ……. Each 6.7L All cut-s extra unless supplied’ by advertiser. Copy must reach our office by 25th each month for next issue. Terms : Check with order. It is high time that we begin to consider what` the public thinks of our yachts. Some of them are so far from scale appearanc.e as to irritate the sbectators, and` the tax- payers. Of course they don’t irritate `those of us who are used to our racing machines. Nothing is more beautiful to us than our Lasselbuilt Sun-Kiss mndel swooshing before the wind on a mad run down the pond. But her vane is decorated with the club burgee, her name is done in gold leaf decals on the desk, and her club numbers are in red! Yet the spectators keep askirig, “What is that! thing on ”the back?”. Our Two-Meters vane is a seagoing Teddy Bear. All the yowhgst¢rs are delighted with him, and edyedy,body knows that he is busy skippering the yacht. (Continued on Page 25) The 8-Z-1 Scor6!rig Sapste.!n G. C. Gallagher. sails 10 rounds and loses all of them, instead of 20 goose eggs, he has 20 points to his credit. On the other hand, a winner of 10 runs and` 10 beats, still scores his 50 points. So then, why is there any objection to the losing boat and skipper being credited with the few points he gets for sailing the course? I will tell you why. The answer is just plain Nothing has appeared in print explaining the merits of the 3-2-1 Scoring Systern as far as the writer knows. All are familiar with the 3-2-0 System which is now the official M.Y.R.A.A. System as it was prior to the short time that the 1 plus 1 was in use and which it superseded. The only proponent of the 3-2-1 System that I know of was Wilbur Hopkins and his proposal to use it was voted. down. human Selfi8hne8S; some skippers want to hog all the points and re.ent the idea of the loser scoring any at all. Here in Sam Francisco an attempt was made to use the 1 plus 1 System in our club’s Season Racing series. Some of the members objected, but were persuaded to compl’omise, allowing one point each way to the losing boat. So then, as we apply the system it works out like this: The boat winning a beat gets his 3 points as before, and we assume that the said 3 points i.nclude one point for sailing the course. If he also wins the run, he gets 2 points, same as he always d’id. But we also assume that the 2 points include 1 poi.nt for sailing the course. The losing boat again gets 1 point for sailing the course each way. Thus the way we have it, the winner gets his total of 5 points and the loser gets 2 points. A boat winning the beat and losing the run scores 3 plus 1, total 4. points. I claim this is a shortsighted policy, and not in the interests of good sportsmanship, for obviously, skippers who know they are bound to lose and figure they have no chance anyway, will soon d.ecline to enter their boats in competitive racing, and the fast consistent winners will find themselves sailing alone or with maybe only one or two competitors. Now the way it has worked out here is that if one or two fast boats, which are consistent winners, stay away from the pond during one or more of a season’s schedule of races (to go to a ball game, or something), a slower boat may top his field and score himself some points, which may help to close up the gap between his score and that of the leading boat. Sometimes they d`o just that. So the slower man figures he still has a chance, and the final result is not a foregone conclusion. So he has some hope, if not to win, he may make second position, and so he stays in there sailing. The other boat losing the beat and winning the run scores 1 plus 2, total 3 points. `- That is all there is to it, just as simple as that. After using this system for the past three years, I do not think any of us would care to go back to the previous In practice it works out to encourage the man with the slower boat, for if he 3-2-0 system. We claim our system is superior because it makes for closer (Continued on Page 25) S The appro.ach of spring remind.s us that it is about time to start weed control in our ponds. The first step, bef ore weed growth starts, is the application of organic fertilizer. This will promote the growth of a bloom of microscopic plants that will shade out the bottom plants. 150 pounds per acre of a 6-8-8 formula is recommended. Later on chemical control will be in order. The Northwest Blizziard lifted long enough to allow a bit of sailing in Seattle on January 22. The season started. in earest on March 12 when the four hottest M-Class skippers battled it out in a chilly wind. Ted Houk, Jr. (chip off the Did you ever wonder why so many moppets are model-boat crazy, and so few grown ups? Ask any bunch of boys how many have mod.el boats at home and 407o will hold up their hands. We have long suspected that one reason is the miserable performance of many boughten boats. The idea has been put forth that the M.Y.R.A.A. might put up a committee of standards which would award a stamp of approval to manufacturers who make boats that can sail. How do you like the idea, and. what are your suggestions on its execution? So many people ask how fast our yachts go. Gus Lassel mentions a speed recorded at nearly eight knots, unofficial of course. Wonder if there is any way that an official M.Y.R.A.A. speed record could be set up? old block) bested tjhe fleet, including this scribe, Harold Pederson and Doc lrv. Anderson. You’ll have to keep an eye on the. Boy in the National M-Champs here Labor Day week-end’. Leroy Gesbeck, Jr., and Chas. Heisterkamp Ill will R-Class fans were very grateful of our mention of this class in the last issue. again be on hand to embarrass their dads Larry Paetsch, 1139 No. J;fferson St., by their sailing abilities. Milwaukee, Wisconsin gets a lot of favorable comment from spectators about The picture that the editor uses in the northwest corner of this column is just his R. He believes that the R-Class is a too flattering. It was done a dozen or fine little yacht for small ponds. It could more years ago when we still had a bit be jud’ged so much for looks, so much for speed. He and John Roder, 138 Glenof thatch. The accompanying newsphoto thorne Road, Rochester, N. Y. are workof Ted and Juriior vias taken to d’rum up interest in a Father-Son building proing up interest in the class. All interested persons are invited to write these gram at the local “Y”. The M.Y.R.A.A. 36″ One-Design Sharpie is being used. gentlemen. A goodly fleet of them will be on hand for this summer’s racing. (Continued on Page 25) MODEL YACHTS-Dr. Theo. W. Houk, left, and Theo., Jr., right, start work on a new 36-inch sharpie, a design of which 15 models will be built shortly under Dr. Houk’s direction in a YMCA hobby class. Now that the weather is starting to change the local model yacht enthusiasts are dying for a spring and summer title event, to be capped by a national meet on I.labor Day week-end. Dr. Houk is hoping that this mod’el will be introduced in schools here as a construction and sailing project. (Post-]ntelliLJei`cer Photo b.v Stuart 8. Hertz.) 5 AROUND THE CIRCUIT 70 to 200 feet wide by 800 feet long, and entertain up to 1000 spectators at races. Chicago Model Yacht Club is blessed The pond has sloping concrete sides. with three very active and. enthusiastic Long Island Model Yacht Club sails on members, two of which are national,offi- Springfield. Lake on Springfield Boulevard in Springfield, Long Island. It is a cers and one a .divisional officer. This triumvirate of spark plugs consists of fine natural pond 300 by 700 feet. Glen National Treasurer Leroy Gesbeck, Na- Meyer reports generally good winds for their large fleet Of M’s and X’s. Lynn ti`onal Secretary Bob Schreiner and MidModel Yacht Cnub goes in for skiff sailwest Division President Richard Skonie. ing on the Charles River. The nearerst Clove Lakes Model Yacht Club scurried around for new member,s and got enough thing to a New England Town Meeting` to make their necessary roster of ten. is a M.Y.R.A.A. Annual Meeting with Congratulations! Deeper Hudson Model one or two Lynn representatives. Charles Yacht Club will be sailing this year at Collyns, L. Parker, I. Joseph Patey and Six Mile Reservoir, end of Washington Fred. Fountain are the flag officers. F’red Street, Albany, N. Y. Many the time Farmer of Mill Pond Model Y.aicht Cluib we have liooked longingly at Sea;ttle City a`ttributes the large registration (biggest Reservoirs (-through high fences) before in U. S.)-` to a ruling that all yachts must Golden Gardens Pond was built. At- be nationally registered in order to entendance at meetings of D. H. runs 1007o ter club comp.etiti,on. In caddition, “Keen I)lus. The club is mourning the passing competition and a desire to play the of Allen W. White. Everett Model Yacht game according to the rules”, a good size Club’s energetic secretary, C. 0. Davis pond. and the cooperation of the town says that “No Everctt boat shall enter a . fathers, all combine to make Mill Pond regatta unless the skipper has first M. Y. C. superlative. Oregon Model plunked down the dollar for registra- Yacht Club is receiving congratulations tion.” Good idea. F.orest Hill Miodel on its election to the M.Y.R.A.A. The Yacht Club debated the advantages of members are planning to build a fleck of the 200′ by 800′ pond vs. the 400′ by Marbleheads with the help of the Adult 400′ pond and decided that the 200 by and V.ocational Department o£ Portland 800 has the edge. What d.o you fellows Public Schools whose director ,George with the 400 by 400 ponds think? Fred Henriksen, is an ardent model yachtsman Roach got his start watching an exhibit and. member of the club. Pacific Northby A. H. Beecher of Cleveland M. Y. C. west Association President, Ted BlackExhibits are good ways to get new mem- more is busy drumming up interest in bers. Chas. Gibson laments that “sevem the coming regatta schedule, reports a or eight do all the real work” in Irving- beehive of building activity among the ton Model Yacht Club. Lively club. A Vancouver, 8. C. members of the Assoclub wi.th two or three workers is fortu- ciaton. Prospect Park Model Yacht Club nate. Irvington has 31 M-Class Yachts, sent us a copy of their sixteen page ConTwo ponds! and a big roster of active stitution and By-Laws. It is a worthy members. Jersey Ci.ty Model Yacht document, thoroughly up-to-date yet Club has a sporty pond` in Lincoln Park, mellow with many decad.es of experience 6 and tradition. Howard Angell of Rhode Island Miniature Yacht Club tells us +What the Santos Trophy race will be open t,o all Eastern Division skippers. Date to be set. Sam Diego Model Yacht Club has a regatta scheLdule that would knock your eyes out. 36 regattas for their 35 active members. Seattle Model Yacht Club wants to thank the 27 out of 28 club secretaries who promptly replied to air maile,d. questions about m\oorage I ees. It was f ound that m\ost clubs do not pay for moorage in their club houses. South Jersey Model Yacht Chth has the best looking sta’tionery. The club burgee is superimposed over a ship’s wheel. Their active schedule includes 37 races. Washington Miodel Yacht Club will race their ten M-Class speedsters on the reflecting pool in a club series fior the Greely cup. Looks like a busy and happy racing seas’on coming up. So let’s get our yachts out of moth balls, blow the dust off, and head for the nearest pool! By T. W. HOUK Stratford M. Y. C. invites all M-Class skippers to t,heir first M-Class race on Sunday, May 14th,10:30 A. M. Lunch will be served.. Clubs please notify Ernest Lea, R. C. C., 1088 Kossuth St., ¢ Sailboats cannot be over 27 inches in length. Boats can be made from kits. Members of Stratford Model Yacht Club cannot compete in this race. There will be an ent,ry fee of twentyfive cents. Cub Scout shall write his name` and Cub Pack Number on paper and send it to Donald Schuler, 44 Edison St., Stratford, Conn., or give it to his Pack Leader, who will turn it over to Mr. Schuler. PRIZES FIRST PRIZE for winning the Sailing Race is a 36-inch Boat Hull in the rough, d.eck planks and one-year members/hip in the Stratfor\d Model Yacht. club. FIRST PRIZE for the best looking boat will be a Silver loving cup. Other prizes will be announced in the liocal papers. The twenty-five cent entry fee total will be given to the Pack having the most entries at th pond on the day of the race, to be used as the winning Pack sees fit. Bridgeport, Conn. of the numbers coming. The race is on Brewster’s Pond, Longbrook Park, Stratf ord, Conn. Take Merritt Parkway, turn off at Main St., For any other information needed conStratford. 21/2 miles into town turn left cerning the ra’ce, there will be members at Brewster St. two blocks to the pond. of the Cluib at the pond every Saturday Three Prizes. and` Sunday afternoon from March lst on, t.o answer all questions. Let’s all pull together and give this new club a big entry for its first big regatta. `, An added feature is the Second Annual Sailboat Rate for Cub Scouts o£ Stratford at 2:00 P. M. for sailboats und.er 27″. If your Pack plans to take part in ths event, please notify: Donald Schuler, 44 Edison St., Stratford, Phone 7-0145 or Ernest Lea, 1088 Kossuth St., Bridgeport, Phone 3-2292. D.onald Schuler, Secretary, Stratford Model Yacht Club. RULES OF SAILBOAT RACE – Any Cub Scout can enter. Mr. Barney Kiewics, Detroit, sent us the following interesting news regarding The International Model Power Boat tim.e the Constitution, By-Laws and Rac- ing Rules were adopted and temporary officers appointed. As of this writing the first Regular meeting of the I. M. P. 8. A. is scheduled for Detroit in connection with the International Model Power Boat Regatta July 2 and. 3, 1950. Association : Since the death of the American Model Power Boat Assn. which can be attributed to the World War 11 more or less, post war racing of Model Power Boats was revived by individual clubs un- der rules and regulations which were far from unif orm. As Inter-club racing resumed the need for uniform rules and regulations was immediatdy evident. The following are the secretaries of a few of the Clubs belonging to the I. M. P. 8. A.: New York Model Power Boat Club In August of 1948 the International Mr. Rob’t Graham, 127 Cottage St., Model Engineers Meet in Toronto, in the Jersey City 6, New Jersey. discussion that followed the Banquet all Philadelphia Model Power Boat Club those envolved agreed that an organizaMr. Harold Bergman, 2209 Winton tion should be formed for Model Power St., Philadelphia 45, Pa. Boats, to standardize classes, rules, method of running, etc., Model Power Boaters from Toronto, Detroit, Chicago Baltimore Model Power Boat Club Mr. Andrew M. Balling, 2202 Penrose and New York were present. In the Ave., Baltim.ore 23, Md. months that followed the exchange o-f Dr. W. Q. Budd., 806 Fisk Building, ideas on the rules terminated with a Amarillo, Texas. meeting at Detroit in July 1949 at which 3 BOATBulLDINC IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD By.S. S. Rabl OUTSTANDING BOOKS A gold mine of informationl This book contains all the. dope you need to build a boat in your own home workshop. Every step of construction is covered in detail. Includes designs for more than a dozen boatg. Illustrat,ed. $5.00 SHIP MODEL BUILDING FOR THE BOATING By Gene Johnson Clear detailed dl.awings of step-by-step construction put across the fundamentals of model making. Contains more than 750 illustrations. Working plans for a Clipper Ship and a Glouce8ter Fisherman are included. $3.00 THIS BuSINESS OF BOATING ENTHUSIAST By Capt. Elwell 8. Tbomas “This book is of value to the boat owner because it not only informs in precise detail what should be done to his boat to keep it at its maximum efficiency, but HOW it should be done, and how it Should be done at its lowest cost.” -Southland Yachtsman $5.00 At your. bookseller or direct CORNELL MARITIME PRESS Cambridge, Maryland Baltinore not attained over fifty M.P.H. There are The regular monthly meeting of the Baltimore Model Power Boat Club was held’ F+iday evening, March 3rd, as usual. While only seven members braved the unseasonable cold, the necessary business was given the bum’s rush and the meeting settled down to a good old fashioned talk fest. The regulars missed Joe Sparr whom we understand. was not absent through his own choice.. great possibilities in the jet and. it is our inte\ntion to publish something about them in the very near future. We do not think that they should be raced against piston engines but have their own class. Let us have some of our readers’ views on the subject and if any one has practical eixperience with this form of propulsion please write to Sam Rabl so that we can do a real bang up job on this subject. Speaking of writing, how about some of you helping these old shouldeirs to bear some of the burden of keeping the Andy Ballard brought a copy of the MODEL ENGINEER published in England that contained the records and data on the outstanding hyd.ros of the past year. From the pictures and data we have nothing to fear for our laurels on this side of the pond. One outstanding feature of the English models was that all carried mufflers. Some of these days it may come to pass that we will be forced to d’o this too. One of the outstanding English models was SHARKEY. This little packet carried a very narrow main hull and gained her stability by two pontoons similar to the outboard floats of a flying boat. The bottoms of the pontoons were her planing surfaces. The design had a lot of merit and certainly was the answer to the berfectly streamli.ned hull. motor of this put-put departmeint running. How about you, Bob Graham? It’s your game as well as mine. What about the new international circuit? Barney of Detroit seems a bit close mouthed. about it. We all are interested in this new circuit. How about some of you that keep secrets so well, leaning this way just a wee bit? Your associate editor, first mate in charge of the put-put watch, appeared with a new hull whose after sections were “tee” shaped. The bottom was swept u.p to meet the deck and the sides below this were carried into a sternpost that also carried the prop bearing at its bottom. Metal planing surfaces with sp,ray suppresser edges weire fitted forward. She was Hornet powered and driven direct, with only about nine incheis of active shaft, no intermediate bearing was fitted. Wot, Sam!!!; no hydrofoils? ‘ There is some talk in the air about legalizing jet propulsion. We understand that the boys up around Detroit have had some experience with them but have 9 Hdi&or’s Notes We are g`rateful for the many letters coming` into our office expressing satis- faction over the March issue of the Magazine. These letters were from skippers whose names have not been on the active subscription list for some time. This new interest is heart warming. The racing season is about to begin throughout the country. Your Magazinc will carry pertinent news of general interest. Please give details. Avoid the Yacht may be a “dark hoi.se.” It’s anyone’s chance to beat the two men tied at the moment. Don’t hold back your names. Better that you should be in the running before the zero hour. Do ]t now! God’ pardons like a mother who kisses away the repentent tears of her child. -Henry Ward Beecher. non-essentials. May we suggest to club secretaries that they procure the correct addresses of their club membership. A copy of the corrected list should be sent to the national seer-etary. We would appreciate receiving a copy so that returned issues of the magazine could be for- Ml ‘IIl warded` to the right addresse’s. We find that a number of “outstanding” skippers, officially identified with clubs and the sport itself, are not regular subscribers. Why? We are turning out the BEST periodical of its type to be liad! We have put into it the features idemanded`. The poliicy in vogue is col operative and sportsmanlike. We’ve done our part. How about a few more of you doing a little? “Actions speak louder than words!” Next month we .will begin a special clepartment to be known as the “Swap Box.” Every fan has lying around his MODEL YACHT FITTINGS Complctc .et. or ecparatc I ittingo. including Vane Type .tccring gear for 50~800. 6-mctcr. X-Class and Clac. A nodclo. shop some discard.ed item which is still gooid. There are many.things that he desires which some other fan has discarded. We will print the first ten BLUEPRINTS SUNKISS. words or less of your swap free. After that the charge is ten cents a word payable in stamps or currency in advance. Names and addresses free. Closing date for copy, 25th of each month. SOBO0 SLIDING RIG CHEERIO 2 , 7 . CHEERIO 3 KILTIE` 6-Meter BOSTONIA 7. Cl… A. by A. R. La,col $2.00 by A. R. La3scl I.00 by J®liB Bl.cL 2.00 by Job;’ Bl.cl 9.cO by J®ha Blac[ 4.00 by Jobn BlacL 5.00 Send 25c for 40 page illustrated catalog of Ship and Yacht model Fittings. A. J F!SHER 1002 Et®wali Aye. Roy;I oak. Micli. ` The Model Yacht Subscription Con- test closes April 30th. Il\i:’I The winner of 10 Racing Schedules 19- Forest H&” Model ¥aeh& Club Racing Sekedwle Season 1950 Date 26-Season Race M Class April- 2- Event 9-Dickey Elimination X Class 16-Season Race M Class April 23-Cleveland Invitation Race 23- 30-Season Race X Class May 7-Tri-Race-Trophy May 21-Forest Hill C’up-1st Race May- 7- June 4-Round Tripper-1 Prize June 18-Forest Hill Cup-2nd Race 14-Season Race M Class 21-Season Race X Class 28- July 2-Perpetual Trophy-Trophy July 16- June- 4- Annual `Regatta-all day-3 Prizes July 30-Round Tripper 11-Sea.son Race X Class 18- August 13-Club Race-1 Prize August 27-Forest Hill Cup-3rd. Race 25-Season Race M Class July- 2- Sept. 10-(Hilo) Race-2 Prizes Sept. 24-Greater Cleveland Champ- 9-Virgil Cup, X Class All day-Trophy 1623- Oct. 8-Stewart Memorial Race Oct. 22-Round Tripper-1 Prize. 30-Season Race X Class August- ALL DAY RACES AT 10:30 SHARP OTHER RACRES 1:30 SHARP 6-Season Race M Class 13- 20-Season Race M Class 27- September4-Labor Day Squue Franc6s®o Model ¥aebet Clonb1950 -Schedwhe, 10-Season Race M Class 17-Season Race X Class 24- Marsh- The Schedule provides somewhat more open dates than have marked the prac- 12-Opening Day 1] MAY- tice oil recent years. It is expected that a number of the open dates will be filled by the Power Boat Division; these have not yet been chosen. 7-P. P., M Skiff, Garbe Trophy 14-Stratford, M Pond, Stratford Open Regatta 21-S. J., M Pond, Eastern Division Ex-Com. 8. F. Schmidt is ar`ranging to have radio control installed in his X Class Vex; he was quite favorably impres`sed with the performance of a radiocontrolled M Class boat recently exhibited on Spreckels Lake. We have a number of radio-controlled powerboats M Eliminations CLUB 27, 28-M. P., M Pond, Eastern Division M Pond Championship JUNE- 3,4- in this club, but the Vex will be the first of the sailing fleet to be so equipped. Her debut under the guidance of the mechanical robots is awaited with considerable interest. At long last, member Curry has decided to tune up and sail the handsome X Class Anna that he built two years ago, and’ left the craft on the ways ever since. Though yet a dark horse, she may surprise us all, as she is built from the same lines ars Bill Moyes’ Mad Bob, a proven winner in the X Class. Anna is a few inches longer. Though It is reported that the club is about to lose one of its oldest members, at least for some time, as club member Jack Henry has accepted an offer which will require an indefinite sojourn in Korea where he will fill a responsible position in the ship building industry. Bon Voyage and Jood Luck, Jack. 11-S. J., M Pond., Marblehead Cup Eliminations CLUB 17, 18-S. J., M Pond, Marblehead Cup face 25-S. J., M Pond, Alden 8. Taplin Trophy CLUB JULY1, 2-Irv., M Skiff, Eastern Division M Skiff Championship 9-S. J., M Pond, South Jersey Memorial Trophy 16-L. I., M Pond, Long Island Perpetual Trophy 22, 23-M. H., M Pond, Mar.blehead Ope’n Regatta 29, 30-M. P., X Pond, Eastern Division X Pond. Championship AUGUST- 5,6- 12, 13-M. P., X Pond, National X Pond Championship 20-S. J., M Pond, Commodore’s Trophy CLUB 27-M. P’., X Pond, Howard Curry Open X SE’PTEMBER2, 3, 4-Se., M Pond, National M Pond Championship South 3erseapg D. H., M Skiff, Anderson Trophy Model ¥aeht a-enb 9, 10- Schechckes 1950 16, 17-P. P., A Skiff, Eastern Division A Skiff Championship Eagle and Prince Trophies 24-L. I., M Pond`, Team (3) Trophy APRIL- 23-S. J., M Pond, Warm-up Race Race CLUB 30-S. J., M Pond, S. J. Open Invita- OCTOBER- 30-1- tion Race `,,/ 12 7, 8~D. H., X Skiff, East,ern Division X Skiff CThampionship 14.15- Pi’osrect Park M. Y. C. 5th race, Red Set.ies, M-Class, Sam Diego M. Y. C. 22~P. P., M Skiff, Krauss Trophy 29-S. J„ M Pond, Collingswood Theatre Trophy CLUB Regatton Schechckes YMG`A Trophies and Puyallup Shield, M-Class, Seattle M. Y. C. Tri-race Trophy, M-Class, Forest Hill M. Y. C. May 13- We have enough regatta schedules to fill the whole issue. The f ollowing schedule is therefore only partial. To conserve space, club races .are included six weeks ahead, interclub races three months and championship races the entire season. All regatta schedules submitted will be given mention in future issues so watch for your favorite regattas. Wave Bi.eakers, 24″ Class race, Seattle. May 14Stratford Open Regatta, MCTass, Stratford M. Y. C. 5th race, Red Series, X & A Class, Sam Diego M. Y. C. Intraclub race, Silver Lake, Everett M. Y. a. May 20- April 16Intraclub race, Silver Lake, Launching and Tune-up, Father and Son 36″ Sharpies, Seattle. Everett, M. Y. C. 4th race, Red Series, M-Class, May 21- Sam Diego, M. Y. C. M-Class race for C’ommodore’s Turkey, Seattle M. Y. C. M-C’lass race, Commodores of Seattle yacht clubs, Seattle M. Y. C. April 22Wave Breakers, 24″ Class race, Seattle. 2nd’ race, Percentage Handicap Series, All Classes, Sam Diego M. Y. C. Grizzell Shield & Bockelie Trophy, 2 Meter Class, Seattle M. Y. C. Eastern Division Eliminations, M-Class Club Race, South Jersey M. Y. C. May 27- April 23- Father and Son Race, Cleveland. Invitation Race, M-Class, Forest Hill M. Y. C. Free for all, Seattle M. Y. C. 4th race, Red Series, X & A Class, Sam Diego M. Y. C. Tune up race, M-Class, South Jersey M. Y. C. April 30South Jersey Open Invitation Race, M-Class, South Jersey M. Y. C. 36″ Sharpie Class, Seattle. May 28International A-Class Shield, Pacific Northwest Assoc., Silver Lake. May 27, 28Easter Division M-Class Championship, Mill Pond M. Y. a. May 30Memorial Day Regatta, All Classes, 1st race, Percentage Handicap Series, All Classes, Sam Diego M. Y. C. Sam Diego M. Y. C. Prizes all classes, Prospect Park M. Y. C. May 6Wave Breakers, 24″ Class race, Seattle. June 17, 18Marblehead Cup, M-class, May 7Garbe Tl.ophy, M-Class, (Continued on Page 26) 13 Model Power Boating tgr 9).9). gRa4/ “.ind the grocery clerk in the neighbor- ITow ALbow± IS, Schlor? \, I, \ \` My editorial “For This We Se’rv6″ had hardly been published in the March issue until my friends began to pound my ears with criticism. I had expected this in a way but not in the way it came. The jist of most of it from the old time sailing men was this: “It’s all right for you to criticize, Sam, but how in the name of the little pink toed probhets are you going to get the kids interested in sail?” Some of it was not this mild, some of it was downright venomous. Let us have a look at the situation. About twenty-five years ago the situation in the big yachting game was the same as it is in the model game right now. The old timers decrying the pass- hood store. Were these kids looked down upon? Not a bit of it, they were helped. Today the grease monk is the local d.is- tributor of the most expensive car and owns a six meter racer. The grocery clerk manages a big super market and owns a forty foot cruising schooner. Well? I am not a model sailing yacht designer but there were some among those who criticised me. Here is a suggestion. Why not a nation-wide one design class sailing model. Here every contestant is on a more or less equal footing. Make the boat simple and from the materials that any kid’ can secure in the local hobby shop. ing of sail. Some one had. enough nerve to do something about it and Bill Gardner designed the Stars. Here was a boat within the reach of the then average man. Several years later Bill Crosby of the RUDDER brought out the Snipes f ollowed by Lownd`es Johnson and the Comets, your humble servant and the Sun class. Today there are more sailing craft at the regattas than there ever were. The early small boats .were skippered by the grease monkey at the local garage 14 This means a chime boat. If the kid today has to spend a whole winter making his hull he will turn to an airplane model that he can make in a week. Make the backbone of the`model as a central web of one-quarter inch plywood and the bulkheads of the same material. Slot them both and assemble the structur3 as an egg crate is put together. String some 3/8″ square strips along the sheer chime and keel and tile framework is rigid. Plank this framework longitudinally on the sides with I/8 ” x 3″ sheet balsa ; matei.ial with which wet.e kids. Remembe]` these? the average kid works every day. Cross plank the bottom in the manner of the ordinary fiattie skiff arid hold it with model airplane cement. still good; they worked then and they will now. Don’t make the average youngster mess around with molten lead for the keel. Sure as shooting he will burn his fingers and have his mother on his neck for spilling hot lead on the rug. For the keel give him a deep sea trolling sinker. This makes an excellent bulb as it is streamlin3d and they are made up to five pounds in weight. It will fit on the bottom of the central web which was continued down to form a fin keel. yard blocks from screw eyes. The youngster can get all of these at the local hardware store. Turnbuckles? Not on your tintype ! Ever hear of a cranse. You will find them in some of the old and long neglected model yacht books at your local library. Remember the gadgets we used when we were kiids? Make a simple rudd.er with an alumi~ nun tube through the hull. The kid can buy this material at the hobby shop and he can get tubes in sizes that fit within each other. Well, there is your stock and rudder port. Don’t design him a complicated steering gear. You and I used weighted. tillers and rudders when we 16 They are Make the fittings simple. The masts from dowels and the gooseneck and hal- Remember, in designing the mo’del that peak performance is not desired. If the boats are one design all have an equal chancel. The kid with the smoothest hull has the edge but he deserves this f or his good workmanship. BUT MOST OF ALL KEEP THE BOAT SIMPLE. The limit of length of sheet balsa is 36″ and 3″ is the width. This limits the7 boat to 35″ but make it that big. |tgs spring A9Onin Now how do you get the youngsters interested? Send the design gratis to several of the boys’ magazines. Build` one and take it to the local sea scout ship. Get acquainted with the local scoutmaster. You might not believe it, but thei Boy Scouts get a merit badge for boatbuilding. See the manual training teacher in your local school. He is always looking for interesting projects for his class. The Boucher Company used to have a sales phrase “B.uild S. S. RABL The air is charged with a pecular zest and snap. From somewhere a radio softly brings a haunting melody and the words of a song that say “It isn’t raining rain, you know, it’s raining violets”. a boat for your boy for yourself”. Well sailor, how about it? Don’t tell me your troubles: I have enough of my own as first matei of the put-put watch on this here packet. And don’t tell me that the design won’t work. I have built a similar hull f or some of my little friends many years ago. Perhaps you are old, like I am, and even the gawky blonde steno in the office downstairs is beginning to look good to you. Perhaps there’s a peculiar tingle runs through your frame at intervals, a tingle that even the chill air will not dispel. Over at the lake you may nervously set the needle valve of your motor. and pull the starting cord. Glad to be alive after a long Winter’s nap the little mill bursts into action, fitfully at first and then in full throated roar she drives that new hydro at a speed’ which makes you sure those guys up i.n Philly or down in Kalamazoo had better look to their Mp. Adveptlsep: laurels. YOUR ADD WOULD LOOK GOOD HERE Perhaps the picture is not at all like this and you sit on the edge of the lake contentedly puffing oh your pipe (Ilow I envy these guys!) and watch that new M model gracefully luff her way to windward. All of this brings to my mind a memory of a cartoon that appeared on the front. cover of MOTOR BOAT many, many years ago. Done in a style that only Darrell Mcclure could have penned, it showed a branch of a tree overhanging the water. Amid the budding leaves reaching f or the God given sunlight there sat a little bird. Filling the air with song he announced to the world. that it was Spring again and that it was great to be alive. “You sed it little feller.” E= 1, A BEGINNERS MODEL6 HYDRO – E= Designed` for MODEL YACHTING By S. S. RABL The little packet shown and described in the following article is just what its title claims, a boat for beginners. No claim to world breaking speeds is made and everything about her was designed with the thought in mind that she would be constructed. in the average home workshop which, often as not, is the kitchen table. Let’s get started. Procure first two pieces of thr.ee-sixteenths basswood, pine or spruce twenty six inches long. Cut two sides from these as shown in the diagrams. Square the former lines across them and be sure that these are on opposite sides of the pieces so that the formers may be set to them. inches lby four and seven-eighths inches. A half inch hole is centered in it, onehalf inch above the bottom. From another piece of pine, a half inch thick and an inch and an eighth inch wide, cut a piece five and five-eighths inches long. This is the bow former. Now nail and cement, with Amberoid cement the bow former and former “A” between the sides. If all is correct the d`istance from side to side of the hull should be six inches. The distance from the forward edge of the bow former to the aft side of former “A” should be seven inches. The hardwood cross bed on the bottom of former “A” should be on the aft sid’e. If all dimensions are now correct cut a piece of one-sixteenth inch plywood, six inches by seven inches with all corners square. With half inch, number twenty nails, cement and nail this piece to the top of the sides and the formers. Be careful not to let the nails run through the outside of the thin sides. Now cut two pieces of 1/4″ plywood or pine two and a quarter inches wide and five and five-eighths inche.s long. Be sure that all edges are square. These make formers “A” and ‘`8″. In former “8”, only; bore a one inch hole whose Now set former “8” so that its forward face is six inches away from former “A” and that the half inch piece of mo- center is in the center of the former and one inch above the bottom of it. On the bottoms of both, cement and nail a piece of one half inch square hardwood tor bed on its bottom faces forward. Nail and. cement this in place. Lay the hull away until the cement hardens. such as oak or hickory. These pieces will When the hull is dry set former “C” by drawing the aft ends of the hull together. The sides of former “C” will have to be slightly beveled to make a take ike motor beds later. Former “C” is mad.e similar to the other two except that it measures two good fit. Tie -a string around the aft ends 17 of the sides and draw them together unby the same company. If your hobby til they touch. Measure the bevel and dealerdoesnothave these items getwhat make the stern former to suit from one comparable stock that he has. If he does inch hardwood. Being sure that the ends not have these and will not order them of the sides match, cementand screwthis for you, write the Reuhl Proiducts Co. in place using number two wood screws. at Madison 5, Wisconsin. Now lay the hull aside again until all cement is thoroughly hard. While you are at the hobby shop, also purchase a piece of three-sixteenth inch While the hull is hardening get out the outside diameter, thin wall, brass tubing. motor beds from one quarter inch ply- If the dealer has it, get a piece of fivewood as shown. As these are a half inch thirty secondths inch diameter steel thick make them from two pieces of one shafting. If he d.oes not have this get quarter inch stock. Lay these aside also some cold rolled or bronze shafting from until they are thoroughly hard. After a local machinery supply house. Drill rod the whole assembly is hard give it three while expensive and very hard i.s the coats of Testor’s STA sanding sealer. best material. Do this work preferably in the open for the wife or mammy is very liable to obDrill and tap the coupling for a No. ject to the smell. 10-24 set screw. Use an Allen head one lf you can get it as these hold better than the other kinds. Asserible the fly- Now let’s talk about the motor. This should preferably be a 10C.C. motor; or wheel and coupling to the motor, but do in model airplane parlance, a sixty. Do not stick a screw driver through the exnot invest in a new motor. Buy a good haust port to keep the shaft from trimsecond hand. one that has been run in. ing. clamp the flywheel in a vise and If it was an electric ignition motor take use a pair of gas pliers on the ‘coTpling off the timer. Remove the spark plug and to set it up tight. Be sure of this confit a glo-plug. Do not buy a “hot” motor nection. Before assembly cut the slopsuch as a Hornet, Mccoy or Dooling. ing notch in the flywheel as shown so Tak.e it easy for a while and get a good that the starting cord end may be slipped old O.K., Super Cyclone or other motor in it. Do not be afraid that this will deof comparable make. As the motor beds stroy the “Static and dynamic” balance are designed to take a motor whose shaft that the manufacturers claim for the center is on the bottom of the mounting flywheel. This does not amount to a lugs, see thatthemotoryou procuresuits sigh in a gale of wind’. Now drill the this category or revise your beds to suit. motor beds to suit the mounting holes of the motor and fasten it to them with If you have a lathe make the coupling brass or steel machine screws. Be sure as shown or have a machinis.t friend that the nuts of the mounting are safemake it for you. This is the only difficult tied with either a locknut or a shakepart of the boat and as far as this writer proof washer. This is important. The knows there are no available couplings writer almost had a motor leave the boat to be had in the hobby shops. Be sure one time on account of neglecting to do that the motor end fits the diameter and thread of the motor that you intend to use. this. Now make the stern plate of brass as shown and after squaring off the stern, Now purchase a Reuhl flywheel to suit screw it in place with the large hole at the diameter of your motor shaft and the bottom. The hole should be set so while you are at it get a two and a that its upper edge just touches the botquarter inch diameter propeller made tom of the stern former. Notch the 18 26_ c_~ _I_ – — – E=- — -I,-±_- – – , – – =-4 / 1.. i_( 2= ., + Bc)5Swood..~ -=::i-::-“:-_::–.-==J== ‘,, •-Tfi-. ,-f: ~ Fc)rmer C.. Make 1 ~ ~ FormersA a 8 -Make I Each.~ s+ern Toy-mer thke I from I” hardluood ~shaf+I:!ee[suppar+~ + Sha++ +u5e 19 foi`mei` enough so that the t,ube has enoug`h play to reach the motor. center EE without any spring. Pass the shaft throuch the tube and with the beds just resting on the aft cross piece of former “8” block up their forward’ ends until perfect alignment is secured. The liner at the front of the beds is now measured and fitted. Hold the whole motor bed Finish out the bottom planking with the same material from former “A” to the stem covering the shaft tube with the planking. Fit some plastic wood around the tube and squeeze the plywood down on this at the stern as it is fastened. assembly in place with small clamps. Now slip the shaft tube support on the tube and set the tube so that its aft end projects about a half inch past the stern plate. With the beds in perfect alignment drill the holes in their ends through th.e cross pieces of former “A” and “8”. Cement the shaft tube support to Carve the sponsons from three quarter inch by three inch balsa as shown. This material can be purchased’ at any hobby shop. If three-quarter inch stock is not available the sponsons may be made by cementing three pieces of one- former “C” on the forward side and solder the tube to the stem plate. Lay the assembly away for the cement to harden. quarter inch stock together. After the sponsons ar complete lay them away to dry after coating them with sealer. After the cement has hardened remove the motor and shaft and reinforce the shaft tube around. the hole in former “C” with plastic wood. of the plywood before it is appli:`d “`..:t`n sealer t,o render it, waterproof. Nail this on as you did the deck. The bo-w and “A” formers will have to be bevled to allow the plywood to lie flat on ther.i^. Do not be afraid to apply cement generously. Learn to squeeze out a. line of cement from the tube as you go along. Build up two little wedges on the stern so that the bottom, when it is applied, will just touch the bottom of the shaft tube. This will give the bottom a little hook down for about three inches aft and help the prop to surface when the boat is under Way. The bottom is now covered with onesixteenth plywood. Start from the bow f ormer and cover back to the aft sid’e of former “A”. Be sure to coat the inside Now take the shaft and cut a one inch thread on its end with a No. 8-32 die. The propeller will be a rough casting. File this to shape, keeping the aft side to the contour of the casting and the forward face round.ed to a sharp edge all around. Try to make this a more or less airfoil section. The hole in the prop will be ni.ne sixty-fourths inch in diameter. Drill this same size all the way through after removing the set screw supplied with it. File off the aft end square. Now tap the hole to suit the shaft. Screw a steel nut on the shaft to the end of the thread and tighten it there. Screw the prop up hard against this nut. Another nut is put on aft of the prop and’ locked tight there. If an acorn nut is available use this for good appearance. If you have a lathe you can make a faired nut f or this point but as the prop is a surface one the fairing will be for appearance only. Now cut the shaft to the proper length so that the forward nut is about an eighth inch away from the aft end of the tube. Old timers at the hydro game will be liable ±. pya.koeoz ¥€:cn+a i.’fossc}:{e. 20 to tell you that this will not work. them “Horse feathers”. Tell Now go back and re-align the motor so that the alignment is perfect enough to Place the shaft in the coupling without the setscrew locked and able to be spun with your fingers. Be sure that there is nothing binding as this will develop heat when the boat is running. Be sure that the bolts holding the beds to the cross members are set on washers against the plywood so that they will not chew down in to it. The heads of these bolts are on the outside of the hull. The balsa sponsons are now cemented to the bottom forward with a one inch over.lay and laid away to hard’en. As far as the hull is concerned it is now complete except for the painting. It should be painted with Testor’s STA or some other equally good paint. The paint must be able to stand the “hot” fuel used in gloplug operation. If you are handy with tin snips and a sold`ering iron make the tank from an ordinary tin can. The location will be to suit the position of the intake of the motor you have selected. If you decide to purchase a tank, they are for sale at most hobby shops. If you make the tank Fit a ballast bulkhead as shown. This may be of balsa but be sure that it is it should contain about two and a half water tight all around. Cut a slot in its cubic inches of fuel. Observe the time bottom where it fits over the tube and tested rule that the top of the tank fill this with plastic wood after the ceshould not be higher than the motor inment has set. take and the outlet should be on the aft outboard’ corner. Use the clear plastic A one inch square hatch is cut in the tubing sold in the hobby shops for fuel plywood that is to form the after deck connections so that it may be seen when and ths is then cut to shape,,:`p,d.,fitted. the motor is getting fuel. By all means ~SHAFT Tut5E~ 21 purchase a fuel 1`ump that fit,s the usual fuel cans. It will save a lot of trouble in filling the tank. For a starting cord select some heavy wrapping twine and cut a piece thirty inches long. Place a large knot in one end and tie the other end around a piece of half inch dowell or some small rubber hose. Procure two number. six dry cells and tape them together. Get about three feet of twin conductor flxible lamp cord and solder an eye at one end of both conductors. Cut one of the far ends about three inches shorter than the other and fit two small alligator clips. The cutting short of the one wire prevents the clips from coming in contact with each other and thus short circuiting. Connect the cells in parallel. The polarity of the clips is not important. We are now ready to start the motor. With a small oil can, squirt about two shots of fuel in the intake. Turn the prop clockwise and wind the cord’ around the flywheel. Connect the clips, one to the plug and the other to some convenient place on the motor. Wait about fifteen seconds for the plug to glow. With the needle valve opened to one more turn then is recommended for gasoline fuel give the cord a smart pull. If the motor fires the prime and refuses to continue to run, open the needle valve another half turn and repeat the operation. If the needle valve is opened wide and the motor refuses to fire it is flooded. Close the valve down tight and remove the plug. Roll the hull over so that the excess gas in the crank case will run in to the cylinder when the piston is at the bottom of the stroke as may be seen through the exhaust port. When the fuel has d.rained out replace the plug and start the motor again until all the excess fuel is exhausted. Open the needle valve and try again. If the boat is to be run on a pole fit line lugs to the bow and stern to take the bridle. In launching the boat depress the stern and let her slide from your hands. In the absence of a pole it s fun to run these babies from a skiff using a deep sea fishing rod. and allowing the boat to run circles by gradually letting line off the reel. If the boat has a tendency to kick her stern in the air and root wi.th her bow add a small amount of ballast to the ballast compartment and continue to do this until the tendency is corrected. “That Abottt Madlget HapdirosT The advent of the midget glo-plug motor has brought about a deluge of midget planes and race cars. Wriat about midget hydros? They have a lot of advantages and what this writer has.seen of them so far they offer more fun than ~ ETA E=T`E E= ~ EE a barrel full of monkeys. The great ad22 vantag.e is t,hat they may be run from a sixteen f oot bamboo fishing pole on a twelve foot six inch radius from the bank of any small stream or lake. The hulls may be of the utmost simplicity in their consti`uction and the fittings like- joint js ref.uired a length of steel spring such as is found in speedometer cable may b3 `iised, but as a general rule these eat up power. Do not use them unless ar.ticulated drive is wanted. wise. The hulls may be built up from solid balsa as shown in the sketches. It will The props for these small motors should’ be about one inch in diameter not be necessary to bore for the shaft if the hull is split along its center as and be made of brass or some other shown. eiasily soldered metal. They should have the advantage of being easily twisted so serted between the separate halves and the alley way for the shaft cut in to the plywood. The aft piece of plywood may be carried down to form the strut and the stem bearing wired and cemented that thcir pitch may be altered to suit the power of the motor. One of the model airplane manufacturers recently brought out a hull for the small carbon dioxid’e motors and I am told that the prop furnished with this kit was excellent for the little gas motors. The shaft may be a length of 3/32″ hard brass rod with a coupling to fit the motor selected. The bearings may be made from 1/8″ diameter thin wall tubing which will pass over the shaft rod. Where a universal 23 A piece of 1/8″ plywood is in- to this. The shaft angle should be kept as low as possible and to this end the flywheel should` be sunk in to the solid hulls as shown. Considerable experimenting will have to .be done before the perfect hull is secured and from what I have seen of these little mills they will produce con- sidei.able torque foi. thi’ii. size. I would say that the smallest hull would be no Speed Tonb\,es less than 4″ x 12″ x %” d`eep if solid. ELAPSED TIME OVER ONE-SIXTEENTH MILE OR .1 KILOMETER C’OURSES An extremely ]ig`ht hull fi.om actual ex- perience had a tendency to roll over under the influence of the torque. Perhaps it would be well to sponson the forward end of the hull to guard against this torque and trim the sponsons away lzLter until the minimum dimensions were secured. The step should be at least an inch forward of the center of the motor and the location no more than a third of the length aft of the bow. The line lugs may be of ordinary screw eyes set in to the center 1/8″ plywood. The model should hang level all around when suspended from the lugs if it is to be used with a pole. Hang the little skipper on a thin fish line with a bridle of the same material. Start the motor and swing her out. Sit her gently on the water and. the. rest is a mystery. Don’t expect mile a minute s-)eeds. If she does better than fifteen riiles I will be more surprised than you. Fifteen miles on a twelve foot radius will be just as exciting as fifty on the regulation line. The writer has had experience with both the Baby Spitfire and the O.K. Cub. Both are good little mills but a lot more temperamental than the big jobs. The one caution is not to overprime them. Put two drops of fuc.I in the intake and no more until the motor fires this. Use a knurled flywheel an inch in diameter with a half inch face. Cut a slot in one edge to hold six turns of fish line and a notch to take the knotted end of this line. Build one and let us know about it. P8<'P VIEW OF HULL `sirf EE \\'" RIGHT L\AND REtulo\J[D ?4 i.`OR STOP WATCH OPERATION. Centcr of Course to Center of B.oat is 52 ft. - 6„ Calculated by R. E. Barry Time Time Seconds M.P.H. Seconds M.P.H 12.0 18.75 8.2 11.9 18.91 8.1 27.44 27.78 11.8 19.07 8.0 28.13 11.7 19.23 11.6 19.40 28.85 11.5 19.57 7.9 7.8 7.7 29.22 held 11.4 19.74 7.6 29.61 Come 11.3 19.91 7.5 30.00 prova/ 20.09 7.4 30.41 devel( 11.1 20.27 7.3 30.82 11.0 20.45 7.2 31.25 towa ever, 10.9 20.64 7.1 31.69 racin`1J 1o.8 2o.83 7.0 32.14 10.7 21.03 6.9 32.61 Seattl M.Y.I 10.6 21.23 6.8 33.09 pions] 10.5 21.43 6.7 33.58 orky 10.4 21.63 6.6 34.09 10.3 21.84 22.06 22.28 22.50 22.73 22.96 6.5 34.62 struct we hc, 6.0 23.20 23.44 5.9 5.8 11.2 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.1 28.48 Jin`, Radi() 6.4 6.3 M.i 6.2 4031 6.1 on th, tions tion f 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 inwh His fi Soon. inyo what writtl 9.0 8.9 8.8 M.Y.( tiona] 8.7 Very e 8.6 mitte, 8.5 8.4 8.3 bershi Yachl 12th One \\ 68.18 8-2-1 Stlstem 70.31 (Continued from Pag`e 3) 72.58 75.00 scores, 77.59 though he has been in a battle, he has had a fair break. When all is saiid, the fastest boat and the most clever skipper will win anyway providing he sails the full series; though he no longer has the 80.36 83.33 86.54 90.00 93. 75 Co.I.ant.I.odore' s Corroer (Continued from Page 4) Jim Walker has recommended that NO Radio. Control National Championship be held this year. The F. C. C. has not come through with the expected approval of Citizen's Band radios yet, so development of racing methods will have to wait a while. Jim does promise, however, a demonstration of radio control racing at the National M-Champs at Seattle this year. He suggests that the M.Y.R.A.A. aim for a National Championship in R. a. for 1951. The splenorky W.alker Trophy is now under construction. It will take months to finish, we hear. M.Y.R.A.A. Secretary Bob Schreiner, 4031 N. Mason Ave. has been very much on the job and deserves the congratulations and thanks of the whole Association for the prompt and efficient manner in which he is handling official business. His first quarterly Report will be out soon. Ask your club Secretary to read it in your next meeting so you wiill know what goes on in the M.Y.R.A.A. .He has wi`itten that the request of Mill Pond M.Y.C. to change the date of the National X-Class Championship to August 12th and 13th has been granted. The very efficient M.Y.R.A.A. Executive Committee passed the motion and .the membership application of Oregon Model Yacht Club by unanimous vote within one week! 25 wh€i.e everybody I.eels that walkover he once enjoyed`. The reader can study the scores made in our Season Races in the X and M Classes during the past f ew years and will note how closely these scores work out. For example, the 1949 X class winner scored 182 points, the second boat 175 and the third boat 173. It is our belief that when a season score I or eight or nine races works out. as closely as this, it indicates a healthy condition of our sport, which gives everyone a fair break. Hditor6onL (Continued from Page 2) A favorite sport among some skippers is always belittling beginners. This is a sure way of insuring extinction for the club, the pond antd the sport, Interest in model yachting is created and intensfied when you compliment the beginner for his good` work. This makes him want to build a big Marblehead, just like yours. As a be=ginner in Chicago 18 years ago, we could hardly believe it when the club members told us that we, too, could build an M-Class yacht. One reason the sport grew to such great proportions during the late Gene C,'heney's long tenure as National President, was his con.stant encouragement of beginners. He took time out to encourage us when the 'best we had. was a dinky little 30" cutter. No yacht is too small or simple for praise. When a boy pushes a board al'ounid in your pond, don't scold 1`.im for cluttering up your sailing waters. Tell him to take the board home, -, sharpen the front end, and put a sail on it! It's a lot of fun to come out on regatta day to sail with a bunch of fine fellows. You hardly notice the ``One and Two in the water, Three and Sixteen make ready!" as you concentrate on making that perfect run. You'd never think that all these yachts didn't just show up spontaneously because of the beautiful day and the gorgeous wind. You never see the stranger standing at the pondside until you get a glimpse of the word "Umpire" on his arm band. Do you like a well run regatta with lots of entries, trained officials, spectator crowds and pictures in the paper? Well all this just doesn't happen sponstaneously. Somebody, behind. the scenes has done a lot of work, sending out notices, telephoning officials and mates, contacting the newispapers. If your club regattas are a flop, don't gripe about it. Roll up your sleeves and go to work on getting out publicity, arranging .for mates and officials, setting up schedules. That can be fun too, when you see the good results of your labors on regatta day. Sure, some of the old. ways ai.e still good ways, and we are not out to upset our time honored program at National levels. But when you are playing alone, or as a club group, try out new ways of doing things. Figure out new ways of competing with model boats, new classes, new ways of getting fun out of that pond or lake. If your ideas prove valuable, tell other clubs about them in this magazine. Who knows but what your Idea will spread all over the country'. Regatton Schedrhes . •(Continued from Page 13) South Jersey M. Y..C. July 2Pacific Northwest. Championship, M-Class, Portland, .Oregon M. Y. C. July 1, 2Eastern Division M-Cla;s Championship, Skiff, Irvington M. Y. C. July 2, 3National A-Class Championship. Detroit. Is your club becoming a clannish little corporation of old. men grunting about the good old days? Then get out and rustle up new blood to carry on y.our fine July 29, 30- old traditions. Start a Juvenile program in your basement or nearby recreational center. Give the youngsters the benefit of all you have learned down through the years. Start classes in Model Yacht Building and Sailing. Put on regattas for scale models where the public is invited. Start the Cub Dens in you.r August 12, 13- neighborhood building shingle boats, paddle boats, tiny sailboats, and put on little regattas for them. Your old age Eastern Division X-Class Championship, Mill Pond M. Y. C. National X-aass Championship, Mill Pond M. Y. C. September 2National Radio Control Demonstration, DX-Class, Seattle. September 3, 4National M-Class Championship, Seattle M. Y. C. will be made joy-filled and._mellow by your hundreds of happy I ollowers. And the Club you cherish so will live on for- September 3Annual Meeting M.Y.R.A.A., Seattle. ever. September 16, 17Don't be hamstrung by tradition, bound down by old ways of doing things. EI ae Eastern Division A-Class Championship, Skiff, Prospect Park. On 30 April, South Jersey Model OnJuly9,theclubwilldedicate anew Yacht C.lub will hold the South Jersey trophy, the South Jersey Memorial TroOpen Invitation Race for M Class Model; phy. More d.etails will follow. all clubs are invited to participate. Eec. Enclosed is the racing venue of the ing will start at 10:30, there will be a Eastern Division. However, races with fifty cent entry fee, and lunch will be the word CLUB following are open to South Jersey members only. ie:x:i; tie:Ee::, ise nroegr#r:d.limit and Charles Heisterkamp, Ill, Secretary. Is this a picture of things to come? Will our high speed models be, some day, supported on hydrofoils? The boat rides the water in th-e same altitude that she sits on the pavement. Mccoy powered28" x 7" x 3.9 ]bs., speed 51.3 in. p. h. F L A` S H ! AINS BALLANTYNE (New 'York) CHARLES HEISTERRAMP, Ill (Pehha.) Running Neck and Neck in the Subscription CONTEST t'o win that Model Yacht offered by the publishers. Get your votes (paid subscriptions) into the Editor.s Office as soon as possible. Letters must be postmarked prior to midnight April 30th, ]950 to count for either of the boys who are now out front on the home .stretch ! Model ,Yachting Magazine, Contest Editor 92 Douglas Avenue Providence, Rhode Island Name of the winner will appear in May issue. MANNING. DANIEL 41 OSBORNE PEABODY. J. STREET MASS. I-2 E= 12-50