Model Yachting Newsletter: Issue 15 – December 1983

model pe no1S yachting newsletter masthead 4 HAPPY SAILING CHASTNAS IN (984% TSH ALL Geord OLR READERS Chris Vaeh som. photos For the Newsletter we like to slide negatives. Anything different, will AnD receive good quality photos (black and white only) fittings, sails, boats sailing, be acknowledged and returned where requested. library of photos held for future use and will requested. or unusual shots of people etc. all These are also useful for our not be returned unless specically adverts We accept advertisements from known bona-fide model yacht fitting makers who assist us to finance the Newsletter by this means and in turn we hope to help people new to the hobby to find out where to get those awkward bits and pieces that the local model shop never stocks. If you wish fittings, to place an advertisement to sell quantity production of hulls, sails or please contact the Editor to discuss direct (01-653 7909). The advertisements for sule of secondhand boats etc. are put in free for subscribers. subs Subscriptions for the NEW year run from JUNE 1983/84 subscription is: 1983 to MARCH 1984 £5.00 post paid U.K. £5.00 post paid EUROPE £6.00 post paid ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. We have full sets of 1982/83 copies plus a few of 1981/82 copies still in stock and will supply these at the reduced rate of £3.00 per set (while stocks last) if ordered with a new subscription. Make cheques payable Address to: to: Model 5 Yachting Newsletter Crofton Court, Cypress Road, South Norwood, London SE25 4BB, England. cover A FINE TRIMARAN PREPARED FOR THE FRENCH OPEN MEETING AT LYON IN 1983. MORE PICTURES IN THIS ISSUE please mention Myn when replying to adverts chairman’s column M.Y.A. ANNUAL GENMRAL MEETING Held on 3rd December in the Colson Room of the C.C.P.R. in Francis Street, Victoria, London, for the second successive year, the meeting was attended by about thirty members and about the total voting strength of same number of clubs were represented with a 143. The Chairman read a telemessage of good wishes received from our Patron, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in response to the customary loyal greetings sent to Prince Philip a fortnight prior to the meeting. All members present then stood in silent tribute to the memory of Charles H. Seabrooke, a Vice-President of the Association, who died at the age of 83 last March. “Charlie” was well-known to model yachtsmen immediately after the last war when, from 1947 to 1955, he served as M.Y.A. Treasurer and Racing Secretary, then General Secretary and finally Chairman. Chairman’s Report The report included the following items:- Registrations Annual statistics from the Registrars show a further reduction in the total fleet from 656 boats last year to the current total of 587. The greatest loss is in the RM class but reason must be that Here are the as 105 new RMs were registered during the year, owners are not breakdown bothering to re-register their boats. figures:-— VANE CLASS NSW A 10r 11. it 36r M 6m the RADIO RE-REG CURRENT CLASS 10 3 34 4 23 9 14 14. (68) (21) 56 18 (69) = (13) ie 11 45 (47) RA R10r NEW RE-REG 15 22 RM R36r CURRENT 11 a. 105 ll 52 73 42 1 (42) (81) 243 12 207 (218) (315) (nil) 380 (438) (1982 figures in brackets) Last numbers issued: A -— 1179, The Registrars again certificates and 1Or -— 2176, M — 3460, complain that there are stamped addressed envelopes 6m — 835, 36r — 1250. still too many errors are in often omitted. Finance Despite fewer clubs (59) and lower registrations, the Association’s funds have never before just at over £2000, least Public shown the such current a satisfactory position and, with a balance of subscription rate will remain unchanged for another year. Liability Insurance An important offer of benefit free Public arising from the Liability improved financial Insurance to all position affiliated clubs is the and individual members, with cover up to £lm world-wide (except the U.S.A.) and including participating visitors. Model Yachting for the The M.Y.A. is now a member of the Association for the as being an mobility Disabled ideal Sports Division of the British Sports Disabled and model yachting is regarded by the Association interest and wish to Water take and up activity radio for sailing. those who Three have clubs, little or no Birkenhead, Guildford Chairman’s Report (cont.) and Leicester, have already encouraged disabled people to participate and it is hoped that more clubs will follow their example. A well—produced book, “Water Sports for the Disabled”, has been published by the B.S.A.D., which contains a seven—page section on model yachting with some excellent photographs and is certainly very good free publicity. Championship Entry Forms In view of the year, increasing number of incorrectly completed entry forms this the Racing Secretary has been reouested to make a stricter application of the Competition Rules in 1984. Incomplete forms will be returned and the closing date will not be extended for those that have to be returned. League Championships Trophies were presented to the following winners:Vane League – Div.1 – Bournville, Div.2 – Chelmsford, Div.3 – Danson. Individual winner – M.J. Harris (Bournville). Radio League – Div. 1 – Woodspring, Div.2 – Broads, Div.3 — Guildford. Individual winner – ¢. Dicks (Clapham). In the year’s Championship results, special mention was made of young Martin Roberts’ excellent performance in winning three 36″r Class District Championships — Northern, Championship for the Midland and Met. & Southern — and the National class. Video Film The Chairman announced that, following the offer from M.Y.A. President, Vic Smeed, to sell his spare copy of “Model Racing Yachts” (Priest & Lewis) to the highest bidder, proceeds to be donated to M.Y.A. accepted a bid of £250 from Andrew Schumann, Council representative, with the funds, he had received and Eastern District stipulation that the funds Secretary and M.Y.A. should be put towards the cost of producing a video film of R/C racing for publicity and instructional purposes. The Chairman said that he had already approached the French Federation, F.F.V. for a copy of their professionally made film of the 1982 World Championships at Dunkirk and this had been promised at a very reasonable cost (about £20) but it would require dubbing with an English commentary. Election of Officers All serving officers were re-elected except the following:- Publications Secretary – C. Jackson, 5, South Norwood, who replaces Vic Association. Smeed, Crofton Court, SE25 4BB. retiring after many years of valued service to the “A” Class Registrar – W.H. who replaces Jim Browne, Jones, 57, Forest Road, retiring due to ill health. Trustee – M.J. Harris fills the vacancy left Eric Nuttall Cypress Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, We wish him a speedy recovery. by Vic Bellerson’s retirement. Award This fine trophy, a bronze casting representing a Mickey Finn and made jointly by Vic Bellerson and Ken Butler, was presented posthumously to the late M.Y.A. Radio Secretary, Eric Nuttall, who died so tragically in an accident in April, 1982. The award was made in recognition of his services to model yachting and was accepted by Ken Shaw on behalf of Mrs The trophy will be Nuttall, who will awarded annually to receive a replica. a nominated person in recognition of his services to model yachting during the year and the award winner for 1983 is M.Y.A. General Secretary, Roy Gardner, heavy workload during the year. that the Association and efficient When presenting the is very fortunate Secretary. who has had to deal to have such award, with the a particularly Chairman remarked a hard-working, conscientious Motions and amendments The effects of motions on the without amendments, are agenda that were carried, either with or as follows:- 1. Clause 6(1) of the Constitution has been amended to read: “The amount payable by clubs paid-up club members case a new of club, as as at at of affiliated clubs 3. The new 36 inch 3lst the This therefore means that 2. National Championships, shall be proportionate to the December date clubs in the previous year or, in the of election.” should now pay for ALL members of ANY age. including the R36r Class, and members of other (Restricted) number of fully IMYRU will be open to ALL members affiliated national bodies. Class Rating Rules Competition Rules and Rating Regulations) are:- (subject also to the M.Y.A. (1) The hull, measured to the highest point of the deck and excluding fittings and bowsprit but including rudder, which may be turned, shall fit completely into a rectangular box of internal dimensions 36″ (914mm ) long, 9″ (229mm) wide and 11″ (279mm) deep. The yacht may be tilted providing the keel touches the bottom of the box. (2) The weight of the yacht in racing trim, complete with the heaviest suit of sails, spinnaker and spinnaker boom (where used), shall not be more than 12 lbs (5.45 kes). (3) The rudder thickness shall not exceed +” (13mm). (4) (a) Ballast may not be moved or varied during a race or series of races. (b) Items of radio control equipment may only be replaced by similar items during a race or (5) PROHIBITED:- series of races. (a) Centreboards. (bo) Movable keels or trim tabs. (c) Masts or spars other than wood or metal. (d) More than two channels of radio control. (e) Spinnakers on radio control yachts. (6) Distinguishing Marks – Class Nark 1″ (25mm) 3″ (19mm) Registered No. a6 Se Hiniaum size | 22″ (63mm) e 3/8″ (9mm) 36 Example: 1234 (7) Yachts registered before 31st December, to the to sections 2 to 6 of these rules. The new hull measurement certificate will rules be known in as force 1983, may continue to conform at that time but shall a “Registration Certificate” conform and will contain no measurements. 4. The motions to amend Sections C, governing fore triangle D and E of the measurements were carried IMYRU for postal voting by the end of April, effective immediately after that “A” 1984. Class Rating Rules and will be If agreed, submitted to the they would become date. N.D. Hatfield, Chairman. MinicAmerica’s Cup 3 John Cleave returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to defend the cup which he won in 1980. It is sailed for every time there is a full-size America’s Cup races, and as you would expect the one-design EC12M is the class used. The Americans had a round robin series together with Japanese and Canadian challengers to find an opponent and the winner of this competition was Buddy Black who was one of the original group who started off the class in America, and had previously won in 1974. A very bad start for John Cleave saw him lose the first three races sailed in force 2/3 winds in Brenton Clove, Newport, and Black seemed to have superior boat speed on all points of sailing. In face of much talk of the fourth race being the “last one”, John managed to outmanoeuvre Black on the first leg of the course and as a result the American boat hit the mark, losing so much ground that he was over 30 seconds behind at the line. A protest decided the fifth race in Britain’s favour, and the sixth went to John Cleave again by only three boats length. There was a delay whilst Black changed sails, and then the final start which he won by 5 seconds, holding his lead at the first mark to 7 seconds, losing ground fractionally at each successive mark leaving only a 3 second advantage for the final beat. boats approached the line on starboard, with Black As both to leeward and ahead, John Cleave was able to lay it, but Black needed a final hitch. Black tacked on to port, just cleared the British boat, tacked back and led over the line by less than a boat’s length. A 4=-3 win for America. EC12 A slow but steady sale of hulls for the U.K. supplier E.L. Jones shows that 25 boats are now sailing or under construction. Many have gone to names that don’t appear on the results sheets of RM races, suggesting that the design appeals as expected to the man who sails for fun. The last time I suggested a possible venue for a meeting I some misunderstanding, found my idea met with so perhaps if there is a club looking for a “different” class to sail for a day they might consider a get together for the EC12 fleet and some of the R/C converted 6 metres which are sailing round the country. happy to publicise M.Y.N. would be such an offer! off-beat MULTIHULLS IN FRANCE We have received details of an unusual meeting, which it is hoped will be the first of an annual series, which took place near Lyon in France in April. A two-day event, with classes for standard hulls as well as multihull boats, the course for all being a 100m straight line timed for speed. Some very well made boats sailed in this year’s event as the photos shou, and it is hoped that others will make the journey next year when a fleet of 50 boats is expected. The dates are 21/22 April 1984 and more details are available from m.Y.N., or the organisers Maquette Club Antonois, via the office of the French magazine M.R.B., 12 rue Mulet, 69001 Lyon, France. TRIMARAN 320 IS PREPARED BY LAURENT BERNIER, ALONGSIDE THE WIMILAR 310 WHICH HAS ITS FLOATS PLACED FURTHER AFT GUY LORDAT, THE WINNER OF THE 1983 EVENT, USES A LARGE CATAMARAN FITTED WITH CLEARLY VISIBLE FOILS ON THE RUDDERS BERNARD GIRARDOT’S TRIMARAN WHICH UNFORTUNATELY BROKE DOWN ON THE FIRST DAY BEFORE BEING COMPLETELY SET UP | Regatta review This year the Hereford and worcester ii.¥.C. R.M. Open was held at their new water at Puxley. Very nice except for having to park on the grass verge, fast stretch of road, quite dangerous in fact. and crossing over a Weather wise as in the Cheddar Cheese K.M. Open the wind ranged from medium to light, turning to non existent during the last few heats. Only very articulate skippers with light boats completed the course at all in these late races. The entry of 31 boats with 28 starters was exceptional with very good competition first place being any of 12 boats to the last. 1st B. Corley, 2nd “. Hammond, 3rd J. Hammond, 4th D. Tripp, Sth Roy Burgess, 6th J. Stone, other Woodspring finishers D. Stone, C. Sage, G. Hull. The South Wales R.M. Open 10th July 1983 was held on Cosmeston Lake in what turned out to be perfect weather conditions. Deception ist and 4th, 247’s 2nd, The usual 3rd and Sth. boats taking top positions, Ihe course appeared to favour reaching so both Deceptions Brial Corley and David Trippe took good advantage. The Woodspring team keeping nicely together with John Stone Sth, Roy Burgess 7th, Grahem Hull 15th. David Stone 6th, Very enjoyable day was had by all. ist 8. Corley, 2nd Howard Tripp, 3rd Mark Hammond, 4th David Tripp, Sth John Stone, 6th David Stone. Eastern District k10R Championship. 10 boats entered, all from their own district. Robin Low from Chelmsford scored 4 first places and 2 seconds, using a Nooky Bear, to fight off David Nudd of Broads using a Scimitar. Several original designs made up the fleet. Met & Southern Dist. M Class was due to be run on 26th June. The day started disastrously when the assembled entrants found low water level and pond weed making it impossible to run the race at Clapham. it was unanimously agreed that Tony Gurr’s kind offer of the M.Y.S.A.’s club water should be accepted so the race venue was changed. Chris Elliott from birkenhead (1) won, followed by Mark Dicks and Jim Vice of the Clapham Club. 10 entries. RA SOUTHERN & MET. DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP At the RA Nationals in September Len Thompson of Poole club extended an invitation to Woodspring members to attend the Southern and Metropolitan District Championship at Poole on 2nd October. Being unable to resist such a challenge,”the A-Team” went into battle again. The weather was fair with very steady wind and a large olympic-type course was sailed in a clockwise direction. with a pre-entry of sixteen boats, of which 14 actually raced, the 16 race schedule which was spaced out with breaks for coffee, lunch and teal Very civilised. The skippers present comprised about half the National entry so the general standard was quite good and a good outing was enjoyed. Poole has a good water and a nice club but you need to realise that there are “local rules”. Results ist J. Cleave 2nd Len Thompson 3rd Peter Wiles 4th Jack Richards Sth Norman Carey 6th Neil Rothwell 7th John Osborn 9th Alan Hepworth 10th Richard Aucott. RM OPEN – CLAPHAM – 23rd OCT 83 – for the FRIENDSHIP TROPHY – A massive entry of 35 boats was sailed in light and fluky winds on a splendidly sunny day. 24 races of the 35 scheduled were sailed and the result was again a tie – between John Cleave and Koger Stollery, with Chris Dicks 3rd and Tony Owens 4th. The sail off in near darkness was won by ‘Axis’ and Roger was presented with a new trophy given to Clapham by the Durban M.Y.C. of South Africa. This is the first win by Guildford in a radio open meeting for a considerable time and the first for Roger: perhaps the design is not so bad after alli R.A, WESTERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP A low pressure area of 984 millibars centred off Ireland meant only one thing to yachtsmen – gale force winds. Eight skippers braved the wind and the rain for the contest at Chew Magna. Most started racing with second suits, but the wind gusting to 40 mph, storm suits were the order of the day. By lunchtime five races had been run and more than half the fleet had sustained some damage. Alan Hepworth led with 114, Neil Rothwell was second with 183. Lunch hour was a time for most skippers to attempt repairs to storm damage. The wind seemed to increase and after two more races the fleet was reduced to three boats. To prevent further damage to boats entered in the R.A. Nationals, the meeting was Called to a close. Alan Hepworth 15 pts, Richard Aucott 26, Roy Burgess 263, Neil Rothwell 317, Iran Walter 40%, John Osborn 41, Dave Tarrant 44. R.M. ST. LEGER MEET. 18.9.83 DONCASTER The event attracted a good 21 boat entry for 0.0.D. Tony Drury, the trophy being won by Dave Andrews (Leciester). Other positions were:- 2 Brian Cheetham (Doncaster) , 3 Elizabeth Adnrews (Leciester), 4 Alf Nicholson (Leicester), 5 Ian Hall (Cleveland) 6 Mike Kemp (Milton Keynes) ELSTEAD CUTTER – CLAPHAM – 16th OCT 83 – for vane 36r – Guildford’s only race for vane was organised by Roger and Alex and attracted 10 entries. It was sailed in 20 mph plus winds and the best trimmed boats were quite spectacular downwind under spinnaker, planing the whole length of the lake. Alf Larraman and young Robert Vice (12) tied for first place and Alf won the sail off. The first 4 boats were from Clapham with Peter sailing his MICKEY MOUSE design into Sth place for Guildford. (90% CALENDAR MARCH. 25th, MIDLAND 25th: S.WESTERN 25th. Kingfisher 25th. (L) APRIL. 31M/l1st. DISTRICT Approved M.Y.A. DIST: BOURNVILLE. CHAMPIONSHIP. RIOR. WOODSPRING. Electronics NATIONAL Visitors Cup. 8th. 8th. Open Event. Captain Cook 8th. S.WESTERN M.Y.A. 36R. Open. lsits 14/15th. CHAMPIONSHIP. Trophy. CHAMPIONSHIP. Shield. DIST: CHAMPIONSHIP 15¢€h. -MET & SOUTH:DIST: CHAMPIONSHIP. ISthi MET & SOUTH:DIST: CHAMPIONSHIP. (L) Rawdon 15th. (L) Open 20th. (L) Mayoral Forest. RM. Ashton. 36R. CLAPHAM. Birkenhead. RM. RM. Woodley. Cleveland. RM. WOODSPRING. “A” EIRMINGHAM. R10OR. NEW FOREST. “M” CLAPHAM. Cup. RA. Leeds & Bradford. Event. RM. Cheltenham. Cup. 22nd. Charnwood 23rdu Trojan 23rd. Parks a Cup. R1OR. Cup. Committee NORTHERN oes. New R10R. NAT: TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. 15th. RM. DIST: Cup. Fleetwood. Leicester. “Re Gosport. UA Birkenhead. CHAMPIONSHIP. & NORTHERN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. RA- FLEET HOC 29th. MIDLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. “M” BOURNVILLE. 29th. 29th. 29th. 29th. 29th. 29th. Festival Cup. Nylet Trophy. Cheddar Cheese. Jesmond Bowl. Alpha Cup. Open Event. (L) DISTRICT RM. RM. RM. “a RM. RM. Etherow. New Forest. Woodspring. Newcastle. Birkenhead. Milton Keynes. GS metres REPORT ON 6-“iETRE CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT BOURNVILLE This event was organised by the Bournville Model Yacht and Power Boat Club and was held at Valley Pool on Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 October 1983. Eighteen boats entered which was the highest number for many years and it is thanks to the enthusiasm of people like Mike Harris and Graham Bantock that the numbers were so high. A prompt start was made at 10 am on the Saturday but alas there was hardly any wind and the boats drifted around for up to 14 hours to complete the first heat. Fortunately, the wind did freshen and by 5 o’clock seven heats had nearly been completed when a halt had to be called due to lack of wind. At 9 am on Sunday an early start was made and racing progressed at a reasonable pace with the hope that all 17 heats could be completed by 4.30 pm. This, however, was again due to lack of wind and the race had to be called off just after 4 not to be, pm with 144 heats completed. The final score was determined based on 14 heats with Ian Taylor sailing Something Else coming first with 54 points, a very good effort under the conditions: Harris, sailing a new Bantock-designed boat ET II like came second with 50 points. Joint third were Graham Bantock, with 49 points; sailing Northern Lights, and Vic Bellerson sailing Omega, and fifth place went to Peter Somers sailing Micromorph with 48 points. On the Saturday we also held the 6M Midland District race, after the end of the seventh heat. the winner being declared The first three places went to: 1st Graham Bantock sailing Northern Lights 32 points 2nd Ian Taylor sailing Something Else 25 points 3rd Vic Bellerson sailing Omega 23 points. All competitors had a good weekend and apart from lack of wind at times the event went very smoothly. C.W. Sykes Design 1. 2. I. Taylor MJ. Harris 3= V. 3= G. S. 6. Southgate Bournville “Something Else! ‘er Ir” Bellerson Bournville 50 ” ‘Omega’ Bantock 49 ” Chelmsford A. Sinar P.J. Somers *Northern Lights” tournville 49 ” Bantock Birmingham Guildford Gosport ‘’The Bionic Leek’ ‘Polaris’ 48 44 Md 7. 6= R. Williams Ae Austin R. Baker *Micromorph’ G. P.J. Somers ? 43 “ ‘Oberon’ G. Bantock B= b&b. 38 Birmingham n R. 10. I.W. Cooke ‘Ariel! Harris Birmingham 38 “ ‘T.C et 11. Trinder Bournville “Miss 6-m! 33. 31 C=«*S 4 Smith Bournville A. Sinar G.B. Sigma 6 “Jessica’ 36 C«*st G.B. A. 12= S. Akers 54 points G. Bantock ” 2 122 B. Young 14. N. Archer Bournville ‘Titania’ sbournville 30 ” 15. De Locke 16. A. Baker Birmingham Bournville 17. S. Lock ‘Exit? ‘E-Nor-owse’ ‘Plantagenet’ Sigma 6 R. Harris Birmingham 26 25 23, ” ” = ‘ET? A. Sinar G. Bantock Tucker ‘Windstar’ 18. B. 9 ” Birmingham G. “Blue Ice’ Ki ” Fleury Bantock ? big boats Dave Hollom, who was so much the driving force behind the model yacht programme for the America’s Cup challenge by the Victory Syndicate, has written a very interesting article on the keef{ development which has taken place in the class. This appeared in the October edition of Yachting World magazine and was followed by a response in the following issue in which noted designer Peter Milne drew attention to the expertise of some of the model yacht fraternity, and their ability to experiment with features that might be too costly or fragile in larger size to allow the taking of similar risks. Both articles are well worth searching out. 10 G fool a] f a ul it eS concluded) In the last newsletter we covered what boat pox is, how to reduce the chances of it occurring by good boatbuilding techniques and how to identify it. In this continuation of the article we cover the cure. So your inspection of the offending hull has shown that your hull has indeed got the dreaded boat pox, what now? Very often blistering occurs in isolated areas and if they contain liquid then specialist advice should be sought. Dry blisters may simply be ground away and the cavities filled and made good. Blisters which contain should be carefully examined to determine just what they contain. styrene due to A laminate bad workmanship or conditions. could contain pockets of uncured Alternatively wet blisters could be Tesult of osmosis where moisture has been driven through the the gel-coat. Severe cases mean that the complete gel-coat must be removed in the affected area. The laminate should then dry out over anything up overcoating when the laminate the to 3 months, or more. Premature still contains fluids could result in another case of pox. Drying out a laminate can be a very long process because they only way that the water can get out is essentially the same process by which it got in. Once fluid is locked into the laminate the drying effect of wind and minimal, and lengthy time is required for any temperature at the outer face is real progress to be made. Once the hull has had time to dry and after a great deal of filling and sanding to produce a suitable surface, the gel-coat will have to be replaced by coats of paint. The degree of waterproofing obtained by a modern two-pot finish is some six times greater than a comparable thickness of gel coat resin. But one coat of paint makes about 1$thou. when dry, so a minimum of 3 coats would be needed to come back to the equivalent of a 20thou. gel-coat. More coats would improve on Two pot polys must be overcoated within for a a good mechanical key. Again attention 24 hours, to or you will temperature the original have to and humidity rub protection. them down are important for result, With luck, if not skill and attention solved the problem. No result can be to detail, you now stand a good chance guaranteed however. records indicate a 98% chance of success for full much less percentage time in the water International Paints! sized boats. should have to have Model yachts spending a much higher success rate. According to a recent item in a yachting magazine one way to check if the hull properly dry is to stick clear plastic patches on the hull days – inside, or rather nights. If and drying must continue. the film The same fogs on the article also states is and leave for a couple of moisture is that epoxy still paints present will produce better results than two-pot polyurethane. For the 2” of less failure some re-blistering may occur’. isolation and seldom is it necessary to luck, need it! you may This article and part 1 which Newsletter completely grind appeared in Issue 12 Patches may be treated in off and start again. reprinted from New Zealand M.Y.A. odds & ends Boom 80 insulated boots: ideal for the Good stationary yachtsman. New to this country and guaranteed to keep feet warm in any British weather conditions. Waterproof, having a one-piece pvc upper and a platform sole. The liner, which is removeable, washable and replaceable, is of half-inch foam. The boots come in all sizes up to a roomy 103; price per pair £18.50. from the distributors, Messrs. A. Available from leading tackle shops or direct Brown, 118 Nightingale Road, Hitchin, Herts. (p & p £1°30). Expecting a long hard winter’s sailing? Then try an insulated, one-piece weatherproof suit. Messrs. Stephens of Birmingham produce an olive green version at £41 (approx) and Messrs. Safuare of Lowestoft a camouflaged version at £39. Mast good retailers stock both and they are becoming increasingly popular with fishermen, 11 YARDSTICK 36 Our plan this issue is for a chine hulled 36 class yacht designed jointly by Dick Seager and Malcolm Peppiatt of the Clapham M.Y.C. The class has been sailed at this lake for many years and the resurgence of interest recently inspired some doodles on the office drawing paper for Dick Seager. These were translated by Malcolm Peppiatt into a small number of “kits” of timber parts to test the design and construction method fully. Several examples are already sailing and giving a good performance for the very small outlay on materials involved, and three performed very well at their first outing at the Pugwash Trophy at Clapham, In practice the all-up weight has proved best at about 10 lbs., which allows a little more generous margin for radio equipment and on the water the boat looks very attractive. Construction is based on precut side and bottom panels (shown full-size on the plan) and these are joined with glass-fibre tape and resin, bottom pieces first, and then sides. A timber spacer at the point of maximum beam is used to ensure accurate angles are maintained during setting and then a suitable transom is put in. The construction of deck and internal timbers is exactly the same as a marblehead, except of course the sizes of everything can be reduced. The rigs shown are conservative in area but are quite capable of giving a brisk performance in anything over a near calm. The lead shown is plain and straightforward, and although clearly less streamlined than a true bulb has the advantage that it can be produced with the minimum of skilled work. A number of clubs are taking an interest in the smaller class and this boat lends itself to the sort of one-design project where a simply built basic hull encourages people to have a go, perhaps using a marblehead second suit as a temporary rig, withOut going to the expense of a GRP hull and major construction time. The folloving plans are still available from M.Y.N. at the rate of £4 post paid to any address. ra— vindicator — Linde Designed specifically for radio control but based on the lines of the successful Chris Dick’s design Emperor, winner of the A class national championship. A typical medium weight boat which does not attract a sail area penalty and thus should go well in light weather. r10r – splash! – Bantock Forerunner to his new Midnight Oil A class design, again specifically for radio control. RM ‘1o00 by F.G. Oraper F.G. Draper’s latest thoughts on Marblehead yachts, slim body sections and attractice lines. HEARTBEAT ty cranem sentock Successful boat in both radio and vane forms, designed for easy home building in G.R.P. or timber, mm — dictator – Stollery A chine plywood construction boat for the home builder. Plan features full details of the swing .rig used on many of Roger Stollery’s designs. GRP HULLS Hulls are available for R10R splash, #1000, and Heartbeat from E.L. JONES, who will supply them complete with a full plan. Fins and rudders also available at extra cost. 1983 European Vane Championship Int. 50/800 Marblehead spaarnwoude holland 24th to 27th AUGUST 1983 The venue, Spaarnwonde, a recreation area by the North Sea Canal 10 miles outside Amsterdam, has the benefits of a nearby camp site (and sailing club bar!), metre water with adjacent cafe and toilets, a 60 x 120 and a central location with easy access to England and Scandinavia via the ports and the rest of Europe via the motorway system. liore importartly the local clubs, VZ78 and Spaarnwonde, have sufficient keen and able members generous enough to donate their time and effort towards staging such an event. unfortunately, however, only 16 entries from 4 the first ever turopean Vane Marblehead Championship attracted countries, a disappointing entry both for the organisers and the entrants. Although not ideal for vene sailing (and I haven’t seen one yet) the pond is rectangular allowing 95% of its length to be used and the somewhat unusual NNE wind which blew for the first 3 days gave a long leg beat with some gybing and a spinnaker run back. The race committee decided to save time by not measuring boats, thus a practice race was held on Tuesday 22nd and the race proper started on Wednesday morning. The coincidence of one of the entrants straining his back and the scheduled OOD finding he would have to miss one and a half days’ officiate at rather short notice, racing led to the writer being invited to literally: half an hour before the start. Un Wednesday, those who had them used tall premium on the ability to gye effectively. suits and the prevailing conditions put a A somewhat large number of competitors were disqualified, mostly for not poling or re-trimming correctly, but also for pushing. three boats started by getting 15/15: Michel Lahure’s narrow and light double chine own design sailed with a remarkably wide sheeting angle to windward, but nevertheless fast; the prototype Heatbeat requisitioned by Peter Clark and Alex Austin’s Alexis. By the end of the day Alex had 36/40 after taking 5 from Michel, 32, David potter had 31, Martin Roberts 28, followed by Peter Clark and John Bush, 27. Day 2 brought progressively stronger winds with everybody in working suit by the afternoon. Mark Dicks, with a new 247 hill under the old rigging, succeeded in winning 10/13 beats but only 3 runs and commented that the heavily raked keel did not seem to affect gyeing. Messieurs Hertoux and Dole Robbe settled down to improve their scores somewhat but at the end of the day Alex Austin on 89 and Michel Lahure, of the field. 88, were clear Day 3 brought more wind with some boats changing to ( rigs and the prospect of completing 3 rounds seemed a possibility. The runs became more testing with increased likelihood of broaching. Two other chine boats began to show promise downwind, Jean- Pierre Dole Robbe’s deep, narrow, fine ended and near vertical sided own design and Alexander Verheus’ wider and flatter creation. Both lacked directional stability, the latter probably as a result of insufficient keel area and absence of a skeg. John Bush found sailing conditions suited Vivacity (on charter from Walter Jones) and capitalised on its ability to plod on steadily when others broached, scoring 59/75. Although not scoring so heavily the sister ship sailed by Dave Potter continued to clock up points. Only Alex Austin had a better day getting 14/15 beats and 11/15 runs. 14 A complete change of weather for the last day brought virtually no wind. was slow until wind speed picked up to a couple of knots, Progress The two top boats continued to do well in these conditions too, michel just having the edge, scorewise. Resails were completed by 3.30 pm and after snort speeches by tne oficials tne prizes were presented. As in all model yacht races about half the entrants competed with no real hope of making the prize lists. without them there would have been no race and it is to their credit, in this case, that the greater proportion of sportsmen (and women) present came from their ranks. than usual. degree of For most of the four days they had to put up with a greater ‘bleating’ from some of the more experienced skippers who found themselves disqualified for breaking rules they should have learnt to abide by a decade previously. in the hope that it will improve the performance of the lower placed entrants in future races the following observations are included. consistently lost races, often by only small margins, Teasons: vane gear not moving freely, —— not allowing sail it was apparent that they for some or all of the following inability to perform a trim to be properly controlled, ‘long gye’, poor rigging and attempting to race with only one suit of sails and/or spinnaker. Only the last of these ‘faults’ costs money to put right, the others simply require observation of the way the experts do it and some time and effort to achieve the same. in the next European Championship! Make it more difficult for the ‘experts’ GRAHAM BANTOCK Total results European Vane Championship M-class 1983 1. Alexander Austin 175 pts. axis 2. Michel Lahure 154 pts. Own design 3. 4. Dave Potter John Bush 143 pts. 140 pts. Vivacity Vivacity 5S. bertoux 133 pts. v4 6. Martin Roberts 130 pts. Bloodaxe Peter Clark 130 pts. Heartbeat Jean Pierre Dole Robbe 107 pts. oD Chris Dicks 107 pts. 247 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. Denis Lagarde Alexander Verheus Michel Bayard Claude Lagarde 85 82 61 44 Marielle 44 pts. Genie 40 pts. Pterodactyl thorbecke 15. Joost Thorbecke pts. pts. pts. pts. bloodaxe oD vs Z Mr. Jens Brandt from Denmark withdrew from the championship. I.M.Y.R.U. Prior to the opening of the Executive Board meeting on 19th November, the members stood in silent tribute to the memory of Charles R. Seabrooke, a Vice-President of the Union, who died earlier this year. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of IMYRU from the date of its re-constitution in 1948 until he retired in 1957. The chief matters arising from the meeting were as follows:Membership There is are now 21 fully paid-up member countries greatly strengthened by the recognition, negotiations, is and is the a close have which after 12 years of patient of the American Model Yachting Association as the national authority for the U.S.A. clubs in the Union, The AMYA has about 1400 members and 75 largest model yachting association second with about 900 members in in the world. clubs. maximum voting power We give a warm welcome to the AMYA membership influence in in the 59 sanctioned The MYA Both Associations Union. international model yachting will and no doubt its soon be felt. Marblehead Rules A total of 16 countries returned votes on the new draft. An equal number of countries voted for and against adoption but proportional voting resulted in 71 votes against adoption and 58 in favour. Those against adoption: Denmark, England, South Africa, In favour: Australia, Scotland, So, first proposed, This we are However, been wasted and it to make Sweden and Belgium, Holland, Norway, Switzerland. Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and U.S.A. after more than three years have elapsed since the revision was another year. not France, such amendments should not left with the all the time will to prove too same unaltered rules for and effort spent now be the task of the the draft as will meet on the at least revision has Rating Rules Committee with majority apvroval. difficult. 1984 General Meeting This will be held at Gosport after the conclusion of the MYA 5th August, an on Saturday, “A” 4th August, Class Championship. 1984, On the the day Sunday, Invitation Race will be held for RMs. World Championship No firm has yet been application to host received but it the next is hoped that World Championship for any class an invitation recently sent a member country will eventually be accepted. and would be This could not be before to 1985 for the RM class only. Regional Championships New Zealand have unfortunately felt obliged to to host a Pacific Championship next year. decline an invitation There is a possibility that the Deutscher Segler Verband will apply to hold a European Championship for the RM class in Berlin next year or in 1985 if there is no World Championship. Racing System It was decided by the Board that, in view of the strong differences of opinion held regarding the relative merits of the Fleet and Tournament Systems, it will be left to the host country to decide the system to be used in future IMYRU events. Norman Hatfield, Chairman, 16 Executive Board. mya — 1983 league RADIO SECTION Division 1 Woodspring Leicester Danson New Forest Clapham Cheltenham Chelmsford Ashton ~ Fleetwood 1034 795 571 552 542 411 332 267 241 VANE SECTION Division 1 Bournville Birkenhead Fleetwood Clapham Birmingham Guildford Division 2 Broads 349 Chippenham Hove & Brighton Etherou Birkenhead Woodley 339 219 138 132 83 Poole 81 Cleveland Decoy Leeds Ve 64 16 370 235 Kings Lynn Doncaster 152 Milton Keynes 76 Appledore 69 55 SE. Essex 3 Division Division 2 2728 1309 784 783 539 Division 3 Guildford Chelmsford MYSA Southgate 323 276 155 Danson 103 Hove & Brighton 60 Milton Keynes 50 Clubs with less than 50 pts in Division 3 not shown 465 Leeds & Bradford 227 166 Gosport MYA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 1983 INDIVIDUAL RADIO SECTION Clapham c. Dicks Woodspring R. Burgess New Forest J. Cleave N. Rothwell Woodspring D. Trippe Chippenham T. Ovens Danson mM. Hammond D. Priestley D. Andreus J. Osborne Te Follew R. Smith P. Stollery M.J. Harris mM. Roberts A. Austin Bournville Birkenhead Guildford 195 181 168 164 163 151 150 148 147 143 142 V. Bellerson P.J. Somers G. Bantock K. Roberts D. Latham H, Dovey J. Brooks Mm. Dicks J. Vice C.J. Somers 1. Taylor Bournville Bournville Chelmsford Birkenhead 382 Fleetwood Bournville Fleetwood Clapham Clapham Bournville Southgate 239 | 117 105 103 102 101 J. Bush R. mM. C. W. A. R, Birkenhead Fleetwood Leicester Woodspring New Forest Leicester Guildford Golding Potts Danson Jackson Ashton Nixon Leicester Chelmsford Andrews 344 205) 205) Cheltenham Hove & Brighton Leicester Cheltenham Chelmsford c. Colsell VANE SECTION 134 636 445 406 346 336 274 200 192 171 170 167 165 153 Gosport Bournville Clapham Birkenhead Bournville Birmingham 152) 152) P. Whiteside K. Butler Fleetwood Bournville 104 Only competitors with more than D. Rose Fleetwood 102) 100 points shown t. Leeds & Bradford 100 Corley Bantock Baker Dorey Dicks Jones Trinder Williams Percival wanted Uetails and price please with location to J. Roberts, Lewis Cracker 10 Rater. 38 Tellis Cross, East Coker, Yeovil 8A22 9HP Mickey Finn. Details please to B. Cheetham. us Tel. Doncaster 882103 133 130 122 117 102) ZS EM ~ \ C pa! | = DESIGNED AND BUILT BY ALEX AUSTIN IN THE MID 70’S THE PROTOTYPE SOON BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WON THE 1977 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BY A BIG MARGIN. SINCE THEN OTHER HULLS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ORIGINAL MOULDS AND THE DESIGN HAS BECOME A CLASSIC FOR VANE RACING, FINISHING AS RUNNER UP’ IN THE 1978, 82 AND 83 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FORMING THE WINNING TEAM IN THE 1982 PUGWASH TROPHY. IT IS AN EASY BOAT TO SAIL (FOR A 36R$) BECAUSE IT IS WELL BALANCED, STABLE AND CAN CARRY ITS SAIL WELL. ITS DISPLACEMENT IS CLOSE TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE RULE OF 12 LBS. BOB UNDERWOOD PRODUCED THE SUPER G.R.P. SHELLS WHICH HAVE GENERALLY BEEN COMPLETED TO 4LEX’S KEEL AND RIG DESIGN. IN 1983 BOB MODIFIED THE MOULD TO INCORPORATE A DECK FLANGE AND TO REMOVE THE ‘BUSTLE’ TO MAKE BUILDING EASIER. ©SecboigANEHR1 BuiqyoeA NAHOVXVL / XyHaP9scNwW6 RA class championship Eighteen entries from eleven clubs gathered at Willow Park, Ash for an event in which 48 six boat races were run over the two days on a schedule system. Saturday was sunny with a 6-10 mph N.W. wind with short sharp gusts of up to 20 mph on occasion. The wind was swinging a lot and the beats were determined by those who could read the wind and take full advantage of it. in these conditions sailing a new Bill Chris Dicks gave a perfect display Sykes design produced by Phoenix Marine. He was unbeaten but had to leave early and count three retirements in his score. Dave Trippe sailing the sister ship was also doing well finishing the day in 4th place. Others doing well were Neil Rottswell (2), John Cleave (3) and Derek Priestley (5). In the evening there was a social held at a nearby pub with Harry Cutler showing his video film of the day’s racing. Sunday’s wind was much steadier from the S.W. 10-12 mph with gusts up to 18 mph, It lightened in the afternoon to 6-8 mph with maximum gusts of 12 mph. This wind direction allowed a pure Olympic course with more beating and not a murmur was heard from those who had complained on the previous day. speed played a bigger part in the results. The racing was closer and boat For those spectating the race became more exciting as it progressed with the final outcome being decided on the very last race. Probably the most exciting was race 43 which at the start promised little. Only 4 boats started and Clive Colsell got a flyer at the pin end with Russell Potts and Graham Bantock in second and third leaving 9 year old Peter Stollery at the wrong end of the line. about After a couple of legs the first three were evenly spread with Peter half a leg behind. Just as the viewing interest began to dwindle Russell livened it up by hitting the wing mark and let Peter into 3rd. on the next broad reach as the wind lightened. The fleet closed up This process continued during next round with Clive successfully fending off several threats to his lead. the As they approached the final leeward mark with only a short beat to the line remaining, Peter just managed to get an inside overlap on Graham who did the same to Clive. Peter rounded first and stood on starboard while Graham split tacks so that when they met again he was on starboard and able to put Peter about. This more settled the race with the luckless Clive, who had made all the running, forced to accept third place. This was the race that had all the spectators gripped by the exciting struggle for supremacy with the boats very evenly matched and the lead changing hands so close to the finish. It was marvellous spectator sport and set the scene for the final act in the last race that although less exciting as a race was to determine the 1983 champion. Chris Dicks had, by this time, finished his racing with 40} points and left Derek, Graham and John, all with fewer points to thrash out the final result. Russell Potts again made a good start to take the early, lead but was soon passed by Graham who increased it steadily to over half a leg at the finish. Derek Priestly desperately tried to maintain contact, displaying every ounce of skill he could, but his Highlander was no match for Graham’s Bakers Dozen in these limit top suit conditions, In turn John Cleave was struggling to windward with his Speculator and just could not keep up. The finishing scores were very close with Graham 364. John 38} and Derek 394. So it was that Graham, the champion’s sailmaker, became the sailmaker champion! This was his first win in radio competition and it could not have happened to a nicer guy. For this race he was acting as a stand in skipper for owner Andrew Schuman who was unable to attend because of illness. It was a just reward for put in to help model yachtsmen everywhere to obtain perfection. all the work he has His sails and those that he had made for the other two leading boats were superb and no doubt contributed to their common success. The fleet was a very varied bunch from John Osborn’s diminutive 321b 6m design rated as an ‘A’ with big sails, to the 1953 Littlejohn design Arabesque displacing 541bs. It is interesting to note that seven entries were penalty boats, lighter in weight than the traditional RA and with less sail. Like last year the winner was from among them and carried 1312 square inches, which was some 100 square inches more than others of the type: this certainly helped to give a better all round performance in the varying wind strengths. 20 The rest had sail areas between 1500 and 1600 which under the prevailing conditions was more than sufficient to give supremacy except on the lighter patches downw ind. There was’a variety of rigs, with carbon fibre masts on the teo Phoenix Marine boats contributing to the 61b “all-up-less-iead” weight. Ken Butler was sailing his Venceramos 11 with a semi balanced semi cantilevered una rig which altho ugh a feat of engineering was not outstanding. The simple cantilevered swing rig on Wake had no standing rigging at all and carried a lot of sail on a mast one inch diameter at the bottom. This gave a performance comparable with the more conventional and allowed a Project Acorn 12 Metre a new lease of life! The Guildford club under the leadership of OOD Vic Cooney always had the running of this event well in hand. They had chosen to run a Nationals for a class they don’t sail in order that the membership could give its full support. This appeared to work well and the support team outnumbered the competitors at times! R.P. 83 RA NAT RESULTS Stollery Points Bantock K1169 Kings Lynn Stollery J.W.C. Cleave K1170 “Bakers Dozen’ New Forest 41°1312 D. C. Lewis 364 Priestley Dicks K1147 K1177 Fleetwood Clapham “Speculator’ 383 N. Priest Sykes 44-1590 Rothwell “Highlander’ “Sol! K1062 Woodspring Priest 52°1550 39°1213 39}; 40+ “Highlander’ 48+1593 494 D. Trippe K1175 J. Richards Chippenham K1153 Danson Sykes Potts P.P, Stollery ‘Sol! Special K1173 Guildford 39°1213 38°1253 L.G. Stollery 524 542 Thompson “Wake! K754 Poole 54°1519 Littlejohn 584 ‘Arabesque! 54°1555 644 R. Burgess K1083 Woodspring Priest C. Colsell “Highlander’ K960 Hove & 65°1522 Shepherd 68F ‘The Streak’ 50°1210 694 Brighton R.R. Potts K1163 Danson R.P. Lewis/Potts Aucott ‘Mod-Quasar’ K1094 Woodspring 451250 783 Priest “Highlander’ K1176 Bournville 491541 82} Butler K1172 ‘Venceramos Woodspring 41°1199 87 K1143 Fleetwood Ken Butler J.C. A. Osborn Youd Priest II’ 6 metre 32°1555 retired ‘Highlander’ 52°1604 retired in brief a a MODEL YACHTING OVERVIEW We have been sent a copy of a paper published by the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers on the development of model yachts and their per- formance, compared to their full-size counterparts. written by Stanley H, Goodwin it gives a great deal of technical information on model yacht performance, much of it directed at the Marblehead class. We found the table of dimensions of some of the UeS. one-design classes of interest and have paragraph. reprinted this information in this Stanley Goodwin is the registrar of the U.S. Marblehead class and is well known in model yachting circles in the States as both builder and sailor. His comments are very interesting if in places contentious and no doubt copies could be obtained from the Society of the full papers, which runs to ten pages of type, and was originally Tead to the New England Sailing Yacht Symposium, Connecticut, in March 1980. REGISTRATION NUMBER APPLICATOR SHEET To use, peel off the backing sheet and apply registration numbers cloth side downwards. when aligned and spaced correctly peel the backing sheet from the numbers and apply the whole sheet to the sail. Carefully peel off the applicator sheet leaving the numbers on the sail. Dividing bar and insignia should be applied separately. Applicator sheet can be preservea for later use by replacing the backing sheet. AVAILABLE FROM GRAHAM BANTOCK SAILS Do not use applicator sheet on 21 ‘Tempercon’ sails. DIFFERENT JIB AND MAIN BOOM FITTINGS 22 os KEN BUTLER’S INTERESTING UNA-RIG RADIO A CLASS AT GUILDFORD MICHAEL LAHURE WITH HIS OWN-DESIGN VANE MARBLEHEAD AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOLLAND Zo clubman Clubman has ‘come by’ a draft of the new M.Y.A. league points scoring system for next year and reckons that ‘Mr Average’ will be well catered for. The original idea of the league was to encourage entries to open, district and national events by giving points for the performance of clubs. It was thought that the introduction of the league would act as an incentive to club members to go away to these events, boost entries and broaden the experience of those who might otherwise only sail at club level. After all to be exposed to new designs, rigging, sails, fittings etc. can only help Mr. Average to improve his own boat. The multiplicity of skills displayed at such events can be superb examples of the art and an inspiration to those who appreciate it. Lastly and most importantly there is the social side: model yachting is a friendly sport and many friendships have developed at the pondside while waiting for the next Trace. So much for the original ideas: the league has developed over the years but may have drifted away from the original intent. vane!) There is an individual league for vain (not skippers and a points system which is loaded in favour of the mad keen and throws up some pretty unfair scores. Take the skipper who finished last in the 1983 10r nationals: he got 45 points for his two days sailing, but 19th in the A or RM Nationals raises only one point despite all that effort and with 20 or 30 boats behind also getting the same score. Clubman was delighted to see that the M.Y.A. has taken action to redress the balance and reward the efforts of those who form the mainstay of the sport. points will In 1984 the be based on the number of boats beaten plus one multiplied by the number of days over which the race is run. The with the multiplying factor being 4. effort reward) A “low entry” where it is due, “A” class is the one exception to this rule This should be fair to all giving merit (and but in proportion right down the line. bonus is introduced as a multiplying factor in order not to discourage entries to historically poorly attended races. The “low entry” bonus will be 10 and for District and National events 20. This bonus is ONLY applicable if entries fall below these numbers. It is a multiplying factor based on the bonus divided by the entry and is applied to the scores as calculated for bigger races. Taking the 1983 examples given above the 1984 scores would be as follows 10 Rater Nationals. 7 entries. 2 days Winner scores (6 + 1) x 2 x 20 = 40 points 4 Last scores (0 + 1) x 2 x 20 = 57 points RM Nationals. 48 entries.’ 3 days Winner scores (47+1) x 3 = 144 points 19th scores (29+1) x 3 = 20 points 35th scores (13+1) x 3 = 42 points In addition to these changes which help those lower down the tables there is a real bonus for the newcomer to league events in the form of a ‘double score’ for his or her first appearance. «A newcomer is defined as a skipper who has not competed in a league race in the previous year. The framework of league events remains as before with two quite separate leagues for vane and radio. Scores will still be counted for individuals as well as clubs. There will still be 3 divisions with trophies presented at M.Y.A. A.G.M. for the winners in each division and two clubs promoted and relegated each year. OO0Ds will receive 10 points per day for running the events which include all national championships, district championships other than team races and four open events nominated by each district. There are many who have been sceptical about the success of the league in fulfilling the original objectives. Whatever the arguments there is no doubt that it has helped tp increase enthusiasm especially in the early years. It has helped some clubs to engender good club spirit and now there will be even more incentive for club captains to use league performance to encourage more participation by the sector of model yachtsmen who will benefit most, Mr. Average and his mates. Go on, be a devil and go away in 1984] 24 092 xeuwg s6ye 1A ida “AIOy letters. S.M.Y.A. MARBLEHEAD PENETRAIES NAVAL BASE The “S.M.Y.A.” were invited to attend the recent “meet the Navy weekend” to give a static display. However, after the stand had been set up were so intrigued that they requested a radio demonstration, at Rosyth the gold braid Thus it was that on Saturday and Sunday between 3 and 3.30 pm Hugh Shields and Chris Mackenzie were to be seen piloting the latter’s 141b Seahorse between 3,500 ton frigates, a 5,000 ton destroyer and sundry Mine Hunters, using the full .1T.B.s and submarines. size mooring buoys to sail Forth and back. A fine course was set round the harbour and out on to the River It was rather amusing to observe the look of astonishment on the faces of several thousand spectators as the yacht headed directly for the harbour wall when goosewinging before the wind at a fair old rate of knots only to up helm and sheet in simultaneously and beat off to windward with a fine white bone in her teeth. It certainly was a golden opportunity to publicise the fact that there is “more to model yachting than meets the eye”, I don’t know if this is a first for model regarding clubs in the south or the M.Y.A., however I think yachting the possibilities are quite considerable re publicity and it may be someone might wish to follow this up now thet a precedent has been . Dear Editor, In your report set north of the border. CHRIS MACKENZIE of the European RM Championship in the September issue of MYN, you stated that I was obliged to retire following the theft of my boat and equipment in Oslo. However, I am glad to say that I did not lose my boat, only the box containing all my equipment but, amazingly, after a lapse of three months, this was found dumped under a bush a few yards from Torvald Klem’s flat and handed in to the Oslo police, who notified me by phone. Torvald kindly collected the box and has confirmed that it appears to contain most, if not all of the contents. Obviously, the thief had no use for them and probably wondered what they were for. Unfortunately, I had already replaced all my gear and other losses were two transmitters, camera and binoculars, plus £130 damage to my car. The moral is — don’t leave anything in an unattended car, especially in a foreign country. While writing, I should like to say how much I appreciated the kind help and sympathy I received from the Norwegian model yachtsmen. I was able to take part in two regattas with ‘borrowed boats, one in Oslo, the other in Hamar and my wife, Sheila, and I were treated with typical Norwegian hospitality. We are also indebted to the Swedish Model Sailing Association for all their kindness and hospitality and, despite my obvious disappointment in having to judge instead of competing, we enjoyed a wonderful and unforgettable week in Stockholm. Norman Hatfield. for sale TM Class Seahorse K2397, complete with Futaba radio (little used), three suits of sails, winch, all sorts of bits and pieces, ready to sail, good first boat. All for only £90 o.n.0. M.Y.N. Issues 2 to 12, M.Y.N. RM ‘Dictator’ plan, MAP 36r Gosling plan (both unused), MAP books; Simple riodel Yachts (Smeed), R/C for Model Yachts (Jefferies), Model Racing Yachts (Priest and Lewis). All for sale. Please ring Julian bridges, Leicester (0533) 705973. 136 Clarendon Pk. Road, Leicester. RM Bloodaxe, 3 suits sails, little used less radio £55. Crescent, Chippenham 651693. lan Walters, 131 Queens help Does anyone know of a “Pterodactyl” hull mould or plug in reas onable condition. If so please contact Norman Billing, 235 Orchard Way, Beckenham, Kent. Tel. 01-650 9694 26 further afield The Greater Wellington Marine Model Club were hosts of the 1983 NZ Radio Marblehead National Championships held on the Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend, 3rd April. Porirua, The venue was Aotea Lagoon, an ideal 20km north of Wellington in the City of saltwater facility with access around the full perimeter of the water, an island from which the skippers had the Porirua City Council and groundsman. The full 2nd and a good view and full cooperation from twenty one skippers entered were present for the briefing at 1100 on Saturday, by Paul Johnson job all weekend. The OOD and George Ulyate, system used gave all the water for longer than two consecutive Convenor, both of whom did a great boats maximum racing with no boat out of races and every skipper meeting every other through the six race rounds with the worst race being dropped from each round leaving 5 races to count. A controversial decision made by the was that a DNS or DNF could not be dropped. later in the drop the 13 points for a did not start or 12 The committee This was to cause some frustration racing when the impact of this decision was felt, placings drastically. sailing for a as not being able to did not finish altered the argument was that this left no room for bad luck. Wellington turned on some typical weather for the first day with the wind 25-30 knots, although steady in direction from the north. The small rigs were set, way at arppox. 1200. some down to 480 Racing was generally exciting due to the wind strength, some boats revelling in the conditions Sunday dawned with a little less wind, through the clouds. square inches and the first race got under and others occasionally “at sea”. 15-25 knots and the sun trying to break Much head scratching as to which rig to use as the wind seemed to lighten during the other fellow’s race, your boat in the water, day and Final fortunes were with or vice-versa. only to freshen again just as you put 1000 saw the to change drastically for some start of the within the first race of the next six hours. results: Points Skipper Placings Design Club 20°5 34-75 37°5 W. Belk 8, Russell D. Toms 1 2 3 Bitta Kulcha Opus III Khantel 263 183 262 0/b 0/D 0/D TMMEC NMMC TMMEC 38°75 DO. Farrow 4 Candy 299 Zeta GuUMMCc 40-5 K, Harris 5 Swish 242 0/D NMCC 44°75 T, Dransfield 6 Red Outlaw 230 Outlaw GUMMC 53 56°75 74°75 B. Tonks H. Hobden 1, Hull-Brown 7 8 9 Exodus Swiftsure Riot 258 287 189 Outlaw Kisutch Modi fied/F renezy GuMmMc CMYC GuUMMc 81°75 mM, Seott 10 Lipstik 172 Zeta CMYC 82-75 B. Riley 11 Red Devil 304 Frenezy GUMMC 86 R. Pyne 12 Windchaser 306 247 GuMMc 91 104 106 H. Short W. Lapsley Ne McClellan 13 14 15 Sha III Miss Fiona Kotiti 234 231 305 247 247 Frenezy GUMMC GUMMC GUMMC 121 140 141 W. Linney P. Chisholm D. Watson 16 it? 18 Striker Banana Split Gene 200 303 293 0/D 0/D Sovereign/Genie NMMS CMYC GuMMC 150 K, 19 Jeanne 276 Kisutch GUMMC 167 P. Middleton 20 Michell 285 247 GUMMC 168 M. 21 Caramelish 301 247 GUMMC Marston Ferguson BSoat Name Reg.-No. for sale R10R Dave Hackwood design. September 82 . As new, » u used only 6 times. Whirlwind H.Duty winch, 3 suits Bantock sails and masts. Fabric deck, £100 o.n.o, L. Baker, 4 The Hergons, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex. Tel. 61939 7 JOMES 6.F.P. HULLS. DELUSION Designer Chris Dicks RM 1000 By F.G. Draper. Heartbeat. m.& R.M. Designer Graham Bantock. RA. Designer John Lewis. Displacement, 41-0 lbs. L.W.L. 51-O in. Sail Area, 1607 sq. ins. EC12 All fittings any class As required of model supplied to to complete yacht. / 1983 CHAMPIONS – / TORVALD KLEM, European CHRIS DICKS, ‘A’ RM. Class. / 50 years of experiende at your service. [ AE for ‘ new price lists E.L. JONES. 8 Marline Avenue, Bromborough, Merseyside. L63 OJR. Tel.051-334-1969. * FITTINGS * YACHT KITS