The Model Yachtsman and Model Yacht Club Reporter: Volume 1, Issue 7 – September 1884

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a oo ere ere a | ‘ ‘ ! ‘ i | a. | ! ‘ . rar we ee aa ROTTED ere rag) ot roy rrret . . — = SEPTEMBER, Se 1884. ” PRICE ONE r.% r > Pm) aA t PENNY. ‘ No. 7. = SSE TSE SITET FORE SP OPPS, Vee a Sh 7 PO aE, Vol. I. THE yoosL-YACETSIAN ome SN AND = 3 & eee ae Meet ; WQPST CLA ” fe a MODEL YACHT CLUB REPORTER. – -A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF a4 -MODEL YACHT CONSTRUCTION, FITTING, AND SAILING ; | a, ieee. a. DOINGS OF THE CLUBS; YACHTING ITEMS; CORRESPONDENCE ; SALE: AND EXCHANGE: ETC., ETC. . 7. HULL: THOMAS GRASSAM, 161 & 162, HIGH STREET. & Co., 51, .- OLD BAILEY. ae All Subscriptions, Contributions, &e:ia “must he addressed to ‘. : pact ace “THE Epitor, ‘ Model Vochiwan,? 161 & 162, High Stick Hull. : _ aden _ Z “8 i 9 2, 48 . f \ a LONDON: E..MARLBOROUGH ek 2% * 62 THE MODEL-YACH TSMAN. ny Saee cme by Goditorinl ALotes. Wr have had eee to us a set’ of seven Yorkshire Yacht Club, held onthe Humber. The yachts were taken during the racing, some of them in groups, and others singly; amongst those taken singly being the fine steam ydcht J/asepfa, owned ‘The collection should be in the hands of all lovers of yachting, and as yacht- – ing scenes, even in these days of photographic tours, are comparatively*scarce, they would adorn the album of all who take a pleasure in having a _ collection of beautiful views. The photographs were taken by instantaneous process by Mr. Campbell ‘Thompson, a gentleman of well-known ability as an amateur photographer, distinguished the period. model yachtsmen keen, but Manchester, and as there are favorable facilities for sailing Models,’ and such a large constituency to draw on, we hope the institution will be founded on popular lines, and the sport be very largely folShould this be the result, Manchester will be the first of the large inland towns to demonstrate litth shee acre many cases of difference of opinion, which without his aid might have been unreconcilable. In. f His A . death is a great loss to the Association, to the members an of which he was‘much attached, and adv Model Yachting will have sone worthy champion you the less to espouse its cause. any MODEL YACHT MATGNG,cee usJ FOR By BEGINNERS. * 5. BUTTERCUP. | BEF ORE setting up the spars it will be conveni- ent to make the horses for the fore and main The foresheet is the cord with hook attached ‘which’ holds in the inner corner of the sheets. foresail, and the mainsheet is the. cord with hook | attached which holds in the. outer corner of the: mainsail. ‘The hooks attached to these cords or sheets are made with a small opening, so that they shake off by themselves. those of an aquatic character. piece of stout brass wire fixed across the deck about , . a We . shall be glad to hear.from the secretary of this club, with the purpose of giving our readers in 1in. in front of the mast. The foresheet horseis a ‘The ends of the wire can be turned down and hammered through the deck into the sides of the boat, and a small piece of cork jammed under the wire at each end to getting fast when it should travel across. model yachting at Itchen Ferry, a place renowned, a simple plan, but not so good and reliable as that by-the-bye, for yachts of a special type on which it illustrated in July number, which consists of. two has conferred its name. pieces of sheet brass 3{ in. long and % in. broad. _—o— WE regret to have to announce the death of Mr. F. Biddle, of the Model Ygtht Sailing Asso- or leaving 3.in. to fasten to the deck, and 3% in. to stand up and take the end of the wire in. In that part which’stands up is bored 16th of an in. from ! wa This is These pieces are bent to an angle across the middle _ Mr. Biddle was an ardent model . for ‘ ocba prevent the sheet-hook turning the corners and .. other places any particulars of interest concerning ‘Ve, piec thoroughly fair competitor; and one sea to be the follower-of a sport so nearly akin to ciation, London. with are, and what all should seek to can be sprung on or off the wire horses, but will not _ WE read of model yacht racing under the auspices _ or t: He was what all sound that it is not necessary to be within sound of the of the “Itchen Ferrry Model Yacht Club.” part ( Continued.— Commenced in No. I.) there is a desire to form a model yacht club in a corn whose equitable mind made him the arbiter in. | Mopet YACHTING IN MANCHESTER.—We hear lowed. then be, an agreeable and entertaining companion; a – Wellsted & Son, Paragon-st., Hull, who have them sige the Oe 0 erate5 those remarkable changes in the rules of yacht measurement, andthe types of Yachts, which have and have been printed, mounted, etc., by Messrs. on sale at a very reasonable price. – quently must in his long experience have scen all . photographs of the 1884 Regatta of the Royal by Walter Bailey, Esq. – yachtsman of some, 35 years standing, and conse- of – the thi the dis for m NYWSLHOVA-T300W SHL ‘beer “Laas ‘AALLONO V AOd NOISAG “TMT uo curt -y €—ssy1D. 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