The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 6, Issue 11 – November 1889

= (ANOEIST. A Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence; Sale and Exchange; &c Vol. VIL—No. NOVEMBER, 11. All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” Mr. R. Tatcuenn favours us with a his letter will be found in another column. If the results of his experience are that more displacement is necessary, are to be taken as a ‘THE EDITOR of Zhe Canoeist 46, Chesilton Rd., Munster Park, London, S.W.” positive guide, then our design is too light, at THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN & CANOEIST the same time we are by no means convinced is published on the 1st of each month, and can be had of that a beamy boat of considerable displacement will prove the best boat, and shall feel obliged if others who have experimented in “ rating craft” will communicate their experiences. any bookseller, or will be sent on application to the Pub- lishers, on the following terms :— Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum —Q— THE Seys’ Own Paper announces the commencement of another volume. The programme 24d, or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. N.B,-—In sending for single copies, 34d. in stamps must of articles, tales, and illustrations, should secure be enclosed to cover postage. its presence in every household, and as usual, its THOMAS GRASSAM, I61 & 162, High Street. dealing with aquatic sport will more pecially commend it to our readers, E. MARLBOROUGH & Co., 51, Old Bailey. es- —O— Mr. Tansey has sent us a large photograph of the Model Yacht Pond, at Lowestoft, for which our thanks are hereby offered. It is an DVERTISEMENTS should reach this office not later than the 21st of the month, to secure insertion the following issue. Rates on application, E. Motes. criticism of the 15-rater, published last month; CANOEING Communications must be addressed Lonpon:; Price 3d., Post-free jied. Goditorial “THE Epitor of The Model- Yachtsnean, Hui: 1889 in To Foreign Subseribers!—Ali subscriptions must attractive picture, with the yachts all ready for starting a race. Mr. Tansley and his father one or two stamps only, of high value.—P.O.O. made pay- years ago) occupy good positions, and prominent be sent by Post Office Orders, payable to Taos. Grassam, HIuLL; or, if sent in Foreign Stamps, please send value in (a sturdy veteran, with a model yacht, built 40 able to “The Model- Yachtsman” will not for the future be accepted. | amongst others are Messrs. J. Webster Smith, of Bradford; Mr. G. Hale, of the Serpentine, 202 “THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST —_ and Mr. Selby, of the Edgbaston clubs. Amongst the models, Mr. G. Hale’s 15-rater it is drawn on paper ruled as directed in the grey respond. him. ‘Neptune’ shows out most boldly with white or topsides and black bottom. last article, and lettered and numbered to cor- There are a number of other members and friends present, all evidently well taken. Lowestoft is a charming sea-side resort, much visited for fishing and boating, is in close contiguity to the celebrated Norfolk rivers and broads, and now, with the additional attraction of model yachting, has everything favourable to recommend ié to our readers as a first-rate holiday resort. The Model. Yachtsman can be obtained of Mr. J. Bonsail, Pier Terrace, Lowestoft. —O— CHOOSING CHAMPIONS, We have been asked a number of times as to the best mode of choosing a limited number of champions to represent a club at the inter-club contests. Where there are 12 members ready and willing to go, it is no doubt rather a difficult matter to choose the limited number of 4 or 6 out from amongst them. With some of the clubs a trial match, or several trial matches, decide the point, and this system may prevent dispute, although it may breed secret dissatisfaction, and it has this demerit, that some of those who win trial matches, perhaps all sailed in one kind of a breeze, are at the disadvantage of not poss- essing all the changes of sail and gear necessary to be at their best when conditions totally different prevail. The plan adopted by the Azugston Club, Hull, has the recommendation that the best all-round boats, and the best all-round gailers amongst those available, always get elected. It is as follows:—The names of all willing to compete are taken at a meeting called for the purpose, and this list of names is pinned up before all the members: each member then writes on a small piece of paper the 6 names he eon- siders are the best to represent the club, the question being put from the chair to each owner if he has sails for strong, light and medium winds. The answers materially influence the issue, as much depends on being prepared for all emergencies. The pieces of paper are folded up and put in a hat, then drawn out and read off by scrutators appointed, and the six names having the highest number of votes are elected to represent the club. Prize COMPETITION. MODEL YACHT DESIGNING. By W. E. C. Preppes. IIl.— Commencement of the Design. To follow this article, the reader must refer to the illustration sheet; infact, it would be a good plan to pin it to his drawing board, in front of On looking at the design he will notice that . As an exercise, he should copy this design to full or half scale. Let us suppose the figure given in September enlarged to full size; first to draw in thesheer-plan (1), forthis portion all measurement must be taken from the l.w.1. as base along the perpendiculars 1, 2, 3. ete.:— to get the deck sheer, or curve, measure off the distances of the deck from ].w.l. along the per- pendiculars, and then with a batten curved to pass through these points, (v. art I) draw in the curve. Next, taking distances from |.w.l. down, find the points for the under-water sheer, draw in with batten and French curves, next draw in the stern-post, counter, and .overhang stem, proceed then with the buttock line (dotted curve X, 4, t. etc) taking heights from the same base, draw it in. The next thing to be done is to draw the mid-section in plan TIT; for this we have 4 fixed points, breadth on deck, l.w.l., and keel, also the intersection of buttock line. From the materials thus found 7.e., Sheer, Buttock, and Midsection, (Plan II) the waterline and deck line can be found, when one is explained, follow the same directions with regard to the rest: for each l.w. we have 5 fixed points ; 2 points of intersection with sheer-plan ; 2 points of intersection with buttock and the breadth at mid-section (6) :—for an example take the l.w.]. ; here we have the points of intersection with sheer-plan, s.& y. The buttock points z.v:— and the beam ond 6; through these points draw the curve by the use of battens and F curve. The others are obtained in an exactly similar manner till we come to the w.1. 1.7. down. These will be explained in the next article, as well as the manner of finding the sections from Plan II (the waterlines). Owing to the smallness of the drawing; to prevent confusion, every alternate w.l. has been left out in plan II, and in plan III only the mid-section is given, but with the next article the full-size or half-size plan ITI will be given. RuLes For Competition, I.—Every competitor to sign with a motto only, but send his name, ete.,in a sealed envelope attached to his drawing. Ii.—All drawings to be sent to the Editor, on or before the 8th of January, 1890. III.—The design to consist of full-sized plans of a model 40in. l.w.l. for the rating rule followed by the competitor’s club. There will be two prizes. 1st, a model, built to the prize lines; 2nd, a 6-rating exhibition model. [We have received several letters, differing in opinion as to the judging of the designs, but as THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN we have decided to submit them to the judgment of some well-known yacht designer, we need not publish them,—Ep.] CASTING KEELS FOR MODEL YACHTS. Where the keel has parallel sides, and where there is but small inequality in depth throughout its length, the casting-mould is most easily made by screwing to a piece of board two battens of the required length and depth, and held apart at the ends by closing-up pieces of the thickness of the keel; these last to be securely kept in their places by screws or otherwise. When with parallel sides, but a rounded sole, the mould for the kee! may be made in the same way as above, except that the side pieces must be as deep as is the lowest part of the keel. Any shallowing fore or aft can be made by ‘‘tamping” required. clay into the mould in the form In both cases, any small crevices appearing are to be stopped with clay or putty. When the sides ef the keel are not parallel, but where the upper margin rather follows the | AND the athwart-ship sections in the body-plan; then a correct model in wood must lead-casting required. After be made of the this has been properly smoothed and finished, a box is to be provided large enough to hold it, with some room to spare, and with sides top, and bottom, strong enough to resist bending—an ordinary moulding or casting-box in fact. The top and bottom to be easily removable by being fastened with four screws each. One of the pieces—either top or bottom—is to be pierced with three, say 2 centrebit holes, equally distant from each other and from the ends. The centre one is for receiving the melted lead to be poured to it—the others for allowing escape of steam, &e. The pierced board is now to be screwed down on the sides— two screws of a side—and the other haying been removed, the box is to be laid on soine level surface, with the pierced top underimost, and then the model of the keel is to be carefully laid over and covering the holes—its upper or broader surface being lowermost. The casting sand ig then to be put in and carefully and firmly packed around the model, and so filled in until the sand rises a little above what is now the upper edge of the box, to the exact level of which, however, it must be “struck” with a straight edge. This being done, screw on to the sides the unpierced piece, and when this is thus secured, turn the box over, unscrew and take off the pierced side and carefully take out the 203 wooden mould, without, if possible, fraying the edges of its seat in the sand. If, however, they are frayed, the roughness must be smoothed with the blade of a knife or by other means. When all is satisfactorily adjusted, again screw on the pierced piece and the mould is then ready to receive the melted lead. Lay the box perfectly level, both longitudinally and laterally—using, if practicable, a spirit-level for this purpose—and, having your melted lead well hot, pour it into the central hole until you see the metal rising a little in it. This being properly done, little a perfect keel, only requiring a trimming and holes for the screws, will be the result, Regarding this last, when wires are placed in the hollow mould to form holes for the fastening screws, these are apt to affect the casting in- juriously. I much prefer boring through the solid lead with a centre bit—first a small hole, then to be enlarged to the proper size. In every case the weight of lead in the pot ought to be larger than that of the required keel. J. M. shape of a ‘level’ line drawn about where the garboard strake comes, and which is meant to carry down to its lower edge a coutinuation of CANOEIST. ABOUT LONDON. The Victoria Park clubs are to be commiserated. Not one match has been sailed during the whole season, owing to the authorities having allowed evening bathing in the lake, but I hear that a pond, 50 by 250 yards has been promised them; still, they had better assert themselves loudly, or one day they will find they authority. have been forgotten by those in Some of the more enthusiastic members of the Victoria club migrate to the Round Pond, but the distance, about 7 miles, is too great for the majority. Why! Oh, why! are their boats mostly of one pattern, and all painted a hideous post-office red? I heard a good story about that colour, which ought to be true,if it is not. time been used as a sort of fort or earthworks, at the extent and comparative size and seeming beauty of the village, richness of its houses, the We discovered that Repton was a town of two thousand inhabitants, full of houses of the better class, and that it had a large college known as Repton Priory with picturesque old buildings and extensive ruins of the great Priory absorbing our attention. It was a pretty village, with nice streets opening out in every direction and some of the most picturesque houses ever beheld. Every plate that had been prepared for the cameras was utilised so as to take away with us mementos of a village so rich in evidences of refinement and the jicturesque. was after three o’cluck before we returned to It the boats, and the skipper therefore said that haste must be made in order to push on our way or we should cover next to no ground that night. The afternoon was an uneventful one, Now and again a village church spire or tower would be seen. The silent river went on its course, stealing a piece from a field here and adding a piece to a fie d on the other side. Now a sloping hill would dip down to the bank, and then a flat stretch of land lay far away from which the grazing kine would look down upon us. However, we came at length to a place called Hingleby, where high white cliffs dipped right down to the water. These cliffs at first looked like houses and it was not until we got very much nature was apparent. nearer that their true A series of habitations had been cut into or out of these cliffs, with doorways and windows all complete. It was most wild, suggestive and romantic; but no one of whom we asked the question as we passed down the river could give us any particulars about them, except that they are supposed to have belonged to the Anchorites a religious order of men who flourished history knoweth when (but I do not), probably from Edward to Henry VIII. Notice boards, as is usual at all other places in the Trent, where there is anything of interest to see, were here AND CANOEIST. 219 very plentifu , to warn tourists and visitors #of to trespass or they would be prosecuted. But seeing anything so interesting as this, we determined to risk prosecution to gratify our aroused curiosity. We entered every nook and every apartment, whilst another desecrated the scene by taking a photograph of it on an unused plate he happened to discover at the last moment. It was now halfpast six, so we started down another stretch of the river until we saw the village of Barrow in the distance on cold and our left. The wind had become very rather strong, and seeing a remarkably tall hedge swaying in the wind, the skipper announced his intention of pitching camp to the leeward of it on a beautiful piece of land, the river bank affording an excellent place for hauling up the canoes to unload them. Whilst the camp was being pitched the mate Petrel went to the village for milk and eggs, and just arrived in the nick of time. We had one of our pleasantest of camps here without any other incident, except that (for the first time) everybody worried everybody else by there indulgence in snoring, There must have been one exception to the rule, but we only have his word that he did not snore, as all the others were fast asleep. Thus they stood accused by the one innocent. [To be continued.] Gxchange & Sale Column, RULES. The charge for inserting advertisements in this column is 4d. for twenty wor.is, and rd. for every additional five words or portion thereof. 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