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rig ose “MARIEVILLE October 1977 559 1977 ‘A TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP JUNE 25/26 Report and Pictures by Peter Maskell a O* hearing that the club would hold the 1977 A Class Team Championships, the Leeds and Bradford committee made detailed arrangements for the successful staging of this event. Three hundred posters were produced publicising the event and from the response to these and the interest shown by local newspapers and radio, we looked forward eagerly to the chance of publicising model yachting in the area. Imagine our disappointment when only three teams entered. The prospect of a large number of spectators coming to Rawdon to watch six boats would have been disastrous both to the club and to the whole sport. The club committee decided to hold an open A Class race in conjunction with the championship, and Martin Jew, the club’s publicity officer, provided the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ for this event. Ten boats entered for this competition including the six already taking part in the team race, and feeling much relieved the host club awaited the due date in a somewhat happier frame of mind. Saturday 25th June Leeds & Bradford Spinaway Piggy Malone Newcastle Keith Armour Colin Thompson 1 mu The competing teams from the Leeds and Bradford, Newcastle and Fleetwood clubs, together with the four other entrants for the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ found Larkfield Tarn showing two entirely different facets of its character on the Saturday morning. The sun shone out of a blue sky, but the wind was very light and from the west, giving a tricky reach in each direction. The race for the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ began at 10.30 am and was started by County Councillor John Atkinson, the club’s patron. All boats were experiencing trouble finding trims and because of the conditions, many were disqualified for rule infringements, mostly not filling the jib when turning the pole. By noon, three heats had been sailed, and the wind had freshened, so a halt was called to this competition and a start was made to the National Championship. By 2 pm the first round was completed and the scores were: 17 pts pe Fruit Machine Derek Greener Gordon Keeley Sik 15 pt Long Shot Pentangle Derek Priestley Robert Walsh teveeeae 28 pts 1S Sf) Pipe Dream Fleetwood Piasfi oe After an excellent lunch provided by the ladies of the host club, racing for the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ was resumed in a now fresh westerly breeze, which brought difficulties of its own, but generally the skippers found things more to their liking and some very close racing resulted. By 6 pm a complete round had been sailed and the leading boats were: Long Shot Spinaway Trilley Derek Priestley Keith Armour Norman Jones Toffee King John Lund Pipe Dream Fruit Machine Fleetwood Leeds Fleetwood Gordon Keeley Newcastle Derek Greener Newcastle Leeds 31 pts 31 pts 27 pts 27 pts 26 pts 25 pts With the hopes of these six skippers still high for the next day, all competitors retired to Keith and Sally Armour’s for supper and as it transpired, the highlight of the weekend, as ‘Rambling’ Wilf Todd, Tom ‘Guitar Above, County Councillor John Atkinson starts the first pair in the Rawdon Bowl event. Near boat Toffee King with John Lund — far boat Spinaway with Keith and Sally Armour. O.O.D. Peter Maskell looks on. Below, Fleetwood and Newcastle teams prepare to do battle. Model Boats 560 Man’ Armour, and Margaret ‘Fingers’ Keeley kept all competitors and friends in stitches until the small hours. Sunday 26th June By 9.30 am the wind had strengthened still further and swung more to the north, to give much better sailing conditions. Many pairs of bleary eyes, and shaking hands began the task of hoisting spinnakers for the first time and the team championships got under way again. The Fleetwood pair found these conditions even more to their liking, and when another round had been completed at 11.30 am they ran out easy winners. The Leeds & Bradford and Newcastle teams having tied for 2nd place, a sail-off was needed, which the Leeds team won. Results 1977 A Class Team Race 1. Fleetwood Longshot Derek Priestley 23 54 2. Leeds & Bradford Spinaway Keith Armour 26 33 Pipe Dream Gordon Keeley 20 33 3. Newcastle Pentangle Robert Walsh Piggy Malone Fruit Machine 31 Colin Thompson 7 Derek Greener 13 pt ps vt 1D pt De Now began the task of sailing nine heats of the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ competition before the arrival of the Lord Mayor of Leeds at 5.0 pm. Competitors and officials combined splendidly to sail these heats in very good time and a result was arrived at just as the Lord Mayor, Councillor William Hudson made his entrance. Results of the ‘Rawdon Bowl’ Competition kipper Clu Designer Pts B‘oat Ski, lub 1. Spinaway K, Armour Leeds & Bradford Meir 2 2. Longshot D. Priestley Fleetwood Shepherd 59 3. Toffee King J. Lund Leeds & Bradford Shepherd 51 (one off) 4. Pipe Dream 5. Fruit Machine G. Keeley D.Greener Newcastle Newcastle Stollery Stollery 50 46 6. Pentangle 7. Trilley 7. Long Pig 9. Shima 10. Piggy Malone R. Walsh N. James T. Armour F. Teat C. Thompson Fleetwood Shepherd Fleetwood Lewis Leeds & Bradford Stollery Leeds & Bradford Stollery Leeds & Bradford Stollery 42 41 41 25 23 The prizes were presented for both competitions by Councillor William Hudson, the Lord Mayor of Leeds, who expressed a keen interest in the sport of model yachting, and genuinely entertained the large number of spectators who had remained for the prize giving. Thanks Thanks are due from the whole of the Leeds & Bradford club, first and foremost to the Newcastle and Fleetwood clubs for supporting us, and without whom the events would never have been held; to the officials who worked unceasingly before, during and after the event; to Keith and Sally Armour for allowing us all to run riot over their abode; to Martin Jew for donating the ‘Rawdon Bowl’; to Harriet Armour for selling almost one hundred programmes and to everyone who contributed to a most enjoyable weekend. Last, but by no means least, a really big thank you to the ladies of the canteen who produced two excellent lunches, together with a constant supply of refreshments to add to the enjoyment of all the competitors and spectators. Next year? The club will stage the 10R Championships over the Easter weekend in 1978. If you would like to enjoy the model yachting experience of a lifetime, please come along and support the only vane sailing club in Yorkshire. We can’t guarantee that you will win, but we can promise that you will enjoy yourself. … and the 1977 R. A. NATIONALS Woodspring, July 9-10th Report by Ron Hicks, Photos by Vic Smeed ee O West, Young Man” is the saying, and west this year they came, both young and not so young, for the 1977 RA Nationals held for the MYA by Woodspring MSC at Portishead, a small town on the coast near Bristol. The weather was kind, in that it stayed dry and the winds came, but only the early arrivals on Friday morning at 9.30 am were able to increase the sun tan at all, while they had a practice session. The first day was a blustery one with a strong gusty wind from the North East. This was a good direction for the lake as it meant a long windward beat from the bottom to the windward mark on the second lap with all boats having to pass through the starting line each time. The other two legs of the triangle were a broad reach (which wath wind shifts became a run at times) and a reach. On the first morning all competitors had been handed @ plastic envelope which was the radio compound pass and had to be given in each time the transmitter was withdrawn for racing. All boats were numbered 1 to 25 and in the envelope was a pennant with a boat’s number, to be fixed to the backstay, a frequency card giving race frequency colours, and a souvenir letter knife with ‘RA Nationals 1977’ down the blade. As the boat compound had been divided into numbered areas for each boat it was easy for the six boat handlers to get boats in and out of the water quickly. In fact this hard-working band kept things running very smoothly and as one of them said after the second day, did I realise they had moved over 12 tons of boats that weekend? So, with all competitors present and the OOD, David Robinson of New Forest MYC having given his instructions, racing commenced about five minutes early. It was soon evident after their first two races that Serica II (Norman Hatfield), Mimi IT (Roger Dehon) and Jaquita (Peter Wiles) were very determined, as all had maximum points. They were enjoying the strong conditions, as were Jenny (Len Thompson) and Pele (Brian Askell) but both had dropped points, Jenny with a second and Pele with penalty points when finishing second. Consistent sailing by Jacete (Mike Franklin) with two firsts and two seconds had brought him up through the fleet to be joint leader at the end of the day with Roger Dehon on 36 points, with Norman Hatfield second with 35 points and Len Thompson third with 33 points. On the Saturday evening Woodspring had arranged a buffet social evening-cum-skittles match to which all were invited. Some of the participants had not played skittles before and found the game most fascinating. It was difficult, I understand, to get Norman Hatfield off the alley. Due to a bulb failure on the projector we could not show our visitors the films of previous visits by them to Woodspring, so this will have to wait until they return again. Some of the buffet was taken down to the boat guard at the lakeside. This guard was necessary due to a fairly late decision by the local council that they would have to reverse an earlier permission to keep boats in the Pleasure Boats’ House, due to the presence of chemicals and weed killers (Paraquat). So the boats were stored in a marquee, with club members sleeping with them and the police paying regular visits. No trouble was experienced at all. The Sunday races started with the wind in the same direction but far steadier and not so strong. After a few races this started to have an effect on the positions, as boats that had not done very well in the heavy conditions started to pick up points. Sea Mist (Morley Varker) and Hielan Lass (Ron Hicks) took maximum points from their first two races, in fact race 28 was a lesson for all. Pele and Jacete came round the last mark 30 yards up on Hielan Lass and were involved in close covering tactics with Jacete holding Pele on a tack to stop her turning for the line. Hielan Lass came storming round the final mark and with the help of a good wind shift was able to sail almost straight for the line; although Pele (Brian Askell) noticed what was happening he could not go about, and when Jacete (Mike Franklin), who was concentrating very hard on Pele realised what was happening, he was too late and in tacking to try and cover the new challenge lost out and ended up third, with Hielan Lass beating Pele to the line by about one yard. Skippers who had been in the lead at the end of the first day were now to be seen watching the score board very carefully as the whole meeting was wide open and the cup was for the taking by the one who kept his nerve and sailed consistently without penalties. So the competitive racing continued and with two races each left and a possible 20 points from them, the late comers stormed home with Jacgui (Phil Perritt), Pele (Brian Askell), and Jenny (Len Thompson) taking 18 points each; Mimi IJ (Roger Dehon), Sea Mist (Morley Varker), Asterix (Derick White) took 16 points. Serica IT (Norman Hatfield) had an unfortunate result in his last but one race with 2 points, and Jacete had to repair collision damage; needing a win for the 5th place; she won, but incurred penalties, so was joint 6th. The final results were as below. Only two things spoiled what was a perfect weekend: (1) the departure of Jeff Cohen due to car failure, from the final day; (2) the theft of a handbag containing a reasonable amount of money from one of the large crowd of public spectators sitting on the long bank overlooking the lake. On the credit side, the ladies, who ran a most excellent catering service over the weekend, certainly should receive a big thank you from every male member of the home club and we should also like to thank all competitors for the friendly attitude and co-operation. It made the weekend what it was. We at Woodsprings enjoyed running the Nationals and given enough time to recover will be back in our turn to apply again. The ever welcome Vic Smeed, who was accompanied by his wife, presented the prizes and in stepping up to take Heading picture, opposite, R. Dehon’s Mimi || (K883) first across the start line from local boats, Miss Jacqui and Gazelle. Above is winning boat Jenny, sailed by Len Thompson from Poole, design is Arabesque Ill. the Championship Cup, Len Thompson of Poole MYC showed the obvious pleasure he derived from his second successive win. He said he didn’t think he would manage it a third time and so equal the record, but knowing Len I should think we will all have to watch him very carefully next year. Statistics Club: Woodspring MSC, formed 1974, mixed model boats. Boats: Racing boats are at present time mostly RA Highlanders with a few R1OR and Marbleheads. Membership: Approximately 80. Finishers: Winner: 24 boats. Len Thompson, Poole MYC Entry for Nationals: 25 boats. Starters: 25 boats. Winner’s Boat: Jenny design Arabesque III. Results Pos. Name 1. L.Thompson 2. R.Dehon tration K745 K883 Club Poole Poole Sea Mist Serica II K985 K1000_ Woodspring 62 Basildon 61 Asterix Brigand K1006 K937 K993 K841 K1018 Miss Jacqui Andrea Whipaway K997 Woodspring 41 K903 _~— Poole 36 K986 Woodspring 33 3. B. Askell 6. N.Crayman High Priest Minstrel Jacete Misty P. Wiles R.Skeates R. Hicks Jaquita Calypso II Hielan’ Lass A. Stevens Larbulur C. Brazier The John Merrick 4. 5. 6. 6. 9. 9. 9. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 18. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. M. Varker N. Hatfield J. Ellison M. Franklin C. Ball D. White S. Ward P. Perret C. Poulton R. Stevens N. Grinter Mrs B. Varker T. Reece B. Ryder J. Cohen R. Dewfall Regis- Yacht Jenny Mimi II Pele K892 K1007 K1009 K958 The Lady K1002 Gazelle 65 Woodspring 56 Woodspring Woodspring Woodspring Poole Fleetwood 56 56 50 50 50 K814 ~— Poole 48 K8i3 YM6mOA 44 K989 Woodspring 42 Lady Bee Swara Margie Miranda Poole Score 69 66 K870 K891 K1005 K942 K987 Poole 32 Gosport 30 Woodspring 32 Woodspring 28 Poole 25 Woodspring 22 10 Guildford Woodspring 8 October 1977 565 ROUND THE REGATTAS Busy pits scene at Telford International Telford International 2-day Event, 16/17th July The Telford 2-day event was held on Saturday, 16th July and Sunday 17th July. A total of 64 competitors competed for the five places. The event commenced on the Saturday in glorious sunshine which was in contrast to the Sunday when it rained for most of the day and the gusting wind chopped up the water. The race was decided over the two days, 14 hours’ racing each day, laps cumulative. The first place this year was secured by Roger Burrell’s 6$cc boat which competed hard, not only with the bad weather on the Sunday but with the potentially faster and more powerful 10cc boats. Highest number of laps on the Saturday was put up by Vernon Hadley with 231 laps. Most laps of the day on Sunday was put up by Roger Burrell with 200. Overall places for the event were as follows: Position Name 3rd Windsor-Smith 1st 2nd 4th Sth Club Laps Av. Lap Time CO-32 376 28-723 R. Burrell J. Melville NB-15 CM-220 D. Marles —_ V. Hadley NB-2 403 391 374 371 26-799 27-621 Mr C. Colsell Mr C. Edmundson Mr Mr Mr Mr P. West T. Day R. Baker Yacht The Streak Geronimo Score 50 one bye 30 two byes Shearwater Charmaine 11 two byes 11 one bye Silhouette My ‘A’ Snoopy Carter Mr Nicholls * * 30 one bye 20 two byes 13 two byes * Blackheath MPBC SR Regatta, 12th June 1977 Sunday, 12th June saw the first of the two regattas scheduled by the club for this year, and although the weather was overcast with a hint of rain, some 41 craft The first runner in ‘Nomination’ passed through the 28-877 gate somewhat after the proposed start time, but once 29-110 unds. As in previous years all ‘entry fees’ were used to purchase cups and trophies, the value of trophies and prizes being £294. The Telford Club again secured generous sponsorship from the following: Amps, Furrows Ford Dealers, S.H.G. Marine, Model Mouldings, Wrekin District Council, Racing Model Products and Telford Development Corporation. The Telford Club wishes to thank all who attended and to acknowledge the high standard of the driving and Nyria Cup A Class Skipper were entered for the four events. The prizes were presented by Councillor G. Whyle and his wife to whom a bouquet of flowers was presented by Lisa, daughter of one of the club’s members. A refreshment tent was run by the wives of club members and this ae a little over £20 which will help to swell the club sportsmanship. the A class championships, for this day was typical of winds expected at Fleetwood. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable to see models sailing in a good SW wind and a pleasure to officiate when so many enjoyed their sport and accepted all decisions in good spirit. 5 Gosport Model Yacht and Power Boat Club held their annual bank holiday race for the Nyria Cup on Monday, 6th June. Racing started at 10.30 with a fresh south-west wind giving a run out and a beat home. After four heats lunch was taken, by which time the eventual result had begun to show. After lunch a further increase of wind strength meant third suits for some models but The Streak held top suit without broaching downwind. Four heats of a second round were completed by tea and rain was quite heavy so it was decided to declare a result. Unfortunately, none of the models sailed expect to enter for this, the first run was made, a steady stream of boats passed along the course taking advantage of the calm conditions and flat water. The straight course steered by nearly all showed promise of close competition in the main event later in the day. Best time was recorded by Mr R. Errington of Welwyn with 1-4 % error, followed by Miss D. Reynolds of Victoria at 3-59 and another Welwyn member, Mr P. Scuse third with 3-7%. Orderliness of nomination was followed by the chaos of our own brand of ‘mayhem on water’, known as the team relay, in which teams of three do their best to achieve their own nominated target time, by giving a clothes peg three trips up and down the course. As usual, the calm of a single run goes overboard in this event, and boats off course, stops in mid-pond, dropped pegs, etc, soon had the pond side crowd laughing and cheering as boaters plunged through the water on various rescue missions in all directions, often with their own personal bow wave rising above the tops of their boats to the delight of the crowd and fellow boaters alike. In contrast to the rest of the teams, an all-ladies’ trio from Victoria comprising Mrs I. Phelps, Miss S. Munday and Miss M. Reynolds went like clockwork on rails, resulting in a 6:9 sec error, the Blackheath team came in 24 secs adrift and Welwyn 32:5 secs over ETA. A short break was called for lunch, and a swift journey to the ‘local’ for the usual comforts and then on with the show with the 1 metre class, in an altogether different set of weather conditions. The sun shone, but with it came a sharply gusting wind, which due to a large willow on the side of the pond, only affected the second half of the course, 580 Model Boats Part Three of the “light” air Marblehead KOKANEE by Bill Van Dieren EMOVE all fittings and varnish mast, reinstalling fittings when dry. The stainless steel luff wire or jackline is now installed. Screw into back side and centre of mast, small brass screws approx 6in. to 8in. apart or to suit sail. Solder wire at top screw and tension the line a little and solder wire in slot of bottom screw. Solder wire to remaining screw heads. Cut slot into masthead fitting to suit sail and that should complete the mast. The jib boom and main boom should now be made. The booms are ;;in. thick. The boom depth is in. at the middle and tapers slightly towards the ends, and corners are rounded. The top of the boom is curved to match the foot of the sail. The booms are laid up with four pieces BOWSIES KNOT, 1/32″ MATERIAL—WHITE — PLASTIC TUBE Drill holes for line $ small as Tt. 4/9″ TANG 5 required. BEND TO SUIT 1/8″0.D. x 3/32″1.D LONG,PUSH INTO MAST. 16″ THICK BRASS WASHER 7116″0.D. SOLDERED TO “V4 SECTION | vst 3/32″. TUBE] 1/2″ | Pe —s 3/32″ N ,iféy\ tocare || —SPREADER i MAST ST PX-\Sait CA HOOKS Se HEAD 3 | ~ BRASS TUBE,SQUEEZE HARD WITH PLIERS | GEMENT CLEWOF JIB BACK STAY TACK OF JIB Poy ae ig 40″ TYPICAL eS] ‘all | DIMENSION TO BE THE SAME AS \ ——— \ | PLASTIC ENDS, DRILL | TO SUIT SHROUD LINE BADE ARRANGEMENT NGEME SPREADER TOP SHROUD CONNECTION LUFF WIRE |8×1/16″@ HOLES V8″PITCH\ MAST SECTION | | DISTANCE BETWEEN CHAINPLATES PIANOWIRE | 4reqrd for, TACK M/SAIL ge 1/32″ STRANDED STNLS STL WIRE AS 1, va hye, 2″ | x 2.1/2″LONG\. | ARRANGEM MATERIAL-1/32″0 FIG.9 9. TANG FIG.10O 3/32″0D. BRASS TUBE = Gt RONT. KNOTTED LINE TO FIT | [R= MAINSAIE/ OVER SLOT iG MAST HEAD ARRANGEMENT | he 11/16″ TANG rr <== 2" SLOT 3/32°0 t i 4 Vi6" TO SUIT "gf C.G. of ballast & install. | ey | / 1 Centre of Gravity, Determine BALLAST INTO MAST. i¢*o / us NOTE :- Draw line on fin indicating ! TUBE 3/16"LONG —{+h/2"~— 1/2") 1/16"ALUM / | PIANO WIRE 1 eee jog ei _/8"0.D. x 3/32"1.D. BRASS SPREAD SILICON ON TOP OF WASHER & PUSH IN FIN — a 7 Oe 16" TUBE & ROD : bt BONNECTOR | Y 3/32""0.D. BRASS ROD 1.7/8" LONG ir SLOTTED HOLE JIB HALYARD WITH | SLOTTED HOLE e" 4 =Br—s B | eve SCREW VI6"O — 2PLACES |_ BRASS TUBE, 2" ||| \\=-BACKSTAY qi \ 154" MAST STEP OF MAST FIN 3/16°O BOLT —— ir TIE- BACKSTAY MATERIAL — BRASS u 3/8 possible heared .—BOTTOM 6) . NOTE ane || | 3/8" /2"0.D. ele = eheg 15/32" | j of in. thick spruce, which are tapered in thickness from centre to ends. Two strips of dark veneer were added for decorative purposes. The lot is glued together and held in proper curvature while drying. Clean up and shape booms. Install tee sections for sail adjustment and two screw-eyes per boom. Install gooseneck to suit sail by drilling and bolting through main boom, then varnish. Install jib boom onto jib fitting; supply as per gooseneck. Place mast on deck and install rigging and sails. Provide a temporary line from the top of the mast to bow. Use the centre hold in the mast step and, mast must line up with the fin. Provide approximately 14in. to 2in. rake CLEAT FOR JIBB LUFF _-(CAN BE LOCATED HIGHER) — + — 11/16. GOOSENECK a 45" tL (9%. herd ALUMINIUM / MAIN BOOM | TEE SECTION FROM ALUM WWFF DOWNHAUL EYE seen MAST ARRANGEMENT MOULDING END OF JIB & MAIN BOOM DETAILS 581 on the mast (leaning back). Shroud wire used is plastic coated stainless steel stranded wire approximately 20 gauge. However, bare wire is quite acceptable, The bottom of the shrouds are soldered into brass threaded couplers; however hooks fabricated from 16 to 18 gauge stainless steel wire would suffice. If you use the brass couplers, the plastic must be removed before soldering. The wire should be folded, the coupler partially filled with solder and then push the folded wire into the molten solder in the coupler. This is the only soldered joint that has not given way so far on my boats. The shrouds are now fastened to the chain plates (watch that hole placings agree with mast), and a small brass tube is pushed over the shroud. The top of the shroud is pushed through the hole of correct tang and then back through brass tube. Squeeze tubes and trim wires after mast has been properly piesa It is very important to have mast aligned with the fin. Install Dacron back-stay by tying top end to mast head fitting and installing a loop with bowsie on the lower end. Install a hook in the loop and the lower end of the backstay can then be hooked into the tang at the stern of the boat. Install the exit guide under the screw-eyes on both booms, and make sure that the exit guides are placed on the centreline of the boat. The exit guides can be purchased or made from plastic and shaped as bushes, projecting upward an inch or so above deck and drilled through to accept the sheets. Hatch covers are a difficult item to make, as the purpose is to provide access to the winch and radio gear, and to keep the inside of the boat dry. The method used may sound strange; however, the hatch cover does keep the inside of the boat dry and provide sufficient room for access to the internal gear, and is quite flat, therefore keeping windage to a minimum. The inside of the hatch opening is lined with -4in. thick plywood and protrudes frin. above the deck level. A spruce frame is made up inside the opening of jin. x fin. spruce. A }yin. thick plywood sheet is glued to the frame and overhangs by approximately jin. Another 4in. x in. thick spruce frame is made up on the deck, outside of the +in. plywood liner, and covered with white glue. The partially completed cover is then pushed into the opening and the outside frame will attach to the cover. Pull the cover off and wipe glue away and fit cover back in again. The +;in. plywood hatch cover can then be trimmed. All the hatch Figures 9 and 10 opposite refer to last month’s part two. Heading pictures show mast step, main boom arrangement and general deck layout. The jib fitting can be fabricated as per the photograph, or a commercial unit used. Chapter 8 in Model Racing Yacht Construction, by R. Griffin, is also very useful. Different widths and colours are available from good stationery stores or hobby shops. Hatches should be finished with coloured resin, paint, or varnish and can be decorated with stripes as well. Sails Sails can be either purchased or home made. The following information is required by the sail maker: (a) Copy of Sail Plan as shown on drawing. (b) Colour of sail cloth. (c) Hooks on main sail for wire luff or bolt rope for captivated luff. (d) Class boat, Marblehead in our case. (e) Sail number in case the sail maker is willing to put on the numbers. Sails can be purchased from several sail makers, two in the UK being W. Jones, 57 Forest Road, Birkenhead, or Nylet Limited, 118 Station Road, Fordingbridge, Hants. The AMYA Newsletter is a good guide for sail makers across the water. Home made sails may not have the professional look. However, they can be just as good as any sails from sail makers. The method of making sails is fully described in Model Boats of August, 1976, and in Model Racing Yacht Construction. (To be continued) Sa cover parts must fit not too tight and not too loose. The top and bottom of the cover is painted, the bottom only ITS 4 Lo / x II Ins
