The Model Craftsman: Volume 7, Issue 6 – November 1938

News of Clubs By C. O. Brook WE in a recent issue | stepped on the friends, and toes of some of my having been asked to apologize, naturally I wish to convince my friends that I am a gen- tleman, even though I giggle in the process. My apology, skippers and officials. I was interested in watching the boats sail and didn’t see your toes—sorry! And in the same interim I received a round dozen of letters from other interested skippers who got a real joyful laugh from it! After all, everything is a matter of Opinion. What one sees as bad, an- other finds good in; and were it not for this difference in opinion there would be but one design ever built, (and that would be mine) and what a dull race would be sailed. All boats would come in on a tie, and nobody would win. Come on skippers, learn to take it on the chin. You rarely hear me weep when you hand it to me. I repeat here a line to one of my hardest hitters—that life to me is a barrel of fun, and even though the barrel leaks and bulges, I try to be funny about it. I pity poor Satan when J arrive . . . every time he hands! me a coal scoop I’ll be laughing so hard he’ll have to do his own coal heaving. Smile and the world smiles too, even though a mite sickly. Two Philadelphia Clubs all crackerjacks. Many of them are old timers in the game. They have seven A class and twelve of the M class models in commission. They promise to dish out the toughest kind of competition to all comers and from the list of names enclosed on their club Roster they should be able to do much to make any contest interesting to say the least. Write to Al Link, 2444 E. Gordon St., Philadelphia, Pa. A real exciting letter comes to me from Bob Hale, a press reporter who is a member of the Baltimore M. Y. C. Bob is a diminutive chap, standing about five feet tall, but what a dynamo of speed and energy with the power of a battering ram! This scribe thought Bob had forgotten model yachting very with attractive the acquisition young bride, of but a we find he was only laying his “shots” on a definite line of action—striving for a real pond to sail on instead of “Washwater Lake.” 30” deep and is at the junction of two important highways. The lake will run north and south to take advantage of the prevailing summer we visited the Just a few Irvington, M. Y. C. and had the surprise of our lives. They have three clubs in one—the juniors, the ladies, and the adults—and they have 150 M class models, all sailing. Their Sunday racing means an entry of fifty or more models. But here is the news—this pond has lain idle for many years and was an eyesore to both public and officials. The Irvington Post of the American Legion hit on the idea of a model yacht club as one of their projects. Result: gift from the county of a beautiful brick club house and the lake. Work started immediately, removing trees and extending pond to a full 800 feet. the Anderson-Heisler Races They have a rabid bunch of skip- pers. A six-year old girl, a real bun- dle of sweetness, takes the championship in the junior class and easily outsails her dad. Two girls, Anna and Jean Denby, sailed at the Anderson- Heisler Cup races in a forty-mile gale winds, and will be built of concrete at sea and absolutely refused the help and his associates waited for a crucial craft got away from them and headed throughout. Bob was wise in that he time and then gathered the various newspaper members of staffs and county and city officials to help them stage an event. They secured 110 entries for the regatta, which lasted all day, and fortunately, through the right kind of publicity there were more as my informant, Al Link fairly shouts, they have thirteen skippers, created the impression the Baltimore boys were after. Naturally, with such a turnout, the press and the of- 30 means is the end of it. days ago On Septem- ber 7th, 1938, work starts on a new pond, 800 by 200 feet with no trees or wind obstructions about. It will be We see there are now two clubs at Philadelphia. . The Adelphia M. Y. C. has recently organized and ficials were able to “see the light” and the need for a good pond, so within a fortnight work was started. That is real news, and yet by no than 4,000 spectators, which of the power-boat crew when their for the sea. They rowed in “baitbox” skiffs until they caught their models and brought them in unaided. Another member at this same event, a ten-year old boy also refused help even when he was capsized and washed overboard. He swam in to shore, a good quarter mile. They are real skippers in this club and they do start them young. With the American Legion taking an interest the sport THe Moper CrarrsMaANn – has a better chance of going places . Another member of this club, a victim of paralysis, races in every event , pond or skiff, and I’ll tell the worl d he is tough “bacon” for any skipper. And the Anderson-Heisler Cup is still retained by an Anderson . This Anderson family have the darnd est knack of slipping into the lead I ever saw! Saturday opened with a flat calm that this scribe tried to sail in and had to tow the craft back. The races were scheduled for 9 A.M.; at 11 A.M. we saw a ripple several miles to east’- ‘ard. From a flat calm it was snapping along with a ten-knot breeze within fifteen minutes. Races were gotten under way and the wind continued to pile up. The course was a three- legged trek for a difficult beat dead to wind’rd, a fast reach and a tricky run. Going got tough as the wind Piped up to twenty-five miles by 3 P.M. Weather Was Heavy Frank Donnebacker of the Prospect Park M. Y. C. was O. O. D. And here we found an officer who went places. Instructions were clear, quick, and to the point, as one can imagine considering that with thirty-three en- tries on a course of nearly a mile in a near-gale the first day, and a forty- mile wind the second day, he was able to run off four complete rounds by noon of Sunday. He had purchased eight stop-watches so that each skip- per was timed (or clocked) on a dif- ferent watch. Things piped along, models were battered and skippers were more than battered. This scribe had his yacht fastened together with twenty-five yards of adhes ive tape. Skippers just lay on their oars after each race and fairly staggered from the skiffs. The Red Bank M. Y. C., who spon- sored the event, had hot coffee and sandwiches going all of the two days. Overhead the sky was as smili ngly serene as a baby’s pudgy face, boy, what she laid down for us! but Represented were the Lynn, Red Bank, Staten Island, Warinanco, Irvington, Deeper Hudson, South Jer- sey, and the Jersey City clubs. No skipper there but gave a fine accou nt of himself—or herself. Right to the last it looked as though Joe Brush of the Warinanco M. Y. C. woul d take the cup. He was tops with a perfect score right to the final race. In that final there were Joe Patey , Soren Pederson, and Frank Williams of Lynn; three boats, all their entrie s, in the finals. Andy Anderson and Tommy Morrison of Red Bank , Joe This group of six-meter yachts raced in the Canadian National Exhibition regatta Weaver of Central Park, Joe Brush of Warinanco, and Al Kolb of Staten Island. In the final race, there Each of a few workers in each club. No club is so fortunate as to have all workers—a few always do the work. Had a cheery visit with John Black, these, incidentally were the only two started for a quiet stroll through the were two fouls in two starts. time Brush was well in the lead, and resails of the entire event. On the third start, with a ripping wind, Anderson was able to nose out the rest of the entries for an easy win. This left Brush, Morrison and Pederson with a tie, one point under Andy. In the necessary sail-off between the tie-men, Morrison placed next to Andy, Brush followed, with Pederson next. Then came Patey, Al Joe Weaver and Williams. Kolb, ‘The first five to cross the line were over with- in the unbelievably short time of thirteen seconds between the first and “fifth boat. The following three were Over within sixty seconds later. It was a grueling contest and a marke dly successful event, were enough not especially as officials to there select from, and several of the skippers had to “take a turn at the wheel” during their time out from sailing. On the recently of Scottish invasion. John woods one sunny morning and landed in Scotland—wonder where he would go if he really decided to take a trip? Probably on the moon! John is all for the 6-meters and promises this country an International Race for °39, Well, we certainly need it, and Bos- ton should not be let down this time. In earnest, I must get after my prom- ised six-meter model. Oh woe is me! Thirty-nine models in ten years, and still I’m not done! The poor-house doors are open wide—and some day I’ll land inside. But it’s fun—so what? And Farley, our National Secretary, stopped by, as did Bill Bithell and Harry Richardson. We’ve had lots of out-of- town company in the last few weeks —no wonder I see only the bright side of the sport—even when I step on official toes: and that’s that, ‘till down-wind leg of the course, each model was under water more than next issue. nothing but the sails showed on the crests of the waves, and in the troughs even the sails were partl y hidden. It was next to impossible to really handle the skiffs or the model s, The following is a brief report of the Junior and Senior Day Regattas held at the Canadian National Exhibition this year under the sanction Canadian Association it was afloat—for as much as ten feet but somehow we did. Only four of the thirty-three entries short ened sail. The rest took it as a real tilt and a whale of a lot of fun. All about us we see signs of the sport leaping ahead, and serio usly, we hope you clubs who have lost interest and are lagging behind a little wil] perk up your ears and make some: thing of the sport in your community. We could list dozens of clubs all over the country who have succeeded only by dint of hard labor on the part of the Canadian Model Yacht Rac- ing Association. Junior Regatta, Monday, August 19th: The juniors, under eighteen years of age, were favored with ideal weather for sailing on the C. N. E. course, open water from skiffs, breezes up to about five knots being the order of the day. There was a total entry list of thirty-seven different model yachts in the three recognised classes, namely the 36” unrestricted, 50/800 Marblehead, and open class (handicap). November, 1938 31 run off in good time. In the final Joe Wright, sailing Britannia, finnished first, Don .Fergusson’s Zip was second and Lloyd Hilfman third with Ditto. The first two are mem- bers of the Lagoon Model Yacht club and the other is a member of the Mimico N. Y. C. For the first time the junior event was honored by an entry from Detroit, U. S. A. when Angus McLaughlan of the Cadillac N. Y. C. sailed his Jean. He finished first in the first heat but became blanketed under the breakwater in the final and did not place. We hope he will come back next year and bring some of his pals with him. The Marblehead class has grown this year to 11 entries and the results of the three preliminary heats ‘and a final were: First, Don Griffin ‘sailing Flash, a brand new boat only in the water for the first time the day before the race. Second was Peter Pangman’s Emerald, and third B. Austin’s Comet. ‘The open class of thirteen entries still continues to be of interest in spite of the impossibility of producing fair results to all by any means of handi‘capping known to the writer. Does anyone know of any successfully tried and proven formula for the handi‘capping of models ranging from a L. W. L. of 16” and sail area of 300 sq. in. toa L. W. L. of 48” and – sail area of 1700 sq. in.? I would greatly appreciate any suggestions which anyone may care to offer. The out-of-town members of the C.M. Y.R.A. in the personages of Mr. Jack Marr of Guelph, Ontario, and Mr. Frank Young of Elora, Ontario. They are both very enthusiastic chaps and have fine Marblehead ‘models. Unaccustomed to open- water sailing, they were handicapped to start with and did not place but promised to be back next year. The next event was the Marblehead race for the Cayley Trophy open to members of the C.M.Y.R.A. only. Each entrant in this race is requested to pay an entry fee of 10c, the pur- pose of such fund being to help to pay the transportation charges of any model which may be sent from a great distance to compete. So far it has not been necessary to use this but if any yachtsman next year wishes to send his model from a greater distance than 300 miles the association will be glad to help defray the transportation if necessary. The Cayley trophy is for the Dominion Championship in the Marblehead class. Three preliminaries and a final resulted in your humble scribe being fortunate in crossing the finish line first with “Mae” (C. O. Brook please note that a scribe actually did win a cup!!). I was closely pursued all the way by an enthusiastic newcomer to Toronto in the person of Mr. Lovel Lowman who sailed his Sally II in fine style. The total dis- tance was half a mile in the final heat and the wind was a good ten knots. Eleanor, ably sailed by a junior, Roy By the time the next event, the International A class was under way, the wind was blowing a good fifteen knots or more, making the going pretty strenuous as most of the models were over-canvassed due to the fact that none had second suits as we do not usually sail in weather necessitating less than full canvas. There were twelve entries altogether run in three preliminaries and a final. Tom Honey finished frst, sailing Sunrise, Maurice Fiegehen second with Stuckley, and. yours truly third with Ventura III. All winners were members of the model yacht section of the T.S.M.E. Torn, by the way, designs (largely by rule of thumb ‘tis said) builds, and sails his own models and all the more credit is due him for winning the race. two are members of the model yacht The open class, handicap, was next and it was blowing harder than ever and starting to rain. However two racing committee were assisted this year by suggestions from Bill Gooderham based on his knowledge of the performance of five of the models of his gang from the Lagoon Model Yacht Club, Toronto, which is really @ group of lads whose parents members of the Royal Yacht Club in that city. are Canadian The six-meter event was followed by three preliminary heats of the open Marblehead class. Each heat had six competitors and the first two to finish qualified for the finals. Time out for lunch was called before the final heat. Archie Arroll finished first with his Thistle. margin over the He had a good second model, Jones. A close third was Zephyr sailed by Alex Taylor. The latter 32 abroad, Commodore Bill Jones and — i his son Roy handled the schooner Belle well under the heavy going. — ee (It’s a good thing they took the top- sails off her.) John Rutherford’s en- try, Live Canadian II, sailed by Bud- ” dy Austin, finished second and Bob Black third with his Arrow II: _ Due to the rain and high winds ow TTA finish qualified for the final, were model engineers. The regatta this year was attended for the first time by two preliminaries and a final. resulted in Sam King’s (late of Scotland) schooner finishing first. As Sam was not back in Toronto from his trip it was decided to cancel the Ladies’ event in which there were six entries 7 and all hands retired to wash up at = five P. M. The C.N.E. very gener- ~ ously provided an excellent room and = dinner at no cost to the competitors ‘3 + tries each in which the first two to section of the Toronto society of and their mates. About sixty pare — took of the fare after which visitors | were introduced, prizes announced, ae The officer of the day, Vernon Osborne of Oshawa, started the 36” class at 10 A.M. in a light breeze. Three preliminary heats of four en- = shields displayed but not presented as 7 they had to be engraved, etc. President Bill Cayley has asked me a Wh from to remind our members that there | will be an annual association likely in anyone with any mind should drop a retary, Mr. John meeting of November matter on note to the T. the ~ and his sec- sce! ject Harris, 906 onto, in order to Manning Ave., Tor in the agenda. kno have it included I hear through John Harris that = the Vancouver gang have had races : i on Harrison Lake with the result | that A. Watson with his Quest won ~ the Harrison Hotel trophy for “A” Mr. Clark “a with his Zerifa won the Marblehead event. Stiff breezes were on hand rep ar fro: rial rea) class, outright by winning it for the third time in succession. mo! = che diff met Cr that day. or | On August seventh the four clubs, Vancouver and Maple Leaf of Van- you couver and Bellingham as well as Seattle clubs had a tournament in Seattle with the result that the Bel< | lingham club won the Class-A event | while Mr. Clark of the Vancouver — M.Y.C. won the 50/800 class. = Under the sanction of the C.M.Y. ¥ R.A. the Vancouver M.Y.C. are 3 x. having the first six-meter national championships in Canada on three days; October first, eighth, and ninth ~ | providing there are no out-of-town competitors present. If anyone is present from a distant point the racing will be confined to the eighth and ninth only. All racing is of the openwater type and we wish them the best of luck and help from the weather in carrying out their programme. Be sure and let us know how they go off. 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LOAD) final result MODEL YACHTING cars. 1. 2. after cleven boards was 34 points and Wellington 32 points and you couldn’t have it much closer than that! The hosts very kindly gave the visitors a four-course meal at the con’ interested. clusion of the day’s sailing and then presented Commodore Bill Jones of the T.S.M.E. with an innovation in Would be glad to hear further from Mr. Geo. E. Goodee, 1500 Valour Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba. solid walnut trophy with suitable engraving on it. (We believe the excel active but are definitely At the invitation of the Wellington Model formed by Yacht Club, Messrs. Frank recently and Bob Youhg of Elora, Ontario, and Jack Marr of Guelph, Ontario, six members of the Toronto Society of Model Engineers motored seventy miles on Saturday afternoon last, September 24th, and had for some of us, a first experience of pond sailing when six Marbleheads were in competition all afternoon on the Model Yacht Pond at the Ontario Reformatory the way of prizes, namely a beautiful lence of the walnut is due to the fact that some of our hosts are in the furniture business in the district). Anyway, the Toronto gang are already making plans as to when they can return the visit or have the Welling: ton crowd come to see us. (The name Wellington is derived from the name of the county in which hoth Guelph and Elora are situated). The Wellington M.Y.C. is planning to afhliate with the C.M.Y.R.A. near When writing to advertisers please —by Wm. F. mention Monet. Choat. CrarrsMan lierre