Windling World: April 2005

eo a APRIL 2005 CD ak i , gry ci SPS SH Master Painter of the Sea , Rozinante Dutch Barges Broads River Cruiser “ Fife’s Cicely Truelight the Galway Hooker A windle past the willows at Ilfracombe A windler for a day, a ‘sailor’ for whatever time each of us may have left .. . are now retired, model sailboats present a wonderful out- simply messing about in boats ! With reluctance | have to say, that unless we obtain more subscribers urgently, Windling World Even if like many of us, we have virtually done our dash and As Ratty said in The wind in the willows, there is nothing quite like ‘It matters not wha or lake and relax while letting the boyhood imagination lurking inside of us to run riot. Armed with the simplest of model sailboats, built, bought or made for us by friends who may have taken pity on our inaptitude to even “glue things straight,’ we can become sailors by virtue of a simple windle even with the roughest of models. Not a week passes without one or two persons arriving, and then deep in thought, quietly eyeing the boats of our Ancient Mariners as they ply the waters of our sailing puddle. December . The next issue (August) will Sails, complete ten years of apOW, let for the rekindling of some of the days of our faded youth, and the opportunity with little effort to head for the pond will cease after pearance. Postage is horrific, the strength of the NZ dollar diminishes any gain on other currencies so necessary to cope with the cost of mailing flat copies to overseas nation readers. Within you can see my South Carolina friend, Andrew Charters’ beautiful new Fife schooner Cicely, a pre-completion photo of which appeared in the last issue. You can also see three of Hans Staal’s barge creations. He, lives in the Nether- lands and is a top modeller of sailing boats, also a highly accomplished photographer. And what about another grand boat from John Stubbs of Auckland, a planked hull model of the famous Herreshoff canoe yawl Rozinante on page 9. The famous Round Pond in London A lady in West- has a tremendous history as a venue ern Australia new to model for model yacht sailing, and has provided me with wonderful memories there yachting, wrote to me and describes windling as being fiendishly addictive | Does that mean here’s we who windle are fiends ? of many my visits. Young old and sailed and Please ! have just one youngster setting sail in years gone by, See page 18. Paul and Nicola Ebdy of Bristol in the UK have a passion for sailing on the Norfolk Broads. They have pro- duced River Lady, a model of a typical Broads cruising yacht the prototype seen within. Left—a nice photograph of an equally nice model-from our don’t know who, what or where department. (Ask Abe/—Ed) “I’m unable ” (says Abel). Charles Vickery (1913-1998) painted magnificent pictures of square-riggers in particular, and thanks to The Clipper Ship Gallery in La Grange, Illinois in the US, | am able to show readers two of Vickery’s nautical works of art. The Story is on page 7. www.charlesvickery.com/gallery/ In nostalgic mood, Rick Mayes in Queensland, Australia recalls an early model he built, and he has produced a nice ‘oldie’ photograph. This month’s cover is the realisation of a long held idea. A mate, John Butterwith in Devon, UK kindly acquired the excellent salty fisherman figure for me, and | hope the result will bring a smile or two. Model sailboating is fun, and it’s good to see the lighter and funny “Ha Ha’ side now and again. Who’s for a pint at The Old Schooner then ? | enjoy periodically visiting Craig O’Donnell’s website—(and he has many sites) which cover a_ wide range matter. of subject Craig who built and sails this Batwing canoe, lists his occupations as Prof of Boatology, Junkomologist, Macintosh kinda guy, Friend of Wanda the Cat. The subjects he deals with within his websites cover seemingly everything ‘boaty’ imaginable. or try (the latter should be up and running now) (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 3) A. Survival. To try and help WW sur- wonderful item—has to ability drive year, we need more subscribers and no drop-off in existing ones. We will The Motorway users down famous vive beyond the December issue this : only just make it this year, to Insanity that road put more personal funding in. far faster than a Ferrari ever will !WHEEE / Aucklander Dave Moore built a nice two foot long yacht destined for a youngster in the Cook Islands. What Shark-thrash ! Back in July O4 the “shark war’ started with the sacking by Allinghi of Russell the ‘collaboration’ of Ernesto Ber- tarelli and Larry oe Elli s om : sharks and some- one will get bitten ! Ain’t the Amer- ica’s Cup a ‘sporting’ real event humdinger of a ? do you call a 2’ long Footy ? Why, a ‘twofooty’ of course. Coutts, and Well…swim with Anyway, that shark fin (above) is an RC one made by David Semper for the BBC and is News also (on page 20), of the establishment of Bayside Model Yacht Club, members of which are resi- dents of a retirement village in the Bonnells Bay area of New South Wales, Australia. All Senior Citizens they own, sail and race _fibreglasshulled Footy yachts built by one of them, Jim Myers. It’s catching, this windling ! used here courtesy of him and Marine Modelling International in which a story on it appeared. Among a host of other offerings within, including the ‘regulars’ is a look at the restored Galway hooker 7ruelight (above), again plying Ireland’s Connemara coastline waters. And you thought hookers only stood on red light area street corners ! and | don’t really want to have to again Mark Steele Publisher/Editor Now and again it seems only built plastic kits of to me like only yesterday, boats and aircraft when | was about ten. | remember well, I’d just set the that | (then the young man at right in the photo above) shared a world of delight as | sailed a boat called 7/ki in an open sea pool at the bayside suburb of Wynnum in Bris- bane, Australia. It was the early 1960’s and moved by a television programme Adven- tures in Paradise which starred Gardiner McKay and his schooner 7/ki, | built a sailing model of the boat out of balsa, | felt that | had done a good job, considering that | had sails and the rudder and let go of the model. However, | had always been interested in squareriggers and this led to my converting Tiki into one. 22 sails and again ‘just set the rudder and let her go !’ She was 3’ in length with a tin keel and 8 lbs of lead. A mate of mine had a 2-masted schooner which | also built, and we (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 5) used to sail them together. Those were the days when model making was simple and easy, not like today with advanced technology of radio control, winches and servos. . ..and headaches ! 7/ki is seen below in her schooner guise. This model of the whaling barque Lagoda, built at half the scale and 89’ long, is said to be the largest model in the world. It is displayed in the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, USA. (An idea for the living room 2? -Editor) | remember deciding at that age, one day | would build a fully working model of a square-rigger and it is finally coming to fruition with my model of Sea Cloud. Hopefully another 12 to 18 months and that model will be completed, and then sail as beautifully as the real Sea Cloud still sailing today as a cruise vessel. (Richard (WINDLING WORLD Thrice yearly non-profit specialist magazine available on subscription only. Publisher/Editor Mark Steele ‘Keepers of the spirit of windling’ Mayes models have fea- tured in many issues of WW. The models he has produced, and Richard himself are assets to both the art of ship modelling and the hobby of sailing model boats. Editor) Ken Impey, Tony Searle, Barry Gibson, Stuart Broome, Andrew Charters, Mark Steele. Editorial address: 42 Trinidad Road, Forrest Hill Auckland, New Zealand. Phone/Fax 64 O9 410 4402 e Email windlingworld@xtra.co.nz oO An ability to paint the infinite moods of water the American Academy of Fine Art but often credited Lake Michigan as The Great Race The late Charles Vickery 1998) was an American (1913- ist who awed viewers with his incredible skills displayed in his dramatic paintings, and charmed all those who knew him with the humble demeanor. being his “greatest instructor’. marine art- Having discovered the works of Winslow Homer, Montague Dawson and Frederick Waugh, he became captivated by their work and was determined to learn their techniques, and study their use of colour. dis- played throughout his life. Vickery loved sketching at the Chicago lakefront and other venues Born in Illinois in 1913 he displayed along America’s Eastern Seabord, and to him “going to the source’ was important, for he believed that to talent at an early age, later studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 7) capture the elusive essence of the sea was not something you could do by looking at photographs. and encouraging other artists to develop their talents. He also loved clipper ships and other craft as subjects, the moods of the day and of course, the sea. Old Fvansides There were some very lean years for him when he opened his first art studio in Western Springs, Illinois in 1937, his work selling for as little as five dollars, but his persistence and painstaking efforts were noticed by a respected art critic, Dr Eleanor Jewitt who discovered his ability, referring to him as *a bright Winslow Homer’. He certainly accomplished the goals he set out to achieve and he left an indelible mark on the art world. The Clipper Ship Gallery, 10 W Harris Avenue, La Grange in Illinois Has specialised exclusively in Vickery’s work for more than 20 years. What started as a close friendship with the artist has grown into Similar praise followed and in time he was regarded as one of the finest seascape artists of the time. the publication of nearly 100 fine art limited edition prints of his work. He never sought fame or cared about being a celebrity, gaining pleasure only from pleasing those In the wake of Don Cuivate dela Manchas mule… L. Francis Herreshoff was born in 1890 and in 1956 designed a slim 28’ canoe yawl he called Rozinante, the name given to Don Quixote’s The frames of the model are matai 1/8th of an inch thick, the planking was done in kauri 1/8th of an inch mule thick by Miguek De Cervantes Saavedra who wrote the famous classic. Herreshoff’s design turned out to be the perfect day sailer and overnighter, docile, comfortable and fast. John Stubbs of Auckland’s Ancient Mariners windling group, in October completed and launched his own RC model of the famous doubleender christened Sammy after a granddaughter. This hull has been both beautifully planked and immaculately varnished and looks almost too good to sail, let alone to ever make contact with the concrete sides of the pond |! and 1/4” wide, the deck planked with an Australian hardwood, the name unknown, again 1/8th” thick 1/4” wide. A fullsize in the USA just one of many… Many fullsize Rozinante’s have been built, among them G/OA launched in 1970 and now owned by David Forsman. A bit more information on this boat which can be seen more clearly by pressing the ‘thumbnail’ at left (only joking /) and then quickly turning the page. (Continued from previous page) What John’s boat) glued, is worthy of mention is that canoe yawl model (the entire has been tree-nailed and a painstaking process some may feel, but ‘proper like’ in the eyes of the builder. The coamings and cockpit floor are matai, the cabin top kauri planked, the masts and booms made of kauri with internal tracks. The scale of the model is 1.5” to the foot, resulting in a boat 42” long (or 1.067m) The keel is a solid piece of matai. The all up weight of the model is 17 Ibs. Sails are polyester. CJOA while retaining the same design was however lengthened from John’s Sammy looks good beside his ketch /Jaunty featured in a previous issue of WW (see photo above). They are pretty close in size, both have varnished hulls, and both are well made good performers. the original 28’ by 9” and fitted with an auxiliary motor. | asked David about the name which he told me is Norwegian now and according deceased owner, the nounciation woman’s original correct is Ura name pro- a meaning ~Beauty’. Full Moon: Italian sailors believed that tempestuous weather could be calmed if some of the crew bared their bottoms to the storm (Borrowed from Latitudes & Attitudes magazine) 10 to the Heard A very good read on the Alone by Rebecca Wireless Goodnight Irene. It was sad to hear that the lovely old West Country ketch, /rene had caught fire and sunk in Saint Martin in the Caribbean. Pleasing news that had indeed, Hayter. of Oceans The story Kiwi Chris Sayer’s Mini Transat ing solo sail- adventures. His struggles to get funding, his battles with French sailing authorities, and his superb achievements against the odds, well told. however, Cuba Stuff. It is a puzzle to ascertain her” owner arranged the extent of yachting activity taking for her to be raised and towed all the way back to a creek in the UK where she is already undergoing a second restoration. /rene was built place at the Hemingway International Yacht Club in Cuba, where | am led to believe yachting “stuff? some model happens | tell you what, twice if not three times a year. | get a beautifully worded email greeting message from the club Commodore, Jose Miguel Diaz Es- 94 years ago. Blossom in waiting. meanwhile, still hankers to get his old Caribbean The editor crich, expressing “the friendly rela- style trader, B/os- tions and feelings of brotherhood that unite (them) to the worldwide International boating community, and that iden- som (of Bequia) tify all men that love the sea !’ up and running again. She had substantially Drink up. In New Orleans there is a Mardi Gras cocktail sunk Aucktwo and a called a Hurricane. One sand- land half years front (for /van), bore the words upon in ago taking in water through her keel join. bagged and boarded up store“We don’t run from hurricanes – we drink them ! a Built by the late Warren Hastings, ‘bake her (pic at right) taken some years ago in better times. “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid, than to open it and remove all doubt’ Mark Twain Slipping anchor in Auckland, ae cls i Nice to note in Marine Modelling International, the Guildford 3 Model OOee ies year. was David Yacht Club in the UK holding an Burdette, a Smeed Starlet and Footy sailor and a WW reader aged 74. “A fine, gentle human being—Ed “. Passing on in October also was another reader, Bevin Stewart aged 76 of Auckland. event for RC pre-1990 Marble- heads, of which there must be doz- ens in New Zealand alone lying discarded and covered in chicken crap and cobwebs in garages, basements and attics. Some of those were very pretty boats as | remember. Adrian : Brewer plans include this LOA 48” Attention to detail maketh the model, a good example being Andreas Gondesen’s Zeven Provin- gaff ciene model above. cutter. You : : can Mad ducks and wislllin winds ! y view his of- Interesting names of model yacht clubs abound in the _ ferings on followthe USA. Within the AMYA website are, the Afad Duck Yacht Club in Monterey, California, and the Wis//lin Winds RC Yacht Club in Mlinois. Were they close to each other, I’d have to wonder whether it was the wislllin winds that sent the ducks mad ?. ing website. 12 of Andrew Charters in South Carolina have watched this lovely model against fast yachts of the period in- schooner being created (by way of email photos from Andrew) virtually | from day one, a building period of cluding Nordwest and the much acclaimed Clara. Cicely was 114 feet long with a bow of the modern time amounting to 375 hours within order of clipper bows, a long and seven months. graceful counter and with plenty of freeboard. The model built at a scale of 18/1 is of a boat that Andrew Charters has She underwent a name change to Lamorna and in 1950 was driven ashore and wrecked on the south long admired. The subject is Cicely designed by William Fife and built at Fairlie in Scotland in 1902 for a coast of England sailing under a cut Mr Cecil Quentin. down rig, starting a world cruise Originally Writing of these big types built as a fast cruising yacht, it was not long before Quen- of yacht, a Mr Morgan wrote: ‘They are in effect the ultimate gentleman’s con- tin fell to the lure of racing her, and his boat excelled in strong winds particularly when close-hauled. She veyance—costly, went useless’, on to win countless gerous, races 13 impractical, dan- magnificent and gloriously (Text continued page 15) wae oi : 5 ie pi Vis Cicely (Celt) versus Calaenbia (right) 14 (Continued trom page 13) The writer went on to say: “Thank heaven Mr Fife had the genius to design them.” William Fife (1857-1944) became known as the premier designer of classic wooden yachts whose clients included Royalty and the wealthy. He designed Shamrock for Sir Thomas Lipton. His boats remain highly prized, many’ still found today sailing from the wealthy resorts of the Cote d’Azur. Page was taken at a maritime festival held on the Charleston waterfront in July last year. Photograph shows the builder taking a break beside the new boat. Another of his schooners, this Andrew Charters who lives in Meggett, South Carolina just one adores schooners and now has five, all of which he built. bee, (See his issue). 2 ae ie He is a Fore- man for con- tractor and restores. old houses in now re- home as seen at left. Andrew started construction on a general fa- sides indoors at WW/April 2003 (his vourite) the Flizabeth — Sils- December 6th 2003 and was able to launch on June 6th 2004. The hull is of West ep- oxy with fibreglass deck is of old downtown matt, the hart pine, the mast and spars of pine that came out of a house built in 1768. The sails are 30z Polyester Charleston. His schooners are all in the six foot long area of size and include a Bluenose, as well as Puritan and Colum- Dacron, deckhouse and skylights of mahogany. The model carries 43 Ibs of ballast. An ab- bia. solute beauty ! The event shown on the previous 15 It is quite amazing the amount of places in by skippers who the world where you will find model sailing boat activity of one sort or another. Situated 575 miles Southeast of Miami, and covering 193 sq miles just the tillers and trim the sails.Daniel Forbes and Sara of the Middle Caicos Co-op Conch where out on Middle Caicos Island, a model sailboat fleet are quite an Bar are key and keen organisers of of the Atlantic ocean are the Turks and Caicos Islands, run alongside to both ad- the regattas staged by the Middle Caicos Sailing Association, whenever this energetic and active sport beloved by participants and spectators are held. attrac- tion. These boats are built from large branches of the ~gum—elemi’ tree, a softwood tree found in the area. Sloop and gaff-rigged, this type of model boat was a com- mon childhood and adults treasure, children involved in carving, building and racing their sailboats which are sailed in shallow waters, 16 Each sloop has_ its weatherboard in order to stabilize it in the ocean water, and shrouds can be tightened, sails hoisted and furled as needed. No radio control here, but yet another type of model sailboat to delight young and old alike and a simple form of racing them with little expense… Jig =<.) boats. Paul researches new prod- Paul and Nicola Ebdy of Bristol in Britain are avid visitors to the lovely waters of Norfolk the ucts Broads. Studiers of the boats that sail in that area, they have been spired to are boats The available as_ kits but can be sup- in- move into model boat have con- business. plied construction, and and structs the initial moulding, Nicola carries out the GRP moulding and_ fittings process and generally runs the either fully pro- duced the first in a planned series of models which could well find a following of others who themselves sail and/or visit the area. completed or built to any stage. to Write them, (MYD 16 BelRiver Lady (and clinker dinghy Coot) have been derived from real proto- vedere Road, Redland, BS6 Bristol type designs by Andrew N Wolstenholme, the real River Lady| am told being quite a well known Broads 30 footer. 7JQ, UK) or contact by email at info@modelyachtdesign.co.uk Model Yacht Design is the name of the Ebdy’s operation and with opti- scale, and from photos mism that appears to have The yacht is built at 1/8th shown is quite attractive. not available from Hobby shops. no bounds, they have plans to produce a range of other well known sailing i” Mark Steele I still call it ‘George’s Water’, the Round Pond _ in don, because it was where | Society in 1845 was the the ‘voyages’ of his home built tea clipper he called on the Round Pond for almost 100 in London up with George Phillpot and act as “gofer’ for several and first London Model Yacht Club was established. That club ceased in the 1850's and in 1876 the present MYSA was formed and started sailing at Round Pond. The London Model Yacht Club was established in 1884, and after sailing used to meet on Sailing formed, Kensington Gardens in Lon- See Four years later the Serpen- tine Thermopylae visits of mine to Britain. He would always be there at a certain “launching’ spot, giv- ing me a welcome wave with his stick when he saw me approaching. He was the spirit of the pond and well known among the regulars. From the excellent website of The Model Yacht Sailing Association, years, the two clubs amalgamated in | 1972. In 2001 the club celebrated have learned that model yachting in its 125 years jubilee. The historic photograph above dates the Royal Parks reaches back to 1827 at which time boats were sailing on the reservoir in Green Park, and in 1834 the pond was altered and surrounded by railings where- back to around 1896 and is used upon the model yachtsmen moved MYSA. courtesy of the to the Serpentine in Hyde Park. (continued on next page) 18 Today visitors will find the Round Pond quite extensively used, in particular on the weekends, many of which have organised club racing of Ten Raters and Classic Vintage events, and there is always a range of scale sailing models, and some launches and other powered vessels to be seen. A place to sail For me, the Round Pond is perhaps the most enjoyable place in ones models in a delightful atmosphere. Kensington Gardens is popular among walkers and others seeking the wide open spaces of grass on which to relax, particularly on the weekends on nice London. On a Winters day well huddled up for walking, when lovers hold hands and cuddle, on an Autumn’s day when the park is littered with fallen Winter victims in the form of leaves, and in the Summer when the park is at its most enticing and seductive best, when the boats are out and sailing, and the grass is dry for a bit of a loll when the mood takes you. Marblehead in the US _ has_ its Redds Pond, and even despite my own sailing puddle, Onepoto in Auckland, for me there’s something pretty damn special about the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London, where each time | visit | half expect to see someone sailing that looks at first glance just like my old friend days, and strollers around the pond find stopping and talking to model boat people enjoyable. George, one time ‘Admiral’ of the pond 4. and skipper of 7hermo- yahoe plyae. <—e Footy racing at Shingle Splitters Point chairs, and since they are unable to An unusual little model yacht club has been formed by these Senior participate in bowls, Jim decided to Citizen residents of Henry Kendall do Bayside Retirement Village at Bon- made nells Bay in New South Wales, Aus- Then PRESTO. . . The Bayside Model tralia. Yacht Club was formed. The Footy hand-crafted, fibreglass-hulled who race every Thursday also has a member, Margaret the for radio the group controlled and boats. Now 14 of the residents in the vil- boats are made by Jim Myers (seated extreme right) and the group lady something Charnock (left of photo). lage own Myers built boats, and they all go down in the village bus where handicap and scratch races are held off Shingle Splitters Point. Some residents come to watch and two ladies usually set up an afternoon tea for the sailors. Some of the group are not very mobile, with two requiring wheel- (An effort to be applauded—Ed) 20 Out “Bawley-ing’. Ray Dymond of Devon in the UK has also built a cruising ley, seen Baw- Claire, in pic at right (the white boat) astern of John Butterwith’s other Bawley Pamela featured in the August issue of WW. Not that she is sailed a great deal these days, but Aucklander Roy Lake’s three masted schooner Ama/fi // (below) he has recently done a bit of re-rigging on. The lovely schoo- ner spends more time on display at Modelworld on Auckland’s North Mit Chorn, of Minnesota, USA sails this attractively presented Kyosho Fairwind seen above. Amazing what a paint job and some added detail can do to enhance a model yacht. Shore where you'll find Roy several days each week. A fine visitor at- traction, the majority of the sailing Dennis boats (and some powered) you will Lake of Auckland (seen above) built this Billing kit which he see there have been built by Roy sails with RC steering only on light and are on loan to Mode/world. wind days at Marine Modellers, (Continued overlea) 21 (Continued from page 21) | wuz wrong and right re the model yacht on P 27 in the last issue. Seen below in this pic by John Butterwith, and the skipper is indeed /nside his Minuet Mini-yacht which is made in Bude, Cornwall in Britain to order. Rex Rouse of the Auckland, Zealand “Ancient Mariners’ New group built and sails this Two little Opti’s Europe.) tidy looking ketch (seen at right and below). It has a GRP (pic above taken by Hans Staal somewhere in The Optimist is popular all over the world, and even finds favour among RC modellers. The choice of hull and an electric model motor as well. subject is indeed unlimited. Chuck Wilson of Columbia, Missouri in the USA, sails his Tippecanoe T32 seen him (see pic below), The Tippecanoe story was in the Starlet Footy. A Footy-sized Starlet has been built in Auckland, Mariner’, by another “Ancient Bob Walters. The boat (top right) is seen as a move to get the “cruising style’ back into the NZ Footy scene. April 2004 Issue of WW some readers may recall. with 167ems LOA including bowsprit, with a beam of 46cems. The model weighs 20 kilos and is not easy to handle, but being so big and heavy, it can handle a lot of wind, The type was used for shell fishing at the North West coast of the Netherlands, Hans Staal lives in The Hague in the Netherlands where he is a Project six channel radio, with winches, mainsail, staysail, jib and for each leeboard, and of course a servo for the rudder, the model took Manager of a large flower auction. He is a member of The Hague Model Boat Club and for a hobby, builds and sails models. (From what | have heard from another Dutch Hans two and a half years to build, mostly from oak. The insides were ship modeller, Wim Moonen, Hans’ covered with a layer of epoxy in order to make it watertight. The real ship is still around and he has sailed aboard her several times. models are quite exceptional. The Dutch barge, a Wieranger Aak seen with him in above, is his latest model built at a scale of 1:10 and (Continued overleap 23 (Continued from page 23) The drawings for that model came from a book written by the late Jules The owner was very helpful and Hans well remembers taking a few van Beylen, the Conservator of the Belgian Maritime Museum. hundred photographs in order to get all the details. The club sailing pond in the Hague is about 2 kms from the sea, so there is always more than enough have wind, and his models detachable false keels in order to cope with the wind. For more than 40 years (he is now 49), he has built model sail- ing ships, and when he was six he was allowed to sail on a Grundel, a small Dutch barge with leeboards. From then onwards he retained a strong interest in barges and initially used to make them from A further model of his is the Hengst, (photo above)) also used for mussel fishing, this one made completely from oak. cardboard at a scale of 1:87, then after a few years started building them larger out of oak. The first model in which he installed RC was a model of a Hoogaars, the original boats used for fishing mussels. The model built in 1977 out of oak and balsa and a bit smaller at 98cms LOA. Seen at right she hauls a typical Dutch rowboat called a ‘Hollandseboot’. He still sails this model now and again, but being 27 years old, and built partly of balsa the model has to be handled with much care. The Hengst is scaled at 1:10 and is 15Ocms long including the bowsprit. This ship (seen again at right) only has a foredeck and being completely open in the middle, gave Hans the opportunity to put all the fishing other gear and into the stuff model. The sails are made of cotton, as are the sails of all his models. Hans is now building a model of a *Katwijkse Garnalen Schuit’ which was used for fishing shrimp. Katwijk is a small fishing village just north of The Hague that had no port, so the ves- sells had to sail onto the beach. Its hull will be 8Ocms long and the model is being clinker built out of oak. It will take him another year to complete. He is also the webmaster of a website for Stichting Behoud Hoogaars, a Society for the preservation of sailing fishing vessels from the South Western part of the Neth- erlands Websites for those on the Internet: Hans Staal Homepage: The Hague Model Boat Club Stichting behoud Hoogaars “Now truthfully dear, how much did the model cost ?” Martin Davis (married with 2 kids and building lots of model power boats) says (that) takes quite a bit of money, so what modellers need to know is that the price of a model boat is: 1 The price you actually paid 2 The price you tell your wife you paid 3 The price she gets you to admit you paid 4 The price you pay when she finds out what you really paid | Borrowed’ from Martin’s excellent website well worth a visit can travel halfway around the world while the truth is stl rigs ting on its shoes.” (Samucl Clemens alias Mark Twain) “4 . Photos by Emer Joyce. The Galway Hooker as most know, is a working sailing vessel of Ireland’s Galway Bay that was used mainly for transporting seaweed, turf and other materials The hooker 7rue Light sailed the West Coast of Ireland for in excess of 8O years, before being laid to rest with a broken back. There are also regattas for hookers In 2000 she was re-born and re- owners, dedicated towards keeping Truelight sailing and bringing pleas- launched as Jruelight, largely due the determination and work carried out on her in the hands of new own- ers, Emer Joyce, Donal Green and Padraig Folan. Now the famous boat Truelight sails daily between April and October, enabling visitors to enjoy the experience of hooker sailing, and the utterly unique sights of Connemara, the seals, porpoises, herons and other seabirds. which one can sail in aboard her. She was built in 1922. Emer Joyce with whom | dealt, from all | have read is obviously like her co- ure to others. The boat has won the Cleggan Regatta for hookers in both 1962 and 1964 and she is the last working example built. John Kendall wrote a fine and lengthy feature story April 2004’s Classic Boat which is worth a read and the website is of interest. 26 oh a As Britain’s famous tea clipper, Cutty Sark wow 135 years old, rapidly corrodes, this old Salt, sad about the vessels doubtful future, sald; “ / were in charge es ne Another great use for WDOdAQO–i1 will also keep flies off cows, (! Read that in Latitudes & Attitudes). Also she’d still be out when sailing to Hawaii, “sail South there till the butter melts, then West until cutting through the waves, delivering wool to Britain from Australia |” you hear ukeleles !’ (If sailing from New Zealand, you’ll hear the ukeleles first !) Go easy Fd | Do it slower,! Watch your speed,..when getting up off the lavatory seat, looking left or right, breaking into a sudden smile, especially when telling someone to “Piss off !’ Speedy action at any of those and you could go bucket-kicking ! “OH NO! NOT THE RUSH In August 1927, six schooners from the Lunenburg fleet were lost with their crews off Sable Island, Although B/uenose (pic at left) was in HOUR TRAFFIC !” the area, she’ was in deeper water Salty Talk and was able to ride out the storm An anchor is a device designed to bring up mud A reader says he’s bought a brand samples from the bottom at inopportune unexpected new unscreweum, ‘second class’ with No, of course | wasn’t there I! times. Hley | Hoven | know A clew—an indication from the 1 just now feel a serew. driver | that Rav ina skipper as to what he might do next, docking, manoeuvre| (Borrowed from Olson Nautical Charters) 27 o/Vbet ASTERN Photograph by Hans Staal alee Gerd Neumann of Germany’s RC model schooner Valdivia, brilliantly captured at a Eurosail event in Stradskanaal in the NorthEast of the Netherlands in May 2004. Built from a Robbe kit by Neumann who is employed by the Robbe company. o A VAIO) RIBED New Zealand’s non-profit ‘model yachting for fun, relaxation and friendship’ thrice yearly magazine