Eastern Division Newsletter – No. 16 – Summer and Fall 1952

E EASTERN DIV NEWSLETTER 4 — EASTERN DIVISION NEWS LETTER NUMBER 16 SUMMER & FALL 1952 PUBLISHER -» WILBUR D. HOPKINS 9 EASTERN DIVISION 31> WELLINGTON ROAD, DELMAR, NEW YORK ew RiCMUSSEN SECTY. EDITOR «> JAMES WARRELL, POST OFFICE BOX 72, VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK “*?eo7o vvetce ave. N. Y. BROOKLYN 27. COVERS BY = ASSOCIATE EDITOR R. H. BALLANTYNE, PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. DISTRIBUTION BY = ASSOCIATE EDITOR NIELS J. RASMUSSEN, BROOKLYN, N.Y. RRBREREeCHAKKHKHKHeKBHAHKHHE HK THK HHAKHRHRKHHRHHR HEH HR HH The summar of 1952 has run its hot and sticky course, and much to the surprise of a good many of us, it brought forth some very good racing. while the club operations are not reported to be in a generally healty condition, it can be said that inter club racing in the Eastern Division has been very voll attended, and an encouraging amount of activity noted, Your Editor has no intention of writing a discouree on what is wrong with the sport, and how to cure it. That problem belongs to everyone who wants to see mode] yachting kept alive, and the best place to begin is in your omm elub. jie cannot, depend entirely on the efforts of the Hopleins, Ballantynes, Fultons and the others who give so much of their time and effort to keep the sport strong. Everyone who sails models or who belongs te a club should chip in and con~ tribute. Get arcund to your meetings, and get out of your rocking chair long enough to sail in a race now and then. It will do you good, and help the sport, ‘hile you are at it, why not let NEW LETTER know what is going on in your neck of the woods, All of this summer there had not been one letter received from any but a few clubs like South Jersey, Deeper Hudson and the boys here on Long Island, ‘ie have tried to give you an intersting paper, but it has, we are sorry to have to add, been witiiout mich cooperation from most of the eluba, Woe HHH KKK KRHA RHR RARER RRR PRESIDENT ARTHUR L. BINGHMANN OF THE HASTIWRN ULVISION RITES := AS president of the Eastern Division of the 1.Y.R.AA. I eamestly send out my plea that we mode] yachtsmen stick together and endeavor to bolster our clubs so that we may not fall by the wayside in these trying times of near extinction. ile have been struggling along these past several years to keep our heads above water, Let us continue to keep model yachting alive;‘don’t give up hope, where there is a will, there is a way for each of us to do his part. I have had Stratford, It is with ing any of Meadville, the pleasure of attending several of the regattas held at South Jersey, and E.D. “M” Hace at Mill Pond, all of which were fairly well-attended, regret that I mast let you know that my work will prevent me from attend~ the remaining races this season. I have been transferred temporarily to Pennsylvania. It will be a pleasure to hear from any of you. Just drop me a line or two, c/o The American Viscose Corporation, Meadville, Pennsylvania. HRAKHHKK ARERR HRHHHRHHRRRHRHRRRR DERM RRRHRE HR HERR HR DK R RY 16=2 ‘ . Through the good offices of George Meyer, sscretary of the Long Island Model Yacht Club, we have finnally obtained a copy of the Secretary’s Report of the Annual Meeting on July 5, 1952 in Chicago. There were only three clubs represented by delegates: Chicago, Detroit and Everett; while seven clubs thought enough about national affairs to send proxies, These were Berkeley, Cadillac, Forest Hill, Sami Diego, Stratford, Los Angeles and Tre=-PolePen. There was no representation from the Eastern Division, except the proxy from Emie Lea’s Stratford Club. Well, that is not a record for the clubs in our organizatlon to be very proud of, In defense of our division, we are proud of the story of support which the registration figures tell, and that means real, tangible cash support of the HYRAA. From first-hand knowledge, we know that President Heisterkamp has his hands full, traveling, and it was just impossible for any of the members of Long Island or Mill Pond Clubs to make the journey out te Chicago. We dontt know about the other clubs, letter of the President:- “Jt has given me a great deal of pleasure to serve you as president for the past year, and it is with sincere regret that I cannot be present tonight to welcomes all the skippers, mates and families, at the Annual Meeting of the MYRAA. It was my sincerest hope that 1952 number of clubs and active members the case. The enrollment in clubs the exception of a few cases where would show a substantiel increase in the in the organization, but this hes not been and members has been slowly declining, with the activities of one or more individuals have created an interest in this sport, and who have spent much time and effort in the education of interested parties, While the activities of the clubs, as far as number of races saile, has not diminished in the East or Far West, we have not received any reports of this continued activity in the Middle test. You will later receive a report from the treasurer, which will indicate that the group members hip has decreased. lie do not have any knowledge of the number of boats registered, but we sincerely hope this has not fallen below the number registered in 1951. Shortly after being elected president, I appointed a committee and requested them to assemble all the Rating Rules of the “M” Class, with a view of bringing these ratings together, since they are not now in any publications. The committee . has done some work on this, but has not as yet submitted a formal report. Mimso~ graphed copies of the Rating Rules for the “1{” Class will be mde available to all of the club secretaries for distribution to the individual members, as soon as tne report has been completed, A fair amount of interest has been shown in the East and lliiddle ‘est in the new radio-controlled class, but this has not progressed to the stage where the radio~ controlled class is being sailed compatitively to any extent, with the exception of in the test Coast. | We wouki sincerely urge that the clubs and members attempt to interest the younger boys in the sport of model yachting. If this is not dme, we will see a continued diminishing interest, and eventually the elimination of model yachting in this 16=3 country as a hobby and a sport. It gives me no pleasure to submit a report of this type; however, I feel woe should face the facts. pessimistic, I hope Iam being overly- I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Officers and Executive Committee of the LIYRAA far their fine ccoperation, and hepe the new officers will find an ascending scale of interest in model yachting. Co Ae Heisterkamp” interest may be lagging, but the financial status of the Association is really showing a pretty fair state of health, with a balance of $870.20 reported on hand. Could do some pretty fair promotional work with a part of that. Looking over the registration figures in the report, it is hard to believe that the Eastern Division has more boats than the other two couktined in register . In fact is it fair to expect five clubs to carry a disproportionate share of this financial burden. Take away the figures of Long Island, Will Pond, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Diego and the rest of the clubs can hang thede heads in shame, especially those with a big goose egg alongsids their names, We can of one or two clubs in our own Division who covld have ten or more boats registered, but who have none. That’s just being cheap, The discussion regarding the time of year to hold National Championship races was interesting and had merit. The only trouble is that it is becoming harder and harder to get clubs to undertake the handling of large regattas, as the cost and demands on small memberships make running a big event properly a real problem, Oneo Yes, the opinion that the matter best be left alone was a good The same officers were elected to serve another year, and all we can say to this is “Amenj” They are a good staff, and given some cooperation by the clubs and membership, will do a fine job. Don’t blame the officers for poor interest and things going wrong wmiless your ovm conscience is clear on helping get things done. President Charles Heisterkamp and his associates take with them the very best wishes of NEWS LETTER for a highly successful year, and our hopes that their accomplishments in the next twelve sonths will prove very gratifyi ng to them We really enjoyed reading about what Mr. Davis had to Say on radio control. This is progress, and we think if it is possible to make control apparatus available at reasonable prices to the membership generally, model yachting will receive a real boost. It will not only interest the younger and electronically minded fellows; it will also offer the old timers, whose legs no longer can stand the strenuous running around of a long regatta, the chance to get back into active Sailing, May we re-emphasize that NEWS LETTER would very mich apprecia te some good articles of an easily understood nature on this subject. Our readers would like to know the possibilities of radio control; its limitations, the cost of building or buying equipment, how to put it together, and all other pertinent information, If you have any knowledge or interest on the subject, please let the Editor know. Don’t bother to write a formal article or treatise on the subJect; just send ma a letter with the facts, and it will be written up for you. = We want to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to Mr. C. QO. Davis for his complimentary remarks about NEWS LETTER. Tt is always gratifying to know that your efforts are appreciated, and he was very generous in his praise. We wish that ve could extend the scope of our paper to includes the ontire Association, but facilities available to us make this impossible. te would Like very much to hear from model yachtsmen everyxhere, and know what is going on in the various sections of the country. If we knew in tims, we would ho ver? glad to mention any important forthcoming events and give them as much publicity as our scope allows. Thanks again, Brother Davis. HFHRHEXAKRHAKHHRARRHKEFKEAHRHAAKARHKEAHAKARKBHRER HH He REPORT OF THE OFFICER OF THE DAY FOR THE NATIONAL “I” CLASS CHAUPIONSHTD The first day, July 5th, saw one complote round and two heats of the sesond round completed. The races were Started at 10:30 A.M., with Lunch from 12 te 1:30, and sailing finished at 3:30 P.M. The standing at the end of the first day were: Donahue 39 Points Davis 2s Macey 22.C«* Martin 1 Gesheck 29 Points Thunston 16 Steinbrecher a Wish 16 15 * “) Messrs. Donahue, Macey and Martin sailed models designed by Lassel. Davis and Gesbeck used the Houk design “Rip Tide” yhile Mish used John Black’s good old “Cheerio 2.””* Thunstron’s boat was “Helen Jel” geaigned by Richardgon sand built according to Santos’ method of using paper cloth and glue. Davis’ boat was all plastic; hull, fin, skeg and rudder. Gesbeck’s model was double planked, with Alaskan cedar topsidds and western red cedar bottom and deck with maple fin skeg and rudder. At one time all eight models wore sailing free in the pond together. awarded first, second and third place winners, Ce Oa. Davis, in the form of a plaque. Prizes were A special award was mace to All skippers and mates received mementos of the event. Frederick E. Eley, OOD. (This is a fine report, and we Liked the brief descriptions of the various boats entered. Ed. ) HHGHHK KRHA CHEAPER SH HORRORS, A MISTAKE. THR AHRHAHR HK KH BOAT BUILDERS PLEASE READ? Jim Fulton, the author of the excellent article we have been running on boat building, calls our attention to an error in the installment in NEWS LETTER No. 15. On page twelve of that issue, the temth line reads “To gat the center of the deck beams, strike an arc from a 6″ redius.” Our faces are very red = this should have read “To get the camber of the deck beams, strike an arc from a 6! radins.” hope that none of our readers are still trying to do the trick on six inches, Thanks, Jim. See eR RRR KR HH HRAR RHR RR HHKR ; ; =H} RHR Ve KRARHHA RHR REE 16-5 MORE ON RADIO CONTROL President Charles Heisterkamp has been very helpful in trying to obtain information for us on this subject, and has written us as follows: “Some further information on radio control. I have found that there are now two manufacturers making either the complete transmitter.or receiver for the citizen’s band, Berkeley Models of West Hempstead, Long Island, New York, make a transmitter kit for $21.95, with the tube costing $3.50, The receiver kit sell? for 413.95, with tube costing $3.50. The wave length is 27,255 meg. Class CG, output 5 watts. lc Nabb of Indianapolis makes a transmitter assembled for $29.75, and a receiver assembled for 329.95. The wave length is 275 meg. Class B with approximately 10 watts output. An escapement is sold by Me Nabb for $9.95, with a foureposition escapement made for $13.50, ‘The atom 13 volt motor, complete with gear assembly, will set you back $3.50. You will note that there are now available transmitters and receivers working on two widely separate wave bands, which increases the possibility of operating two or more yachts at the same time. Ancthsr suggestion is that the design of the control. be more or less, standardized, so that the receivers would be interchange= able, thereby making it possible to sail at least tro yachts at the same tims. There is also the possibility of putting the project on a group basis to minimize the expense *o the individual member.” HRARAR SR KRKRHARE KHKHR HHRHR RHR AKER HHH KHHERKHKHR GARBE TROPHY RACE This skiff sailing event wis sailed on Hay 18th at Prospect Park, with the results as follows: . Kilerjian Pollia Garbe Peterson Brooks § Prospect Park Central Park 39 points MOU 32 ‘ prospect Park 20 25 Prospect Park Prospect Park ~«O«*#N ~—C«Sg ‘There were four heats, with all yachts sailing in each heat. Officer of the Day E. He Garbe was assisted by Gharles \vanker end Frank Dunnebache. There wes rain at the start of the race, but this cleared up, and the day turned out to be a nice sunny one. The wind was light and fluky all day. Ke Hee HH AHRHEKR FRR HHHKH HH RHEE RAK KN HH THE EASTERN DIVISION “M! CLASS CHALIPIONSHIP REPORT BY THE OFFICER OF ‘THE DAY: Place: Mill Pond, Port hashington, New York. Rounds: Officers: Dates: May 30 and 31 and June 1,1952. 2 full reunds with 12 boats, and 1 short round with 6 boats, M. Robertson, DoHe, Ae Steed, M.P., J. Varrell, U.D., Starters & Judges. On Friday, May 30th, the race started with 12 skippers on deck from five clubs. The starting hour was 11 A.M. and the wind NE, makinz a straight run and beat. The wind held up well for the first day, and one round was completed by 6 P.M. with six resails. 16=6 Saturday, May 3ist, the racing started at 10:20 A.U.,with the weather overcast and som rain, but the wind was still N&, giving enother rua and beat, but the wind was not as steady as the day before; and by the eighth heat, trouble began when ‘the skippers found breezes hitting them from all! directions, making it hard to tell you did, it was wrong. whether to set for a run, beat or reach = and whichever The second round was completed at 6:30 P.M. #ith six resails, Thore was a tie for sixth place, between Goorge Meyer of Long Island ani Charles Heisterkamp of South Jersey, but scipper Meyer preferred to let Charles enter the short round _ on Sunday. Sunday, June lst, was a stinker, but the racing started:at 10:15 A. M. The weather was heavy overcast, and plenty of rain was falling, the wind lightly SE and very screwy, giving a reach both ways. There were six boats in this third round, and of course the scoring was two and two. Due to wind conditions, the starting and finishing lines were moved down the pend in order to speed up the racing and finieh the roundearly. There were ‘two resails, but only one was 7 sailed off, as the other did not affect the final standing. The resail between Hopkins and Ballantyne was a very interesting one, as the wind was very flukey, and setting the vene a real probit) Hoppy got off toa good start, and was ahead of Ains halfway down the pond, but a change of wind brought him ashore and Ains went ahead and kept the lead to win. It was, however, a close race, and this was not the first time these two skippers have had to sail for the final point to decide the outcome of an important event. Lots of credit goes to Hoppy for sailing this race without a regular mate. (For that matter six other skippers sailed with mates also.Som builders cut out and finish the rabbet for the planking before setting up «ine. place, but if it is a first attempt, do not finish this job until the molds: era set up. Then you have a good guide for working more accurately, pid SETTING UP To get back to the building board, let’s start by putting up our midship mold,» or the one nearest the center, To fasten this securely, ws will need>cross:pieces screwed from underneath at each station. The reason for this is that after the boat is built, it would be hard to get at fromthe top, and just to nail from the top you might strain the hull prying off so many places. However, if you are using sam frames and keep your datum line high, you may be able to saw off the tops of all the frames and free the hull. To make sursa our molds or frames give us the true shape of the plan, we must xeep the forward molds on the forward side of the mark, and the after molds on the after side. The midship mold can be centered on that station and should be the first ons fastened. If you work forward from there, your cross pieces will be on the after side of the line, with the molds fastened to them on the forward side. On the after end you will reverse by pubting the cross pieces forward of the line and the molds aft. When all the molds or frames have been set in place, the backbone assembly can be offered to the molds. It may need a little easing here and there, depending upon how careful you have been with your fitting. If this drops into place with the stem and transom coming on the proper marks, the center mold should form-a right angle with the building card, while lining up with the proper station mark on the deadwood. lihere sawn frames are used, these can now be glued to the deadwood, forefoot and horn timber and the stemhead screwed down to the building card. You can also fasten the packing pieces, making sure that everything lines up properly. here bent frames are used, the molds for these will be tacked in place with small brads, but no glue, because they have to be removed. CUTTING THE RABBETT The planking for our model mist come out flush wherever it meots the backbone, sc this rabbet depth has to be gaged by whatever thickness of plank we are using. These angles may vary at each frame, but now that our molds or frames ‘are in place, the cutting of the rabbet does not present much of a problem, By taking a small piece of planking as a guide, we cut away until this sample piece fits in the | groove to the proper depth. With bent ribs, these mst be fastened in place over the molds before cutting out for tha rabbet. ‘here these ribs meet the wackbone they have to be notched in flush with the bottom of the rabbet. To make sure that the planking will cover these rib ends completely, the notch should not extend beyond the full Jength of the rabbet. lielwood glue and a 3/s” #0 flat head wood screw into the backbone is good enough fastening for these ribs. Fig. 16 will explain this operation. 16-10 & good way to start cutting this rabbet is to run a imife blade right along the mark; say, 1/16″ deep. By doing this, you won’t be as Likely to splinter beyond the mark when you start with the chisel. As the work progresses, the changing bevels at the different stations will become quite avparant. Try to work with the grain and avoid taking too big a bite. A small rabbet or fillet plens can be used on the more or less straight sections. The fairer the rabbet line is from stem to stern, the easier it will be to fit the planking; so leave as clean a job as possible. There is no hard and fast rule’as to where the garboard plank must start, but try to get this part of the rabbet without too mech hollow. Should this include the reverse curve, a great help here is to figure on using a thicker piece of planking and cutting the rabbet accordingly. This allows a little for hollowing out instead of trying to force a hollow with screws and probably finish up with a cracked plank. PLANKING Before starting planting, the first job will be the inwales, “he notches for these being already cut, it is a matter of fitting at the stem head and transom, For the bent rib model, the inwales will go under the ribs without permanent fastening to the molds, At both stem and transom, the ends mist be let in flush with the bottom of the planking rabbet, and like the frames fastened to the backbone, they should not exiiend all the way out on the rabbet. For a 50= 800 an inwale i” thick by 3/8″ deep should be ample; tapered at both ends to about 3/16″ x 1/4″. ‘These can be of white pine, mahogany, cedar or spruce, glued and screwed to the sawn frames. : At this point, some fairing-in will have to be one on the frames. The forward edges of the forward frames and after edges of the after frames will have to be beveled off. A piece of planking material about an inch wide, and at least 18″ long, with a piece of sandpaper glued on, will d for this; Cheek over ali the frames to ses that there are no bumps or hollows, If a frame Looks hollow on both sides, check to see if the whole frame needs lifting. Your waterlines should give the answer. Planking can be started at sither the sheer or the garbonrd, but first we must get an idea of how wide we intend to have each stroke. It is usual to divide up at several stations the number of strakes we will have; but eirg to the shape of the garbcard, this complicates things a little. You may find it easier to put the garboard plank in first, or even two strakes, anil then divide for the remainder. To fit the garboard plank, which is the one that will probably take longer than the others, hore is an idea that may help- Get a plece of thin cardbtarnd cr stiff paper and cut roughly to shape, say, within 1/4″. Pin this in place and take a pair of bow compasses, and with one leg following-the rabbet, mark on the paper with the pencil. Reverse this operation on the planking material by running the point on the pencil markon the paper and the pencil. now marking on the wood, If you are careful, a small amount of fitting should be all that is needed, The – other edge of the plank, weccyvur width, should be planed straight to make fitting easier on the following plank. The plank next to the garboard may be wider at each end than in the middle. You can also get the approximate shape of this plank with= out too mich trouble, Take a piece of planking material about 3/8″ or 1/2″ wide, and let it bend naturally over the frames, aad just touching the garboard plank amidships. There will be a space at both forward and after ends, but co not force this spiling plank edgeways. Use the bow compass as you did befere, cr simply sale Spots along its length and Yair in with a batten after transferring the varks to the planking material. Se tly before any glueing or fastening The seams between each plank should fit perfecfor planing is te cut a saw kerf in is applied. A good way of handling planking on edge without the edge of a 3/4″ beard about 1/4″ deep. This will hold the plank A block plane 17. See Fig. fear of its tilting, and takes care of narrow planks. askew. soon get will You is good for this job with the plane 4ron set a little on whether ing used to this and be able to slide from one side to the other, depend you want to take a light or heavy cute Another method is ing the planks in paper over or you carefully fitting holde to glue two pieces of sandpaper back to pack and rub while the double just place. Ue careful. with this however, and don’t After will find that you can make a bad groove in the ribs. these two strakes, the spacing can be attended to, but first let’s talk about fastenings. screws, The garboard plank should be glued and screwed with w/8″ #0 flat headthebrass required to get well countersunk, as we may have to hollow out 4 Little here treated the same be can that plank, next the to twist mich is there If radius. way. From there on you have a wide variety of fastenings to choose from, (Tobe continued) RRR HSER KHHH HHH HK RA KHER HH HH THE ISELIN “M” CUP RACE race, The race for this well kmown cup was originally scheduled for a twoeday it. into change to y but because of a small tumout on the first day, it was necessar everyone and affair, a one~day race. The race turned out to be a very interesting entered enjoyed a good day’s sport. Jim Fulton, Commodore of the Long Island Model Yacht Club, did his usual fine job of 0.’D.ing the event, with some help from skippers not sailing. A good strong southwest wind was on Mill Pond all the dey of June 15th, and the boats stepped along in a very pleasant fashion. what a fine We were very pleased to see Bill Mc Evoy come out on top, as we knowfinished up boat he has, and how much pleasure it gave him to win the mug. Bill with 19 points and right on his heels was that other fine old timer, Les Sythoff with eighteen counters. It has been much too long since Les did any racing dom this way, although we know that business circumstances have made it difficult for him to get down to Long Island very often. Emie Lea was next in line, with thirteen, followed by Leo Melnik with twelve, Fred Miller with eleven and Dan Harriman with ten. RRR RHR HR RHR HHH KKK RRR HRH RRR HH RH HE METROPOLITAN PERPETUAL TROPHY RACE This race was the first official event of the Eastern Division to be held on the splendid new pond at Nassau County Park at Salisbury, Long Island. This new sailing water is certainly the finest in the country, and is set in the beautiful park surroundings, The shore is well paved, and easy on the feet and the water clean and attractive. eleven Duats que race was neid June 29th, and one fuil round was completed, watabeat. The and run fine a gave which competing. ind was SE at about 5 MPH, generally The weather was racing started at 10:30 A.M. and finished at 4:15 P.M. runs were made without a meny and high, overcast, with some rain. The water was but both got back rig, hig lost rkamp Heiste touch. Harriman broke his vane and into the racing.The scores follow, 16=12 SCORE CUB SKIPPER 40 Long Island Ambrose Lee Charles iieistericamp 3h 28 28 27 27 2h 21 19 South Jersey Long Island Fred tiillor _ Ernest Lea, ote Stratford Stratford Will Pond Long Island nmest Lea ITi Ains Pallantyne Janes Fulton Leo lielnik ill L311 Mill Long Andrew Brow Steve Urbaniak baniel Harriman Pond Pond Pond Island 16 Me: There being a tie for third place, a resail was ordered, but the skippers felt that the toss of a coin would suffice, Fred ‘iller won the toss. liz. Edward J. Tellier, Assistant Recreation Superintendent, County of Nassau, Department of Public orks, thanked the skippers for their cooperation and effort in making this race a success. Prizes were donated by the Hepartment for first, second and third places. Thus, tir. Ambrose Lee of Lons Island ijodel Yacht Club, and a resident of Nassau County, became the first winner of the .etropolitan Trophy, under the sponsorship of the Eastern Division. The thanks of.the bastern Division of the LYRAA go to the Honorable J.C.Guibert, Commissioner of Public works for Nassau County for the use of this splendid pond and the fine cooperation give by his staff, which made this race a most enjoyable event for all who participated. Thanks go especially to tir. Tellier and lirs, Berkely for their kind help in running this race. It is hoped that many more regattas can be held on Salisbury, as it is ona which the skippers found enjoyable to sail upon. Incidentally, we would lixe to sec a good bit of activity on this pond, as we believe that local men and young men who come out to witness the sailing of model yachts may become interested in the sport _ and form a club to s9il here. HRM HHA EHH RAR AKRRK HRA RHR HH RH HAH DEEPER HUDSON RACE – EASTERN DIVISION “Ml” SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP – ANDERSON CUP RACE Reported by William J. Speers . This three-day regatta was sailed at the Six lile haterworks, albany, N. Y. on July 4, 5, and 6, 1952. Club. It was sponsored by the Deeper Hudson liodel Yacht July 4th – The Dowper Hudson Trophy. July 5th – E.D. Championship. July 6 = Anderson CLUB 1/6 Ue U5 Ben Cichy Li, 15 16 DH Ualcolm Robertson 1 12 8 Lip SJ Niels Rasmussen Charles Heisterkamp PP Albert Kilarjian IRV RI DH IRV MiP DH SKIPPER Harry Denkewitz Bill Speers 10 9 i hd 30 31 i, 12 Ken Lloyd Li 1 31 10 3h Ains Ballantyne Wilbur Hopkins 16 ~ 13 Lo 15 13 hd, 28 Helis |‘ 8 1 « iy! 13 13 aday o 11 39 il 26 36 36-13 The winds for all three days were very light and shifty, but there was enough to keep the yachts sailing, except for the last day, when at times the racesSecame drifting matches. . lr. Fred Gould acted as Officer of the Day for the three events. Ains Ballantyne won the Depper Hudson Cup. There were three ties for second place, and three ties for third. Very close racing was experienced all through this round, The Easter Division Skiff Sailing Championship was won by \ilbur Hopkins, after a saileoff with Ben Cichy. Bon took second place, and Ains Ballantyne was third. Mr. Hopkins’ win of this trophy was his third, and it is now retired. The Anderson Cup was won by Ains Ballantyne after a sail-off with Ben Cichy. At the end of the three days, the scores were totaled, and prizes awarded to the high skippers. Ben Cichy and Ains Ballantyne came in for a total of 44 points each, and they took first and second choices of the merchandise. Ken Lloyd took third place, and took home the vacuum bottle. Deeper Hudson skippers eliminated themselves from these awards. HHUA RH HH Ht THE HOWARD CURRY “EMORIAL TROPHY RACE = AUGUST 3, 1952. OL vidual mates are allowed in this race) and all the skippers were glad to have George on the weather side just in case. The scores:- SKIPPER DESIGN CLUB Ains Ballantyne Jim \arrell Fred Milter Own Farle Own ill Pond U1 Pond Long Island 21 18 16 Exmnie Lea Dan Harriman Lassel Own Stratford Long Island 5 2 Andy Brown Fisk modified Mill Pond POINTS 13 Prizes were distributed to the top four boats. HERE HKKRRHEHRHKHA — The Officer of the Day was-John Erickson and the starter at the west end of the lake was young Emie Lea. George iieyer of Long Island Club was prevented from sailing by a broken mast, but he did yeoman service as a general mate (no indie _ The “X” Class trophy named in honor of our one-time Eastern Division secretary and shipmate, Howard Curry, was raced for on Mill Pond August 3, 1952. It was a quiet, liesurely race between six boats sailing in a light south west wind which did, however, manage to keep fairly true in direction. AAR KKHRHRAHHKHHKHKKKKHRKHHHHRRHH HH HARE _ vm 16-1, EASTERN DIVISION “X” CLASS CIANPIONSHIP — LABOR DAY WEEK END _ This championship regatta was held on Mill Pond for the three days of the Labor Day holiday. ith Ains Ballantyne as Officer of the Lay, and Niels Rasmussen as starter and judge at the south end of the poud, the 11 starters got underway at about 11:30 AcMe on Saturday, with a Light, mertheasterly wind, Scoring was set at two points down the pond and three points return, Regular sailing was continued until about 5 P.M., when the resails that had accumlated were cleaned up, The start on Sunday was at 10:15 Ali… The wind was.still northeast, but stronger. The first round showed Dan Harriman \in_ the lead. The second round was but half. finished when the racing was stopped about 5 P.M. for the day. On Monday the race was started about 9 AséM., with a gusty mortheast by east wind.and with showers. The course was shortened to avoid, the tricky conditions at the catwalk… The second round was completed.except for resails oyl2.noon ina downpour of rain and wind. squakis.. Only sufficient resails were, taken to establish the first, : four places. | ; eee The final scores (with some resails not sailed): CLUB SKIPPER DESIGN ‘Dan Harriman Jim Fulton Gets aah denne Qin (‘hite Heather) Harry Denkewitz Ballantyne Ae By Reynolds George iicyvear Ernie Lea Ed \.illis Se Pedersen – Jim tarrell Andy Brow (Note: fet Boats i snort Re Le Gull Lassel fen ? ae) ; . Farley Own +» Ie, Le MePe Lynn id» Rete Me Pe SCORE , 70 oi, GO 1 : Mo Pe Own yeayn . 4,6 , Ai a. 32 31 29 lr. tillis’ boat was sailed by Bill and Jim Ue Evoy.) Ry and large, the wind conditions were best on the westerly sids of the pond, ~ especially as time wore on, and many races were lost by poor eying and. inability of skippers to keep their yechts out of the dead spots on the easterly shore. Boats that were too sensitive to wind changes were at a disadvantage, as. they would wander off the course, with every local wind variation. Som very,close finishes were observed, and soma races were won or lost in the last few feet atthe newth end of the pond. UVespite some trying sailing conditions, tempers reamined good, and no serious argumnts cecurred. Although only three mates were on hand very few skippers were seriously handicapped, as their opponents) turned their . boats in a sportsmanlike manner. The Ledies Auxiliary performed in their usual efficient manner, and three very satisfying meals were served, The final meal. on Monday was especially appreciated, coming as it did, after a morning’s sailing in pouring rain. RRR RHR KKM RRR RHR RH RK RHEE KR RHR HE 16015 NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS REGATTA AT SALISBURY LAKE at Salisbury for both the youngsters and grownupsment, This was a really fine field dayted and was by the Nassau County Park Depart Pond. This was a regatta conduc ed by lirs. Berkely. We cannot run under ir. Tellier’s supervision. He was assist young skippers had their prides and report what happened in the morning, when the joya out to beat the world, but from what was told us, it was a complete success; the Park Department and the youngsters who won those nice tropies donated byfists. Truth compels us little wet rather in ed carried them home proudly clutch or little Tootsie’s to reveal that many a proud papa who had built little willie kick out of the scramble boat were standing on the sidelines getting just as much as the kids did. and everybody who had one of In the afternoon a race was held for the “M” Class, began with a Marblehead racing The the Marbleheads there was invited to enter. in this event, with first in came race, with all participating. Ambrose Lea Then a regular board ¢hird. and Ains Ballantyne and Leo Lelnick finishing second entered. The wind fifties the of nine was set up, and racing in pairs began, with was a nice, south one which, although a bit gusty at times, gave good steady sailing. | The scores:- CLUB SKIPPER Mo Po A. Ballantyne STRe Lo Io Ernie Lea Jim Fultog Mo Le Po Le Mo Pe Leo Melnik Ae Lee Mir. Brooks F. Miller A. Brow lr. Peterson Po Ie Po To Fo Po POINTS u, 12 12 12 9 7 2 2 0 ry, the final There were four boards sailed, and in view of a bye being necessatrophie s and scores were on a percentage basis. ‘The Park Department donated everyone had a nice day of it. Our thanks to Nassau County Park Department for a fine regatta. It was of interest to note that several of the spectators evidenced a great deal of interest in the fifties and from what we have subsequently heard, it is quite possible that model yachting has won som: new members. This is all to the good, and we hope that the good work will be continued. RRR HR RR E RRR RRR RHR KRHA KH LONG ISLAND PERPETUAL TROPHY RACE Came Sunday moming, September 7th, and the old-timers of the Long Island Club awoke with a rather apprehensive feeling that the air would be all too calm and peaceful between the beautiful shores of Springfield Pond. They remembered the firet couple of races for this fine trophy, donated by Lester Sythoff, when the boats ended up looking like painted boats on a painted sea, with nary a zephyr riffling the water. But the club has been living right of late, and when the Long Islanders began collecting at the pondside they found a nice breeze scooting across the water. It was from the north, which leaves something to be desired; but once the boat gets beyond that first few feet of calm then she went into a nice run and beat. FE 16=16 Something new was added = Jim Dempsey came out with the “Lovely Lady” all decked out in a ketch rig. This caused his boat to be followed with sharp eyes from all the akippers, as it wes the first time in the memory of those present that such a rig had*been entered in a regular race. The boat performed well and with more experience, it is possible that Jim may get a lot out of the new look in Thirteen boats wore Shece at the start, and Officer of the Day Jim fulton called the meeting to order about ten thirty. Harold Kethman,;. Ed, Johnson and Jim Warrell did the starting and score=taking chores, and the race was.all in all a very pleasant one, with sary a squawk to mr the day-..A complete round was sailed by 4 P.k., which proved that the jinx on the wind conditions for this race has been lifted, thank goodness. The Ladies Auxiliary did their part in the usual fine manner with a good solid lunch of sandwiches, salads and cake; not to forget some genuine coffee cocked on that brand new stove which the ladies invested in. sre are three cheers for a swell cup of coffee, without which no race could be enjoyed, and the java this day vas superlative. Gee tanks goils. The scores:< SKIPPER A. A. B. G. CLUB Bingemann Ballantyne Lecpold (Defender) Meyer Se deo U. P. ibe Ie ‘he 2 s Eo Lea Lo Melnick Fo Miller Jo J. Vempsey J. Seabauer Wie Keogh A. Brown Vie Denton D.. Harriman SCORE 45 kh, 42 35 STR. ‘33 ii. P. Le Ie tee Ie % 30 29 27 Co Pe _ i Co. P. Me Pa Le der Le Io 25 > a2 ae fe LO As will be observed from the final scores, this was a very close rate between Arthur Bingemann and Ains Ballantyne, with Bob Leopold right in there pitching too. No resails were allowed, that the final standings were affected much but all in all, we don’t think by this. It was.good to see our Divisional President up sailing again, and we are glad the results made the trip well worth while for him. ‘This was another of those races which add — luster to mode] yachting. HeHRHKRK HER HHH HR HK HHH HH HH HH HHH BLES Rt It has just been your Editor’s pleasure to receive in the mails today a copy of the British M.Y.A.News. \e compliment our friends across the ocean on an outstanding edition, and read with a great deal of interest the report of the “A” Class Championship held at Gosport August 21 and 12. .Astounding ac it may seem to American model yachtemen who unfortunately view the big “A”. Class : boats asa dying race, there ‘were thirty eight entries in this fine race. Major G. Bs Lee, iiditor of the li. YsAcsNEWS in-his comnents expresses.the feeling that this race should be viewed as the World’s Championship of Model. Yachting, as it is open to boats of all nations. There might properly be .some .discussion on this point, but we will all agree that a race with thirty eightentries.is evidence of a very healthy condition for the sport in Britain, and we must eho admit a bit of envy. If only troi\ to reasonable proportions, we she i}. ’ taar the Atlantic would come down in price ],’<6 very much to see Ains Ballantyne er Some of our other "4" skippers go v<«) ani see if they could come homa World's Champion. Our thanks to Major Le< fci;* remembering us in the distribution of his admirable NEWS. WeAtHKARKHKHKHAREA HH RH «4: t Ree HEH HR HH OE HS He tH H REPORT Of N.. S00 $AL "A" GLASS RACE H LD ¢*? “TLL POND, SEPTEM ER (3 and 14, 1952. The officials were: Chairman race committee John Erj.i 1: yh. was pressed into service on Saturday, Division Newsletter, acted on ost at il A -MoSaturcay when a start 2 store was set. The wind, however, that a halt was mde for the day. Racing started at about 10:15 Ael, *’ day, and the round was finished by lunch adjournment, the wind being f:”#, she south and Light. a8 the wind from this direction is -‘ 35 tricky, especially at the north end of the pond, and tim was getting z:r, it was agreed to shorten the course, and the wind just about held out, #13 sailing thruout called for constant retrims and gying was a necessity fa ¢ :11 on wind boards. The finish yas quite draatic as Reynolds and Balla pt:ne were tied at 26 all at the finish of the regular racing, and Reynolcs ha. a 3 point resail égainst ielnick, which, however, he lost; so a sail~a £f was called for. Ballantyne, after having dvopped 5 points to Reynolds jin the 2nd. round, won out. wercifully the rain helcoff, althovg !: it threatened all. Sunday. THE $ CORES ;