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Boats AOS MAP _> HOBBY MAGAZINE INSIDE—FULL SIZE PLANS FOR SAILING MODEL OF THE SLOOP “MERMAID” MAY Mermaid 19 in. sailing model sloop by R. A. Sweet Full-size plans overleafsAif. 2 A MEMORABLE voyage was made in 1962 when Kenichi Horie, a Japanese youth age 23, sailed from Osaka in Japan 1966 io. . and the materials are medium hard balsa and hardwood, with wire and Perspex for details. to San The sails were marked out on linen, the outline Francisco, U.S.A.—a journey of more than 5,000 miles which took him 94 days. The following plans and sketches give detailed instructions for making a model of his 19 foot sloop. Hull construction is simple, smeared with balsa cement, and when dry cut to shape. Suggested colours are black topsides, white cabin structure, natural wood decks and copper below the waterline. HARDWOOD BLOCKS MARK BULKHEAD POS/T/IONS yy:8 “SHEET BALSA \Va’ HARDWOOD seer oes Zz cocKpir fu 8 SHEET BALSA BULKHEADS ORILL HOLE FOR ~~ RUDDER TUBE BOTTOM at COVERING |, Jie SHEET RUDDER TUBE RUODER SL/D/NG HATCH COMPLETE PLANKING COVER WITH TISSUE & -sinaaat~s Sua F COATS) Z THIN BAMBOO CUT SA/LS FROM FINE LINEN – (CLUE EDGES) * FIRST) ! ora) ee Sea aS > F 4 197 WN J STRIPS —_ ! ze . / oe / yk y Wu aw & pg ‘ ph yo az00NY Nee :| Jbl 2(bl . | wee \ \ $@ | ‘ pe f 3 | I | Ss ee | \ | | i | | a oe ew 2) igen oe ae
