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Vviodel NOVEMBER 1968 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE U.S.A. & CANADA SIXTY CENTS [ua HOBBY MAGAZINE se MODEL BOATS 1969 re British Open A Class Championships and “Yachting Monthly” Cup Photo at right, by M. F. Jerram, shows Roger Stollery and Dambuster (nearest) sailing D. Pin- sent and Debutante. Below left, Peter West’s Moonraker Ill, a very powerful boat, and right, Ken Jones’ Checkmate, superbly built and fitted. Opposite, the popular winner, Arthur Levison, his able mate Dave Parkinson, and Philippa. Bottom, Chris Dicks retrims Projectile in a race with Bob Burton’s Bobcat. &. as race stands out as one of the best run champion – ships in recent years. Not only was the overall organization very competently handled by the Gosport club, but also the detailed running of the race was very well managed by the OOD, Joe Meir. He split the fleet of 29 boats into four divisions and sailed only two divisions at one time. Competitors therefore had either the morning or the afternoon to relax or to watch the racing in the other two divisions. This is a most interesting and enjoyable way to sail a full tournament because the tensions of racing are broken by periods of relaxation in which considerable pleasure can be gained by spectating . The competitors were left in no doubt about where they stood in this race because of the OOD’s firm applicati on of the rules and the atmosphere was most congenial as a consequence. During the Open championship the wind was from the North giving a reach both ways and although it was generally constant in direction, locally it varied con- siderably. In particular the part of the lake near the swimming pool was very turbulent and gave everyone considerable trouble. Fortunately the strength of the wind was a good top suit breeze throughout the week and only early in some of the moraings was there any thought of changing down. The weather was overcast for most of the week, with showers and only occasionally did the sun break through. When it did, as on the Monday afternoon , 452 ee i it caused a sea breeze to counteract the northerly wind and upset the steady conditions for A and B divisions. The progress of the race was difficult to assess just by looking at the scores day by day, because there were three byes and the scores did not reflect the number of byes taken. Further, B division had more than its fair share of top skippers, and because each division sailed itself first, the points were more evenly shared than in the other divisions. However, forgetting the true picture, on Sunday Terry Schollar sailing Colleen Dawn took the lead with 16 points followed by Fritz Jacobson sailing Hamburg and Roger Stollery with Dambuster each with 15 points. On Monday the leader was unchanged and Roy Gardner sailing Odyssey and Dambuster with 30 points were one point behind. By Tuesday evening Colleen Dawn had increased her lead to two points over Dambuster with 52 and Arthur Levison sailing Philippa had moved up into third place with 49 points. On Wednesday Dambuste r went into the lead with 77 points seven ahead of Philippa, while Colleen Dawn slipped to third. By Thursday evening Dambuster was only one point ahead of Philippa with 93 and Bobcat sailed by Bob Burton climbed into third place with 82 points. At this point Philippa’s possible score was 113, and Bobcat’s was 102 while Norman Hatfield with Serica could make 100 and Dambuster 99. The tension on the Friday was therefore considerable with the race still wide NOVEMBER Yacht Philippa Dambuster Serica Bobcat The Saint Reg. Skipper K789 K857 K750 K833 K797_ A. R. N. R. D. No. Levison Stollery Hatfield Burton Lippett Club Pts. Serd. Pos. I 2 3 4 5 YM6m0A 108 99 Guildford YM6mOA 98 Eastbourne 97 Bournville 89 FMYC Belgium YM6mOA Boreas G. Van Hoorebeke K839 V. Knapp Odyssey Hamburg K830 R.Gardner G130 Fr. Jacobson Agamemnon K819 Aragorn Gopak K805 W. Jones K834 K. Roberts Birkenhead 78 Birkenhead 73 Checkmate Together Projectile K868 K. Jones G128 W. Perry K856 C. Dicks Birkenhead 69 16 Birkenhead 68 17 Clapham 674 18 Sgt. Pepper K867 E. Latham K871 R. Fogarty Bingo Cat Colleen Dawn B35 K787_ T. Schollar W. Jupp The Stranger K619 E. Jones III K862 P. West Moonraker Gretal Tabatha Heron Hell Cat Huron $s tore 66 7= 80 9 79 10 South London 784 11 Gosport Gosport 73° 13= TAANS 12 13= 19 20 62 60 K869 R. Starkey Gosport 55/22 KS20 H. Shields Scottish K722 H. Francis Colley K822 K809 D. Pinsent H.Atkinson Scheherazade II K764 R. Cole Telstar Gosport AOS-V Germany 86 83 K836 N.Temperton Gosport Fleetwood K852 J. Blundell Serenade Debutante Gosport K817 A. Watford Fleetwood Gosport 59 54° 21 23= MYA $4.4\23= Plymouth Leeds & Bradford 50 26 41 27 Gosport 29)” 29 Gosport Gosport 515: 33 1968 25 28 open and with the onus on the skippers to get all their points. However Philippa soon passed Dambuster’s final score of 99 and Bobcat’s possible score and made sure of winning the championship by finishing with 108. Norman Hatfield sailed extremely well under such pressure dropping only 2 out of 20 and finished with 98. Bob Burton dropped 2 half way through the morning and still had a possible 100 until the very last board when Peter West with Moonraker III took the three points from him. Dennis Lippett also had a good day dropping only 3 and pulled up to fifth with 89 points and that gay Belgian Mep Van Hoorebeke finished sixth with 86 points. Arthur Levison was given a fantastic ovation when he received his prize at the dinner on the Friday evening. Arthur has tried many times to win this event and has never succeeded despite coming very close in previous years. Arthur has built more model yachts for top class competition than anyone else and it is fitting that one who has helped so many skippers to succeed should have this success himself. The credit for this fine victory is shared by David Parkinson who was Arthur’s very competent mate. Although in this race sailing skill was more important than boat speed a good boat was still necessary for success. Arthur’s boat Philippa is a development of the famous Jill that was designed by the late Bill Daniels and is of deep V section displacing over 60 Ib. on a 55 inch L.W.L. and carries about 1,600 square inches of sail and in these conditions it proved to be very easily driven. The Saint sailed by Dennis Lippett is another boat of a similar type to the winner but is slightly more drawn out. Serica is a boat directly off the board of the late Bill Daniels and is of a much shallower section than the two mentioned above and is near the minimum displacement for its length, thatis, 58 Ib. on a 56 L.W.L. and carries about 1,520 square inches of sail. Dambuster is a flat floored glassfibre boat with a bulb keel that first appeared last year on a 60 in. L.W.L.: however, it now displaces 52 Ib. on a 50 in. L.W.L. and sails remarkably fast on only 1,330 square inches of sail. Both Bobcat and Bingo Cat have glassfibre hulls built by Mep Van Hoorebeke to the Highlander design by Priest and they displace 52 Ib. on a 54in. L.W.L. and carry 1,550 square inches sail. Perhaps the most interesting boats were Projectile and Moonraker III respectively the lightest (46 Ib.) and the heaviest (67 lb.) boats in the race. The former had excellent acceleration and speed but did not seem to ghost fast enough when the wind fell light, while the latter did not have the acceleration to stay with the lighter boats. Another outstanding boat was Checkmate built by Ken Jones to a Norwegian design on a 57in. L.W.L. This boat is a perfect example of how the fittings and finishes on a boat should be designed. The hull is a vivid green colour 453 (Continued on page 469) NOVEMBER 1968 Left, Ragtime and Wanda ready to go in the first heat. Centre, Kinky and Glenrose leave the starting line. Bottom, Caroline (to the recently published Quartet lines) sailing Earner. Right, the winner with Hi Fi, to the Hammer design. Photos by Joe Perkins. LORIOUS weather in Scotland has meant weed growth, and the M. Champs were moved twice. However, Glasgow Corp. had made a good start at Victoria Park, the original venue, and it was eventually held there on August 31st/September Ist. There were 22 boats and a southerly wind gave a good sailing breeze, albeit across the new roadway and flyover. Only 6 heats were sailed, scoring 2 and 2, on Saturday; Tango and Kinky led at 20 pts. with Hi Fi at 18. Sunday saw a wind swinging E. and S.E., fairly strong; one boat had to withdraw and sailing was adjusted, the race being completed after 14 heats. Skippers of 9 of the boats were youngsters, a good omen for Scotland. Miniature Yacht Club and the ladies of Victoria West of Scotland club are to be thanked for catering, also O.O.D. J. Livingstone (M.Y.C.) and assist. J. Perkins (Vic. W.), scorer F. Drynan (V.W.), umpires R. Lawson (M.Y.C.), T. Porter (registrar) and starter J. Cunningham (W.V.). Ist 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Hi Fi Tango Javelin Wanda Bobs Best Kinky G. McDonald J. Mathieson D. Cowie D. Brown A. Smith B. Cowan 7th White Nymph A. Rankin 8th Blue Lady W. McKean Caroline 10th Saucy Sue 11th Firefly Orlaver Wasp Ensign W. Bunton M. Brady R. Pollock R. Beveridge B. Stevenson P. Bushby 15th Glenrose T. Moore 17th Earner Silver Mist A. McCaskill S. Smith 20th Senga P. Sinclair 16th My Ciss 19th Ragtime Tokotani 22nd Yochabel A. McMillan H. Shields G. Todd T. Todd V.W. Club V.W. Club Q. Park Paisley Paisley V.W. Club Pts. Hammer Foxtrot Sunkiss Witchcraft M. Pahie Mad Hatter Elder Park Elf Elder Park Hustler Q. Park Greenock 34 30 28 Port Glasgow Inverleith 52 46 40 38 36 Trion Golden Archer Cheerio2 Quartet 26 Elusive 22 28 24 24 Greenock Q. Park Wasp Hammer 24 24 Paisley Witch 20 Miniature Elder Park Wasp Greenock Duck Scot. ‘A’ Class Port Glasgow Mod. Vega 14 Quartet Miniature Saida Miniature 16 16 Pahie 10 10 ee rew Se eee 467 HN
