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Viodel Boats JULY 1969 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE U S.A. & CANADA SIXTY CENTS Be HOBBY MAGAZINE Hl ee Metropolitan and Southern District — HIS was 10-Rater Team the of second event this Race kind for 10 Raters, and as winners of last year’s race, Guildford were the host Club. Mr. E. Hunt of the Hove Club was O.O.D., assisted by Guildford Club members. The M. & S. District had invited other Districts to compete, and Bournville accepted the invitation on behalf of Midland District. Eighteen boats representing nine clubs came to the start at 10.15 a.m. in a top suit southerly breeze giving reaching conditions for the first few heats. Later it veered to S. West, giving perfect conditions for beat and run. An interesting feature of team racing is the rapidity with which leading teams change with each heat. Thus every heat becomes a ‘cliff-hanger’ involving 10 points per team, with consequent tension being maintained all day. By lunch time with less than half Top, left to right, F. R. Shepherd’s Zebedee completes a run, B. Brewster’s Mr. Rusty visiting the Hove Lagoon bay, and D. Hardwick’s Sohrab, which attracted a lot of interest. Centre, Gwyneth, sailed by her designer, Chris Dicks, leads Golden Sceptre. Below, left, Sohrab’s deck fittings and lightweight T-section boom, oe right, Tintaro, to a new Lewis esign. 294 JULY 1969 Position 1 Club Guildford Points 61 Skipper F.R. Shepherd Design Roundabout 51 1715 Sohrab Mr. Rusty B. Brewster D. Hardwicke John Lewis 3 Clapham 51 50 1767 VWTT Kintaro Gwyneth G. Reeves C. Dicks John Lewis Own Design 4 Southampton 533 1749 Jester Javelin R. Seager Own Design 42 51 40 39 1723 1717 1741 1750 Joker D. James High Tension Wardance Vagabond Golden Sceptre C. Colsell M. Martin R. Burton Warlord Warlord Mod. Highlander 283 393 26 1705 1729 1728 Phantom K. Sellings Mata Hari Blue Beat Black Knight C. Jackson G. Clark High Tension High Tension 273 1756 Vixen C. J. Dunking 5 Heve and Brighton 6 Eastbourne 7 Danson – 8 M.Y.S.A. 9 London 48 28 2034 123 1737 Boat Zebedee Bournville 2 51 No. 1736 1762 1759 1734 1428 Fulvia The Boats High Tensions certainly showed as the most popular boat, six sailing of which three were G.R.P. hulls and three planked. Three Warlords sailed, the remainder being one-offs or modifid versions of other boats. The two Bournville boats created a lot of in- ROUND C. Edmonson THE Swindon M.P.B.E.C, The Swindon Model Power Boat and Engineering Club held its annual regatta at Cheney Manor Lake, Swindon, on Sunday, May 11th, 1969. This year it was decided to cover events for Radio Control boats, Straight Running boats and Hydroplanes. Despite the rain which occurred during the previous days, which left the surroundings of the lake like a mud bath, the weather on the day was reasonable with only one shower early on. On the water some good performances were achieved by the 85 entries from 13 clubs. The best of these was by J. Blacknell (St. Albans) in the 5 c.c. Hydroplane Class when the British record was raised (subject to ratification) to 78.24 m.p.h. for the 440 yd. course, this also broke the course record. C. Coleman (St. Albans) also achieved over 70 m.p.h. with his 24 c.c. airscrew hydroplane, this being the first time airscrew hydroplanes have been run on the lake. In_ the Nomination event for Straight Running boats N. Cole narrowly beat his father to win the event whilst G. Kirkham completed the double for the home club by winning the steering event with 13 pts. J. Blacknell, Mrs, O. Cockman and C. Lane scored 11 pts. to tie for 2nd one: after a re-run the unfortunate competitor was C. ane. The Swindon Corporation gave permission for the whole lake to be used on this occasion so the full Naviga course was used for the Radio Control events. The steering event was won by F. Body (Portsmouth) with three boats tying for 2nd place. In the speed event good times were recorded, the fastest of these being W. Pollitt (Southampton) in the 10 c.c. class. High Tension D. Stagg Lord Mays Estoril the total heats completed, the lead had changed five times and Bournville with 51 points led Clapham and Guildford, each with 49, Hove with 46, and Southampton with 45. Resails, particularly downwind, were numerous and by mid afternoon the fight was really on with Guildford, Bournville and Clapham just pulling out clear of the field, but by no means clear of each other. The last heat was completed at 6.20 p.m. and tea was taken whilst the O.0.D. wrestled with the resail position. After 24 resails had been completed Guildford had retained their title with 112 points, Bournville second with 102, and Clapham third with 98 points. Sixteen heats were sailed, which reflected on the excellent co-operation between officials and skippers, sportsmanship was of the highest order and a wonderful day’s sport enjoyed by all. Roundabout High Tension High Tension F, Shattock |. C. Kidd Warlord Littlejohn terest with their unusual fin and bulb keel formats, and in the case of Don Hardwicke’s Sohrab some extremely fine, if mysterious, deck ‘machinery’. Another unusual feature was the use of a T section plywood mainboom, allied to a luff sail. Graham Reeves’ new boat—a new Lewis design—went very fast at times both on and off the wind, although the very large jib area appeared to require an accurate trim to produce maximum performance. The Guildford boats to the Stollery/Shepherd Roundabout design showed their acceleration downwind, planing very fast over the rough water at the leeward end, without any splashing or disturbance. Gwyneth, skippered by Chris Dicks, showed that its performance was up to the standard of building that won it the award for Working Yachts at the Model Engineer Exhibition in January. It was also interesting to see Chris Edmonson from Southampton, finishing as second highest boat with his Jester, a G.R.P. version of the High Tension design. Altogether in the opinion of all — Officials, Skippers, Mates and just spectators—a superb day’s. sailing which the Guildford Club were privileged to run and just win. REGATTAS The prizes were presented by Mrs. Joy Colbeck, wife of the M.P.B.A. Hon. Gen. Secretary, whom we were very pleased to welcome on their first visit to Swindon, thereby completing a very pleasant day. Straight Running Nomination 1st N. Cole 2nd G. Cole 3rd _ R. Lane Events Swindon Swindon St. Albans Steering ist G. Kirkham 2nd J. Blacknell 3rd Mrs. O. Cockman Speed Events A Class (i c.c.) No B Class (15c.c.) T. C Class (10 c.c.) E. D Class (5c.c.) J. E Class (24.c.c.) E. F Class (24 c.c. Airscrew) C. *New British Record Finisher Dalziel Blacknell Blacknell Blacknell .4 Swindon St. Albans Victoria Birmingham St. Albans St. Albans St. Albans Coleman St. Albans (subject to ratification) Nil Error per cent Error 1.5 Error 13 pts. 11–5+5 71-+-5-+5 36.6 m.p.h. 47.37 m.p.h. 78.24 m.p.h.* 33.4 m.p.h. 73.48 m.p.h. Radio Control Events Steering 1st F. Body Joint 2nd D. Careless Portsmouth Portsmouth Speed Up to 23.c.c. Southampton 26.3 secs. D. Naylor Southampton G. Purchase Farnborough 29.5 secs. 29.5 secs. R. Walker G. Purchase ist 3rd 24 c.c.-5 c.c. Ist 295 LT F. Osman 2nd M. Long Portsmouth Farnborough Southampton 110 pts. 100 pts. 100 pts. 100 pts. 29.1 secs.
