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0 Osle ee Omls yh t2\ 3 : 02s O] E= 1S) A oh C= — ae . “= zx Ae U ral : SSDHAAATM OS LEX Oe ESORRNROM Ld a ses 2 ow ~) al Se WDONNON m| = ROCONNAKN Andy Littlejohn and his Boomer. Look at the length of that keel! ~L M sitios = Ex) = Oo < Byron Sansom and his Bingo, kitted by Dumas. Boat won 1st at 1975 ACCR. Q) 2) < < Bs tA A tA Ls re S 2/554 aaaSS t ts gsgn a|eo =| t STRICTLY SAIL f= Qe By ROD CARR @ Liberally sprinkled through this col- : 1°) “aA s —— Well, there you have it. Put these umn are the remaining picturesfromthe dimensions down on a piece of paper, ship. As of this writing, ve heard reports have a world beater. 50/800 Western Divisional Champion- - fill in the blanks between, and you'll from the class Nationals, which was won | was pleased to hear that the skippers by a WIND II. You may remember that of the EC/12 class were proud of the we published the lines for the WIND! _ original name and voted to retain East here in Model Builder afew monthsago. Who says that we weren't the fustest with the mostest??2 Coast 12-Meter. I’ve never swallowed the argument that the name was preventing the class from spreading. What With the continuing help of Chuck prevents the sport from spreading is the Black, we present the matrix on the _ lack of fellows and gals who will donate a 50/800 boats featured in the photos. | _ little of their time to showingit offto the think an immediate conclusion fromthe — folks who have never seen R/C yachting, table is that the boats are all tending andthendoalittle organizing so that the toward a E similar displacement and i ballast ratio. The maximum beams are _ participants can maximize the fun that ae Aue 55 sailing “little boats”’ is. tending to center around the 9 to 10inch range, with max beam turning out between 26 and 33 inches aftofthebow. The sail plans center on a 42% jib, 58% We have seen, in 1978, a stabilizing of the numbers of skippers competing in the National Championship level competitions. The EC/12 Class mustered 18 40% nor larger than 45.3%. Mains’! luff 45 drew the hard core that have sup- none of the ultra-tall rigs in evidence. 1974. This was the first year that SPOT birth of the American R/C 50/800. Not sold to a New York skipper who would pound keel bulb. A keel fin area be- Glenolden, PA, hitched up his boots and mains’! ratio, with no jib smaller than ranges between 66 and 73 inches, with It looks to me as if we have seen the so heavy as the older vane boats, but averaging 16+.0.5 pounds with abouta9- tween 55 and 60 square inches is-used, the need for good reaching performance and has compromised the 85inch rigs which appear only rarely. 50 ae oe QO = EN in FP tp OGAS Se N ~~ Oo = = ny = << | SS (Ge AN0y, 10 e _ GSN GOW S PARTS eee arias nN =< 2 Zz = = —|-> my BH = 2 _ Hl oO a) snomannen Do =a = oh SS ra = orso, while smaller classes like the STAR Ss ported the class since its early days in jena” nis didn’t wet her hull at the event. She was rather admire her closeup, than see her in front of the fleet. John Krick, of swept the competition, winning all the with about 20 square inches of rudder. heats but one, and with a boat that | Draft is 16 inches or so, with all boats speared and sank last year. He said he taking the maximum allowable LWL. The — sailed with the tape over the hole, just aspect ratio of the sails has resulted in Miao 0 Oats oo for good luck, and it must have worked. Meanwhile, up in Rhode Island, Buddy Black dusted off a vintage 1970 EC/12 hull (remember when they didn’t look © 6 BAe KKeKNH = ~ oe a 5 mt = | Oo + $ bu ilies Oren eee anes wh, MOE YWOE 5 sovtfsu= MODEL BUILDER Chuck Black 4761 Niagara Ave. San Diego, CA 92107 9. Denver Area MYA Joe J. Vella 7913 Rarita St. Denver, CO 80221 12. Northern CA S/B Fleet 2 George Montague 305 McCormick Ave. Capitola, CA 95010 15. Golden Triangle MYA Bill Hays : 213412 Sorrento Dr. Largo, FL 33540 18. Buffalo Model Boat Club Leonard E. Salika 110 Bidwell Pkwy. Buffalo, NY 14222 21. Stormbird MYC Juduth E. Gabay 5900 Saranac Ave. Columbus, OH 43227 23. Helmsmen MYC Bill Baughman Chuck Black’s new design is called the ‘‘Tempest’’. Another long, skinny keel! like Woody Woodpecker with a thyroid condition?) and proved once and for all that the differences between skippers is so much of a gulf that a meaningful 12762 Spring St. Garden Grove, CA 92645 24. Delaware Valley MYC John Krick 214 Rively Ave. Glenholden, PA 19036 measurement of hull difference is yet to be proposed. I’m sorry not to have more regatta results, but the folks who run them just don’t bother to put me on their mailing list. The following are more AMYA sanctioned clubs: fi 3 a , é oth Modified Wind I! by Lionel Goodman. This design won the 1978 ACCR. 25. Minute Man MYC Park & Recreation Comm. Town Hall, Room 25 Needham, MA 02192 26. Sandusky MSC Shannon McGreevy 828 Salem Dr. 28. EL DORADO YACHT CLUB Claudia Lindsey 515 N. Lyall Ave. 5. Metro Marine Modelers Dennis Eason 1182 Warden Ave. West Covina, CA 91790 29. Copper State MBC Charles A. Vosburgh 8137 E. Amelia Ave. Scottsdale, AZ 85251 AMYA dues are should be sent to Bob Espenshade, Citrus Heights, CA Another new design is the “Black Magic”, by Paul Black. Fresh out of the water, Don Prough’s double-ended “‘‘Epic’’ shows the trend toward deep bulbs. DECEMBER 1978 ; 27. Conn. Valley MYC George Bielak 78 Northbrick Lane Wethersfield, CT 06109 Goleta, CA 93017 8. San Diego Argonauts aig P Huron, OH 44839 3. R/C MARINERS Ray Kieding 290 N. Fairview Ave. Scarborough, Ont. Canada M1R 2R1 6. Puget Sound MBC Gerald R. Julian 4417 Alar-Mar Lane Olympia, WA 98501 7. Chicago R/C MYC Bob Cornell 6478 Dauphine Ct. Elk Grove Village, IL 60807 4 now $10/year and the new Secretary: 7221 Casa Adobe,. 95610. ll answer questions accompanied with a stamped, self-addressed envelope: Rod Carr, 7608 Gresham St., Springfield, VA 22151. @ The builder of this boat was not identified; all we know is that it isa modified Orion. 51
