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Jack Elem, man of all hobbies, launches his Friendship sloop “Nefertiti” , momentar ily distracting a young fisherman. Nice to see somethin g other than the usual Bermudan rig. Jack hails from Fullerton, California. STRICTIYSAUL By ROD CARR @ Jack Elem, of Fullerton, California, was kind enough to provide us with the heading pictures of his Friendship Sloop NEFERTITI. He utilized a Mainwaring hull and the book ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS for the source of plans and infor- mation for outfitting. All fittings on the boat were hand-made except for the Fisher blocks. The blocks were covered with exotic woods such as ebony, purple heart, and paduak to simulate the traditional look of the Friendship. Cabin and Hand -turned brass bell and woven lanyard spice up Nefertiti’s cockpit. All photo s on this page by Chuck Mathews. 30 hatches were planked with walnut, and caulking represented with basswood strips. The hull topsides are black, with white waterline and copper below. Ballast is nine pounds of No. 8 lead shot. All rigging is removable for transportation, including the bowsprit. Jack reports that there are 8 of the boats under construction or already sailing. He belongs to the Ship Modelers Association, a scale club that brings 60 to 70 members to each meeting. My thanks to Jack and to Howard Jackson and Chuck Matthews for the photos. | have been getting the Minuteman Camber is hard to control in non-club jibs, as can be seen here. Still pretty, though. MODEL BUILDER Kilburn Adams, who designed the steam launch featured in our September “78 issue, also designed and built this fine looking gaff+igged schoo- ner. The length overall is 50 inches and the beam is 12-3/4. Total displacement is 21 pounds, with 15 pounds of lead shot/epoxy ballast. MYC newsletter regularly, and this month | got a copy of the one from the Hecksher R/C Model Yacht Club. The editor, Dick Wischer, reports that the club is going to participate in a hobby show at Brookwood Hall Park, in East Islip, New York. They plan to show off their growing fleet of 36/600 class boats in hopes of finding new members to fill out their heat list. He indicates that their group is considering separating the fleet into wooden and fiberglass hull sections. Maybe | can get some further information on the reasoning for such a division of boats. The inference is that there is a difference in capability between them. Since there is no mention of multi-hulls, this may be a new problem that the wide-open 36’s will be facing in the upcoming season. One of my pet peeves is seeing an otherwise beautiful boat marred by the ugliness of crooked or uncentered numerals on its sails. This is usually the result of the skipper putting numerals on the sail after registering the boat. Sails that come ready to go from the numerous good sailmakers are conspicuously neat and precise in their lettering. You really only need two things for even, neat lettering. First, a clean horizontal surface as big as acard table. A card table would be good. Second, take your numerals and trace them on clean, white paper in the arrangement that your class rules require. In the case of a class like the 50/800’s, measure the length of your sail number, then center the class symbol over the numeral. Drawa horizontal line under the whole thing and place the pattern under the sail with the line perpendicular to the leech of the sail. On full-sized boats, the individual panels run perpendicular to the leech, and numerals are typically sewn on a single panel, not crossing any seams. This means that numerals on the mains’! are not parallel to the waterline of the boat. Unless you are comitted to sailing in international competition, keep the number of numerals to a minimum. Don’t use the US in the EC/12 class, for example, even though it is optional. The reasons are that the extra numbers just add to the clutter and make it more difficult to read for the race committee, and they also add a significant stiffening of the sail in the area of the upper batten, which cuts down the.drive available. Where possible, consolidate numerals; the M in the 50/80 class can Continued on page 127 Ship moves well, even in near-calm weather. Hull is epoxy glass, teak planks over 1/16 mahogany deck, mahogany cabin, teak and spruce trim. If there’s enough interest, MB will publish plans and arrange for glass hulls. Let us know. JANUARY 1979 31 be put back-to-back with the numerals below. Or put the M on, spray astripe of paint across the sail, and thenta theM ke off, leaving i: in white for the sun to shine through. The most consistent problem with numerals is having them blow offincold weather. This usually happens to a new boat that was a Christmas present. To cure this problem, hang the sails in a sunny window for a few days. The sunlight will cure the adhesive, and you ll never get the numerals off. Sometime back, | discussed the state of the model yachting sport in these pages. The response was just about what | had expected. I don’t really blame the skippers for preferring to be out in the sun sailing, rather than being closeted with a typewriter or quill pen. One massive reaction to my words was sent by Gene Dunham, presently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the Helmsmen MYC of Long Beach, CA. His response hit many a nerve, as he had both praise and criticism for my statements. Unfortunately, Gene’s comments are too engthy to include word for word in the magazine, but the main topic of his etter deals with the poor sportsmanship and selfish attitudes shown by an all too high number of skippers. Gene has fears of AMYA’s survival if such attitudes are allowed to persist. | would be glad to provide a complete copy of his letter to anyone who will send me a self-addressed, 2-stamp envelope. AMYA dues are now up to $10.00 annually, per the vote of the member- ship. The cost of producing and mailing the quarterly newsletter just grew too fast to allow the old rate to continue. So, if you have your pen out to scratch a complaint to me, please send your dues to the AMYA Secretary, Bob Espenshade, 7221 Casa Adobe, Citrus Heights, California 95610. I’m fielding questions at 7608 Gresham, Springfield, VA 22151, as long as | get a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If you are a model yacht club officer and know of a club newsletter that is not being mailed out to me, give the editor the business. You are missing out on a lot of nationally distributed publicity from this very source. e
