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AUGUST 1962. i¢ & hid dk VAS WODEL IMIANRIEIR} MODEL MAKER TROPHY, | Nii race for this year’s Model Maker Trophy on the Long Pond at Clapham no doubt will go down in history as the coldest and wettest race for this handsome trophy. One normally associates the end of May with the getting out of summer clothes, the water sparkling merrily in the sunshine, however, the powers that control the weather thought otherwise and 15 skippers, their mates and the officials of Clapham M.Y.C. assembled on Saturday, May 26th, looking rather like an Antarctic expedition. After a few practice boards to work up trims the crews were called together promptly at 11.0 a.m. to be welcomed and briefed by the O.0.D., Mr. C. H. Elsom, vice-president of the club, who, in his own inimitable way, decided that only one round would be sailed and also apologised for the wind being out of the North, a wind that is peculiar to the Long Pond and not conducive to fine sailing. It was a 1962 was an unusually large number of re-sails due to the fickleness of the wind and these were taken at the end of the morning session. After lunch another four heats were sailed in worsening weather, the wind dropping and the inevitable rain coming with it, ‘the re-sails were very uncomfortable from the skipper point of view. With eight heats completed on the first day it looked as if the next day’s racing would be over in the early afternoon but nobody had taken into consideration the British climate. Sunday saw no improvement in the weather, in fact, there were indications of even poorer conditions, and the wind veering to the East making sailing even more tricky. A start was made at 11 o’clock in intermittent rain and by lunch-time all concerned were pretty well soaked and welcomed a chance to dry off a little. The afternoon session had just got under way when there was the most violent thunderstorm together with hailstones half an inch in diameter; all admitted they had never seen the like of it before. Boats were sailing with deck cargoes of lumps of ice and skippers with shoes full of water! After the storm came sunshine to dry things up a little and a final effort saw the race completed by 4.45 p.m. In the boathouse there was the usual tea and chat followed by the presentation of the trophy and prizes by the O.0.D. The winning boat, Jason, is a much modified version of Daniel’s Kittywake, the most noticeable feature being its hog-backed deck. Considering it is only the third year that Mr. Ward has been racing he put up an excellent performance against much more experienced skippers. The second boat, Estrelle, was designed by the late Mr. R. Burton, a name that suggests 10-raters rather than Marbleheads. Although over eight years old, Estrelle is still a great boat and generally in the first three. This year she has been converted to vane steering. great pity that only 16 entries had been received and at the last moment one competitor had to withdraw, leaving only 14 heats with each competitor having a bye. As things turned out in the course of the race this was as much as could be managed in the time available. The first pair of boats were away by 11.15 a.m. and by lunch-time four heats had been sailed. There 386 AUGUST The third boat, Kay, is to the lines of the Witty Wasp—it is new this season and has a fibre glass hull and has been extremely well built and finished by her skipper, Mr. F. Purdy, who also qualified for the prize for the highest score by a boat off Model Maker drawings. The prize for the competitor travelling farthest went to Mr. M. Seear of Ryde. MODEL MAKER Sailed at Clapham No. co-operation of the L.C.C. and the Head Keeper of Clapham Common who saw to it that the lake was free of weeds and flotsam and also erected a roped off enclosure at each end of the lake for competitors’ boats and had the weather been fair these would have been of great value in keeping crowds away Skipper Club G, Ward R. J. Burton R, Purdy YW60A Clapham Southgate 52 47 46 1307 1350 1296 1308 891 762 G. Porter M. R, Sellings R. Bonthrone F. Ivory H. Cellier J. Deacon Clapham Eastbourne Clapham YM60A Clapham Clapham 44 5 374 6 37 7 333-8 32 9 31 10 C. Marquis Highgate 29° «13 Ryde 18 16 906 1015 800 1208 from the starting berths. TROPHY May 26-27, 1962 1286 Jason 763 ~—s Estrelle 1345 Kay 1256 Mention should be made of the excellent help and 759 Name Gannet II + Verny Merry Pace Trumpeter Pronto Goshawk Red Witch Mithras Echo Il Verity Cirrus Rosa IT E, Gorst P. Collins J. Saunders D. C, Arnold M. Seear Clapham Clapham Clapham Eastbourne BRITISH OPEN MARBLEHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD AT FLEETWOOD 8 »». 10 11 12 », 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 » 1195 937 1353 1246 778 1324 1197 1280 1359 1342 1273 1296 1355 1309 1034 1029 974 1180 1015 1314 Bolero III Anne IV Fandango Tinpot Yvonne II Tempest Sue III Lyric Matador Elf III Libra II Trumpeter Cracker Wasp Tantivy Dafila Golden Plover First Attempt Echo II La Femme 1346 Thoa 22 1290 Both 23 848 Hustler 24 KS45 Mayfly 45 1 2 3 4 30 =11 30 =11 257 15 1962 g 3 G. Reeves R. Mackarel K.E. Roberts C, Dicks D.J. Hardwicke A. Bell D. M. McIntyre J. D. Inman J. Roberts D. Armitage D. Dowhurst R, Bonthrone J. Radford J. Blundell R. Dunning P.L. Whiteside E, Gorst C., Mitchell J. Saunders F. Chalk Birmingham Fleetwood Birkenhead Clapham Bournville Fleetwood Fleetwood Sheffield Fleetwood Birkenhead Fleetwood Clapham Birmingham Fleetwood Bury Fleetwood Clapham Fleetwood Clapham Fleetwood W.K. Rodrick G., Beeley T. Buchanan Fleetwood Sheffield Saltcoats J. K. Smith Score Psn. Total JUNE 9-11 I 2 3 4 5 », 1962 Bournville Possible points 34 36 35 24 31 30 26 BIS 19 17 24 29 20 14 2 16 7 18 13 16 13 85 77 71 66 65 72 55 G2 55 53 56 49 45 44 37 33 35 37 36 34 30 5 26 2 14 SiS 40 95 With so many meetings over Whitsun, we missed the Marblehead Championship, which we hear was a most successful meeting with kind weather. The start, 2 p.m. Saturday, enjoyed a westerly wind giving good beat and run conditions; on Sunday the wind 115 Opposite, top, the M.M. Trophy winner “Jason” sails ‘‘Merry Pace”, Bottom, ‘Kay’’, third placer, against the same opponent, and fourth placing ‘“‘Gannet II” sails ‘“‘“Goshawk’. Above right, Dennis Lippett sailed G. Reeves’ “Bolero III’ to victory in the swung north and freshened, and on Monday it backed again to the M Championship, west and was lighter. Twin with a Difference! C. R. STARNES, whose ingenious marine engines have previously appeared in our pages, sent along his very individual version of a Taplin Twin for our inspection. This originated from a worn-out motor, with, however, a completely sound crankcase / crankshaft department, to which Mr. Starnes added a new upperworks similar in principle to his 34 c.c. Marine Diesel which appeared in our September and November, 1961, issues. The cylinder block is machined from a casting (it could be a solid block) and separate dry liners are inserted for the cylinders. A water passage is milled along each side of the block, the passages being joined by drilling across the flywheel end. An exhaust passage connecting the exhaust ports opens into one screwed-on pipe, and the intake is similar, using the standard Taplin throttle. Long studs, screwed into the original cylinder hold-down bolt holes in the crankcase, pass through the block and head. Running is excellent, and appearance, we think, very “marine”! 387 Results are given at left.
