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NOVEMBER 1963 U.S.A. & FORTY CANADA CENTS ~ Model Ships – Cars – Yachts – Engineering ML 1963 British Open A Class Championships and International Fleetwood, August 18-25 ODEL yachtsmen’s chief reaction to the Fleetwood International meeting this year will undoubtedly be delight that success has at last crowned the efforts of that cheery little Frenchman, Horace Boussy, who has competed since 1935 in every A Class Championship with varying degrees of misfortune and made his first win such a convincing one. Bravo indeed! The British Open Championship also proved a popular win with Clapham club’s Bob Burton, with a clubmate lying third. For skippers not used to heavy coastal winds, these were indeed fine performances. The fact that Highlanders won both events was no doubt more than consolation to Dick Priest, who sailed the original Highlander into second place. Statistically it is interesting to note that there were eight boats to Priest designs, eight from John Lewis, and eight stemming from the late Bill Daniels’ Jill, the latest version of which is the Drumbeat family. Probably no A Class Championship of recent years has been quite so evenly matched; in the first half of the week, with Moonshine leading, any of at least 20 boats could have come through to win, and the closely-spaced final scores at the top end tell their own story. By the Friday evening, however, only one boat could have caught Reward (Highlander had 540 a bye) and then only if it made the possible 10 and Reward dropped 10. Weatherwise the wind was generally fresh except on Thursday, though not always up and down the lake. Sunday was N.N.W. backing to W. by N., freshening, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday almost due W., fresh (strong on Wednesday), Thursday light S. veering W., Friday moderate S. by W. swinging to nearly straight down the lake and freshening, Saturday fresh to strong, similar. There was exciting sailing on most days, becoming spectacular when the wind strengthened. Throughout O.0.D. Frank Boardman, starter George Leeds, and the other invaluable officials kept things moving at a smart pace, the decision to divide the fleet into four sections helping smoothness and giving crews some free half days. The International race for the Yachting Monthly cup started at 3 p.m. on Saturday in a fresh westerly, with six countries represented, seven heats being sailed. On Sunday a light S.W. wind made sailing tricky; the result was declared at the agreed finishing time after a total of 15 heats. Positions were (Saturday score in brackets): 1, H. Boussy, France (27), 50. 2, H. A. Shields, Scotland (22), 44. 3, [Continued on page 547] NOVEMBER Tuppence Drumbeat Caribbee Top Hat Philippa Aramis Never Mind Patricia Torcello Confusion Gaoth Nair Kiltie Hamburg Exodus Outlaw Oberon Tarpon Moby Dick Vanity Fair Viola Ulster Lady Clansman Pinnocchio Morag J. Kretschmann F, G, Ivory 8 KS 575 A. Levison W. F. Hugman H. Themar H, Boussy K. Roberts D. Armitage H, A. Shields W.K. Rodrick Fr, Jacobsen H. Atkinson W. McIntyre J. Roberts C. Mitchell G,.Van Hoorebeke E, Gorst T. Buchanan R, H. Tregenna H. A. Norton F, Dutton H., Miller Heading photo shows a typical scene Clapham Birkenhead Clapham Bournville Birkenhead Y.M, 6m. O.A, Fleetwood Birkenhead Birkenhead Fleetwood Birkenhead Y.M. 6m, O.A, Germany Y.M, 6m, O.A, Y.M. 6m, O.A, Fleetwood Germany France Birkenhead Birkenhead Greenock Victoria Germany Leeds & Bradford Fleetwood Fleetwood Fleetwood Belgium Clapham Saltcoats Ulster Fleetwood Fleetwood Saltcoats RESULTS Design Priest Highlander Priest Highlander Daniels Mod. Drumbeat Lewis Moonshine Hill After Daniels Jill Lewis Top Hat Lewis Alexander After Turner Moonraker After Daniels Jill After Daniels Jill Lewis Top Hat After Daniels Jill Priest Roberta After Daniels Jill After Highlander Edwards Priest Highlander Lewis Moonshine Lewis Top Hat After Daniels Jill Lewis Moonshine Points scored 0! Tu. W. Th. F. ‘Sa. Total Builder Boardman Levison Jones Levison Levison Amlot Lace Lace Levison Levison Ivory Levison Alexander Boussy Lace Laird Rodrick Levison Atkinson _ F, Amlot CHAMPIONSHIP Club ond Juanita The Saint Moonshine Elvira Ayala My Nine Pence Simoon Rapture OPEN Drumbeat Littlejohn Priest Highlander Lewis Moonshine Tregenna Bromhead Buchanan Tregenna Priest Highlander Priest Roberta Smith _ Skipper R. J. Burton B. H. Priest C. H. Elsom D., Lippett K. Jones K. Dight D. A. Wilkinson NHRWNUNANWRRENNIDAMNNIIwW BRITISH Pos. 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Bottom opposite, winner Bob Burton ond another shot of the winner in action. lakeside, the physical awareness of wet feet, and the mental query ‘Will I have to stop and retrim?” mate lift ‘‘Reward” out, Ken Jones poles off ‘‘Moonshine’’, *““Reward” and ‘Tarpon’, Ted Porter waits for ‘‘Drumbeat’’, Below, ‘Highlander’ and ‘‘Hamburg’’, ‘“‘Juanita’” and Boussy’s International winner ‘‘Patricia’’. 1963 Boat Above, “The Saint” leads “Juanita” on the run, and mate Bill Wright stops ‘Patricia’ while ‘“‘Outlaw’’, and Horace
