Model Maker: Volume 4, Issue 48 – November 1954

-~VOLUME 4 -~NUMB 48 : TOVEMBER 1954 ; Special Marquetry Championships : Feature : 10-Rater Yacht Ajirscrew Driven Hydroplane “Mistral” All Balsa Day Cruiser for Electric Power Christmas Present Bedford Truck : “Windbird” New Tucker 36 in. Class Design : Magneto for Racing Cars : Chevrolet Corvette : TT Rail- roading : ‘Crested Goods” O Gauge Steam Loco R.C. : “Ella” Test 3Lin. Meter Passenger : Readers’ Hauler : Letters [7 ‘— REPORTED BY HOUGH shortened contest, this year’s to D. a two – day 10-Rater event attracted an entry of twenty-six boats from thirteen clubs, due, perhaps, to the well-known attractions of Hove! dents and entries, ill-fortune so that Acci- eliminated three twenty-three boats actually took part in the contest—the withdrawal of Jane IV caused late some heart-burnings from skippers who had taken points from her on the first day. It was really a battle Animated scene at the clubhouse, with the racing flags of the competing clubs bravely fluttering ii the breeze, of giants, ‘ as contestants make ready for the postprandial heits designs, ee a so. with that , a fine winner selection J. of new Anderton, of London, with his Sleuth can be justly proud of his clear win by six points from runner-up D. Bateup, of Brighton and Hove, sailing Alycides, which came so near to marking up a home win. Third man was E. Porter with his 1952 winner Water Witch II, another five points behind. It is a real feather in the Littlejohn beret that the first three boats came from his board, as well as the sixth, eighth and fifteenth boats. Sleuth was an entirely new design produced specially for her skipper, with an overall length of 6ft. lin., lw.l. 53in., and displace- ment of 28 lb., sail area up to class limit. She sailed impeccably through the tempestuous conditions of the first day dropping six points | in ten heats, and then ten on the second day, when cf oldstme wince dibene @7erher deckeimostaween sail were more nearly ideal. teMTific spurt Bateup made in his efforts to catch the leader after a bad leading second boat Aiea Soe with cautious reduction of conditions Alycides marked up top score on this second day’s sailing with 56 points, indicative of the start of only 32 area 620 . NOVEMBER, LAIDLAW 1954 DICKSON gleaned from the first day’s efforts. Water Witch II] was another boat which improved on the second day, but too late to overcome a less satisfactory start. Our old friend Triplane, based on Uffa Fox’s Flying Fifteen gave occasional glimpses of her planing powers but requires just her sort of weather to reach top honours. Brown Sugar, the Gosport boat, designed by the late W. H. Davey, showed prominently, though a long way behind the leaders. Some real old-timers also showed their paces, including the Norwegian-built Nell, which had enjoyed winning brackets in 1935 and 1936, Daniels’ old 1947 winner Airborne, and the “grandpappy” of them all, the ex-Daniels A Class boat Nora II, originally registered as an “A” in 1928. Apart from the winner’s boat; most of the other Littlejohn designs were built from the lines of his Venture. B. H. Priest was sailing his Tornado, built to replace the one he damaged last year at Bradford. Carona, Blendonia and Kreese were all sharpies, but somewhat outclassed by the conventional round bilge craft. We were glad to see two entries from Poole in the shape of V. Crean’s Windrush and G. Cobb’s Quo-Vadis, the former being a Lance design. This young club has again been selected as the venue for,a National event in 1955, when the 36in. Restricted Class will be staged there, and the experiences of members at “away” fixtures should be of value to them —though their organisation this year was almost fautless. Saturday weather conditions were some- what frightening, with heavy seas breaking Above: First and second boats Sleuth and Alycides commence a board in the calmer conditions enjoyed on the second day’s sailing. Below, from left to right: J. Stopes’ Rosamunde heads into the camera with spinnaker emptying as the fitful wind dies down. Broad-beamed Triplane in the background strives to catch up with W. L. Grint’s Quickstep, an interesting design from the well-known Adams’ board. Acushla, built by Phelan Pere, and sailed by son B. Phelan, goose-wings merrily along with an immense bow wave. Triplane shows that she can still plane as fast as most boats racing today. Note how her bow is right out of the water. Elegant in yellow hull and red mainsail Nell was a fit subject for the colour camera, but disappointed as a racing machine on this occasion. Our cover picture again, last registered boat Shiela III, skippered by Zimmerman, presents a pretty picture, as she leads in her board. Winner Sleuth prepares to take another point or two from local sharpie Kreese. Second boat Alycides makes a pleasing wave pattern as_ she keeps up speed with spinnaker set ET Suitably attired J. Elliott sabia to release Carona, another sharpie competing, in her board against Nora II, skippered by G. Adams Yacht builder A. Levison’s boat Suronia commences a board against 1952 winner Water Witch I, skippered by E. Porter into third place’ over the end of the pool, and virtually flooding into the adjoining boating pool. Planing speeds were high, and it required a skilful and brave hand to stop some of these sixfooters at the pondside, so that not a few bandaged fingers were in evidence. These conditions abated on Sunday, but the wind still lay almost directly up the water, giving full play to spinnakers, ranging from transparent terylene to bright eastern market shades of yellow, green and red. Terylene The host club arranged a pleasant social dinner, where the Mayor and Mayoress of Hove presided, in the Banqueting Hall of the Town Hall. After the major speeches, everyone with anything to say was invited to have a word, which did much to provoke thought and discussion, as well as break down any reserve amongst strangers. M.Y.A. Class : has certainly established itself this year as the Ap Prt Ala regret the passing of the more photogenic union. silk for this gossamerlike fabric. Marblehead Zeo- wae ote ultimate in sail material, though we would 10-Rater FIXTURES, 1955 Venue Tentative Date Pg Bac elas Bi eK sai 2 0 pe Birkenhead WhitsunDs ygte be Hove oe Sepearnber, (2 days). a RESULTS Points Regd No. Yacht 1381 | Sleuth … 1351 | Alycides Skipper Club J. Anderton London .. . | D. Bateup 1219 | Water Witch Il | E. Porter 1389 | Brown Sugar … | A. Clark … | Guildford 1336 | Komet … 1386 | Quickstep A. Dale W..L. Grint … | Dovercourt Norwich 1380 | Kreeze … F. Hemsley 1207 | Nora Il… 978 | Airborne 1400 | Shiela II! J. Elliot Hove& Brighton Elliott … Daniels (ex A Class) M.Y.S.A. R. Wells Portsmouth Highgate D.G. Taylor F. H. Fitzjohn G. H. Bain O. Steinberger anson … Guildford Y.S.A. V. Crean Poole 1043 | Windrush 1343 | Quo-Vadis 1346 1223 1378 1390 | Acushla | Miss Elstead | Jane IV… | Rosette… G. Cobb : Hastings J. Stopes H. Charles Littlejohn Adams … Hemsley 1354 | Gazelle II 1376 | Lucy Long 1355 | Moulin Rouge Nell 474 | 7It Levison an 29 42 7I Levison Grint… was Ss 26 38 42 29 68 67 30 56 … | Danson… Portsmouth Poole .. | B. Phelan Hastings …| G. Knott … | Guildford … | 7. Bridgeland … | Hastings J. Findlayson … | Poole … | Wake Daniels . Littlejohn Taylor … Simonson (Norway) Elliott … rr 32.| ae … Ex-Uffa Fox “Flying Iiis” Waddington Hove & Brighton| 1321 | Blendonia 555 24 Davey Littlejohn Birkenhead F. Zimmerman sev 35 47 bes Porter Davey J. H. Snowdon G. Adams 36 Lace A. Levison 1299 | Rosamunde 44 wee Priest Littlejohn | 28 Re bay»3 | Hemsley… 26 — Phelan … | Daniels Levison … | Taylor Simonson Bey if pity | wae wre …| 56 | 37 4l 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 if aa 22 18 23 4l 16 19 lege | Il 21 17 24 40 37 35 18 19 20 29 20 15 44 21 ms Be 19 12 … … | Phelan Snr. … — or — jee _ a 12 14 o — — Il — _ 52 49 . 622 69 36 Lance saa 72 I 2 27 13 Phelan _ — _ — 83 25 … Rogers 94 88 36; | 58: / Fitzjohn Tucker … Steinberger Rogers (ex M Class) | Fitzjohn 305 Levison iota Steinberger 50 |Total|Place iea Birkenhead Gomer: Satur- Sunday | day — Levison 1224 | Suroni 1255 | Carona … Littlejohn Littlejohn B. H. Priest 686 | Triplane Builder oer: Brighton 1328 | Tornado … Designer 15 45 4l 31 26 26 — — — 12 13 14 15 16 21 22 22 — =_ _ ~‘Si MODEL MAKER) (We A NEW he 36in. VRC RESTRICTED vie Bs) So, if you want to know how Windbird would compare with Donald Duck or Ivor Duck, try the above quotation from Prokofiev’s charming musical fairy story “Peter and the Wolf.” The design, which forms the subject of this article. has never been built to. I have aimed CLASS FA KL ER at a boat which will be at her best in moderate breezes. but in this class sail areas are not Said Birdie to the Duck, ‘‘What sort of a bird are you if you cannot fly?” To which the Duck replied, “What sort of a bird measured. are you if you cannot swim ??—and dived into the pond. They argued…….. and they argued….. (From “‘Peter and the Wolf”, by Prokofiev.) * square wonder why I have designed a boat that is not a “Duck” to the 36 in. Restricted Class. 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