Model Yachting Monthly: Volume 2, Issue 21 – November 1946

– DUELYACHT-IN MONTHLY ) SUBSCRIPTION #2.00 A YEARJNU.S..& CANADA. $2: I 0 fOREIC.N. • I , { . ‘ . . .. -,. . NOVEi\lBER 1946 MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION . OF 1921 1946 AMERICA The object of this Association ls to oncourago and promote the designing, buildina-, and ni.cing of model aailing yacht.a, and to establiah uni!orm rulea and regulations for tha oonduct of tho sport. Model yacht clubs in the United Sta.tes or possession11hn.ving a ro~ter of not less_ than ten members are ili~ihlG for m@mber:rni p in the M. Y. R. A. A. . Annual duei are ten dollan. Application3 for membership shs.11 be made in writing to tho National Secretary, and shall be signed by the Commodore and Secretary of the applicant club, stating the number of members the applicant club h~, and accompanied by a fee of ten dolls~. asdues for the calendar year, to be r&turned if the applieAtion ii r .. jectAd. 1 A model yncht eompetin~ in any National, Divi3ional or Invitation Regatta mu~t ba registered in the M. Y. R. A. A. Member· clubs are ~ouped in divi~ions, the Eastern, Mid-western, and Pacific., and are units formin~ tho 11. Y. R. A. A.. Each division has lb! own r~gionru officeri and divisionnl chfunpionship racas. Ths N ationa( A!laociation has direct charge or’ the National Championships and othQr National ‘Race.1, and promul£’&tas Rules and Re~lationa for th MODEL YACHTING MONTHLY — N0.21 NOVEMBER, 1946 roL.Il RACING REPORTS ~TIONALA CLASS CHAl4PIONSHIP, 1946 A report or this race appeared 1n tne oct.MYM. The official report did not reach us until ai”ter the October ,sue was in process. Space prevents 1 full report,so excerpts ~re given. a Wim .Light SW Aug.31, ehirtirig to ~E and SW. Start l.~O; end, 515. On sept.1 started at 10.15; wind SW, 5At 1. 45 wind -~f’reehened to • 7 miles. about 8-9 miles. Completed 2d round :3,:30 and started 3d round. Cal.ltd the raoe 6.15. On Sept.2 resumed 10 a.m. dnd ::;w,5-6 miles. Started 4th Rd. completed at 2 p.m. St-rted Round 5 11!11118dia.tely, oompleted r~oe 5.15. Final standing was as f’ollowe: ED WILLIS 91 FRED GWINN 63 A•BALLANTYNE88 LES. SYTHOFF 55 AliDYBLANK. 46 A.B.REYNOLDS 30 All boats were t’rom Mill Pom. YYC. A booby prize w&S do?ll:l.ted by A.Bal:lr antyne and presented to Mr.Reynolds by rtoward Curry, uh. R.c. The latter acted as Asst. O.D.and starter. F.J. Santos, judge at:d_umpire; ~.Phillips Mr. Lyons, ueo. Lee -nd Walter t.rebs R.c. and judges. James Warrell, umpire and starter. Only two disqua.1.i- • fications were necessary throughout the~ day’s sailing, whioh speaks very wel.L f’or the caliber of’ the sportsmanship shown by all skippers. –EDWARDF. JOHNSON,O.D. A LITTLE NEWS FROM THE MID-WEST WALTER FOOTEwrites that he has moved baok to Uetroit. He saw RUTH LENNIE at the pot:d reoently, am we sure are g.1.ad that our erstwhile reporter 1s up am about again. The Charles W.Beok Jr. International e-M Trophy,wa.s r~ced tor Sep.a. SAMKIMG or Toronto, JOHN MARRSr. am JR .reir resented Wellington rCanada) M.Y.C. Five entries from uadillao MYCam 2 from Tre-pol-pen made a fleet. The wind was light, 2-5 miles, giving a d1ff’icult beat & run. Wa.lt Foot.e and A.Arrol tied tor 1st am. sailed oft, Arrol$s Hurricane just nosed Foote’s Wee Soot out. A tie for 3d place resulted in a win on the resa11 for J. Trongo over ~eo. Barrett. Result was A.Arrol let, vj. Foote, 2d; J .Trongo, 3d. George darrett 4th. !SELIN CUP, M-CLASS. 3d ANNUAL RACE SEP!’. 15 , 1946 At Port Washington, N.Y. Wind light H. oaus1ng some erratic sailing. Tfie OD was A ..M.Ballantyne; Jim Warrell assisted. Some resails not sailed as winner could not be beaten. The conirolation prize was a boy soout ~nife. JIM FULTON LI 23 GORDON OURRY A 18 A.B.REYNOLDS MP 14 H • KETHMAN LI 13 W. BUSH MP 13 D. HARRIMAlf LI 12.5 Hr• LYONS MP 5 .5 SOUTHJERSEY OPENCHAMPIONSHIP RACE M-OLASS, POND. SEPT.15, 1946 AL LINK SJ E.MAXON RB SJ M. F. GUY a. HEISTERl\Al!P SJ TOMMARSHALL WAR E. BENDER SJ F. MOOD SJ N. KEMP SJ A. BINGEMANN • SJ o. OLSEN SJ 35 32 so 04 21 20 20 18 16 9 –lfORMAF-. GUY, Seo. SJ MYC. POPULAR KECHAKICSTROPHY,M-CLASS. This event was sailed at Chicago Aug. 9, 1946 in a .Light wit:d K by E. Due to the light wim only one round was run. Tom Molloy was o.u. OONAfHJE Packet MAOEY Mercury L. PEAL Ronear Ml”. BREIDIGAN Juno L. GESBECK Mischiet T. MOtLOY Roee Ann G. MACEY Patriot Mr. GESBECKJR. Scotty lI J• J. 26 04 19 19 18 15 12 7 A snapshot shows her sailing on the lake; I can’t recall her name, but thru the years I wonder how a crummy craft like her Could seem so lovelz after seven beers. (TWELVE OF THE SK.1.PPERSMENTIONED ON THIS PAGEDO KOTSUBSCRIBETO M.Y.M.} 1 MODEL YACHTING MONTHLY — RACING ~TIONALA CLASS OHAl!PIONSHIP, 1946 A report of this race appeared in tbe oot.MYM. The official report did ot reach us until after the October ~asue was in process. Space prevents full report,eo excerpts ~re given. a W11’¥i~ight SW Aug.31, shifting to g ar¥i sw. Start 1.:50; end, 515. On 1 sept.1 started at 10.15; wind SW, 5miles. At 1. 45 wind ~freshened to • 7 about 8-9 miles. Compl$ted. 2d. round :3,:30 and started 3d round. Callld the raoe 8.15. On Sept.2 resumed 10 a.m. wind sw, 5-6 miles. Started 4th Rd. Round 5 0 ompleted. at 2 p.m. st~rted 1mmediately, completed r~ce 5.15. Final standing was as follows: EDWILLIS 91 FREDGWINN 63 A• BALLANTYNE 88 LES. SYTHOFF 55 AliDYBLANK. 46 A.B.REYNOLDS 30 All boats were trom 14111 Porn MYC. A booby prize was do11ta.tedby A.Ball:antyne and presented to Mr.Reynolds by rtoward Curry, uh. R.c. The latter acted as Asst. o.D.and starter. F.J. Santos, judge and.umpire; ~.Phillipe Mr. Lyons, ueo. Lee -nd Walter .LU-ebs R.c. and judges. James Warrell, umpire and starter. Onl1 two disqualifications were necessary throughout the~ day’s sailing, which speaks very wel~ f’or the caliber of’ the sportsmanship shown by all skippers. –EDWARDF. JOHNSON,O.D. A N0.21 NOVEMBER, 1946 roL.Il LITTLE ME\PiS FROM THE MID-WEST WALTER FOOTE writes that he has moved back to Detroit. He saw RUTH LENNIE at the pond recently, and we sure are g~ad that our erstwhile reporter 1s up ani about again. The Charles W.Beok Jr. International A-M Trophy 1 was r~oed f’or Sep.a. SAMKING or Toronto, ..,OHN.MAnRSr. and JR .re~ resented Wellington rCana.da) M.Y.C. Five entries from uadillao MYCani 2 from Tre-pol-pen made a fleet. The wind was light, 2-5 miles, giving a d1f’f1cult beat & run. Walt Foot.e and A.Arrol tied tor 1st ani sailed off’, Arrolts Hurricane just nosed Foote’s Wee Soot out. A tie for 3d place reBUlted in a win on the reeail for J. Trongo over ~eo. Barrett. Result was A.Arrol 1st, w. Foote, 91; J.Trongo, 3d, George darrett 4th. REPORTS ISELIN CUP, M-CLASS. 3d ANNUAL RAOE SEP!’. 15, 1946 At Port Washington, N.Y. Wind light N. oausing some erratic sailing. Tlie OD was A.M.Ballantyne; Jim Warrell assisted. Some resails not sailed as winner could not be beaten. The eons-olation prize was a boy scout knife. JIM FULTON LI 23 GORDON CURRY A 18 A.B.REYNOLDS MP 14 H. KETHMAN LI 13 w. BUSH MP 13 D. HARRIMAlf LI 12.5 Mr. LYONS MP 5.5 SOUTHJERSEY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE M-OLASS, POND. SEPT.15, 1946 AL LINK E.MAXON M. F. GUY u • HEISTERMMP TOMMARSHALL E. BENDER F. MOOD N. KEMP A. BINGEMANN O. OLSEN SJ RB SJ SJ WAR SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ 35 32 :50 04 21 20 20 18 16 9 ‘ –1’0RMAF. GUY, Seo. SJ MIC. POPULAR MECHAlUCSTROPHY, M:-CLASS. This event was sailed at Chicago Aug. 9, 1946 in a iight wim 1′ by E. Due to the light rlnd only one round was run. Tom Molloy was o .u. J. DONAHUE MACEY Packet Mercury L. PEAJ.. Ronear Mr. BREIDIGAN Juno L. GESBECK Mischief T. MOLLOY Rose Ann G. MACEY Patriot Mr. GESBECKJR. Scotty !I J. 88 04 19 19 18 15 12 7 A snapshot shows her sailing on the lake; I can’t recall her name, but thru the years I wonder how a crummy craf’t like her Could seem so lovelv after seven beera1 (TWELVEOF THE SKiPPERS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGEDO KOTSUBSCRIBETO M.Y.M.} 1 OR, WHO BEGAT WHO? And Hull Gouger begat twins, Wind. baggus the Sailmaker and Omar the Tentmaker, who begat Bredden But. tercuss and Glooit Upp, brothers, who in turn begat I. Plankem, and U. Doubleplankem, also Bill Blowhard the first recorded Champion, who be~ to gat Joe Junkpott (the first finageler of cheap, plated trophies). And Joe pl Junkpott begat Charlie Crackpott, who fi1 begat Dimwitt Screwball, the inventor Hail, O most valiant and illustrous skipof various gadgets), who begat Slide pers! Rool, who begat Ray Tingrool (brangleg Your health, my precious yacht-ridden swizzler of rating rules), who begat comrades! Gurth Rool, who begat Kwatt O’Beam To you alone I dedicate my writings. Rool, who begat El Factor, the Moor who pantagruelized Skware Rute, Kube’ I wonder if any of you ever heard of Rute and Ginseng Root, and also in the Ray Singyott, the father of Model course of time, begat N ohollow. Yachting? Now Nohollow begat Hollowthot For ages and ages the air and earth, (bumfondler of the fin-keel, the finless the reaches of heaven and hell, yea, and fin keel, the adjustable, sliding, reversthe depths of the oceans have echoed able, disappearing, double back-acting with the fame and memory of his name. reciprocal •fin, and from his thighs He was a rare philosopher, an indiffsprang Garbour d’Radius, the •Frog erent craftsman, a non-defeatist; some Prince, who begat Sayle Chiseler, who legends say he was ill-shapen, ridicubegat Admiral Scribblerot ( obfusticator lous in carriage, with a nose like a of the Sailing Rules), who begat Regatbowsprit and a belly like a full-blown tako Mitty, who almost passed on withspinnaker, the gaze of a cow and the out issue, but by the help of a Liverface of a fool. pool Boy begat Joe Jibrack, whose proHis ways stamped him as a simpleton, geny was Sly Dingrigg, who begat the his brain was atrophied; his clothes Hon. Clothbutcher, inventor of the ho~y identified him as a bumpkin; in short, spinnaker. (Editor’s Note: We think he played with model boats! translator should have written “spinHad he a• few vices, a few shortcomnaker with holes”); who begat Tom ings? Well, so have you, so have I, so Turnbuckle, (the guy with the •difhave we all, since none but God is perferent twist,) who begat Captain fect . . . ( Several sentences are here Suckerlist, (Secretary and organizer of undecipherable). the first model yacht club),. who begat Barnacle Bill the Sailor (the first club I will now acquaint you with the pricommodore), who begat Lord Tightmeval origin of our good Ray Singyott purse (the first club treasurer), (who (Yott for short). Remember I speak of the beginning of the world, of long introduced the time-honored racket of ages since. Here is his family tree. collecting dues, tithes, registration fees, entry fees, and other graft). • The first known .model yachtsman And Lord Tightpurse begat Profeswas Block Carver, the Cave-man, who sor Stretchtape, the first Club Measurbegat Hull Gouger, that sat on the roof er, (who taught his conferees the queer of the Ark whittling out a fair-wind model, while Noah passed him food pleasure of stretching his tape three or . ‘ drink and tools thru a trapdoor (hatch four inches while measuring sails), a~d to you) in the roof. Prof. Stretchtape begat T. Touchfaucet, Translated by Rabelais from an old Latin MSS (circa 1300) found buried with a skeleton and a. crude model yacht in a tomb of an ancient monastery. The yacht collapsed when it was picked up and the skeleton just disintegrated. Herman Goering stole the original MSS but we managed to obtain a copy of the translation in the Black Market for Books. 2. Skulduggery of Sports, by M. J . Cackelbooze, Professor of Sorbonne University, Paris. The Bibblings of Naval Architects, by Professor Blockheadus, N. A., LLD., OPA. The Nightmares of Screwballs, by the Roman Emperor Justinian. De Baboonis (Concerning Ba- . ntor of the measuring tank, who be.. Master Gadget. is the father of Ray • it ~-ingyott (Yott for Short). • .\nd now, farewell, my precious halfi\·;tted friends. But before I drink my~df under the table, let me recommend ;:.1 you some very fine tomes for yo~r , l asure .and entertainment. You will t-1C , , . • d them most useful in des1gmng, m fJn ;.unning races, interpreting the rating :ind sailing rules, and for general ar·1\ C boons) by Dr. Cha.ttermonk. De Optinate Triparum (of the excellence of Tripe) by Dr. Gutcrammer. It is my wish and desire that those I leave behind will bury me with my model. yacht beside me, in the beloved soil of dear old France. (Here the MSS ends). l!umet. – En Ejusdem, de castr~metan dis crinibus, libri tres. (Of splitting hairs). In three books, by A. deBarber. A FRAME STEAi\1ER. Mr. F. G. Smith, of Waterbury, Conn., sends us a sketch and photo of an ingenious· steamer. T4e poiler is made of one plain-cake tin and one angelcake tin, same size, inverted and soldered. to the plain one. The steaming chamber is made of condensed milk cans, the lower one with the bottom in, punched with holes. Then over the top can cylinder there fits another with head left in it, into which is soldered a coil of 3/8 inch artnealed copper tube. A quart of water in this gadget will boil for half a day and not run dry. The frame pieces stand vertically in the stec:m chamber, and as the steam rises it condenses in the copper ·coil and falls back hot over the frame pieces. To take out a frame simply lift off the telescoped cap can with coil and grab the frame with pliers – not with your fingers. The three braces are simply soldered on with good solder. To be sure, they do not stick forever under the heat and handling, but one has the fire and the soldering iron handy. They could be welded or brazed on, of course. There is a hole drilled or punched at the top of the upper cake tin, so that water can be poured out completely after use. When in use, this hole is plugged with a match stick. The boiler can be filled by pouring into the top of the steaming chamber. The heat for producing the steam is obtained by placing the gadget on an electric hot-plate or a gas-plate. 3 RANDOM NOTES From the Letters of C. 0. Liljegren, N. A. In designing, the midship section is the first item considered, then the slope of the stem and the counter at the LWL, from which the WL length is derived. The correct slope for an X-class model is 1 in 6. With LWL and mid-section given, if you increase the slope, the resistance is not changed appreciably, because the water particles cannot close or fill in the space left by the hull quickly enough. Suppose you increase the slope to 1 in 10, both ends would by pyramids without a ·middle body. Navy designers have done just that, and then wonder at the tremendous resistance and high wake aft. The wake •of the “Lexington” plane carrier was some 50 feet high at 35 knots. Newer warships are still worse. In order to get the most out of a given sail area, as with the M and X Classes, the resistance of a model must be minimum, and the stability maximum for a certain displacement. This means that the wetted surface of the hull must be minimum and the entire hull surface likewise, for on the latter the hull weight depends. Speed to windward depends on weight as well as lateral plane, because a sailing yacht creates a hollow in the water surface on the windward side which is not balanced by a hollow to leeward. On the contrary, the leeward water surface is fairly smooth, hence a yacht is actually pushed to windward. The more the bulk, the bigger the hollt>w and the bigger the push. There is no such thing as dynamic balance in a model yacht, because the waves it encounters are all out of proportion to its size. ~alancing centers are continually changing places among· waves, and while this fact might not affect a 90-foot cup yacht very much, if her tiller man is awake, it will act quite differently in a 5-foot model. From comparisons with various designs it has been found that sharpies are deficient to windward, which is strange, as the type possesses great inherent stability, but alas also great inherent resistance, and since the driving power of the sails is so small to windward, a slight increase in resistance is often fatal. So in yacht designing, one good point obliterates another. You will enjoy computations of designs only if you use a slide-rule. There are now cheap ones at Woolworth’s for a beginner. The scales are made so that you add lengths for multiplication, and subtract for division. If you reduce the dimensions of a yacht by 10% the stability is reduced, NOT 10%, but 40% if the sail plan is also reduced 10%. If the sail-plan is not reduced, stability is reduced 60%. Stability increases as the er of length, but weights third power. If you double stability becomes 16 times weights only 8 times. fourth powonly as the the length, larger, but In a strong wind the speed of a model is high, but wave resistance is high, too. In order to reduce resistance, the hull must be lengthened without altering the sections. A long hull suffers from a high skin resistance, for which reason the beam should be reduced, and stability inM creased by adding to the draft. Hence there is a certain limit beyond which it does not pay to go. Skin resistance of a mod~l is highest· at the cutwater, or along the entire fore profile. A deep fin or keel increases the resistance many times more than its addition to the wetted surface. A fin angle of 60 degrees for the leading edge is not too steep. A straight leading edge gives less resistance or The big liner “Europa” kept going for one hour after her engines were shut down. A lighter ship would stop in half that time. drag in both the fin and the isolated 5keg. The CLR moves forward a certain ercent of the mean width of the fin or ~eel appendage and this movement is ·ndependent of the forward edge. The ~- E. of the sails move forward in the same manner, hence the t\vo centers actually balance very neatly. Regarding increase in bulk and displacement of major yachts, the 30square metres class have increased in size as follows: Year L. 0. A. L. W. L. Displacement 1908 26.6 16.5 2830 lbs. 1924 44.6 29.2 6000 lbs. 1938 41.5 27.2 6160 lbs. The small 1908 boat could not under any circumstances compete successfully with the more than twice ·as heavy boat of 1924. The latter had a sail-plan almost twice as high – and twice as effective, a sail-plan that the former could not carry even in the lightest airs. A “full-keeler” is a yacht with a highly raked sternpost meeting the after end of the keel The raked sternpost increases the resistance of any yacht, be it a model or a major yacht, but in the latter case there is a man at the helm who keeps the yacht from swerving. Hence full-keelers equipped with vane steering need a powerful ratio and a large vane feather. PROPORTION OF JIB TO MAIN By R. D. Matheson Some time z,go it was forcibly 1::rought to my attention how important’ the size of a jib was to the speed of a yacht. A 6-metres model had been measured, found to be over in rating, and it was decided to reduce the size of the jib, which was on the large side. While the original jib was being altered a smaller one wa~ loaned to the owner of the yacht, so he would not miss any sailing, and the results were a much steadier yacht, but the speed was reduced an astonishing amount. Later, on putting on th·e re-cut jib, which was slightly larger than the temporary sail, an improvement was noticed, entirely out of proportion to what one might expect would be due to the increased area of the sail. The foregoing observations were very interesting to me, as I had first come to the conclusion that I did not agree with the articles I had read on sail design, which referred to the area of the jib being a percentage of the main. with the length of measurement “B” (i. e., foot of the mainsail). To bear out this theory I am using a jib which overpowered a main having an area of 874 square inches with a 26inch foot, which is quite satisfactory on a sail 800 square inches area and 28inch foot. A further example in which a yacht appeared to show an improvement when she tried on another suit was in which ‘.’B” was changed from 24.75″ to 23.75″ and “J” from 14.25″ to 15.50″. The area of both sails were approximately the same, with .the same “A” and “I” measurement. From observation and comparison of measurements of a number of successful yachts, I have concluded that the “J” measurement should be about, but not exceeding 65% of the “B” measurement. Possibly local conditions had something to do with the tests, and I should appreciate it if readers would make Rather than using areas I am inclined similar tests on ponds where there is to think that the base of the fore-triangle measurment “J” as used in the A and 6-M Classes should be compared a good steady wind, and let me know the conclusions they come to, through the medium of MYM. s ., II I i I’ I W.J.McEVOY,OP MYCstarts h1s ne9 the lines ot “8 room v• soon. MODEL YACHTING MONTHLY u trom NOVEMBER,1946 VoL. II No. 21 Published Monthly by THE MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA C. H. FARLEY,Editor I I I 87 QuincySt., Medford,Mass. Subscription, One Year, I $2.00 in U. S. and Canada: $2.50 Foreign All rights reserved. Nothing that appears in this magazine may be reproduced, either wholly or in paTt, without written permission of the Editor acting for the MYRAA or from a contributor who reserves his rights. ROLL OF PATRONSFOR VOL. II Fred L. Pigeon Montclair MYC Fred’k W. Gwinn, Jr. Phoenix MYC Eastern Division Ains Ballantyne F. J. Santos Harry Richardson Deeper Hudson MYC Chicago MYC ROLL OF SPONSORS’FOR VOL. II Geo. E. Steinbrecher Thomas Al)en Thomas Allen, Jr. A. R. Lassel NEWS A.H. Link .Long Island MYC Robert M. Linsley Ronald Moore AND COMMENT a. F. SCHMIDTot San l’ranoisoo 1a getting an x-c1ass moctei trom DOK LxONS. A.J.H;..RWUOD of Baltimore is working on a double-V-bottom, whioh he •rinds more satisfactory than the conventional planked or bread- ambutter type•. The original design is by A.J.DOWNING. Our Baltimore lake was closed during the war and is in such bad shape at present that we joined the Washington M.Y.C. am go there to sail, d~sbarxling the Baltimore nc•. PERRYGORDINIER of Irvington llYC will build to J .s-Le..rsen’ s •Broom V” plan. Perry and BEN CICHYhave plans of w.D.HOPKIN1 S •sharpie” and say said plans are “just the thing for· new members who have never built a boat before–you just can’t go wrong” liEW SPONSOR t Mr. ANDREW BROWN, Box 721, Denville, N.J., has become a sponsor ot MYM.He is also building a new X,the •Gull”, a P.A.Fiske design. STEVEURBAHIAK,EmPireMYOhas the yen to construct another M to the lines or P.A.F1ske•a •Plover• G. H. MSH ot London, wri tea that •Marine kodela’! has started up aga1n with all sorts or boat models including sail, power am protorype. 1’he war prevented the making or nany boats at all, as “mod.el yachting waa dug in too deeply, but it will be established, I expect, next year”. ANDYANDERSOK comments that •The Pusher” (in Oot. MYM) did not strike him as very oppropriate, although he took it as a Joke. So sorry–exouae it, pleaseT Arter all, the doggerel referred to only ONEm&n who got out ot line. Don’t we all know at least O:tra oha.raoter in both pond and skirt sailing that needs admonition? ~us LASSELSEZ: “Seattle report, they are staging an extensive exhibl tor Puyallip .l.”air. Pederson and L1ookal1e have been putting in weeks or labor cleaning up the ~olden Gardena pond and treeing it ot weeds. The A• skippers raoe Vancouver Sep.29, the return matoh at Seattle Thanksgiving uay. A eftort is being made to reasurreot the Takom& olub. Jim GRIZZEL one of the Seattle stalwarts, is tor eak1ng Seattle tor ~ong Beaoh, Cal.• FRED GWINN JR. -1s rooting tor more races at Albti.ny, under the auspioea of the u.H. MYC. He sez: •r can see plainly why mod.el yachtsmen like to go there-the memoers are so fr1eD11J 1 t makes one want to return. Their new lake is very good•. JOAODE FRIETAS, Lisbon, ~·ortugal has ordered a plan of “Shadow” an A class des1gn by H.E.R1ohardeon. • , A lfEW SIX-METRESMODEL, •wASP” Harry E. Richardson, 643 Fit’th St.. South ooston, M&se.,des1gner ot a great many winners, has ~inished a new e-M design which is the last word. Her easv lines predict speed am certainly” she has the •1ooks•. ·nalt size lines and tull size construction plans available@ t3.00, trom ~r. Richardson direct. LT. COL. L.E. BROOME,of Vio~oria B .c. is building a “Broom V”. The Colonel says the similarity ot the names is purely oo-1noidental. WALTER LIS01′, Empire MYC, senis ue some nice photos, which we must hold until the budget increases. pearance are both present in the XClaee without burdonsome weight am restrictions. The LADIE’e AUXILIARY of the Mill Pond MYCare TOPS, am the beet thin~ in our sport. By selling pop~ 20f a bottle, they furnished four meals with some homecooking, including sandwiches, salad coffee, etc., am oame out 6 buoks to the good.t Only 9 members@ $2.per. –F.W.GWINN, JR. –A;;Tf.R:f DIVISION SHIP X-CLASS CHAMPION(POND) 1946 race was held Sept. 17-18 at Pond rort Washington, N.Y. Un1 ” 11 usPi~es of the .Mill Pond MYC. .ie::i:ee complete rounds were sailed, • race starting at 11.50 a.m. on ~het 7 and finishing at 2.45 p.m. on :ePpt’ 8 The scores were: :;e • • rhis BALLAlfrYNEMP 64: M .DENKEWITS RI 26 t;ED GWINN MP48: A. BROWNMP 22 J .L.Sl°”THOFFLI 45: W.HOPKINS DH 20 -nn:l was light SE Sat.a.m.freshening ~bout noon. 91 round was muoh faster. th were run and beat. 3d round was 30 etarted sun. A.111..,wim generally N., but light am variable. Because of this it was impossible to complete 1 round only with resa1ls the 3d day. This was one of the finest regattas wn1oh the undersigned he.a ever had the pleasure of observing. Acting as OD is usually a difficult task, but I found this one a REAL pleasure. All entrants aoted as we· like sportsmen to oomuct tne~selves, and I think that a compliment is due them for their fin co-operation. I should also like to express a word of appreciation to Messrs. Phillips, sr., a.m. Smith or m.ill P om tor their help as starters and judges, and to Joe Weaver for acting as side-line judge. It may be of interest to report that there was not one oomplairt:. throughout the two days. These “X boats are beauties am more r~ces or this tature will do muoh to promote interest in model yachting. JAMESWARRELL, O.D. x-oLASS CHAMPIONSHIP,SKIFF, E. DIV. This race was held at Albany, N.Y Sept. 21-22. OD DAlf MA1’NilfG set a windward-leeward course in a light to nothing putty wim. It rained part of Saturday,Raoes were sailed groups of 3,no touvhes or watches. One Rnd• was sailed, am then the boats were divided into 3 groups of 4 each when prizes which oould be won only by the visitors were sailed tor, two raoee for each group. On Sat. night there was a get-together and banquet and the speeches developed into a miniature lfational Annual Meeting, when questions of changes to the sailing rules am the policy ot printing the various publications were discussed. President Heisler and various other speakers made strong pleas for support ot MYM. The aoores were: W.D.HOPKINS DH 15: A.HOLMES B 13: M.ROBERTSONDH 12: L.PARKER L 12: A.BALLANTYNE MP 12: F.FOUHTAIN B 11: KOTESONE. DIV. X-CLASS PONDCHAMP. Mill Porn has another excellent 2 day’s sailing. A.M.BALLANTYNE had 20 points lead at the em Ctr Rd·,3, so a 4th Roum was not started, to enable the visitors to leave for home. H.L. DENKEWITZ Of Rhode Island, sailing an “Exemplar” showed speed but could not do his beet with h1e hand-operated vane. w.D.HopKilfS of ueeper Hudson MYC used an open water rig with oraine gear ~nd was umer a hamicap with~ short rig in the medium airs prevailing. A.M.Ballantyne, winner, sailed beautifully with high rig, a RBall&ntyneff v~ne am. a eliding rig. His boat is an •M” ien,cthened am widened. Mr. WARRELL of t.1. M.Y.C. did the finest job as OD that I h&ve ever witnessed in 15 year•e sailing. There is no question but that the X-Class makes for better sailing than an A or K, as the speed and ap- special G. WHITE DH 10 DENKEWITZRI 9 P.GOULD DH 8 J.SYTHOFF LI 6 w.sPEERS DH 4 GWIHN-MORAff MP 11 Group liA. Holmes. liroup 2: A.Ballantyne liroup 3: H.Donkewits G.WHite and W.J.Speers were the high scorers in ~roup 2 am 3. A.M.BALLA.NTYNE, C~.R.C.,E.Div. PROSPECTPARKK.Y.u. •Two new members, Kessrs. Peterson and White have recently been admitteD. By spring we hope to hav_o a large membership. I am sending photos ot the Knauss Trophy and prizes tor xClase. The A am M olaseee get the same kind of prizes. They are really beautit’ul and were made by our Club Measurer, Mr~ Walter Knauss. –KIELS RSAMUSSEN 7 Prizes: i I 1′ THAT OLD BOAT HOW TO BUILD A WINNE The American people are the most impatient race in the world. It seems to be a national characteristic to try to achieve success with one swift, sure, stroke. Model yacht skippers show this characteristic to a pronounced degree, building and discarding boat after boat with· no definite knowledge that the new boat is potentially faster than the last one. It is an obvious fact that unless we have got every speed possibility from the old hull we have no definite point from which to. start making changes with assurance of more speed in the new boat. Jt is a sure bet that you·can’t improve what you don’t thoroughly understand. The writer saw three boats this past season which· had been finishing at the end of the fleet, taken to first place by a more experienced skipper. It was about midseason and after only a few weeks handling these owners were planning new boats We all like to win races, but .. with the fastest hull races will not be won if this hull is not properly rigged, fitted with good draughting sails and reasonably well handled. Superior speed will overcome some lack of skill in sailing but to get that superior speed the other factors must be right. I feel sure that boats are discarded each season which have never approached their maximum speed. In some cases the most Cisual inspection will show that rigging and sails are such that the boat can not p’.)ssibly be at her best. The proper ·tunmg up of a boat is an art. Success generally means several seasons of experiment and observation, there are some few, however, who seem to have the nat.ural ability in locating cause and effect immediately. Just grab an ax and a hunka wood, Any old kind, don’t hafta be good. Hop down cellar, tum off the light, An whang away with all your might. Course you gotta An if she ain’t When you g:ot’er Start to diggin’ look at her now an then right, whang· her again. so she’ll float, inside the boat. • You take a hunk out here and there Without too dam much pains and care. If you find a place a little thin. Just glue a chunk back in again. If your rudder tube’s a little tight, Jam it through, it’ll work all right. Jab on a good, rough, hunka lead, Any place not too far ahead. An when she 1s loaded to the rail, .Start in figurin’ out your sail; Any kinda cloth you can sew, Is bound to make her sail, you know. ·• If her sails should be a little slack Fold ’em over an stitch ’em back. • ‘ You know if her sails fit too good. ; She’ II sail much faster than she should. ‘ j When you come to riggin’, if your ~i~, You’ll have everything of different size, Cause if they won’t stand the strain, • Put a bigger one on again. If you’ll keep all the$e things in mind And sail her long enough, you’ll find, Any boat you build this way Is sure to win a race some day. ”N o man, who l■ not called upon • profe■rionally, will for a moment be an• wary enough to hint what i■ the be■t form , of boat, for their number i1 a1 variou■ ~ the conditlom that exist, and he who 1hadie1 may ■ee what the experience of the world hu done. N~UTICAL MILE. A distance approximately equal to 6.080 feet, or exactly one-sixtieth of a degree on the equator. LAYING OFF. The work done by loftsmen in laying off the lines of a vessel to full size in the mould loft and making templates therefrom. Also known as laying down. wi■e I “I do not believe there i■ any one pelfed boat-that i■, one crafl lllited equally lo every loc:ality, though it i■ nat certain that every place ha■ u yet produced th• type bed nited lo it■ requirement■.” Kelly, 1114. A GOOD SPORTSMAN Wins race,, Lo1e1 race■, ALWAYS KEEPS HIS TEMPER 8