Model Yachting Newsletter: Issue 13 – June 1983

no1s3 model czss yachting newsletter masthead At the state peak of model all classes 36″ class entry time of of 13 yachting seems and the about U.K. racing generally, the same the prospect of a season but as so far last, national it is rather this with year possible championship difficult the entries revival in a to reflect on and interest in of interest few weeks the tims in with the an boats. photos For the Newsletter we like to receive good quality photos (black and white only) or slide negatives. Anything different, will fittings, sails, boats sailing, be acknowledged and returned where library requested. of photos held for future use and will unusual shots of people etc. These are also useful not be returned unless all for our specically requested. adverts We accept advertisements from known bona-fide model yacht fitting makers who assist us to finance hobby to the Newsletter by this means and in turn we hope find out where to get those to help people new to the awkward bits and pieces that the local model shop sell quantity production of hulls, sails or never stocks. If you wish to place an advertisement to fittings, please contact the Editor to discuss direct (01-653 7909). The advertisements for sale of secondhand boats etc. are put in free for subscribers. subs Subscriptions for the NEW year run from JUNE 1983/84 subscription is: 1983 to MARCH 1984 £5.00 post paid U.K. £5.00 post paid EUROPE £6.00 post paid ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. We have full sets of 1982/83 copies plus a few sets of 1981/82 copies still in stock and will supply these at the reduced rate of £3.00 per set (while stocks last) if ordered with Make a new subscription. cheques Address payable to: to: Model 5 Yachting Newsletter Crofton Court, Cypress Road, South Norwood, London SE€25 4BB, cover UL 12M TORUACD KLEMES SUCCESS England. chairman’s column Membership Scheme Only 12 clubs replied ta fair indication of the in favour of the the February lack scheme, Acquaint about the of interest in the Association’s affairs. seven against, for the time being. Those against the income Association to enable the new proposals, to so the scheme whole idea has which is a Four clubs were been shelved, at least doubted that it would produce aufficient survive. Finance and Club affiliations The Treasurer year. reported 57 clubs Rolls Royce, have have paid than last the minimum last year, have In Colwyn future, 1984 North Bay, funds are in a healthier state than last subscriptions, 5 have disbanded – Crosby, Nantwich, their year, 3 and Cleethorpes is a doubtful paid paid more. the The Rules, the Wales M.Y.C., Cluyd, new clubs copy of each of Rating Association’s same, 10 paid survivor. the minimum remainder paid less. In 17 clubs and 5, who paid the past 7 years, 25 ceased to exist. New affiliation: Highway, the Sedgemore and Wessex paid more clubs that will LL28 Godfrey Kirkham, Acres View, 152 Old SYE. receive following Hon.Sec. a “starter pack” publications: Regatta Management Guide free of charge, M.Y.A. Constitution, and Measurer’s consisting of a Racing Rules, Guide. Championships The following venues and dates were agreed:- CLASS VENUE WERE DATE Gosport 6m 4/10 August Birmingham A – Little Portugal Confirmation of venues Cup 22/23 September Fleetwood and dates To be notified awaited for:- m Bournville 10r M.Y.S.A. (Kensington) 36r : Clapham Team Championships Model Raat A Birmingham 14/15 April m Birmingham 14/15 July Chelmsford To be notified Maker Trophy – no application. RA R36r Confirmation Guildford of venues and dates ewaited Hove RM New Cup Fixture the Clubs and Districts R36r May Bournville intention be to have should this ready therefore in time for the M.E. Exhibition in January, nate that the deadline for notification of their 31st OCTOBER. Class Championship The Chelmsford Club, has been successful which crest and the resulting club has also M.Y.A, in a is hosting in obtaining £100 has been used to purchase and 26/2B List It is fixtures will Forest Leicester Mickey Finn 1984 September for:- R10r Champions 16 and handsome received generous is first National sponsorship 2 yard of ale Burges very the from Championship National for the Westminster glass which is being engraved with suitahly motnted in a wooden as “Natwest trophy to be support in the way of prizes known box made Trophy from other – by class, Rank, This the Rank’ts Oliver 1983”, sponsors Lee The which, another from Bob to date, include the promise of tuo 36r hulls, one from Ken Jones, e mis pro the and th Smi ert Rob and et Myl m fro ed eiv rec gs tin fit for Underwood, vouchers of a prize from Radio Active. Eric Nuttall Award l era Gen the to rd awa r’s yea s thi for ns tio ina nom mit sub to ed ask be l Clubs wil e thos from ce choi l fina the make then will cil Coun st. Augu 31st by ary ret Sec no If M. A.G. the at made be will d awar the and g tin mee ber tem Sep the at ted nomina nominations are received, the award would not be made. London Dinghy Exhibition tal This year the Exhibition returned from Picketts Lock to its original venue, Crys Palace, on 12/13th March. It was well attended by the public and the M.Y.A, standon, Dans and display was well supported by members from Chelmsford, Chiltern, Clapham, Guildford, M.Y.S.A., New Forest and Woodley Clubs. There was a continuous showing of an excellent video film made by Harry Cutler (Guildford) and non-stop demonstrations of R/C sailing on the small swimming pool, which was really too small for satisfactory racing. However, we were granted a short session on the Olympic pool for a demonstration race on both days, in which about half-a-dozen boats took part. Sponsorship Roger Stollery is negotiating with Fosters Lager for sponsorship of model yachting events next year. These would not necessarily be race meetings but more in the form of “rallies” for the benefit of newcomers and with the object of attracting public interest. It is planned to hold one rally in each District at suitable venues. Royal Garden Party, Buckingham Palace For the second time, the M.Y.A. has received an invitation from our Patron, the Duke of Edinburgh, to send four representatives to the Royal Garden Party in July. Our Vice-Chairman, Clive Colsell, General Secretary, Roy Gardner and his wife, Edna, and our Publicity secretary, Ken Shaw, will be attending. History of Model Yachting Russell Potts sought the opinion of Council as to whether or not it would be a worthwhile project to write a book about the history of the sport. He plans to undertake a thorough research and would invite contributions of relevant material, including photographs, press cuttings and personal reminiscences and anecdotes. Council welcomed the idea and the view was expressed that such a book would sell‘well. likely, therefore, that Russell will pursue the idee. Jt Le Publications The following items are now available from the Publications Secretary:- Master copies of the new 10 Rates Certificate. free copy. Affiliated clubs will each receive a Competition Rules, Vane Racing Rules and Rating Regulations. Price £1.00 per copy including postage. A sheet of amendment slips for insertion into the R/C Racing Rules to bring them completely up to date. Vane Racing Rules There is an error on page 10, Clause 4,3 (Stations and Starting). The word “NOT” should be inserted after “MUST”, Competition Rules Tt was agreed that the IMYRU be requested to revise their Competition Rules along the same lines as the M.Y.A. revision. ”M” Class Rating Rules Copies of the final draft will acceptance or rejection, 36″ As Restricted Class the be circulated to all clubs recommendation for for a Yes/No vote by 31st October. Rating Rules result of queries received from Clapham M.Y.C. and Prams, with a the rules are to be revised in about the definition of Punts time for the 1983 A.G.M. Norman Hatfield Chairman 36r championship The Valley Pool Bournville was the venue for this year’s championship on March 26/27. This was the 50th anniversary of the event and by a happy coincidence also the 50th year of sailing at this lake by the host club, A very good entry of 22 boats was received, a considerable increase over recent years, from six clubs. Although the weather was cold competitors enjoyed the two days sailing in a variety of conditions and the social gathering organised for the Saturday evening. Wind conditions on Saturday were difficult with a top suit north westerly breeze which at Bournville swirls from round the small wood opposite the clubhouse. Sailing a good course down the leke was difficult and often a good lead was of no avail when a losing boat sailed through on a wind shift, Fortunes fluctuated continuously with only two boats showing any semblance of consistency. Sunday saw a considerably improvement in the conditions with the wind having swung to an easterly giving a good long leg beat and spinnaker run, with most boats in second and ultimately third suits by the middle of the afternoon. A number of boats were sailed more consistently on Sunday but the overnight leaders were never likely to be overhauled. At the end of the round ‘Phantom Raspberry Blower! was on 88 points with ‘The Cat in the Hat’ on 86 but the latter had a windward resail to come against a previous championship winner ‘The Spider’. Unfortunately a blue was earned on guying off the bank thus giving Caroline Somers second place for the second year in succession, Congratulations to Martin Roberts who sailed consistently well throughout the weekend to emerge as a worthy champion. A number of new boats were seen sailed by your Peter Stollery, including tha remarkable ‘Mickey Mouse’ designed and which showed ‘remarkable potential. It would appear that this class has undergone a strong revival as evidenced by the support for this race and the strong field at the Pugwash Trophy/Met. and Southern Championship held last November (30 entries) won by Bournville’s ‘Toccata’ and ‘The Cat in the Hat’. P.J. 36R National Championship 1983 SOMERS RESULTS 1. Phantom Raspberry M,Roberts, Birkenhead Blower 2. The Cat in the Hat C.Somers, Bournville 88 B6 12. Shorty Nuf I.Taylor, Southgate 13, Vashti J. Vice, Clapham 14= Aegospotami N.Archer,Bournville 3. K.Roberts,Birkenhead 68 14= 4. The Spider = Toccata K.Butler, Bournville P.3.Somers,Bournville 60 59 14= R2D2 Guildford 46 C.Harris, Bournville 46 5= Shy Tot A.Austin, Guildford 59 17, Piccolo 3.Brooke,Fleetwood 7. Three Feet to the Wind 8, Miss M-2 9, Rag Doll 10=sLittle Vulture 10=Realistic V. ‘Bellerson, Bournville A.Trinder, Bournville G, Bantock,Chelmsford A.Larraman, Clapham M. Dicks, 56 55 53 51 Clapham 51 uo Ursus Horribilis Mickey Mouse 50 48 46 P.Stollery, 45 18. Metal Mickey R. Vice, Clapham 44 19, Batman A.Taylor, Southgate 38 20. Gisaa D.Potter,Birkenhead [36 21. Vain Attempt J. Farmer, Bournvilla33 226 Apollo T. Jenkins, Birkenhead 31 RA class championship The Guildford Model Yacht Club will be hosting the 1983 RA National Championship on their sailing water at Willow Park, Ash Vale – about } of a mile off the Guildford – Aldershot road – on September 17 and 18. The mandatory ‘Notice of Contest’ by the Vic Cooney, 0.0.D. with full road map etc. but it is thought that some will be sent to all entrants advance information might be of help to any skippers who might be contemplating entering this Championship. Willow Park is ideal for model yachting being a disused but newly landscaped gravel pit with very open water giving true winds at all times. There will be ample accommodation for caravans and car parking and a list of suitable local accommodation is being compiled. As there are no buildings immediately adjacent to the sailing point the Club are planning ample temporary accommodation for canteen, and landing stage is being erected as for our Marbleheads are not so shelter etc. the sloping grass for the larger A A permanent launching banks whilst being suitable boats. Nearby buildings are very suitable for overnight storage of boats and charging and repair services will be provided should they be required. A social gathering is being planned for the Saturday evening, probably with video films of Model Yachting in general and the Saturday racing in particular. Naturally this get-together will be arranged on licensed premises. The Club is determined to give all entrants and guests a very warm welcome and are doing their utmost to make this a very friendly and successful Championship event. Any further information will be willingly provided by our Secretary – Bob Pease at Camberley 26284 or by our P.R. Officer – Ted Gearey at Guildford 61630, E.W. Gearey Chairman G.M.Y.C. RA National RAY BLACKMORE SAILS * SAILMAKERS Dear Chris, Thank you for your letter. Regatta Committee Lower Quay Path Fareham Hants I will give you a brief rundown of my past track record. th of one with ip esh tic ren app an ed serv ing hav s, year 14 some g kin lma sai I have been country’s leading sail lofts, during that time I developed many world championship winning dinghy and yacht sails. all In May last year I opened my own loft where I personally design and construcI t was sails and enjoyed quite a few successes with them. A couple of monthsexpago ressed an introduced to Ray Hewitt, secretary of Gosport Model Yacht Club, who interest in some sails for his new Deception, possibly due to the sudden lack of interest shown by Victory Sails. te qui h wit s, ber mem t por Gos to nly mai ds, hea ble Mar of ts sui 10 e som d sol I have now few orders in the pipeline. Due to demand I have formed a second company – Ray Blackmore Sails 1983. 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L63 OJR Tel 051:334 1969 IMIYRU A meeting of the Executive Board was held on 7th May and the matters arising were as follows:- voting Results of postal Nine countries the returned their postal 1982 General Meeting and there votes was an on the almost three motions unanimous referred decision in back from favour of:- 1) The adoption of the Olympic Scoring System for all future IMYRU events. 2) Amendment of the IMYRU R/C Racing Rules to bring them into line with the 1981/84 ITYRU Rules. 3) Amendment of the IMYRU R/C Racing Rules, Appendix 1, Scoring system, Clause 1.3 by adding: final As “Disqualification points cannot be scores.” the Olympic Scoring System is incompatible events the Tournament System will I.Y.R.U. with Fleet Racing, in all future IMYRU be used. Rules Another matter outstnading from the General Meeting is IYRU Rules that do not apply to R/C Racing. task discarded but must be included in the than was originally England is proposing would mean making a envisaged and various This is proving to be a much lengthier completion amendments to the deletions in Parts number of the publication of a list of will be further Competition 2 and Rules 3 of delayed because which, the Racing if adopted, Rules. Subscriptions Eight countries are still Brazil, Germany, Argentine wishes abroad. In Hong Kong, to Srazil remain their not they wish Meanwhile, “TM” Spain, affiliated but, Authority difficulties will has been soon formed. subscriptions – Argentina, Switzerland and the U.S.A. understandably, has be As previously reported, American Model their 1983 sport in that country that a new organisation correspondent. Portugal, the National the development of the hoped that in arrears with been cannot send currency dissolved, seemed quite overcome which is a promising. and we look we are still awaiting affiliate international to the Union. representation The result is not for American model the to because it is hearing Portuguese the outcome of Yachting Association’s ballot of its membership to HOwever, forward Contact has been lost with pity, the to decide whether or expected until- late yachtsmen is in summer. the balance. Class Rules Revision There was a very good response to the voting on the rule amendments from 12 countries, with a total voting strength of 96. Engl2nd (M.Y.A.) invited all affiliated clubs to vote and returns were made through the Nistrict Secretaries. very good. From the results of the voting, a final distribution to all member countries by 41st July. is required 10 Rater by 31st Rating Again, the response wac draft has now been prepared for A vote of acceptance or rejection October. Certificate Folloving a revision of the certificate, new master copies are available from thr General Secretary. will 6 Metre Rating 411 member countries receive a copy. Rules A draft revision of the Rating Rules has been submitted bly Fngland (m.¥ 2A.) for consideration by the Rating Rules Conmittes. Spain The naw National Mayor 16, Madrid Authority 13. for Spain i- the Federacion Espanola de Modelismo Nawal, The Spanish R/C Championships for the RM on 12/15th August and the host club has a guest observer, New although it is and R10r Classes will be held in invited an IMYRU Tepresentative unlikely that the invitation can he Las Palmas to attend as accepted. Zealand There is quite a strong possibility Championship in January that Neu Zealand will host a Pacific Regional 1985, World Championships There have been several enquiries about the venue and date of the next World Champi onships but, to date, no applications have been received to host the event . European RM Championship Sweden has reported that preliminary entries have been received affiliated countries except Belgium, Portugal and Spain, issued to all interested National Authorities. from Entry R/C ‘PIRATE’, the Jolly Roger’ timber pack * a new design and plans – R1I0R Nooky £4 post paid U.K. & Smeed’s new 36″ We have various and kicking mention in the summer Pirate working suit; of Special for around £45. in Djinn Fizz only fittings for of wires anodised order. 1983, no. and from send or for your copy telephone USA, of 0425 Australia, Please 34 quote SP6 IDG, to – Nylet 53456. 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SAILS your and Pirate RACING (in white strap fitting part 6 diameters Our grooved £6.45 new all * * The toughening Fuller’s Vic MASTS world-wide. with carbon-fibre Tim CHANDLERS EQUIPMENT Nylet Board EN “CARDHOLDERS MAY PAY BY ACCESS” * The Executive Moky Bear Model Yachts SAILMAKERS now been Hatfield Chairman, NYEE®) European forms have Norman Nylet all in Station the Road, follows:- Scandinavia 10 Nylet mail order Fordingbridge, U.K. Kroner 75p, Eire IR£1 catalogue, Hants, England currency note. 118-122 Station Road, Fordingbridge, Hants, Telephone :042 – 5345 56 9 note RM nats Every major race tends to leave an overall impression on the competitors, and I am sure that most of the 46 entries who sailed in this year’s event would mention first the immaculate sailing of Torvald Klem, who gave a superb exhibition of the way to compete and win at this level. A well prepared boat, with clean lines and the now commonplace carbon fibre mast, excellent starting tactics and the ability to point higher than the rest of the entry whilst holding similar speed through the water seemed to be the ingredients which contributed to his win. With no discards allowed, Squire Kay had a distinct disadvantage missing one race due to radio problems, and Derek Priestley’s final position of 9th is the more remarkable when you realise he missed three races because he had to work the Saturday morning. No one design shows up as being “essential” to win, and the top eight boats are all different. Ags I had a volunteer photographer who shot a number of black and white photos of the more interesting boats and fittings which I shall feature in this and the next issue, I shan’t make any lengthy descriptions of the boats which in any case are largely known by now as basic designs. 0.0.D. Barry Jackson set long courses on the lake in conditions that allowed the use of 85″ rigs on all three days and there were some complaints heard that some form of restriction on the entry should be made in future. By dispensing with a protest committee and taking decisions himself, a course only available to such an experienced sailor, he cut delays to a minimum, but in the lighter conditions on Sunday most competitors had only six races each. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5S. T. Klem 24+25 J. T. C. Sw Cleave Ovens Dicks Kay 34*75 37°25 40°75 41-5 6. T. Saltonstall 43-75 7. OD. Andrews 8. A. Austin 9. OD. Priestley 10. R. Leckie Suzy Q 0/D Norsk Modellseilforening Netsuki Flo Deception TC4 Japanese Trapper Deception Sea Horse Clapham Ashton 46°75 Cardiac Heartbeat Leicester 56°25 Aljaxis Axis Guildford S7 58-25 TCS Shadowfax Sea Urchin Deception Fleetwood Inverleith AShanti Spirit Arrest Axis Deception New Forest Danson Cleveland Guildford Clapham 11. R. Stollery 12. TM. Dicks 59-75 62°5 Axis Excalibur 13. 14, 68°5 70°5 70%5 Shogun Robnic Spridger Japanese Trapper Deception Chelmsford Doncaster Cheltenham 80-5 82°5 Swiftnik Slippery Sam Hustler Pidgeon Toed Kay 0/9 Sea Urchir Fleetwood Leicester Ashanti Leicester Jeception Danson N. B. Hatfield Cheetham 1S. B. Corley 16. J. Brooks 17s Ts Drury 18. 19. 3. Richards E. Andrews 72 72°58 Norlin 127 Lemon 20. R. Potts 85°5 Straight No Chaser Danson 21. 22. %R. Brown R. Quens 86 87 Sis 32. « Stollery C. Hannam 1908°5 112 ai. 42, M.. Colyer J, Valentine 124 128 23. 24, 25. De Nixon G. Bantock 93. Hudson 38 92°5 98 S35 34. 35. Jets Morrison A, Nicholson I. Jenkins 1117’S 113 115 43,, 44, 45. C.. Evlistt L.S. Craythorne U. Ness 134 139 148 26. 27, J. Lee R, Clark 98:75″ 99 36. 37, Is Hall C. Jackson 8. Decker 46: 17 118 46. 47, 48, D. Hollom 1%. Fuller TM, MacConnell 166 166 49. A. 152 38. 29. oR. Smith O. Hackuood 1900 102 39, O. Potter 119 320. Le Morrison 196 40. oO. Latham #124 28. 10 Hollom 166 NORMAN HATFIELD’S “JAPANESE” RM ALEX AUSTIN’S ALAXIS RM MYLAR TONY DRURY’S SEAURCHIN RM JOHN 1 SAILS BROOK’S SQUIRE KAY DOSIG! A CLEAN STARBOARD TACK THE HULL SHAPE 12 OF START AT THE FLEETWOOD KLEM RM KUBERT VICE, CAESAR CASTRO. PETER STOLLERY AND CHRIS HARRIS WITH 36″ VANE BOATS BRAZILIAN RM CHAMP THE ERIC 13 NUTTALL TROPHY ERIC NUTTALL MEMORIAL TROPHY RM FLEETWOOD – APRIL SUNDAY 17 Eric Nuttall 1983 The first sailing of the Eric Nuttall Memorial Trophy took place at Fleetwood on Sunday 17 April. The trophy was presented to the club on the death of Eric Nuttall, A fleet of 26 one of the most respected figures in radio controlled model yachting. boats took part in the event, Fleetwood, made up of entrants from Ashton, Cleveland, Etherou, Leeds and Leicester. Under the watchful eye of 0.0.D. Derek Priestley racing proceeded smoothly throughout the day in a good working suit breeze. At the end of the day four boats had pulled clear of the rest of the field and in a closely fought finish Squire Kay emerged as winner with Barry Jackson a close second. D.J. Position 1 2 Boat Skipper TC4 S. Kay Seahorse Mk 3 16 A. Hollom Hollom 19 K2 3 Light Fantastic 4 Cardiac Arrest Design B. Jackson yend V1/ re>oa ok pt ext pssues qnis 7°”), ene uid Pe ith Re 40 2. 3. Ae (se ©? Ticks Seckso” os Ladkin 9M O- ay xon oised> =Te zif 41280″ 20% 303 36% a8 a 612 23} ot eu an une» ce vet me esult® we Ga, ce 16} Heartbeat R1OR results e we Points ” 0D. Andrews 9 \0- 2 : Os’porn 405 Rotnvel+ gurges® Ate 440% ork eet 3, po ? e v 1 o v n s t a 3 ey ave Re \3- ye review cnidd ROSE 85 414 1 ich? 63 MADE BY YACHTSMEN FOR YACHTSMEN The best sail “WHIRLWIND” winch for all points of Tuo models available, Standard & Super Hi-Power. sailing. The highly accurate, fast sheeting & high power of the Whirlwind gives the fine control needed for The ultimate im proportional sheet control for all R/C yachts efficient sailing. information sheet. Price £42 inc. spool and V.A.T. S.A.E. for 09 33 88 l. Te r. te es ic Le ., Rd le rda Abe 49 D.H.Andrews, 14 10 rater nats The poor state of the class was amply demonstrated in year’s event. total Indeed one wonders if a sailing is less than 12 single the very low entry for this day might prove more attractive if the boats. One particularly interesting entry was that of Norman Fish, now resident in Milton Keynes, sailing the boat “Triplane” with which he won the event some twenty years ago. The hull lines of this boat are based on the Uffa Fox Flying Fifteen keelboat. The only other new boat was a 60″ boat from the Stollery design L.W.L., board, 17 1b., which was so swinging equipped double chine new as to be at a serious disadvantage. 4 complete boat tie Full rounds for were sailed, third place, with and 0.0.0. a Roy Gardner then had to separate a three sailoff, results: 1. TM.J. Harris 2. A. Austin Pimpernel Mr. Rusty Lewis Cracker Stollery Roundabout 75 72 3. Dovey Boost Lewis Cracker 61 4. M. Roberts Thin Thing D. 61 5. Wheildon Monsoon M. J. Hardwicke 0/D 61 6. N. Fish Triplane Scaled F/Fifteen 48 7. Thin Stollery 42 R. Baker Slice Mi vane nats 20 competitors spent an interesting time at Fleetwood over the Fastern Bank Holiday weekend in a strongly contested TM class championships. The weather on the saturday was light wind and pleasant sunshine, giving way to gale force winds and biting cold on the Sunday, and moderating on the Monday to provide a complete range of sailing conditions. The event saw the final who held a comfortable to find that in their Alex 50th national championship entry for Wally jones and Bill lead on the Sunday night after a very hard day’s Austin put in consecutive a year of superb day on the Monday sailing would have been to a close sailing, the popular Perry gap. finish to A only win their joint efforts, but they had the consolatian of a champagne drink with the Mayor of Fleetwood at the close of the event. The list of designs through in as the show the vam fleet, and the the well-known Stollery using carbon fibre masts 1983 TM CLASS NATIONAL clear impression winner actually swing-rig and a deck RESULTS 1. 2. A. Austin WeH. Jones Stollery-Axis Creed – O/D 3. TM, Roberts 4. G. 45. that there radio boats, level mainboom are few new boats sails a hull though to the coming same design equipped with standard rigs assembly, pts. pts. 114 112″ 12. Ade J. od. Stollery 8loo0daxe 56: 14. DJs Santock BSantock-Heartbeat 94 15. Ge Blliott Sykes D, Latham Shepherd-Reflection 94 16. M, Dicks Dicks – 6. H. Dovey Sykes Sula 93 17. De Celdard Stollery-Bloodaxe 55 7. TM. Harris Dicks – Illusion 91 18. E. Watkinson Stollery- 4S 8. Ke Roberts Stollery-Bloodaxe 90 19. W. Akers Daly – 9 P. Whiteside Stollery-Bloodaxe 78 19=.F. Percival Sykes Stollery Bloodaxe Shepherd – Stepovt 68 6A 10. G. Reeves 10=.8. Sarber – 15 Sixsmith (Bush Robe Creed – 9/D Sykes – Sula Stollery – Bloodaxe 2 Sula 59 247 S7 Bloodaxe Hibiscus = 67 66 Sula 43 43 A PROJECTED Ruseell Potts, of model letters. HISTORY the Radio Secretary yachting in Britain. techniques, the history of interplay between model and the M.Y.A., It will the organisation of aspects of the social of with sport at the full deal sport. size hopes the to write a development full of scale designs and both club and national level, It will attention pay particular and with and a set of He believes is held many in the that a great deal as he be a locations of the club edition early editions of other books published before 1939; 1939 magazine the memory of them This will pre to yachting. He would be glad to head from anyone who has written or pictorial material, records and the like. He is particularly interested to see: a first (1923) of Hobbs “Model Sailing Boats”; history “The Model of useful and experience Yachtsman”, material, of model which may yachtsmen, not be available and hopes to elsewhere, interview as can. large and long-term project. relevant material and sources The first step is to identify the of information, Please contact Russell to let him know if a) you stage) b) you c) you d) you have useful material which you would be prepared to lend. (Don’t send it at this know where such material may be found. have memories to contribute and are willing to be interviewed. wish to suggest other possible interviewees. The address is: 8 Sherard Road, London SE9 6EP RADIO (01-850 6805) RACING SYSTEMS At the World Championship in France I fleet racing system, and I some of my personal views heard several competitors arguing against the would therefore like to take the opportunity to express on What are the basic elements radio racing systems. of yacht racing? Generelly we recognise: 1. 2. Sailing – that is steering and tuning the yacht to the maximum speed. Technology – the quality of hull, rigs and equipment, 3. Tactics of other – a strategy yachts in Let us evaluate based on previous the the racing rules, the canditions and on the scoring races. tournament and the fleet racing system against these: basic elements. There the is no problem third? What is group? Take another yacht in in the event is The fleet you. spirit has unnecessary. The factor was that encourage experiences think possible alternative stand as dealt be sacrificed, is with but retained, but have to yacht this I then do to do the for the 720 agree world championship that situations, as the turns, lead IMYRU adopts for example tournament a the It to a in another place higher you find out your problem next that was disqualification was degree But what about that final with race this can must be outweighed by the reason for this a one while than he sails position in would start and the fact interruptions at world toc is the that the world championship. low, which did Another not he unfortunate if the return complete the system that many of the protests were rule knowledge was amazingly low for a scoring two. racing. The main before first finish spectator not to the closest opponent sails event and criterions, important to you the simply to meet if your three too many, from one it is be racing the people to That is have where to win You have all to of yacht were all race meets championship 1 the final system tactics situation established. to appeal good example a after system tournament the use of protest hearings right the for group the that for the to fleet the tournament racing full-size olympic system scoring that covers system, system, JAN system. DEIMO as an TIT BRAZILIAN NATIONAL R/M CHAMPIONSHIP This IIIrd National Championship was held by “Clube Candango de Nautimodelismo”, in Brasilia, the brand new Federal Capital, raised in the heart of that large country. Such a setting implied long distance trips by the majority of the participants, of them having to travel 1,000 kilometres from Sao Paulo, 1,200 km from Rio de Janeiro, 1,300 km from Curitiba and more than 2,000 km from Porto Alegre, some in the State of South Rio Grande. The regattas were held at the Paranoa Lake, which offered all kinds of material as well adjacent to the “Clube Naval de Brasilia”, as administrative support to the pilots, their families and visiting guests. The races started on the ist April There were raced 48 heats in 1983 total, and ended on which meant 12 the 3rd of races that same month, for every one of the 32 individual pilots registered. The weather was fine, with only small bruises by a hot sunshine (S8rasilia is located some 1,000 metres above. sea level), The IMYRU rules were used, with the “two turns” (720°) pilots, the same manner as Dunkirk, used by IMYRU during the penalty imposed on faulting 1982 World Championship held at France. With the exception of a Trapper, use were locally made, variety of boats, “inverted fins”, some from the imported from England, all of the other models in of them the creation of their owners. very narrow ones to the wide transom, It was quite a including three with the British Deception style. A. CARVALHO General Classification (leading pilots) Name_of Pilot City of Origin Cesar Silva Castro Brasilia 1st 6-0 Luiz Sao Paulo 2nd 30°0 Jose Antonio Moni Porto Alegre 3rd 45°8 Carlos Roberto Saldanha Rio de Janeiro 4th 48°7 Paulo Garcez Leao Goiania Sth 61°4 Rubens Stahlberg Porto Alegre 6th 62°4 de Castro Placement Total Points Lost SPANISH R/C YACHTS I am sending you the basic pages from the programmes of the Spanish National Model boat champs (this included the power boat category). The racing was held on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October at Banyoles (a few kilometres west of Gerona) and I nipped over the border on see about a there were, dozen the Saturday afternoon RMs in fact, a light breeze and and a over there few R10s, 30 RMs and but 10 as a as you 19s. were people around spectator. will Frankly, see from It was a most the lake in the 1 expected enclosed beautiful to lists sunny day with swimming costumes – in October} I spent the afternoon looking at the boats, some seen already at Dunkirk, and then watching several heats of actual sailing. The afternoon I was there was being dominated by the Masqued Cucumber derivatives from San Sebastian whose boats were 247s in various guises – one, boats trailing were left been a Some of us different a fin keel which I in judged went on to be at least 25 region of 9 section the transom. in the edget 20s This or had had everything for ever – the knife noticed, – sails, the airs 11 but at Dunkirk there was inches. lbs. Actually constrasted light particularly by the Basques There flare – were also removed at but no several the bow. doubt it would These have wind had piped up. seen weighed in to using Bantock the prevailing story if the thought we had which I (Mk3s?) with This The there was with the one extreme under a another no transom as boat which the Spanish which must have from about hull finished appeared to have F.G. DRAPER been using draught flat 30s. ve R10R RM which had a hull form was completely was red in the a midflat designed A team The championship was held on the 23/24 April at Witton Lakes, Birmingham, with the same number of entries, six, in view of the alterations as in last in the year’s event. rules which This was slightly disappointing now allow more than one team to be entered from a club, The host club must be congratulated on the tremendous efforts made during the winter months to improve the state of the lake. including the infamous physical effort by the the obstructions have been removed, sand bar, and the edges cleared, Birmingham club members. Racing commenced at 10.30 not without considerable on Saturday with a gusty south easterly wind tricky reaching conditions. wind All The different bands of wind down the lake, “holes’, made sailing the desired course difficult. no boat or team would dominate swing and on several occasions giving very the race. with several It was rapidly apparent that During the afternoon the wind began to the more adventurous skippers experimented with spinnakers. The first round was completed by 3.30 with Martin Roberts having the very good score, in view of the conditions, of 41/50 closely followed by Mike Harris with 38/50, The Birkenhead team held the lead with 70 points, followed by Bournville A, 57 points, and Bournville B, 544 points. One more heat was sailed before racing finished at 4.30. Conditions on Sunday at the 9.30 start were considerably better, the wind being somewhat straighter giving generally a long leg beat and guy from the clubhouse end with a spinnaker run back, The fluctuations in wind strength and direction were still present however and necessitated careful Unfortunately Vic Bellerson had begun to feel trimming. unwell towards the end of Saturday and was unable to participate further. His mate sailed ‘Orion’ of another club member hurriedly summoned by telephone. on Sunday with the aid As the day progressed the racing became very close, especially when the top scoring boats from Saturday began to drop points. The rapid fluctuation in positions that can occur in team racing meant that interest was maintained until the last heat. None of the competitors were sure of the in result and an anxious half hour was spent the canteen whilst the scorers and the OOD deliberated. In the end the team that had scored steadily and consistently, Bournville A, emerged as winners, so retaining the trophy, with Birkenhead as runners up. The weekend was very much enjoyed by all out, 4. and K1075 2. 3. K1130 6. Quick Step Orion Red Pepper Leeds and Bradford K1088 K1157 5. Venceremos Bournville B K1065 4. Sundance Birkenhead K1131 K1132 Mivvi Ballerina Birmingham 8 K950 K996 Executioner Frustration Birmingham A K1156 K983. uith close racing through- smooth organisation. Bournville A K1119 the competitors, Sand piper Mal de Mer Round 1 Mm, Harris 38 K. Butler 19 Round 2. 35 Total 73) 344 534) Team 1764 K. Roberts M. Roberts 29 41 25} 24 54) 65 ) viel V. Bellerson 264 23 494) 109 fF. Percical 19 244 434) 96} D. Knowles C. Hartland 18 18 23 18 41) 36) 77 R. Williams P. Lock 11 224 17 21 28 ) 434) 74 H. Dovey 28 8. Garber 30 18 314 23 593) 53 ) further afield SOUTH AFRICA Model yachting is Cape. going great guns in Natal We had a marvellous Transvaal and 9 went up RM event in from here. for a whole day then the top 4 and in the the Transvaal All boats from Natal Transvaal some weeks sailed against but a ago. bit quiet in the 14 “Toad’ from In U.S.A., the Transvaal a very from the one another using 2 fleets sailed against the top 4 from Transvaal. About 8 scoring races were sailed and eventually Natal won by 3 points! Keith Mackey Trophy. boats and won the they use a variety of designs including the good boat in their light airs. Down here we have all British designs to cope with our heavier winds. I have had a very good season (1982-83). following this I won the Natal RM Championship with my ‘247’, by winning our RM 9 Hour last Sunday (14 boats) by 2 laps from Des Farbonbi Ashanti. I also won the R10R Natal Championship with my new Eclipse beautiful boat built for me by Peter Simons. a We held our S.A, National Championship (every 2nd year) for vane M’s at Easter – 11 boats – 2 rounds: it was won by Eric Stone, myself 2nd on 70 points and a tie for 3rd: Cleenwerck all on 69 points. As you see, Durban Model sail Y.C. Commodore on 72 points – off won by Craig Millar from Derek a very closely fought event sailed over 3 days. Our S.A. Nationals on 9.10.83. for RM and R10R are If anyone delighted. It will to take place over a week in October starting is interested to enter from overseas we would of course be be held near Johannesburg. KEITH GERSON NEW ZEALAND We have six main clubs involved in model registered including 16 yachting in N.Z. with approximately 80 boats vane marbleheads, The vane boats are all in the Christchurch area in the South Island. designs follow the English pattern most probably because conditions in which we sail. of the Our radio similarity in weather Locally designed boats are now starting to be more highly developed with design of Fred Marten from Auckland and rumour of a new design the scow from Warren Belk and Dave Toms of Tauranga who both did so well at the nationals with their present original designs. Auckland boats are using the carbon fibre/mylar technology whilst the rest of the country is taking a little time to catch up. The possibility of a Pacific Regional Championship being held in N.Z. around January 1985 is causing some discussion at the moment. It would certainly put us on the map in the model yachting world if it came off, but that’s still a long way away. 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BEND ALOOP AT THE END AND THISSHOULD BE DONE WITH THE SAILS RIGGED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS THE WAY | FITMY OWN. YOU MAY HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS. Robert J. Smith Bacht Fittings 21 series? g. handicap l yachting is definitely sufferin Sut from what? New In the curreny climate mode clubs are still being formed, but at the same time and at the same rate existing clubs are being wound up. Obviously there is lots of new interest being aroused, so the efforts of the media,the manufacturers and the M.Y.A. in this direction are being rewarded. The health of some clubs would appear to be at risk and membership is but this may not be incurable if declining, probably for lots of different reasons, a little though and effort is applied. One problem that is inherent in all clubs ig the varying standard of performance between the very good and the not-so-good skippers. The latter can so easily be put off by trailing around at the back end of the fleet and the newcomer may decide that there is no way that he can compete with all those years of experience that have honed the expert’s sailing skills. How can a raw newcomer race on equal terms with the club’s top skipper? CLUBMAN knows of one club where a handicap system is used to decide their club championship and to decide the winners of the best of their trophies. They cleim that the system works very well and encourages those who are prepared to learn and improve. Close finishes are common, with sometimes a fraction of a point deciding between newcomer and expert! A little more effort by those recording club scores is required, but they reckon that it is very well worth it and the club is thriving. The system works like this: 1. The race scores of all club races are recorded. 2. These are converted into percentages of the possible score. 3. The percentages are compared with each skipper’s handicap, which is also in the g form of a percentage, and handicap points are awarded wither plus or minus dependin on whether the score is better or worse than the handicap. fer dif to are ts poin e Thes es. scor t poin icap hand all to d adde are ts poin t Meri 4, entiate between two skippers who both may have performed equally well above their own handicap, but at different ends of the fleet. The actual working of this will be explained later. 5. At the end of each season personal handicaps are revised to take account of the gain or loss during the previous season. The best races (4 the season’s total plus one) are used for this purpose and for deciding the championship. 6. When a newcomer joins he is awarded a handicapl on the results of his first race and his handicap is reviewed again after 3 races. in The intention then is sinply that each skipper SAILS against the rest of the fleetclub the normal way but COMPETES against himself to decide the handicap races and the your over bit le litt a game your e rais to e efor ther is e ntiv ince The . ship pion cham own standards for a chance to win. The detailed procedure is listed below: 1. Collect the points in the normal way, % for a win, 2 for 2nd etc. o _ Maximum = score 2. Convert to a percentage as follows: maximum “maximum = minimum retirement score x no. of races minimum 2 x no. of races Example: 2 no wins 9 x B min: 3 x 8 RACE SCORE d= nou max: 2 no 2nd and 4 no 4th in B x B boat races — ot 3, Skippers % = 74 % scored = 77 HANDICAP POINTS +3 72 6 2) 3 = 765% – round up to whole ‘f 77 In this case 4. ADD MERIT points on the basis of 1/100th of the percentage scored. it would be +77 rounded up to °8. TOTAL HANDICAP SCORE IS 3*8 pointd. If the 3 handicap points had been gained as in 3. above by a skipper whose handicap was 24 then the merit points would have been °3 and the total handicap score would have been 3°3 points. 5. When reviewing skippers’ handicaps use the handicap points on their own without merit points. For example if the skipper with a current handicap of 74 has a total of 12 handicap points after 6 races his handicap percentage for the following year would be 76. All this may look complicated, but w th the use of a calculator and a little practice the handicap results can be worked out in a few minutes at the end of a race and the results announced accordingly. CLUBMAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION The revision of the Marblehead rules has brought up the subject of how the international model yachting cooperation is organized. I have been contacted by model yachtsmen who have been quite upset with how they think the matter is being handled by “the English” With and then referring different approaches I model yachting the composition of the IMYRU Executive refer to the problem round buoys. the sport until Board. that some countries have a very long tradition and started when there was only free countries were not attracted to Tace to radio sailing, control while other made it possible Model yachtsmen from the latter nations often come to from full-size yachting and expect to be able to use the same rules and to meet the same approach to the sport as in full-size. The IMYRU Radio Racing Rules do show an influence from the free sailing and a degree of lack of understanding for round buoys racing which is especially evident in the part II of the rules. Hopefully this is something that the newly elected Racing Rules Committee can deal with. With lack of information ~] refer to the fact that there is no official forum where model yachting business can be discussed. Take as an example the amended proposal to new Marblehead class rules. It covers 12 pages and still does not give the reasons behind the amendments. Another example is the IMYRU paper about discards of dis- qualifications, It is said that either it should not be possible to discard a disqualification, or discards have to be abolished all together. We believe that we have a third alternative which we have used for two years, but where could we inform the model yachtsmen in other countries about this? It is my experience that if you are not very familiar with rating and racing rules matters, it could be very difficult to see the consequences of a rule change if not the reasons behind the old rule and the reasons behind the proposed change are fully illuminated. I have often seen that an Opinion can change The international considerably when new aspects forum is needed and I see no are brought reason forward. why it could not be MYN. Especially if the national authorities could encourage the circulation among its members work by collecting properly. I have subscription been a member general meeting and have the committee. I find fees. of further the Rating yet received no committee this the IMYRU committees must Rules Committee information since from surprising especially with Marblehead start the to last the chairman of rules revision in work, This has been explained as being a task for the previous committee, but I cannot see how a nonexistent committee can handle anything. From what I have heard the situation in the Racing Rules Committee is the same and they have the task of writing the radio racing rules appendix to the IYRU racing rules. With the limited funds IMYRU has at its disposal I think it is good to have a board with all members from one country, and if things like demanding a higher majority for the omission of the inch system in the rating rules than on other proposals which can be taken as nationalism, are avoided, and if the above mentioned steps are taken, then I see no reason why IMYRU could not work very well with an all English board, JAN DEIMO Svenska Modellseglasftrbundet 23 Robert J. 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