Model Yachting News: Issue 42 – September 1990

  • Editorial & News Update. The editor explains delays in publication due to international events and work commitments, and discusses the evolving identity of model yachting versus radio yacht racing.
  • World Championship – Marblehead Class. Coverage of the Fleetwood world championship, detailing the fleet racing system, strong international competition, and challenging wind conditions throughout the event.
  • Multihull Development. An update on growing interest in model multihulls, including new Mini 40 class rules, UK adoption, and increasing international experimentation and participation.
  • One Metre Class. A review of the expanding One Metre class, including design choices, sailing techniques, and ongoing development driven by growing participation and competitive racing.
» . ie. e0 a orward shape e arbo S S no = ded ands = S as and S ersio also e o O m There has been increased interest number of in these craft this year, developments which are beginning to sort sizes which will encourage further international out and we can report a class rules and common co-operation and exchange of ideas. TWO METRE CLASS. This size has been well established for some years in France, now been fully updated and also translated build one of into English the class rule to IYRU-MYRD international and we understand that standard, for Hanriot, for adoption as an the Technical Committee will be the rule shortly. The big snag with this class at moulds for anyone who wants to these formidable craft. The French FFV have put looking at and the rule has the moment anyone wanting to get the well a set of known French skipper, any such drawings or moulds, but is a lack of hulls. several available plans or The editor wrote to Daniel months ago asking if he knew of so far there has been no information returned. MINI-MULTI 40 CLASS. This class was the brainchild of Picquet-Damesme, size of and Gerard Lafforgue, 1/10 scale Formula 40, in MYN this year. various sponsor convenient for three frenchmen, most combined order for car idea was full owners. as more Christophe who decided to go the very competitive boat for a totally monotype class, size boats to provide a spectacle at The British have ‘hi-jacked’ 10 was offered to KMS in France to start Two boats are building in the USA, well Parisiens, and have built The original colours of all Thierry Pauvert, one on each coast!!, the for a featured useing the a size design, a production and a line. and six in the UK, as in France. Following a highly successful French are now sorting out at the first by 1.2m width, to encourage UK regatta cat more or at the annual the rule on paper, in August. tri, people debut The overall with sailarea of onto the 1 speed meeting at Autun, the which the Brits have also adopted maximum dimensions of 1.2m length sq.m, was thought to be just right water. WORLD WIDE INTEREST. We have known of the Russian multihulls in Kiev for some years, and a fleet of small boats based on the West Coast of America. We have also recieved details recently of two quite separate projects in Australia, of widely different sizes, both developed in ignorance of the other!! Details in the September issue of MYN. UK ASSOCIATION. At the meeting in June in Birmingham, all present, combined with a number of proxy votes which had been telephoned by people unable to attend in person, agreed to adopt the french Mini-Multi 40 Class as our official maximum size. This was because the Cobra design already had sailed superbly, demonstrating its practical size and portability, and by adopting an overall] dimension formula other designs would be encouraged. Andy McCullough has now agreed to take on the job of co-ordinating the latent interest in Multihulls in the UK, and will be writing to as many of the contacts and addresses I have been able to rescue off my computer file that went AWOL as ssible. dy McCullough lives at 2YN, 3 Axbridge Close, telephone number 0272 855209, The Perrings, Nailsea, and he is also an excellent Bristol, BS19 sailmaker under the brand name Albatross Sails. Andy will be useing the columns of MYN to communicate with Multihull modellers from the next issue onwards, so watch this space!!! 12: ILE de BRUNI DESIGNER: Graeme D.Batchelor. BRUNY ISLAND Main Hull: Amas: 910mm (36 inches) 910mm (36 inches) Beam: 910mm (36 inches) Rig Height: 1.6m (5.2 feet) Post Office Box 328, HAWTHORN, Victoria, Australia, 3122 Phone:0011 03 818 1931 Fox: 818 3454 The drawing above is of a small trimaran developed by Graeme Batchelor of Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Australia, about which we knew little until a letter arrived from the designer. He has chosen quite a small size, but reports good sailing with a tall rig in light weather, enough to encourage the idea of a kit or at least hulls and floats for sale. Mike Beilby, the well known Australian sailor has based his boat on the 1.5m length which we used in GB for Jetstar and Savage, and his first effort sailed OK, but was a bit lacking in bow buoyancy owing to a slight error in the first plug templates. This has been rectified with a revised version, and he seems to be enjoying local racing against monohulls. Graeme Batchelor’s full address is Post Office Box 328, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia, telephone 0011 03 818, Fax 818 3454. If you want to make contact!!1 There will be another Multihull gathering at and there are three locally based Cobras, visitors we hope to see a good turnout 13 the Brentwood Lake on October so with the possiblity of in total. other 30th, EAST COAST 12 Twenty six skippers sailed in the 1990 AMYA EC/12 Class Annual Class Championship Regatta held in Kewanee, Illinois. Freak storm activity during the entire event caused higher than normal winds and provided for a substantive discussion of the benefits of the IYRU-MYRD International EC/12 Class Rule which if adopted by the Americans would have allowed the B and C-rigs which were designed to assist the boat in just such conditions. This championship was the twentieth for the class and attracted the largest number of skippers ever recorded for the event. Sponsored by the Red Witch MYC of Kewanee, Race Director David Giovannini and his community provided the best planned and executed event that the writer has ever had the good fortune to take part in. Each boat sailed 6 heats with no throwouts taken. Two back to back seeding races were sailed by each boat with the top three in each set of seedings going to A-Fleet, the middle three to B-Fleet, and the bottom three to C-Fleet. Total number of entrants was 26 boats, 9 in A-Fleet, 9 in B-Fleet and 8 in C-Fleet. Winds were generally 15 to 20 mph with some lulls and more often gusts as high as 35 knots. Experiments were held Saturday with occasional skippers trying out the AMYA’s storm rig. This rig is between the IYRU-MYRD B and C rig, and sports a high clew on the mainsail to prevent boom dragging. On the second day, no skipper in A-fleet changed to the AMYA Storm Rig. Kelly Martin scored 4 firsts, 1 second and a fifth to capture his fifth consecutive National Championship. Mike Pearson finished in 10th overall, and captured the B-Fleet Trophy. Chris Jensen was awarded the Sportsmanship Trophy and Paul Speed of the host club was the Anchorman. A notable performance was provided by Tom Jordin in finishing second overall. Martin, Jordin and Carr never left A-Fleet, and Berle Smith sailed consistently in B-Fleet. Ron Banner was hurt by frequency error on the part of first AMYA President Rich Matt, back into A-Fleet on Sunday with a vengeance. NW Place * * * * * * * * Score Report Name and Homeport 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 1ith 12th 18th 14th 15th 657 19.7 22.4 26.0 26.7 35.7 39.7 40.7 42.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 47.7 48.0 48.7 53.0 59.0 65.0 67.0 68.0 Berle Smith, Puyallup, Washington Glen Chalder, Simsbury, Connecticut Rich Matt, Riverside, Illinois Tug Wilson, Indianapolis, Indiana Chris Jensen, Itasca, Illinois 21st 72.0 Maury Thoresen, 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 81.0 85.0 86.0 89.0 Bob Hawley, Fairborn, Ohio Bill Harper, Kewanee, Illinois Jerry Rux, Kewanee, Illinois Dave Miller, Macomb, Illinois 16th L7th 18th 19th 20th 26th 102.0 Kelly Martin, Gig Harbor, Washington Tom Jordin, Milton, Washington Bill Broadhead, Palatine, Illinois Rod Carr, Redmond, Washington Dick Hein, Rochester Hills, Michigan Charlie Silvia, Newport, Rhode Island Ron Moblo, Gig Harbor, Washington Ron Banner, Puyallup, Washington David Giovannini, Kewanee, Illinois Mike Pearson, Gig Harbor, Washington Charlie Lalor, Ocala, Florida Glen Comer, Spring, Texas Gary Mueller, Burlington, Wisconsin Jerry Brower, Everett, Washington Calvin Obara, St. Petersburg, Florida Paul Speed, 14 Marysville, Galva, Illinois Washington a radio but came by ROD CARR. uneoyTdO,4s uoljiqiyxe pue sesse|o |-D ‘Ol-G4 ‘3S4 ‘WS4 15 36 nats 36 RESTRICTED CLASS NATIONALS. 36R eport Saturdays racing started a little late, after a last minute course change was required. race was sailed using the MYRCRS. Three seeding races there was one protest. At the end of Stollery R. Sunday were racing withdrawn. A 10 races were sailed and the first started on protests At win the for end time and a further two during the day, of day the Peter the Stollery. were awarded nicest boat as sunk just to voted on sixth by The novices place the and an skippers, TION, 98 3 14 4 67 5 52 6 47 7 56 8 72 9 49 bowl extra as was prize went to sailed. one shown won was by . STOLLERY TAXACHUN . STOLLERY GUILDFORD PLAYBOAT . KAY GUILDFORD TCA ASHTON MICRA DOT 20 M. ROLLASON WOODSPRING MR. 35 M. METCALF KINGSBURY 26 MEATLOAF 3 P. METCALF ASHTON DEADBEAT 2 ASHTON 16 the score Gordon Sears to the who had DISCARDS = 2 E. ABREY 81 on was by Simon Redford 23 32 which M.Rollason 22 39 There of awarded PSWOPDDNAOCRONDD 2 redress were this were 9 RACES = 20 46 races after dinner. Report 1 for results from the Kingsbury club. Prizes 10 SEARS PARTINGTON MANN and 3 were Stollery P. and Kay S. three sheet. the day were sailed DOLPHIN YARDBIRD 3 CAJUN » REDFORD KINGSBURY ASHTON KINGSBURY REDEYE . TOULSON ASHTON CAPTAIN CAT . BURGESS ASHTON CHIP . AUCOTT WOODSPRING TIPSY WOODSPRING YOUD ELENA TAYLOR SILOETE . MATHER KINGSBURY TAKE FIVE ASHTON . COSTIGAN RED STAR LEEDS ETHEROW SOOO OONONNNO POF OUN The R1OR TEN RATER NATIONALS. This, the Woodspring Clubs first National Championship since the 1988 RAs, was held at Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare and attracted an entry of eighteen boats drawn from eight clubs, with eleven of the entries from the home Club. Last years winner, Squire Kay, was present started and Saturday warm to defend his Championship. dry with a light S.W. wind which did manage on occasions to rise to brisk, top suits were the ofder of the day. Two randomly selected fleets of nine boats sailed three seeding rounds, with Squire winning all three rounds both races, were sailed fleets was remained in his way own McCulloch. followed A before Peter racing competitive fleet At by wins the end were of was the 1 for racing the day. Suire by at so among Peter did Lars Wiles then day especially recorded day Fleet finished but throughout and Wiles. not 16.30. The the continue Andren, led started and Peter Squire racing skippers to have Wiles followed twelve by who it and Lars in all Andy Adren and Ken Collins. Sunday been started stolen slightly day. OOD with overnight, higher Mike than Evans “starboard” “overlap” no were up protests their some on he took Saturday, kept and battle close indication of so news: things “don’t registered. close particularly bad in fought. Lars no further but top moving tack car, part suits in briskly fleet continued, throuout worn although echoed off with the Peter day, 25 boat, designs throughout many and in the keeping race being top ten, by Mike Hounsell. Skipper Club 1 Peter Wiles Poole Karneol : 24. 2 Squire Kay Asht on Sea Skua 5 31. 3 Ken Collins Poole Dare Dare * 66. 4 Andy McCullough W/Spring Own Design 5 John Carroll W/Spring Scimitar 6 Brian Wiles W/Spring Scimitar 7 Roy Burgess W/Spring Panda 8 Ron Hill Torbay Sea Skua 9 10 Eric Crockford Mike Hounsell Gosport W/Spring Freeze n’Hot Anja 11 Ernie Abrey W/Spring Graffitti 97 12 Lars Andren Guildford Mod Stollery 30. 13 Mike Ewart Dovecote Phoenix(mod) 115 14 Graham Hull W/Spring Eclipse 132 15 Alan Chidgey W/Spring Cipher 138 16 Mac Collier Leicester Scimitar 138 17 George Cowle W/Spring Triffid 144 18 Steve Ehlers W/Spring Classic 154 and Boat helpers a7 an this undervalued Class. Races. to OOD Mike Evans of cliffs, Posn. 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