Model Yachting Newsletter: Issue 5 – June 1981

model yachting O68: no. 5 newsletter masthead We have received a gratifying response to our renewal invitation form, and many of you took the opportunity to comment in some way on the magazine. It would be impossible to reply individually so we have split the pile into three areas as follows: FIRST: Our grateful thanks which SECOND: to all who just added a brief compliment or two, all of are most welcome. To all views of you who made particular points, expressed and where a trend is we have taken note of all clearly visible we shall the varied do our best to cater for it. THIRD: ‘To the many readers who don’t like crossword puzzles, is an old established saying about not being able we can only to please all say that there the people all the time! This issue contains the second part of our 10 rater review, and we are working on a feature on the latest in RM go-faster gadgets for the next one. By far the most contentious items are the race reports, ends continue with our policy of coverage of the events, spectrum, major open so we events, shall and a brief comment on where a selection there are views of club of all at both national fixtures. subs Subscriptions for the new year run from JUNE 1981 1981/2 subscription is to MARCH 1982, £4.00 post paid U.K. £5.00 post paid EUROPE. £6.00 post paid ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. We have full sets of 1980/1 copies still in stock and will supply these at the reduced rate of £2,00 per set (whilst stocks last) if ordered with a new subscription. Make cheques payable Address to: to: Model Yachting Newsletter, 81, Nipsells Chese, Maylandsea, Nr. Chelmsford, @ssex. C3 65H. adverts We accept advertisements from known bona-fide model yacht fitting makers who assist us to finance the Newsletter by this means and in turn we hope to heln people new to the hobby to find out where to get those awkward bits and pieces that the local model shop never stocks. If you wish to nlace an advertiserent to sell quantity production of hulls, fittings, please contact the Editor to discuss direct (IALDON 740149). sails, or The advertisements for sale of secondhand boats etc. are put in free for subscribers, Photos For both the Newsletter and the M.Y.A. exhibition stands we would like to receive good etl photos (black and white only for M.Y.N.) or slide negatives (colour for M.Y.A. stands). Anything different, fittings, sails, boats sailing, unusual shots of people etc., All will be acknowledged and returned where requested. cover pic Cover vhoto this issue was taken at the recent 36R nationals, reported and snapped by the 0.0.D. Dick Seager, and shows a “SQUARE ONE” (MAP Plan) with a swinging rig developed by Roger Stollery, in company with a new and contentious design from Alex Austin. Just visible at the stern is the rudder/vane module which extends several inches past the 36″ hull end. Referred to the li.Y.4. for a ruling we hear! Notice also the low freeboard to gain maximum depth of lead within allowed 11″ total. More detail on the swing rig appears on the sketch of our new Rif design. The jib is fixed to an extension of the main boom cavried forward of the mest. Has now been tried on all sizes up to a Redwing 22′ keelboat. 2 10 rater review It is certain there are existing moulds for the hulls listed that have not been located. Those who possess moulds and missed the S.0.5. in an earlier issue may like to rectify omission by notifying the Sditor who, if in future space be available, will put this right. Most of the hulls listed have performed with distinction in major events during the last ten years. In fact, Dicks, Lewis and Stollery designs nave occupied thirty of the top four places in Vane National events during the last ten years. Of these three, Lewis is the only designer who publishes designs and thus they are most readily available. Until the advent of major radio-controlled events during the last four years, commercial enterprises produced no GRP hulls and if a “glass” hull was thought desirable, it was of necessity produced from one of the “amateur” moulds made of Lewis’ designs. Results of the “Nationals” since 1970 have been taken as an indication of the fact that any design that has appeared in the first four places, is most unlikely to possess any vice that cannot be overcome by being sailed competently. CHRIS DICKS weight tens. was entered. In Shallah, produced the first of the “new-look” sixty-five inch light+ First and second in 1970 and first in four of the Nationals in which it If not first, finished in one of the top four places in all seven events Not sailed after 1977. entered. Rested on his laurels (bushels of them) until recently introducing “Hellbat” for radio. As far as I am aware, has not appeared nationally but to quote the man himself “I have seen two sail in South Africa and they seemed quite good”. Until Vic Smeed’s latest, the last published hard-chine design. OriginG.t!. DOVLIUG ally for vane maybe a little short and heavy for the opposition; heavy and long for radio. HAROLD DOVEY luke Harris. First appeared in fourth place in the 1971 National as Moppet, sailed by The mould is in reasonable condition and dimensions are “contemporary” vane. “Nookie Bear” is very short and has lots of sail area. Dead-heated for TIM FULLSE first place in the 1977 National but lost the sail-off when the wind strenghtened. Since then, longer, t»inner and of deepened draught. nearly) this boat would make the best of it. DAVE YOLLOM If your lake is windless (or Has designed a number of vane ten-raters – mostly hard chine – over the years. Rang the bell with Eclipse which has won two of the four radio nationals. Was beaten for first place in 1980 but the design produced boats that were second, third and fourth. Rigged as a vane boat in 1979 was sailed into third place in the Vane National by Keith Armour. SQUIRE KAY His RIOR has at least proved a satisfactory vehicle for the great talent of the designer/skipper. improve Wins in the last two Internationals and the last National may the demand which has, it seems, been disappointing. OLIVER LE= The R10 has perhaps been overshadowed by the ilarblehead and the one-design. See details of the designer’s curriculum vitae in issue 4a 0381 MYN. JOHN LEVIS Has teen designing model yachts since the thirties. Mainly A boats and tens, these have been interspaced by the odd marblehead, and even 12m’s. Now designs the occasional model if presented with an interesting project. Will te best remembered for earlier vane boats Sirocco and the twin-keelers Herald and Moonstone, latterly for a contemporary range of most elegant tens, particularly the Crackers which, sailed by Mike Zarris, won the National in 1972/73/74. nine boat 1980 event, the first four designs were by Lewis. Recently In the “short” designed R1OR available vie Ken Jones of which first versions have performed well. RORIN NEWPORT Blectra has been added to this builder/designer’s range and fits the “light-weight” end places of of the 1980 National on ten-rater ravzve. the home waters B Did not, suprisingly, at Birkenhead. appear in the top NYLET LTD. Scimitar, replacing Pacemaker in the Nylet range is a kit boat thoroughly covered by Chris Bowler in a “how to build” article in the October 1979 Model Boats. This usefully supplements By and large, and most of Southwest, National issued with the nationally registered boats does indicate that they work just.as well As far as I am aware, third spot in the eventful FRED SHEPYERD ten His vane race at Hove in 1977. Since Hove, A win in and the South the Swedish Latitudes. First for as Dick says, appear- “there A pity. Has designed a range of boats for the three popular classes, first M’s A boats. ten sailed by Derek Priestly ran Roger Stollery to a very close thing in the prefer a bit of weight in VIC SMEED the wind. The mould From observations, now a supplier of plans and bits to model to his enormous both vane and radio, the most Retired Editor of Model boaters. range of designs with a ply hard-chine published in Model Boats February, interesting feature is that the boat seems to I gather is in quite good condition. If it floats and moves, Vic Smeed has designed one. He has added Perhaps 1979. the An attractive boat and should retired, 1976 National but made top place in 1978 at Leeds. Boats, in in Northern aren’t any runners-after who can go quick enough”. the seem to be sailed in only one ten-rater design undertaken. still be competitive in vane events. then the kit. where Jeff Hoer took second place at Hove DICK SEAGER ed in the instructions boat intended for 1981. the allowance for everything but the lead bulb is 531bs! ROGER STOLLERY Needs no introduction. and won the National. herd as a lightweight. events; Two firsts, Then Warlord hit followed by Roundabout, In Roger’s two seconds, hands has had the 10R scene in the mid-sixties designed initially for Fred Shep- a distinquished career in the vane two thirds and two fourth places. An early entry (1976) into the radio fleet, produced a second place when commanded by Derek Priestly, thus proving itself in both spheres. rectify the situation. Not easy to obtain, there may be steps It’s C category may be a bit premature. admirers of Roger’s designs taken to For those who are I would suggest a polite approach at not too frequent intervals might produce a hull. R.B. STERNE Hot off the press and too late Model Boats plan KETA. to get into the table opposite is the new With an ultra-light displacement of 1531lbs on a waterline of 58″ coupled with a low wetted area it should be a brilliant light weather boat for radio. STAN WITTY in Alas no longer with us, Stan Witty was a prolific designer of all classes the post-war years. Until Bill Sykes built Stroller, seriously. none of his many tens appeared to be campaisned very In 1969 justice was done and sailed by Mike Harris, Stroller won the National. I am strongly inclined ionally put to suggest the cat amongst the that Clipjer, designed so many years ago would occas- latterday pigeons, if campaigned seriously as a vane boat. DESIGNER] DSSIGN eee DISP.| LVL. | SAIL CONTACT ADIO | LBS, | INS. | SQ.INS. SHALLAN DAVE KNOWLES 109, SHARPS sT., AMINGTON, HELLBAT TAMYORTH. PHOENIX MARINE, 57, LINTHURST , NEWTOWN BLACKNELL,VROMSGROVE DOYLING DOVEY | RIO POPPET VANE H.DOVEY, 75, HENLEY CRESCENT, SOLIHULL BIRUINGHA’. FULLER NOOKIE BEAR TIM FULLER, 5, CHETYYND DRIVE, BASSETT, SCUTE ANP? ON. oe DESIGNSR DaSIGN ValE/ | DISP. | LIL. RADIO | LBS. HOLLOM ECLIPS2 ! INS. 7 SAIL CONTACT |5Q. INS. 58 SALTORTE, I, MOUNT ST., PRIDLINGTON, HUKBERSIDE. SEAKING RA Py SOLARCRAFT , ACZHURST ROAD, CHORLEY, SQUISL#ET R CRACKER II} OLIVER J. L&E 29, CHAPEL ROAD, BURNHAI-ON -CROUCH . VANE PULSAR KEITH ARMOUR R SYNSRGY LANCS. AN ? BRIAN BARBOUR 243, GIBSON KIPPAX, LANE, LEEDS. LS 25 TIN. DOUG. BOYD, 12A, RUFUS CLOSE, IEVES, B. SUSSEX. OPENSHAY, 6, BROADFT“LD WMLLYF GARDAN STORMCLOUD I 5 SLECTRA ¢ K. JONES (SEE R. NEWPORT, 61, GAUTBY ROAD, BIRKENHEAD. scliatar | RaDI NYLET LTD., 118-J22. STATION RD PORDINGERIDCS, FANTS., R. 43, SEAGSR, HAVANA ROAD, WIMBLEDON PARK, LONDON, SHEPHERD E ANE S19 8EI DEREK PRIESTLEY PHONE: SIESSIRY (FLESTOOD) SMEED SPOOK STOLLER ROUNDABOUT | EITiGh WITTY STROLLER VANE CLIPPER VANE CCDE, Aeceoesee Beecoces, Cocsveee Desecsee EITHER MIs available, Mould available for lcan. Possibility of either, Plans available fron HAP LTD. (HOD: L BOATS MAGAZIIT2) handicap series? Over the winter months of 1980-81 Woodspring Model Sailing Club borrowed an idea from the big-boat sailors and ran a Winter Series Competition. At the outset we expected to get six or eight skippers attending but in fact we had attendance of fourteen to eight+ een boats at each of the seven sunday morning meetings. It was decided to make this a handicap competition with two objectives. First to attract the less experienced skippers into club racing with a chance of winni ng and secondly to sail all classes of boats as one class, the handicap making allowance for the different performance potential. In keeping with the generally relaxed approach to the event we allowed new and experimental and non-registered boat s to be included. Handicapping was based on each skippers first six races in the series. The handicap number for each skipper equals his score for six races minus twelve points, subject to a maximum of thirty. Handicaps were readjusted twice after this, if the re-assessment was more than three points different from the earlier one. The scores for all races were carried to race 27 forward times to a grand total and the final for the series. score was based on the for those who attended more than 20 races. After Each best skipper had 20 races, these discards the opportunity allowing discards the handicap plied by 20/6) was also deducted to give the final score. (multi- The fleet versus fleet system of scheduling was used and I found that five groups of three or four skippers was the most convenient plan. The ten races required for a complete round were usually finished before one-o-clock. No one 0.0.D. was used but the management of races was in the hands of the skippers not in the race. The “alternative penalty” used throughout Geoff Cargill presented a fine the series was 360° cup as a trophy for turns. the Chidgery who sailed an RM 247 with a handicap of 22. (Geoff’s) through to 30. R 10R was minus In conclusion, I can recommend At the two rounds, a objectives of the the fleet versus first meeting of g and it was won by Mike Handicaps ranged from minus 2 Lowest RIM handicap was 12, lowest RA was zero and lowest 2. the event the series were achieved fleet systen as an easy, and all flexible series we had sixteen boats in all without pre-arrengement. twelve races, ai n! enjoyed and fair arrangement. four fleets, John Osborn, Racing Secretary, s the racing. and ran through WOODSPRING M.Y.C. I do not know if Yandicap Racing is popular in Model Yachting Circles, but it is well established in Dinghy Clubs. At present we, The Doncaster M.Y.C. are running such a series, the procedure being based on that operated by a local Dinghy Club. The Modus Operandi 1. is as follows:- Time a few Scratch Races, from the results deduced. 2. Prepare a cassatte up to 3. Start der at about 300 tape starting at of which a zero count secs. the first Hep. intervals Race with determined from the slowest the boat initial Hep. settings may be and providing one second intervals starting at timed Scratch Races; 15 thus secs. a boat and the remain- proving an aver- age to be 60 seconds faster that the slowest boat over the timed course, would start at 75 seconds. 4. From the race result Winner, Hep. unchanged, 4th place – 20 HS LMSHAN OR BOAT adjust secs. the Hep. 2nd place, etc. RACE RESULT for the next race of the subtract 10 secs. series 3rd place – 15 as follows:- secs. A typical record sheet appears below. |SERIES POINTS ADJUSTMENT |AYARDSD (M.Y.A. | FROM RACE SYSTEM) RESULT * Necessary to bring the ** Previous race result, limit man to the 15 3nd place. 6 sec. NEW HOP. (HCP.+20 Secs.) starting position. Should a helmsman not start or finish, his Hep. for the next race may be calculated from his position in the last race in which he finished. Obviously anomalies can arise with this system, but it has the advantage that it can cater for mixed fleets, and as it is automatic in operation, an organiser can compete without being accused of bias. The time intervals given seem to work satisfactorily where the race takes from 15 to 20 mins., adjustments should be made to take account of local practice. Finally, this form of racing should provide much greater involvement than norma l for the slower helmsmen, especially on the last leg and at the finish. Hopefully, one day, a whole entry will cross the finishing line at the same time. Peter M. cb -an opinion a Although CB does not through proven a seem to cause our particular sport interference, skippers do worry illegal and legal users of the 27 MC/S band. will not happen due to 1). several that we shall deal of annoyance eventually be swamped by reasons:- Rather an obvious statement, but one that the only real interference will come from skip signals, signals which are reflected back from the ionosphere and will be will they overpower our own modelling signals CE will a great It is my considered opinion that this Our sport is carried out at water level. which means Humphrey. only take over if it is transmitted some which are so weak that in no way 100 yards or so away. being operated within view of that water. 11). The majority of CB sets are standard 40 channel sets with a bandwidth at most of 10 KC/S, on basic colours, our frequencies lie in between the popular CB frequencies and are unlikely to give rise to interference, our splits however coincide with CB channels which is why other countries don’t use a problem, that split frequencies. it would not be difficult to have our split crystals they too would lie between the standard CB channels, and If interference was ‘shaved’ by 5 KC/8 so therefore minimise the risk of interference. 111). I do feel however that CB is a passing ‘fad’ rather like skate boards, and that it’s future can only lie as a very small no way be a threat. CB being “against Coupled with the the law” “battling with the buzby”, and this percentage of present day usage, fact they get that at present, people like and will in the feeling of a kick from using something illegal, attraction too will fade when CB is and legalised in the Autumn. Iv). Whe flying side of our sport have been allocated 35 MC/S and other branches of radio control warned to stay off (probably by the fliers themselves) and all credit must go to ises from ered, meg. the fliers for pushing as the Home Office that and when 405 bandwidth in line TV hard as they obviously have. the future of other radio control transmissions that open space, cease in where modern 1982 There are vague prom- sports will it would be nice to technology would be able to be consid- be given a give us 40 channels with 10 Kc/S spacing and perhaps even phase locked loop channel selection! perhaps by the time something good will this goes to print come out of something will have been decided, the present day mix-up. lets hope Tim Fuller further afield AUSTRALIA. News of National RM and RA champs, and tropical rain between very hot held in Queensland. 1 – spells favoured light weather boats tsman’s tracing paper as sail material. SYEDEN Dates for their Championships 2 knot winds featuring draugh- Stephen McElwee won both events and claims that removing the centreing spring from the rudder stick makes for more accurate steering. Certainly works for him! R10R RM R12M are:- 27/28 June – Stenungsund 19/20 September – Stockholm 10/11 October – Stockholm Entry welcome from any holiday mekers in Sweden. skippers’ script From the B.Y.A. Publicity Officer. Ken Shaw. Open Race results and reports wanted urgently. publish the race tesults of your Clubs Radio. Yachts and Yachting will Open Meeting, It is not necessary for them to be typed, be happy to this applies equally to Vane and just accurate, legible and above all prompt. Brevity is important. by blow, With their reporting spece race by race account of every meeting. at a premium they cannot accept a blow A 150 – 200 word resume! of the Sundey’s racing explaining who won and why is usually crisper and more readable and Yachts and Yachting are more likely to accommodate it. Design, Skipper and Mate’s name and Club. place. Photos are always welcome. cessed in time, only. Don’t think that send forget So the most meeting. about themselves prompt the report is sent later you will not effort and do your Club and the Sport member or in the process. Don’t Make a note forget M.Y.N. be pre-prepared. class on the Sunday night or Mon- get published. of SOUTHSND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. to have close- is Tuesday following the Sunday lst let’s make an EDITORS NOTE: them and would like This If it 196 EASTERN ESPLANADE, end cannot have then pro- end upto date reporting of Open Zvents. their deadline. that sent on day morning. two is a sameness In some cases photos could important item is It is essential Results should go down to sixth or seventh sheet. Black end White film a close-up of the winning crew with boat ashore, they all yachts sailing heve ups of crews for a change. the Boat Name, film with a detailed caption include Yachts and Yachting pride should give If you know you heve some good ones them the to Your results some good and perhaps the address:- YACHTS pick up a new AND YACHTING, SSI-3AB. Also!! RR club I wonder if it might be of interest to give an outline history of the Rolls Royce Club. Until some 15 years ago the Rolls Royce Club was almost entirely Power Boats. author had built an Ril ‘Genie’ but no interest was to take on holiday for some light relief. there. Then I bought a Duplex 575 ‘“fithin 6 months there were 4 in the Club and now 1¢ years on, there are 9 keen sailors and some 3 others sailing 575’s. some of the keener skippers have added Rii’s, Club. From 575’s some 5 or 6 plus 2 RIOR’s are now in the Not all are ex-575 skippers but a good half ere and ing until The the rest were not into yacht- the fleet was started. . It has always seemed baffling to an outside club why so much distein is poured onto 575’s. At the open meeting in September there were 45 575’s, meetings like the one at Loughborough. ers not to discourage 575’s. How about The local model many more than at RIOR trying to persuade some of your read- shop is selling about one a week in Derby and to deny such a massive source of potential new recruits seems ill advised, even foolish. Many people will not pay the £60+ for a “Mickey Finn” plus a second suit. (They need two suits or in a wind they broach very badly, I know, I tried a friend’s), but they will pay the £18 for a 575 which hus 2 sets of sails included. How about it then, a push from your pages to get skippers to realise thet although the 575 is of limited performance it has a vital role in introducing skippers who know nothing about R/C yachting to the sport. One recent entry into the 575’s decided that although he sails full size dinghys he would start with a 575. Brian Handley (Commodore) Picketts lock 1981 Picketts Lock Dinghy Exhibition. 2lst/22nd March. A new position on the con- course near the swimming pool meant a noticeable increase in exquiries and interest this year. Some eye-catching colour prints made the stand more visually attractive and there were approximetely a dozen boats, ranging from Choppas (micro-Pickaxes) to an A class, for dinghy helmsmen to pinch their ‘good ideas’ 8 from, for 1981. Mickey Finns were used the pool and it Hollom had to demonstrate race tactics is noteworthythat Eric Nuttall, travelled a vast number of miles to and rule infringement situations on Tony Saltonstall, David attend and provide Ms and Andrew and assistance on the stand. The manning level was better than it has been in recent years – this being partly due to a four strong contingent from Guildford who left ‘on Sunday with seven boats (is it a record?) in one car! Thanks also to the others who so willingly gave their time. It was a pity that an open RM race had been scheduled for the detracted from the support available. Sunday at Woodley as this Yet again 200 model yachtsmen who live within a fifty mile radius of the exhibition, which has far more to offer the model yachtsmen than the Boat Show and the ME Exhibition in my opinion, Perhaps we will see some of were conspicuous by their absence. them next year. Graham Bantock, Mxhibitions Officer. odds & ends Y.11.6 OWNERS ASSN. Following the unfortunate death of secretary Bill Bailey, a new committee hes taken over. Secretary is George Clark, 30, Carston Close, London SE 12, 01-318-3737. Sailing water is the Rick Pond Hampton Court where traditionally they sail RA, A class and Marbleheads. New secretary is Bernard Roe, 37, Dorothy Gardens, Thundersley, 1.5 Metre Class Assn. Esses, who reports in his notes that 20 members heve joined from a total of forty-eight boats sold so far. Newsletters are used to keep in touch and they are hoping that numbers will rise to allow M.Y.A adoption (50 boats registered). S.B. Essex M.Y.C. is not their P.R.O. Contrary to my last report (provided by their secretary!) Ray Gibbs This honour falls to Wilf Burton of Dorothy Gardens, Thundersley, Essex who claims in a write-up in the local paper that “model yachting started about 10 years ago”. Other than this slightly dubious fact the picture and information gave a good impression of model yachting. ~wviey Model RM Yachts ROYALIST The latest 2M from Nylet, an entirely new design by Frank Parsons; there are many interesting features GRP round bilge. hull with integral keel box. Detachable keel fin incorporating lead ballast . (with carbon-fibre strengthening). fase of assembly. Nylet 1000 mast with luff groove. These are some of the features that make Royalist an exciting and geod looking new yacht. Fall details of Royalist, together with our full rarzge yaenting products in our mail order catalogue: -469 in U.F., – Overseas NYLET Ltd. SP6 IDG, England. five postal couvon-response. 118-122 Station Road, Fordingbridge, Hants, Telephone : 0425 – 53456 CROS WwW =e D The correct answers to our infamous puzzle are given onposite. To those of you who saw our deliberate error in omitting clue we 29 down, apolosise. First correct was received solution from Peter Leggett, Wivenhoe, Essex. n sa(siltarbis oaonrdpo) rtack: Pborarodnsijsde onof styaarcht Main Kk, na lport) tack: side of yacht BASIC R/C RULES LEAFIET, Reprints of the centresvread from issue No. 4 are available Minimum order of separately. 15 conies only – Price 10p.e per leaflet – post free. Single copies, send a Stamned Addressed envelope plus a 14p. stamp. : ning Starboard tack. Orders to: te Model Yachting Newsletter, 81, Ninsells Chase, : Maylandsea, Near Chelmsford, B f o n r e t s a r a e l c Ais lear-ahead of Bis c d e p p a l r e v o e r a A& C are overlapped: BaC Essex. EAST COAST 12 Whilst Lionheart was being beaten in Newport, our intrenid radio sailor took on the best of the miniature fleet and won. Shown here is the winnins boat”Born Free} together with a larze pile of silver? It is John Cleave’s hone that he may have a fleet to sail against in the U.K. now that amould is available, the same nlug as taken from his own hulls. Cost of bare hull and rudder will be a modest £30.00,leaveing only fitting out and rigsins, well within the competence =o of home builders with modest exnerience. See advert below for details. JONES FITTINGS C12, R10OR, FRRIMI suits, Fins and mudders in GRP. FITTINGS radial jib-booms, turnbuc!one for all model yachts, including goosenecks, bottlescrews, jib-racks, flat or round bowsies, rigsing wire,mast and boom tube (ali),brass and stainless steel rode Kicking strans,clew outhaulunits,deck pulleys,mast-—stens and mast slides, 411 items tried and tested over many years to give reliable yerformancee We continue to make VANN-STGRDIG GHAR as used by most of the top boats in recent years. A limited number of complete boats built from scratch to any agreed state of completion, especially ‘A’ class or ‘RA’. SEND A STAMPED SVLE-ADDRESSD EMVELOTS FOR CULRENT PRICELIST. E.L.JONES, 8 Marline Avenue, Bromborough, Merseyside. Tel. 051-334-1969 11 . s s a l C 2 1 EC METER “TM rating Hulls for the BC12m class must conform to the Morgen Plug style of boat as desimnated hereunder, and now available from U.L.Jones, 8 Marline Avenue, Bromborough, Merseyside, by permission of the U.S.class secretary. Deck – Deck to be constructed in accordance with sound construction practices. line at mast step to be a fair and continous Length Overall – Minimum 58″, maximun 60″. Deck curve. However, those hulls measuring up to 62″ now in the hands of Class Members are to be considered in conformance with class rules. Transom – Transom size and shaye shall be optional. Water Line Length – 42″ to 43″ inclusive, measured in fresh water. (1977 Rev.) Beam – The sheer curve measurement tabulation below is to be adnered to in all boats manufactured or built after January 1, 1978. The bow shall be defined as that point where the outboard sheer lines intersect and corresponds to Station “0”. All boats puilt or existing before january 1, 1978, will continue to be bound by the 11.5″,+ or 0.5″ maximum beam rule. Station Measured From Bowe Beam Measurement 10.25 ins. 5 2.353 15 6.12 10 20 + O25 35 1ls19 45 9.95 40 7.81 50 11.07 7.82 5-33 55 10:50 30 Srom Bove 4.18 932 25 Station Measured Beam Measurement Rub rails up to 3″ thickness may be added at the sheer, but will not be included in (1977 Rev.) the measurement of maximum beam. Displacement – Maximum 26.5 pounds, ready to sail. (Notes I’L is the governing factor. If 43″ is reached at a lower displacement, that becomes the limit of displacement.) Draft – 8.75″ maximum. Mast – Maximum height above deck to be 72″ inclusive of mast crane. Materials for construction shall be limited to wood or aluminum. Rotating masts are prohibited. (1977 Rev.) Booms – Permanently bent or curved booms are prohibited. wood, aluminum or fiberglass. (1978 Rev.) Booms may be constructed of Running Rigging – The following items of running risging may be adjusted by electronic and/or mechanical devices. a. be. Main sheet Jib sheet c. d. Jib tensioner (trim) Jib Twitchers The following items, used in conjunction with running risging, are allowed but shall not be adjusted by electronic and/or mechanical devices. a. Boom Vangs (Kicking Straps) b. Travelers (main and jib) Standing Rigging – Height of jib stay attachment to mast not to exceed 59″ above the deck. Adjustment of standing rivging (jib stay, shrouds, jumoer stay and back stay), by electronic and/or mechanical devices, is not allowed during e race (heat). Rudder – The bottom of the rudder shall not extend below the keel, nor shall any portion of the rudder extend more than 3.5″ aft of the keel or above the notch formed in the keel into which the rudder fits. RUDDERS MUST COMPLY. (1977 Rev.) (See diagram below) 12 NO GRANDFATHER CLAUS”. ALL ILLEGAL. AREA —| oS CS” Optional Items – Lossefooted mainsails, “jackline/dresshook” method of mainsail luff attachement are permitted (no double luff), enclosed jib clubs, radial jib fittings, storm sails. (refer to last page for storm sail measurements). Alteration of the manufactured hull involving sawing or cutting is prohibited. Sails – &11 boats in the class shall be alike as possible in sail plan and none shall have undue advantage by reason of size of sail or construction. Except where otherwise specified, MYA sail measurement instructions shall apply. Maximum allowable triangle dimension shall be taken with the mainsail hoisted on the mast and the rig in place on the boat with the foot and luff tensions sufficient to remove all wrinkles. Measurements shall be cloth to cloth (i.e., total overall length), not to include whatever part of a sail that may be enclosed within a slotted mast or boom. 1. Mains-i1 – Luff 67″ max., 65.5″ min. Foot 22″ max., 20.5″ min. Leach Roach 25″ max. (no grandfather clause, all sails must comply after January 1, 1978). Foot roach 1″ max. Battenss a maximum of 4 allowed, the leach inte five equal segments. in the leach only, so placed as to divide Maximum batten length – 5″. Headboard: to be made of the same material as the sail and not to exceed 1)” at the base measured square (perpendicular) to the mast Clew and Tack Gussets: the sail. (1978 Rev.) 3. to be made of the same material as Distinguishing Marks – Each yacht shall carry on her mainsail the class identifier (12), and an assigned MYA registration number, in the form: on with the class identifier centered above the registration number. The use of national initials to be at the option of the owner. The numerals may be painted on the sail, or may be made of adhesive cloth or plastic, or may be applied by any method providing good adhesion. Letters and number shall be approximately 3″ in height and at least 3/8″ thick. ment of the distinguishing marks shall be as follows: Upper mainsail, port side, Placeat a location allowing a 1″ margin or more between the mast and the first mark, and between the last mark and the leach. Mid-mainsail, starboard side, below the level of the portside marks, so that no overlap between the port and starboard marks occurs. Marks may be oriented parallel to the main boom, or sloping to be perpendicular to the leach, as desired. Markings shall be of a color to provide excellent contrast with the sailcloth. 4. Storm Sails – the storm sails being an optional item will allow individual discretion as to their use. As an approved sail plan, either the full size rig or storm rig can be used and changed due to wind conditions, however, changes should be made between heats or on lunch break so as not to delay the event. The mixing of storm and full size sail plans is allowed, but experimentation is advised to determine how your boat reacts to the variations in sail plan. The following measurements will be used for the storm sail motion approved on the 1978 AMYA Ballot. Storm Mainsail: Storm Jibsails: Luff 54″ max. 5 min Leach 53″ max. 50″ min. Foot 22″ max, 20,5″ min. Leach Roach 1″ max. Foot Roach 1″ max. Luff 46.5″ max. 45″ min. Leach 44″ max. 42.5″ min. Foot 17″ max. 16″ min. Leach Roach 1″ max. Foot Roach 1″ max. Storm sail jib stay attachment shall not exceed 59″ above the deck. 13 PHOTO PAGE A selection of photos sent in by readers make an interesting comparison of the traditional and the latest styles. This page has the CLIPS!) R1iOR looking very elezant, and a Hellbat RIOR showing a nice turn of sneed. Onnosite we have a Shetland Isles racing boat, used on the lochs in the islands, Still sailed regularly, with new ones beins built from time to time. Photos from Colin Hollinsworth, Roy Curtis and William Ness, 14 TIMBER is our SPECIALITY We believe we keep the best selection end stock of modellers timber in U.K. Every piece selected and cut in our own factory by DENNIS NIXON. SITKA-SPRUCE, BRAZILIAN MAHOGANY, OBECHI, AFRICA WALNUT. All in 36″, 48″ and 60″ stock lengths and 30 cross sections each length. Send stemped and addressed envelope for lists. Our premises are crammed full of ell types of modelling goods from plastic kits to aircreft, cars, railways, boats and now that Dennis has his own Marbleheed, we are trying to find space for the fast growing stock of YACHT FITTINGS and bits. For personal contact ring Dennis any evening (except Sat. & Sun.), 6.30 – 7.00 which he reserves solely for this purpose, other times its usually Joen who answers. In response to the many enquiries a few mouldings of my “ORCHID” ere being made evailable. Our hours? Ring for details, design Marblehead price and delivery. We close when Dennis locks up just after 7.00. PUNCTILIO MODEL SPOT Waterloo Road HINCKLEY Leicestershire. Tel. 0455—30952 15 chairman’s column A special Council meeting was held on 14th March to re-consider the decision to impose a three months’ suspension on three skippers who had failed to conform with the R/C Rules, 4.2, 4.7 & 18.1 and the Sailing Rules and General Rating Regulations 17, 2lce and the Preface, which relate to non-arrival at or withdrawal from an !*.Y.A. event. ach member at the meeting was given the opportunity to express his views on the matter and the result of the subseauent voting was that 12 menbers were in full agreement with the decision taken at the January meeting, 2 were against and 1 abstained. Therefore the suspensions, dating from 24th January, were confirmed and, while amounting to little more than a token ban, were nevertheless meant as a warning to future offenders that stiffer penalties will be introduced. At the seme time, it was agreed that the S.R. & G.R.R. need to be up-dated and the General Secretary has undertaken the task of re-writing them in readiness for the consideration of the September meeting and subsequent placement on the agenda of the A.G.M. into It is the intention to adopt the IMYRU format by dividing all the M.Y.A. rules five sections:- Section l. ” 2. 3. ” 4. s 5. Competition Rules Vane Racing Rules Radio Control Racing Rules Class Rating Rules General Rating Regulations Championship exoenses. Clubs have been notified that, if they host a National Championship, they should arrange to finance the event with the entry fees. Expenses, apart from the provision of prizes to the scale laid down in Rule 3 of the S.R. & G.R.R., may include such items as the sending of notices and results to all competitors, score cards, publicity and secretarial expenses for postage and telephone, but may not include the 0.0.D.’s expenses, which will not be borne by Association funds. Regatta Management Guide. Copies of this excellent publication have been sent to all Clubs free of charge. A limited number of edditional copies are available for £1 each including pv. & p., £2.50 for IMYRU countries. Should a reprint be necessary, the cost would have to be increased to £2 per copy, Championship Entry Forms. £3 overseas. Council considered that a further reprint was necessary and all Clubs should have received two sample copies of the April, 1981 issue. Previous forms are out-of-date and will not be accepted. C.B. Radio and the 27 Miz band. The M.Y.A. has agreed to co-operate with the M.P.2.A. and the B.R.C.A. in an attempt to obtain another frequency for surface models. ing of representatives from all League Championships. A meet- three Associations has been arranged for this purpose. In the Vane and R/C Leagues, Clubs will be placed in three Divi- sions according to the 1980 results and will be promoted or relegsted et the end of the season, much like the Football League. This should encoureze those Clubs that, otherwise, would stand little chance of winning. Cups will be awarded to the top Clubs in the second and third Divisions. 1981 Annual General Meeting. It has been confirmed thet this year’s meeting will be held at the Grand Yotel, Aytoun Street, Manchester. New affiliation. Howard Street, Mansfield & District M.B.C. Hon. Sutton-in-Ashfield, Secretary – N.K. Simmons, Iyndene, Notts. s imyru Amendment to Constitution. ment There was a majority vote (29/24) in favour of the amend- to the Union’s Constitution, Clause 5, Composition, which enabled the ixecutive Board to exercise it’s power to decide which organisations in Holland and Sweden should be granted recognition and membership. Accordingly, .in view of the excellently documen- ted cese put forward by the new Dutch orgenisation, N#MOZO (Nederlandse “lodel Zeil Organisatie), they have been recognised as the National Authority in Holland instead of the A.N.S.F. The Dutch full-size Yachting Association, the Koninklijk Nederlands ‘/ater- sport Verbond, has accepted NSM0Z0 as a full member. In view of the contradictory evidence: presented by the two Swedish organisations, SMBF and SMSF, SMBF, the Sxecutive Board has recognised as a temporary measure until demestic solution, possibly by the the existine National Authority, the the the end of 1982, by which time it is hoped that a formation of an umbrella orgenisation, will be found. 16 cont’d World Championships, Class 1982. It is confirmed that the World Championships for the RM (S. Africa Cup) and R10r Class (Canada Cup) will be held at Dunkirk an 16th to 25th July, 1982. The EC 12m Class will not be included but it was suggested MYRAA (U.S.A.) may wish to stage the event next year. R/C Racing Rules – Definitions. the As a result of a query received from Sweden, the the following should be added to Part 1, Definitions, Executive Board considered that of the R/C Racing Rules:- that Add new sentence to STARTING – Where large buoys are used, the start line shall be the imaginary line joining the sides of the buoys closest to the first mark. Add new sentence to FINISHING Where larze buoys are used, the finish line shall be the imaginary line joining the sides of the buoys closest to the last mark. 10 Rater Rating Rules. Another query was received from Canada relating to Rule 3, paragraph 2 of the 10r Rules and the interpretation given by the 5.B. is:Where a yacht has notches or hollows in the profile, such notches or hollows shall be bridged with a straight edge and, if by so doing, the L.\.L. is increased, the yacht shall be refused a certificate. IMYRU Rating Certificates. will be available Hill Road, the time from the Secretary, New affiliation. corresvondent’s By this appears Ken Roberts. in print, Price £1 the new certificates per copy. Hong Kong has been accepted into membership of the Union and the address Kowloon, is:- Mr. P.R. Barker, Flat 1B, “Sllyridge”, 15, long Kong. Normen Hatfield – M.Y.A. errata Ho Man Tin Chairman When the last issue was sent out we received several complaints that we hed got the dates of the national “A” class and 6M class events wrong. “e copied the “A” class dates from the October Model Boats magazine, and it now appears that we are not the only ones who booked the wrong weeks holi day. The correct dates are August 1 – August 7, (so you can all watch the royal wedding after all). The situation regarding the 6M dates will not be sorted out until efter we go to print, but the club involved is adamant that the October date we quoted is the one they are working to, so it looks as though you still heve time to build a new boat before then. PROJECT ACORN It was sadly ironic that, on the same day thet Victory syndicate to finance the model sudden at death of Jack Knights circles fullsize, the hed originated the Project received funds from the building programne, age of 51. the model This man, test project that they so well learned of the kmown and was full in yachting of enthusiasm for it. Unfortunately, as in all tion of participetion in of the designs it is come clear out that in the traditional The this scheme. stage, some of “A” the class As a result we although from what the models will over recent reflect years, total sre unable ti scraps secrecy was 4 condi- give any real details of information we have received the line of thought that has already and will be completely odd in terms of 12l thinking. original built at 12 Metre challenges over many years, idea was by one man, to have but we heer all boats that finished to a common six rather suprised standard by having them designers woke up one day to find the postmen had delivered a large parcel containing a bare plenked hull, followed by a set of “standard” fittin:s, will all be ironed in perhaps we shall at out time and no for least be able the lead casting. projected to view launch No doubt date of these the end them from a distance. The Editor. ay minor problems of May, and then ac | = nats AT CLAPHAM – APRIL 4TH-5TH, 1981 16 yachts entered from 6 clubs, with one withdrawn. There was about 60 yrs difference between the eldest and youngest skipper. SPORT FOR ALL. Racing began at 10.15 am. with N.E. wind 10-15 mph, giving a run out and beat back, some skippers were caught out – with small wind shifts – on tacking or guying Racing was slow at first and 6 heats completed by lunch, 1 O’Clock, Mick Harris 25 pts. Roger Etheridge 20, Tony Gunn 19, and two others on 18 pts. Skippers were ready much quicker after lunch and 9 heats 6.30 pm. later saw RND I completed by John Bush came through to lead 55 pts. M. Harris 50, Jim Vice and T. Gunn on 47 pts. It was agreed by all we start Sunday 9 am. and sail on until RND 2 was completed. Wind direction and speed steyed the same which sometimes vartly blanketed the windward end by trees, and some yachts broached or nose dived at the leeward end when in the lead. It was tricky for some deciding on top or 2nd suits, cals, but rain held off. who was doing very well, 23 heats by lunch, M. Harris 85 pts., Alex Austin came Peter Stollery caused a few the wrong side. why it’s been very chilly, Tricky wind laughs through with 70; pts., by ORDERING dad shifts still said – if you can sail to the especially for offi- J. Bush 79, J. Vice 71 some had their bye. other tank when Roger catching some skippers out, at Clapham in any easterly’s, took which is probably you can sail anywhere. M. Harris lost 13 pts. in the last 6 heats + a bye, but managed to hold on to Ist place 109 pts., J. Bush 104, A. Austin continued his climb with 925 and Alf Larraman made a late dash to 84 pts. Racing ended at 6 om. Skippers were told of correct proceedure of entry to LiYA races. There were some mumblings about the velidity of two yachts, concerning Skeg/Rudder, which is now in the hands of the MYA council. Ten Blues were given, all accepted sportingly so protest committee not called upon, which included – dare I experience. say it – young Martin Roberts and Mark Dicks, to give them some Prizes other than the top places, were antiqued 17th century oak – BLUE FLAG – pole on base, won by Jim Vice after a lucky/unlucky draw, as there were two . skippers with 2 windward blues each. Barry White won two cans of lager, to refresh the parts that other beers can’t reach, for last place, and Martin Roberts claimed furthest travelled prize, a pack of Too good to hurry MINTS. Thanks were given all round, especially to Fred laid on. and Mary Jeffereys for the superb buffet DICK SEAGER. oe BOAT SKIPPER 1045 ‘THE SPIDER M. HARRIS BOURNVILLE 109 I 1072 PICCOLO J. BUSH FLEETYOOD 104 2 A. LARRAMAN T. GURR CLAPHAM MévsS..A 84 4 J. Vicz CLAPHAM 82 6 74 7 1212 = SHY Tor A. AUSTIN CLUB GUILDFORD POINTS 923. POSITION 3 1203 = LITTLE VULTURE 1210 MSTAL MICKEY 1152 1119 PHANTOLM RASEERRY BLOWER REALISTIC M. ROBERTS ; BIRKINHZAD 1154 I’M SORRY I HAV’NT A OLUE R. ETHERIDGE BOURNVILLE 70 9 1205 RHONA J. CLAPHAM 58 10 1188 RODNEY M. GONCALVES M.Y.SeA. 54 12 1063 A YHITHER SHADE P. STOLLURY GUILDFORD 50 12 1145 +=BIG RED BR. SATFIELD M.Y.S.A. 49 13 1208 1209 1213. CATUS OF PALE BLUNY BLUE MNEcK M. DICKS GILMOTR TT. MARSHALL B. WEITER 18 CLAPHAM CLAPHAM GUILDFORD 82% 703 42k 28 5 8 14 15 OLIVER J. LEE ry HARRIER LOA 36″ BEAM 104″ DRAUGHT oan DISPLACHIINT 11 A suverbly attractive lbs, semi-scale R/C Ocean Racer that handles and verforms Available like a thoroucshbred, in ‘easy to complete! kit form. GRP Full/Deck moulding. GRCCVY section mast. Bantock racing sails. KIT PRICE ex RADIOceee£86.00. SAE. For FULL DSTAILS PLOASE. The full 1981 range includes:Tranver Mk,IV, Squiblet 10Rater, 1°5l One-design. 29 Chapel Rd., Burnham on Crouch, Essex, CMO 8JB Tel. Maldon (0621) 782305 race reviews WOODLEY OPEN RM. tors The first RM Open of 1981 on 22nd March started off with 31 competi- trying to decide how small a suit of sails they needed to set on a damp and increasingly windy morning. One or two in the first race tried to cope with working rigs having heard the exverts commenting that seconds Unfortunately that was not so could be ignored. after going round the course more to the small suits which sideways the stronger gusts than forwards, the experts had set after all. moderated and by the close most yachts were to prohibit; they hurriedly changed down Eventually the wind a smaller suit. sails, slowly some having Without at least three changes; which racing would have not have been practical for much of the day or at best would have been very inefficient. tried by some with fewer suits was the race started and carrying their highest used four or five different suits in the day. some IMYRU countries want so once only lasted for 2 or 3 to use the largest A combination of sails jib of a rig with a mainsail of Even though it apvarently does not comply with the 80% rule it is legal. It was noticeable that Ballast Ratios are being improved by an increasing number of skippers using plastic Eight ounces film over cut out sections of decks can easily be advantage gained by the transferred to the or even for the whole deck. lead this way and it helps to offset the lightweight extra thin but fragile hulls which are being made and which carry an eleven pound lead on a fifteen pound boat. An 8 boat 8 race schedule was used, with penalty turns which were difficult for some in the strong winds – question – if you cannot 3609 turn? tack you gybe round but how do you do a The lesser mortals amongst the skippers were pleased to be able to compare their ability directly at least onee, usually twice, against the National Chempion and other experts which could not occur in the Fleet system. Suspense was maintained until the last race by seeding the better skippers into the schedule so that most of them met in the last one or two races. The winner was Chris Dicks with his lightweight hull 247 who although losing the last race. to Tony Owen, won the meeting by % of a point. A final thought after a busy day’s sailing; which never the less allowed the opportu- nity to nip into the local ( and pay £1.34!) for a couple of pints; with the increase of CB coming our way, cannot a collision caused by obviously unusual and pointless swerves by a yacht be excused as unavoidable, e.g. a 900 turn downwind into a leeward yeeht. RESULies Ist C. Dicks 247 2nd T. Owens Trapper 3rd R. Ownes a Ath 5th C. Eagle ©. Fuller 6th N. Curtis ” ” 7th P. Freeman 8th PD. Croxson 9th R. Potts 10th M. Dicks Vic Cooney. Trapper e is 0/D 0/D MIDLAND DIST. RIOR OPEN: 15.3.81 at Chamwood Water hosted by Leicester Radio Controlled Yacht Racing Club. Racing commenced at 1030 with the COD being Mrs. E. Andrews. There were nine entries from Bournville, Chelmsford, Woodspring and the host club. More were actuelly entered but health and weather thinned the lists somewhat. Races were run half before lunch and half after in varying wind strengths although always enough for good racing. David Andrews, the eventual winner, gave his new Eclipse with it’s masthead rig it’s first. race outing. This boat, admittedly well sailed, turned out to be too fast for the opvosition. In second place was Jim Langson from Woodspring with his Nooky Bear. Although not using it’s full area the wind strength suited this boat which went very well tacking very impressively. Neil Rothwell also from Woodspring, was giving a new design it’s first outing and must have been highly encouraged by win- ning his first race, a feat he was unable to repeat again during the day. Third place was taken by John Mountain sailing his own design. John’s days sailing was characterised by careful thought. He was a model of good positioning, sailing the boat quickly and staying out of trouble. His covering of Dave Andrews to the finish line in one race, was straight out of the copy book. Fourth and fifth places were separated by one point only, Mac Colye# with his Scimitar leading Robert Smith sailing en Eclipse. Two Crackers were present but were never really in the hunt, both needing rather more wind. RESULTS: Ist 2nd 3rd 0D. Andrews J. Langson J. Mountain Eclipse Nooky Bear Own design 20 14 pts. 278 pts. 30+ pts. B. Ladkin. NORTHERN DISTRICT five RA CHAMPIONSHIPS – of which were new, The weather, whilst were mainly in two fine, their 2nd Eleven boats were entered, overcast with a N.E. wind suits. COURSI:- 1981. of which were untried in a race. was enabling a very long beat. 19th April, The speed approx. course made full use of the de ee 15 mep.h. length of the = boats lake eo tate (% cy ae \ & ae < f wet \ * - = Lad ¢! \ ' . sae - oF igi et 5 wit a ae. | Zepce < | Ss <4 _________.. start was then widened initially to seiling at between Boomers the => two middle buoys, but was found too narrow, it was the bank. Sleven races were trouble with I Sl ao The – e the sailed with two boats selt water inside the finish. ‘Time was sort out battery problems FLEETWOOD their boats given and radio ly the 0.0.D. and change of seils. M.Y.C. SKIPPER dropping out in turn. Many of the boats had equipment! Only five were for the skippers to POS. PTs. I 123 8. NUTTALL (FLIETOOD) 2 17# D. PRIESTIBY “JILL! (PLEETYCOD) 3 23 es NEWPORT ‘NOVA! ‘HIGHLANDER’ NTRY DESIGNER to i. Wallkex. RESULTS & DETAILS OF N.D.C. Ra. YACHT SSTGN attempt WINCE WEIGHT (B) 19/4/81 U/L (1NS.) SAIL ARRA (sq.1NS.) WITTY JACKSON/ own 55 555 1500 DANIELS FLEETVOOD/ JACKSON 59 55 1580 PRIEST MICROPROP 54.55 1530 BIRKENTA 4 25 R. 5 46 6 NEWPORT ‘CRUSADER! Nor MICROPROP 40 49 1750 A. PILL “CHALLENGE! LEVIS ANDRES 58 2 1530 60 ij OP HAT” Liv7IS ANDPNYS 60 56 1530 7 62 i. JAMES ‘SPINANAY’ MEARS § ANDREWS 61 585 1380 i 62m” 8. RAY MOP Har” LSvIS JACKSON 60 56 1530 “CHALLENGE! LEVIS FULABA 57 56 1540 ‘NIGHLANDSR’ PRIEST ANDRAS 52 54 1575 ‘’Somarz: BANTOCE FUTARA 45 56 1250 (BIRKEMILIAD) (FL&ETYT00D) (FLE”T700D) KON (ASHTON) 7 62 G. TAYLOR (FLSST00D) 10 681 8B. HELAS (FLER 11 68° D. OOD) Hackyoon (SLaVELAND) A. YCUD 21 (R/C Section Secretary) MI class nats Apart from Alan Out of a totel 15 entries, only 13 boats appeared on the line. Is this the writing on the Whiteley no one travelled from South of Birmingham. wall for vene sailing? POINTS SKIPPER CLUB BOAT POSITION 90% M. HARRIS AXTUNG 2122 BOURNVILLE 3rd BARRON KNIGHTS 2960 L& B M. JEW/K. ARMOUR 134 7th WAININI L&B B. BARBER 9th 10th llth 12th LADY DIANA LADY DIANA BLUE-E-2 SCAFSLL lst SULA 2nd 4th 5th 6th 8th SOFT MACHINS REFLECTION PUDDY 225i 2309 2632 GIGI 1187 BLACK ARROW 13th -“- 2161 L & B FLUETYOOD BIRKENH=SAD 3075 RPES 2453 3144 2574 2808 aS D. GELDARD D. LATHAM K. ROBERTS 3 72 yi P. MASKELL 545 R. F. D. K. 61 49 41 39 54 NOBLE PSRCIVAL GRIFFIN WISEEAN 515 A. WHITS VELYYN 2138 87 H. DOVSY er patterns < REGISTERED NUMB EE PATTERNS FoR THE MARBLEHEAD co3weecr ule sizes. THE CLASS TO THE LEFT HAND GRoUP comPRISeES MMBERS O, 12,3,5,6,8 CFsmeas 6) AND K. 4+ AND 7 IN THE MIDDLE AND THE CLASS M4RK 'M'ON THE BIGHT. SOOT WITH, Teace THE 7 MAKE A SET OF TEMPLATES FOR MARKING: NUMBERS SEQUIFED AND TRANSFER THEM USING CARBON FAPER TD A SUIMABLE MATERIAL FOR THE TEMPLATES es CARP OR THIN. PLASENC. CAREFULLY CUT TD SHAPE. USE TEVUPLATES FOR MARKING obT ON THE SAIL NUMBER ere. MATERIAL ce. DON'T Foecer To FABLON, BEeveRSe 22 BACK OF A SELF-ADHESIVE “TACKY - BACK N'TLON CLOTH, TEMPLATES AS NEceSSMeEr} nats Mi team A poor entry for the Saturday - the normally popular event. 18th April North West which is directions. the In order by sailing two However three teams did fight complete schedules of team racing. "clearer end" for Witton lakes giving good to make the it out on Wind from starts in both travelling worthwhile it was decided to hold an impromptu six boat race on Sunday morning with a separate prize for the winner ( &. Reeves "Batty Bat" Fleetwood) and the scores being added to the Team Race scores. However, it did not alter the result Fleetwood as romped home with 90 points ing somewhat with 33 at Saturday night. followed by Cleethorpes with 72 points and trail- points were Birmingham. Gordon Griffin went home with a prize for being the highest individual scorer over the weekend. Lastly, it was a splendid race to run - No hassle! No Blue Flags! No Bankside argu- ments (that I heard anyway) and my thanks go to the competitors especially Fleetwood who, faced with a low entry sailed with good CLUB FIEST7O0D FLESYOOD CLEETNORPTS CIEETHORPSS D. G. D. G. BIR LIGEAM P, IBRS BIRMINGHAM WANE ROSE RESVES GRIFFIN GRISFIN DESIGN BLOODAXE BLOODAX! OWN DESIGN BLOODAXE ", AKERS talking and cheerful heart Brian Bull. TAM 30 27 12 33 AMPS IR u ADAMS over the weekend. INDIVIDUAL 10 23 9 ) 18 ) TOTAL 90 ce 8) ii : i) aa point We have received two letters (from Dave Hollom and Robin Newport) concerning the recent decision by the >.Y.A. as a result reasonable of their failure to ban Barry Jackson and to appear at one two others of last years’ for a 4 month period major races without excuse. Taken together these amount perhaps we can summarize to 6 pages and we do not have the that much space available so position. A number of entrants to Nationals and the invitation Race of Champions failed to arrive on time, or did not arrive explanation from each at persor, Golding unacceptable. all, and or left found early. those A 4 month ban was The M.Y.A. from imposed council Barry Jackson, in January 81 to Paul asked for an Berdoe and lfike run to March $1, barring entry to open events for that period (waich seems a pretty minor panlebnens when you consider the season starts in April). In Barry Jackson’s case allegations are being made that because the 1.Y.A. matter between council Barry and got the wrong facts. the Ii.Y.4. council, This but there has been a wrong decision seems the more to us general to be a personal aspects are worth looking et. 1. In the past withdrawal result it was always 2. In radio races has meant a complete re-scoring for vane races expected you the effect if using a full schedule, fleet if you use system. 3- Quite apart from the above, particularly where 4. As it was no contact the radio sail on to the end even is ie. only there 3 or 4 is the made to in a race, involves unbalanced or a reduced © or C lack of courtesy to officials and advise sailing fraternity boats a if losing. of non-starters is different but it races that should and as clubs, them. that asked for entry to Nationals to be put forward to 6 weeks to allow time for the extensive pre-planning necessary, one would heve thought thet organisers advised if they have Unfortunately undoubted time he the first to exnvect comnetitors sailine, has to keep the. to withdravr. the particular circumstarces of Parry Jackson’s case, fame he has brought actively council’s they would the U.%. obscured the from his international more general decisions intention taken with the travels during his hehind the H.Y.A. Nonefully, if patidur else comes from this sage, we shall at least »e spered the epidemic of non-starters thet occurred last year. 25 short more radio 12 metres es and progress, including From Sweden we have received more details of the class rulare t. rin rep to ble una we y tel una ort unf ch whi s ing rac ual act of tos pho magazine re met ve twel e -siz full ng sti exi of 1/10 of e scal the on els mod for open is s “The clas ned tio men n bee e hav ll sha t jec pro ize l-s ful the ng sti exi as ed ard reg be To ts. jec pro in international sail press and the design shall have been tanktested.” ai fin the ore Bef es. rul ss cla 12 R the of aph agr par st fir the m fro ion tat quo a is s Thi uld sho es rui the ch whi on s ple nci pri the on ns sio cus dis y man had we es rul writing of the s. con and s pro the d ate mul for and s hod met ic bas ee thr h wit up ed end We e. be mad 1. Models that measure 1.2m according to the full-size rule. + Will sail well – Difficult to measure – Will not look like “twelves” 10th-scale models of existing full-size twelve metre projects. + Scale appearance + Resonable measurement procedure – Will not sail well except in light winds 10th-scale models of existing full-size twelve metre fitted with a removable one-design ballast. project + Scale appearence + Reasonable measurement procedure + ill sail well – Will not have scale appearance out of the water when the one-design ballast is fitted , one or min y ver a was con y onl the t tha and one t bes the be to hod met ‘Ye found the 3rd@ was ss cla the ns sio cus dis r the fur er Aft e. abl ove rem as the one-design ballast was s ker nna spi ow all not s doe t tha ss cle ” ins Rac eet “Fl The . divided into two divisions is t tha g hin ryt eve ows all t tha ss cla ” ine Rac tch “Ma the and ils and overlapping headsa ry car to d owe all not o als are ts” boa eet “fl The re. met allowed on a full-size twelve are re The mm. 100 h wit c uce red is nt eme sur mea m, boo B, the and t the one-design ballas ordered by sending name, address and 3 be more details in the six page rules that can ell g lin Sai el Mod h dis Swe det bun for lar seg Mod a nsk Sve to (interpostal) coupon-response Federation – address efter the article. in g lin seg ell Mod ma Fir . den Swe in rs lde bui ed enc lic two are At the present there in r nde Ola ar Ein and ge” eri “Sv ed ign des son ter Pet le Pel the ng ldi Gothenburg is bui The . lin Nor er Pet by ed ign des t” jec Pro m hol ock “St led cal Stockholm is building the so ed liz rea not was but nge lle Cha Cup a’s ric Ame 0 198 the for ed end tockholm Project was int den Swe m fro rt apa and far so lt bui n bee e hav ts boa 75 ut Abo ey. mon of because of lack and d lan Eng d, lan Tol y, man Ger k, mar Den d, lan Fin , way Nor to t sen n bee e boats hav Singapore. r’s lde bui ut abo on ati orm inf l ful e eiv rec l wil ts boa 12 R e Builders wanting to produc and nce Fra and d lan Eng in rs lde bui be l wil re the e hop ‘le F. SS g tin licences by contac metre projects from their countries. other countries building models of twelve the and 3 198 or 2 198 e lat in d nne pla is ss cla ing Rec ch Mat the The first challenge for hts yac el mod see l wil n the we e hop ‘We “. Cup s ge’ eri “Sy led cal be event will probably projects. men from several countries sailing models of many famous twelve metre 2A There are already two Match Racing R 12 projects here in Sweden experimenting with genoas and spinnakers. We believe that England will have a good start for this Challange with the “Acorn” project. Jan Dejmo ADDRESSES: Svenska Modellseglarforbundet, Firma Modellsegling, Elinar Olander, S-422 48 HISINGS BACKA, Kabelgatan 29B, 5-115 39 STOCKHOLM, Smedsbacksgatan 9, Bengt Bellander, Akkas Gata 24, Sweden. S-414 52 GOTHENBURG, Sweden. Sweden. the other world championship An Italian view of the Naviga Championships – Hungary July, 1980. Summarised from a report in “Navi & Modelli de Nave” – Sept-October, A small Italian X classes. team competed in the Naviga RC Yachting regatta, sailing in 10R, M and They went with modest hopes of achieving honourable placings with perhaps one medal between them. In the event they had a disastrous time. expected to be towards the top of the 10R fleet placed 29th; itor in M was 24th of 32 starters; What went wrong? mitters had failed him. Their best placed compet- several causes. trouble took one competitor out altogether after 3 trans- Another suffered from which he failed Their man who was Their best overall position was 16th in the X class. The team maneger points to Bad luck in the form of radio Judges, 1980. to contest an appeal, ‘eccentric’ decisions from the race as he could have done. In general the regatta arrangements were excellent, with the fleet system being used in it’s original Stollery form with positions determined by points. “2 up, 2 down” promotion and relegation and final scored in the final series of heats within fleets. Penalties were 7209 turns and the standard of sailing and sportsmanship was high. a result the regatta ran that smoothly for most though not for the Italians, they were ignorant of some fundamental racing rules; gical disadvantage when at out of trouble This put them at discovered a psycholo- close quarters with other boats and in attempting to keep they made many disastrous from which few of them ever succeeded in errors which quickly dumped other causes contributed to the They lacked aggression and tactical insufficient race practice. them into D fleet, escaping. Apart from their approximate knowledge of the rules, burial of their hopes. who As sharpness, the result of 2 or 3 regattas a year (which seems to be what the Italian season amounts to) are not adequete preperation for top level international competition. Some of the Italian boats, though well built and finished were not comoetitive because their builders had paid insufficient attention to what was being tried and achieved outside Italy. On others, various parts of the rig and equipment were found to be too fragile and were not proverly thought out. Finally, some of the radio eauipment was very old and splattered around it’s nominal frequency, as was revealed by the CRT frequency monitor used by the Hungarians. These constant difficulties led to disappointment and lack of confidence, turn contributed to Aside from the silver in lM. ational but troubles, dominated by the Japen was second in team and their Juniors their the poor overall performance. Italian’s the meeting was which in took first which have Swiss Lupart, lessons who won 10R and 3rd in “. place in 1%. ‘The for nany of us closer to home, two golds, in The Russians had Jest Germens failed 10R and X, the to get largest into sailed very imoressively. Translated by Russell and a Potts. the medals, _= MOLVINA, plan service The following new designs have been commissioned by Mode some fresh ideas radio contro] in to the existing available plans. mind and also with regard to Each one-off h royalty. or other county for Europe, rm —- dictator ROUNDED CHINS, ABLES FIN. DETAILS SHOWN ON DRAWING, to add with bkilders requirements. includes Ro PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION, SWING RIG has been drawn Thils paid U.K. extra postage ond me The cost of a full drawing is £5.00 post Add Yachting Newsletter STITCH & TAPH TECH TQUE , the designers’ er Stollery HL BOX FOR REMOVE- BUT YOU CAN USE NORMAL JIB FIXING IF YOU WANT. Disp: 141lbs. Draught: 18″. Max beam: PLAN NQ: 10″, RM 8101. r10Or – splash! short waterline stability on Alternative end high sail area allows a maxim a 17lbs displacement. sail vlans are shown for those saili speeds. are full size. PLAN NO: 10R 8101. ra- vindicato Vindicator is designed planked construction, especially as a radio d either for preparation pf a plu has a hull form ideal for f rom which to take a GRP mould or for wooden hull. The sections the are reminiscent of Emperor, important dimensions competition. affecting The waterline is Chri su ecessful the ratins have be 54″ and the displacem penalty) gives a measured sail area of 157% sq. ins. Sheer and waterline PLAN NO: plans are half size, A8i0l. DRAWING SHOWS PROFILE RM. body OF NOTE UNUSUAL RUDDER AND RIG. 27 and sec tailored nt A clas& design, to modern RA suit but of 50.7lbs (minimum without Lo ms are full size PLEASE NOTE ¥ If you require sails during SEPTSMBER or OCTOBER please be sure to order by the end of JULY % A 5% increase over SSPT ’80- MAR ’81] prices now applies % Pulley blocks, rigging screws and eyebolts no longer stocked % GROOVY mest section now stocked bys DAVE KNOWLES, @ Tamworth, Staffs., and BOB UNDERY00D, Bradf ord on Avon, Wilts. GRAHAM BANTOCK, 35 SAT ly > WITHAM, Essex, England, CM8 2DR. The Paddocks, Tel. WIT.(0376) 516248 for sale 1.5 metre class = 3 suits of sails, complete with radio, excellent condition. £225 or offers. Essex. Southend Televhones 1.5 metre class – 3 rigs and above boats will Snellins, stand, D. and also Brown, measure as 10 to 44, Offers Witty Bambi, around £40 complete with tos G. Plumberow Ave., Goddard, 4 57, include radio, River Drive, raters with hull is based on Oliver Lee’s earlier design. M class, 362, Futaba winch, Hockley, 204840. Price negotiable, £165 all in. Telephone: Upminster 29631. Both the TD. batteries, 9) suits, slight winch, batteries. Upminster, Ussex. adjustments to sails as the (editors’ note) well built, Heath Road, vane gear included with boat. Crayford, Kent. Tel: Crayford 28823. RM Bloodaxe complete with 2 channel Price: o.n.o. ALSO £120 – 36R Gosling – Nylet working suit. Chippenham, Wilts. SHARING RIOR. Telephone: Two kits, Mary’s Crescent, Bridlineton, Telephone: “esley Rodrick, 0524 one white hull, North Hunberside. in her full Ross Road, 47, Malmesbury Rd., red deck, the other the reverse. Colin Mollingsworth, Telephone: 18, Greenfields, Caton, 43, St. 0262 71065. Heavyweight Admiral Turner design Phoenix. Lancaster. LA Plan included. 29QY. 770807. wanted 4ft early (1900) model sailing yacht, make her cotton Ian Walters, Little used. evenings. Offers around £60 each to: 6 METRES WULL AND ALSO MOULD. to: new, winch and working suit. Price £25. Chippenham 51893 brand. Also some sets of sails. Offers Horizon radio, sails glory to and complete the Wallington, National of ‘Britannia’ seeks somebody who is able to the rigging so Model Museum. that she can be donated James Leighton, 1, and displayed Jefferton Court, Surrey. ASHANTI RM & ECLIPSE R10R Yich performance Racing Yachts which only reavire you to point them as = in ae o = the right direction. Available in hull, deck & fin forz n, to ng li id Br _ , e. Av t n u o M 1 SALWORTH . Brid. 602000 28 Nth.Humberside.