Model Yachting Newsletter: Issue 6 – September 1981

model ~ 4 yachting | newsletter masthead This issue may be a few days later than usual as we held back for the A Class National report. Our apologies, but we felt that with the equally good atmosphere at the RM Nationals there was a definite upswing in the “fun” side of model yachting, which should, if reported adequately, counteract the rather poor image that is receiving comment else- where. In case anyone thinks Australian M.Y.A. U.S. events this is solely a U.K. are suffering from a bout problem, then it of bad manners should be noted at the pondside, that as the are some so we hear. Lets hope that the message has got no-one would mind if they took up through to the stamp “shouting and screaming” brigade that collecting or walking the dog! subs Subscriptions for the new year run from JUNE 1981 1981/82 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 1980/81 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 to: Model Yachting Newsletter, Address to: 81, Nipsells Chase, Maylandsea, Nr. Chelmsford, Essex. CM3 6EH. adverts We accept advertisements to finance from known bona-fide model yacht the Newsletter by this means and in hobby to find out where to get never fitting makers who assist us turn we hope those awkward bits and pieces to help people new that the local to model the shop stocks. If you wish to place an advertisement fittings, please contact The advertisements to sell quantity the Editor to discuss direct for sale of secondhand boats etc. production of hulls, sails, or (MALDON 740149). are put in free for subscribers. photos For both the Newsletter and the M.Y.A. quality ere be stands we would like to receive good photos (black and white only for M.Y.N.) or slide negatives (color for M.Y.A. Anything different, will exhibition acknowledged fittings, and sails, boats returned where sailing, unusual shots of people etc., all requested. cover pic The beautiful Vortex 60 design sailing in company with it’s smaller Marblehead size Soling show a different approach to model yachting. controlled by R/C, and the lines based on “Intrepid”, received full details of Note the overlapping genoa, the American 12m boat. this range which will be reviewed elsewhere in this We have issue if space permits. BECAUSE OF SPACE PROBLEMS WE APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO SENT INCORPORATE MOST OF THE HAVE HAD TO OMIT RACE REVIEW AND ONE OR TWO OTHER ITEMS. IN REPORTS ETC. BUMPER CHRISTMAS ISSUE WILL HOPEFULLY BACKLOG. –> Portrait of Ken Jones Although I may eventually turn to names that are less familiar than Oliver Lee and on this occasion Ken Jones, I make no apology for choosing my second subject for this series. Anyone who comes into the model yachting scene soon gets to hear of JONES fittings, a much smaller number ever realize involved have the length of time that but the husband and wife team been actively sailing and building model yachts. Ken Jones has been a member of Birkenhead M.Y.C. yachts for 51 years. since 1928 and actively building Starting in 1928/29 with a 36″ chine design by W.J. (Bill he also made a number of 10 Rater class over the next before the Marblehead class was invented! few years. model Daniels Remember this was 1936 saw him building a Littlejohn 10 Rater for another modeler and so started a long line now stretching to over 250 in total. His first A Class experience was as a mate, but in 1938 he built and sailed Concorde with his brother Wally Jones. The war period intervened during which he was involved in Fleet minesweepers. Even then he made a scale model of his ships, now displayed among other boating souvenirs at his home, and a 24″ long model yacht that was free-sailed during lulls in action. Since the war he worked until his recent retirement as an instrument technician at a local research hospital, making amongst other things a presentation model of an X-ray tube mounted on granite, which was given to the Duke of Edinburgh on a royal visit. Apart from the obvious involvement in actual sailing, he has been 0.0.D. for 14 National Championships, frequently with his wife Elizabeth scoring. Highlights of his sailing are difficult to pick, but must include the National 10 Rater winner Herald, also exhibited at the Canada Expo a visit to Denmark to sail A class boats on open water, and a TM.V. A visit to his workshop showed from A class No.2, moulding. the go, EC12, interview with Stuart Hall on a recent regional programme. a wide variety of interest within the model yachting scene, right through to the latest John Lewis radio 10 rater and a new RM By the time this copy reaches the printers he will have a new Lewis RA on together with a scale model RM, anywhere, of a full-size one-off project. Taken with the R10 hulls and the most complete range of fittings available for model yachts he certainly keeps busy. Perhaps one day he will build ment A Class yacht for which he has had the plans for some years! caught port and mya starboard by the 100 1b displaceFancy getting that! league — 1980 CLUB M. Y. A. VANE LEAGUE 1980 INDIVIDUAL 1. Fleetwood 989 1. Walter Jones Birkenhead 266 2. Leeds 941 2 Peter Maskell Leeds 238 4. Birkenhead 830 3. Ken Butler Bournville 163 4. Bournville 640 4. Dick Seagar Clapham 161 5. Gosport 452 5. Graham Bantock Chelmsford 158 6. Birmingham 384 6. Des Daly Hove 156 7. Clapham 358 7. Gordon Griffin Cleethorpes 152 8. Hove 346 8. Chris Jackson Dovercourt 150 9. Cleethorpes 295 9. Martin Roberts Birkenhead 146 10. Dovercourt 291 10. Keith Armour Leeds 152 CLUB M. Y. A. R/C LEAGUE 1980 INDIVIDUAL 1. Leicester 1418 1. R. Smith Leicester 551 2. Ashton 1324 2. TT. Owens Danson 336 3. Danson TH 5« S. 4. Kay Birkenhead Ashton 576 515 4. TT. Fuller New Forest 311 5. New Forest 523 5. iC. Clapham 262 6. Etherow 463 6. D. Andrews Leicester 248 7. Broads 405 7. 8B. Jackson Ashton 215 8. Chelmsford 381 8. R. Newport Birkenhead 211 9. Leeds & Bradf’d 362 9. E. Andrews Leicester 204 10. Clapham 10. A. Nicholson ” 199 ‘ SN 305 Dicks RM class nats Following our visit to Fleetwood last year, goe one better and enter this year’s event. the editorial team thought that they should Suitably armed we ventured to the deep South to try our hand at this major radio control event. It is a pleasure to report that the atmosphere was unfailingly pleasant and combined with a splendid wind for all three days the whole event was in the past, a great success. The 0.0.D. had the main burden of organization on the day, Dave Waugh, twice a winner with a number of club- members assisting. Our analysis of the entry, with full details of the boats and gear is featured in the following pages, and a more general review follows in which we may from time to time mention a few matters which didn’t seem to go perfectly at the time. A number of these come under the heading of “you pays your money and takes your choice” but it does seem the time is coming when the M.Y.A. council will be asked to define some basics for the running of major radio events. THE COURSE WIND Situated on a large lake at the Kingfisher Country Club, the site was very attractive. Local agreements with the fishermen and windsurfers restrict the models to a fixed small area and this meant that a fairly short course was set. This included a short first beat to a starboard hand bouy with a close weeded bank which led to a fair amount of havoc in some races. Following a long run to the outer leeward mark and a close reach to the third mark, boats were faced with an awful dilemma. If you stayed on starboard, perhaps because of an overlapped boat inside you, you found yourself tacking for water in a dead spot, with vision obscured by the rushes between this point and the skippers platform. Having tacked you only have two boats length to sail before being forced back onto starboard ty another yacht rounding the mark astern. Local knowledge was very useful here, and first-time visitors felt that this problem should have been avoided by laying an alternative course. A beat back to the first mark through the start line followed, mark and return to the finish line. This use of the start then a run back to the lee line as a mark kept the boats well in towards the bank, and made for close racing. appeared over the and the closed season for fishing was in operation, 3 days, However, since no windsurfers general feeling was that a lot of water was going to waste. THE SCHEDULE With any entry over the magic 31, the choice of system becomes critical and the New Forest club chose to run a 54 boat schedule twice making 108 races in all. The course selected together with a good wind allowed completion within the time but individual entrants had varied periods of action and long rests in between. For example, the Editor had a total of 16 races spread over 3 days, with only 4 on the Sunday. One skipper failed to arrive (rumour had it that he was too busy with exams) and three had to retire which was a small number given the weather conditions. A close look at timing on the first day showed races taking 6/7 minutes with about 12-15 minutes between each race. With eight boats to come ashore, clear radio, launch and judges to organise the 0.0.D. was kept fairly busy and it says personality that he managed to smile throughout. eight to rea lot for his THS RACING It follows from the above that it would be impossible to write-up every race. Highlights must include Mac Colyer’s immaculate capsize when his fin snapped in half, Roger Stollery’s Swing-rig Pickaxe winning two consecutive races leaving the fleet for dead on the run, and the delight amongst our French friends when one of their number won a race at last. s Tony Owens ran out the winner, and by chance I happened to watch one of his “bad” race Starting the beat in the pack, forced to do a penalty in the company of Chris Dicks. 120° before the mark, he turned in last place of eight and set about the task ahead. On the long beat back through three or four tacks he clawed his way past several well As Chris remarked at the time, “that sailed boats and eventually finished second. was an education in how to sail R/C”. THs BOATS is The winning boat is a Trapper MK2 and has received a lot of care from Robert Owen who ier The rudder has been moved slightly, and the fin is the earl Tony’s younger brother. slimmer model. The mast is fairly standard, but has a stiffening insert extending oh either side of ‘the hounds. Great care to make the hull waterproof and minimum weight batteries and gear complete the package. ewedg a as d ribe desc best are and e styl t eren diff ly lete comp of were s boat ch Fren The One in particular was planked in poplar, solerfilm deck, total weight about shape. 141bs and equipped with extra controls on main luff tension/kicking strap, jib twitcher Somewhat surprisingly they did’nt seem to reduce rig height in the and backstay. stronger wind, and were rather overpowered in this period. When the wind lightened they proved more competitive, a comment supported by an imported boat now sailing with our Club. Careful study of the table will show a wide variety of designs and even theoretically identical hulls such as the Yabsley Snowgoose differed in beam and weight to suit the Qwner’s taste. the hands of The Sea Urchin by Squire Kay proved a very attractive design, going well in plan ked JapanJ. Van Dijk as top foreign entry, just beating John Cleave sailing a balsa ese design he collected at Sail 60. The JAHAN name is the same man who did so well et the Naviga event last year (Misprint last issue gave this as Japan). THE RULES Generally speaking there was no problem with the rules, but some people still managed -toto turn up with no sail markings and in certain cases the event numbers mounted back back or vertically so that race judges and 0.0.D. could be given maximum problems. It is a long time since I sailed in a major R/C race, since Jan 1977 in fact, so I am probably suitably qualified to say that certain conventions have grown up amongst regular model-yacht sailors which do not appear to correspond with what appears in print. s One big boat sailor pointed out that viewed from a line extended across the lee markard (the bar actually) very few boats were sailing a proper course when they had a leew s boat tack port on down ing bear of lot a e quit was e ther and 39), e (Rul them boat near Surely a starboard tack boat must sail as closeafter enforcing rights on the beat. hauled es possible so that the leeward boat may do so also? r at In one unfortunate incident Peter Freeman was disqualified for not being on the wate the 60 second time, a decision which he accepted with commendable grace, but as the results show a crucial point. My reading of rules 7-1/2/3 makes me query this decision (in retrospect) but I must admit I had to re-read the latest rules first. THE FUTURE As this year’s event produced a worthy winner and good sailing it would be easy to say As can been seen from the above, and projecting a that the event was perfection. further increase in entries, perhaps the I1.Y.A. should organise area eliminators or otherwise define the limit of a full-schedule event, before the organisation at a local level becomes overwhelmed. In the meantime I must get back to building a new boat for Cleveland next year! *S2%“WiNITOULVuAHe/10agwdolrbB =”6ZT°SKVIHAUGONWiDMe/Eagoud10@295k *sOdLYSU gN’T9HaDISC/MOE LvilHONTA 0/8 STIV YO iNCTH°£OaSdhA92GtM6V8vUfI/ELgW3D“@BulY*QXFe4ZK wAiagIvEs°Sd*NoLO/6uHVx2G SEAHORSE MK III SM3 TM TI/III/IV TRAPP: R MK II/III/IV 7 $/9/16/é CF MAST DIAMETER CARBON FIBRE patterns WTsaiwzByonSNlvdaSUL0)‘salWwIovzey‘Ssaurn 1. regd -_number ©TACONUHSL I SMAN ia chairman’s column My activities were brought to a sudden halt on 5th May by a heart attack which landed This was me in hospital, so I was unable to attend the Council meeting on 9th May. only the second meeting I have had to miss in 35 years service to the M.Y.A., the other being the 1959 A.G.M., when I was in hospital after a leg operation, so I think I have However, this been reasonably fortunate in having enjoyed good health since the war. is no longer the case and for the time being, at least, my activities will have to be somewhat restricted. While in hospital, I was delighted to receive a card signed by all Council members and a magnificent bowl of flowering plants from the M.Y.A., which was much admired by the This gift was very much appreciated and it is good nursing staff and other patients. I was also grateful for the many to see the plants still flowering after three months. letters and cards I received from model yachtsment in this country and abroad, all of which helped to lessen a feeling of depression and anxiety. On returning home, I was soon able to pick up the threads of correspondence – typing letters is no problem – and Clive Colsell, who as Vice-Chairman, chaired the meeting in my absence, phoned to give me details of the proceedings which, to say the least, caused him some problems in the initial stages in dealing with matters arising from the special Council meeting in March. They were firmly resolved, however, and I give below the main items of business extracted from the minutes. M.Y.A. Fixture List The Secretary reported that the cost of producing this has risen steadily over the years, like everything else and the 1981 List had increased to as much as £110. Council agreed to continue publication next year, but the order will be increased to 500 and they will be offered for sale at 10p per copy. 1981 A.G.M. The date was confirmed as Saturday, 5th December, at the Grand Hotel, Aytoun Street, Manchester. Affiliation Fees he Treasurer reported that 54 clubs had paid their 1981 fees, leaving 11 clubs with outstanding dues. According to the current Club List, there are 66 clubs, so there is a discrepancy of one. It is hoped that, by now, most of the clubs in arrears will have paid. 1982 National Championships September meeting, Provisional dates and benues, to be confirmed at the are:- 10-12 APRIL 1 – 3 MAY CLEVELAND M. CLAPHAM CLASS 30 MAY-4 JUNE 12-13 JUNE M AND RM A CLASS TEAM FLEETWOOD BIRMINGHAM POOLE BIRKENHEAD GOSPORT 26-27 JUNE 10-11 JULY 25 JULY 31 JULY – 6 AUG 36R CLASS R.10R CLASS LITTLE PORTUGAL CUP A CLASS BIRKENHEAD 28-31 AUG 11-12 SEPT 18-19 SEPT RA CLASS 10R CLASS M CLASS TEAM FLEETWOOD FLEETWOOD BIRMINGHAM 2 – 3 OCT 9 -10 OCT 6M CLASS CHAMPIONS CUP BIRMINGHAM HOVE 36R Class Rating Rule of the skeg, ionship. spirit R.M. CLASS Council was required to deal with a question of the legality rudder and vane attachments of two yachts in the Class National Champ- It was felt that, although permitted, of the rule and therefore The axis of the following motion will be proposed to the A.G.M.:- the rudder must not be more yacht and the fitting on which it when the yacht, fully rigged, Entry Championships to the is 1″ beyond the is mounted must be above after end of the the water level floating at rest. to expire before the date of the event, it would be in order provided, and presented by the competitor IMYRU_ Affiliation Fee than Jt was ruled that if a Rating Certificate, which is valid at time of entry but due entry form, the attachments were not within the to the of course, 0.0.D. on is submitted with an that the Certificate is renewed arrival at the event. In order to meet the increasing costs of the Union’s administration, Council agreed that the M.Y.A. should make a proposal to the IMYRU General Meeting that the boat levy be increased from 3p to 10p for each yacht of International Class holding a current Rating Certificate. This would mean that, if the proposal is adopted, the M.Y.A. Affiliation Fee to IMYRU could rise to about £90 p.a. 8 Class Rating Rules The Midland District had requested a ruling on the use of “swing wing jib booms” and Council decided that this type of rig does not contravene any of the Class Rating Rules. Identification numbers of R/C Yachts Council approved the practice of using identifi- cation numbers on jibs to improve recognition, especially at the start and finish lines. Consideration will also be given to increasing the size of registered numbers on mainsails. Exhibitions The Exhibitions Officer, Graham Bantock, reported on Exhibitions in which the M.Y.A. had taken part. Although they had been well supported, the burden always rested on the same few people and he appealed to all clubs to try to persuade their members to attend these Exhibitions and help to spread the load by bolunteering to assist with manning the M.Y.A. Stand. New Affiliations Shrewsbury M.Y.C. Hon. Sec: M. Element, 9, Longbridge Close, Shewsbury, Shropshire. Nottingham M.Y. & P.B.C. has re-affiliated. Hon. Sec: B. Beales, Orchard Cottages, Strelley Village, Nottingham, NG8 6PB. The clubs at Rhyl and Morecambe no longer exist. Secretarial changes: Appledore M.B.C. Hon. Sec: M. Evans, 2 Shortridge, Buckland Brewer, near Bideford, N. Devon. Y.M.6m.0.A. Hon. Sec: George Clark, 30 Carston Close, Lee, London, SE12 8DZ. Bourneville M.Y.C. Vic Bellerson, 192, Sutton Road, Walsall, W. Midlands. Tel: Walsall Council agreed that clubs sailing only Mickey Finn or Duplex 575 yachts could, wish to apply, become affiliated imyru 37991. if they to the M.Y.A. Brazil has applied for membership of the Union and has been accepted, subject to formal ratification at the General Meeting. There are six clubs in Brazil, with a total fleet of 54 RMs. They hope to enter six boats in the World Championship next year. The President of the Brazilian Federation of Nautimodelismo is: Alvanir Bezerra de Carvalho, SQS 303 Bloco E Apto 506, 70336 – Brasilia – DF – Brazil. This brings the number of countries affiliated to the Union to 20. France The name of the Club hosting the 1982 World Championships has been changed to the Yacht Club Flandre Artois. The Club will be holding a “REGATE AMICALE” for RMs and RlOrs at Armbouts-Cappel, on 19/20th September. Dunkirk, This event is intended to give skippers who wish to compete in the Worlds some experience of the local conditions. Entries close on lst September, but probably late entries would be accepted. Entry forms may be obtained from the Club Secretary: Jacques Porisse, 24, rue de Bousbecque, 59250 Halluin, France. Tel: (20) 37.46.68. The numbers of prospective entrants to the World Championships are to be submitted by member countries by the end of January next, final entries by the end of May. Entry allocations per country have not yet been finally agreed, but it is expected that they will be announced shortly. NORMAN HATFIELD MI M.Y.A. CHAIRMAN class rule amendment MARBLE TSAD CLASS RATING RULES At the 1980 General Meeting of the I.M.Y.R.U. held in Canada at which the MYA representing England was present, a decision was taken regarding the width of Mainsail at its hoist. This alteration to Rule 13 of the Marblehead Class Rating Rules being as follows: Additional Rule 13(c be taken ” the point at inches (=”). Council have agreed that Whether or not a headboard is fitted, the heed of the sail should which the sail width measured at right angles to the luff is .75 F by virtue of the MYA being a member of I.M.Y.R.U., the MYA should implement any International Class Rating Rule changes proposed and adopted by I.11.Y.R.U. and therefore the above alteration is effective from this date. Will all club secretarys inform their club measurers of the above decision. skippers’ script The Metropolitan and Southern District Championships, held on 2lst June on the waters of a new Country Park at Dinton Pastures, Wokingham, started in an unusual and spectacular way with Russell Potts of Danson watching helplessly while his yacht sank in 15 foot of water in the middle of the lake. His plastic film deck had been split in a starting line collision. The increasing use of flimsy decks and very thin hulls may require the more strict invoking of Rule 32 – Avoiding Collisions. lified for sinking Russell. Are lesser penalties enough? useable against a right of way aggressor. Nobody was disqua- They would not anyway be Also of course, should we not insist on bumpers being of a suitable soft material not hardened by paint or varnish? guidance only refers to them having to be identifiable. happily than was The current This incident ended more expected when an ancient grappling iron was successful in hooking the wreck and it was brought ashore. One other question; surely a yacht counts as a starter even though it is not released from the bank at the preparatory signal but is sailing at the start of a race? This was one of the 1980 rule changes but was ruled out of order at this meeting. P.S. The two boat length rule about tacking in somebody else’s water is also obsolete. VIC COONEY. 4 years ago approximately, cardboard yacht Krispie, sailed it R/C. was I picked up a copy of Model boats and made for fun the sailed it initially as Vane then purchased Fleet Radio and Met some lads at nearby lake who were sailing RM’s saw how crude my yacht and on their advise bought Bloodaxe. Rig which had bigger ratio of jib to main owing to slot effect but difficult seme sails 36R Joined South Wales MYC. Made Bloodaxe and mast further forward. to turn if gusty. Swing Was very fast Converted to conventional rig with still goes well but now enjoying racing I am thinking of something faster? We in South West are very isolated from RM scene and are not up to date with latest fashiions. R. STROUD. JONES FITTINGS BC12, RIOR, RM 23222,2:02 ora msiors in cue. FITTINGS radia! jib-booms, turnbuckles, for all model yachts, including goosenecks, bottlescrews, flat or round bowsies, boom tube (ali),bress and stainless jib-recks, rigcving wire,mast steel rod. and Kicking strans,clew outhaulunits,deck nulleys,mast—stens and mast slides, £11 items tried and tested over many vears to give reliable performance. We continue to make VAME-SIT ING GHAR as used by most of the tov boats in recent years. A limited number of commlete boats built from scratch to agreed state of comnletion, esnecially SEND A STAMPED S“LR-ADDRESS-D EFVELCTMS ‘A’ class or any ‘RA’, POR CULRENT PRICELIST. E.L.JONES, 8 Marline Avenue, Bromborough, Merseyside. Tel. 051= 334-1969 10 further afield SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL M CLASS VANE CHAMPS held over the Easter Weekend, we were very honoured to have among the 18 boat entry, two young men from the U.K. – Martin Dovey with Axtung, and Mark Dicks (who is no stranger to our shores) with Loi Jasper, first day brought a reaching wind, The not ideal for the Durban pond, however the following three days saw Durban’s typical easterly wind giving ideal conditions, racing and runs with spinnakers flying, a very impressive sight, ing boats was very close with Keith Gerson and his 247, Dennis for tack & tack racing among the lead- Simons and his Ratoncillo followed closely by Garth Thompson sailing the original Rherodactyl (ex Chris Dicks) which has found a home out here in S.A. racing between these three soon devloped into an interesting tussel, however the order remained the same until the end, running out the winner, 2nd Dennis Simons, and Keith Gerson 3rd Garth Thompson after an exciting sail off with Martin Dovey 4th, 5th Derrick Gleenwerck with a modified Illussion and 6th Mark Dicks. This is the first time during the course of this event, that a South African skipper has won, since 1975 previous winners have been Wally Jones (1975), Chris Dicks 1977 & 1979. The RM & RIOR National Championships took place in Durban 18th – 21st May, 1981 and South African model yachtsmen were again honoured this time by none other than the President of the I.M.Y.R.U. – Mr. Byron Sansom as an observer, he saw model yacht racing in Cape Town and Johannesburg before coming onto Durban to watch the Nationals. He stated that from what he had seen aroung the country, RC sailing was of a very high standard and was impressed by the quality of the yachts and their skipper’s skill. RM Fleet of 22 boats split into sections of three using the fleet system came to the line, wind conditions were near perfect, for most boats anyway a fresh north easterly brought out the working suits, on the 2nd day, a light north easterly breeze saw the high rigs out and some of the boats who did’nt like the strong winds of the previous day were able to make up a bit of the leeway, but not enough to prevent Des Fairbank (Ashanti) becoming the new RM S.A. National Champ with a mere 7%points, a truly great win and well deserved, Des was followed home by defending champion Peter Marklew 162 pts. Seahorse Mk III, Keith Gerson 17 pts. 247, Peter simons 193 pts. Ratoncillo, Garth Thompson 242 pts. 0.D., 6th Nigel Ridley with his New York 50 (26 pts.) which did’nt like the conditions on the first day but came back well. R_10R event was sailed in light north easterly winds, giving perfect conditions for model yachting, with testing beats and long runs and reaches using Olympic fleet consisted of 23 boats and again the fleet system was used, sailing his brand new boat known locally as a Two-Four-Ten, by Roy Curtis, it is an enlarged 247 scaled up an all up weight of 18 lbs., courses, the the winner Keith Gerson a boat developed in Durban 1.2 with a LWL of approx. the windward performance of this boat in the 57 inches and light winds, was outstanding, his score of 8s points made him a clear winner over Peter Simons Eclipse on 14 pts., and 3rd Roy Reynolds also Eclipse, Brian Rich with yet another Eclipse, 4th Geoff Mundy defending champion, 5th and in 6th spot Des Fairbank with his K9 on 24 pts. Durban skippers excelled themselves by taking the first 5 in the RMs and 6 out of the first 7 places in the R 10Rs. It is hoped that some of our S.A. skippers will be at Dunkirk for the 1982 Worlds. 5 ROY cont ’?d CURTIS & KEITH GERSON Tasmania, with less than 33% of the total Aust. population, has nearly 20% of AMYA membership, we’re keen down here! For instance, our State RA Champs in April had an entry of 20 (yes, twenty) boats, and this is little more than half the total RA’s in the state. Winner was (naturally one of my Clubmates) Steve McElwee (Current Aust. RA and RM Champ), sailing a Rod Adams design, Knowall, 50″ waterline, 30lb. and very fast. Majority of fleet was also lightweight, ‘Lollipop’. ‘traditional’ but George Fish’s second-placer was but a chine boat whereas Knowall is round-bilged, and reminds me of P Most racing in Australia is Radio, appears to be dying out. nearly as many RM, RA, there are very few sites suitable for Vane, which Tasmania is Radio only, with about 40 RA in the State, and a handful of R10R just appearing. We use 27MHz (down with CB!), 29MHz and limited 40MHz, so large fleets are possible – the RA Champs were sailed fleet-fashion, and starts were ‘‘orrifying!! NORMAN LORIMER. nual WEST EPOXY WEST EPOXY BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR THE MODEL YACHT BUILDER Most model yachtsmen will be aware of the developments pioneered in the U.S.A. by the Gougean Brothers with WWST. (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique). In full size these techniques give higher stiffness to weight ratios than conventional wooden construction, and protection against subsequent weight gain through water absorption. More important in the model context, they permit wood to be used in relatively small sections for ease of handling and construction and yet to be combined into integrated structures of great strength. In applying these principles to model yacht construction I was looking for a technique that would enable me to build a one-off hull comparable in weight and superior in stiffness to the best quality GRP moulding, while avoiding the time, work and expense of the plub, mould, shell sequence of conventional GRP production. I had also to bear in mind that my GRP moulding techniques are not of a very high order and that my family cannot bear the smell of polyester resin in the house. The basic concept was to use 1/32 balsa and to build a hull in double diagonal planking. This produces a final structure that is about 50/50 wood and resin by weight and more closely resembles a GRP shell than a planked hull. Trials of the technique included the internal woodwork and a single ply 1/32 balsa deck on a GRP Marblehead hull, which added only 100z to the weight of the base shell and a fin built up as an aircraft wing, with 1/32 balsa and finished with 0.60z glass cloth. covered This weighed 50z and stiffer than a directly comparable fin in plywood weighing 12o0z. Finally I built the rear 15 inches of a Marblehead hull in double diagonal 1/32 on 1/8 sq stringers. This suggested that with all the stringers left in and a 1/32 deck, a complete hull would weigh under 21b, which, though heavier than the target weight of 240z, was lighter than most GRP hulls. The notes that follow incorporate uced by this method could some hard won experience. I think be improved on The first full hull prod- and weight further reduced without dangerous loss of strength. The Resin WEST Epoxy resin comes in 1 litre packs, one of which should be ample to build two hulls. There is a choice of curing agents with different curing times. the slower of the two as you will need all choice of additives to change will need only one, the pot life you can get. These are tiny glass globules they also help to reduce the weight of resin where it prolong the pot to expose more surface have the effect to the it in a shallow container a small quantity of acetone of cooling the mix and reducing the rate of cure. that resin once mixed cannot be kept in usuable condition The Do not vary this proportion. life of the resin mix either put air or add You for thickening resin; is used as a gap filler. hardener is mixed with the resin in the proportion 1:5. If you need to There is a wide the consistency and characteristics of the resin. microspheres. Use overnight thinners. Both Experience shows in a domestic refrigerator. The Wood Shadows can be cut from whatever you choose. I used hardboard. Stringers from 1/8 balsa, fairly hard so the pins will stay in. Planking from 1/32 balsa sheet. Not quarter grain, it is too easy which will not to damage in twist handling. sufficiently. Ideally all Characteristics and of accurate thickness. vary quite noticeably in Not excessively soft because the planking whould be similar in 1/32 sheet from different manufactures can thickness and makes more work in producing a fair hull. You will need about a dozen sheets 36″ x 4″ for a hull. Tools A sharp knife and a stone to keep it sharp; Brushes for the resin. A straight edge at least 3ft long; WEST Epoxy do cheap disposable ones about 5″ wide which are worth having if you order resin direct from them. Coarse sandpaper (aluminum oxide) is best, glued to a sheet of 1/32 ply about 8 x 3. Sandpaper needs to be coarse to handle the resin Pins once resined the balsa stands up well to very hard sanding. These are the most important part of the tool kit. They need to be thin, sharp and capable of being twisted to release them from the resin. Small cross-bar types are ideal, but hard to find. If you have to use plain ones, you will need to take them out with a pair of pliers so you can twist them. Once the resin has properly cured a twist should release the pin. If pins are removed before the resin is fully set they will bring a globule of resin and corresponding lump of balsa out with them, patience. 12 so – The Design fhe design I chose to build, “Hustle bustle Mark III” by Geoff Draper, could have been devised as a test piece for the technique as it incorporated some very small radius curves in the stern, reverse curves in the garboard and bustle area and a knuckle. Most contemporary Marblehead shapes would be much easier to build. Some of the curves could not tudinal”. be accomodated with diagonal planking and had to be done “longi- Provided reasonably close strength in the garboard and bustle, tudinal planking produces what Principles of Construction major stresses. joints the use are made there is no noticeable loss of of stringers set is effectively a built up keelson and hog. The grain of the wood in the planks runs in the way of the Wood by itself is easy to shap and fit. is strong and stiff. Maximise the amount of resin minimise the resin that is used to fill gaps. wood must be carefully fitted and Voids in the structure i.e. strength. The any gaps that occur filled with wood not resin. It so do it. gaps between the inner and outer layers of the skin weaken but with wood not with resin. to fit round particularly difficult curves, your losses and put dampen the wood to get be absorbed by the wood and the wood takes up as much resin as possible it must be kept dry. cannot be made Procedures is If you produce any they must be filled, To ensure that planks that Wood impregnated with resin This adds weight not is easy and quick to shape balsa to fit well, the structure. side by side and longi- in a small it is better to cut amount of longitudinal planking rather than steam or to bend enough. Shadows are set up in the normal way; split to get it Tf them out of the finished shell. accurately. There is no need to designs where it will form part For most designs they will need to Take trouble over setting them up fair the edges of the of the final shadows. The bow transom for structure and the stern transom also should be made of 2 or 3 plys of 1/16 balsa resined together. Inwales of 4 x 4 balsa are sufficient and should be epoxied to the bow and stern and tacked to intermediate shadows with balsa cement as each side. Where should the stringers. there are sharp curves Use in the design, side to provide a firm base for the planking. instance in the forefoot for the planking. to glue Ist at When all the thwartship direction. be enough, and a knuckle need stringers lots of stringers, Sharp angles stringers are fixed, Not all stringers will be glued in should the full either side fair but decide which in the light of hull form, to. stringers at least to a dozen lie side by form, as to provide them particularly in the planking, 1 in a fixing the 3 should and mark the stringers you intend ~ er of Plankin Cut strips of 1/32 about 1 inch wide and trim to length to form diagonal planks. Pin one end on the centre line and curve round to the inwale, sure that the plank lies naturally on the stringers and is not forced in anyway. it is, for it will cockle at the tightest part of the curve and either not stick down or form a high spot in the skin, which will lead to trouble later. planks at distances of about stir in microspheres 1 inch along the hull. to give a thick paste. making rf Then dry fix further Mix a small quantity of resin and Apply to stringers and re-pin planks. Remove any surplus resin from stringers before it hardens. Dry fit planks to fill the spaces, when the first set of planks are firmly glued, which will not be regular and parallel. Even if they were, you will find that the filling planks will not lie neatly and most gaps will need a stealer of some sort. It is better to use two or even three separate pieces to fill a gap accurately with planks that lie naturally to the curve of the hull than to force a plank to fit. When satisfied with the fit, glue these filling planks down. Mark the position of the stringers on the outside of the planking as you go. You will need to pin the second layer of planks to them and they are hard to find by trial and error. When dry, sand down fair. If there are cockles or high spots in the planking they will sand down to very thin spots or even holes. over lays of 1/32 and sand fair. 2nd Layer thin spots and patch fill with 2nd layer planks are fitted in the same way at approx 90° to the first layer. After dry fitting and marking the position of dessert Cut out spoons of resin with will go off before you get pin down closely, the first run of planks mix up about enough microsphere to make a creamy mix. the planks fitted. Paint both ensuring that the plank lies naturally. 13 the hull and 2 More than this the plank and Before the resin sets, scrape off the surplus squeezed out of the edge of the plank and brush down with thinners. This avoids the fuild up of resin which would prevent intervening planks from lying fair. When the first planks are dry, fit and glue the intervening run, ensuring that all gaps are filled. Sand down fair. Sand hard; the skin, with internal resin is a fair surface. cut out, strong. Sand down to the resin layer if necessary to get If sanding reveals voids (and high spots tend to have boids beneath) patch and re-sand. Very small crevices, chips or holes can be filled with resin bulked to putty consistency with microspheres. If you’re in a hurry, can be incorporated into a 5 minute epoxy resin for this job. hollows should be filled with balsa overlays and sanded fair. microspheres Again any flats or When satisfied with the fairness of the skin paint with resin. About 4 dessert spoons will be enough. Thin it with one spoon of acetone to ensure that it soaksinto the wood and doesn’t form runs. When dry, sand off roughness. Remove hull from building board, break out shadows, and remove as much of the internal stringers as you can. Those that are not glued to the skin will break out easily. The rest should be cut down with a knife or chisel and sanded to minimise the amount of wood remaining. This will also reduce the surface area and the extent of “corners” which will harbour resin. Resin the inside of the boat in the same way as the outside. You should now have a shell that weighs between 1lb and 1lb 4oz. From hereon, construction is the same as for any boat, but internal structure in balsa strengthened with resin and a little glass cloth is the obvious continuation. A space frame to keep the rig loads as in a lightly moulded GRP hull, internal structure is away from the skin of the hull is highly desirable, but perhaps not so essential as with GRP. complete your hull should weigh between 11b 60z and 1l1b 80z. Final external finish with two pot epoxy paint; imperfections in the surface will When the Once the first coat is on, show up that were not previously visible. small How much work and paint you put into eliminating these blemishes is a matter of taste but bear in mind that a thin coat of two pot epoxy adds 202% to the final weight. Coverite seems about the right combination of strength and weight. two pounds. Deck to choice, Final weight inside RUSSELL POTTS. MATERIAL SUPPLIERS: WEST EPOXY, Barden (UK) Ltd., York Street, lla, Weston Grove Road, Cowes. Southampton. l10W. Resin & Microspheres about £15 for Epophen 40. Resin system. minimum quantities, more than enough for one boat. Similar resin system but not one I have tried yet. Not yet available in smaller packs than 5 litres. 31 May – L’ed & Bradford M.Y.C. – Gala Day Report The Leeds and Bradford Club ran an experimental ‘Gala Day’ which was to promote interest in how fast yachts sail and was open to any sail powered model. a 50 metre straight course The boats were timed over set on a reach. The previous week saw groups in various pubs plotting devastating specials, that a 36R with A class sails would be just right in a with a threat ‘drifter’. On the day a light (10 mph) wind presented some problems of getting boats to plane so top speeds were not high. genoa, Outright winner was Keith Armour with his vane covering the distance in 29.8 secs. Second, Eclipse plus enormous Brian Woodward with a standard R10R Eclipse (33.7 secs.) and third, Bryan Smith with RM Ashant (35.0 secs.). In all, over forty attempts were made with a full assortment of vane and radio classes plus a couple of experimental boats which, when sorted out, show fast times. A great day’s fun, we all learned a lot about exact sail trim (slight adjustments giving 4-5 secs. difference) and an experiment to be repeated. Over the beer later opinion was special boats should achieve 16 secs. in a good blow. 15 that 20 secs. was BRYAN SMITH on, On Wednesday morning fleet sailing was finished, both fleets out together, then after lunch the International was sailed, two rounds being completed. Dave Lathom sailed Kialoa for England, narrowly beating Dolly Dot, Kialoa getting 23, Dolly Dot 20. For competitors sitting on the bank the wind seemed to be the best of the week. ll the fleet then sailed 3 more heats. The wind remained fairly steady, 3-4mph, westerly off the sea to make a long leg and guy. Leading boats were Kialoa 104, Revolution 94, Venceremos 86, Sundance 90, That 86. Another early start on Thursday, with an alteration in the wind direction, boathouse end and the tricky running starts that this entails, under the bridge. with the wind funnelling It was difficult to know whether windward or leeward berth was better for the run. parts NE from the It was a dull wet morning, but of the country the rain was pouring down. consoling to know that in other Once again the wind varied in strength from heat to heat, rising up to lunch time and dropping again afterwards. As the 0.0.D. noted “a lottery on the run, wind very light or 1 mph from under bridge”. To people who have sailed at Fleetwood an instant picture should spring to mind. Walter Jones seemed to have solved Ipi Tombi’s problems, and Peter Mustill only dropped 2/30 during the day. Kialoa found life at the top a bit harder. So with 5 heats to sail on Friday Kialoa had 122, Revolution 116, (a bye to be taken) Wokanido 109, Sundance 110, Venceremos 106. There was quite a strong breeze on Friday morning, lake, NNE off the sea corner. but all lunch, still from the boathouse end of the By lunch time Dave Lathom had secured the other positions were being fought out. and all resails taken. direction, the Championship, Three heats were sailed before After lunch the wind moved round to a more Easterly and the last run was taken with skippers finding the start generally diabo- lical. It was a shame that the race should finish with a wind like that, but skippers were thankful that they did not have to go through it again. The last board sorted out all the positions for prizes, no ties involved, but very close scores. The winner, Dave Lathom and mate Barry were applauded as Kialoa crossed the line, thrown in the lake! Other positions can be seen from the results list. A very good sign was skippering. and promptly the number of juniors taking part, A special cup was presented to skippering Blue Admiral, not only as Mates, but also the top scoring skipper, Neil Piercy, well placed at 13th equal with 103 points. 17, Altogether there were 12 under 18’s taking part in the racing. Other points that can be emphasised, it is not necessarily the top three boats from a club that win the Neptune Trophy, it could have been Fleetwoods if they had chosen a different combination of boats! There are still surely someone, two parts of the Tots Trophy missing – somewhere must have them. So,finally at the end of another A Class Championship thanks must go to Roger Stollery who ran a very good event. He said he enjoyed it, like putting a trim on a yacht! although at times he must have felt He followed every heat possible, and from my point of view kept notes of all wind speeds and directions, and notes of various wins and losses. There were of course the usual objections to decisions, but no one argued for long. It was incredible that for a weeks sailing at Fleetwood no one I think put up anything less than a la suit of sails. That was the only disappointment in a weeks sailing – all the fast boats had no chance to display their abilities. ones running was put under strain. possibility for most ages, Congratulations to no- Lighter boats have meant that A Class racing is a and both sexes. the winner, No-ones rigging was tested, Dave Lathom, This cannot be a bad thing for Vane racing. his first A Class Championship, his Marblehead victory. Congratulations to Fleetwood Club, for all his organisation, and congratulations to the 0.0.D. There was a full programme of social events, following on and Dave Rose in particular starting with a barbeque which brought all people together on a fine Saturday evening. The Corporation held a free reception for all competitors and families, including dancing, there was another barbeque and most enjoyable quiz that less to taxed the brains of young and old Model Yachtsmen and women. say the 0.0.D.’s team won! 18 Need- OLIVER J. LEE BEAL! 104″ DRAUGHT gan DISPLACMIIINT 11 A sunverbly attractive lbs, seni-scale R/C Ocean Racer thet handles end performs Available like a thorouchbred. in ‘easy to kit form. complete! GRP Full/Neck moulding. GRCCVY section mast. Bantock racing sails, KIT PRICE ex RANTOcee £86.00 , TRAPPER Mk.V LATEST VERSION OF THE RM NATIONALS. 3 TIMES WINNER OF THE REVISED FOREFOOT, LIGHTER RIG TO MAINTAIN IT’S TRANSOM, AND LEAD OVER THE 1982 FLEET. ORDER NOW TO ENSURE YOU ARE READY FOR NEXT YEA R’S COMPETITIVE SEASON. 29 Chapel Rd., Burnham on Crouch, Essex, CMO 8JB Tel. Maldon (0621) 782305 sailor THERE! HULL-O MARBLEHEAD CLASS HULLS The Trapper, Sea-Horse, and 247 hulls are so well-known that they scarcely need any comment, but I have checked out with a number of sources the current availability of a range of hulls so that if you are thinking of starting a new boat this winter you may be tempted to try something different. ASSASSIN. Latest design from Charles Robertson, principly for vane sailing, a mould available via designer for loan or hire. 23 Kelso Gardens, Denton Burn, Newcastle. PICKAXE. Designed for Radio sailing by Roger Stollery, and placed 13th in this year’s RM National. Shells available from Bob Underwood, 6 Winsley Road, Bradford-on-avon, Wilts. P.P.80. A Robin Newport creation, influenced by several existing Radio designs, and popular around it’s home base. Shells or full kits available from Robin at 61, Gautby Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside. JONES/CREED. An RM of 15 1b displacement with an almost double-ended hull, available with moulded GRP fin and rudder, and very moderately priced. 8, Marline Avenue, Bromborough, Merseyside. ORCHID. Details from E.L. Jones, Made first as a private venture, designer Dennis Nixon has been persuaded to sell a few shells for this 14 lb boat, which has an interesting large deck area (like a giant hatch!) with a moulded lip. Certainly looks good and the moulding I have seen is very high quality. Dennis is the man behind PUNCTILIO MODEL SPOT, Waterloo Road, Hinchley, 247. Leicester. There are a number of privately owned moulds from the M.A.P. Plan (No. 1206) but the only commercially available one is via Phoenix Marine at Bromsgrove. DECEPTION. A new Chris Dicks design, at a light 11.5 lbs., and has a narrow maximum beam, together with a knuckle carried well aft from the bow. Keel has a full-length trim tab operated by an extra servo. CONTENDER. Phoenix Marine. Another new boat from the same source, having a similar displacement but wider beam 11$” and transom “6”. The sections are similar to Hellbat, having several not quite flat panels between rounded chines (if you see what I mean!) to reduced wetted area. Phoenix Marine again, at 57, Linthurst Newtown, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, Worcs. ROYALIST. The latest Nylet kit, to their usual standard, and clearly plenty of experience in providing the newcomer with everything one needs to get sailing behind the company. Nylet Ltd., 118-122, Station Road, Fordingbridge, Hants. MAGIC DRAGON. An American design with outstanding contest record, an example of which has been sailing in the U.K. this year. Sandusky, Supplier is OXMUN DESIGN, 1801 E, Perkins Ave., Ohio 44870. SOLING-M. Another U.S. Boat, this one is suffer from it’s short 43″ W.L. in a keen “classic” look and are more interested in will be of interest. VORTEX ENGINEERING, very much a near-scale soling keelboat and will If however you like a boat with a fleet. pleasure sailing than winning the Nationals it 434, East Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. SEA URCHIN. Latest Squire Kay design, intended to improve on the light-weather end of the performance of Sea Horse, and so far seems to do so. Very pretty moulding and widely available through shops and from SOLARKRAFT, Ackhurst Road, Chorley, Lancashire. TRAPPER. Oliver Lee continues to update the well-known range, and has now marketed a complete new rig offering a weight saving, and a new MKV kit with revised mast position, keel and rudder shapes. All parts are now available separately. Oliver Lee, 29, Chapel Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Nr. Chelmsford, Essex. Sailed so well by Dave Hollom, Dave Andrews and Jeff Hoer, this hull is now ASHANTI. available through Salworth. The originals were moulded in Kevlar but I understand that GRP is also available for the more conservative. Full details for Salworth, 1, Mount Avenue, Bridlington, North Hunderside. If you can’t find anything to interest you in this lot then you had better design one yourself. On the other hand if you have a mould/plan/design available locally let me know! 20 talking ur report of point (2) oe the M.Y.A. reasoning. Perhaps you will be good enough, therefore, to give me some space to the banning of Barry Jackson, present the all important make up their own mind as Paul Bardoe & Mike Golding, other side of only seems to the story so that people might to whether the bans were deserved or even fairly arrived at. Barry Jackson was late in arriving at the 1980 R10R Nationals owing to business commitments caused by his father’s communicated to the 0.0.D. illness. The possibility of this happening had been some weeks prior to the event ble on the eve of the event. and again when it was The 0.0.D. gave his permission and as inevita- the rules clearly allow a latecomer to sail (Rule 4-7c and the final paragraph of Rule 4-7) Barry was quite rightly allowed to then, on his arrival, shed 2nd to sail. He scored a D.N.S. started in B. for each race that he missed and fleet and worked his way up to A. fleet. He fini- last. Council accused him of not turning up without the 0.0.D.’s permission and ultimately found him guilty of retiring from the race without the 0.0.D.’s permission. be noted that other people, who had not turned up at all, to notify the 0.0.D., It should and who had not even bothered received no ban whatsoever. In the case of Paul Bardoe & Mike Golding, they both left the Champions Cup early. However Paul Bardoe (a junior) had no choice in the matter as his only practical means of getting home from Brighton to Chelmsford was with Mike Golding, with whom he was travelling. Whilst one must accept that on this occasion that Council were acting with the best intentions it does appear they may well have stepped outside normal judicial proceedures. Although Council discussed the matters for some considerable time the defendants were never invited to attend the meeting to put their side of the story and their, side was every bit as important as Councils. examine any evidence Neither did they have the opportunity to cross that Council might have had nor the chance of offering any mitti- gating circumstances. As Council did not invite evidence they neglected first of all to establish what was fact and they may well have given subjective opinions and hearsay undue weight. Although Barry was asked for a written explanation, at no time was he notified that he faced disciplinery action and neither was he notified what rules he was alleged to have broken. He therefore had no chance to defend himself. In the case of Mike Golding and Paul Bardoe they appear not to have been given even the courtesy of a letter asking for an explanation. which the matter was first brought up. They were banned at the very meeting at In short they seem to have been denied the rights given any defendant in a free and civilised society. It would also seem that Council are guilty of breaking the very rule they seek to enforce. which they were banned says that defendant given the chance to the matter shall be treated as a protest and the state his case. It would be nice to think that Council to righting this obvious injustice. at This they clearly have not done. their next meeting would give We await some thought their deliberation with interest. D. In the interests Rule 2lc under of free speech we publish the above HOLLOM. letter dated 9.8.81 in full. To avoid continued use of space in the magazine we have checked on some of the disputed facts 1). and we therefore add the following points Ken Shaw, Secretary of Ashton M.Y.C. and clubmate of Barry Jackson, was present at the original defence of their ease. 2). council meeting and put forward a spirited He was outvoted in a democratic way. Dave Hollom and Robin Newport attended the council meeting on May 9th and further raised 3). of explanation. the above points and were again outvoted. Both Mike Golding and Paul Bardoe received a letter from the Hon. Secretary M.Y.A., asking for their explanation as to the facts of their case. Neither replied as they decided not to, and following the brief ban, Mike Golding has sailed regularly and forgotten the entire business. Paul Bardoe took up R/C car racing! It would appear that whatever the rights and wrongs of this saga it has been well aired and we do not propose giving further space to it. We leave our readers to make up their own minds on the various issues involved. 21 the league so far RADIO DIVISION I IEACUE DIVISION 2 FLEETWOOD 758 LEICESTER 22/7/81 1981 DIVISION 3 BOLTON 389 116 96 13 65 DANSON CHELMSFORD NEW FOREST 612 417 279 WOODLEY DECOY CLAPHAM 268 205 190 BOURNVILLE GUILDFORD CHIPPENHAM BROADS 164 KINGS LYNN 156 DONCASTER 46 CHELTENHAM CLEVELAND 58 54 S.E. ESSEX CROSBY 34 28 81 NIL ETHEROW LEEDS & BRADFORD BIRMINGHAM 50 40 BRIDLINGTON 72 WOODSPRING 160 BIRKENHEAD HARWICH & DOVERCOURT 160 HOVE 202 ASHTON 5 In division 3 only clubs with over 25 points shown. LEAGUE 1981 22/7/81 VANE DIVISION 2 DIVISION I LEEDS & BRADFORD FLEETWOOD BOURNVILLE 505 378 349 BIRMINGHAM CLAPHAM GOSPORT HOVE 2tL 220 200 NIL GUILDFORD CLEETHORPES YM60A 149 136 12 MYSA NEWCASTLE N. LIVERPOOL HARWICH & DOVERCOURT CHELMSFORD NORWICH NIL DANSON EAST BOURNE LONDON WICKSTEAD NIL NIL 98 20 18 17 SOUTHAMPTON 51 WELWYN 275 BIRKENHEAD DIVISION 3 NIL NIL NIL NIL SIXTY VORTEX VORTEX ENGINEERING. The cover photo features a new design from an American Company that has for some time 00 50/8 the fits h whic boat keel ng Soli le -sca semi a for kit s clas high very a uced prod Although now outclassed in performance terms, it remains a very Marblehead class. attractive proposition for the less competitively minded sailor. The new VORTEX 60 is based in profile on the American 12m Intrepid, but the underwater shape is modified to produce a good quality sailing model. the with area sail a and ht, weig 1b 32.3 LIWL, 47″ A., L.0. 60″ are ns nsio dime c Basi for overlapping genoa of 2127 sq-ins. Carried on a 80″ hoist mast it is only suitable light weather (up to 10 knots) and an alternative Dragon rig is offered for heavier airs. ingenious R/C servo arrangements, which are fully detailed The genoa is worked by on the most exhaustive plans I have ever seen. be d coul keel the and s clas “A” an as rate will boat the , plan the from ured Meas dropped a further inch without penalty. are h whic ings fitt and os serv , kits of e rang re enti r thei of ils deta ived rece have I normally sold direct to the user and will probably review bits and pieces in future Meanwhile, the price of the basic Vortex 60 kit isD.591.50 and that doesn’t issyes. include the spinnaker which is sketched on the plan} wanted 1. MODEL : SfSA IL iG 2. BUILD Both nublished Fred Schenck 2115, by YACHTS. Yo URSoLY Percival A ::ODEL ilarshall YACHT. & Co. BY W.J. Daniels BY N.B. Tucker 1951 Jnr., Sherington Vlace, Appt. D111, Newport 22 Beach, California 9256 WN BOOKS THE FLEETWOOD : : AND POWER FLEETWOOD Our next issue will GOLDEN contain entry included will boat in be a vintage BOAT JUBILEE forms for both vane and radio controlled Also MODEL YACHT and event for Rica [TA fu)} Marblehead CLUB :: boats 1982 details (50/800) without : for this event which will yachts. a bulb keel so “dust off” be that the clubhouse now! Racing will be by 31st March, from Sunday 430th May through to Friday 4th June and entr ies are required 1982, so put it in your diary now and fill in the entry form in our December issue when there will still be ample time to ensure you don’t miss out on the premier U.K. regatta of 1982. for sale A CLASS. £100. ‘TRSPAN K963. – J. SEAHORSE MK winch, Designed Wheildon, 3. K3145. Futaba 65, Fast rudder servo. by S. Ashford, built D. Geed. Breamwater Gardens, and competitive. £125. P.F. 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An Autumn discount will again be to MYN available subscribers sails below 60” length during November NEW FROM GRP shells,to flange and fift 6 new design PRICE & ordering luff October, December. LISTS AVAILABLE OCTOBER. s by keel available 1980 respeftively. s contact: GRAHAM BA Telephone PLEASE NOYH….I WILL 24 BE AWAY DURING SEPTEMBER.