Model Yachting: Volume 2, Issue 11 – April 1933

re5HHEexrea::zE±Hreerreexre5Hre5HHEffre5xreEx APRIL 1933 LINCOLN MEMORIAL POOL, WASHINGTON. D. C. 20 CENTs a copY $2.00 a YEAR E35exH35igxE5edEE5exHE59:H35atxE5atEE5©HE5± PHOTOGRAPHS 0F THE Marblehead Challenge Cup Races SUBJECTS C}4fee7, with skipper M¢ybe, with skipper Becz”ere#e, with skipper J\48.%#, with skipper Presenting cup to winner Group from staten Island Start Boston vs Propect Park Start Boston vs Marblehead Start Marblehead vs Staten Island 8x l0 enlargements sl.00 5 x 7 enlargements 60 cents Six, 21/2 x 41/4 prints 50 cents, pc>st paid MODEL YACHTING Melrose Highlands, Mass. MODEL YACHT FITTINGS SPECIAL ALUMINUM ALLOY TURNBUCKLES STYLE A STYLE a Light as Aluminum, strong as Steel I inch take-up, 75 cents each. Brass. Same size, 35 cents ARTHUR R. BROWN MELROSE HICHL^NDS, MASS. Model Yachting A Print-Craft Publication FOR MODEL yACHTSMEN VOL.11. APRIL,1933 NO.11 Wind Vane Steering Gears Several letters have been received during the past few weeks requesting information on wind vane type of steering gears. From the general tone of the correspondence we are led to believ’e that many of our readers think these gears are the answer to a sailor’s prayer, which they are not. They are a very delicate mechanical devise which must be very accurately made and adjusted. In the National Championships held at the Larchmont Yacht Club. in 1931 two Class A models were equipped with these gears, Harold Tobey’s Jt2s!a Jr. and Com. Phil Johnson’s Gray Dclown. As Mr. W. R. Manny of the Larchmont Yacht Club has®been experimenting with the gadget we asked his opinion which is set forth in the following letter : “In reply to your letter I`egarding the vane gear with which Harold Tobey, Mr. Bull and I experimented on the PoJfaa! Doc at Larchmont. For windward work, the vane is set on a quadrant directly connected with the tiller so that with the boat on her proper course, and the tiller amidships, the vane is lined up with the wind like a flag. When the boat runs off, the pressure on t,he vane puts the helm down bringing the boat back on her course. When luffing, it acts in the reverse direction. This gear acted very successfully on the PoJfaa Dot in moderate shifting breezes. It was possible to put the boat about on the wrong tack and have her go immediately about and settle on her true course. In very light weather, the slight mechanical fl.iction in the gear was sufficient to make it ineffective. In very heavy weather, the position of the vane sticking up over the stern made the handling and setting of the gear very difficult from a skiff. This disadvantage should not present itself in pond sailing. On reaches in all except very flukey weather, the ordinary Bull geal. with jib steerer seemed to work so well that the device added very little to the steadiness of the boat. Before the wind, it added to the pressiire of the mainsail on the helm and tended to hold the boat on its course, but of course is not as effective as a good jib steerer. I am of the opinion that t,his device properly worked out would be a decided advantage for windward work in pond sailing. At Chicago last year I saw many races lost by boats getting in stays or getting off their course when on the wind, and I can say positively from expel.ience that in any breeze over two or three miles an hour, this gear can be made to hold very accurately on a windward leg. In pond sailing it eliminates the risk of the boat going off her course due to improper sail trim. In Larchmont Harbor with a northwest wind coming off different points of the land at as much as a 45 degree angle, sometimes even putting the boat about, it would only be a few seconds before she would be automatically put about again and settled on a true course. Most of the old timers who studied the gear had an idea that the windage of this device slowed the boat down enough to outweigh the steering advantage. Unquestionably, this vane is pressing slightly against the wind in one direction or the other at all times. Nevertheless, it makes possible a flowing jib, doing away with mainsail backwind and it is my hunch that with this device properly tuned up in relation to the sails, the added speed from a better trim of mainsail and jib would outweigh the windage, alid it is my intention when I have some leisure to experiment with this device further along these lines, as we had no opportunity to 2 MODEL accurately measure the speed relation between several boats with and without steerers. There is no doubt that this delicate type of steerer at the stern of the boat causes a good deal of mechanical difficulty in handling the boat from a shiff, because in spite of the greatest care, whenever there was a seaway, I was not able to pl.event ripping this delicate mechanism out of the deck. ” Mr. Manny has had much experience racing six and eight meter yachts on Long Island Sound, knows the racing game fl`om all angles so his observations are valuable. In the Eastern Eliminations at Chicago, June 27th and 28th 1932 he sailed the Class A model Trl.oZ designed by the late Norman L. Skene and built by Mr. Manny. The Tr..c!! finished thil.d but her skipper could not remain for the National Championships so Fred Pigeon’s Wes£unard JJ was given third place, to make up the Eastern team in the Championship I`aces. The Charmer Designed and built by Arthur Brown of Melrose Highlands and sailed by that genial skipper to a certain measure of success in her local club. Put up for first prize in one o£ Model Yaehiing’s subscription contests and won by a Pacific Coast modelman one ” Hop ” Phillips. In the care of that most obliging modelman, Burton Haigh (owner of the famous Dirt.e) travelled from Boston to Los Angeles through the Panama Canal in the Chief Engineer’s cabin of the Doro!ky Lucfae7}baich. Was one of the models, that by invitation, gave an exhibition of modern model racing at the dedication of Long Beach’s million dollar auditorium and protected swimming basin, YACHTING career. Passed through the teITible earthquake of March loth, 1933, shaken about in a mess of model yachts, oars, paint cans, bottles, tools, etc., etc., landing right side up with hardly a scratch and still “debonair” and quite the “Charmer.” How’s that for a career so farp H. 0- PhiLlips P. S. Fred Tucker and I left the club house at Alinitos Bay at about 5.10 p. in. that afternoon. The first shock was at 5.54 p. in. On the way home we were nearly tipped over by the rolling motion of the shock. The old auto doing a wonderful leap frog. The concrete street and c^irbing, where my car stood Friday (when 1 went down to see the next day) was twisted and cracked and humped. Blocks of concrete tossed around like toy blocks, the house itself just bounced around on the sand, I don’t see how there was anything left of the models. People all camped around in the empty lots near our club house and a food kitchen established right along side of us. Big oil lines have burst and our sailing water is coated with thousands of barrels of crude oil. God knows how it will ever be cleaned up. The banks of the bay have caved in to the water here and there and all the store fronts lie in the street. What indescribable confusion. I took a good look around and fixed up the stuff in the club house and then beat it bacL to Pasadena. I was heartbroken at the mess and woe on every side. Well, good luck to you and yours. :fFe.arr,tuhnqeu:Eei;ea.nndygua.y”tEe.pq,oidh:ifip:: Concerning income tax: It is better to give than to be relieved. WATER COLORS before a crowd of over 5,000 people. lf you would like a water-color Sailed through a herd of sea lions off the mouth of Alimitos Inlet, which, though cul.ious, did her no damage. Was sailed by her Western owner, with the energetic and successful model yachtsman Fred pdintin8 of your model yacht to hang in your home or club, you Tucker as mate, across the Catalina Channel from San Pedro to Avalon, twenty-five miles out to sea. Underwent the trial by fire, while on the ways at the Alimitos Bay sailing station of the Los Angeles Model Yacht Club. A fire in the hold nearly ending her can obtain one 6×9 in. copied from your photo by sending list of colors on your model with it. Special Offer $1.50 Guy MELLGREN 34 Dean Street, Braintree, Mass. ___I MODEL YACIITING Model Yacht Racing Association oF America International Race Funds 3 Commodore of the club whose representative is declared the winner of this series of races shall have the custody of the cup. ” This means that the commodore shall be responsible for the cup, not that the winner will be depl`ived of keeping it in his possession for the year. ‘ When the meeting adjourned twelve When the American Champion is enthusiastic fans held an overflow meeting crowned at Washington the Model Yac’,it -at the home of Dexter Goodwin to look Racing Association will have to produce over Dan Manning and Goodwin’s new seven hundred dollars if two men are sent 50’s. This hilarious gathering held session to England as planned. until after. I a. in. During this sitting one and sundry individuals and models were The International Races will be sailed at Fleetwood instead of at Gosport, Eng- panned, punned and pardoned. land, as in previous years. This is new water givirig the American challenger the best oppol`tunity to bring home t,he cup Philadelphia M. y. C. that we have had. Knowledge of conAt the Annual Meeting the following ditions on the Gospol.t Lake has been a officers were elected; Com., Dr. J. H. tremendous advantage to the British defenders. This seems to be the opportune time for all fans to contribute to a fund being raised to send two American skippers with the American model, one to act as mate. Contributions will be received by any of the officers of the M. Y. R. A. whose addresses will be found’ on page fourteen of this issue. Stout, Trews., Ayer. VL.ce Com., John Geo. Baker, Gallager, See.- jl4edsztrer Frank Commodol`e Dr. Stout’s Ace has just won her second cup, namely the Annual Intl.a P. M. Y. C. Trophy, Class A. Her first cup was won last Fall, known as the Fairmount Park Commission Trophy. Both cups are vel`y attl.active and relatively large silver cups, about twelve inches high. M@rblehead M. y. C. Seventy-fiv-e members attended the meeting held March 16th. Secretary Sweet read several interesting letters including the challenge of the Boston M. Y. C. for the Marblehead Challenge Cup. The Club voted to incorporate at once which means that sevel.al ownel`s of racing yachts who have interested themselves in the activities of the club will now become members. Arthul. Brown, editor of _714oczez yach£L.ng was elected an Hon- orary Member of the club. William U. Swan gave a talk on the Histol.y of Yacht Racing from t,he time of John Paul Jones up to the last America Cup Race. This most intei.esting history was illustrated with lantern slides. Lunch was served and a general discussion of models, designs and plans for the coming season was enjoyed. Com. Fred Woods wishes to call attention to Article 4 of the deed of gift for the Challenge Cup which re,ads: “The It was somewhat of a coincidence that the Ace in each of the races (a series of three races in each case) won five first places and one second. The Ace is a modification of one of L. Francis Herreshoff’s designs. She is club champ to date. There are at present seven A Class I)oats actually under. construction and three or four still under discussion with the promise to “get started” in the near future. All being built to defeat the Ace. Newark M. y. C. The Newal.k Model Yacht Club held its annual meeting Tuesday Feb. 21st. The following Officers were elected for the fiscal year. Comr7iodore, Joseph Long, VL.ce Commodo7.e Kenneth James, Secre£¢ry R. E. Hayes, Trcoszzrer,I. A. Gibson. I was requested to write you so as to give you some of the activities of our club during the past season. We had some very hot competition the two boats scoring the highest number of points were MODEL YACHTING built from the same plan. Which was the CJrchj.n, owners, Win. Saunders, fil.st, I. A. Gibson, second, and Kenneth James, third, with a design of F. T. Wood, A4a[rt.poso This model is a very hard boat to shalre off, seems to sail well in’ all kinds of winds,she won the cup in 1931. The club is building three new “A” boats this year. Mr. D. Hughes is building the Urcfaa.n, R. E. Hayes is also building Urcfaz.72 with some alterations of his own ideas. Win. Saunders is building from his own design. According to the looks of these new boats the Newark Club ought to hav.e a fleet of “A” for the coming season. We are thinking of getting in the 50-800 class which seem to be getting popular. Ira A. Gibson Wakefield M. y. C. The meinbers of this club. are anxiously awaiting a break in the weather conditions which will help toward a successful opening April 19th. This 1933 initial regatta is expected to be the most interesting in yeai.s as it is probable several out of town skippers will be on hand to take a crack at the Ltzcero, and, in case they are successful in lowering her colors, give her skipper the royal razz. A number of boats have been designed and built with this object in view so a big turn out of boats and spectators is looked for. Predictions have been made all winter as to what will happen to Lucero when the new boats take their whack at her so local interest is at a high pitch. Let’s hope the boat house and row boats will I)e ready and in good shape and the weather be seasonal, when a rousing time will behad by all. Bring ’em on. CORRESPONDENCE Page Ed Wynn May I emphatically agree with your statement about sails on page eight of the February 1933 LWodcJ yach!®.rtg. It has been the secret of any success that I may have had in model yacht racing. Light sails with draft, heavier smaller sails cut flatter. Toct bad I am not within striking distance of you, for my new 50-800 QtJ®.cfas!ep could indeed make you hustle if not sweep you from the seas. I had my first fire in a model. The Cbarmcr was due for an overhaul and repaint as her hard tl`ip to Avalon last summer scrugged her up a bit. Everything was completed and I was proudly surveying my work when I bethought me I’d look inside the hold and find out how well the ” waterbox ” had sealed her up. Pretty dark in there, so I struck a mat,ch alid held it down the hatch, whoomph! out came a blast of flame singeing my eyebrows and scaring me near to death. There wasn’t a darn thing close to put. over the hatch and smother the flames so I set my teeth and clam|)ed my hand down – wow, did I get burnedp But I checked the flames and took her outside where at least the rest of the yachts would be safe. Up she flared again. This time I dashed back into the house and got a I`ag and stuffed it into the hatchway and stood up to cheer. All of a sudden the deck heaved, the sides bulged and out came rag and hatchway, sparks and smoke and flame, oh! boy, did she burn! (The rag had been used to clean with and was saturated with gasoline but in my haste I had forgotten that.) Well I made one more dash and collected more rags Ogden Park M. y. C. mahing a successful smother this time. So with a little touch-up on the new On March 13th, Robert H. White, for many years an able s`ecretary of this orpaint slight repairs to the hatchway, the ganization, ` passed on. Mr. White was a fine old Scotchman, a loyal modelman and club official. His passing will be deeply regretted by all who were privileged to be numbered among his friends. The Ogden Park Model Yacht Club has lost an able official, the sport one its most loyal supporters. L- Cfacirmer is at her best once more ready for anything. It seems only some sort of gas given off by the “waterbox” is what bul`ned and not even the paint inside or out was hurt-great luck. H.O.P. Seems funny, but a man is always shorter after his leg has been pulled. –JIIIIIhi_ MODEL YACHTING 5 Delighted with your March issue. Especially the constructive data both as to what is going on and construction hints, gadgets, etc. Your supplement drawings I think are a wonderful idea, This may solve the trouble. I have since started a 56 in. boat from same plans i. e. 3rd. larger and it has worked out pretty well, just finished now, remains to be seen how it will sail but I have found that it is best to get the entire plans for a boat gives a fellow some choice of plans to send for When he can see them in miniature saves time and grief, your measurements are easy, but when it comes to weights and first. sail area there is a chance of an error. My Very anxious to learn more of Mr. great tl.ouble here is there is no good Liljegren’s new ideas for 50-800 especially place to sail a boat, just the mouth of the rig and just what he means by “sharp as a razor,” sounds good, but I can’t just river., and that is not very suital)le. Spreckles Lake in Golden Gate Park see how she will plane when being driven Sam Francisco, is the best place in this at high speed as running before the wind if she is “sharp as a razor, ” most of that part of the World, Lake Merritt is good but too big in my opinion, you need a type seem to have the fault of burying or boat to follow your model, and boat money rooting if you will. The interest in seeing. is not always available. There is no one or learnihg is perhaps the better way of putting it, how this valuable thing can here in this town who is interested in model boats and it would be of great be accomplished. interest to me to talk with a man who DR. J. H. STour. really knew something about model sailCom. Philadelphia M. Y. C. ing boats and ccimpare notes personally. Thanks for your letter clearing up the trouble. From New Zealand As you are perchance aware this port is the centel. of yachting activities of this part of the globe and naturally model yachting is a most popular sport. Unfortunately models are not built to any I.ecognized rule. In fact clubs here favor biiilding model “sailing machines ” not yachts. The courses are usually triangular with a long beat to windward, a I.each, a run home. Froln observations none of the boats seem very close winded and it seems if I can secure a design that is particularly good on the wind it would `T:in::9’si!rleen:: insJion:ibi:.at ” sailing rnaThe only restrictions placed on models are in 3 and 4 ft. classes, beam must not exceed one third the overall length plus 2 in. and girth measurement must not exceed4ft.41/2in. HUBERT A. GRATSON The blue print of the 42 in. boat by Rob. Eastbourn I got from you has been a great success, I have made two boats from it, the second is a beauty and sails P. 8. ETEsoN From Germany On account of the general depression prevailing in Germany, model yachting has practically come to a standstill. In view of the large number of unemployed no money is available for this kind of spol.t. However, we are looking forward to better times and I feel confident the circle of votaries will then again increase. In spite of t,he scarcity of money a boat is being built here to the design of Sfeoan Boof by Mr. Fred L. Pigeon. I should very much have liked to propagate your magazine to get the design of the 50-800 Class by James A. Potter (or your own design Lttcero) and the new Class A, W’dsfoword by Mr. Liljegren. At any rate I wish you, “Good Wind” for /14lodeJ yaicfa!ing and sincerely tl.ust that same will be a success and will publish good designs and art,ic,le every month. PAUL KRUEGER C. 0. Brook Sez like a witch, the fir.st one for some reason would not hold her course, take sudden “I wish you would finish your boats i:raES’a%]:i:f:ns:dedxecne’p[thf%:ea8°sTfeg3¥e:ri:: as I do mine, Old Timer. It leaves a surface that is as smooth and hard as you can imagine. After I have finished van- in center of balance I could not find error. 6 MODEL nishing (rubbing each c.at) I sand the last coat with 320 wet and dry sand paper; then, with machine oil (3 in 1) I douse the hull liberally and rub rotten stone on the oil; then I rub each side for half an hour with the palm of my hand, adding oil as the I`otten stone wads under my hand. Then I take a piece of cloth and rub the rotten stone off, with a stroke running length wise of the hull, polishing as I rub off. Then with a clean dry rag I finish the polishing. 11/2 hours does a beautiful job, and you don’t need to wax the boat or do anything else to it except wipe it off occasiomlly. And you will be well pleased with the absolute glasslike finish you get. Another thing I am making is an aluminum stand for the boat. As soon as it is finished I will take a snap of it and let you see the most practical boat stand you ever saw. I bought the material from the Whitehead Metal Products Co., thru the Aluminum Co. of America; I think Whitehead has a branch in Boston. I am using aluminum angle, ?`2″ x 1/8″ and with I.ivets as well as plenty of angle (16′) the cost was only $1.50. No doubt it would be less than this if several bought together. It is extremely light and strong, and looks well, being an asset to the boats appearance rather than a liability. YACHTING furnish mahogany planking one-tenth by one-half inch strips. I have not decided definitely what the above will cost but I expect it will be about $25. Will give you further information on this when I get right down to it. ” Prospect Park M. y. C. The Annual Dinner of the Prospect Park Model Yacht Club was held on Thursday evening, March 30th, in the Fountain Room of Oetgen’s Restaurant, Brooklyn, N. Y. A very interesting exhibit of Marl)lehead 50-800 Class models, a construction set, one under construction and some finished in the high class manner which seems characteristic of the Prospect Park builders, was put on by the committee in chargeOfle Class A model under construction, an eleven shiff and model fittings completed the display. Movies of the 1932 Star Class International Championships were shown. MODEL C. 0. BR0oK Yacht and Ship Construction Sets Ernest Bull, whose beautifully constructed models have been much admired both here and abroad writes the following: “I have just completed a design for a 50-800 with the idea of making up construction sets, a very simple method of constructing planked models that any novice ought to be able to finish up in a short time and at low cost. The first one was snapped up by one of our club members who has it all planked and is fitting the skeg. Another member marked out his own frames, etc., alid fitted and fastened his planking in place in about seven hours. Of course this did not include fitting the seams with plastic Fittings Special Fittings to C),Ider + Send ten cents in stamps for New Catalog No. 8, showing latest, improved equipment. B! A. J. FISHER wood. What I am furnishing is frames cut out (sawed) and put together, including the floor pieces, backbone and tral2som block all mounted on a building board, keel and skeg sawed out and lead keel cast. Also 1002 EtowaLi Avenue Royal Oak, Mich, MODEL YACHTING 7 T° a:lH8fiidp.Club members ~ S.O.S. and TACKS & JIBES By CoM. BOB LINSLEy GRAND TRAVERSE MODEL yACHT CLUB Our composer, in doing his dally stint In last week’s issue, he did misprint Art Eva’s elected official measurer Instead of as printed, our honored Treasurel`. Lz2cfay S!ri.fee is going back to Grand Rapids soon. We surely owe a big debt of gratitude to Tony Batenburg. This ship js still on display at the H. & L. store. DI.. Hardesty has turned in a blue print of another model and is working on a second of his own design. That will make four to choose from. Kent Wright had an accident in launching his beautiful ship. Some one must have greased the skids, or did the Doc think he was pulling a toothp A letter was received from Pres. E. L. Cheney saying our club is now a member of the national body. He also said he refused to be surprised any more at the news of the fine progress of the Grand Traverse Model Yacht Club. W. G. Comstock has started his Class A boat. Who will be the next onep The club hopes to have some of its own c`raft on display soon as several are about completed. Many work shops and homes smell of paint and spar varnish. Oscar Peterson had a fine display of fancy rope tying at the high school meeting last night. All fourteen boats in the high school division are now cut out and the builders are busy glueing and then shaping their hulls. Three are ready for keel casting. It won’t be long now ’till open water. Through the enthusiasm of Art Eva, a Model Yacht Club is being formed at Cadillac. Fine work, as that makes for more inter-club races and spreads the interest in the sport. The Grand Travel.se club offers its best wishes and any and all help it can give. The weather was bad on Thursday last The Commodore lashed his flag to the mast And searched the sky for a ray of sun That he might up to Northport I.un. But alas and alack, the day was cold The wind did howl and blow ten fold His craft did not put, out to sea, And Northpol.t later’u visited be. She stands on a table in our living room, C°mf|edteb::me.ach detail, hull, sails, mast Her sides are all gleaming in purest of white’ She certainly is my joy, pride and delight, Her lines are so graceful, they sure look like speed, With a breeze on her quarter, her only real need. Soon she’ll be I.aunched, when the ice melts away, OpenB¥y:ter Will beckon us down to the And then 0 Unome will you” git than fusl, „ Or as a prize winner be just a big “bust. ” AD informal meeting is called for next Monday, Which onep you are asking-just t,he day otter Sunday Mar:EettT#y by Calendar ; sevefl-thirty, Br±ngha¥?su:[[ obf°ta±s :]Pmet.he Park Place; At the end of each column, there sure a,omes a time To dig all I.ound and f]nd a last line So with 8.I_. Taylor we loudly will yell “Spring sure is here. Iikell, like]l, likell,” Record-Ecigle Model Sailing Craft We column conductors sure have quite a time And in desperation oft break into rime. Some wl`iters of note in pursuit of fresh news Ha`’ebo8ofzvee.n uP hope and have taken to But this amateur writer will let a loud yelp By W. J. Daniels and H. 8. Tucker Price, Six Dollars, Post Paid Write For Circular 8 MODEL MODEL YACHTING A P R I N T – C R A F` T P U B I,I C A T I O N MELROSE: HIGHLAND§. MASS. • A;RTlrllR R. BRowN, Editor and Publisher Subscription Price TWO DOLLAlts A YEAR YACHTING occupation` it can be no great pleasure for him to devote so much of his leisure time in doing this sort of work for the pleasure of unknown fans and to help keep this paper alive. Mr. C. 0. Liljegren who has just presented the Marblehead Class design, Colspaw to Model Yaehiing is 8L very b`isv miln, yet he writes that he spent eighty seven hours on that tracing. Mr. F. T. Wood allother well known American designer of fast yachts has offered to design a boat for /14locJe/ yach/I.ng. Surely these men and others, not forgetting C. 0. Brook. who has ADVERTI9iNa RATES oN AppLicATioN given much of his time in creating cover designs. which, up to this t.ime, we have VOL. II. APRIL,1933 NO.11 been unable to use, deserve the appreciation of the whole model yachting fraternity. Without men of this type our EDITORIALS sport could not progress. To many of our readers a design is just another boat, it is not, a design is a symbol of progress or retrogression. As I look Appreciation back just five short years the change in Wit,h the receipt of this issue of A4ode! our models is remarkable. The boats have ycich!!.ng racing activities will be in full improved, they are bigger, more able, swing in most sections of the country. faster. Boats that fi\Te years ago would have been pronounced too big to drive Many of the models launched for their with the sail area allowed are now winning maiden race will have been built from designs made available through this races. This advance has not been made paper, so your editor feels that the creators by blind stalls at the Goddess of I Victory, of these designs should, at this time, be it has been accomplished only after hours of study on the part of our successful given a sort of sileDt testimonial of appreciation by the skippers of these boats. designers. Designs are looked over by prospective So, when you start racing with that builders, commented on, favorably or new boat this season, even if you can’t otherwise, with little thought to the hours make her sail to suit you, think of the of study, calculation and actual operation man who designed her, let us know what of putting the lines on tracing cloth so she does, those men are human they like blue prints will be available to enthuto know you appreciate their hard work to help the sport. siasts everywhere at a trivial cost. The Westoord, from which design many Class A models have been built was designed by Mr. C. 0. Liljegren, for Fred L. Pigeon who raced her very successfully and turned the tracings over to the editor that this fine boat might be offered the public through /14lode! yach!i.ng and the the paper helped by sales of blue prints. Registration The regatta committees of all clubs are requested to enforce the rule regarding registration of all models in the Marblehead Class and the International Class A. Registration fees have to be paid each Several of Mr. Pigeon’s own designs were turned over to James A. Potter to year $1.00 for Class A models, 50 cents be whipped into shape that they, too, for the Marblehead Class models. The secretary of the M. Y. R. A. will might be offered in blue print form. Mr. Potter has given many hours of his time issue a registration card to all owners of that you fans may have the pleasure of registered boats. Entrants in any event, racing good boats. When it is considered club race or inter-club, should be made that Mr. Potter is a Naval Architect and to produce such a certificate before they his working hours are devoted to a similar are allowed to start. MODEL YACIITING 9 PERSONALS Raspberr.ies, Peaches and Quince. plucked here and tliere. a 50-800 started, as has Ed Barron. The whole clan say it, makes a sweet looking Bill Hodgins, Montclair secretary writes, boat. / “Of course, this two smakers is for 12 Frank Ayer, Philadelphia Club, is buildissues of your Bigger and Better magaing his Wesfouord bread and butter and has zine. How come you think this tub the outside nearly finished. Lucero is so hot? Enclosed find a couple of bum pictures of a good boat,. Will try Austin Presby, Concord, N. H. is at work to prove it somewhere in U. S. this sum- on his Wes!ttja}rd on which operations were mer.” Strike me pink, L%cero is being held up for some time. tubbed. Down East here, we find a tub C. 0. Brook, Deeper Hudson club, gives most useful for a good ” clean up ” . his fellow club members something to race `T. H. Lissenden, Staten Island, likes the for with, ” I have just made two models of “A” boats,1]” long, mounted on a block IVorsem¢7® and this design will help out that clubs’ fleet in their inter-club racing as tho they were actually sailing. I have this summer. even gone so far as to put a tiny Braine Gear oD, 1/2″ long. One is shown closeMode/ yochf I.ng has been piling along in hauled, the other on a run; they are spraygood style on the last two legs. Now let ed with aluminum and look pretty realthe whole crew bear a hand on the main istic. I am offering these two models to sheet and maybe we can work her out any local fan who wants to compete. I another length on the next leg. thought, to encourage them to come out, J. H. Wilton, Lake Merritt secretary, cheers to give them to the two having the highus up with, ” Have been much interested in est numbel. of points for the season. ” the January and February issues of /14lode! Jose Fernandez, Dorchester is adding Jim yachzI.ng and we have placed a club subPotter’s Wampz2m-design to his fleet. scription in the name of our Commodore. I like your spunk and, while $2.00 bills We gave you a wrong steer on the Mill are scarcer than the proverbial hens’ teeth Pond Model Yacht Club at Port Washaround here, it is my intention to grab the ington, N. Y. John M. Black writes us, next one I find loose and convert, it into a “Incidentally, the club is really as old as money order to your favor. Don’t just they come, having been organized origiknow when my present subscription runs mlly in 1898. One of our hig days last out but you can just mark my pew rent as summer was on the Fourth of July. One paid for an additional twelve months of the races was a reach down the pond cruise. ” Boy we like ’em that way . open to all boats with under 500 sq. in. Harry Decker, Chicago secretary has a sail area. The I.ace was won by an old straight stemmed cutter that had been the swell idea. ” If you have any subscription blanks, send me a few. I will get out, a flagship of the fleet back in ninety-eight. ” letter to all our members, also one to our The Philadelphia M. Y. C., sent in a nice mailing list of prospective members. little list of group subscriptions through About seventy-five blanks will be suffiCom. H. J. Stout. This is the fil.st club to cient. I will most certainly do all I can make a substantial enrollment. [o help you along.” We mailed one hunFred Pigeon is hard at work on his new dred and have plenty more that are out Class A boat designed by C. 0. Liljegren of work. in an effort to be sailing her by April loth. Seven of the Marbleheaders serenaded the These are happy words “A copy of your editor the week of March 5th. If those February issue, Modez yacfa!z.ng, fell into birds were as good sailing boats as they my hands and I have had a taste of it, and are pouring the “bull” they could win like it. I’m just a gI.eenhorn and don’t some races. know whether this sport is for me, or not, We Understand That:- Frank Courtis is sweet on the little 450 he built from the IVorsema}n lines and has but I’d like to risk a try. If you can do it, please put me on for as many issues of the 10 MODEL magazine as $1.00 will buy. but it is with the specification that, you send me the February issue, as one of the numbers. ” L. A. Troeger. George Steinbrecher is making good progress with Easfcoard after having been held up for the sail plan the tracing for which was delayed. A. 8. Reynolds, Central Park Club, thinks the Class A boats are getting near the limit in size. A. 8. says they are good in a blow but very aptly adds, “But it is not always blowing. ” The Bank Holiday completely capsized our plans for this issue of jl4lodel yoch/!.ng We hope the financial situation will be straightened out in time for us to get material as planned ready for the May issue. YACHTING Marblehead skippers had planned on starting their tuning up races March 4th thereby getting a big jump on LHcero but the good old New England winter has intervened. One of our scouts tells us that the ice at Reds Pond is causing much discomfiture to certain of the more rabid skippers. H. 0. Phillips writes from Pasadena. ” Also I do think the album idea is a dandy and I will be glad to send even “four bits” to start it along if you get one started. Photos of well known boats of different classes in the water and out, that might be studied. Photos of well known old timers and even newcomers too, with plenty of description so we could learn as we looked, I’m all for it. ” The St. Louis Model Yachting Ass’n. expect to have some scrappy racing for this summer. Several new boats are nearing completion and the members expect W. A. Wadsworth was out sailing at Mystic Lake, Sunday, March 12th. Lucky this year’s club champion will have to be a I.eal boat. boy. Some of the Marblehead skippers Ben Chapman of Lyrm has had a big rush planned to get out March 4th but the of work lately which has kept him from pond was iced up. Alas for the plans of mice and men. completing alterations on his 50-800. The Bank Holiday brought consternaErnie Bull of Prospect Park is building a tion to t,his captain of industry. I had a skiff, has a Marblehead built and plans check I had been holding to buy stamps for to build another. Any of you fans who The Philadelphia M. Y. C. has joined the National Association . the March number. The moratorium had us stopped when along comes a perfectly good money order for several yards of Wamsutta from C. F. DeBuse. of Brooklyn, so all you fans can thank this good scout for getting your March copies as early as you did. That was one happy order and I hope that sail cloth helps his boat to a championship. E. A. Duncan, Schenectady, who has built some very successful models for unrestricted Class racing is working out a design for Class A. Mr. Duncan is handicapped with very few leisure hours but we hope he can find time to try out some wish to find out what a real job of model building should look like better visit Prospect Park and ask for Mr. Bull. Dr. Stout, Commodore of Philadelphia is our idea of a real ally; “We want you to know that we are with you 1007o and I promise you personally to get as many fellows to subscribe as I am able. No borrowing copies is the idea I am trying to ” put over. ” Henri Auger, Quebec, plans to build Jim Potter’s Wampow design. The class rules are to be rigidly enforced this season. If you plan to “get by” of his speedy lines in Class A. with an outlawed boat you are doomed Hey, herring, how’s your blue nose. to be disappointed. Read the rules careErwin E. Putnam, Northhampton, be- fully, then comply with them. Only bum came interested in the models at the sports aim to get by with rule cheaters. Sportsman ‘s Show and expects to start a Arthur Beecher, Cleveland, has a new 50 planked model that looks promising. planked model shortly. The Ui.chin is coming into her own, this There is a possibility of this club being among the Marblehead Challengers. speedy boat won first and second place in the Newark Club making such an im- The.very efficient tools for digging out pressive showing that two more are being models are made by Jos. Smythe, 22 built for this season. Linwood St., Lynn, Mass., and cost one dollar each. They are the fishes fins for Man proposes and God disposes. The MOI)EL YACIITING getting rid of surplus wood in jig time with minimum labor. J. V. Holt, Philadelphia has “put his fist” to J`4lodez yachting and starts work on a Shorn Boot. This Philadelphia bunch are the real goods, they are backing up the skipper with real business, not promises. Club secretaries will help us immensely in securing subscribers if they will send us names and addresses of their meml)ers and prospects which we will circularize and mail sample copies of /t4:ode! yoch!ing. Dear Arthur: “It is with the greatest of pleasure that I hereby notify you that you have been elected an honorary memher of the Marblehead Model Yacht Club. At our meeting held on Thursday, March 16, 1933, on the motion of Mr. Roy F. Clough, the Club so voted. Of course, according to the history and traditions of Marblehead, you are still a foreigner. A native, well you know, Art, a native in this town must be able to cuss in seven different languages. The “boys” down here say that if you want a few 11 Model Yacht Racing Association of America Dear Sir :- The Model Yacht Racing Association of America, by action of the Executive Committee, have again determined to send a Challenger to England this year to make another attempt to wrest the Yachting Monthly Trophy, emblematic of International Class A championship, from foreign hands. The American National Championship and trials to select our representative over-seas, will be held on dates beginning Saturday, July lst, at a place as yet undecided but presumably at Boston or Washington. The National Championship in the 50-800 inch Marblehead Class will be contested during the same regatta. A genuine effort should be made by every member club in the M. Y. R. A. A. to develop their Class A models and lessons to bring down the L12cero and have shippers to the highest possible degree, your first lesson and a beating at the same and actually enter them in the trials. time. Somewhere in the United States is the Hoping that we may soon see your smiling yacht that can beat the Britishers, but it face and that “wash tub” down on Red’s, can only be assured when aJZ of the clubs Iremain,” C. W. Sweet. compete in our National Championships. Chris Thum at Staten Island has a new Your Association is to be highly com50-800 which is said to be “a running mended for its patriotic stand in planning fool.” This boat is quite similar to the to continue our foreign invasion during new Potter design. Gus Deppe and Herb this year of meager resources, but by Walker are building 60 inch models. The placing all of its income in the Challenger Staten Islanders have been using their Fund, it is hoped that not only our best models as ice breakers to get an early skipper but also a mate may be sent over. start. This calls for an earlier remittance to Arthur Mil]ward, Staten Island. `”I am the Treasurer than usual, and you are hoping to go to Washington July lst and earnestly requested to call a special meetI don’t know who can hold me back from ing of your cl`ib at once with a view to getting t,o Marblehead July 8th and 9th. ” reporting to the Association the probable amount that may be expected. Marblehead Class Model No. 60 is under way at Traverse City. Thl.ee Class A are There should be little difficulty in raising funds without serious inconvenience started. Five of the Marblehead Class are being displayed in store windows there. to any modelman if each club’s officers Some wonderful workm,en are reported to will systematize their efforts and attend have been discovered having produced to it promptly. The Association club models that any club would be proud of. dues of $10. should be paid immediately. Robert Noonan, St. Louis, reports eight All Class A and 50-800 inch Marblehead models should be registered at their boats ready for the opening race April 2nd owner’s very earliest opportunity, with at Jefferson Pool, Forest Park. Two other the small registration fee enclosed. Each boats will be ready shortly. club member should be given the opportunity to malre a patriotic donation to the You have an unregistered model I 12 MODE,I. Challenger Fund, even if only a dollar. One Dollar from every model sailor in America will, in addition to club dues and registrations, do the work. Model yacht building and sailing returns the most pleasure for the least money of any sport known. Forget the depression and let.s show England that American sailors are not quitters. Let’s win the mug this year. YACHTING to selecting three Eastern Models to race and three Models from the West, to select a Model to go to England. The Trial Races will start July lst and continue until conditions are suitable for selecting the Model. Further details of races and Annual Meeting will l}e sent you later. Sincerely yours, Very truly yours, E. L. CHE*E¥, Pre§idenl Boston, Mass. February 7, ’33. (Signed) FRED L. PIGEON, Secrefclr.v Boston. Massachusetts. March 23,1933. TotheSecretory: The trial races of the Eastern Division Enclosed please find your bill for dues of the M. Y. R. A. A. for the purpose of for 1933-$10. selecting three Model Yachts to compete against the three Model Yachts from the It would be a hig help to your Executive Committee, if you could send your Mid-Western Association, will -be held money to the Treasurer – E. A. Bull, 974 June 29th and 30th, 1933 on Lincoln Rogers Avenue, BI.ooklyn, New York Memorial Pool, Washington, D. C. Each Club has the privilege of entering for the same, also as large a contribution two Models, one additional model for as possible for the fund to send a Chalevery fi\’e models registered over ten. lenger and Mate to England. An Entrance Fee of $3.00 for each After reading the letter from President E. L. Cheney, your Club, as a member of model must be sent with the entry to the No entry will be accepted the Association, I know will want to back Secretar)’. up your Officers, who have tried to malre unless model has been registered. Entries close June 15, 1933. your Association a workable body of Clubs, all working for the good of the AIl races to be governed by Internatsport. ional Rules for Pond sailing. I don’t think we realize the place MoJudges decision final. del Yachting is taking in the World today, FRED L. PiGEON, Secre/any and the great number of men and boys, who are getting the enjoyment out of salting Model Yachts, as you and I are. It has grown tremendously ifl the past Selected few years, and this growth can be contributed to each individual Club. Without play, we would soon be classed as an Old Scrooge, and when we, as a country. set out to accomplish something, we For M.del Yachts generally get it. So with the International Cup, we have set our minds and From the finest stock of this lumhearts on bringing that Cup to America ber in New England. Absolutely and the Association needs your financial clear, no blemishes of any kind. support to accomplish this. Cut in seven foot strips, three quarI look personally on this, as a patriotic ter inch wide by one eighth inch Duty, so let us get together and send in a thick. One cent per running foot. good big check. The Association will need $700.00 to defray the expenses of sending Send Stomp For Sample the men and a Model to England. ARTHUR R. BROWN The Annual Meeting of the M. Y. R. A. A. and Trial Races will be held in WashMelro§e Highlands, Mass. ington, D. C., June 29th to July 5th, 1933. June 29th and 30th will he devoted Ca[ifomia Cedar MODEL YACHTING Models At Alaska Last year I tried to get in touch with Mr. Backer, listed in J14odez yacJ!!!.ng as secretary of the Seattle Model Yacht Club but had no results. Recently I have run into a couple of former model yachtsmen here and they got quite enthused over the Class A boats, I have and they said perhaps they could get things started again this summer, have some races here and maybe get some inter-club racing with the Vancouver (8. C.) Club. One of my boats is one of the two boats designed by Prof. Geo. Owen and built at Mass. Inst. of Technology to test the efficiency of gaff and jib headed rigs. She was American Class C but I cut her down to get into Class A, when I got her at Washington, D. C., in 1928 from Paul Schaaf. My second was built by Morris Fiare, of Portland, Oregon from our own design and is a ivonderful boat to look at. She 13 we leave here with six months supplies, etc., there isn’t much space left on her. I am the executive officer on her. Am enclosing a check for $2.00 because, like others, I don’t know where I stand as to subscription but J14:odez yoch!i.rig must 80 On. LT. RONAID R. MooRE Staten Island M. y. C. A beef steak supper and dance will be held at the Club House, Saturday evening April 8th. The club now has fifty-three Marblehead 50-800 boats, three built t.o a 60 inch class along the same principles as the 50’s. Arthur Millward’s new 50 is built of cedar and balsa wood, from the editors lines improved by their Mr. Duncan. Millward writes “and I think she will do all that is expected of her.” He has remodeled his last year’s boat and expects to stal.t one is 79 o. a., 48 I. w. I., 14i.5 beam, 11 draft for Class A before long. and about 45 pounds displacement. Fiare Charlie Francis has a 48 inch water line is a cabinet maker and furniture finisher by trade, consequently her sides and deck on his new Marblehead and Anderson will not be any easier to ” take ” this year. are just like glass. All fittings were made by him from solid brass and chromium A hard loafer often works harder than plated. He built it for me to take East a hard worker. and show the boys back there that they can build good boats here. I have not tried her out as yet. At pl.esent he is making a IVor`?cmair} planked model which he hopes to have ready for me by fall. He does the work and I fall heir to it. So when I go East 1’11 have three boats to bring back. My old boat Columbia I have had up in Alaska the past two summers and sailed her on Saturdays and Sundays much to the enjoyment of the crew. The captain of the boat this summer used to help me sail her. in Washington (D. C.) races in the summer and fan of 1928, and he’ll probably want me to take both boats up with me this year and we can have races. The main difficulty is finding room on the ship for both boats, but if he wants them to go 1’11 find it somewhere. The Stilt)eyor is the largest ship in the Coast Survey on this coast and the past two years we were surveying in the vicinity of Kodiak Island, but this year we will work in and off Prince William Sound. She is about 1000 tons displacement and carries 15 officers and 74 men, and when NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS INTERNATIONAL CLASS A MARBLEHEAD CLASS Lincoln Memorial Pool Washington, D. C. Starting July 1,1933 Eastern Trial Races Start June 29,1933 Watch these columns for further announcements MODEL ¥ACHT[NGr Model yacht Racing Association of America ii§::::fbi:¥iiit¥:0:na,:::;i¥iitjjba;j#€A;#;gr:iii!,:,:¥i:a:;jch::+;:Site;d;i:g:e:tFc:iu:€a:I;i%°i¥c;:i: OFFICERS Pres¢.de„/.. E. L. CHENET, Box 193, Saugatuck, Michigan V!.ce-P7es¢.deti!.. S. H. CoX, Cleveland, Ohio Sec7c/c}ry.. FRED L. PIGEON, 131 Coleridge St., East Boston, Mass. 7`7casc/7e7.. E. A. BULL, 974 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Diiectoiy of Affiliated Clubs PROSPECT PARK M. Y. C., ]OS. PERRONi, Secretary. BOSTON M. Y. C. S46 Clinton Street. Brooklyn. N. Y. FRED L. PIGEON, Sccre/Cry. 131 Coleridge Street, East Boston. Mass. CENTRAL PARK M. Y. C. HoWARI) GRIFFITI]S, Secrelavy. 609 West 147th Street. New York City CHICAGO M. Y. C., RIIODE ISLAND M. Y. C., AMos G. ARI)OENE. Sccrclary, 263 New York Avenue, Providence, R. I. ST. AUGUSTINE M. Y. C., Ei>w^RD H. FisHwlcK. Secrc/any. 90 Cedar Street, St. Augustine, Fla. H. F. DECKER.`Sc~c!ar} 9842 Drexel Ave„ Chicago CLEVELAND M. Y. C., A. H. BEEcl]ER, Co””odore, 3585 Warren Road, Cleveland. Ohio DEEPER HUDSON MODEL YACHT CLUB. PAUL HEISLER. Scc7c/ory. Hampton Manor, Rensselaer, N. V. ST. LOUIS MODEL YACHT RACING ASSN., R. M. VERHEyl)EN. Sccre!ary. Continental Life Bldg., St. Louig. Mo. ST. LOUIS MODEI, YACHTING ASSN., INC. E. J. HEh’RIQUEs, Sccrclary. 5784 Pcrshing Avenue, St, Louie. Mo. SAUGATUCK MOI)EL YACHT CLUB. E. L. CHENEy, Sccrclary, DETROIT M. Y. C., `W. C. VINCENT. Secrelory. 15S16 Baylisg Avenue, Detroit. Mich. GRAND RAPIDS M. Y. C. CLARENCE J. DELor`’G,Sec7c/ciry 844 Prospect Street.S. E., Gi.and Rapids GRAND TRAVERSE M. Y. C. Clyde M. Bennett, Sccrejary 118 East 12 St.. Traverse City, Michigan MARBLEHEAD M. Y. C„ C. W. Swi3i3T. Secrela;ry. Franklin Street. Marblehead. Mass. MODEL CLUB, OWEN P. MERRII.L, SccrcJavy, 205 City Island Avenue, New York City MONTCLAIR M. Y. C., Saugatuck, Michigan STATEN ISLAND MODEL YACHT CLUB J. H. LlssEroEN, Secrelory SIS College Ave., Staten Island. N.Y. TOLEDO M. Y. C.. A. M. YouNGQuisr. Sccrc/any, Walte High School. Toledo, Ohio WAKEFIELD MODEL YACHT CLUB, A. R. BRowN. Sccrc!ory, 83 Greenwood St.. Melrose Highlands, Ma81. WALLOON LAKE MODEL YACHT CLUB, THEODORE M. KERSKER. Sccr.lory 4322 Floral Avenue, Norwood. Ohio WASHINGTON M. Y. C.. A. G. BUIIRMANN. SccrcJory. U. S. Court House, Washington. D. C. WILLIAM H. Hol)GINS. Sccrc!ary, 6S Clark Street, Glen Ridge, N. J. NBWARK MODEL YACHT CLUB. R. E. HATEs, Sccrc/¢vy. 68 Brenner Street. Newark. N. J. OGDEN PARK M. Y. C., ROBERT H. WHITE, Sccrelor}, 7307 Sangamon Street. Chicago, Ill. PHILADELPHIA MODEL YACHT CLUB, JOHN T. BAKER, SGcrejary 5228 Penn8grove St., West Philadelphia, Penn. Other Clubs AKRON M. Y. C., W. F. HARRls, Sccrc/ory. 306 Metro|)olitan Building, Akron, Ohio BRAINTREE POINT M. Y. C. E. M. VAUGHAN, Sccrejary, 36 Quincy Avenue, East Braintree, Mass. HOLLYWOOD M. Y. C., MORTON M0oRE. SGcrc/any, 1418 North S|]aulding Ave., Hollywood, Calif.. MODEL Y.ACHTING HUGUENOT MODEL YACHT CLUB A„ T*uTTK^y, Commodore, 203 Great Kills Road, Great Kills. Staten Island JERSEY CITY MODEL YACHT CLUB, Chas. F. Viebrock, Scc7cJ6ry 15 MERII)EN M. Y. C.. RAI,PH P. JACKSoN, Sec7cjovy. 344 Curtiss Street, Meriden, Conn. MINNEAPOLIS MODEL YACHT CLUB STERLING RILEV. Sec7e!a7y 90S W. Franklin Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 61 Sussex St., Jersey City, N. J. KANSAS CITY, M. Y. C. ` L. A. SHERIDEN, Pres®.dc#C, 5127 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. LOS ANGELES M. Y. C.. WALTER R. MANv. Secrcfory, 365 South Mansfield Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif-. MARLBORO jvI. Y. C.. T. A. LECLERC. Sccyc!a7y, 17 Clinton Street, Marlboro, Mass. NORTH SHREWSBURY M. Y. C. A.. S. Ar`DBRsoRI.Secretary Lennox Ave., Rumson, N.J. LAKE MBRRITT MODEL YACHT CLUB I. H. Wilton, SccrG!orgr 6215 Hillegass Ave. , Oakland, Gal. SAN FRANCISC0 M. Y. C., CORDON SMART, Secrc!or,, Working Blue Prints INTERNATIONAL CLASS A Westward, designed by C. a. .Liljegren L.o.a. 73.9 Draft 11.18 L.w.I.49 W.I.b.13.25 Disp.44.25 S.a.1740 I/ounder, designed by Fred L. Pigeon L.o.a.70 Draft 11 L.w.I.48 W.I.b.16.20 Disp. 44,44 S.a.1798 Eastward, designed by Fred L. Pigeon L.o.a. 74 L.w.I.49.2 W.I.b.13.87 Draft 11.34 Disp. 47.15 S.a.1855 Full size hull plans, $2.00 Sail plan $1.00 116 Kearny Street, Sam Francisco, Calif. SEATTLE M. Y. C., ARTHUR W. BACKER. 5119 27th Avenue, N. E.. Seattle, Wash. TRE POL PEN M. Y. C. E. PHILLlps,SecrG!¢ry 16605 Log Cabin. Detroit, Mich. UNQUOWA MODEL YACHT CLUB, PoLLy CHURCHILL, Sccre!dr,. 310 Stratford Road, Bridgeport, Conn. VANCOUVER MODEL YACHT CLUB E. W. E. BLACKMAN, 880 Cardero Street, Vancouver. 8. C. WARINANCO MODEL YACHT CLUB BERTRAM S. MOoRE,Sccrcjar, 808 Murray St., Elizabeth, N.J. Junior Model Yacht Racing Association of America JACK A. WARING, JR., Presc.czey}{ COMMUNITY SERVICE OF BOSTON. INC.. FRANCIS X. MCLAUGHLIN, D;7Cc!o7, Room 202, 739 Boyl§ton Street, Boston, Mass. DELAWARE M. Y. C.. ROBERT EASTBURN. Coowowodorc, MARBLEHEAb CLASS VI/ampum, desiged by James A. Potter L.o.a.50 Draft 8.5 L.w.I.36 Beam8.75 Disp.14lbs. Papoose, designed by Fred L. Pigeon L.o.a.50 L.w.I.38 Disp. 16.75 lbs. W.I.b.10 Show Boar, designed by Fred L. Pigeon L.o.a.50 Draft 7.5 L.w.I.37 W.I.b.8.5 Disp. Approx. 12 Fullsize hull plan, $1,50 Sail plan $1.00 Catspaw, designed by C. 0. Liljegren Full size hull plan, $2,00 Sail plan $1.00 We are offering your choice of these designs for three subscriptions or renewals to J14lodez yacht I.ng at two dollars each. Any other of our designs or any of the books we handle may be obtained as subscription premiums. If there are any of our advertised books or designs you would like, write us and we will tell you how many subscribers you must get to own it. SPECIAL 1708 Broom Street, Wilmington, Del. GEORGIA MODEL YACHT CLUB. G. J. BENsoN, Sccrcjor, 234 Norwood Avenue. Atlanta, Ga. We will send twelve issues of /14lodez yc!cb!ing 8Ind EL copy of the hock Model Sailing yacfa!s, for only $2.25. 16 MODEL The Guiding Hand By Mahatma Pooshdh-Poosh ln doggerel verse I am going to tell How the six meter modelclubs went to hell On account ol the guy who winsevery race By shoving his model all over the place. He brags about her superior design ln case he’8 trimmed he compla.ins, with a whine’ That §he’8 out of balance, or slipped a sheet But the next time he Sails he’ll be Sure to beat ! She’s full of cracks and double bumps Hills and hollows, and queerlooking humps But the pride and joy. (the top of herclass) Of the Boneheaded Skipper, con8urnmate ass. He always hogs the weather berth. And shoves her off for all he’s worth With a long, graceful push at the signal to 80: And a twenty yard gain he gets, by Joe! Tho he claims 8he’s aL wonder (both loud and emphatic) To unbia8ed pipple She seems quite erratic I When she falls to leeward an acre or more He corrects this Slight fault with a dellcate oat.. YACHTING He can’t keep his hands off-he loves her so much. She has a skin he loves to touch! With Titanic thrust, and a schoolboy grin He heaves her over, and 8qawks. “I win.” L’ENVOI But he.s 8ctting old and losing hio perk To row two boats is difficult work So he goes and gets him a boyish bob A pair of shorts and a hat from a gob. He hacks out a woodenhead 50-800 Connection with 6-meter craft are Sundered With pole and twine the rules he garbles He’l] work new tricks to win all the marbles INTERNATIONAL CLASS A Question Cedar plan’ked hull. Particu- ;a5#:?,?::iin`j.t?r#E::ir:§::qui: lars on request. A. R. BROWN Meliose Highlands, Mass. Look: a yacht’s overtaking, better watch out! She’8 8ai]ing two feet to his one, without doubt. So he swings his Skiff to block its course, And get a fresh start for his own old horse CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING The fleet’8 at the mark in a hope]e98 tangle Skiffs collide the Skippers wrangle. F5oiE.:fatps?ai:sigg:lh;sf.Esnet:rscno£:?g8: But Old Bonehead, the crafty shark, Tows his model around the mark. He grabs the buoy while adjusting bowser8 Takes off his shirt and lets out his troueer8 And with purposeful clum8inesg gets in the way. Till his own tub is a mile down the bay. Near the finish some models have closed the gap’ But one final trick pulls this Sporting yap. A jerk oF the oars and he coa8t8 alongside With a bone in hcT teeth she doubles her stride. R. D. Rae, 1523 47 St., Des Moines, Iowa Eg:$7¥Z„?a;%S;7C±:S3npe£:tdi:[n|aahatss: S. I?Sei’g852: i8Pmc’;’ieetr:d{gne g{:e¥t,defai§[t. Boston, Mass. gi:mamf:t:[£l;S#rps=£;¥rfuo:°nrp:LTE¥u£¥j:ki%S5 Several International Class A models by §rn:%:i:::8#;:5;;e;s;:arfiE];aa;::e#r€:Ltgas§s:v:I;raf: OUR May issue will have a surprise design, the model is exceptionally fast, has been thoroughly tested and proven a fine performer, one of those rare creations, good under all conditions. Instructive articles, interesting news. with notes on the performance of some of the new Eastern boats will be features of the May number. 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