Model Yachting: Volume 2, Issue 4 – May-June 1931

MDD[L YAEHTINE MAY-JUNE 1931 2© @©mfls a @©my iFw© ®©ELaEas a Fff©aEa NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES WILL BE HELD AT LARCHMONT, NEW YORK June 29, July 1, 2 and 3,1931 UNDER THE AUSPICES LARCHMONT MODEL YACHT CLUB The winner of these races will represent the United States at Gosport, England, August 1, 3 and 4, 1931. c]C>lR]O^C^A]C>^O^G^rJC>lr.Or/9irJcr^O^4r` ODEL YACHT FITTIN::€:_,-~–qi: SPECIAL ALUMINUM ALLOY TURNBUCKLES Light as Aluminum, strong as Steel I inch take-up, 75 cents each. Brass. Same size, 35 cents each. Rigging cable, wire, screws, goosenecks, pulleys, steering gears, all of the latest type. WAMSUTTA SAIL CLOTH, 75c yard ARTHUR R. BROWN MELROSE HIGHLANDS, MASS. MODEL YACHTING AND qITHH; MODm;m9 clfz&®Hill A PRINT-CRAFT PUBLICATION FOR MODEL YACHTSMEN VOL. II. MAY-JUNE 1931 NO. 4 BUILDING A PLANKED MODEL-Part 11 By THE EDITOR Two typographical errors appeared in the April instalment of this article. First column, page three, second line should read:”hold stem piece firmly.” Next to last line, same page and column i”off our hull when completely planked.” Plate V. shows the building board dropped down from the position shown International Class A. .4#¢tt)cr, 69.25″ a.a.. 47″ w.I.. 32 lbs. lead. venience in building this particular model so readers may disregard them so far as these building instructions are concerned. Plate VI shows the backbone in place, Inolds squared up and ready for the sheer wales or clamps. Sheer clamps should be 1/4×3/8 in. ash or oak, these are to give us our deck shape and fasten our ribs to. The sheer clamps should be put in with the 3/8 in. 13.75″ beam, 10.50″ draft. 4| lbs. displacement, Designed and built by the editor as described in this series. in Plate IV, and ready for the back bop,e Square up aiid side parallel with the waterline plane. •The ribs `are mo.rtised into this clamp so plumb all your molds. Bc sure there aT+c no twists, fore and aft, in your bar“k- placing them tliis “’ay leaves more wood for your fastenings, 8/8 in. No. 0 brass screws. P:ate VII. shows this sheer clamp in place. Plate VIII. shows the “bow-end” of the building board with to be fastened in plo,ce. bone. I neglected to tell you that the u|)rights on No. 3, plate I., are brass tubes to take 1/4 inch brass rod for a detachable keel. I put these on for con- slot for deadwood left on stem piece as MODEL YACHTING PI.ATE V Building board in position to start work with molds in place. Note two forward molds are cut out in center and la*t one aft; also, these are left in to stiffen the hull. PLATE VI Backbone in place over molds. Molds should be carefully squared, as the correct shape of your hull de|)ends on these steps. PLATE VII Sheer clamp in place ready for the next step. The molds are set on six-inch centers. The black spots along the backbone are notches cut where our rib3 will come, making the ribs on three inch centers. MODEL YACHTING dcLscribed in the first instalment of this building series. Plate IX. shows the aft or stern end of building board. Note center lines on molds for lining up with center lines on building board. The small piece in the foreground is the transom, the square 3 IMPROVING THE PAPHR Mr. A. R. Brown, Dear Editor:Everywhere I go I am asked when is Brown coming out with the next issue of ]Iodeb Yachbing. W.ell, tliat sometimes is a hard question to answer. But before asking that question ask yourself, “How does he finance the magazine?” for it would cost, if he had to have the printing done, eeoo per month and with five hundred subscriptions at $2 a year you can soon figure out for yourselves. PLATE VIII block under it represents the sheer, or A-B measurement at th:s point. The two screws XX shown in Plate IV. go through the building board into this block of wood. These two plates (VIII. and IX.) give a good view of the two molds forward and one mold aft, with centers sawed out wh:ch are left permanently in the hull. If you want news, send it in. Each locality should have a page or two that someone in that pal.ticular locality should look out for, and in a shol.t time we “’ould have a real magazine. It is up to the clubs belonging to the Model Yacht Racing Association and Boys’ Clubs to send the news along. Now I suggest that each club belonging to the Association, and Boys’ Clubs send in a contribution of S15 a year to Editor Brown, we have fifteen clubs and ee25 would go a long way towards getting out a magaz:ne each month and with your co-operation about news, the subscr:ptior}s would increase and in the end the magazine would be sustaiiiing a nd maybe Brown would get a little more than a new dollar for an old one. Editor Brown is doing all he can to carry on, but one has to eat and live, and if yacfafi..ig had to give it up as they could not make it pay, well. Brown has got to be wizard if he can. But we want the magazine and I know there are model yachtsmen enough in the United States to support this paper. Get busy fellows and send in an extra subscription. Wc will have a magazine this month so get busy so we can have one every month. PLATE IX You can shorten the.giraffe’s neck with a saw, but you won’t have much of a giraffe left. You can alter the nature of man by sawing out parts of it, but you won’t have much of a man left. FREI) L. PIGEON. Never make a decision when you are downhearted. Never let the weak side of your nature take control. The physical wreck is usually up on the fighting dope. 4 MODEL YACHTING CHAMPIONSHIP RACES AT LARCHMONT Interest in model yacht racing has increased to such an extent in the I)ast thl.ee years that it is attracting the leading yachtsmen. Early this spring several experienced and most capable skippers of the Larchmont Yacht Club decided to take a hand and have spared neither time or expense to acquire the best to be had in model yachts. Com. Johnson of the Larchmont Club commissioned Chas. Lucke of Brooklyn to build an International Class-A model from designs by Olin Stephens a prominent New York designer who has turned out several very successful major six metre yachts. Harold Tobey, ex-Vice-Commodore of the Larchmont Club, had a model built by Ernest Bull from a Stephens design. Mr. Tobey has successfully raced the major six and eight metre yachts Da”ph67D, Pe.,coro, and {4!cnda and the Class-R S¢orec. His DowpLe6″ won a place on the American team which met the British six metre teams in the international matches of 1924 and 1925. Mr. Harper has purchased Ernest BUINs Polka Dob Ill. W. Roy Manny had Norman Skene design a boat for him which he is buildilig himself but does not expect to have ready to race in the championship races. Mr. Roy Manny and Mr. Tobey €alii.. E. A. Bull, America’s master builder of model yachts, with PoZ4o Do/ ///. Mr. Bull has sold this famous model to Mr. Harper ..f the Larchmont Club and has finished another model for Harold Tobey of the same club. from designs of Olin Stephens. MODEL YACHTING over from New York for the Boston Sportmans Show, where they looked over the Class-A boats, met the local bugs and had a talk with the leading skippers. ‘The regatta at Larchmont will start Monday, June 29th. Two buoyed courses, approximately 1000 by 200 feet, will be laid out. The courses will be patroled and no contestant can touch his boat until she is on the buoyed line. The models will be handled from skiffs. Skippers or mates will not be permitted inside the buoyed area. Joe Weaver is Scheduled for Officer of the Day. The Larchmont Club will have launches at the disposal of the racing skippers. Races will not be started unless the wind velocity is five mi:es iier hour or more. Sunday evening, June 28th, there will be a banquet for the vi.siting skippers, followed by a meeting of the M. Y. R. A. At the end of the eliminations, which it is expected will take at least three days, the three highest scoring boats will meet three boats from the west. The three western boats are to be selected at a regatta held this month in Chicago. The hig-h-est scoring boat in th:s six-boat race will be the American Champion and receive a championship trophy. This winning boat will also be sent to England to represent the United States in the International Races at, Gosport, England, in August. Model Yachtsmen shoul`d show their a|]preciation of the efforts of the Larchmont Yacht Club with a banner entry. The sponsorship of an organization with the standing and prestige of the Larchmont Yacht Club is not to be lightly considered. Larchmont is a beautiful place, the club and grounds are charming architecturally and scenic. Visitors will have the opportunity of looking over the finest fleet of racing yachts to be found in any one fleet. Let’s all make a decided effort to put over the finest model yacht race ever held. The man who has learned the art of Smiling has gone far on the road to success. 5 MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF AMHRICA New York, April 3, 1931. A Special Meetiiig of the Model Yacht Racing Association of America, was held in Room 1502, Hotel Commodore, 42d Street, on this date. Meeting called to order at 9.00 o’clock by the President. ROLL CAljL : E. A. Bull, Treasurer, Prospect Park Model Yacht Club. A. 8. Reynolds, Vice-President, Central Pa,rk Model Yacht Club. Mr. Lucky. Prospect Park Model Yacht Club. Francis L. Herrischoff, Model Yacht Club of New York. Owen P. Merrill, Model Yacht Club of New York. Wellington Rindge, Boston Model Yacht Club. Fred 11. Pigeon. Boston Model Yacht Club. BY PROXY: Washington Model Yacht Club, Per E. A. Bull. St. Louis Model Yacht Club, Per Fred L. Pigeon. Detroit Model Yacht Club. Per Fred L. Pigeon. There being a quoruin present, the Secretary read the call of the meeting. Records of the Annual Meeting were read and approved. I-etters were read from: H. L. Stone, Commodore J. R. Branhar.1 of the Washington Model Yacht Club, ®Commodore Beecher of the Cleveland Model Yacht Club, Commodore Carroll F. Sweet, JI.., of the Grand Rapids Model Yacht Club, Commodore Benjamin C. Comfort of St. Louis Model Yacht Club. There was brought before the meeting the proposed changes in the by-laws, i. e. Article Ill. Section 1. A change in sentence “devoted to the interests of Association” to read .`devoted to the interests of Model Yachting.” Moved and seconded that this change be accepted. Unanimously so voted. Ar.ticle IV. Section 8. To change to read “the President, Vice-President, Sec- retary and Treasurer, together with three members, to be elected at the Annual Meeting. shall constitute an executive committee. Four members of this executive committee shall constitute a quorum. The officers and executive committee shall hold office from the date of their election until the next Annual Meeting of the Association, find the election of their successors.” Motion made and seconded that this change in the by-laws be adopted and at `’ot:ng, Washington Model Yacht Club voted against. All others present or by proxy, voted for and it was so voted. 6 , Article V. MODEL ‘Section C. To add “at the annual meeting a nominating committee of five, shall be elected, none of whom shall be a member of the executive committee. This committee shall nominate one candiclate for each office and members of tlie executi`.e committee, notifying the Secretary not later than May lst. The Secretary shall send these nominations with the call for the annual meeting to each Member Club, at least 90 days prior to the date of the annual meeting.” Washington Model Yacht Club offered an amendment to the motion. to read: :;:rna:]v3:eEEnuaptoen,t::%t±:ail,djgt:tsfr’ieyw:i%: Jnade an amendment to read “at least 30 days,” which upon being voted for, together with Article V, Section C, was &dopted. Article V, Section C as proposed, so voted and adopted. Article VI. Motion made to change the last line to read as follows: “Checks of the Association to be signed only by the Treasurer.” Washington Moclel Club made an ameiidment to keel) AI.ticle VI as is, the amendment t)eing voted upon, was lost. The original motion was then in ol`der and it was a vote. So voted. Ai.ticle IX. Motion made that the adoption of changes in this article be “third line change 14 days to read 30 days.” Also change line 5, by adding after the words “any three clubs,” the words “in good standing.” So voted. , Article IX. The annual meeting to be held between the 15th of June and the 4th of July. The place to be The City where the finals in the trial races for U. S. Champion are held. If at any time the Association decides not to hold a trial race, the President shall decide the |}1ace where the annual meeting shall be held. Motion made and seconded, that this change be made. So voted. Motion made and seconded that the following be elected to ccimplete the executive board : Amos Ardoene, Providence M. Y. C. Carroll F. Sweet, Jr., Grand Rapids M. Y. C. S. Houghton Cox, Cleveland M. Y. C. So voted. Motion made and seconded that in order to present the winner of this year’s trial races with a suitable trophy, to be known as the “United States Championship Cup.” That the members of all clubs belonging YACHTING clubs in the East `vere of about the same size, naming 8 or 10 active members, which being the c.ase, the appeal for’$50.00 from eat.h club was fair and just. Voted and motion “’as lost. The motion made for a change in the by-laws, requiring ten members in good standing, be in order fol` a club to join the Association, be reduced to five members in goocl standing. Voted that same should have to be borne in notice of the next meeting and so voted. Article X. To be changed to read: “7 clelegates shall constitute a quorum.” Motion macle and seconded for this change. Votecl, no change. Article VII. Regarding a committee for handling International Races, under Article VII of the Constitution, relating to the appointment of special committees, it was recommended that the executive committee appoint an official committee of five menbers to be known as “The International Committee.” to arrange all details of the elimination races, in connection with the race for the Yachting Monthly Cup. Said races to be sailed under the rules as laid clown by the Iriternational Yacht Racing j`ssociii.tion. and the model having the highest score shall be 2iwarded the title of “Champion of the United States,” which model sha]] represent the United States in the International Races, and shall be presented with a suitable trophy/. Unanimously voted upon and so voted. No member of the International Race Committee shall be a contestant in this event. `Vas moved and so voted. Motion made and seconded that the International Race Committee be instructed not to start any trial heats, unless the \.rind is blowing at least 5 miles velocity per hour. So voted. Motion made and seconded that the President call a meeting, Monday evening, June 29, 1931. Club. So voted. at the Larchm`ont Yacht Motion made And seconded that the I,archmont Model Yacht Club, Central Park Model Yacht Club, Prospect Park Model Yacht Club, Model Yacht Club of New York, have full charge of taking care of all details pertaining to the trial races, with W. Roy Manning as chairman. So voted. Motion made and seconded that the Association accept from Mr. Charles Heisler of the Deeper Hudson Model Yacht Club, towards the purchase of this cup. Said a trophy for Class A Models, to be known contribution to be sent to E. A. Bull, 974 as “The IIeisler Cup.” So voted. Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., and statMotion made and seconded that we aping their desire that this be a Perpetual prove of the International Model YachtCup, to be held by the winner or not. So ing Association, adopting a class of power voted. racing boats. So voted. to the Association contribute $1.00 each Motion made by the Washington Model Yacht club, that the cost of sending a Challenger abl.oad be allotted on the same basis as the entries to the elimination races are made, whereby, the larger clubs pay more than the smaller clubs. After a general discussion, it was felt that all A letter was read from C. N. Forge, Eisq„ Secretary of the Model Yachting Association, wherein, he expl.essed pleasure in accepting our challenge for a race from skiffs, to take place after the International Races at\Gosport, in open waters. ri ——— Lr,_ –.- _ ,– i____ MODEL YACHTING This will necessitate another cup, as the Model Yacht Racing Association of America stated that if such a race were sailed, it would present a suitable cup. Motion made and seconded to accept the offer of the Berkley Club of Westover, Virglnia`, to sponsor the race for the Siesta Cup. So voted. Motion made and seconded that the Siesta, Cup shall be sailed for at Westover. Virginia, on September 19, 1931. voted. So Voted to adjourn. (Sgd.) FRED L. PIGEON, Secretary. 7 Boston, Massachusetts, May 26, 1931. Attention of Secretary : There will be a meeting of the Model Yacht Racing Association of America, Sunday evening at 8.30 P.M., June 28. 1931 at the Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, New York. Reading of the last meeting’s records, treasurer’s report. To change By-Law No. 3 to read as follows: “Any club with 5 active members in good standing shall be ellglble to join the Model Racing Association of America.” And any business that may come legally before the meeting. FRED L. PIGEON. Secretary. Boston. Massachusetts.. May 26, 1931. Your Secretary calls the following to your attention : Please notify me as quickly as possible, the number coming from your club to attend the trial races. and their names. Also let me know what you would like to have me do in arral`ging for board and lodging. The Larchmont Club has only a limited number of rooms available at $2.50 per day. The club will extelid guest privileges for meals. Coupon books and suitable denominations can be purchased, and if not entirely used, the club will refund the money. I have to know the names of club members coming, so that guest tickets can be issued ln their name. I would like to have this, so that the tickets can be mailed to you or left at the club for you to get on your arrival. There are two hotels within 10 minutes’ walk of the club. Saturday evening, June 27th at 7.30 P. M., the Model Club of Larchmont will entertain the visiting guests at a dinner at the Larchmont Yacht Club. This is sure to be a banner night in the history of our Association. Please notify me who will be there from your club. Your attention is called to the fact that some clubs have not paid their dues, and have not sent in a contl.ibution to the fund to send the Challenger abroad. Now, you do not want your Association at the last minute to go begging for money to send a man abroad. See if you cannot do this at once, so that when the Treasurer makes his report June 29th, you will be proud to belong to the .\ssociation. I want also to call to your attention, the $1.00 subscription for the Model Cup, to be ri:c.se]\ted the winner of the trial races. Send in your checks. Let me know if you want measurement blanks. Send in your measurements of Models with $1.00 for each boat, quickly, so that I can give you your official number. Your committee in t.hal.ge of races have made fine progress and everything will meet with your approval I am sure. FRED L. PIGEON, Secretary. GRAND RAPIDS MODEL YACHT CLUB Racing at Grand Rapids has been underway for the past eight weeks. P€lo!, designed by F. T. Wood is well out in front for the Mertens Hotel Cup, emblematic of the local Class-A championship. T’orS””g, by the same designer is in second place. Bcofo”t.a JJJ. a former National Champion, designed and built by John Black, is going great and gaining on the two leading boats but started so late her chances of passing the leaders is slim unless they fall off badly from their previous performances. Seven other boats are Tight on the heels of these leaders reedy to slip by if they foozle the least bit. The club Eliminations to pick two representatives for the Mid-West Championships at Chicago have started. In the t±rst r8Lce Bo8tonha Ill iLnd EI Ma,hador seem to hold the inside track but P¢.!o8, Vol8ung, Iovtrepbd, Alfon8o, 8Lnd the others, will put up a tough fight for the committee’s approval. At this time we believe there is a feeling that the Mid-West Model Yacht Championship be raced with boats smaller than Class-A. Boats of about 750 sq. in. sail area have been suggested. The Grand Rapids crew are working hard for the district and National Races. They are out several times each week, regularly, and are going after National honors in earnest. Good luck will help a man over the ditch if he jumps hard. EEa±===f.FFfpF= i,,.-FITri r_-‘i Membefg of the Bradford Model Yacht Club.` -5:i TB`!eT.i)ationa) Class A, at Ycadon Dam, England` MODEL YACHTING 9 ceives a Directors’ Cup and a special yearly pennant. Interest is very keen and the fleet is Proficiency California, sunshine, Sam FI.ancisco, well balanced as to speed. in handling is of great importance, as the Golden Gate, with such a background races are sailed each Sunday the year it is not surprising that this club has round. Members may be found most fifty or more active members. every day in the year tuning up their The officers for 1931 are, Com. Richard boats on Spreckels Lake. V. Hyer ; Vice-Commodore, Fred Braash ; Men_ibers of this club are starting InMeasurer, P. W. Hurndall; See-Trea., tel.national Class-A models and hope to Cordon Smai.t. have entries ill the 1?3`.’ j`-ational ChatnpThe fleet races, on Spreckels Lake, ionships. Golden Gate Park, a 72 in. o. a. fin keel SAN FRANCISCO MODEL YACHT CLUB tayrE:nd°fth:°i:%’;o:I;`nwgindt:arcd°ncdo£:[r°s]:S {ii’r sailed. `.ear round. BOB PATERSON ILL Races are sailed weekly, the The “Dicky” Trophy is sailed for twice each yeal.. This trophy `vas dol`ated {h.rty years ago by Mr. G. W. Dicky, who designed “OrGgo7L” of Spanish War f ame. The Dicky Trophy was won in 1930 by Mr. Milton Haxton’s D”e},,;ly„he will defend it against Don Palmerton’s flame. Palmerton’s boat won the Trevor Tro| hy in 1929. Commodore and directors’ cup; ”Jre sailed for two Sundays in each inonth; there is also a Regatta Sunday each month, the prize being a special pennant. The member who wins the greatest number of pennants .i`n.!ng the season re- rJ’.` Bob Paterson, Vice-Commodore of the Boston Model Yacht Club has been laid up in his bunk for the past tight wc:,l’`s with rheumatic fever. Bob’s sickness has knocked all I,is model yacht racing plans galley west as he will be out of competition this season. At this time he is up and about but not in ‘his usual vigorous manner. His class-B model W6Sch JJ. will be sa,iled by Dan MCGilray and Francis Rich with one or the other handling her in the Eagle Cup Races. Bob’s friends are hoping for a .speedy recovery and to see him in attendance at the club races soon. – Sam Francisco Model Yacht club models,’ racing on C]aus Spreckels I,a)ke. _. Iniagine i-ifty-two week§olsLlchsport! . i., .T „ 10 MODEL SKIPPER ATTACKS MANY WITH OAR Dear Sir:After reading the account of the Cabrillo Regatta appearing in May-June copy o£ Model Yachting 1 saLwed oir aL good chunk of an oar handle and started over town to find our Commodore, who wrote it, and lmock his block off. YACHTING, the D boats some 59 inches long and that I made ’em hustle at that. The J’eo sailed that course in some 30 minutes, but in passing I can show with plenty of observers that I have sailed the same course many times with both J7’ci,mg”c”.d and the new double ender P€.o”eer (also 39 inch over all) in less than 24 minutes. Something came up, however, which diverted me so I forgot all about it until the other day I met him in a marine restaurant eating a marvelous fish When the genial Commodore speaks of the “’eather being too rough and the race postponed, that was a tough break for me for both Trantgct¢rd and I love a bi.ceze and most of the fleet know we are a dangerous pair fn a blow, and if it’s not good to change a course during a dinner. race (“Jhich I didn’t) it’s not a good thing The Commodore promptly asked me to lunch with him and I ask you-how can a man fight with another while breaking bread with him. I ask you? c`ither to postpone races.-we should take things as we find them, win or lose. So I just kidded the skipper a bit and he finally said maybe he’d write to Now then, wouldn’t vou have cut off a chunk of an oar handl; and knocked the skipper over the head with it if you hadn’t forgotten how mad you wel.e like n4odo! yach!z.72g and correct some of the I did? “Rhetorical inaccuracies” of his story, etc., etc. But in case he forgets~please hear this from me. Yours for the sport, H. 0. PIIII.LIPS. P. S., hT. 8., or P. S. S. S., etc. (1) My boy, John Phillips, won the 40 inch class and not me (Cap’n H. 0. Phillips) and I like to see the youngsters get all the boost that’s coming to them when they deserve it, it ties them over so many discouraging places they are apt to meet ill developing any sport. My 40 inch acted like the deuce and never got to first base even. (2) All agreed to the shortening ol` the course, and the Commodore and Cap’n Benn him;elf both have assured me that I won that race OK, by dint o.f hard sailing and some skill, and that the race was not handed to me on a platter like the Commodore made it seem in that article. Benn had the same chances as the rest. (3) When the Commodore says, “Phillips did not make the outer mark” -“Ye Gods of the deep blue sea.” I never started a race yet that I didn’t finish if my boat would float, no matter how far I was behind and he was not talking ?bout me, no sir, not me. (4) Trie Commodore felt pretty good in winninga that race and anyone deserves all the credit when he does BUT the skipper didn’t say I was sailing the little 7a)”g”card 39 inch over all against Last Satul.day afternoon I beat the J’co easily and decisively over a 1/2 mile to windwal.d and return course in a nice full sail breeze, sailing the round in less •ihan 22 minutes and later that same day beat the double ender of Cap’n Benn’s o`-er the same course, so you see I can do it. can’t I?, and how. DEEPER HUDSON REGATTA HAMPTON MANOR LAKE Rersse]aer, New York JULY 5th and 6th CLASS. A OPEN RACE for the Heisler Trophy MODEL YACHTING 11 PERSONALS Raspberries, Peaches and Quince, plucked here and there, WE UNDERSTAND THAT- Ben Comfort is coming East with a new Class-A boat to compete as a representative of the St. Louis Model Yacht Racing Association. A new club, Saugatuck Model Yacht Club has been formed, joined the M. Y. R. A. and is racing at Saugatuck Lake, Roy Clough, having been called to Springfield on business that will keep him there all summer, has been forced to say good-bye to his Marblehead fleet f or this Sam Francisco M. Y. C. are to join the M. Y. R. A. and will be represented in the 1932 Championships for Class-A. Season. member of the Grand Rapids Model Yacht Club and is expected to be one of the representatives of that club at the Mid-West Championships at Chicago. A. 8. Reynolds had the misfortune to so seriously injure his new Class-A boat that he will be out of the 1931 Championships at Larchmont. Tough luck, A. 8. Joe Weaver will not be a in the Championships but will role as officer of the day. Joe a good officer as he knows the contestant fill a new will make rules both Ways. S. H. Cox will represent the Cleveland Model Yacht Club at Larchmont. There will be a meeting of the M. Y. R. A. and banquet for the model Yachtsmen, held in connection with the National Championships, at the Larchmont Yacht Club, Sunday evening, June 28th. C. 0. Brook has equipped his new Class-A model Seaj with a curved boom on both jib and mainsail. C. 0. is very enthusiastic about them and is well plcased with the showing of the new craft. Photos of this boat show a handsome and fast looking hull. D. A. Whitaker, down at Dunedin, Florida, is doing things for the sport. He has been busy as a cat on a tin-roof, instructing and assisting twenty scllool boys in the construction of a fleet of l“’cnty models and putting on races. 11. 0. Phillips has been laid up with the “flu” but in spite of this illness handicap still maintains his lead in the subscription contest. We’ll have to tag him ` Battling Phillips.„ The “Westward” design still continues to be the most popular Class-A design pi.oduced to date. Moclels fi.om th:s design are building from coast to coast and in Canada. Michigan. John Black has sold Bo3£o72fo JJJ to a Some of the new Class-A models show radical changes in hull form. This is a good move, not much definite knowledge is acquired by sticking to a stereotyped form of hull. Francis Rich’s new boat, designed by Fred Pigeon, has a pronounced “tumble home,” beautiful underbody and though only out a couple times shows speed. The We8f zeJard is continuing right where she left off last year. Three firsts in three starts. That Pigeon-Westward combination is hard to beat. Jim Potter’s new 50 in. w. I. 50 pounds displacement boat is a wonderfully stiff and able boat in a real hard breeze. Charley Farley has a new Class-,A from the six metre R€ppze8. The plans for the model were scaled down by Norman Skene. W. A. Wadsworth started the season with an A boat which did not do just what he hoped fol.. Having decided on another boat he got very busy and had her sailing in fourteen days. Let’s hope the boat proves as speedy as her builder. The fifty i-rich, 800 sail area models are making great racing at Marblehead. We have heard that point margins among the leaders are very slight. Frank Stone got out on Redd’s Pond one cold March morning at 5.45 a.in. to try out his new boat. That is either mild insanity or extreme enthusiasm. 12 MODEL Robert Eastburn is reported to have a very fast Class-A model from F. T. Wood’s design. Bob and F. T. recently tried her out together and both are enthusiastic over the test. Foul.teem Weymouth High School boys are building for the 50-800 Class, also five instructors. This fleet is being built from Fred Pigeon’s Jsfeozer Boa)£ design and this junior racing will be sponsored as an auxiliary of the Braintree Poilit M. Y. C. Wo8£zeJ¢rd-Ho, Fred Pigeon’s new Liljcgren designed boat, has several interesting features among them a rudder set vertical wellrdown and under the hull. Walter Many had a similar type of rudder on his T’eo which he thought highly of. YACHTING Percy J. Warne has just completed a 36 in. ketch rigged model. Mr. Warne writes that there was an active Model Yacht Club in Buffalo thirty years cigo but at the present time the sport is in the doldroms. The Montclair Model Yacht Club, although they do not race in Class-A, were the first club to send in their contribution for the International Fund. The Newark Model Yacht Club are raeing every Saturday and Sunday on We(`quahic Lake. This water is a mile long by one half mile wide. J. E. Sears expects to get a permit to sail his new three-footer on the Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s reservoir at Col fax, Col, FI.ed Pigeon will have some valuable ili- The Grand Rapids fleet is strong on formation to pass on to the fans at the end of the season. Fred has had complete equipment, from fittings to sails made by Daniels, in England and his observation as to their advantage will be boats from F. T. Wood’s design, T7o!.`L%7iy, interesting. H. A. Goesle has completed a 22 in. model from Norman Skene`s design, which appeared in ModeJ y¢cb€€.mg and reports “a little peach.” Plloi, htTepid. Com. Steinhrecker’s T\ew boat J7’aJor, at Detroit, is also froin Wood’s number four design. The Sea Scout ship JL’am6¢” is starting in on a model building and racing progi.ain. The skippers of the Sea Scout ships are waking up and have started a movement which is hoped will lead to inter-sectional competition on a National scale. Winners in the Community Service F`ree-for-All Class. Left to right: Dexter Goodwin, George Forbes, E. 8. Nichols and Tom Moore in tie for third place; the first three boats are 450 sail area boats; the Moore boat carries 900. MODEL ej7tITRTE©E& YACHTING 13 H»EE=EDAEREFMEERTE Edited by JACK A. WARING, ]R. 3105 HUMB0LDT AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Address correspondence for this debaTtmenl lo the above. Truly we are a nation of organizers; but in union there is strength, and only by organizing can we successfully swap good ideas. While this column of type is aimed to answer the lads’ question, it will do as well for the adults. First, catch your boys. Pick ’em out. See that they are a congenial bunch and don’t try to have too many in your club. Pick the kind of chap who doesn’t divide his time among too many interests; it makes him lukewarm. Your group need not, for the start, be made up of boys owning model yachts. They may be sufficiently interested to build later. Say next winter. In the meantime have ’em act as your mates on one side of your pool while you skipper from the other. This will teach them something about sailing and what to do. Pick Members Corefwlltl Elect a popular leader for your Commodore, President or Captain; another live chap with ideas as Vice, or First Mate; and a third for Secretary, some lad who doesn’t mind doing the work, writing lettei.s, sending out notices of meetings, etc. If you collect dues make him Treasurer, also. A small club need not bother with dues, though. Meet at each other’s homes every month or two weeks. This will keep you in touch, give opportunit.v for exchanging ideas and getting the other chap’s help, and kecp’ you together especially during the winter. If you can find a room in your Y. M. C. A., Scout headquarters, or other boys’ club, it would make a fine place to meet. Invite the strangers. If you can have safe places there to store your yachts where the meddlesome handlers can’t bl.eak them up it will give you a good show and maybe bring in more members. To make things regular you might want to have a short constitution setting forth the aims of your club and a few things like that, but the shorter the better. Make your club one that will be free from “red tape,” concentrate on building good yachts and getting up good competition in races and excellence of workmanship. If all your boys haven’t got workshops or basements where they can work, organize a club shop in some handy place, and let each chap bring around some tools. If you have tools the other lads need, lend ’em to them. But I sure do hate to lend tools. Some folks don’t know enough to bring them back. If there are some good tools you lack, clulb together and buy them. Dig up some enthusiasti€ model yachtsman who will help and advise you, meet with you, help you in your shop, or go sailing with you and teach you the fine points. If this man belongs to a “big yacht” club, so much the better. Scout around and find a congenial manual training teacher who may fit the bill. And do your best to enthuse your own shop teachers in having the boys build real models in the shops as class projects. If your club is made up of boys from the same school, so much the better. I Scout around the other schools, get a group in each school warmed up, form school ^€lubs and you’ll have some fine competition. See if you can’t get model racing in on the school sports. If there is an adult model club in your city, or a Big Time yacht club, get hold of one or two of the members to come around now and then during the winter and give you a talk about yachts and yachting. A real yachtsman will be glad to do this. If, when you are sailing, some likely looking boy comes around and begins asking questions, don’t freeze him off. Talk to him and you may get another member. Draw a good, but simple, pennant for your club flag. Have your mothers or sisters sew some out of silk for you. They should be triangular in shape-the pennants, not the sisters and mothers. 14 MODEL See that your skippers fly them when sailing. If you purchase models, get good ones. Don’t bother with the usual line of toy store boats. There are several manufacturers who put out good yachts at reasonable costs. Better still, build your own. You need not necessarily make your own fittings ; you can buy good ones and save time and grief. If you have some nice looking yachts, particularly if they were made by your own boys, go around to the storekeepers in your neighborhood, the big department stores, or hardware stores. Tell them about your boats and they’ll be glad to make a window display of them. Write up cards giving the names of the boats, their owners and builders, and telling something about your club. A window display of this sort will boost you considerably. In some cities the storekeepers are glad to pay a little something for a show of this kind. Maybe they’ll exchange some good tools, or something of the sort, for having the yachts for a week. This will help the club treasui.y or tool chest. Dig up some friendly storekeeper, city official. newspaper editor or other good scout, and horn-swogg}e him into putting up a trophy or two for you to compete for. Get some good pliotos of your yachts and races and give thelli to your local mews|)apers with a story to print. They will. Organize a summer’s series of club races; give the winner five points; second three; third, one-or something like that. At the end of the sailing season total up the points and to the chap with the highest score give a trophy of some kind. A club pennant will do nicely. Or a book; or a subscription to MonEL YACHTING If your group is going to build more than one different size or type of yacht, see if you can’t get several boys to build from the same plans. That way, when you get stuck, one chap can help another. And when they’re finished you can have some good one-design class racing. Don’t try to race all boats together regardless of size or rig. It can’t be done. A onedesign class is the best, and if you can get your entire club to build in one class you’ll have more sport. There won’t be any of this thing of the one lad with largest yacht always coming in first. all very nice to lose a race like a spol.tsman, but a fellow likes to beat the others sometimes. Above all, be sportsmen. Sail clean. Stick to the rules. And if there is some chap who is not inclined to act the goocl fellow-take him down a peg or two, and if that won’t work, have nothing to do with him. Yachting is for the sportsman, not the boor. DOERFLER’S “LEADER” MODEL AI Doerfler, one of Boston’s crack skippers of racing models, has become associated with the Merrill Manufacturing Company at Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Al is putting all his skill and cxperience into the perfection of the Lec{der line of models produced by th,s concern and through his ingenuity in perfecting these models the line is now one of the most popular on the market. About focurteen different siz:s and types are offered, one fascinating fcature for the youngsters, is the three rigs, sloop, schooner, and ketch, all of which may be used on the same model and al.e YACHTING. part of the standard equipment. During the winter get some good model yacht plans and build new boats. These designs are available in many places. Maybe we can get designers to The models are really fast and accurate sailers, they are priced amazingly low and open up wonderful opportunities to make the kids “model minded.” advertise in Mol)EL YAcl-lTING. If you don’t understand the plans, don’t ask the usual manual training teacher what they mean, go to your yachting friend. Blueprints are blueprints, but you have to know something about yachts to know what all those tricky lines mean. All the fans and skippers who recall Al’s feats with the six metre Cfa¢7ioc2.a and with E. R. Sanders’ J”in,a in the Eagle Cup Races will wish him equal success in his new venture. ——— i—i–. MODEL YACHTING 15 Model Yacht Racing Association of America The M. Y. R. A. is composed of affiliated clubs in many cities. It is a member of the !itie::,ae:i?s::;#!`noT,a.:uTn::t:o;i,::,d;:si:v2c:’ian:::e::w#h:tch;:ii.tco:?n::?es::tci;b::w:i3:nr:tie:ris.ih::::i:n3; pond or other suitable stretch for sailing. OFFICERS Prff€.dc#f.. WELLINGTON RINDGE, 1717 Beacon St., Waban, Ma.§s. Vice-President.. Ah 8. RE¥”oLDs. LfLoc7cf4r)7.. FREI) L. PIGEON,131 Coleridge St., East Boston, Mass. rrc4j#rcr.. E. A. But.I., 974 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Directorii Of Affilided Clubs BOSTON M. Y. C., FRED I.. PIGE:¥i %:|fr’iad’g’e’ street, E. B0Ston CENTRAL PARK M. Y. C., HOWA¥09G#eFSFt(T4S7tf%{:#’NewYorkcity CHICAGO M. Y. C., JOI]N J°%3N5Sf°s¥’H%;:Ce’%nue, Chicago, Ill. CLEVELA^TD M. Y. C., A. H. BEECHER. €?t?”figiTe’cievc|and, Ohio. SAUGATUCK MOI)EL YACHT CLUB . E. L. CHENEy, Secrefary, Saugatuck, Michi.gan. souTHERN coRnFTHIAN M. y. C., HUNTBRA.pyo8:S#oF’,osgegc,reit%EdstNENefu.. TOLEDO M. Y. C., A. M. YOUN\CvQaYtlgTri£%ehc’8:ah’o’o’i, To|edo, Ohio WASHIL\’GTON M. Y. C., A. G. BUHCR]¥rAk¥N6ffiscGec,re’a’y’ U. S. Court House, Washington, D. C. Other Clubs DEEPER HUDSON MODEL YACHT CLUB, PAUL HEriiLmE::ofe%ea’::?,’ Rensselaer, N. Y. DETROIT M. Y. C., w. C. VINCENT. SCC’e’aL’5y5’i6 Bay|iss Avenue GRA}ro RAplDs M. v. c., J°BD4AONNfApwr:sHp¥{S::,’e6¢,’a’n’dRapids,Mich. AKRON M. Y. C., W. F. HA¥ors6i &eect’reo’g:ri’tan Building, Akron. BRAINTREE POINT M. Y. C., E. M. VAUGHAN, Sccrc;Cry, 36 Quincy Ave., E. Braintree, Mass. HOLLYWOOD M. Y. C., MORTON MooRE, Seere;Cry, i4i8N.Spauld±:i,y¢VoeondTetaiif. JACKSONVILLE M. Y. C., W.J.iS¥yFg°r:u’n!B;’ndRecr?atj£:onB#iiTei’Fta. HUGUENOT M. Y. C., A. B:UTTKAI, Commodore. 203 Grea6reKajt]kiE::ds’taten Island MODEL CLUB, OwEN P. MERRII.I,, Secrclary, 205 City Island Avenue, New York City MONTCLAIR M. Y. C., Wnl.IAM H65Hc°]::kINsir?eetc,’e6%: Ridge, N. J. KA\TSAS CITY M. Y. C., L. A. SHERTDBEN, President. 5 12 7 Baltimorkafs:3na?iy, Mo. LOS ANGELES M. Y. C., NEWARK MODEL YACHT CLUB, R. E. HA¥Es. Secre!ary, 68 Brenner Street, Newark, N. J. OGDEN PARK M. Y. C., ROBERT H. WHITE, Secrejar}, 7307 Sangamon Street, Chicago PROSPECT PARK M. Y. C., CHAS. WANKER, Sccrejary, 572 56th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. RHODE ISLANI) M. Y. C., WAI,TER R. MANv, Sccrejary, 365 S. Mansfield Avenue, Los Angeles •MARBLEHEAD M. Y. C., F. L. WooD§, JR., Scc/ejavy, 36 Pleasant Street, MARLBORO M. Y. C., Marblehead, Mass. T. A. LECI.ERc, Secrc!bry, 17 Clinton St., Mallboro, Mass. ST. LOUIS MODEL YACHTING ASSO’CIATION Irvc. ` E. I. HENRIQU3i.84Sepc’ee#%’g`JAV`;e., st. Louis 2A6¥°fre%. So¥k°EANVEgn:;:’cta’yirovidence, R. I. ST. AUGUSTINE M. Y. C., WARREN F. yTfrE.E’c?e£?:’s¥?’Augustine, Fla. ST. LOUIS MODEL YACHT RACING ASSN., R. M. VERHEyDEN, Sccrejar}, Coi]tinental Life Bldg., St. Louis. SAN FRANCIScO M. Y. C.,”` fl fit, GonDon S”ARi, _Secretary, 116 Keamy Street, Sam Francisco sEATrl.E M. V. c., ABTHun5 #;.287AfiKEABv’e„ N. E., Seattle, Wch. 16 MODEL UNQUOWA MODEL YACHT CLUB, Poll.¥ CHURCHnl,, Sea/ejay,, YACHTING BOSTON MODEL YACHT CLUB 310 Stratford Road, Bridgeport, Conn. VANCOUVER MODEL YACHT CLUB E. W. E. BI,ACKMAN, 880 Cardero St.. Vancouver, 8. C. WAKEFIELD MODEL YACHT CLUB, 83 GAr.ee¥iv:ond°Ws¥r’eest:C”k’ei;ose Highlands, Mass. Bciy8′ Clubs COMMU\|TY SERVICE OF BOSTON, I\`C., FRANcls X. MCLAuoHL”. Director Room 202, 739 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. I)ELAWARE M. Y. C., Elimination Races to select the three boats to represent this club ended June Zbth with Westward, Gee, and Bvemy Ill, winning the coveted places. was/ow¢7d scored 34 out of a possible 40 points. Eight boats entered the Eliminations, the winner took the windward heat from all competitors, losing three leeward heats. Gee Scored 26, 8%„”y JJJ, 23 points. Light winds prevailed throughout the series. E\oBERT EASTBURN, Commodore, 1708 Broom Street, Wilmington, Del. LI`TCOLN JUNIOR M. Y. C., FRANKLIN WISEMAN, 26 Clayton Street, Malden, Mass. MERIDEN M. Y. C., RALPHP.3J4A4CKcS3rNtisges{::8{?’Meriden.Conn. THE SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST Mr. H. 0. Pmlips wins the CAcrower, St. Louis the F/¢4¢e7 and little Papoose will take a trip to San F`rancisco. H. 0. PHILLIPS, California ST. LoUIS M. Y. ASSoCIATloN SAN FRANCISCO M. Y. C. J. W. MAGANN, Oklahoma ROY CLouGH, Marblehead MONTCLAIR M. Y. C., New Jersey Elements of Yacht Design ByNORMAN L. SKENE $3.50Post paid CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING EgcESs74TZ”?a;:s!7C3:sinper¥:tdi;1n!,a:Fatss; A model $50. ComiL)1ete in every detail. F. L. Pigeon, 131 Coleridge Street, East Boston, Mass. 3::8f::i:itrscu?irship8eo`?rB.mDoodt::Eg,k::s: One of the new 50-inch 800 sq. in. sail area boats designed and built by Roy Clough for the Marblehead racing-5_0″ o.a., 38″ w.I., 8″ beam, 8.75″ draft, disp. 11.5 lbs., sail area Summit Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J. Several Internatiorial Class A models by 765 .sq. in. i:pr:::f::8fi:a;;e;s;eeariAf,:a;i:e;1gufLt:as!;yv:::p.ea:: OUR COVER Introduces to our readers, Mr. Wellington Rindge, President Model Yacht Racing A§sociation of America. JUST ONE MORE LITTLE subscription, please. F i =r[ i* *rr-i+ i* ir. i* – i WORKING BLUE PRINTS I “cgiv M. Y. R. A. CLASS 8 Jo¢„ H¢r”¢7.d, designed by FRED L. PIGEON, full size, ,$2.00 i INTERNATIONAL CLASS A I WesJav¢7.d, designed by C. 0. LILjEGREN, full size, $2.00 I/rcfe8.„, designed by W. STARLING BURGEss, full size $2.00 Gossoo”, designed by FRED L. PIGEON, full size, $2.00 i IVo7.seow,a7″, designed by S.” 0. BERGE, half size, $1.50 i 50 INCH, 800 SAIL AREA Sfeoow Bo¢J, designed by FRED L. PIGEON, $1.50 i i 36 INCH SCHOOLBOY MODEL designed by F. T. WooD, full size, $1.50 11 FOOT SKIFF FOR MODEL SAILING designed by J. A. PoTTER, $1.00 SHIP CURVES $1.00 I The above prices are postage paid. We will add to these as fast as we can. Write for further information. i RTcVS i MODEL YACHTING i Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts I i 1_,,_,,_`,_,,==!,_I,_!!_”_ H FISHER’S FITTINGS FOR MODEL YACHTS Goosenecks. 3,§ to 1 inch, 50c to $2.00. Mast and boom bands 25c Rudder for Sea Sco”C, asserribled, brass or aluminum, $1.50 Special Fittings Made to Order In either brass or alurriinum, at reasonable prices Turnbuchle8 coith one inch take-up, es|.ecially 8ui;ed for Class A models, regular or u)ith fork. 30 and 35 cents Gooseneck for Scar Scoot/ 50c, Shackles 10, 12 and 15c Travelers, 15 and 50c [L A. J. FISHER 1002 Etowah Avenue, Royal oak, Michigan llluslraled catalog No. 6 mailed upon receipt Of I.n cents Please mention jl4.odc/ y4cAfl.#g when writing