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Official hAilicarioa of the MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION of AMIIICA AUGUST 1 947 • \., \. \ I .lt\QDEL SAIL – POWER BOATING AND SHIP BUILDfNG I COMING EVENTS – POWER BOAT NEWS – CLUB NEWS lntervie,vs I Didn’t Get ! I began to warm up to my m1ss1on. “Mr. Ballantyne,” I began, “You per, haps are aware that I represent Modd Yachting and have been assigned to interview you. I want you to realize that whatever you say will be uesd against you, so help you God.” “Come now Mr. Cidmas, calm down -don’t be so nervous, after all I’m just an ordinary fellow. so let’s be quite informal. What did you want to see me about?” That little speech really had a soothing effect upon me, as I was a little uneasy. You see this Ballantyne fell ow is not what he tried to impress me with-ordi~~ry. He looks you straight thru and has an exceeding digni, Ains Ballantyne fied appearence .. Impresses you as a man that doesn’t stand for any monkey,busi, By Eik Cidmas ness, so I started very meekly with my • I had expected the “Chief’ to give first question. . “Mr. Ballantyne, when did you first • me the pin~-slip after the fiasco of my become interested in model sailing?” 1 last assignment but he didn’t. You “Well,” replied he after some thought, • wouldn’t beljeve it but that guy is harder “”My brother and I began making and . to understand than a Model yacht sail, sailing models way back in 1909 thru ! ing rules book. Instead of bawling me 1912 in a little shallow pool on Wallace rout he begged me to continue trying. St. Beach at Oakland, New Zealand. 1 Said he, “Look here Eik never use that They were smaU boats, two feet long, ·,word in my august· presence~-there is and we wadded in and turned them ‘ no word as “fail,” I have no use for any with a stick :much as you do nowadays. jerk who uses it. “Go out and get this Then I came to· America and took up guy Ballantyne.” Find out all you can model yachting quite seriously about 1 abouthim. I want a personal biogP’:hY, nderstand. Make him speak .L’.x:mt fifteen years _agowhen· I joined the Mill _imself–I realize that’s going to be nome Pond· Club. My brother began to build before I did to amuse his son and has 10~.but, my hoy, you can do it ; so get been building ever since. You see· I am 1 omg, scram. a batthelor and really· got the bug from : I did. Up to Port Washington I rode watching him.” • g o 11 Jefferson St., rang the bell and Boy, oh boy·!! I was doing wonder, 1 > vaited. The door opend and there fully. Just as I was framing another ~ ood my victim who graciously invited question a handsome young man came n e to enter, after scrutinizing my press into the room who was introduced to me 1 ard. as Bob, if I remember ·correctly. He sat 1 down and a little yellow haired young, ~ , The evening air was a trifle raw out, ster wabbled unsteadily to him• and cud, de but within the spacious living room. vith the slow burirrg fire in the fire, dled at his feet, his ·son I’ believe. • ,, Then I asked my second question·, L lace and the cheerful smile of my host •• and ••x” championships. That’s all, 1 “You now design and build your own guess, Mr. Sidmas, . . . sorry you mUst yachts, do you not?” At this point this guy “Bob” picks the leave so soon, but we must put the kiddies to bed, you know . . . early to kid up, sits him on his knee, and says “I bed, early to ris. . . .” think I’ll have to answer that as “Uncle’ I know when I’m beaten-and I was. is quite tired this evening and further, more is somewhat modest about his But the cruelest blow of all was when ability, . . . you don’t mind do you ” Bob hollered to me as I was getting into “Not at all,” said 1, but I wish I my car and said, “Here’s something I forgot, . . . ‘Uncle’ is a darn good never had. “Well,” said Bob, ” ‘Uncle’ is con, architectural designer, too . . . have a sidered one of the best designers and pleasant trip!! builders of model yachts in this section ______ MODEL YACHTING, _____ _ of the woods. He not only designs boats but also makes all his own :fittings. Have PREMATURE you seen his Vane gear? No? W elL you’ve missed something.” The South Jersey Club is sending out “So I’ve heard, and what about …. ” self ,addressed post-cards to member clubs “There’s no getting away from it, addressed to the Nat. Secretary in which ‘Uncle’ in spite of his years can lick the the clubs place a bid for the 1948 “M” stuffings out of most younger guys. class National races, but ask that it be Look at his record …. Who has won awarded to South Jersey. more Eastern Division Championships This premature activity is encouragthan he has • • • um • • • answer me in, but shows a lack of understanding of that!! Nobody!!! In all classes, mind you, our Constitution, which leads us to A’s, M’s and X’s and he’s still going again request all secretaries to acquire a strong. Not only that but he has been sufficient number of them to sell to their officially interested in the sport for years. Race chairman of the Eastern Division me:nbers. for four long years . . . and he did a Bids for National events can only be darn good job, if I do say so myself.,, accepted from clubs that have paid their “S 0 I’ h d b ,, I registrations for the year in which such ve ear ‘ ut. • • • try to events will be held. interupt …. “And what about that National “M” As club registration fees are due only Championship … and last year’s Na, at the first of the year 1948, these pretional “A” championship he lost by only mature bids cannot be honored at this one point. That’s sailing in any man’s time. •’ -country, . . . and this year’s Eastern Undoubtedly South Jersey has a justi”X” Championship?” :6.ableclaim to this event in 1948, or any “What about designing. . . . other Eastern Division club, but let us “Designing? That’s a hot one.” says not loose sight of the fact that as this is Bob, “Designing is a subject for mature the biggest event in the territory and the minds only, minds· mature enough to one that will undoubtedly bring together grasp the intricities of q~sign and con, the largest number of skippers, it shou~d struction. •uncle’ has one of the largest naturally tie up with the Annual Meet, private libraries on marine construction ing. to be found anywhere and altho I h~v~ Furthermore no club can bid for an’ tried to study the subject, I haven’t· made other, and us the :final decision rests in :first base. It’s ·complicated st~ff,: right the hands of the Executive Committee, up Uncle’s alley.” clubs should address _their_appeals ,of •. “lv!r.’Balai:itvne,_you hav~ a.~bi …. ;, preferen~e -~oth¢ir represe~tative who_i~ • ·•·•-Certai~ly:uncle’ ,h;i.s:imbi,t{ons,. ._,: tutji ·qn t~ans!llit ~heir desires to ,t.he ~h? hasen_t. To :fillhi~ cup to. overflow, bth~r rneinbers of ·the committee. mg would be to win the National ..A,, •·But above all get those Constitutions. ~ 1 I C. A11nual Power Boat Regatta __ . brgest crowd ever to witness a • ,l..r”er boat day of racing 1 r ·r..:J at the pond of the Baltimore • ···r Boat Club o;.1 June the 22nd . . ‘ __ l.t\· \vas pcricct a11J tii~ boys reallJ . •• .~nd everyti1ing combin…:J co make ··.,. -, 1 c a aunJ succ…:.:i.5.’fi1e boys L• b . ~•) ..h\..t u,.J o; ~n- enthusiasm of .. , .. cl tint tkf ~tarted right in to r–·conh. •1 h..:y v..:ere not satisfied , inc, hut stretched it to three,- record in itself. i;i Clas:; “A,” B..:n KaufmJ.n, of i 1 hil:tdclphia Club, set a new record . ; -i.~.~ m.p.h. Harry Traband of the ··:: club tu:1ed his “D” cla[s boat up to • _. , 1:i:oni.:hing speed of 61.64 m.p.h. : • r· ::0!:1.C of you sail enthusias~s want ..n:i[tr:i.~ion he’s willing to give you •···:;~~c exhibition to prove that he can .1t. In class “E” Ray Seavey also of • • ·.!Jdphia booted his model to a speed , 11.6~-, so that all in all the Philly ·:: h;id a bea1.itifulday. Th.: nost thrilling and unbelievable : ·nt ever witnes~ed on any pond to our 1.. – ~.: ” . ···~ ~ — 1• Examples of the craftsmanship employed by the power boys of San Francisco. N_otice the fine d~tail. ·—-··. ~–•• knowledge was when L. Darlington’s boat did the “loop-the-loop” and landed right side up to continue the race and finish in remarkably good time. Prize Winne,’s for the Da.y Class ·–A” Club High Points Name 1100 B. Kaufman, Phila. 54.88 400 Balti. 48.91 J. Sparr, ]. Hempel, 300 Phila. 39.13 Class “B” J. Thorpe, New York 53.57 1200 W. Mertens, Hampton 25.57 600 Class “C” W. Trimmer, 1200 Rich. 51.75 R. Burees, 900 Balti. 46.39 J. Sollers, Balti. 39.47 675 Class “D” H. Traband, Phila. 61.64 895 ]. Stuffer, Phila. 42.70 Class “E” E. Clapp, Phila. 55.15 625 R. Seavey, Phila. 61.64 1200 L. Darlington, Phila. 51. 72 82 5 R. Burees, Balti. 48.05 479 Reported by Sparr • -..,.,:~ ~·i:rpcp;;;;:r;:;;;mmnlllJTur: =~!l!’a.”–:~ I, — the foreground {5 pictured the cabin cruiser “Anne” from the board of Don _._.n and built by Virg;l Gustavion, both of whom are sailing enthusiasts. • ‘.;:-:i.sures 65 in. over all and is powered with a OH valve 4 cycle gasoline. engine. :-. the middle plane, i::-the “Jennie Wilson,, a (Philadelphia) Pilot Boat, steam ~ ·.\·ered with a double acting 2 cycle engine. In the back ground is a stem, ••:..:eler steamboat .1bout 5 ft. long with a two cylinder steam plant. ,:;. .r EASTERN DIVISION INTER-CLUB MEET -· “M” CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP The third race of the series ~ sailed at Boston wit~ tha~ club as hosts, and the wind was JUSt nght for a perfect day’s sailing. The weather man had predicted rain and thunder for late afternoon but as usual he was “all Wet.”‘ There were no mishaps and. everybody were in a happy frame of mmd. Here are the scores:- South Jersey Model Yacht Club acted as host to a good representation of Eastern skippers on Saturday, June 28. The races were held at the Yacht’s basin in Cooper River Parkway, South Jersey. The day was hot and humid and partly cloudy, with the wind about 8 M.P.H., south to wuthwest, necessitating a reach both ways, a:nd–the scoring was two points in each direction. Races started at 10: 50 A.M. with nine entries. By 1 :00 P.M. six boards had been completed, at which time the races were stopped for lunch. Racing was again resumed at 2 :00 P.M., and about 3: 15 P.M. a heavy shower of rain fell, and the O.O.D declared a recess, hoping the rai!1 “vould cease later in the afternoon. At :, : 5’0 racing was again resumed, and the 9th board was sailed off. The wind had left with the storm. Sunday, June 29th The weather was clear and warm with the wind east by southeast about 8 M.p.H. all day. The races started at 10:20 A.M. and concluded at 3:30 P.M. BOSTON Mo_flit,. Show Up.~•·:••.•·•· ..··-·······,.•······:·~3 M. Levy, Vim ……………………………… 91 S. Levy, Show Me ………………………….. 87 McKay ………….. :…………………………… 71 RHODE ISLAND Dickie, Challenger ………………………….. ;; Angell …….. .-………………………………….. 54 Wood ………………………………………….. 46 Denkewitz, Sunkiss…………… ~ …………. .3J • MARBLEHEAD .••. Matteson ………………………………………. 60 Les Conners, Jean ………………………….. 50 0. Goodwin, Betty R …………………… .50 Chapman, Marbleheader ………………. :. 42 LYNN . ;;x, J. Patey, Rogue ……………………………… 92 J. Avery, Mary Ann …………….. ~ ……….59 Parker, Jean …………………………………. .’.57 Fontaine, My Honey ……………………… .35 H. Richardson was OOD. High score men for each club received beautiful leather bill folds. .J We got quite a thrill in meeting that stalwart of Model yachting and em, inent government -laboratory technician, skipper Bolgiano of Dayton, Ohio,.,who is on his first leave in years. ·~_-Mr. Bolgiano came East to visit his mother. The pointers we acquired from him on the latest developments in plastics are priceless, and we shall pass them on to the readers in the near future. Another visitor to the pool was form~r publisher Brown, and a lot of remi, niscencing was induldged in. We wish to co~rect a misunderstanding to the effect that those two great skippers Staff and Maurice Levy are of Dutch decent and not Danish as re, ported. SCORE S~ipper Boat Points C. Heisterkamp, SJ, Sun-up ~ 58 A. M. Ballantyne, SJ, Arrow III 56 ]. E. Bender, SJ, Corky 50 A. Link, SJ, Almary 46 J. Treuchlinger, CP, Katie 36 A. B. Reynolds, MP, Sally 31 J. L. Sythoff, LI, Tefo 22 J. L. Sythoff, LI, Tefo 22 R. W. Gordinier, IRV, Harpie 16 W. Bush, MP, Cymbal 9 After the race the Joseph Weaver Memorial Trophy was presented to the winner bv Mr. Ains M. Ballantvne of Mill Pond. the donor. Marshall F. Guv of South Jersey acted as 0.0.D. assisted hv Mrs. Norma E. Guv and Frank E. Snow as starters and _judges,A. B. 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