Model Yachting: Volume 3, Issue 31 – September 1947

EPUBUC LIBRAR, 1947 SEPTEMBER .1 I SCHEREZADE A Former “A”, Class Champion IN THIS ISSUE INTERVIEWS – WILMARTH F. POST …………………… By EIK CIDMAS EASY RAKING MAST ………………………………………………………. By 0. B. U. THE MODEL in MAJOR YACHTING ……………………………. By E. L. DUNN RACE RESULTS CLUB NEWS COMMENTS $2.00 in U. S. and Canada: $2.50 Forei•n All rights reserved. Nothing that appears in this maqa6ine may be reproduced, nther wholly or its port, without written permission of the Editor acting Jim’s main squawk, and a justifiab one, is the incident at his own duh wherein the holder of the cup entere.j the eliminations instituted by his club to select a challenger in the “Marblehead Cup” races. Personally we cannot &et why the Long Island Club held elimina. tions when they already had the logica} defender on their roster. By the result of these eliminations the defender v.ns eliminated as such, by one of his own members, by one point. Under the circumstances the club has no one to blame but itself. Certainly it cannot blame the “Deed of Gift” of the Marblehead Cup. We have an authentic copy of this “Deed of Gift” which we have read very carefully, and nowhere is there mentioned the need of eliminations, other than to specify that there shall be only one contestant from each club, and here is where we are l 00 per cent with Jim in his desire that the number of participants be unlimited in all important regattas. We don’t know where Jim got the idea that it was next to impossible to change the deed of th~ Marblehead Cup. We cannot see any clause in this deed that could in any way for the MYRAA prohibit the Marblehead Model Yacht Founded in 1945 by Charles H. Farley Under order of M’.)D!:.I… YACHT RACING ASS’N OF AM. Office of Publlcatiou 71 Calla Street, Providence 5, R. I. FREEMAN J. SAN fOS. Director Jeanne A. Santo1, Liternry Editor How:i.rd I. Angell Treasurer and Circulation Mgr. 8 6 Brandon ~toad, Cranston, R. I. Herbert J. Underhill Advertising Dept. Manager Collabo1·ators Mrs. Ruth Lennie, Honorary Archie Arroll Walter R. Many Aina Ballantyne P.. D. Matheson Paul Collet /illiam Speers Samuel Dickie Mrs. J. L. Sythoff A. H. Las sell James Warrell Subscription, his rights. Vol. Ill V One Year, or from a contrib11tor who reserve, SEPTEMBER FORE’N’ Club from changing the clause limiting contestants. The question of \,;hat should be the legal status oi titleists or cup-holders is one that surely needs studying. From a logical point of view these men are de, fendants, not challengers and should not, by any stretch of the imagination, have to enter any elimination race anywhere in connection with the cup they hold. In doing this they are prematurely de, fending their right to the cup against their own club members only, whereas, by winning it in open competition against representatives of other clubs, he has every right to def end it in like manner. This privilege cannot and should not be rescinded by elimin:i.tions, whatever their results. We believe that this matter should he placed before the Annual Meeting delegates so that the legal status of defenders can be established and made an No.7 At,T ‘ft AMES WARRELL is one horn~ bre after our own heart. When he has an idea, he does not hesitate to express himself and in no uncertain terms. We agree whole heart2dly in his proposition that “Deeds of Gift” should not be accepted by the National, Divisions or Clubs that in any way tend to limit the amount of contestants. The war is over and from all indications our sport is on the upswing. As Jim pointed out. the popularity of any sport is meas, ured :;bv the number of _participants that ind•,1lge in it. Our duty is to do c1.llin our power to increase active interest in our regattas, and allow nothing to interfere with the accomplishment of that purpose. Turn to Page 2 4 1 • J11terv1ews I Didn’t Get! M Wilmarth Post, I pre.sume?!!” . rt.hat a pip of an approach?!! The 1-nt , . , ·t s 1 s f f l ” 1 f t ll ) e ll JJ t ~ r r t , ‘1 s l ..-Scanley”approach,-Clevt:r, 1s11t _ 1 • ~ow rm really cooking, so I got nght j ,wn business. “Mr. Post” says I, “you have been . sted in model yachting for some 1nt1..fC , ?” • 001 i.; now, haven t y~u_. “Yes,” replied he, • Smee a boy of ~ve 1 n I made some crude ships and sailed ~~ f them in a creek across the wa Y rom \\fo:re we lived. Even thru my teen years sailing was an absorptivity_ i~ my ma~eup. About 193? I?Y I?atnot~c and kind ,,·ifc took up kmttmg m a big way_ ~nd spent all her spare time in that activity, 50 I in self defense, decided to take up model boat building, and produced the neatest little 30 inch sloop you ever laid ,·our eyes on. She was a nice craft,but had one bad feature,-she wouldn’t sail where I wanted her to. Sometimes I waited on the bank for an hour or two before she decided to come ashore. Silly hoy-no steering gear. “Then one day I noticed some men sailing larger boats, about 4 feet I _judged, and to my astonishment they would start at one end of the pond and ail straight to the other end. I introduced myself and followed them around. That did it!’ Right there and then I decided that model yachting was the sport for me. “Two of these model yachters were Ralph Malek and Mike ‘Donavan of the Cleveland Club .and with their helpful suggestions I tackled my first boat, an “M” from the design of Baumgartner’s No. 15′. She was a good boat but a had baby to sail. My next boat was Tnhn Black’s Cheerio II followed by Homer Baumgartner’s No. 18. I believe that I am the only one that has the plans of this boat which I s::i.ilonly occasionally because of limited time. “You see I am a salesman for the to WILMARTH F. POST OUR TREASURER Efficiency Plus Wolf Envelope Co. of Cleveland and Detroit-don’t forget the plug-and my territory covers the west side of Cleveland going as far as Elyria and Lorain, Ohio. Also the large territory east of Cleveland starting at Wickliffe, Ohio to the Penn line. ..When I do sail I prefer the Vane gear, but what I do not know about the vane will fill a darn big book, but I’ll not take a back seat when it comes to loyalty to the sport and the organization. “Parks, Malek, Donavan and I started the Forest Hills Club in 1941, and as a club we’ve done right well. My personal biography is identical to that of any other man \~·ho is trying to make an honest living- and bring up a deservin~ little familv in the old American traditions. “Bor::i in Clevelanrl, f’ecember 16, 1908. WP11t to Clevehnd’s public schools anrl then ~ri Mi-:.mi TTniversity of Oxford. Oh 10 where l received the· degree of Bachelor of ScienrP. Member of Si!’.!mr1. N• nnd rt Mr1,5onfor 20 years, and ~-c:;;, h0hbv I h::tvf’ mv mndel’ sailing \-.-•hie~I h,…J;~vea re?.l man’s l’l0ort. 1 ”There are four members to che Post family, my wife Helen J., two charm· ing daughters, Carolyn age 9 years 6 ~onths, and Margaret 6 years and 6 months. “The sport has honored me on several occasions–once by electing me as presi• trophies or cups surrounded by limit.. tions will be ignored and replaced in popular desirability by those which offer greater participation-so why worry and die young-things have an uncanny way of adjusting· themselves– and -ec, will deeds of gift. dent of the Mid· West Division and National Treasurer for these many years, and incidentally Mr. Cidmas, I’m going to be frank in regard to office• holding in the MYRAA. ·It’s dishearten• ing for anyone to give up of his time and many times hard earned cash for the sake of his favorite sport, and receive in return only squawks and kicks. After all, none of us are paid for our work and accept to carry on because of our love for the sport and desire to be useful and resent being treated as paid em• ployees if we fail to jump immediately as soon as someone snaps his finger. It is not unusual for me to spend several hours many nights on official business af, ter a hard day’s trudging only to be in• formed that I was tardy in doing thi~ or that. A little more consideration for our officials who are certainly doing all they can for the advancement of the sport is not asking too much, is it? Personally you can quote me as saying that this job of mine is open to anyone that wants it. I enjoy sailing and always will. I like to win, that’s natural but if I don’t I still have a lot of fun.’ And what could be sweeter to Bill Post than to go down to the pond and forget that he had to get home and bury his schnossola in a stack of official headaches. Oh!! brother-hasten the day!!! “Now, Mr. Cidmas, is there any other question that you would like to have me answer?” “Yes, When does the next train leave for Providence.” ——MOD[L YACHTING. _____ _ FORE’N’AFT From Page 2 obligatory clause in all deeds of gift before they become acceptable as trophies for the sport. In any event, as the sport advances numerically and interest becomes keener , CIVE UNTO CEASAR…. Your magazine is now being published at approximately half what it formerly cost and we believe that it is high tune to give the devil hi~ due. Three finna not affiliated in any way with model yachting deserve our highest gratitude and we are taking this occasion to ex• press to them our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation for their great help in. our behalf; To the ALLIED PRINTING CO Inc. not only for the very economicai charges for printing, but for their free use of space and lights while we make, up pages and impose them for the press, plus use of stitcher, folder, and cutter. To the Bishop Typesetting Co. for the many little uncharged services and cooperative attitude. • To the East Texas Engraving Co. of Tyler. Texas for their splendid service and fair charges, which make poS&ole illustrating our pages. At the half,way point of our director• ship it is quite fitting that we acknowl• edge our gratitude and friendship to these helpmates that are making our success possible. Thanks, fellows. _____ _.,oDn YACNTIN…_ ____ _ A fussy woman in a restaurant was ordering breakfast: “Bring me two slices of homemade bread toasted not too hard and buttered with fresh cou~try butter not too salty; one strictly fresh egg poached medium soft; and orange juice, wen strained, with only half a cube of ice in it.,, “Yes, Madam,” replied the waitress. “And would you prefer a plain goe band or a floral pattern on your dishes?” • ~— SUBSCRIPTION BLANK ON BACK COVER What Model Designing Means to Major Yacht Racing By E. L. Dunn To the uninformed the hobby of -~~d~~ .. ·!1ting is still looked upon as a kids • 1ed to b e1·1eve •. urt and I am sometimes ‘ h thJ.t ,many model yac tsme~ d_o not prcciatc the tremendous s1gmficance 1 11 • ,.,c model yachting has in the practical t 11,, h . JL·signing of major yac ts. Model yachtsmen seem to have de, n:lopcd an inferiority complex when in r.:.dity they are the forerunners of wh~tc\·cr improvements have come to maJor j,…,:itbuilding. The importance of model ,·acht d.:signing can more readilly be ;1rprcciated when we r~aliz;e th:i~ before the design of the 19.,7 Amenca cup Lkfcnder “Ranger” was decided on, four r:~rcnt models were constructed and tL·sced. It was on the basis of the performance of these models that the lines of “Ranger” which up to the time of dis, mantlement in fayor of the war effort, ,v:is considered the finest ‘T’ class yacht in the world, were chosen. If there is any doubt as to the reliance plac~d upon the performance of these models, then kt us quote Mr. Sterling Burgess, “Ranger’s” designer. Said he “The model selected for “Rang;er” ,vas so un, 11~11al that I do n0t think anv one of of us would have dared to rick her had ,,·e not had the tank results ~nd Kenneth Dwid~on ‘s analysis to back her. Not 011lv did the dial readings indicate her as the best of the lot, but photos of her sailing showed a wave formation much S’noother than the others.” And in the ~amearticle Mr. Burgess makes this state, r”‘·wnt.”Nicholson had given me the lines nf “Endeavour I” so our first step was to tr{ nut, as a measuring stick for the new ‘””Odcl,the models of Endeavour, Rain, bow and We;1tamoe. We were en, ,0:1raged to find that the models of these three boats gave results strictly in ac, cordance with the actual performance of the ma_ioryachts.” ‘,lL ;,p When we consider that Mr. Burgess was one of the world ·s outstanding de, signers, we can more readily appreciate the fact that our sport has anc.i can be elevated from the mediocre into that of grandeur. That Mr. Burgess placed fu;l reliance upon models, is additional ev1, dence that professional naval architects are NOT in complete possession of all the scientific facts that could predetermine a, yacht’s performance and still hold their flngers crossed until she is in the water. It appears quite evident that much data on yacht design is deliberately withheld from publication apart from describing the general principles of design with the necessary mechanics of balance and flotation. Published works give practically no information as to the reasons why one of two yachts which are of the same displacement and water line meas, urements, should be, as is often the case, a much superior boat. When any such information is solicited it usually invites an abstruse pet theory of one designer to the exclusion of all others, and to the serious student of yacht design this is not satisfactory. After reading volumes on the subject you are left at precisely the same point where you started from. The question no•,~:i<:-,--dothey really know, or are we nr,informed because such knowledge is NOT released for publication. The answer to both these questions; I think, is in the affirmative. A far cry from the scientific frankness in other engineering endeavours. The scientific world would very much appreciate a full discussion and analysis on the de, signs of ..Endeavour II" and ..Ranger," however I feel certain that such infor, mation is not likely to be published in the very near future, if ever. It is at this point, surrounded by mvstery and obscureness, th::i.tthe student begins to form theories of his own, but theories are theories until fonnd to be pragmatic. I t I I I 11 I I I I I Model Yacht Basin a:.: ChicaQ'o \vhere the "A'' ClaEs National August :·'J 2..nd 31. Races will be held Skiff Sailing at Red Bank. •;...,.)~ . ...->r?:1~r~~(; .;·’~!.1:~~~ . ….-: .. ~ -• “Reflecting Pool” at Washington, D. C., with Lincoln Memorial m background. 8 I·Ie:r..tistead La~e the 1:ome tcatirs of th~ I.or1g Islm:ct Club 1.md :ul.:re :lie ·,’ -~- .·-‘!-.. -1 r,,p·· ·~ “‘.’\if,-;(;’ . !;~ .., ‘–‘ ·, rac:s ~l’lll be held Octobet the l ‘2th. N.o limitation as to nuriber of ·’•t contestants. . ::.”‘ …. . ‘··, cV ~ Everybody is invited. :.. ·_u-r–,.;f· 1 1,·ti-oi~ sailing .:.uiful 1 waters at Belle Isle, where 1\/[id,West “A” Class ·:1,:inJJionships were held :\ a gust the 3d. Starting point at Ver_onica La~e, ]'{. _the home waters of the lvfontclair 9 J. Club. Dick Tomkinson’s fast Bobkat, No. 8 takes first leg of the Golden Gate Trophy and Mr. Moseley’s No. 7 the Granat Bros. Trophy. Following is the score: §an Francisco Bay Area g Boat M-CLASS REGATTA The first event of this kind for several seasons, in which competitors were limited to Class M entrants only was held at Spreckels Lake on July 12. On exhibition at the Club House were two handsome trophies; the first prize being the donation of the Golden Gate Kennel Club and the second prize for the runner-up, a trophy of similar design offered by the firm of Granat Bros, jewelers. A black ebony column above a golden base, surmounted by -a ·golden sloop under sail briefly describes the salient features of these very handsome designs which were hotly contested for. The weather was very pleasant under a typical California sun though the wind was a bit light for good sailing; still some very close finishes were noted; only a distance of a couple of feet and a matter of seconds determined the outcome on some of the runs and windward beats. Collisions were exceptionally few and only a couple of resails were required. Generally speaking, a good time was had by all; good sportsmanship prevailed and no beefs were heard. These are both perpetual trophies; the winner will hold until defeated by another boat which has won the Elimina, tion trials next season. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Sl<.ipper 8 7 726 16 2 9 10 21 49 Tompkinson Moseley Gallagher Hull-Gustavino Haxton Tofte-Westerfeld Moyes Collet Hayden Pearsall Score 40 points 34 points 28 points 22 points 21 points 20 points 19 points 19 points 14 points 8 points FLAG RACES A series of contests marking a new departure which offers some induce, ments to the skippers in the also-ran division is on the agenda hereabouts. This scheme suggests a form of handicapping in which the race will not invariably go only to the swift boat, but all will have a chance to win a flag and thus engender friendly rivalry among the skippers of the Class M boats, to whom this Flag Contest is restricted. The plan is briefly that the winner of the first flag, where all boats sail from scratch, will be penalized in subsequent races by a deduction of 25 o/ofrom his point score; the same deduction to apply to winners of subsequent races. If this innovation proves popular in the M Class, it will no doubt be ex, tended to the X Class also. SISTERS Lassell's "fin less fin Keeler" struts herstuff before big sisters nn .San Diego Bay. 10 ( I ' This race was sailed under cloudless _·. ·es and a brisk wind prevailed over 10 •t(h. - . '--ourse• Following is the score: BL1dt 9 ~\). 6 \o. 1 \o. 47 S1I\ipper Score 20 points 18 points 13 points 10 points \o. 17 Hammond 8 points ~o. 5 Haxton 6 points Your collaborator is informed that certain races for the Pacific Coast Championship in the M Class were held at Berkeley iPond and by the Berkeley M. Y. C. on July 4, 5 and 6. Since no advance notice of this projected Class M Championship Meet has appeared under COMING EVENTS in Model Yachting and the S.F.M.Y.C. now learns of this event only some two weeks after it happened, we wonder :hose face should be red. While some competing boats might, or might not, have been forthcoming from the S.F. M.Y.C., it would at all events have borne more resemblance to good sports, manship had our club been invited to pat1C1pate. Can it be possible that the Berkeley club is afraid of competition from this side of the Bay, or is this writer all wet in his conception of the whole business? This isn't a beef; nobody's nose is out of joint exactly; it's just a polite in, uu1ry. The S.F. boys would like to know. Now let the other side kick it ro1md from here. Later. It is rumored that this alleged Pacific Coast Championship Meet was '.':on by Paul Collet, who is quoted as having stated that in his opinion the Meet was irregular and he was willing tn have the results disregarded. Much of this mix-up is hearsay, as far as this reporter is concerned. A •tatement has been promised by Paul rollet, which should prove enlightening. •.hould this be received, I will be glad to ;nrward it to the Editor. ~0- \ Moyes Tofte Lyon Penney Coilling Events •• M D1v Sept. 26-27-East. Champ. (skiff) at Lynn. Oct. 4-5-Campbell Boston. Oct. 5'-Stewart Hill. class Cup, M class, at Memorial at Forest Oct. 11-12-E. D. X. class Champ. ( skiff) at Deeper Hudson. Oct. 19-Greater Cleveland Cup at Forest Hill. Champ. I Oct. 26-Krauss pect Park. Cup, M class, at Pros, MILL POND CLUB From 1 Page 9 sport depends upon these lads. From observation a high percentage of us are fast nearing or past the 50 mark, but there are darn few replacements of the 16-25 year vintage. Would it be too much effort for each of us oldsters (I duck when I admit it) to take one youngster each under our wing and get him really interested in model sailing. Perhaps he could not ::tfi'orda boat. His early training could be as a mate, and what the H... do you care if he will make a few mistakes while learning. By your generosity you have not only made yourself a mate that understands you, but also made a future skipper. The possibilities opened to us by the efforts of Sec'y Santos to give us a manufactured ..One, Design,, this year baffles the imigination. Interest the youngster and in all probability the old man may get bit, too. I toss this on the discussion table as food for thought. None of us can get indigestion from this dish!!! SUBSCRIPTION BLANK ON BACK COVER -Gallagh~r 11 MARBLEHEAD CUP RACES The following is an official report of the Marblehead Cup Race, held at Mill Pond, Port Washington, N. Y., July 26 .and 27. There were nine entries, South Jersey, Prospect Park, Central Park, MiU Pond, Washington, Marblehead, Long Island, Deeper Hudson, Empire. July 26, Southwest win~ good all day started 10 A. M. finished 1 :45 P.M. Chairman of the Race Committee, Howard Curry; 0. 0. D., J. L. Sythoff; Starters, Howard Curry and Jim Warrell; Scorekeeper,. Walter Krek; Judges, Walter, Blank, Fred Swin Jr., and Ed. Johnson. and at the other end about 1500 hun. dred feet away another two about Ho ft. apart. This is the course. The judges tell us that each skipper ia allow,ed three touches on the windward and three on the leeward run . First Round, June 29th. Two skippers are getting ready on the starting line-Roy Saundry and hia model "Marie" the 1946 Champion, and George Saundry with his ..Ivor" the 194'5 Champ. There goes the whistle and they 're off on the windward leg. Alymer Pratt with his ..Valtea" and Harry Gawthorne with his ..Invader" are on deck and ready to displace a few pounds of water. On shore are Jack Gawthrone's ..Vanitie," John Pratt's "'Valient" and Ted Blackmore's "Falcon." All windward races are close and a real fight is certainly on for the day. & we look up the Lagoon we see the first pair coming to us with spinnakers set and pulling hard. ..Marie,, takes ..Ivor" by inches. ..Val jea,, beats ••Invader" by a bow, and that is the way the racing was all day- win or lose by inches only. Truly it was racing at its best. S~ipper Pts. Club Mae A. Ball'tyne 80 M. P. B. Ball'tyne C. Heist'kamp '57 S. J. Heisterkamp Jr. Ganner 48 M'le H. W. Hopkins 45 D. H. Geo. Lee Major Greely 32 Wash. Steed 32 P. P. H. Kethman 31 L. I. J. Warrell Jr. J. Trench'ger 28 C. P. A. Reynolds Lison 7 Empire Second Round, July 1st. Mr. Ballantyne had a perfect score The second round on July 1st proved for the two days and if I am not mistaken to be just as interesting to watch as the he has hung up a record that has not previous one. The skippers however, been equalled and will give something did not work quite as hard as the wind for the boys to shoot at. \Vas blowing at about eight miles per The Ladies Auxiliary served lunches hour thruout the day. Extremely close both days and the boys were well fed. finishes were again the highlight of the Our ladies are surely doing a splencfid day with the following results:job and I am sure everyone was pleased. First Second J. L. Sythoff, 0. 0. D. Boat Day Da.y otals Valjea 37 21 16 CAN!tDIAN SIX-METER Falcon 37 20 17 Marie 19 31 CHAMPIONSHIP 16 Ivor 34 18 16 Well! ... here it is! We are at d\e Invader 30 17 13 Lost Lagoon, Vancouver, B. C. It is Valiant 30 18 12 June 29th, and there is a ten mile wind Vanitie 12 12 0 that at times goes much over that. The :first round of the Canadian 6-meter is So a great event is over with Ted about to start. 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