Model Yachting: Volume 4, Issue 44 – October 1948

tiu I A MONTHLY MAGAZINEFORTHEMINIATURE BOATENTHUSIAST ~ M. Y.R.A.A. PACIFIC N. “1. M. V.R.A. METROPOLITAN BURGEE LEAGUE ‘.: i I l,Ft;,\1Ti( .IJETIWIT OCTOBER 1948 M. \.A. No. 44 Vol. 1V \I ‘•’ COMMODORE VICE-COMMODORE ACTING COMMODORE FLEET CAP’tAJN REAR I COMMODORE REGATTA COMMITTEE M. Y.R . .A.A. BURG EE PACIFIC N. W. M. Y.R.A. METROPOLITAN LEAGL”E NEW ENGLASD LEAGCE ‘.: OCTOBER 1948 . 11 No. 44 Vol.. 1V • 1. ,,… , .. . COMMODORE ACTING COMMODORE •·· -· ••• … •• ;, ‘· • …. . VICE-COMMODORE FLEET CAPTAIN – .,_ REAR COJl.\fODORE REGATTA COMMITTEE ,.,•• ·, .. Gone Are The Days (I (I (I (I Some of the old-line politicians have failed to realize that the good old days when they could stampede an unsuspecting assemblege of delegates with baseless and deceptive oratory and shady juggling of facts are gone forever. True, delegates can still be swayed by the above method of procedure, but it is no more a safe one. With the establishment of the “champion of the rank,and,file, ‘Model Yachting,·” paying 12 monthly visits to the membership; airing and analizing happenings within the organizaton, where they can be studied at leisure, places anyone attempting to “put over a fast one” in a rather vunerable position. Gone are the days . . . when the membership of the MYRAA slumbered in ignorance: of what transpired Annual Meeting with the feeling of security from reaction by the membership. Gone are the days when the membership of the MYRAA slumpered in ignorance of what transpired within its councils and relied solely upon the unreliable and oft prejudiced grapevine. Gone a-re the days . . . when some intelligent and far,seeing lone member had no method of acquamt111g the rest of his fellow members with the dangerous procedures or irregularities prac, ticed by our official family. Gone are the days . . . when minority groups can successfully attempt to foster upon, and control the majority with impunity. “Model Yachting” will ever be the EARS, EYES and ‘ VOICE of the rank,and,file. It will ever be impartial, fair,-and above all, ever watchful, and unafraid. We will never compromise. Compromises are merely “”half,measures,” neither good or bad, therefor. undersirable. On our way home from the Annual meeting a very good friend of ours, when we stated that it was our intention to publish and expose the action of some of the delegates at the meeting, remarked that it might lead to “killing” the organiza, tion. Our answer was, “Killing the organization has been a prominent subject of discussion for the past few years, and reorganization with a more modern element. Not a good idea, … yet!! History has proven that an uninformed rank,and,file is far more liable to produce “death,, than an informed one.” Bibically speaking “God looked upon the earth and its people thereon and saw that it was bad.” So in His wisdom he selected Noah and his family to start a new propagation movement. See what we have today?!!! Now, in all seriousness, I am more fearful of the ultimate “Ii:cd the International classic. ______ oou. TACNTIN,,._ ___ _ ambled around on crutches. Was totally helpless. He painfully and laboriously schooled himself to slide around his living room floor laying or sitting upright on rugs-graduated to a laboriously slow WE’RE SORRY, BUT .. Some 103 of our subscribers will miss (:) “Model Yachting” with the Sepif 1..:mber issue, but it is unavoidable ,\·c are to comply with the Postal Regula, r:ons for 2nd class matter. The above .·,:b:criptions are due since last February .t:id a$ such arc not admissable to postal transportation. Under postal laws we are allo·:.·ed k::.sthan 5 o/oof the mailing list for the issuance of “Samples,” and the above, not being paid, arc classified as such. The above amount of non-payees repre, ~cnts above 20 o/o, consequently we had to c;:i.ncelthem or lose our permit. If any of the above renew within a resonable time we shall include under seperate mail ALL back numbers not received. Loyal subE.cribers kindly pass the word along. Publisher. ______ .. oon YACNTIN<. _____ _ LASSELL VANE RIGHTS TO BE SOLD Negotiations for the sale of exclusive rights for the manufacture of the Lassell -Vane in England are now under way. "Gus,, Lassell will continue to hold his inventive rights to this steering device in the United States and plans may still be had from the inventor for $2.00 a set, including mailing. ------"ODEL YACHTING, _____ _ A. "Cus" R. LASSELL I am happy to be able to report that Gus is definitely on the recovery-BUT Oh!!! Oh!! how slow and painfully. It would not be possible to gauge it from day to day. Here's a much better yardstick. When we took him home from the hospital he could not even have "Cus" Lassell Good Fellow, Sportsman, Genius locomotion on crutches-and last night took his first faltering steps unaided from his couch to the telephone-a distance of about fifteen feet. He made it to the phone without any assistancecalled up one of our members in connection with the San Diego regattaand got back to his divan. I am going to take him to the San Diego regattahave reserved rooms there for myself, wife and Gus. Tom has rented a hospital type wheel-chair-and since the highway is only about fifty yards removed from pond-side we believe we can keep Gus comfortable in his official capacity as Judge at the finishing line. Skol! Staff Banks. 9 Building An ''M'' Class Yacht Reorinted from "Yachting With Models" by John Black. W~ittlesey House Publishers. Copyrighted 1939 by 'the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. PART I ln this subject, as in many others, e~1..-hworkman is positive that his own m ·thod is the best. The method described herein has been the accumulation by experience over a period of some 40 Yl"',\ts and we believe embodies everyth\t\g ncessary to produce a fine craft .. "the word "lift" in the bread-andbut tcr construction refers to one of the la~ rs of wood forming the hull. he bread-and-butter type of constructi(\.l\ is far more popular and, to many b\l-\lders, much simpler than any other. E~ ~ waterline on your plans are transfenxxi to the lift and cut to shape .. The ce1 ter of each of the upper lifts can be cut out and used for the lower lifts. In t¾' way, much of the inside of the hull is t'X'movedbefore the glueing-up process. \ Then the hull is glued together, it r~ ires only the removal of the corners of the lifts on the oufside to shape the h 't Many builders lay out and cut o ~....one-half of each water-line, saving m ~ time, but it is necessary to glue th~ two halfs together before assembling th • hfts. This latter method gives a clear c~ er at all times because of the glue joir;~ at each end of the lifts. "lne material to be used should be cl .J.-r-, soft white Western· pine. For th" past few years the writer has been u~ , Idaho pine shorts, a good grade of P~ and a less expensive one, because it mJ;x- be purchased in short lengths. ... will be necessary to have the foll°'; 1ng materials for building: 10 2 boards8 feet long, 10 inches wide, planed to 3/ 4 of an inch thick for the hull. I board 8 feet long, 10 inches wide, 13/ 16 of an inch thick. The latter board should be cut 5'2 inches long and resawed into two pieces a strong 1/8th of an inch thick. This will provide enough material for the deck and also a piece to be used as a layout or template for the buttock (water, lines) lines. The extra stock can be used for making the lead keel pattern, deck beams, and floor timbers. The mast will require one piece of straight grained pine or spruce 62 to 70 inches long, depending upon the sail plan, by 3/4 of an inch square, the boom and jib pole can be made from scrap stock. If you wish to make a stand for your yacht, any kind of wood will do, 18 in. by 3 x 2. For the lead keel a piece of pine 16 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 3/8ths thick is necessary. This can be glued up with two scrap pieces of wood 13/l 6ths thick. _ One ..pound can of waterproof glue ( Casimite, Weldwood or any casine natural) should be procured. Finally two pieces of light brass tubing 7 inches long are required. One piece should be 1/4 of an inch in outside diameter and the second piece 3/16ths in diameter. The ::Illaller tube should fit into the larger rube. Now that the stock has been pur, .-hascdwe shall begin to lay out the lifts. The first operation will be to transfer ch~water-lines from the drawing to the rattern or template. Using one of the r~sawed pieces 52 by _10inches by 1/8th, rbne one edge straight and square. This "·ill be used as the base line. Transfer \,·aterlines as shown on the plans to heavy paper by placing carbon paper between plans and paper. After this is done you are ready to cut the stock from the waterline templates you have made. It is advisable to make templates of sections also at this time. They can be made from the resawed wood (10 in. wide) or then from printers, press board which is quite tough. These templates will be used later in shaping the hull. Be sure that templates of waterlines are correct as this will determine the shape of your boat. When each waterline has been double-checked, we can proceed to lay out the lifts. Take the template of waterline No. 1 and transfer to stock leaving this pencil mark. On all operations be sure to leave these pencil marks. Place the template on a board with the bow end towards the center. This is necessary, because the upper lifts are 50 inches long and they will have to extend beyond th~ center if the board is 8 feet long. With the curved edge placed at the edge of the , board, draw a line around the template and also across the straight edge ( center l~ne) of the template. Mark only Sec, tlon 5' at each edge. Tum the template over_and draw the other half, marking ~ect1on 5'. Draw a center line across the lift at this Section. This will be the only section to be marked. This ..lift,, should be marked ..deck.,, Then lay out waterline template No. 2 on your stock as you did No. 1. This second lift will be quite similar to the lift No. 1. Place the template with the bow to the center and the curved side to the edge. Mark section 5 in this lift also. Cut the tern, plate of waterline 3 and mark on the same board as waterline 2, marking the center line and section 5'. Cut the tern, plate to waterline 4 and mark on the same board as deck or waterline 1. Each of the four lifts can now be cut to shape. Do not cut away the pencil line. Cut the template to water line No. 5' and mark the shape on the deck lift, keeping the center lines over each other. Waterline No. 5' lift will be cut out of inside of deck lift. Cut the template to waterline No. 7 and mark the shape on waterline No. 3 lift. Repeat the same operation on the remaining waterlines, using scrap stock. Be sure to cut close to the line and leave the line. The true shape of the hull will be easily obtained if each lift is sawed a uniform distance from the line. Before cutting out the inside of each lift it will be well to mark each one of the thickness of the hull. From now on we shall call each waterline a lift. Square a line across each edge of section 5' and also at the square ends of the lifts. Place lift No. 2 on top of the deck lift or No. 1, keeping fore and aft lines center lines and section 5' lines over each other. Mark lift No. 2 on the deck lift. Move lift No. · 2 inside the line just marked and draw another line 3/ 4 of an inch wide parallel to it. This last line will be the proper line to cut out the inside of the lift. The ends may be made wider then the 3/ 4 of an inch, because it is always best to have plenty of stock with which to work. Figure 17 shows methods of laying out and cutting each lift. Re, peat the same operations on lifts No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6. Lift No. 6 will be left solid. Now the lifts . are ready to assemble. (Continued next issue.) 11 SIX-METER MID-WEST CHAMPIONSHIP RACE Chic.go. July 18th-The Midwest Championship Races in the 6-meter class \verc sailed in winds that were from a drift to rnme 13 miles per hour, and taxed the sailing ability of the 4 skippers from Detroit and three from the home club. The scarcity of winds were par, ticularly noticeable at the starting points. In spite of the tricky winds fouls were at a minimum and only two disqualifi, cations were imposed by the OOD, Fred Ely, who managed to keep the racing on a progressive level, and had the first board completed by lunch time. In the afternoon racing was resumed in much better wind and another board was completed by 3: 30 with a couple of resails, and everybody packing to return home. SCORES Yacht Skipper Points Heather Ch!ubna, Detr. 45' Bluebird Tronio, Detr. 36 Hurricane "r'"oll, Detr. 35 Jake Gesbeck, Jr., Chi. 35 Slendell , Malloy, Chi. 34 Argo Warwick, Detr. 34 Lucie Schreiner, Chi. 33 Mr. Chlubna won every beat and only lost 3 runs in the first board, but came back in the second board with a perfect score, which was jt:st a little more than the other skippers could overcome. How, + MODEL YACHT FITTINCS KITS PLANS Tel "..A. 3-4141 Established 1832 JAMESBLISS& CO., INC. 220-222 ~ 12 State St., Boston, Maas. , ever the rest of the contestants were separated by only a point or two which made for enthusiastic rivalry thruout the entire meet. The trophv \Yas presented to Chlubna by Leroy Gesbeck, Jr. who won the Championship last year at Detroit in his first race with a 6,meter boat. John Tronjo was second, and received a beautiful electric clock presented by the Commodore of the Chicago Club, Dr. Peal. By consent of the two third place winners (a toss of a coin) Archie Arroll had 'his luck with him and received from the Commodore a tie-clasp. --o--DONAHUE WINS CLOSE ONE AT CHICACO Chicago, August 15'-John Dunahue today won the Mid-west Class '"A" Championship by one slim point. The happy-go-lucky Irishman really had the perverbial '"luck of the Irish.,, Starting slow he :finished with a rush in the :finaJi;ounds, when John really needed the points. To make matters worse his spindle broke, and any other skipper probably would call it a day, but not John-he sat down and procuring a :filebegan making a new one. That's what 'it takes to wm races. Second place went to the ever prominent contender Jack Macy. Needless to say that Macy gave John a very close race thruout the entire day. Third place • went to Comdre. Dr. Beonard Peal upon whom Lady Luck frowned at crucial moments. The first three boats were all froJll Chicago. Boat Skipper Mate Points Fancy, J. Donahue, Gesbeck, Jr., 40 pts. Commando, J. Macy, F. Ely, 39 pts. Glenshee, Dr. Peal, R. Peal, 29 pts. Wind was 20-25 mph. N. E. Leroy Ge-sbeck, Sr., 0. 0. D., Starter, George Macy. Six rounds were sailed. ENGLISH MODEL MAGAZINE MAKES CHANCE Marine and Aero Models the English 1ublication will become a quarterly on 1 .\·ptember 1st. Skippers did not take (, 1vorably to the idea of incorporating 1he aero hobby with model yachting. The 1ublication also found difficulty in pro1 ..:~1ringsufficient material to continue as ,t strictly model yachting publication. We ·:in sympathize with them as we have the same difficulty here. SAN FRANCISCO · BAY AREA Season race, X Class, sailed on July 18 in a light 10-knot Westerly breeze brought out eight starteril, among them Sec. Don Lyon's new Rena, racing for the first time and doing not too bad as can be seen from the score. Collisions were few and far between and no resails were necessary. .Here is the result: Boat Skipper Score No. 9 Moyes 30 points No. 17 Hammond 29 points No. 47 ,Hull 29 points No. 1 Lyon 27 points No. 40 Pearsall 24 points No. 24 Gallagher 24 points No. 6 Tofte 17 points No. 26 Schmidt 16 points Don Lyon's new Rena, (No. 1) mentioned above, designed and built by hirri, self, is a typical sweet-lined, light dis, placement craft, showing a long, easy entrance, moderate deadrise and a clean run aft. The underbody carries a seal, flipper fin, isolated skeg of rather small area and the displacement is around 2 5 lbs. Dimensions are: LOA , 68" , LWL , 55", beam, 12½", draft, 11½". A number of refinements are noted in "the deck fittings; among them a new type of kicking strap, which does away with a turnbuckle, using set nuts on a vertical threaded rod below the boom, a T shaped aluminum jib boom, movable fore or aft in a sleeve with set screw control and an anti-locking device on the compound Braine gear. The Rena displays perfect craftsmanship in all its details and we predict will add further laurels to those already achieved by its designer and builder. Later, a sister ship of Rena, christened Eileen, No. 101, appeared in the Clubhouse. This boat was also built by Don and will be sailed by his brother, in-law, Chas. Kenner. M Class Season Race, scheduled for July 2 5, was held according to plan, five starters appearing on a perfect day for outdoor events. A light variable West, erly breeze prevailed; no collisions and no resails. Results as follows: Boat Skipper Score No. 16 Hull 16 points No. 49 Pearsall 15 points No. 726 Gallagher 15 points No. 21 • Hayden 13 points No. 6 Tofte 11 points Season Race X Class, sailed August 1 in a variable Westerly breeze, from about 8 to 12 knots, proved uneventful. It marked the initial race of the two new boats: Don Lyon's Rera and Chas. Ken, ner's Eileen, both of which did very well. here are the results : Results: Score Boat Skipper 30 points No. 9 Moyes 26 points No. 26 Schmidt 26 points No. 24 Gallagher 25 points No. 17 Hammond 24 points No. 40 Pearsall 24 points No. 111 Kenner 23 points No. 1 Lyon 17 points No. 6 Tofte _____ _,_IIL TACIITIN1..___ ____ _ DEMAND FOR YACHTS There is a great demand for model yachts in all dasses. Hundreds of boats ·are now stored and practically forgot, ten in many basements. These can be sold to someone that will appreciate hav, ing one. Why not list them with '·'Model Yachting?' 13 BALLANTYNE, BLANK, REYNOLDS QUALIFY IN MEMORIAM It is with deep sorrow that we inform Port Washington, August 8-The the entire membership of the passing of trials to determine who would represent that sterling sportsman and skipper. the Mill Pond ·club at the Eastern Div. MARIUS FIARE OF SEATTLE "M" Class Championship Races on August 14 and 15, was very hottily con- Active up t~ the last moment, Marius tested in a varying breeze that tasked the had been planning on building a new sailing ability of all contestants. "A" this winter. May his soul ever rest Hightest scorer was that very capable in peace. and skilled skipper, Ains Ballantyne who knows every capricious wind and pond sounding. Second place was a tye be- _____ _.,ODIL YACHTING _____ _ tween Andy Blank and A. Reynolds both of the Mill Pond Club. Both skippers E. D. "M" CHAMPION are very efficient and Ains knew that he The Eastern Division M Class Chamwas in a race thruout the entire meet. pionship Races were held at Mill Pond, The wind in the morning was ex- Port Washington, N. Y. on the 14 and tremely light and flukcy. Ballantyne 15 of August, 1948. First day of racing, made the best of every opportunity and Saturday, started at 10:30 A. M. with missed a perfect score by being caught in a clear sky and fine weather, with a one of those unpredictable winds late in gentle to moderate breeze from the SW. the afternoon, when the wind decided to There was 16 models entered for this freshen up out of nowhere. •race, representing 7 clubs. After checkTwo visiting members of the Chicago ing all registrations and collecting entry Club were invited to join in the sailing fee, the 0. 0. D. then gave his instruc, and acquired fifth place. The hilarious tions to skippers and mates about the, episode of the day was when A. Brown pond, and the rules to be observe?. The slipped and sat in the water up to his racing started and continued until 1 :00 mid-riffs as the spectators howled and P. M., when the Ladies Auxiliary rang applauded. the bell, for the skippers and mates to Leroy Gesback Sr. and his son Jr. gave come up for a refreshing lunch, which an exhibition, sailing their 6-met~r and new "M" against the "X's." Despite was enjoyed by all. Racing continu:d again until 6 P. M., and a few res~ils the shorter waterline the 6 did very well. were made until 7 P. M., when the wmd Gesback, Jr. sailing the "M" lost to the died down .. "X's" on the windward beat, but gave11 heats of the round were sailed, them a trouncing on the leeward run, but there were many resails. which was really an unexpected surprise. The second day of racing, Sunday, LeRoy Gesback, Jr. started at 10 :00 A. M., with a gentle breeze from the NE. The round was completed at 1 :00 P. M. except for t~e many resails, and again the lovely Ladies from the Auxiliary served a fine lunch. Silverware After lunch we started on resails, and 109 State Street they were completed at 4 :00 P. M., and Albany, N. Y. the scores were close. Charles Heisler ·14 ~kipper Club Points Taplin SJ 52 MP RI LI MP 51 49 48 46 Ballantyne Dcnkerwitz Kcthman too close for comfort, and the skippers were checking scores constantly. Niels J. Rasmussen, 0. 0. D. SEATTLE CLUB This club has just been notified that Dingeman SJ 46 the Seattle Park Board will fill in the Reynolds MP 45 pond at Golden Gardens with dirt to Miller LI 46 make room for other improvements. This \Yarrell Jr. LI 46 basin has for the past two years been Fulton LI 45 under bomb;irdment by a shiester reHeisterkamp SJ 44 porter, who derived much amusment Hopkins DH 43 from his puerile quibs directed at the Ochsenhirt Jr. EM 41 condition of the Lagoon. He didn't have Melnick EM 41 the courage to attack the Board but Downie JC 40 levied his lances at the Club, who in an Kaufmann EM 36 endeavour to make the pond sailable only Starters and scorers: Mr. Sythoff and recently assessed themselves $250 for the Mr. Bush. use of a bulldozer that should rightly Judges: Mr. Drake-Libson-Harrimanhave been employed by the Board whose Kethman-Chris. duty ·it is to keep the park in shape. The 0. 0. D. presented the Eastern After a stormy meeting the board Division Cup to Mr. Taplin with a granted the club three months in which certificate, and he in turn made a fine to show that the public also desired the acceptance speech. • continuation of the lagoon. It seems to Second place, Mr. Ballantyne, re- u5 that this phase of the question is up ceived a certificate and a beautiful alarm to the Board, or did they decide to elim, clock. inate the lagoon simply upon the request Third place, Mr. Denkerwitz, received of ONE reporter, with the familiar ..the a certificate and a glass coffee maker. _public be damm" attitude? . Thanks to the ladies Auxiliary for Every model yachtman should mtheir effort in making such delicious stantlv write the lunches, and thanks to the officials who Board of Park Commissioners helped me make this race a great success. City of Seattle Many visitors lined the shore on both 4th and Battery days, and we never miss our friend Mr. Seattle, Wash. Herreshoff on the pond side. Mr. Steed from Prospect Park was protesting this unwarranted action. A not sailing (he went to a wedding) but letter from this publication has already he came out Sunday driving his Ply, been mailed and it is expected that every national official aod Commodore will do mouth (Rock). .. likewise to bolster .•th~:.Sea1tle Club"s case Some ·skippers from Central Park andto _retain the lagool?.. F. J. s.·Irvington were also present. My apologies to the mates, I forgot to get all the names on my list, and so had CAN YOUUSE IT? to omit them. . . A Boucher 2 cylinder engine (steam) ·-It was a fine race, and. competition . complete. Boiler and torch. Metal was keen throughout the round, - ::i.nd stand. 26 inches long, 3 wide and 7 the scores were close with the I Plus I, inches high. Inquire of this office. Blank I 15 Seattle Seattle, Pub. Library Wash PRINTING ?.1.lq_?J.~.t. .¼.!!.£4.t.!~9 MAIN OFFICE 71 Calla Street, Providence 5, R. I. EDITORIAL Freeman J. Santos, Miss Jeanne A. 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MODEL YACHT FITTINCS Fisher Self Tacking Vane Gear, Brass-$6.00 Chroms-$ 7.50 Complete Hardware Including the Vane Gear for 50-800, 6 Metre or X,Class-Set No. 526 In Brass-$17.75; Chrome-$22.75 Send 2 5c for 40 page illustrated catalog of Ship and Yacht model Fittings. A. J.FISHER 1002 Etowah Ave. Entered as Second-class matter March 31st, 1948, at the Post Office at Providence, •• • under the Act of March 3d, 1879. Royal Oak, Mich. Rhode Island, SEND_.·RESERVATI.ONS NOW!! .Santos Memorial Trophy September 25 , 26 Open To Any Registered Boat in the ''M'' Class Banquet and Entertainment Saturday Nite Write to the club secretary Howard I. Angell, 86 Brandon Road, Cranston, R. I.