Model Yachting: Volume 5, Issue 50 – April 1949

•. F!LE INSTACXS P~OP£t(TY OF SEATTLE:PliBllC Lf§BA\2′( WE APRIL 1949 Price .25 SPARE TIME PRODUCTION LINE Four “one-designs” produced from one mold in three weeks spar’-time. In the back-ground Art Director LaRocque admires his finished “Primeira,” to the left second layer of textile being rolled on; at right hull ready to be released from the mold. In fore-ground hull ready for rudder tube block, and barboard appendagge. • • • • • • • • • • ♦ • Entered as Second-class ♦ ♦ ♦ • • ♦ ♦ ♦ y • ♦ ♦ • • • ♦ • • • • • • • • • • • matter March 31st, 1948, at the Post Office at Providence. Rhode bland. the Annual Meeting, therefor we offer merely as a suggestion, that San Dieg- … and Seattle get together and exchange dates. It would be extremely dangerous at this time to further agravate matters some 24 years standing and a Constitutional requirement. We feel confident that this omission was an oversight and not intentional, and look forward with the hope that the situation will be amiably settled. ?Jlq,£,~J. .’5-Jff.~4.t!~9 MAIN OFFICE 71 Calla Street, Providence 5, R. I. EDITORIAL STAPP Publisher, EditoT Associate Editor Art Director Mid-\Vest Rep. Western Rep. Freeman J. Santos, Miss Jeanne A. Santos, A. LaRocque Leroy Geshac:k G. C. Gallagher Founded in 1945 by Charles H. FM!ey Official Publication of the MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $2.00 Subscription, One Year, in U. S. and Canada: $2.50 Foreign All f’ights f’eserved. Nothing that appears i,s thN 1naga1ine may be f’eprodured. Eithef’ ‘U.’holly or in tart, without writtc11 pef’mission of the Editor acti11, for the MYRAA or from a contributor who f’eservu lils f’tghts. Make all Checks nnd Money Ordera ~–~MODEL YACHTING” pa:,ahle te All articles , and photos submitted to this publication become the sole property of same, and none will be returned, unless previously agreed upon. News or scores previously appearing in ~ny periodical or news sheets will not be accepted for publication, except those clipped from a local daily. Vol. V-2 Annual APRIL No. 50 Meeting We noticed that the Executive Committee in alloting National Racing dates for 1949, did not take into conside,ration the 1949 Annual Meeting, which according to established procedure ia held at the same time, and place as a major International Race. Thia year the Pacific coast has that honor, and the loKical club to sponsor it should be San Diego, by virtue of being • alloted the National “X” daas race. However, July 4th is far too early for 2 1 I ( Welcome It is pleasing to note that the Nat’l Secretary has taken a step, which we believe ia in the right direction, by publishing in “Model Yachting” the business of the organization. We welcome him as a collaborator, and offer our complete cooperation. A Bt•oken ‘I I ! l Recot•d We think we have broken a record,_ by many years, for the continued publication of a model yachting magazine. The amount of work has been great and thankless, but if it serves a purpose, we are glad to continue. Thanks, Kid . . . We desire at this tim.e to express our gratitude and thanks to Charlie Farley for the spirit of sportsmanship he has shown and the magnificent cooperation he has given us in keeping alive this lusty child he conceived in March of 1945. As a symbol of his unrelenting and unselfish efforts in promoting the sport, may it continue forever. Great Britain It was decided at the A. G. M. of the M. Y. A. that the International Races for the “Y. M. Cup” (and attendant Trophies if arrangements can be made) be Raced for at Fleetwood, England on August 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1949. i i Log of the Secretary Your secretary is pleased to report on some unfinished business from 1948 with reference to the Sailing Rules for skiff sailing. He has received votes from sixteen clubs in good standing approving the revisionof the SkiffSailingRulesas ‘ I prepared by a committee of which W. D. Hopkins of the Deeper Hudsdon M. Y. C. was chairman. The new rules were approved by the delegates to the 1948 annual meeting, and have been unani, mously approved by the Executive Com, mittee of the M. Y. R. A. A. Since the majority of the clubs in good standing have approved the Skiff Sailing Rules prior to January 1, 1949, the Revised Skiff Sailing Rules are officiaf for the 1949 racing season. It is unfortunate that the sailing rules for pond sailing have not been revised. However, in order to make the rules available to the members desiring them, the Executive Committee of the M. Y. R. A. A. have approved the printing of two hundred copies of the existing sailing rules to, gether with all of the approved revisions. These should be available shortly from Mr. Gesbeck, 7345 South Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, 43, Illinois. The Secretary wishes to call to the attention of the various club officials the following two items: ( 1) If your club has not already paid its 1949 M. Y. R. A. A. dues, we would suggest that this matter be taken care of promptly in order to avoid any unnecessary confu, sion and misunderstanding later on in the season. (2) It is also suggested that wherever possible, registration for yachts be sent in by the club secretary m groups. C. A. Heisterkamp, Secretary 1 Cadillac i Club Archie Arroll reports that from pres, ent indications that the 1949 season will be one of the most successful in the his, tory of the club. Many new boats are being built, and some of the older ones are undergoing serious alteratipns. The new officers are Stanley War, wick, Commodore; John Chlubna, Vice; Herb Chandler, Sec’y,Treas., 3476 Auq, abon, Detroit, 24, Mich.; Will Robertson, Measurer. Some Changes Made On the Pacific coast, where there are more one-design major yachts than in any other section of the country, they have found it necessary, to save the sport, to limit the amount of equipment that shall be assigned to each boat, so say all the yachting magazines this past month. Membership has become inactive, and the number of competitors has fallen to a noticeable low. The reason given is that the boys “in the money” have three or four sets of sails and other expensive equipment that the ordinary fellow can, not afford, and this makes competition unfair. Rules are being formulated, to speci, fy just what each boat ih a given class can have as equipment. By a slight change from “boys in the money” to “naval craftsmen.” we have a parallel that could readily apply to model yachting. .Junior Championship NOTE:-The Editor wishes to apologize, (period). We offer no excuses, because we haven’t any. Just one of those things wherein ’tis better to say nothing, but bow our head in shame, and this we hum.bly do. Something as nice as this would have to be misplaced, darn it!! Sunday afternoon, ( we shamefully omit the date) fo~nd three enthusiastic junior members racing on Springfield Lake for the Long Island M. Y. Club Junior Championship. Racing in real knockdown weather, the three little M ,Class yachts, sporting their storm suits, presented a picturesque 3 sight sailing into the slowly setting sun. The three junior skippers, sailing together as a group without the use of byes, had plenty of sailing and the spec, ta.tors were provided with some breathtaking finishes. With the wind providing a close and a broad reach, some fancy gyeing to windward and tricky vane-trimming to leeward was called for as the craft were put through their paces. The windward racing developed into a nip and tuck affair between Domer Drake and Bob Leopold when Harry Cox ran into trouble gyeing with his new vane. The leeward runs, however, were very closely contested by all three and the boats seldom finished more than a boat, length apart. The final scores showed a tie for first place between Dorner Drake and Bob Leopold. {?onor earned first place honors by edging Bob out in the sail-off to windward. The Club trophy for first place was pre:cnt:::d to Dorner and .second and third place prizes were awarded Bob and Harry. Some of the Long Island skippers, Fred Miller, Warrells, Sr. and Jr., Ed Drake, Jim Dempsey, and Kethmans, Sr. and Jr., were on hand shouting words of encouragement as the boys battled it out. Ed Drake donned his boots and acted as a roving mate for all three boats on the windward shore, saving the boys a lot of running. Keeping score, was John Kethman, ably ·assisted by Evelyn Rost. The final scores are as follows : • 1st ·_ Dorner Drake – 29 points* 2nd – Robert Leopold -· 29 points 3rd -· Harry Cox – 14 points Harold C. Kethman ·_ . OOD. Reported by Kethman Random Queries • Some smart f elbr with a sli:le rule or something might explain to us f the hull the ends until the outside demension of amidships. With a sharp block plane, the frame is just 3 inch~s wide and 5 cut away the surplus stock, leaving 1/32 inches long .. This frame can be glued 6f an inch for further trimming. \Vith separately, but be sure that it is exactly a pencil, draw a light line on the deck, 3×5 inches, so that the cover will fit parallel to the edge of the hull, ¼ of an tightly. After the glue is dried .::ut inch from the edge. With a pair of away the excess $tock from the out,ide dividers set to 1¼ inches, start locating of the hatch cover and smooth the the position of the screws on this lme. edges. Before finishing the top of hatch, The. transom should be fasteueJ witli clean off any glue that may be on the five screws. No. 0. Fasten deck in inside. To make the hatch look naut1, position temporarily. With the dzck in cal, •round the top, from nothing at the position, true the edge of the deck until center to 1/32d at each edge. you have a fair line. We shall now take the frame and fi~· Reprinted from “Yachting With Models” by John Black. Whittle■ ey House, Publi1her1. Copyrighted 1939 by the McGraw-Hill Book Com1>any, Inc. ] I 13 it to the deck. The fore and aft piGc~s of the frame must be cut to fit the camL::r of the deck. A flat round file will aid greatly in making a good fit. When the frame is fitted, place it in the proper position and mark its shape on the deck. Serape the shellac from the deck and glue the frame into position. To make the frame more secure to the deck, the four comers may be faqt•.:ned “\vith an escutcheon pin or a brass nail. When the glue of the frame is dry, trim the ends of the half-lap joir•.ts Plane the top of the frame smooth, slightly lower than the inside o+ th~ hatch cover. Fit the cover to the fram~. Remember that additional coats of varnish to both will make thzm fit too The hull is now complete and ready tightly. The hull is now complete and ready to paint. (Continued in next issue) Portugal any longer. It gives two views of John Freitas’ new “A” that will represent Portugal this year in England, so he says. However, we are keeping our fingers crossed, as John is one of those guys that build.:; and builds and builds. If this is the one that he eventually bundles away to England, we ’11 be sur, prised. Ansiver This One . . . Whether a bread-and-butter type hull or a planked job, we seem to need some kind of a reliable and positive sealing agent which can be applied to the hull, outside and inside BEFORE painting operations are commenced. The writer uses the best paint that money can buy and has favored the D.~voe brand of Yacht White, the same that he has used successfully on large yachts. But the hulls continue to swell up and blister and have to be worked ever every so often. What to do? G. C. G. MODEL YACHT FITTINCS JOTS PLANS Tel. E1tabl11hecl t.A. 8-4.141 The above illustration was intended to appear in the March issu~, but arrived one day too late and we couldn’t wait 14 188% JAMESBLISS& CO., INC. 220-222 State St., Bo ■ ton, Maila. Deeper DIRECTORY Detroit Sythoff, President 84-09 Talbot Street Kew Gardens, L. I., N. Y. Theodore Houk, Vice-President 6019 51st Ave., N. E. Seattle, C. A. Heisterkamp, Secretary 415 Whitley Road Wynnewood, Pa. Leroy C. Gesbeck, Treasurer 7345 So. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, Ill. Empire-F. Wash. f I T. Daly Jersey City- Long Island-Harold 53 Elsmere Ave. Los Angeles-Staff Pacific Mich. (See Nat’l Officers) Horatio W. Bishop, Sec.-Treas. 4056 Violet St. La Mesa, Cal. Club Secretaries (Only Affiliated Clubs Listed) Berkeley, Cal. West Medford, Mass Chandler 3476 Audabon Park-T. Detroit 24, Mich. Trouchlinger 66 Fort Washington New York, N. Y. Chicago-Leroy Prospect Marblehead, Mass. Regar St. Montclair, N. J. Park-Charles E. Wanker Brooklyn, N. Y. I. Angell Cranston, Khode Island-Howard 86 Brandon Rd·., San Diego-Col. R. I. Tom J. Allen 969 Scott St., San Diego, Cal. San Francisco-Don R. Lyon 334 10th Avenue San Francisco, Cal. Seattle-James Grizzell 2818 W. 57th Seattle, Wash. A. Potter 19 Norton Road, Cadillac-Herb St. 0. E. Atthowe 1924 Prince St. Boston-James Montclair-R. N. Y E. Hoes 666 59th St. T. W. Houk, Pres. Berkeley-Geo. E. Farmer 31 Harbor Rd. Port Washington, 139 Chestnut Division Lynn, Mass. Banks 794 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles Cal. 11 Jersey C. Foote, L. I., N. Y. Pederson Marblehead-William So. Euclid, Ohio Kethman 32 44th St., Astoria, Mid-West Meil, Pres. Division 6, Com 40 Lexington Ave., Apt. A-4, Newark, N. J. Mill Pond-F. Sec.-Treas. 15035 Minoch Ave. Detroit, Central A. Root Secretary 245 63rd St., Brooklyn 15, N. Y; N. J. Rasmussen, I A. Roach Lynn-SorenM. President 375 Wellington Rd., Delmar, N. Y. Walter Hills-Fred 663 E. 117th St., Cleveland 8, 0. Irvington-Paul W. D. Hopkins, l j l Brooklyn, N. Y. 40 Sherbrooke Ave. Hartford Division 4186 Ellison Rd. Detroit, Mich. S. Urbaniak Hartford-Burnitt Arroll, M-W. Rep. 13428 Glenfield Detroit Mich. A. R. Lassell, P. D. Rep. 831Lakme Ave., Wilmington, Cal. I Forest 8, N. Y. E. Steinbrecker 101 So. Third St. Archie I Model–Geo. 18806 Gainsborough Lester Ronald V. D. Allen 1506 Union St., Schenectady National Eastern Hudson-H. Geabeck, 7345 So. Blackstone Ave. Jr. Ave. Chicago So. Jersey-Chas. A. 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