Model Yachting: Volume 5, Issue 51 – May 1949

25 CENTS MAY 1949 ( of San Francisco Club trims ··Mebnic·’ for a wind”°”‘·ard b-2at. Gus Gallagher ~ ~~:!•• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ + Q ♦ Entered as Second-cbss ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ matter 4 ♦ ♦ 4 ~Iarch ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 9 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Y ♦ + ♦ ♦ 31st. 19-!S, at the Post Offin: at Providence. ~~——————————◄ AM ♦ AFMM&MDWtSJl’!IR’i’i’:INMMl·OW~NWMH# M SIFbiO ♦ ♦ ~ P 0 Rhode hland. btld S … Armed with the truth, I shall fear no one, hut myself. I was brought forth in 1945 by Arn.erica’s most sincere, and unselfish model yachting enthusiast, Charlie Farley, and I have come a long way since then, by the cost of thought, hard work, and unstinted support. Having come this far, I am determined to c-:,mbat ALL attempts to impede my progress, or as now seems to be the case, pern1c1ous maneuvering, not only t-:> cause my demise, but ultimately to disrupt the harmony now existing between the divisions of the organization I represent. I will abide my time: but serve notice that I will fight for the privilege of survival, the unity, and progress of model yachting, and cleanness in its management. If you don’t want a blaze, stop kicking ~nflamable wood into the dying embers. MODEL YACHTING. ?Jlg},~l ..’4.!!.~4.fo19 MAIN OFFICE 71 Calla Street, Providence 5, R. I. EDITORIAL STAFF Freeman J. Santos, Miss Jeanne A. Santos. A. LaRocque Leroy Gesback G. C. Gallagher Founded in 1945 Official by Publisher-Editor Associate Editor Art Director Mid-West Rep. Western ~p. Charles Publication H. Faria:, of the MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Subscription, $2.00 Make in U. S. and all Checks and “MODEL One Year, Canada: $2.50 Money Orders Foreign payable te YACHTING” All right.r reserved. Nothing that appears in th•.r maga.::iiir may bC’ rC’prod11rC’d. Eith-·r 1c.t•olly or in part, without writte11 permission of tZ..e Editor actin(I for the l’>fYRAA or from a contributor who reserves his right.r. 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 any periodical or news sheets will not he accepted for puhlicat:on, except those clipped from a local daily. VOLUME V-3 I. • • • • MAY No. 51 ,, • • I am “Model Yachting,” not. a living thing, in the accepted interpretation of the term, and yet, I do live; and that life is as dear to me, as your5 is to you. You would defend your life at any cost, and I intend to avail myself of that same privilege. I have no power of speech, yet I am not inarticulate. I’ll not be a weak voice in the wilderness, but a clarion cry in the light of truth and sincerity. 2 A C11ll Fo1· Help . … The lot of an editor is indeed one not to be envied. Shall he, or shall he not?! Is it more noble and courageous to champion that which is right, or more convenient, tho hypocritical to close your eyes to that which is harmful and wrong?!! Is it more honorable and just to your fellowmen, to attempt to correct a wrong, or is it wiser to ignore its existence, allow wrongs to pyramjd until felled by their own weight amidst confusion and chaos. Shall we advocate aclherance to written law, or passively submit to law-of• convenience?!! Shall we assume the role of informant, or he content to slumber in the mire of indifference?!! If we expose wrongs, we are condemned for antagonist motives. If we fail to do so, we gain t]ie ire of the majority, who do not hesitate to call us “back-slider,” ” turn coat,” “weakling,”This untenable situation cannot con- ‘ < tinue. We either dissiminate news, without discrimination, we have no mission in existing. take the following example:- truthful or then Let us At an Annual meeting of one of our Divisions a few days ago, matters of grave personal, I I C and national import were discussed and voted upon. The record shows that, out of thirteen clubs responding to Roll Call, three of them, were not entitled to a vote. Two of them (proxies) held by the president. We are not questioning honesty, in this case, of either chief officer, or the proxy clubs. The fact still remains that these three illegal votes in such close decisions leaves a reasonable doubt as to whether, in reality the "Ayes" or "Nays" prevailed. This is informative news of grave importance to the membership. What shall an editor do in a case like this? Inform the rank-and-file, or prostitute his pricipal of honesty and fair dealing, to satisfy the selective few. You answel' it. All solutions to your editors prople-xities cheerfully solicited. • I Spinnakers At the Annual meeting at Camden the delegates unanimously approved the -Standardization of spinnakers on "M" yachts. What happened to this little matter? • The racing season is upon us, and official notification should be forthcoming soon. Is it being ignored pur• posely? Let us hope not. * * * We are indeed gratified at the promptness with which subscribers are renewing for 1949, and doubly so for the very large percentage of new applications, which gives us renewed courage lo continue on our alloted task. J I { I -------•-NIU. TACIIITIII,______ _ Canvas the boys at your club and make sure •they subscribe. Log of the Secretary The Annual Meeting of the M.Y.R.A. is to be held in Detroit at the time of the National "M" Class Championships. It will probably be on Sc1turday evening, July 2. The exact time and place of the meeting will be announced as soon as the local clubs have made the necessary arrangements. The decision to hold the National Meeting at the time of the "M" Class Championship Races was reached after a discussion of the entire problem with the various members of the Executive Com, mittee. They realized that if the normal rotation had been followed, the National Meeting for 1949 would have been scheduled on the West Coast. However, the advantage to having the meeting at the time of the best attended regatta is that more clubs would be represented by actual delegates instead of proxy. If this precedent is followed, the Annual Meet, ing for 1950 would be held on the West Coast. The Constitution provides that the Annual Meeting be held at the time and place of a major regatta. No de:fi., nite schedule is provided which rotates the meeting to definite divisions as in the case for the National Races, however, the Executive Committee felt that the best attended race would be the logical location for the meeting. We would like to call to the attention of the membership the constitutional provision for the election of officers, amendments to the Constitution, and other business which might come up for discussion at the National Meeting, and suggest that if they do not have a copy of the Constitution that they obtain one from LeRoy Gesbeck as soon as possible. The price is 5Oc, and every member should have one so you can become fami, liar with its provisions. A special bulletin has been mailed to all clubs in connection with the sugges, tion of Mr. Pigion regarding an Ameri, -can challenger for the Yachting Monthly Cup. We again want to impress on the 3 1 Y,,rio.:.s dub secretaries the import;i.;1ec of r-:turning th-: acldr:::ss,::d postal c;i.rds prornplty. ['i.ny club secretary who has not received a copy of the Scc.-etary 's First Quarterly Report or t.Lc ~pccial Survey can obtain one by \,Vfiting to the Secre, tary of the M.Y.R.A.A. The Treasurer's Report was received a day after the first qm,rtcrly secretary's report had been mimeographed. The following is a summJ.ry of the Treas, urer's Report: twenty-·four clubs have paid their 1949 annual dues. Balance on hand as of April 1, 1949_is $605,93. A complete copy of the Treasurer's Report will be included in the Secre, tary's Report for the second quarter. Respectfully submitted, C. A. Heisterkamp Secretary Los Angeles Cl·u,h From inergetic Staff Banks the "spark plug" of the above club we are informed that Louis Bourgeois was elected Com, modore for 1949, with Howard Dickson as Vice Commodore, a.nd Staff himself as Sec'y,Treas. The club is working overtime to in, duce the city fathers to build them a pool near-by the city of shapely and handsome wiwwin. V..Teall wish them luck. Det1·oit Club :\1; '.Villiam C. B. Richctrds of Cincinnati wrote us, you arc giving a\-,·ay a business .•, There is more truth than poetry ir. that remark, but this old fool is getting too old to start a :,c\v busincs.s, anc.l his one desir::: bc:forc he turns up his toes, is to sec his belovc:d sport occupy its rightful place in the \.Yorld's sportive activities. In developing the San- Plastex method and presenting it to the \.vorld at large, we sincerely feel that it will greatly benefit the sport by bringing model yacht building within the reach of every, one interested in the sailing of model craft. Our title, may, to those that like to adhere to the "strict meaning of the word" seem far fetched, but in reality it isn't. Any class model yacht CAN BE BUILT by this method,, with excel, lent results. It would make us very happy, and repay us a hundred-fold for our research, and labor to see the prnduction of the "Helen J." class taken up as "club pro, jects". The building of one hull per week from one mold. and a little night work is not impossible. We want to state emphatically that we would be just as enthusiastic over the building, by this method, of any other one-design class, regardless of its size. Our aim is "equ_ality of opportunity" throughout the entire sport. Detroit is now in the midst of pre, parations for the big shindig in July, Knoiu Your Materials ..md V/hat Cfhey but has not overlooked the necessity of Accomplish ::lecting n:::w oilic.::r". Fin, Corn,.,_.-,oc-l.'1rc' Now, to the understnding of the they have chosen Bill Topping, whose materials and their function. As we experience in model yachting should be told you last month, the paper founda, tion is for rigidity, the textile is the med, a great asset in giving the sport a real push this year. For Vice, they selected i:..un of impregnation and waterproofing. Cliff Russell, another good man. There are many resin glues on the As was expected, they pointed their market. \\/ e \Ji.'Ouldlike to publish their fingers straight at the old, reliable Gearge trade-names, but feel that we would E. Steinbrecker, and now he's saddled NOT be _justified as they have shown no with the dual jobs of Sec'y-Treasurer, as inclination to advertise with us. As it usual. • t;,.ke~ c1.ccut tv..-o t:0·_111clsof these glues ~ -----·--------------"- __ --- .... .- .A _,#--. __ ,..,_ - _______ ... -~ .... When the "Helen J" class was adopted in 1947 it was not decided what steering gear was to be used. It is generally agreed, however, that the Vane will prevail and become standard. On boats now under construction the skeg and rud