- Main Sheet. By Don Prough
- The benefits of choosing a one design class.
_— et “Vo SO he re : Oe re – . Se ee ~– —— ee = eee a _- ae. ——— ee od main sheet By DON PROUGH Don Prough (440), Tom Protheroe (380), Bill Barton (401), and Sandy Littlejohn (566) in a close battle with Santa Barbara One Designs. Note Tom’s plastic sails. better than structions modeler. that that are the superior inare provided for the To my knowledge there is no kit that has better instructions in any @ If you would like to race a boat that is capable of being just as fast as any Barbara. Tom Protheroe started making field of modeling. the boat in kit form in the mid-sixties gineering is the company that markets other it competes with, then perhaps and the popularity has grown ever since. the Santa Barbara One Design. you should consider a one-design class. The The whole theory of one-design class further information can be obtained by with a 63 inch water line, and weighs writing to them at 210 East Ortega St, racing is that all of the yachts are as between 24 and 28 pounds, depending Santa Barbara, CA 93101. model yacht is 70 inches fong, Vortex Model EnAny much alike as possible in their potential upon radio gear and winches. The older The Class Secretary is George Mon- for performance. The AMYA (American boats had a skeg-and-blade type rudder tague, and his address is 305 McCormic, Model Yachting Assn.) is unique among and a non-removable keel. competition hobby associations in that Capitola, CA 95010. George is Com- series now has a balanced rudder anda modore II there are several one-design classes. removable keel. hosting the Annual Class Championship No The 300 Conversion kits were of SB Fleet and will be other organization has made extensive available for the older boats lo change Regatta, at San Francisco’s Spreckles use of the one-design concept. The idea them to the balanced rudder. The older Lake on August |1 and 12. is boats with the conversion are just as not new, because for years there For those of you who want a good have been class associations among the fast as the newer ones. Alex Robins, sailing yacht but have never built an full sized racing yachts. is based upon skill in racing and tuning, sailing number 10, has beaten the newest of the Santa Barbaras. Yet on occasion, because it is possible to buy a factory not on ability to buy racing gear and any boat can win or lose just depending built own the latest in new fast yachts. on cluding radio. The directions are very making the fewest mistakes wins, bul complete, and if you do as you are never by very much, directed, there Competition The items that the one-design class rules govern are the hull shape and size, the skipper. Usually the skipper sail dimensions and some of the rigging. The Santa Barbara was designed to R/C sailboat Santa do not worry about it, Barbara, ready to sail, in- is no possibility of fouling up. What is left up to the owner is the type use three channel radio gear; one for the There have been well over 600 kits of sheeting systems and the type of radio rudder, one for both jib and main and sold and that says a lot for the quality used to control the yacht. Many people the third for optional jib trim. of the product, and the design of the start the one-design classes trim is used for making small adjust- sailboat. because the quality of the kits available the most powerful and reliable SCU’s are superb and the competition keen. ments to the job in relationship to the main, very handy for reaching and Also, a skipper can learn to tune his beating plete with battery and charger. craft to its full potential rather quickly, solutely because he has many boats just like it without jib trim have won the annual class championship in the past. One of the reasons that the Santa Barbara has dominated the one-design me classes is that the kit isa quality one… California 92025, racing in with which to compare. With that background on the onedesign concept, let’s take a look at the most popular of these types, the Santa 22 The jib to weather, although not ab- necessary. Boats with and Vortex also markets one of (sail control units), which comes comare the this. only They manufacturer that does The directions show how their unil is made to fit in the boat. Comments or replies can be sent to at P.O. Box 639, Escondido, e The MODEL BUILDER
