The Model Yacht: Volume 23, Number 3 – Fall 2022 (Boat Identification)

The Model Yacht Boat Identification Journal of the U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group Journal of the US Vintage ModelThree Yacht Group Volume 21, Number Volume 23, Number Three Fall 2022 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 US VMYG Leadership President: John Y. Stoudt*, jstoudt309@gmail.com……………………………………………………………(610) 316-8695 President Emeritus: John Snow, jsnowj@comcast.net…………………………………………………………(978) 594-8521 Treasurer: Tom Alessi*, usvmygt@gmail.com………………………………………………………………….(610) 566-9504 Secretary: Chuck Lage*, chucklage@yahoo.com……………………………………………………………….(484) 682-3091 Journal Art Director: Bruce Richter, richterbruce@gmail.com……………………………………………..(917) 575-2221 Journal Editor: Jeff Beck*, beck.jeff@gmail.com………………………………………………………………(240) 252-0236 Editorial Staff: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@gmail.com………………………………………………..(443) 282-0277 Gudmund Thompson, gudmund.thompson@gmail.com………………………………..(613) 852-0648 Ken Young*, youngrun@sbcglobal.net……………………………………………………….(630) 957-7490 Webmaster: Gregg Heimer, gheimer@itcadence.net…………………………………………………………..(610) 960-2185 Membership: Tom Alessi, usvmygt@gmail.com………………………………………………………………..(610) 566-9504 Regatta Coordinator: Nick Mortgu, mortgu@comcast.net……………………………………………………(609) 820-0509 Awards Coordinator: Rob Dutton, edwin653@aol.com; mortgu@comcast.net………………………(703) 608-8812 Resources Coordinator: John Y. Stoudt, jstoudt309@gmail.com………………………………………….(610) 316-8695 Plans Coordinator: Ivor Walton, modelyachtplans@comcast.net Historian: Earl Boebert, boebert@swap.com……………………………………………………………………..(505) 823-1046 Boat Yard Coordinator: Cliff Martin, c_martin5@comcast.net……………………………………………..(502) 533-5971 Construction Advice: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@gmail.com……………………………………….(443) 282-0277 Social Media: Chuck Lage*, chucklage@yahoo.com…………………………………………………………..(484) 682-3091 Class Coordinators Free Sailed: John Fisher, j sher577@gmail.com……………………………………………………………….(719) 651-0762 Intl A Boat: Mike Denest, mjd12k@yahoo.com…………………………………………………………………(610) 316-3570 Schooner: Tom Alessi, usvmygt@gmail.com…………………………………………………………………….(610) 566-9504 Skipjack: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@gmail.com………………………………………………………..(443) 282-0277 Unrestricted: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@gmail.com…………………………………………………..(443) 282-0277 Vintage 36: Rob Dutton, edwin653@aol.com…………………………………………………………………….(703) 608-8812 Vintage Marblehead: Colin Parker, captcparker@yahoo.com………………………………………………(410) 404-3093 Vintage Power: Peter Kelley, pdkelley@sympatico.ca…………………………………………………………(905) 301-9977 Regional Coordinators Canada: Gudmund Thompson, gudmund.thompson@gmail.com………………………………………….(613) 852-0648 European Continent:………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Currently Open Mid Atlantic: Scott Todd, dscotttodd63@gmail.com…………………………………………………………..(410) 310-2453 North Central: Ken Young, youngrun@sbcglobal.net………………………………………………………….(630) 957-7490 North East: Cliff Martin, c_martin5@comcast.net………………………………………………………………(508) 533-5971 North West:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Currently Open South Central:…………………………………………………………………………………….Currently Open South East: Phil Ehlinger, philair41@gmail.com………………………………………………..(386) 383-8415 South West: Ernie Mortensen, usvmygsw@gmail.com…………………………………………(858) 525-5217 United Kingdom: Graham Reeves, graham@reevesmail.co.uk………………………………+44 151 936 1140 fi *Denotes board members i The Model Yacht The Model Yacht is published three times per year by the US Vintage Model Yacht Group. Copyright 1989 to 2025 by the US VMYG. Reproduction for noncommercial purposes permitted; all other rights reserved. Other copyrights are maintained by the original holders, and such material is used here under the fair use provisions of the relevant copyright acts for nonprofit research and educational purposes. Editorial Address: John Stoudt 309 Sundance Drive Chester Springs, PA 19425 On the Cover: Looking aft inside the International A boat Nemesis. See the article on page 18. Membership Renewals: The annual membership fee will be due and should be renewed with the publication of the first journal of the calendar year. Please reference “Membership” on page 38 for dues amounts. Please use the form that accompanies this issue of The Model Yacht to complete your membership renewal. Fall 2022 The Layline By John Stoudt Definition: A layline is a straight line (or bearing) extending from the next mark to indicate the course a boat should be able to sail on the one tack in order to pass to the windward side of the mark. (vsk.wikia.com/wiki/Layline) A lot has been happening for the US VMYG. We are developing an ad hoc committee to the board, have become incorporated in Pennsylvania, have achieved nonprofit status, and are planning additional issues of the Journal, among other things. Boat Identification The US VMYG is constantly receiving requests to identify boats, which become interesting stories in many cases. We are sharing some of these stories with you in this issue and are planning another issue for next year with more of these stories. We think you will enjoy them as much as we have. Faith (circa 1900). Photo by Maria Ferguson Upcoming Issues of The Model Yacht The upcoming issues of the Journal will feature how to make fittings, sailing and tuning, and another issue on boat identification. If you have other thoughts and would like to send them along, please do so. 501(c)3 Status On May 25, 2022, the US VMYG was granted 501(c)3, nonprofit status by the IRS. This will enable individuals to claim donations to the vintage group as a tax exemption. This will be for either a contribution to the vintage group or The Model Yachting Center (TMYC). This will allow us to increase our efforts and visibility toward the development of the center. 1 The Model Yacht Inside Fall 2022 Gifting Some of you have graciously gifted to the vintage group over the years. You may now give a gift to either the vintage group or TMYC. The Leadership Team……….i The Layline…………..……1 Barnacles……………7, 17, 33 How (Where?) Did You Find That?…….………….………4 When you contribute, make sure that you designate whether it goes to the US VMYG or TMYC. You can do this by checking the appropriate box on the form or writing the correct acronym, US VMYG or TMYC, on the subject line of your check. The initial funds contributed to TMYC will be used to support the research and development activities associated with the startup work. Contributions to the US VMYG will be used to offset administrative costs and support the costs associated with life memberships. Updating the Website Deans Loft Discovery …..…8 Flotation Chambers for Models of Open Cockpit Boats………………………12 Two-Pond-Boat Inquiry..…18 Museum Find..…..………..22 US VMYG 2022 National Regatta…………….………25 My Grandfather’s Boat.…..32 Wooden Cutter…..…..…….34 Swiss Marblehead…………36 US VMYG Membership…..38 We are constantly updating the website. We are working on a membership component that will include a member-only access area to provide additional benefits to members. If you have any ideas that you would like to see as a member benefit, please let me know. We take all suggestions into consideration. The Model Yachting Center An ad hoc committee of the board is being established. Initial efforts will study feasibility and finances, conduct strategic short- and long-range planning, set funding goals, and begin to solicit support for the developmental work. More long-term strategies will be to look for professional assistance to support this endeavor from fundraisers, site location professionals, architects, and land development planners. Regional Incentive In an effort to try and encourage a regional event in each region the board approved the following: Each year a coordinator may request a check for $25.00, to help offset expenses at a regional/class event that he/she coordinated. The coordinator should make the president aware of the event beforehand. A request for reimbursement may then be submitted after the event to the president and treasurer with an article and photos of the event. 2 The Model Yacht Note on this Issue We get a lot of inquiries through the contact page on the website or directly to our emails from people who have found boats at flea markets, yard sales, or antique stores or while cleaning out their grandparent’s attic asking for help identifying a boat and asking for advice on how to restore it, whether to restore it, and how much it is “worth”. Some of these conversations get very interesting and can involve a number of our US and UK experts in model yachting history and construction. This Boat Identification issue is a bit unusual because most of the articles started as one of these email conversations. We’ve lightly edited them for readability (no one figured they would be published when they were shooting off a quick note about a boat they had found) and to remove any personal information. Also, we’ve removed most of the greetings and salutations for space except where they were necessary to help you follow the thread. Fall 2022 Look up your regional coordinator and let them know that you would be interested in attending a regional vintage event. You can see who your regional coordinator is here: https://usvmyg.org/about/organizationalleadership/#regional Model Yacht Database In England the VMYG has extensive records about model yachts that have been designed, built, and sailed through the years. The US VMYG would like to begin to develop such a database. The effort has begun with some data collected on many Marblehead boats. We also have information about boats that have been registered for sail numbers. This process needs someone to head it up and to work on this project in earnest. If you are interested, please contact John Stoudt by email or by phone. My contact information is here: https://usvmyg.org/about/organizational-leadership/ MYRAA The Model Yacht Racing Association of America was formed on July 19, 1921. Unlike the AMYA it was formed as an association of member clubs, while the AMYA is an organization of classes and members. The member clubs of MYRAA issued sail numbers that included the club designation, which appeared on the sail with the number. See article “By Their Marks Ye Shall Know Them” by Mike Denest in Volume 22, Number 2 of this Journal. There were clubs all over America. In Philadelphia, for example, there were five clubs in and around the city. They have all disappeared. These clubs all had records that should be saved for the “history books”. If your club has records and would like to donate them to TMYC, please contact me. National Regatta If your club would like to host a national regatta, please be in touch with me about this. I can discuss the logistics of doing so. Editorial Note: In the printed copies only of issue 23-02 of the Journal the following was missing from the article on page 18 “A Challenge of Scale” – Text and Photographs by John Henderson. We are working to understand why this happened. The text was on the final proof sent to the printer and on the proof copy they provided us. This apparently happened during the printing process. Our printer is very concerned and believes it is a glitch in their software. They are working to resolve the problem. 3 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 How (Where?) Did You Find That? Pond boat treasure hunting in the 21st century Text and photographs by Mike Denest Over the last couple of years, the US VMYG crew has received questions from people requesting information on a certain pond boat they found. Unfortunately, unless there are boat records like a construction plan, measurement certificate, or other documentation, identification is difficult at best. By studying its design, you can approximate its age by design characteristics; most boats built in the early part of the 20th century traditionally are full-keel boats with a transition into the rudder. Boats from the late 1940s through the early 1960s feature a separate airfoil-shaped keel and skeg fin and rudder arrangement. As time passes, the original owner or builder passes away, taking their knowledge with them. Many of these sailing treasures were consigned to the garage rafters, basement, or attic, seemingly forgotten forever. Usually when a homeowner passes, the house is emptied of its contents by businesses that specialize in clean outs. The boat may be sold by the business or listed with an auction house or online listing service like eBay, Craig’s List, or Facebook Marketplace. Sometimes, they end up in the trash. We were contacted by an individual in Michigan who wrote and provided pictures of a boat he found in a trash can on the street. The boat was in fantastic shape, and he wanted to know what type of sailboat it was. The boat had a Braine quadrant on the deck, a brass rudder, and very nice professionally looking brass work on the bow. There were some A.J. Fisher fittings installed, and it looked like you could go sailing that day except for the missing rig. I inquired about that, and he was able to track down Prior to the use of a vane to automatically steer the boat down the course, the Braine quadrant was the most popular method of steering. Both the vane and quadrant are effective methods to make course corrections. With reliable radio control, many of these boats were converted over to this new way of sailing. 4 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 sale. The website is easy to use and costs you nothing. I created a user ID with password and set up several keywords to search auctions in a particular radius from my home. If you find something and desire to bid, make sure you read and understand the terms of the sale. If you win, you will pay a buyer’s premium plus any state and local taxes. If the item is too far away for you to pick it up, you will need to contract a shipping company to pack and send your new-found High Flyer. the person who had the rig! After a few phone calls, I was able to acquire the boat and rig which I’m now restoring. With the boat in my possession, I now had to figure out just what I had. The boat is about the size, draft, and weight of an EC12, but the sail plan looked to be well forward on the deck which would mean it would have a small headsail and large main which was confirmed by the boom lengths. It wasn’t a 10 Rater because it was too short. It certainly wasn’t a small International A Class; boats of that size were not sailed at that time. Referring to my copy of Sunday Sailors, I read the chapter on clubs that existed during the days of MYRAA. I read a paragraph referencing a club in Detroit, MI that sailed Six Meter boats in the early 1940s. With that information, I deduced that the boat was one of the club boats sailed at that time. Furthermore, it compared to the size and displacement of John Black’s Kiltie as an example. There are several things you can do in your pond boat search. Check the local auction house for a scheduled sale of household items, clothing, collectibles, and other items found in everyday use. One source is Auctionzip.com, a service provided for an auction house to list items for an upcoming Unknown A Class boat. 5 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 best to trash your item, and it will be up to you to prove that they were careless. The seller is responsible for the listing and payment service fees for the auction. Sometimes antique shops place a boat for sale but be aware of value and what you are willing to pay as their mark up may be much higher than what you think the boat is worth. Here you have the option of negotiating a price depending on condition. Look at the overall condition of the boat for completeness. Usually, old cotton sails don’t make it but check the hull for damage, and note the hardware, masts, and spars. I once looked at a vintage Marblehead that Vintage 1930 A Class boat. treasure. Be careful, as you may pay just as much for shipping as it costs to win the auction. I attended several local auctions and purchased a complete rough Terry Allen Toad and an unknown Marblehead hull for $90.00 plus fees and taxes and a complete unknown High Flyer Marblehead for $60.00 plus fees and taxes. Another auction purchase was a restored 1930s vintage International A Class hull for $250.00. One auction I attended offered a very complete, very good condition vintage Marblehead with original sails, plans, and documentation. The selling price was in the midfour-figures—too much for my blood. eBay is another source for pond boat listings. Be careful because if the seller is not versed in value, the asking price may be much higher than what the boat is worth. Look carefully at the posted photos and description and ask the seller questions. Getting a response is great but if you hear crickets, stay away. Also, beware of the phrase “I don’t know anything about this item” or, “I was told by someone” because what they are offering may not be correct information. eBay sellers can list the item as an auction with a minimum opening bid, a “buy it now” sale or post a very high asking price (more than what the boat may be worth) with a “make offer” option. Unless the sale is marked with free shipping, the buyer is responsible for any shipping and insurance fees. Make sure you insure your purchase; the shipping gorillas will do their Hard chine M. 6 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 was in such poor condition; the asking price was more than double what I thought it was worth. Although the hull was intact, it had been roughly treated; there were no fittings on the deck and no mast. I looked at it as a restoration project, but my offer was too low. Her counteroffer didn’t come down to an acceptable level, so I walked away. At another antique shop, I found a very complete, restorable shallow draft hard chine Marblehead for $595.00. Again, it was more than what I cared to pay, plus I wasn’t in the market to purchase the boat. Class boat for $250.00. Word-of-mouth is another source. I was sitting in a restaurant and was chatting with the server about my interest in some R/C airplanes. She mentioned that a friend of hers had some items that belonged to her deceased husband. I contacted her, inspected the items, agreed on a price, and loaded them into my car. One more thing; probably the best source is the listings provided on the US VMYG website. Likeminded owners who understand pond boat values list them for sale to others who appreciate a vintage collectible. Craig’s List, Facebook Marketplace, RC Universe, RC Groups, newspaper ads, or other social media sites can also be sources for pond boats. Usually, the seller just wants to get it out of the house and may ask a minimum price. If the seller understands pond boat values, you may have to negotiate. I found a complete vintage 1950s International A I hope that I have given you some ideas on how to find and acquire pond boats. With some work, you should be able to locate boats that will be the pride of your collection. Once restored and with proper care, a pond boat can be a high value item. We are merely caretakers who pass on our treasurers to other appreciative individuals. Six meter profile. Barnacle The Termite A little termite sank his fangs in wood; To his surprise he found it very good ——-And that is why, to your complete dismay, Your perforated model sank today. Model Yachting Magazine, March 1945 7 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 A Deans Loft Discovery by Maria Ferguson and Martin Bandey. Photos by Maria Ferguson Faith As the world turns, so does the Circle of Life. This summer, we, the Deans family of Maria, Tony, and John, faced clearing out the parental home of more than 55 years of unused, unwanted, broken, or “keep for a rainy day” items stored in the loft. This, of course, is no different from so many others in the same position. Unfortunately, due to geography and COVID restrictions, John had to lead this unenviable task alone. While doing so, he came across an item that triggered a surprising look back at the Deans family history. 1970s era schoolbooks, toys, empty suitcases, and more), John found a plastic bag with a scrap of The first foray upstairs had one surprise, John found a pond yacht (Northern Star) given to him by his grandparents (Sydney and Nell) 54 years ago, spars broken but repairable. Many trips later while sifting through long forgotten possessions (chip fryer in plastic bag, Name plate on deck. 8 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 cloth in it. He tossed it aside and rummaged through the next bag. Strangely there was more cloth, wooden sticks, and a large metal object. He relocated the first scrap of cloth and took the finds downstairs for a clearer look. John had found another pond yacht. The hull was made of metal, which in itself was unusual, but it had an inscription on the deck. Birth certificate of Clara Deans. This was obviously a very old pond yacht, but John did not know who R.G. Deans was or he then passed to his son Kenneth (our father) and is what “FAITH” and “1900” meant. probably how it ended up in our loft for decades. When our mother retired, she began to research the Deans family tree. All of her documents had been stored in a cupboard for more than 26 years, waiting for someone to take up the mantle. Hastily John retrieved the boxes to try to discover who R.G. Deans was and where the boat came from. After several weeks of digging, we believe this is the lineage. John Deans made the boat. He was born in 1836 and died in 1911. His occupation of “Tin Plate Worker” was shown on the birth certificate of his second child. We are assuming he built the boat, perhaps as a retirement project in 1900, which would have made him 64 years old. The birth of John Deans’ daughter Clara in 1876 was registered in Mile End Old Town, located on the Regent’s Canal, only 2.5 miles east of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Could this have been a handy location to sail a pond yacht? Clara gave birth to our Grandfather Sydney in 1903. Sydney must have inherited the boat which John Deans. 9 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Currently we have no records of other children born to John and Mary and can only surmise that one was a son, Robert Garrett, for whom the boat was made. Faith in her stand. Details of Faith They were known as “lead mines” or “plank on edge” designs. Your model has a very deep keel which would not have been convenient to sail on many ponds, including the Round Pond, Kensington. The steel hulls I know of were made at Swindon in the Great Western railway works, most likely by a skilled sheet metal worker. Do we know what Mr. Deans did for a living? Some connection with engineering perhaps? Weight: 20 lb Height: ~6 ft from bottom of keel to top of mast Material: galvanized tin Hull length: 36 in Bow spirit: 14 in Main boom: 36 in What else do we know about R G Deans? Was he a family member? Where did he live? Is it possible he could have sailed the yacht on the Round Pond at Kensington, or maybe Clapham or Hampstead? or the Serpentine? It is unlikely he would have been carrying this boat very far from his home in 1908 to take it to the pond. Some records of the London Model Yacht Club do exist, but the chances of finding any reference to Mr. Deans or his boat is a bit of a long shot! Email conversation between Martin Bandey and Maria Martin: Thank you, John, for sending this inquiry on. Interesting!! Maria, you say the hull is metal; is it steel, brass, or copper? I have come across two 6-ft-long tin-plate steel hulls of the same era and with not dis-similar lines, but if you say your boat stands about 6 ft tall, then her length on deck is probably around 4 ft. It would be helpful to know her length on deck and also to see a photo showing the bow and hull shape. I suspect this will be a “Tonnage” design to what is known as the 1730 rule. Full-size yachts to this rule were notoriously narrow in the beam and carried an extreme ballast with vastly over-canvassed rigs. You do however know the original owner and a name for the boat. Martin Bandey, Chairman The Vintage Model Yacht Group www.vmyg.org.uk 10 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Martin: Maria, Please feel free to contact me again should you so wish. Perhaps we might interest your brother to join the Vintage Model Yacht Group and to bring Faith along to one of our meetings. Maria: Martin, I’m intrigued, how common is this boat, now and in the 1900s. As someone said, it wouldn’t be easy to take a 20-lb boat to the pond, certainly on public transport. Great, some very worthwhile photos. Many thanks Maria. The hull looks to be of galvanized or tinned plate steel and at 36 in LOA, I still think she would measure as a 10 Tonner. Lovely!! Is this boat rare today? Most of the boats that I have seen have wooden hulls. Is this because they are so much lighter, easier to work with? 11 3 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe model. Flotation Chambers for Models of Open Cockpit Boats Article, photo, and illustrations by John Henderson In the Spring 2022 issue of this journal, Stanton Smith and I presented two somewhat different implementations of my design of an R/C model of a Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe. This boat has a large open cockpit, whose appearance we wanted to preserve. As have other modelers before us, we worried about the flooding and sinking that an open cockpit invites. extend far enough above the designed waterline (LWL) that scuppers can be installed to drain the relatively small amount of water that can accumulate from a severe knockdown or a large wave coming over the bow. Both of these approaches are documented with photographs in the Spring 2022 issue. Our articles described two different approaches to keeping our boats afloat: • • The purpose of this article is to quantify and generalize the application of flotation tanks to a broader range of models. In addition to log canoes and other small workboats, there are many attractive open-cockpit daysailers that could be modeled if they could be kept afloat reliably, such as LF Herreshoff’s Stuart Knockabout, the Hodgdon 21, the Herreshoff 12.5, Joel White’s Sakonnet 23, NG Herreshoff’s Coquina, and various small catboats, all of which have large cockpits with cockpit soles below the waterline. I opted to make a large and watertight (I hope) “plug” that could be pressed onto and within the cockpit coaming. I also opted for side decks that are wider than scale, which allow for knockdowns up to around 70 degrees before water even reaches the edge of the cockpit. The “plug” is removed when not sailing. Stan opted to create extensive flotation tanks within much of the interior. These sealed air tanks create more than enough flotation to prevent sinking. They are large enough and To illustrate the concepts for this article, I have sketched a generic open-cockpit, full-keel daysailer 12 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 volume must displace an amount of water at least equal to the weight of the boat. One way to achieve this is to seal all the space below the waterline, as shown in the shaded area of Fig. 2. An alternative is to seal an equivalent volume somewhere else —for example, the space beneath the fore and aft decks. In the extreme case, all of the hull not within this sealed volume will be filled with flood water, but the boat will not sink as long as the sealed volume displaces as much water as the weight of the boat itself. Fig. 1. Lines of our open cockpit boat. of the sort that might make a nice 3- or 3 1/2-ft model with about 600 in2 of sail and a displacement in the neighborhood of 9 lb. Ways to obtain additional flotation Fig. 1 shows the usual three views of a lines drawing, but I have sketched only the few lines that are relevant for this discussion of sealed flotation spaces. Specifically, the profile drawing shows only the overall outline, the deck and cockpit location, the LWL, and two fixed bulkheads (B1 and B2). The top half-view shows the locations of these same lines. The section view shows the overall hull cross-sectional shape defined by the mid-ship sections; the B1 and B2 bulkheads (which are full-width and full-height frames) are shown as they would fit into this view. For daysailers with reasonably expansive fore and aft decks, a very effective way to gain considerable flotation is to put sealed bulkheads at each end of the cockpit. See Fig. 3, where the bulkheads B1 and B2 are watertight, and the shaded area represents flotation volume. What is the minimum necessary flotation? I regard the minimum as what is required to prevent the boat from actually sinking. A boat with this minimum sealed volume may become fully swamped—decks awash—but it will avoid the finality of sinking. To accomplish this, the sealed Fig. 2. Minimum flotation example. 13 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 gravity. If the water will drain and the electronics can be protected, we could “sail it dry”. Gravity draining requires: 1. There must be a raised cockpit sole (floor) that is higher than the flooded waterline. Note that the flood water will sink the boat below the normal waterline. The location of the flooded waterline depends on the hull volume and the amount of water that can be contained within the open portions of the cockpit. Fig. 3. Under-deck flotation. 2. Calculating the exact volume can be tedious. I will discuss some approximate methods below. This under-deck volume can, of course, be combined with flotation under the cockpit sole. Because these air tanks displace water (or prevent it from entering) that otherwise would be inside the boat, they might actually reduce the flooding water weight to the point where it is less than the total that can be supported by the hull volume (up to the sheer), and so the boat will not fully swamp. To determine whether this is the case, we must calculate the volume, and thus the weight of the water, inside the open part of the cockpit. Scuppers must be installed just above this raised floor. Flood water will gravity-drain out of the cockpit through these scuppers because the raised floor has guaranteed that the water inside the cockpit will be above the level of the water outside (which is at the flooded waterline). Scuppers could drain through the side of the boat or into a centerboard well. Can we drain the water and self-rescue? Up to this point, I have assumed that some risk of swamping is tolerable (as long as it is very rare), provided that the boat does not sink and can be rescued. We should, however, consider what would be required to get the water to drain out of the boat by Fig. 4. Flotation below floorboards. 14 The Model Yacht To find this flooded waterline, we must determine a trial location for the raised cockpit floor, calculate the volume and weight of flood water that can be contained above it, add this water weight to the weight of the boat itself, and then compute where the new waterline will be. This is the same procedure as used in the original design process, except that the weight is increased by the water weight so that the new waterline is higher. Of course, the raised floor must be above the position of this new waterline. Note that I have not considered a bilge pump, simply because I worry that a small pump might not remove water quickly enough to be effective. Impact on appearance Adding flotation tanks undeniably changes the “look” of the interior of an open boat, although tanks under the fore and aft decks are fairly benign and may even be part of the prototype full-size boat. Tanks below floorboard level would look “scale.” The floorboards, however, in an open-cockpit daysailer, are almost always considerably below the level of the LWL, so the enclosed volume is relatively small. Consider the sketch in Fig. 4. For boats with sufficient under-deck spaces, enough flotation to prevent sinking can be provided with minimal impact on appearance. “Sail away” self-rescue depends on gravity drainage, which in turn requires raised floors that will impact the open-cockpit appearance. An alternative watertight cockpit cover does not offer a “scale” appearance when it is deployed for sailing. If you can tolerate some departure from scale, widening the side decks can keep the boat dry at somewhat larger heel angles. I remind myself that we are building sailing models, not scale display models. Fall 2022 Displacement Perhaps it would be good to undertake a small diversion into some details of the meaning and application of “displacement.” Archimedes taught us that any floating object displaces an amount of water whose weight equals the weight of the object being floated. This is the basis on which we calculate the position of the LWL – the volume below the LWL is the volume of water that is displaced, and the weight of this water equals the weight of the boat. When a boat with the minimum flotation is swamped fully (but not sinking) the water that is inside the boat can exchange freely with the water that is outside, meaning that the water inside is not actually displaced. Thus, the water inside a fully swamped boat will not actually sink it; it will just assure that the boat will remain swamped–as long as there is the minimum flotation equal to the boat’s weight. We might also ask how much water can be contained inside the boat before it becomes fully swamped. The answer depends on the total volume of the hull, less any sealed spaces. By “total volume of the hull” I mean the entire boat from keel to sheer and from bow to stern. This can, of course, be calculated, but an accurate calculation done using Simpson’s Rule, as we do to determine the LWL, might require redrawing the lines with different locations for the sections. We will see that we can probably get by with some simplifying approximations. Note also that I have ignored the flotation inherent in wooden planking and frames. These pieces do not dominate the volume calculations, and they can be hard to estimate (planking thickness may vary depending on the vigor of the sanding; wood is considerably variable in density). Finally, boats made of fiberglass don’t have any inherent structural flotation. Maybe we can think of any wooden structure as a margin of flotation safety. 15 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Boats like the Herreshoff Coquina (and other unballasted small boats) may require the most visible flotation chambers. The decks are minimal, and the cockpit sole is probably at or below the LWL. Furthermore, a model will almost certainly require external ballast that is not present in the prototype, which will raise the LWL unless the underbody volume is increased. It is unlikely that even the minimum flotation can be “hidden” under the floorboards. Perhaps flotation tanks can be built under the seats. In this spirit, I will outline some approaches to approximate the volumes involved. We must return to the drawings on the original plans, showing all of the sections. This will look like Fig. 5, and we will concentrate on the sections part of the drawings. We use this drawing for calculation of the volume below the waterline (i.e., the displacement) using Simpson’s Rule (see “Planning and Building Scale Models that Sail. Part 2: Design Calculations” on the US VMYG website). Simpson’s Rule imposes Some cautions No matter how carefully we seal our bulkheads, there is the risk of imperfection and consequent leaks (e.g., the Titanic). Small leaks are unlikely to sink the boat in any reasonable time period, but water should not be allowed to remain inside a closed space. Some sort of inspection port or, at least, a plugged drain hole is important. Limber holes in the frames can help water drain to a single egress port. If the space is really airtight, then there is risk that temperature changes might cause expansion and contraction of the air inside. A small vent hole should be provided (as in a full-size Laser). Fig. 5. Complete sections drawings. specific requirements on station number and location. These requirements would not likely be met for the volumes we are about to estimate unless we re-draw new sections. The process that I will outline here allows us to use the existing drawings to get approximate, but sufficiently accurate, volumes of all the spaces that we have discussed. Approximate calculations As I have indicated in the foregoing discussion, accurate calculations of flotation volume would likely require re-drawing of the lines. I believe, however, that a high degree of accuracy is not necessary for the task at hand, which is either: • to prevent sinking (and there is likely more than enough flotation below the fore and aft decks and the floorboards), or • to raise the floors enough for gravity draining. In either case, given the variables of wind and waves, we will want to provide sufficient margin of safety rather than struggle for exactitude. Note the stations shown on this sections drawing. There are nine evenly spaced stations along the LWL numbered 0 through 8. It happens that station #3 corresponds to B1 and station #7 corresponds to B2. This correspondence is not essential, nor is there anything special about having 9 stations. 16 The Model Yacht The idea is to estimate the volume between each pair of stations from the keel up to either the planned raised floor or up to the deck. These volumes can then be summed. This result will be in cubic inches, which can be converted to pounds of flotation by multiplying by 0.037 pounds per cubic inch (the density of salt water). For example, consider the volume beneath the foredeck in our example model. The under-deck volume extends from keel to deck level and from the stem back to station #3. To approximate the volume between stations #2 and #3, we can measure the areas of each of these stations, average these numbers (add the two areas and divide by two), and then multiply this result by the station spacing (measured from the plans). Note that the lines drawings show only half of each section, so the volume just calculated must be doubled. We can do this for all of the station pairs involved: #2-#3, #1#2, #0-#1, and stem-#0. Adding these numbers together gives the total volume under the foredeck. Fall 2022 This same method of computing an approximate volume can be applied to the space under the aft deck and under any raised floor. Measuring the areas requires use of a planimeter (which I don’t have) or overlaying the plans with translucent graph paper on which a grid has been drawn. If the squares are drawn in inches and fractions thereof, then the squares in the grid give the area directly in square inches. In most cases, I believe a further approximation might simplify the tedium of measuring all of the areas: I think you can sketch an approximate central section line between each pair (see the dashed lines in Fig. 5) and measure this “average” area for each section pair. Although this description sounds painful, the process requires only an hour or so. The reward is assurance that your boat won’t sink, assuming the spaces are really watertight (the Titanic always comes to mind when I make statements like “won’t sink”). If you want gravity draining, this process helps to quantify the locations for the raised floors. Sail carefully regardless. How We Provide Our Plans/Publications—The model yacht plans and publications that are posted on the Store page on the US VMYG website (https://usvmyg.org/store/) are electronic full-size copies. If you would like to order a copy of something, place it in your shopping cart. Click the “Checkout with PayPal” button in the shopping cart. You will be redirected to PayPal’s site to complete your purchase. Once payment is complete, you will receive an email receipt with link(s) to retrieve your purchased plan/s (a PDF file). Download links will be valid for 24 hours from the time of your purchase. Copy the PDF to a CD or a flash drive. You can print the publication at home or take a plan file to Staples, or your local equivalent to get a full-size print. Make sure you check for the email. Depending how your email settings are established on your computer, this could go to the spam folder. NOTE: The download link does time out in 24 hours. So, check shortly after you made the purchase for the return email. This is true for the publications as well. 17 Barnacle The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Two-Pond-Boat Inquiry by Travis Butler, John Stoudt, and Earl Boebert. Photos by Travis Butler Travis Butler: I have two vintage pond yachts. One I have had for over 40 years; it is carved from a single block of wood about 30-36 in long. It is only the hull and lead keel. There is no deck, mast, or sails. The other is new to me. The hull is approximately 6 ft long, about 7 ft tall and constructed from small planks of wood. It is fairly complete. The name on the stern is Nemesis. It has what I assume are wind vanes for steering and various other small parts. The paint is cracking on the hull, and the varnish on the deck is crazing. I think they are both beautiful objects as they are but I could also see restoring them to a point where they could be put on the water. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. John Stoudt: Perhaps we can help, but to do so we need pictures. Please send along some digital photos so we can review what you have and make some suggestions. 18 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Travis: Attached are some photos of the two boats. Not sure on the history of either. The carved hull boat was acquired in Connecticut over 40 years ago. The larger more complete boat was purchased in Portland, OR recently. John: Travis, very interesting boats. The larger of the two is probably an International A Boat or maybe a 10 Rater. I suspect the A boat more a possibility. The deck fittings are fascinating. The depth of the keel may indicate that it is a skiff-sailed 3 19 The Model Yacht boat, although the deck fittings are not quite consistent with that theory. The other boat is interesting, especially the way in which the hull has been carved out. The hull’s inside is usually one large carved-out area. The keel attachment, while rare, is not unusual. Fall 2022 restoration. My recommendation would be to shelve it and make your mistakes on something less valuable. Then take it on. Just sayin’ :-) Travis: Earl, I totally appreciate that advice and don’t find it to be harsh at all. I don’t want to do anything to take away from it and would be happy leaving it in its current state. The vintage group has A boat and 10 Rater plans on the website (https://usvmyg.org/store/plans/). They may be worth a look. Travis: I just purchased the larger, more complete boat in Portland, OR. Why not give me a call sometime and we can discuss these over the phone. The carved wood hull is from my childhood in Connecticut. We probably got it somewhere in New Canaan. I look forward to speaking with you about these boats and their restoration. BTW where are you located? It might help with identification. John to other US VMYG folks: Hey guys, any thoughts on these boats? Earl Boebert: The large boat looks Scandinavian. It was clearly designed for open water sailing with the sliding sheet arrangement serving the same purpose as the “cribbage board” in US boats. The Danes and Norwegians sailed from kayaks instead of open skiffs. There is a picture of that in Denis Browne’s book. Both Kai Ipsen (Dane) and Sam Berge (Norwegian) visited the US and brought boats just before and after WWII, so that is when I’d date the boat. The vane is the Berge design, but the boat and fittings look more like Ipsen. Where did it come from? Earl: Interesting. Ipsen had friends in the San Francisco Bay Area so he might have brought it over. It is clearly an A Class boat. This is kind of harsh advice, but it’s a very special boat and I wouldn’t recommend taking it on as your first Thank you for the information. I am trying to figure out if they should be restored to sailing condition or left alone. If I am restoring, I would love some guidance on best practices or materials and methods. Travis: John, Thanks again for taking time and talking with me this morning. I am attaching some additional detail photos of the boat. Here is what I found out from the previous owner. He purchased the boat last March at an estate sale in Corbett, OR, just east of Portland. He contacted the family that he purchased it from and found out the following: “George F. Smith. Born 1866, died Seattle 2/11/1940. His name was Schmidt (from Germany) but changed to Smith. Apparently, this belonged to her great-grandfather (who she never met) but was under the impression it was her father’s.” Not sure if that is of any help. I am curious about the fittings at the base of the mast and on the boom. What is the third ring around 20 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 the mast for? is that just another position for the boom? Also, what is sticking down from the midpoint of the boom? Earl: • The third ring is for the boom vang (for controlling the position of the boom). The part dangling from the main boom is the boom end of the vang. The other end was usually a turnbuckle (for adjustments up and down of the main boom) with some type of connector between, like a piece of wire. You can see a vang in Fig. 6 on this page on our website. https://usvmyg.org/history/rangerbithell/ • The other fittings are very typical. The mast top is where the stays – forestay, upper shrouds, and backstay – attach. • The inside of the boat is in particularly good condition, better than most I have seen. The strut sticking down from the boom would be a brace to stiffen the boom in the vertical direction. There would have been a wire with a tension adjustment running from one end of the boom, through the strut, and then to the other end. Looks like a dead end on the provenance :-) The more I look at that workmanship, like the elegant stress pieces inside the hull, the more I think it’s from a first-rate builder like Ipsen or Berge. Is Steve Crewes still around in Australia? He was researching Berge a lot. Gooseneck and vang fittings. Metal keel fin and ballast. 21 Internal details of larger boat. The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Museum Find Text and photographs by John Hill Stern deck details. John Hill: I am a volunteer at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. During the shutdown we have been spending time at our collection warehouse cataloging, photographing, and documenting the collection. My focus is on the models. We have a pond yacht that I think is beautiful. My colleagues, mostly college students, saw it as “an old toy boat” until I started explaining the world before R/C. Now they are excited. We are trying to identify the yacht and find any background information we can. It was donated long ago with no documentation, probably by a grandchild of the original owner. She is 71 ¾ in LOA, with a 10-in beam and about a 10-in draft with a heavily weighted keel. The mast is 81 in tall. She has a fractional Marconi rig. Most of the self-steering gear appears to be there, though quite corroded. The finish definitely shows her years. I have pictures if that would help. John Stoudt: Hi John, Thanks for the inquiry. Do send some pictures. It is better to ID a boat from photos. John Hill: Here are a couple of shots. Anything you or other members could share would be most welcome. 22 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 ladder). I don’t think I would have attempted it if it was 50 lb. I will try to weigh it the next time I am over there. John Hill: I really don’t know the weight. Whenever we have moved it around in the museum there has been two of us doing the lifting. It is heavy! I think the darker part of the keel is a lead casting, though I’m not sure. At this point I can’t even guess what the hull is made of. It doesn’t look like plank-on-frame, so it must be carved. John Stoudt: This confirms my hunch. It is a 10 Rater. The short rig suggests it had multiple sets of sails at one time. This shorter rig is probably the “B” rig. Many pond yachts have “A”, “B”, and “C” rigs for different conditions, “A” being the largest set. The 10 Rater boats were generally more narrow of beam than the International A boats, which were 15–16 in at their widest point and heavy. I have one here that weighs more than 60 lb. What is the plan for this boat? John Hill: Thanks for the confirmation. I have done a bunch of reading on the 10 Rater class, and nothing indicated that it might not be a 10 Rater. I was surprised to see that it is still an active class, though now radio-controlled. The US VMYG website is great. 10 Rater in her stand. John Stoudt: I have a hunch as to what type of boat it is. But a question first. How much would you guess it weighs? I am going to try to pull together enough information on it to do a blog post on the https:// sbmm.org/ website. Working title: “Treasure in the Attic”. If it is 20–30 lb, it is one type of boat. If it is 50–60 lb, it is another. Both are roughly 6 ft long. John Hill: I’m going to guess 20–30 lb. One day I had to move it myself (take it off a high shelf while on a I’d like to find out its age. Judging by the state of the finish (quite checked), I am guessing 1930s, pre- 23 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 WWII. Also like to find out which plans it is built to; it doesn’t match up to any of the plans on the US VMYG site. Her rudder is somewhat unique. June 8th, 1941 Edward Doty Scorpion I As to plans for her; nothing definite at the moment. Part of the work going on now to understand the details of the items in the museum’s collection is to determine what to do. We are a local museum, so we look for a local connection to the items in our collection. For models, this usually means either that the modeled boat or the modeler was local. For items that have been donated and don’t fit with the mission, we try to find more appropriate homes, such as other museums. I assume the date is the completion/launch date. Edward is the builder/owner, and Scorpion I, is the model/design or possibly his name for it. Our executive director has been bugging me to “get one wet”. We don’t have a proper pond or even a decent fresh water lake in Santa Barbara. Our “pond” is the Pacific. John Stoudt: The new 10 Raters are interesting boats as are many “new” versions of old classes. The current class is struggling for numbers. She also found that Edward was a WWII Navy veteran and lifelong resident of Santa Barbara; he passed in 2000. She found in the donation records that he donated two pond yachts in 1997. The second is on loan to another museum, I have attached a snapshot that was with the donation records. It is listed as 5 ft long with a 6-ft mast. No one has followed up on the inter-museum loan in years, so we actually don’t know what the status of the second boat is. I will keep you posted as I learn more. I don’t know if you checked AMYA clubs in California or not. Here is the link: https:// www.theamya.org/clubs/#CA There is a class called Santa Barbara that I think was developed in your area of CA. I wonder where they sailed. Their class site is: https:// www.theamya.org/santa-barbara.html There may be a club sailing near you. John Hill: I apparently got one of my college student colleagues excited about the vintage pond yacht, and she did some more sleuthing. She opened a hatch and found a label that reads: 24 Possible M Class boat in her stand. The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Skippers getting their boats in the water. Photo by Judy Bonanno US Vintage Model Yacht Group 2022 Regatta Report T he Chester Springs Model Yacht Club (CSMYC) hosted the 2022 US Vintage Model Yacht Group 2022 National Championship Regatta Series on October 6–10, 2021 at Tel Hai Camp and Retreat Center, 1101 Beaver Dam Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344. Club members and volunteers welcomed over 30 skippers and over 70 vintage model yachts to this three-day event. Skipjacks, Schooners, Unrestricted boats (these do not fit in other US VMYG classes), Vintage 36, and three groups of Marbleheads raced during the regatta. The skippers arrived from 10 states and Canada, including Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The regatta committee was made up of a number of the CSMYC members and others, including Tom Alessi, Dick Bardsley, Martin Blumenthal, Judy Bonanno, Rob Dutton, Jim Freeze, Tim Good, Bruce Gregory, George Hotton, John Kathman, Merle Kimball, Steve LaBrenz, Chuck Lage, Maggie Lage, David Martin, Sue Martin, Nick Mortgu, John Stoudt, Ivor Walton, Tom Werner, Peter West, Brian Williamson, and Ken Young. The regatta results listed by class include the design of each boat. We are builders, restorers, and sailors of vintage model yachts and respect the origins of each boat. We also like to sail fast vintage models. So, knowing the origins of each boat sailed helps us do that. 25 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Skipjacks at the start. Photo by Judy Bonanno Ski Skipjack 48 Class Friday, October 7, 2022 Wind: 10-12, gusting to 15 (westerly) Races Completed: 8 Scoring: Low point All boats were Pepper Langley Design Skipjacks running with the wind. Photos by Judy Bonanno Unrestricted Class Friday, October 7, 2022 Wind: 10-12, gusting to 15 (westerly) Races Completed: 8 Scoring: Low point Friendship Nottingham under fair skies. 26 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Schooners at the start. Photo by Judy Bonanno Schooners (50 in and under) Friday, October 7, 2022 Wind: 10-12, gusting to 15 (westerly) Races Completed: 8 Scoring: Low point Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe close-hauled. Photo by Chuck Lage 81-in Valmore tacking through the finish line. Schooners (over 50 in) Photo by Chuck Lage Friday, October 7, 2022 Wind: 10-12, gusting to 15 (westerly) Races Completed: 8 Scoring: Low point P 27 Fall 2022 The Model Yacht Vintage 36 Saturday, October 8, 2022 Wind: 12-15, gusting to 20 (westerly) Races Completed: 24 Scoring: CESS Pool Vintage 36s in a challenging wind. Photo by Judy Bonanno Vintage 36/600s approaching the windward mark. 28 Photo by Chuck Lage The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Vintage Marblehead: Traditional Sunday, October 9, 2022 Wind: 12-15, gusting to 20 (westerly) Races Completed: 16 Scoring: CESS Pool M class boats tacking to windward. Photo by Marten Beels Two High Flyers tacking to windward. Photo by Marten Beels Vintage Marblehead: High Flyer Sunday, October 9, 2022 Wind: 12-15, gusting to 20 (westerly) Races Completed: 16 Scoring: CESS Pool 29 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Vintage Marblehead: Classic 183 tacking toward the finish line. Sunday, October 9, 2022 Wind: 12-15, gusting to 20 (westerly) Races Completed: 16 Scoring: CESS Pool Photo by Judy Bonanno Earl Boebert Craftsmanship Awards For many years, a regular feature of US VMYG National Regattas has been the awarding of a Craftsmanship Award. The award was the creation of Earl Boebert as a way of recognizing excellence in the construction of pond yachts that were sailed in the regattas. Beautiful craftsmanship and elaborate electronics. Photo by Judy Bonanno The US VMYG now recognizes well-crafted boats in all classes we support. Schooners: John Henderson for his Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Skipjack: Jeff Walshe for his Skipjack Unrestricted: Gudmund Thompson for his Friendship-rigged sloop Nottingham Vintage 36: John Henderson for his April Bunny. Vintage Marblehead: Jeff Walshe for his Black Watch Roger Stollery Madder Hatter running with the wind. 30 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award The Marshall Croft Sportsmanship Award is an annual award that recognizes an individual for exhibiting outstanding peer-supportive qualities in the model yachting community. This encompasses the practice of good sportsmanship, judicious sailing, assistance to the recipient’s comrades, and/ or exceptional contributions to the well-being of the sport of vintage pond boats during the US Vintage Model Yacht Group National Regatta or over an extended period of time. This year’s award winner is Ken Young from St. Charles, IL. Ken Young. Regatta Photographs Here are the links to images from the 2022 US VMYG National Championship Regatta. The photographers have given permission to use and make copies of the photos. • Photos by Martin Beels, CSMYC Member: https://martenbeels.smugmug.com/2022-Vintage-NationalChampionship-Regatta/ • Photos and Videos by Judy Bonanno (wife of vintage boat sailor), Chuck Lage, and others. Check back as more items will be added to these files as they get edited. https://judybonanno.smugmug.com/Sailing/ Vintage-Regattas/2022-USVMYG-Nat-l-Championship• Videos from the regatta on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCVze5eOkQArBx57zsjb_iLg 3 31 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 My Grandfather’s Boat Text and photographs by Greg Williams Six Metre Carina built by G. Meynal (registered June 1931) in the UK. Greg Williams: John, I inherited a Pond Yacht from my Detroit, MI grandfather. The family lore is that it was imported from England, where it had been a “World’s Champion” back in the 1930s. My Grandfather Williams designed and built the current Detroit Yacht Club clubhouse, which was completed in 1922. There are no markings on the Yacht as to its origin. The only written clue I have as to its identity is the designation “U IMA 191” stenciled on the mainsail. The only time I had it in the water was almost 50 years ago, and it was still seaworthy at the time. Overall, I believe it to be in fairly good condition, with the exception of some cosmetic damage to the bow and the rubber mechanism to the rudder disintegrating. The Yacht measures 66 ½ in long, 13 ½-in beam, and 15 in tall, with the waterline around 11 in. The mast is 86 in tall, with the mainsail measuring 79 ½ by 34 by 83 in and the jib measuring 47 by 18 by 51 in. John Stoudt to Graham Reeves and Martin Bandey: Hi guys, Can either of you help with the “IMA” identifier on this sail? The boat is a six meter. The “U” indicates USA, but the owner says it came out of England. Thoughts? Graham Reeves: Hi John, The early A class boats were called Six Metres, and “I M A” on the sail was used in the UK before the letter A . If that is the case, the information I have is below. IMA 191 Name Carina first registered on 26th June 1931. Builder and first owner was G Meynal. Designer, J.G. Feltwell. It was first registered to the club at Hampton Court/Rick Pond called the “Y M 6 M O A”. The abbreviation was for the “Yachting Monthly 6 Metre Owners Association”. Really need the overall length and displacement to confirm. 32 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Martin Bandey: Hi John and Graham, Further to my conversation with Graham this evening, I agree the I M A was for, I think, the International Model (Yachting) Association. But, the U on the sail looks to be original so I wonder whether the sail number was in fact for a boat on the USA Register, perhaps competing “Internationally” and thus identified with the IMA marking as well as the U. Do you have your old A Class Register? Or, maybe it is the UK boat which Graham has identified which found her way to USA and then had the U added? Seems a bit of a mystery to me !! Sail designations on Carina. Barnacles New Sail Number Acquisition Process—The US VMYG has implemented a new way to register your boat. Go to https:// usvmyg.org/registration/ and click on the class for the boat you wish to register. Fill out and pay ($7.00) by PayPal. The class coordinator will receive a notification and respond to you by email with your sail number. This is a big improvement to an awkward and time-consuming process for our treasurer, class coordinators, and you. Miniature Burgee—This British company has a wide variety of decorative items for models of all kinds, including flags, burgees, lettering, and the like. They even do custom cotton burgee work. So, you could have one done for your club. The link to their website is: http://www.becc.co.uk/index.html Boat Yard—The US VMYG has a boatyard on our website where we help individuals sell a boat and let others know what boats are available for sale. Go to https://usvmyg.org/category/boat-yard/ to find out more information. Automatic Center Punch—This tool is great for working on the small metal pieces that we make for our model yachts. When the pointed end, called the punch, is pushed into a material, it slides up into the body of the tool. This compresses a series of springs and increases the potential energy stored inside the tool. Then it snaps and punches the center mark in the metal. This can be found at a number 33 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 A 1920–1930 Wooden Model Cutter Text and photographs by Kathryn T. and Bob Zeyher Early photo of boat. Kathy Zeyher: I inherited this wooden gaff-rigged cutter from my great-uncle. He lived on Lake Ronconkoma, Long Island, NY, in the 1920s to 1930s. I am looking for any information. It is 4 ft 8 in long, beam is 20 in, and the height with full sails is 5 ft 5 in. Hoping you can direct me. I have pictures to send, thanking you in advance. John Stoudt: Kathy, please send photos. We will see if we can help ID the boat. Bob Zeyher: Hope these pictures are better to help investigate the boat. Looking at the website you sent could this be a friendship sloop? John Stoudt: The picture will not help to ID the boat. Please take some of the deck and rigging. I need more detailed info. I will use the old photo you sent originally to communicate with others. But I need some other shots as well. Tell me more about the boat. Did your great-uncle make it? If not, how did he acquire it? A lot of boats arrived here from Europe. Anything that may helpful. Kathy Zeyher: I got some pictures for you. I hope it helps. Not sure who made the boat. It sat in our garage for 65 years, thank you. On deck bow details. 34 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 OK, weighted rudder hooked on to change rudders for different wind conditions. Very old boat. There’s what appears to be a centerboard casing in the cockpit. My guess is that she carried a “lead centerboard” to ballast her up for sailing. They were popular in the US in the 1880s, as in the Bassford boat. Boat profile showing lack of keel or ballast. John Stoudt to VMYG and US VMYG contacts: I received this email from Kathryn Zeyher requesting help identifying the boat pictured below. Boat now resides in Port Clinton, NY. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Stern and rudder details. Martin Bandey: Interesting to see these photos. Not clear whether the 4 ft 8 in long includes the bowsprit, but the beam of 20 in is generous but no doubt necessary to give stability without a proper fixed ballast keel. This seems to be a model of a sailing dinghy or day boat which may have been 16-20 ft long. Unlikely to be very seaworthy as a model with the open cockpit seating, and it’s a sloop not a cutter. Would be interesting to see it on the water! Earl Boebert: I need pictures of the aft deck to be able to say much about it. Detail of the compression strut. 35 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Swiss Marblehead Text and photographs by Lee Bryant Lee Bryant: I have an old Marblehead that I was told came from Switzerland. I am trying to identify it and am hoping you might be able to help. It has a sail number of Z35. I have attached a few pictures. Bruce Richter: Lee, I have copied John Stoudt, the president of the US Vintage Model Yacht Group on this email. He coordinates identifying vintage boats, especially Marbleheads. Lee Bryant: Hi John, Thank you for having a look! I actually just purchased a few more old Marbleheads. I will probably ask you about them also. Here are the pictures of the original boat in question. The man I bought this from called it the “Swiss Boat”. Sail # Z35. Stern details of the Swiss Marblehead. It is a fiberglass hull with a beam of 10 ½ in and a keel depth of 11 in. The mast is wood and measures 73 in tall. John Stoudt to Graham Reeves and Martin Bandey: Hi all, The US VMYG gets boat ID questions all the time. I am not sure we can help with this one because it is a Swiss boat. Here are the comments from Lee Bryant. The man I bought this from called it the “Swiss Boat”. Sail # Z35. 36 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 We would classify it as a Classic M (circa 1971 to the mid-1980s). I compare the deck fittings to a British boat I have. So what are your thoughts? Graham Reeves: Hi John. Nice looking boat. I would date her early 1950s due to her short waterline. As to the design, I think she might be by Bill Daniels or Stan Witty. I’m pretty sure she isn’t by Littlejohn or Priest or Lewis. She is a nice looking boat, and I would say designed in the UK or Europe and not the USA. Profile of the boat. It is a fiberglass hull with a beam of 10 ½ in and a keel depth of 11 in. The mast is wood and measures 73 in tall. Graham Reeves: Good Afternoon, Thomy A good friend of mine has recently bought a Marblehead that originated in Switzerland. We are trying to find more information on the boat. Can you help please or put me in touch with anyone who can? The Marblehead has Z35 on the sails. I have attached a photograph of the boat. We would appreciate any information you may have. Thomy Blatter: Thank you for your inquiry. Short info: The sail number Z35 belonged to Ernst Itten from Zurich. It is a Helmut Luppart construction that was very successful in Europe at that time. The “Z” sail numbers changed to “SUI” approximately1980. Will find more information in the documents. Best regards and stay healthy, Keel bulb ballast. 37 The Model Yacht Fall 2022 Membership Form NAME ___________________________________________________ AMYA # ______________* First Initial Last STREET _____________________________________ PHONE # ___________________________ CITY ____________________________ STATE ___________ CTRY __________ZIP _________ Email Address ____________________________________________________________________ (required) *The US VMYG recommends membership in the AMYA. 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