The Model Yacht: Volume 25, Number 1 – Spring 2024 (Boat Identification)

The Model Yacht Boat Identification Journal of of the the US U.S.Vintage VintageModel ModelYacht YachtGroup Group Journal Volume 21, Number Three Volume 25, Number One Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Spring 2024 US VMYG Leadership President: John Y. Stoudt*, jstoudt309@gmail.com…………………………………………………………………..(610) 316-8695 President Emeritus: John Snow, jsnowj@comcast.net………………………………………………………………..(978) 594-8521 Treasurer: Chuck Lage*, chucklage@yahoo.com……………………………………………………………………..(484) 682-3091 Secretary: Richard McOrmond*, Mcormondrc@gmail.com……………………………………………..(610) 717-8285 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 Ken Young*, youngrun@sbcglobal.net……………………………………………………………..(630) 957-7490 Gudmund Thompson, gudmund.thompson@gmail.com……………………………………..(613) 852-0648 Webmaster: Gregg Heimer, gheimer@yellowblueit.com……………………………………………………………(610) 960-2185 Membership: Chuck Lage*, chucklage@yahoo.com………………………………………………………………….(484) 682-3091 Regatta Coordinator: Nick Mortgu, mortgu@comcast.net………………………………………………………….(609) 820-0509 Archivist……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Currently Open 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:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Currently Open Historian: Earl Boebert, boebert@swap.com…………………………………………………………………………….(505) 823-1046 Boat Identification: Mike Denest, mjd12k@yahoo.com………………………………………………………………(610) 316-3570 Boat Yard Coordinator: Cliff Martin, Cliff-Martin@comcast.net………………………………………………..(508) 533-5971 Construction Advice: John Henderson, jgnhenderson@gmail.com………………………………………………(443) 282-0277 Jeff Gros, Jeffreygros48@gmail.com………………………………………………………..(630) 673-2201 Social Media: Chuck Lage, chucklage@yahoo.com…………………………………………………………………..(484) 682-3091 Model Yacht Data Set: Jim Freeze, jrfreeze1@comcast.net,……………………………………………………….(484) 402-3550 Class Coordinators Free Sailed: John Fisher, jfisher577@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 10-Rater: Jeff Beck, v10rclass@gmail.com………………………………………………………………….(240) 252-0236 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 Australia:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Currently Open 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,Cliff-Martin@comcast.net ………………………………………………………………….(508) 533-5971 North West: Brian Schneider, schneider560@gmail.com……………………………………………………………(207) 715-2644 South Central:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Currently Open South East:……………………………………………………………………………………………Currently Open South West: Ernie Mortensen, usvmygsw@gmail.com………………………………………………………………(858) 525-5217 United Kingdom: Graham Reeves, graham@reevesmail.co.uk………………………………………………..+44 151 936 1140 *Denotes US VMYG board members i Spring 2024 The Model Yacht The Model Yacht is published three times per year by the US Vintage Model Yacht Group. Copyright 1989 to 2024 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: A few of the clues taken into account when trying to determine the background and origin of a mystery vintage model yacht. Membership Renewals: Membership is now being managed on a rolling 12month period. The annual membership fee will be due on the anniversary of your last payment. You will receive an email notification leading up to your due date. Please see the “Membership” page at https://usvmyg.org/ memberplans/memberships/ for more information. Requesting a sail number: You can get a new sail number or transfer a registration from a previous owner here:https:// usvmyg.org/registration-2/ Select the class to open the correct form. There is a $7.00 fee for new registrations but no charge for transfers. The class coordinator will contact you to confirm your registration and sail number. The US VMYG is a 501(c)3 corporation. 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) Our volunteers have been very busy. A lot has happened since you received your last copy of the journal. Membership Portal Recently you received an email from us inviting you to access the member portal. There was a simple process you needed to follow to gain access. As a member you should now be able to access the member portal and look at a list of all back issues of the newsletter/journal (https://usvmyg.org/ tmy-index/) and download the issues. In the near future you will be able to go into your portal and change your personal information. We will continue to add member benefits to the portal. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. Leadership Team Changes Tom Alessi has resigned his position on the board for medical reasons. Tom’s perspective and ideas were instrumental in making the group a stronger organization. Chuck Lage has assumed the duties of Membership Secretary/Treasurer. Richard McOrmond has been appointed to join the board as Secretary. Richard brings a younger (37-year-old) perspective to our board and organization. We welcome Richard and look forward to his input. We are keeping Tom on the Board in an ex-officio capacity. Thank you, Tom, and welcome aboard Richard! 1 Richard McOrmond Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Inside The Leadership Team…….…..i The Layline…………….…….1 Inside………………….……..2 Barnacle……………….……..4 2023 Membership and Treasury Report…………..….5 Website Many changes have been made to our website (https://usvmyg.org). They are highlighted in the article on page 6. A special thanks to Jeff Beck and Chuck Lage for all of the time they have put into updating various aspects of our website. If you have not spent time looking around the website recently, I suggest you do so. You will be amazed at what we have done to improve it. Click on the logo to go directly to the website. US VMYG Accounting The group has moved to a new accounting system, QuickBooks. It does a very nice job organizing our accounting and was the next logical step in managing our financial records. Tom Alessi did an amazing job taking the work that Ernie Mortensen did and moving us to the next level. Chuck has moved all of our financial records into this new accounting software package, which makes everything easier and less time-consuming. Website Report………………6 Plans Update Fiona………………..……….13 We have approximately 10 additional plans that we will be adding to the website as soon as we can find someone to serve as our Plans Coordinator. If you have an interest in doing that, please contact me. A Display Boat?.………..…..18 A Skiff-Sailed Boat…….…..22 Friendship-Rigged Notthingham..…………..…..25 Yachting in London.………..30 The Model Yachting Center Funding for this project is at a standstill. We are working on a new strategy in the next few months to determine our next steps, including developing new strategies, discussions with individuals managing similar nonprofit organizations, and reaching out to other possible donors. This will involve a conversation with an individual who is a professional fundraiser. The donations thus far have come almost exclusively from individuals associated with the vintage group. Some of the comments we have received from individuals are not very encouraging, in that they do not seem to understand the importance of doing the research to develop the vision and determine feasibility. An oftenheard comment is “if you do not build it in my backyard, I cannot support it”. Another is, “let’s just build it, why spend money on the research.” Both are short-sighted positions. The questions that I think that are important for us to consider are: • Do we want others to learn about and become involved in model yachting? • Do we want to save our legacy? • Do we want to save the various artifacts, boats, rigs, magazines, records, correspondence, and other items? 2 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht What Does Your Dues Do? People ask what their dues get them. The funds from dues and other resources of income (sales of plans, booklets and other items) allow us to: • digitize the history of model yachting on our website. • continue to develop and maintain the website with new and historical material. • publish three journals per year without advertising. • collect, record, and archive early model yachting items both physically and digitally. • register yachts and maintain class records. • maintain class rules for those classes the US VMYG supports. • build a database of dimensional information on model yachts. • provide construction and restoration advice. • provide designs, design analysis, and development of traditional full-size boat designs as sailing models. • help individuals to identify a boat. • provide additional member benefits, such as free copies of back issues of The Model Yacht. • support US VMYG events and the club that hosts the national regatta with a regatta subsidy. • accept donations as a 501(c)3 organization. And this is all done with a lot of dedicated volunteers who devote countless hours to the organization. While on the surface it seems as though your dues provide the journal and no other benefit. Your dues help us do the work of the US VMYG. 2023 Website Sales Here are two reports of our website sales in 2023. Our total gross sales was $1,012.50. The pie chart on the right shows the variety of items sold. Gross sales 32 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Membership We are losing a handful of members each year and gaining back a handful. We need to gain more than we are losing. Our numbers hover around 225 to 250 each year. We need to figure out ways to increase our numbers. If you have any ideas and are interested in helping, please let us know. Differentiated Membership We offer differentiated memberships for print and digital copies of the journal. We encourage individuals to take the digital membership to help us save costs, as printing and mailing are getting more expensive all the time. Recently we had an upswing in the percentage of members who are selecting printed copies. You need to know that the printed copy is black and white (inside the covers) while the digital copy is in full color. If we do not keep the percentage of those accepting the digital copy at 60% of the membership or higher, we may have to consider a dues increase in the future Archivist We need to find someone to help us with the physical donations that we have been receiving. The archivist will be responsible for establishing acquisition protocols, receiving donation requests, maintaining inventory, identifying a labeling procedure, and labeling all acquired items with a barcode. Ideally the archivist will be located in or near southeast Pennsylvania for ease of access to the current collection. If you are interested, please contact me. Did You Know the US VMYG • • • • • • has individuals who can help identify a boat for you? can assist you with your construction questions? has a team who can edit an article you submit for publication? will advertise your boat for sale? is on social media and has a Facebook page, YouTube page, and an Instagram (new) account? has a number of individuals who donate many hours to our organization? Check out our leadership team. Barnacle Braided Line Cutter Boomerang Tool Company has made the original SNIP fishing line cutter with retractable tether and stainless-steel blades. This tool cuts braided line clean and smoothly every time! Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Boomerang-Tool-CompanyOriginal-Fishing/dp/B07HFQSPYF 42 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht 2023 Membership and Treasury Report Report by Chuck Lage, US VMYG Treasurer Statement of Activity (Income Statement) Below is our Statement of Activity (Income Statement) for 2023. Our 2023 total revenue was higher due to stronger membership growth and donations. Our 2023 expenses were also higher due to fundraising and nonprofit incorporation expenses. Our net income in 2023 was about $500.00 lower than 2022 but still strong at close to $3,000.00. Statement of Financial Comparison As of December 31, 2023 Our 2023 Statement of Financial Position indicates our total assets increased by about $3,000.00 to a total of $26,911.00 on 31 December 2023. Membership Report Our membership numbers are down in 2023; we lost more members than we gained. In 2023 we stopped including the 11 complimentary memberships in our total. The good news is that 30 new members joined in 2023, and of the 140 regular members, 61% have been members for 3 years or longer. The Board will start brainstorming how to attract more new members and how to retain our existing members. If you have any ideas, please reach out and let us know. As of December 31, 2023: Active Members: 212 Life Members: 72 Regular Members: 140 52 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Our website: !”#$%&'()&* W e’ve been working on the US VMYG website (https://usvmyg.org) to support our Mission and Goals to honor the early years of the sport of model yachting through the preservation, education, and promotion of older model yachts and their designs, construction methods, and history. We offer the website as a resource to the world to provide accurate information and increase interest in vintage model yachts. We want our site to be the place to go to find information about model yacht designs, different construction and restoration techniques, and to read stories about the history of the sport. The site has a modern responsive design that works on both desktop computers and phones and tablets. The most striking thing on our homepage is the slide show of model yachting images, but there is a lot more here. Notice the black bar at the top of the page in both of the home page images that includes “Home”, “About Us”, “Member Login”, “The Model Yacht”, “Contact Us”, “Membership”, “Store”, and “Events”. This is a persistent menu that you will see on every page of the site. I hope you will take some time to explore the links, but I’d like to highlight a few of them here: The US VMYG homepage on a desktop computer 62 The US VMYG homepage on a phone. Fall 2023 The Model Yacht About Us will get you to information about the organization. It includes links to our Mission and Goals, the organization’s leadership team including Regional and Class Coordinators, and the US VMYG bylaws. The Model Yacht will take you to a page with details about our journal that is published three times per year. This page includes a link to The Model Yacht Index as well as guidelines on preparing photographs for publication in the journal and a Style Guide for The Model Yacht. 72 Membership gives details on US VMYG membership options with links to sign up. Share this link with your friends! Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Store takes you to our online store where you can purchase plans, publications, and a link to get US VMYG clothing and gear. Note that members now have access to all back issues of The Model Yacht. See “Membership Area” below for more information. The homepage also includes links to our Facebook page, our YouTube page, a quick link to our Boat Registration page, the latest postings, and a site search. Latest Developments The site search is a relatively new feature. You can get to it from the homepage or from any article page. Simply put in what you are looking for—an author, boat name, or place—and hit “Search”. You will get a list of results to explore. The search box is available on the homepage. Search results for author Derrick Clow. 82 Search results for Rip Tide. Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Another new feature is our Model Yacht Video Index that is curated by Chuck Lage. It includes links to the 6ABC News Philadelphia coverage of the 2023 US VMYG National Championship Regatta, videos from past regattas, a video showing underwater robots recovering a sunken Vintage 36/600, and other interesting model yachting videos from around the internet. This year we have restarted our “NEWS” page. This will include news and information you might be interested in. Recently we have made postings about registration being open for the 2024 National Championship Regatta in Chicago, the new Model Yacht Video Index, and an interesting article about early remote control from 1948. The latest news posts also show up on the bottom of the homepage below the Search box. Membership Area Now that we have created online logins for all of our members who have provided us with an email address, we are able to make all of the back issues of The Model Yacht available to members who are logged into the website. Simply find an issue that you are interested in from The Model Yacht Index and click “Download Issue”. The Model Yacht Volume 1, Issue 1 listing in the index. If you are a member, use your email address as your username. If you don’t know your password, you can reset it with the “Forgot Password” link at the bottom of the page. If you need help, you can contact the membership team at usvmyg@gmail.com. Please be patient, our membership team is all volunteers! Once you are logged in, the issue will be delivered to you as a PDF. How this works in your case will depend on how you have your browser set up to read PDF files. It is possible that they will open in your current window, in a new tab, or be downloaded to your “Downloads” folder. We plan on adding more Member Only content soon. 92 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht The Content Menu There is a second menu on each page that gives access to articles and other model yachting information. It includes “NEWS”, “The Model Yachting Center”, “GIVING”, “ARTICLES”, “RESOURCES”, and “CLASSES”. This menu looks different on desktop computers and on phones or tablets. See the homepage images above. On desktop computers, this menu is along the top of each page next to the US VMYG logo and below the black bar menu. On mobile devices, this menu will be collapsed into a “hamburger” menu next to the word “Menu. Clicking here will open up the expanded content menu in a closeable window on your phone or tablet. The expanded content menu on a mobile device. The Model Yachting Center link will take you to a page about the proposal to investigate, fund, and create an interactive museum of model yachting to promote, perpetuate, and preserve the sport of model yachting. NEWS is a link to the news section from above. This will get you to the latest news and information in the US VMYG world. 120 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht ARTICLES gets you to a list of categories of articles that we have published on the website: Construction Articles, Design Articles, History Articles, Sailing Articles, and Sail Making Articles. Some of these articles were written for the website, some are articles originally published in The Model Yacht and are republished here, and some are digital reprints of interesting historical model yachting articles we have found in old magazines and books. Spend a rainy afternoon browsing through the articles we have in this section. GIVING is a link to a page where you can donate to the US VMYG (a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization) or directly to the Model Yachting Center effort. This is another link to share with all of your friends. RESOURCES – use the drop-down under RESOURCES to find all kinds of supporting information about model yachting including Clubs that sail vintage boats around the country, information about US VMYG Regattas, links to lists of suppliers and reference books, Boat Registration, and a link to the US VMYG Racing Rules. 121 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht From RESOURCES you can also get to the Boat Yard, where you can buy and sell Vintage Boats and other related items, and to the list of plans separated by US VMYG class. CLASSES lists all of the information about supported US VMYG classes. Each class has a class page with general information about the class. On the menu on the right you can find the name and email address of the class coordinator, links to the class rules and the registration page for the class, links to plans in the US VMYG store that conform to the class and possibly some links to articles related to the class. You can also find links to PDF files that will give you full size Class Insignia templates and templates for 3- and 4-in sail numbers that will fit onto a roll of spinnaker tape. Feedback and Suggestions This was a brief walkthrough of the US VMYG website. I hope you can spend some time poking around and that you will enjoy yourself while you do it. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to usvmyg@gmail.com. If you have written something that you think is appropriate for the website or journal or are interested in working on the website because you have a particular set of skills, please contact me at the same address. 122 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Article by Lisa Bauer, Ken Young, Chuck Lage, John Henderson, Graham Reeves Fiona This article began as an email exchange between Lisa Bauer and Ken Young. — Ed. Lisa Bauer: Hi Ken, My name is Lisa Bauer, and I live in St. Louis, MO. I am at a loss as to how to identify the model sailboat that I have had since I was a child. I believe my dad might have built it from a kit. I’m thinking in the 1960s. I am attaching photos and hoping you will be so kind as to point me in a direction to identify it. I would like to find it a good home for someone to appreciate. It is 36 in long. Article by Lisa Bauer, Ken Young, Chuck Lage, John Henderson, Graham Reeves Thank you in advance for your help. Feel free to give me a call if you would like. Photo by Don Bauer Ken Young to Rob Dutton, Chuck Lage, John Stoudt, John Henderson, and Graham Reeves: I’ve forwarded an email I got from Lisa Bauer in St Louis. She has a boat she’s looking for help identifying and rehoming. I’ve communicated with her since the email. She said it weighs 6-10 lb. Sounds like possibly a 36/600 of unknown design. I’ve copied Lisa on this email in case she might be able to answer questions we might have. Photo by Lisa Bauer It’s a nice looking boat. Thanks for any help we can give her. 213 Spring 2024 The Model Yacht Rob Dutton: I’ve been in touch with Lisa, and I feel the boat she has looks to have been built along the lines of the Detroit Public School boats that were part of their industrial arts program. Chuck Lage: Lisa had originally posted on the Detroit Public School Facebook group, and John Sanderson who started that group felt for sure it was not a DPS boat due to the keel shape. I had suggested she post on our Facebook group and took the initiative to reach out via our website. I’m curious too because I have a similar hull/ keel but in fiberglass that Jeff and Joe gave me from Chicago. So Lisa and I would be very appreciative of any insights. Photo, 1959 Aerodrome LTD catalog Model Racing Yacht Fiona by MarineCraft Yachts. “Length overall 36 in. Beam 9 in. This really magnificent racing yacht is not only the last word in design but it is the most comprehensive kit we have yet put out. In addition to Plans with Photographs and the most minute Building Instructions, the kit contains a set of Beautiful Sails made by a sailmaker, hemmed and cross stitched, Braine type Steering Gear with Quadrant, Rudder and Rudder Pillar in a complete unit, Mast in three pieces tapered with Brass Cross Trees, Lead Keel molded and bored, all Hull Shapes fine saw cut balsa to exact dimensions, Plywood Deck, all Rigged.” Lisa, You could look at boats listed in our Boat Yard (https://usvmyg.org/category/boatyard/) to help you determine the value of your boat. Graham Reeves: The nearest boat I can find is a kit from the 1950s-60s called Fiona. I saw it in the Model Aerodrome about 70 years ago. I used to live about a mile away from the shop. I have attached what info I can find. Hope this is of help. Get back to me if you have any questions. Photo by Lisa Bauer 124 John Stoudt: While it has some characteristics of a DSB the keel is very different and the hull has some differences. Nearly every DSB that I have seen used AJ Fisher fittings. This boat uses none. Graham, do you have this full article? And if so, would you share it with the US VMYG? Fiona is a nice looking boat. Fall 2023 The Model Yacht John Henderson: I have no idea what this model is, but there are a lot of characteristics that support Graham’s thought that it is a Fiona model. Photo by Lisa Bauer Photo by Lisa Bauer ● ● ● The deck treatment at bow and stern is somewhat unique, and the same features show in the Fiona picture. The Fiona kit’s mast is stated to be in three pieces, and the photos of the boat in question seem to have a three-piece mast. I don’t want to read too much into the image (doesn’t appear to be an actual photo) of Fiona, but it appears that Fiona “floats up” when heeled (not usually desirable, since it shortens the LWL), and the photos of the boat in question look to me to have a fairly bulbous underbody, which might well “float up” also when heeled. The profile of the keel is a bit unusual, and it might be identifiable because of this. It might be instructive to have a drawing or out-of-water picture of Fiona. Photo by Lisa Bauer Photo by Lisa Bauer 125 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Chuck Lage: Here (right) are pictures of my very similar fiberglass 36-in hull. Graham Reeves: Fiberglass hull does look a lot like Fiona. Photo by Chuck Lage John Henderson: Looks like a pretty good match. Graham Reeves: Just found this page (lower right) from a January 1966 copy of Model Maker. It appears that they produced a fiberglass version of Fiona. Thought you would be interested. Photo by Chuck Lage Photo by Chuck Lage Chuck Lage to Lisa Bauer: Well you sure have kept a few old guys busy this past week. However this is what we enjoy. Photo by Chuck Lage So you may have an early Fiona, and I may have a later fiberglass hull called Fiona MK II. I’ll make a mast, booms and sails and race her this September in Chicago. Can I ask a favor? Could you measure the length of your mast and the two booms and send that to me? Lisa Bauer to Chuck Lage: Dear Chuck, Hey, thanks for reaching out to me. I’m happy to provide you with the dimensions of the booms mast. Finally, something I can do for you! I am so grateful for the help your group has provided me. You all have restored my faith in mankind. I’ve been feeling that it is dog eat dog world and nobody helps each other anymore. Well, you all have proved me wrong, and there are, indeed, other people in the world who care! Ok, the long boom is 18.5 in, and the shorter one is 11.5 in. Each boom has a metal “eyelet” screwed into the boom ends. I only measured the wood, not the wood plus the eyelet. The mast, when in the boat, is 44.5 in from the deck to the top. However, when it is pulled out, the total length of the mast is Advertisement from January 1966 Model Maker showing Fiona. 48 in. The mast breaks down into three pieces. 126 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht I am a seamstress and would like to make new sails for this boat. However, I don’t know how to finish the edges, what type of fabric to purchase, or how to attach the sails to the booms, mast, and riggings. I would love to get a pattern and plans on how to do this. Since you have a Fiona MK II, perhaps your sail dimensions might work on my boat. Marinecraft Yachts Here is a picture of my brother and me at 7 and 5 with our boats in 1966. Iona and Fiona Models are built on the bread and butter principle. That is to say the hulls are built up from layers of wood as in the above illustration. For our models we use ½-in Balsa for these layers, which forms a very strong and extremely light structure. In our kits all these hull layers are accurately band sawn to shape which means that after constructing the basic keel section the modeler simply cements the layers in place and then carves away the steps. Thus the hull shape is automatically arrived at, and as Balsa is the material used this carving is a very simple and straightforward job with the aid of a good modeling knife. There is absolutely no need to hollow the boat out any further on the inside as it has plenty of buoyancy without cutting out any more timber. This type of construction is in our opinion one of the best and easiest method yet evolved of obtaining a hull with fine lines and a good performance, without all the difficulties and drudgery of carving from a solid block of wood. Fiona at the pond in 1966. Photo by Don Bauer I feel like I have a pretty special boat. I now plan to rehome the boat after using my sewing sills to make new sails that are in keeping with the proper specifications. I am so glad I decided to research this rather than just slapping a $100 price tag on it and listing it on Facebook Marketplace! Wouldn’t that have been a shame, knowing it might not land in the hands of someone who would truly appreciate it, enjoy it, and care for it. We have arrangements with a well known sailmaker to manufacture for us sails for our Iona and Fiona. They are beautifully hemmed, cross stitched, and shrunk to prevent them losing their shape. These sails which are included in our yacht kits are also available for those wishing to build models to their own design. Prices are given on the loose leaf price list. 127 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Article by Stephen Cross, Bruce Richter, and John Stoudt. Photos by Stephen Cross A Display Boat? This article began as an email exchange between Stephen Cross and Bruce Richter (M class coordinator at the time) — Ed. Stephen Cross: Hello Bruce, I got your info from Rod Carr @ Carr Sails. I found this old model around 1978. It’s been in storage some 40 years, and I’m looking to bring her back to life. It’s really beautiful! I know nothing about sailing, but bought it as a piece of art. Rod thought that you might help identify her. She’s 50 in long. Only marking on the sail is a circle with an F inside. Beautiful mast with remarkable stainless hardware. Two very worn sails, also with amazing detail, tiny metal eyelet and bone inserts. Rod is making a set of new sails for her now, but just for display. Think it’s a Marblehead? Any help in identifying this beauty would be greatly appreciated!! 218 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Bruce Richter: Beautiful boat! I’d be curious as to what your intentions are and how far you want to take it. Sounds like you want to use it for display purposes. Do you think the hull is seaworthy and have you checked it for leaks? There seems to be a lot of authenticity there and it looks like you have all of the hardware. Frankly I’m not sure how far you want to depart from the status quo especially below the deck (decks are a great place to honor the craft and express your creative sensibilities). Although if you want to convert it to R/C capable, I get it. It’s that push-pull between having an authentic somewhat untouched piece of history with patina and having a functional restoration. If you can, I’d also say definitely hang onto the sails given their provenance. At 50 in long there’s a pretty good chance it is indeed a Marblehead. In this email I’ve copied John Stoudt, the US Vintage Model Yacht Group President, and our resident restoration expert. He can probably fill in some gaps for you. The circled “F” probably identifies the club the boat sailed with. I’ve attached a screen grab of a list of initials and club references complied by the Model Yacht Racing Association of America, a now defunct organization that was replaced in the 70s by the AMYA. Unfortunately, there are no “F” clubs mentioned in the list. (This page appeared in an article from our US VMYG journal last summer.) Also, I see in your email address “sf”. If you’re in San Francisco and/or if you found the boat there, you may also want to contact the folks in the San Francisco Model Yacht Club out on Spreckels Lake. 129 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht They maintain and sail a huge fleet of both R/C and freesailing (aka non-radio control which yours is prime for) vintage boats, and they may recognize what you have. Who knows, they may tell you there was a club in “Fresno”, “Fremont”, …??? If it did live in SF, there’s a good chance it resided in their boathouse at some point. The Stobbe family have been very active in that club, are quite knowledgeable about local boats and model yachting history, and have a great aesthetic when it comes to these pieces of art. Try contacting them too. They as well as the rest of the club members are an extremely open and friendly bunch. A few years ago, they made me feel very much at home when I showed up on a whim. They had me on the water with one of their boats within minutes. Stephen: Thank You Bruce!! Very helpful!! I joined the SFMYC just last month. I’ll meet with them next month and am looking forward to meeting the group and introducing myself. As far as sailing this, I think it’s seaworthy. I’ll reach out to the club members for advice. And hello to John and Candace! Any help in identifying this boat would be much appreciated. John Stoudt: Hi Stephen, Thanks for reaching out to the US VMYG. The boat is a Marblehead and a double-ender; not unheard of but unusual. Send a picture of the F on the sail. I think this indicates it is a French boat. See table below.International markings as noted in a recent article of The Model Yacht. [“By Their Marks Ye Shall Know Them”, Summer 2021, Vol 21 No 2, p. 23. ] 20 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Table 2 International Markings D Germany F France K United Kingdom KC Canada U United States The depth of the keel is also a curious thing. Usually, a deeper keel suggests that the boat was skiff-sailed. Skiff-sailed boats were a New York, Boston, and a few other northeast harbors (Cape Porpoise, ME), phenomenon. And some sailed in Europe. The fittings look similar to those made by AJ Fisher but with differences. They are chrome plated, although I have seen some nickel-plated ones. They may be European. Stephen: Thank you so much for the information! The keel is approximately 9 in deep by 11 in long and appears to be lead. Hull is 50 in by 10 in at its widest. Mast is 65 in tall. She is a beauty! I’ll take some decent photos of her and send your way. And I’d love to have her included in the boat identification issue. It would be great to learn more about her. And where did “Marblehead” come from? Bruce: Stephen, Here’s a page from our website that talks about the Marblehead class and its origins in Marblehead, MA (not stated/clarified in the article I see) which is on the north shore above Boston: https://usvmyg.org/ history/marblehead-history/ John: Stephen, You might wonder about an M class boat being from France. At one time the M class was the largest in the world. Yes, the world. They are still sailed all over the world, and the modern M is very popular in Europe. The sail symbol is, I am pretty sure, an indicator for France. Stephen: This is getting exciting! Thanks John! 21 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Article by Bill Sash and Earl Boebert. Color photos by Bill Sash B&W photos, USVMYG Archives A Skiff-Sailed Boat Bill Sash, who lives in the upper midwest, asked if the US VMYG could help identify a model yacht that he has. “The boat is 6 ft long, stem to stern. It’s about 2 ft high. The keel is lead. the mast is 9 ft long when not installed on the boat. It’s definitely a quality piece with a lot of detail.” After a few emails and detailed pictures, here is the response from Earl Boebert: “OK, the last pictures clinch it. First, the boat has been restored, as given its age, the paint and sails are clearly not original. Second, the boat was designed and built to be skiffsailed, that is, sailed in open water and chased by a skipper in a single-handed rowboat. We know this because of the row of holes down the centerline of the deck. This feature, usually known as the “cribbage board” was how the sheet controls worked for skiff sailing. 22 Cribbage board adjustment holes. Fall 2023 The Model Yacht The sheets were attached to pegs that went in the holes. This arrangement allowed the skipper to adjust the sheets with one hand while using the other to hold the boat steady. Third, given the design of the steering gear (used only on the run) and the shape of the hull, my best guess is that she dates from the early 1920s. Skiff sailing was done almost exclusively on the East Coast: New York Harbor, Boston Harbor and Charles River, Marblehead Harbor and others. Interesting rudder shape. Sail lashing. Hatch configuration. 23 Fall 2023 Gooseneck details. Spreader detail. I am attaching a reprint we did some years ago of a 1900 article on skiff sailing in New York (The Model Yacht, Vol. 9 No. 1). The rules were complicated. Even though the boats raced together they were actually racing against the clock. A further time adjustment was made by assessing a penalty (usually 5 seconds) every time the skipper touched his boat. Even though the boats raced together they were actually racing against the clock. As an aside, when Pete Peterson started the Marbleheaders of Spring Lake, the boats were skiff-sailed, not radio. Pete made all the boats and the skiffs. The idea was to provide exercise for retirees.” In New York the boats were divided into classes by length and then given a time handicap depending on sail area. 24 The Model Yacht Friendship-Rigged Nottingham: Below Deck This is the first article in a series detailing the construction of Gudmund Thompson’s Friendship-Rigged Nottingham, which won the 2022 Earl Boebert Craftsmanship Award in the Unrestricted Models class. You can see earlier articles in The Model Yacht: “Running Backstays” in Volume 23, Number 2 and “Computer Radios” in Volume 24, Number 1. — Ed. In the spring of 2021, I decided that I was going to build a 60-in sailboat that would allow me to experiment with things like multiple-overlapping headsails and functional running backstays, while allowing for additions like big genoas and maybe spinnakers in the future. The hull I chose to base the project on was Alan Horne’s Nottingham. It was both large enough to get my hands and Article and photos by Gudmund Thompson The Nottingham under sail at the 2023 National Championship Regatta components under the deck and small enough to launch and recover by myself. (https://www.jclasshulls.co.uk/model-range/ nottingham-60). Alan’s website even showed photos of the boat with a Bermuda rig, a gaff rig with a pair of non-overlapping headsails, and hinted at the possibility of a genoa. The early arrival of the hull allowed me to digitize it using Inkscape 225 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht The summer was spent researching what was available and agonizing over what I really wanted to accomplish. I eventually settled on a Friendship-type setup because it had: • a gaff-rigged main with topsail that was begging to be supported by functional running backstays, • a pair of overlapping headsails, and • a jumbo jib (the rearmost, center-line-sheeted foresail). With the general sail plan established and the much anticipated arrival of the hull, I digitized the hull and sail plan using the free CAD program, Inkscape. Drawing using the actual dimensions of the hull and rigging components ensured that the components would fit and that the rig would be relatively well balanced and provided a way to calculate the sheet and backstay travels. Using Inkscape, I superimposed the Friendship rig on the Nottingham hull, aligning the mast positions. The sail center of effort is a bit far back at this point, but that can be fixed. That, in turn allowed me to develop an eight-servo boat management system that would use: • a single servo for the rudder; • a pair of arm-equipped servos to control the running backstays; • a single winch servo to manage both the gaff mainsail and its topsail, and the jumbo jib; • a pair of winch servos to control the port and starboard sheets of the two other headsails; and • a pair of arm-equipped jib trim servos that would increase or decrease the length of the sheets that control the foremost foresail. With that sorted, I set out to acquire the components that would be needed to complete the project. I opted for Australian Radio Sailing’s 800 series winch servos, deck fittings (to include jib slides, throughhull fittings, shackles, and turnbuckles) from PJ Sails, and veneer and basswood from local suppliers. Radio gear I already had in abundance. These three Inkscape views show the standing rig, the sails and the center of effort and center of lateral resistance calculations, the sheet and backstay runs, fairlead locations, and the through-hull fitting locations. By fall, with the majority of the components in my basement, it was time to move from the theoretical to the practical. I had determined that the sail 26 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Drawn in Fusion 360, the components for the main winch are shown on the right, while the mirrorimage components for the two headsail winches are shown on the left. management components I had envisioned could only go in and out of the hatch if there were three separate assemblies. The one in the center would handle the mainsail and jumbo jib sheets, while the pair of mirror images assemblies on either side would manage the sheets for the other two foresails. At this point, the sail management assemblies were drawn in the 3D modeling program, Fusion 360, exported to a slicing program and printed with my FlashForge Dreamer printer using ABS filament. The components were then assembled, tested for fit and performance, and redesigned as needed. The three sail management assemblies with their mounting blocks sitting where they will eventually be glued into the hull. Here, six of the eight servos can be seen. In the foreground, the rudder–backstay sub-assembly, as part of the rear hatch, is being used to verify fitment, prior to being installed.”; 27 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht This is the way the main winch is set up. The black dot line is the winch line, the tension elastic is white, the main sheet is red, and the jumbo jib sheet is gold. Concurrently, I focused on the rudder and backstays where the challenge was to locate the rudder servo into a position where it would free up space for the running backstay servos that needed to be housed in a very secure below deck structure. spatial restrictions by the deck, the hatches, etc. could be considered. This is especially important when calculating the runs of the sheets and backstays. While the CAD drawing showed where the through-hull fittings should be, it was important to be able to adjust as necessary where support structures or other components needed to take precedence. Portions of the deck support structure were assembled and set in place temporarily so the that Here is how the other two winches are set up. The black dot line is the winch line, the tension line is white, the forward jib sheet is red, and the other jib sheet is gold 28 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Here the deck underlay has been pinned in place on the hull, and the thorough deck hardware is being fitted. Once all of the holes were in place, the underlay was removed, and the deck was build on it. Finally, the under deck support structure has been glued into place, and, using only the hatches for access, all the components installed. The “Yippee!” moment came with the realization that all of the sheet and backstay runs were actually snag-free. With all of the sub-deck components ready, it was time to develop a detailed assembly plan; I really didn’t want to have to remove the deck because I had forgotten to provide a screw hole for the fastener that would hold the mast post in place, for example. With the support structure waterproofed and installed, the deck underlay was temporarily keyed into place on the hull and all of the throughdeck hardware was fitted and all of the line runs verified. With a well thought out assembly plan, the actual building process was really pretty straightforward because everything had already been test fitted and conflicts had been sorted out. Finally, the through-deck hardware and the deck underlay was removed so the deck building phase could begin. This will be covered in the next installment. 29 The Model Yacht Fall 2023 Photos by W A Rouch Yachting in London Starting Ailsa on a wind. Photos by W A Rouch This article was originally published in Country Life Illustrated on December 9, 1899. We present it here as published with the original spelling, usage, and punctuation, which may be considered arcane. It was discovered and shared with us by John Smith of Sheldon, SC. — Ed A shoulders, murmured some flattering allusion to “mad Englishmen,” and passed along, not perceiving the real meaning of what they saw, nor understanding that the crowd typified in its own way the pulse of the race. few weeks ago, the writer of these lines formed one of a huge crowd on the Thames Embankment. It was damp and chill, a fine mist fell, the roadway was ankle deep in mud, yet thousands of people stood motionless for hours watching two tiny boats moving slowly across a screen. Cold and wet and discomfort were forgotten as they cheered the Shamrock when she drew ahead, or groaned as Columbia went to the front. News boys were shouting “Declaration of War!” England was entering on the greatest fight, the most momentous struggle, of forty years, but the crowd forgot it all for a yacht race. Foreigners came by, shrugged their To begin an article on the toy boats of London by reference to the two great yachts of England and America, most swift and shapely of all things that move wind-driven on the sea, may seem a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, the bringing into life a mouse from the throes of the mountain. And yet, perhaps, the subjects are not very wide asunder. 320 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht The interest excited by the America Cup race was due, we take it, to it being a race between yachts. There was, indeed, the spirit of rivalry which all sporting contests arouse in our sport-loving people, but underlying it all was that which we have termed the impulse of race—the deeply seated love of the sea, the fine intolerance of finding a superior on the element we hold to be our own. And the same lesson may be learnt on every stretch of coast, on every reach of river, on every pond. For it is most certain that there is something in the English blood—something that perhaps has come to us from our far-off Viking ancestry—that draws the English to the sea. It is towards the sea that the dreams and desires of boyhood go—the sea with its wonders, its adventures and its triumphs; the sea life presents itself as the acme of human happiness, With the political and commercial results of this we are not concerned—they are written in the world’s history; we offer it in explanation of the passion of the Englishman for boats great and small. He is first but a timid mariner, suffering not his precious boat to venture beyond the restraining limits of a cord. But hardihood arrives with age and habit, until at least comes the supreme moment when he trims the sail with unskilful hand and sends forth the tiny craft on her first real voyage. Topsy going about.—A risky position. How anxiously he follows her erratic course, trembling when she lies down under a sudden squall, triumphant when her dripping sails emerge from the water, his whole heart going with her as she faces the perils of that great ocean; how eagerly he toddles round to meet her, glowing with all of the pride of a great and successful voyage. It is a pleasing sight to be seen in Kensington Gardens on any day of summer and on many a day in winter, too. There are tragic scenes also, scenes of shipwreck, when the vessel, insufficiently ballasted, is overcome by the storm and goes down all standing; times when the vessel is boarded by young ducks as by pirates, and in fancy he sees her being borne away to their lair; dire collisions, when boats locked in close embrace, revolve in the centre of the pond, refusing to come to shore, and their owners are borne away shrieking at their bereavement. But the park keepers are kindly, and the ships survive to make many another crossing. Manœvevering May It is a passion that comes early to maturity, To the small boy, scarcely emancipated from the perambulator, comes the yearning for a boat all his own and therewith, too, this first lesson in thrift. Aided by a money-box, which no human ingenuity will open, he saves and saves until the day when he too can launch his tiny barque upon the Round Pond. This is the earliest stage of his nautical evolution, when he is, so to say, at the mercy of the winds, and chance alone directs his vessel’s course. As he 231 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht advances, the Arcana of boat sailing unfold themselves, he begins to distinguish between running, reaching, and beating, he pierces the mysteries of going broad or close-hauled. He lays his course for some definite port, and great is his glory if he manages, even approximately, to attain it. He becomes the owner of a larger boat, he picks up wrinkles from the master of the art, and with increasing knowledge come wider ambitions. He goes some summer to the sea, he sees for the first time the dainty white-winged yachts skim across the broad expanse of blue, and dreams of the time when he too can own a yacht, feeling that with such a possession future would have no more to give him. It is curious the reverence with which we regard the owner of a yacht, all of us of every age.It makes no difference whether she is a stately palace of 600 tons or a tiny speck whose cabin is a tight fit for one, the great fact remains that she is a yacht. To own her raises a man in our esteem, not because it argues in him superior wealth, but because regarding the sea as our own dominion and property, we simply feel that he has in some sort come into his heritage. Let us hope that the boyish dreamer will one day come into it too. family ties, the claims of business, lack of opportunity. A sea-going yacht must remain a dream for the man as for the boy, but the passion which prompts it remains undiminished, and finds its ven in the building and sailing of model yachts. Model yacht sailing is not a mere childish waste of time, as some scornfully pretend but a serious undertaking which involves great dexterity and skill in designer builder, and navigator, and which is a solid livelihood to very many people. There are, so far as we know, no accurate statistics as to the extent and value of the toy fleets of England, but the sum would be very astonishing were it set forth in figures. On a fine day as many as eighty boats may be seen together on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, varying in value from a couple of skillings to thirty pounds. And the same thing, though on a lesser scale, may be seen throughout the country. This however, opens up too large a field of speculation—we would devote ourselves rather to the subject as it affects London. But it is not for every man to get to Corinth. The obstacles in the way are many—want of means, Starting for the beat home. 322 There are in the metropolis many model yacht clubs, whose members sail on the water at Clapham, Battersea Park, the Serpentine, and indeed whatever suitable water can be found. But the Round Pond may perhaps be considered the Cowes of the metropolitan yacht world. Behind the Orangery is a low building hidden by greenery and surmounted by a flagstaff. It is the hope of two clubs, the London Model Yacht Club and the Model Yacht Sailing Association. Entering, we find ourselves in a veritable dockyard. There are long rows of yachts fixed in cradles, their sails hanging loose, yachts of every shape and pattern, carrying in everything but size. We see boats like skimming dishes fitted with single or double fins, boats with long shallow keels, and boats with keels short and wedge- Fall 2023 The Model Yacht shaped. There is a controversy of long standing as to the respective merits of their builds, and though keeps are now in fashion the champions of the fins are not silent. They point to the speed of their boats, to which their opponents reply that they are less steady and trustworthy, too apt, as it were, to be blown about by every wind of doctrine. Far be it from us to express our opinions or to intervene in the sometimes heated discussions of the rival theorists. But though they differ in their lines and build—some being hollowed from the solid block and others built with ribs and planking—in size the boats of the two clubs are similar. Those of the London are the larger, 15-raters, while the M.Y.S.A. are content with 10-raters. As a fact the hulls of these two ratings do not differ in the proportion of three to two. The average water-line of a 15 is about 44 in to 45 in, that of a 10 about 38 in. The dimension is, indeed, somewhat arbitrary, and is intended for the regulation of the sail area. The formula for this is simple: 6000 ⨉ the rating ÷ the water-line. Thus in a 15-rater of 45 in waterline, you divide 90,000 by 45 and you get your sail arena 2,000 square inches. The care and trouble involved in the building of one of these boats is very great. Mr. Fife never gave more thought to the planning of one of his masterpieces than do the designers of a model yacht to thinking out her lines. New experiments are always being tried, and their results are eagerly awaited and hotly, sometimes even acrimoniously, discussed. And when the design is complete there remains the May and Eldred—A close struggle. work of the builder, work requiring the highest skill and care. As an example of this a builder told the writer that when he placed his boat in the water fully equipped her displacement was correct to a sixteenth of an inch. Cutting and fitting of the sails too is a matter of the highest importance, seeing that there is no guiding hand at the helm, and that therefore the steadiness of the boat depends to a great extend on the perfection of her sails. At last, after many weeks of anxious work the new boat is christened, passed by the official measurer, and ready to go forth to do battle with her peers. Let us assist at one of the regattas of the London Model Yacht Club, to whose commodore and members the writer’s thanks are due for their kindly interest and assistance in the preparation of this article. It is a quiet October day, the clouds move softly before a westerly breeze, there are quick alternations of light and shade, The boats are grouped on the green grass, while their owners anxiously study the capricious airs, Five boats are to compete today—Ailsa, the crack vessel of the club; May, the property of the commodore; Isolde, Eldred, and Topsy, the latter a new boat whose capabilities are not yet known. The matches are sailed in heats, each boat sailing two boards against each of her rivals one board to windward and one to leeward, three points being awarded for the beat and two for the run. They start first for the run, some under their ordinary sail, some with spinnakers. But spinnakers are not much in favour on the Round Pond. For though the trees surrounding it are cut converging alleys, down which as through tunnels come breezes varying in strength and direction, baffling the best-meant efforts of the navigator. 323 Fall 2023 The Model Yacht Accordingly too often the spinnaker is but a delusion and a snare, which the more wary avoid, contenting themselves with the artful contrivances in the way of guys and gybing lines, and a nice calculation as to the weighting of the rudder. some alley and she luffs up and suddenly with her way gone and all her sales ashake, Small wonder, then that we see in the human competitors alternations of hope and despair, and her outburst of genial triumph or sometimes, be it whispered, the faint echo of an execration. It is really very exciting, The last heat of the day has been reached, and May and Ailsa are equal upon points, and in front of all others, The two yachts run neck and neck before the wind. Their owners are old hands, up to every move of the game, every vagary of the fickle breeze. First one catches the wind and leads, loses it and falls behind. And then a dreadful thing happens, as a quite unexpected slant of wind catches May, she falls off, and Ailsa glides ahead, never to be caught again, Still the three points to be earned on the beat to windward may yet give May the victory. The wind has backed to the southward, sheets are easing away a little in order, if possible, to make the winning line on one tack. Ailsa has the windward station and opens up a lead, Three-parts of the way across May closes up the gap, Ailsa loses the wind, and falls away to leeward as May comes up under her stern to the weather berth. Forty yards from the line May leads, in 10 yards more Ailsa head her, then May goes to the front once more; there are only a few feet yet to go, and then Ailsa gets a lucky puff, slips by, and wins by a bare length, asserting once more her claim to be considered the champion of the club. Grouped on the green grass. In running before the wind a large rudder is used, with sockets for the introduction of leaden weights; in beating a tiny unweighted wooden rudder is employed. The sailing rules are simple. Each member has a bamboo pole of a certain length with which he may put his boat about when in beating she approaches the shore. This is the prettiest work of all, especially in a close-fought struggle near the Grouped on the green grass. winning line and productive sometimes of risky positions, as maybe seen in our photographs. If in running a boat touches land, her trim must be altered—the commodore is depicted doing this service to the May. And now the boats are off, followed by their owners ready to render them any necessary assistance. An easy, even a lazy, task this if the wind be light, but when it sweeps down in fierce gists it is an exhilarating sight to see a gentleman no longer young nor slim rushing wildly round the pond, one eye fixed on his boat, the other on the children and perambulators that beset his path. It is a fine trial for the temper this racing on such water as the Round Pond, when one’s boat has secured a good lead and then gets becalmed in the lee of the trees, or when she falls foul of some wretched craft whose topmast barely reaches her bowsprit, and revolves aimlessly in mid-sea. Very trying, too is it in a beat when a gust comes down And the the dusk closes in, the shadows thicken under the trees and in the club-room the members meet to discuss things nautical and perhaps something still more soothing, and to fight out once more their rival theories, backing their opinions with divers challenges and—the Englishman’s final argument—a wager. For all are enthusiasts—the youth with large ambitions, the lawyer and merchant who beside the water forget courts and ledgers, the old sea captain for whom in the mimic sports the shadow on the dial goes, while there comes to him a whiff of the merry sea breeze he knew and loved so well, And long may the English people love the sea. 234