Title. Author. Summary
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Title. Author. Summary
Title. Author. Summary
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Vol. II.–No. 10. : , Vv. OCTOBER, 1885. PRICE . : TWOPENCE. > 7 THE nt | | AND GAZETTE. CANOEING A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF – j MODEL YACHT CONSTRUCTION, FITTING, AND SAILING ; CANOEING NEWS; DOINGS OF THE CLUBS; CORRESPONDENCE; SALE AND YACHTING ITEMS ; EXCHANGE; 4 ETC., ETC. – . HULL: THOMAS GRASSAM, 161 & 162, HIGH STREET. A eg LONDON: E. MARLBOROUGH & Co., 51, OLD BAILEY. Fr 4 AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. All Subscriptions, Contributions, &c., must be addressed to | ee ; te es . ee Peeemeny Ron tide Demepnrcee amity | BT .; “ ; a? Bs 150 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN. simple tack and sheet and halliards, which add to one’s being lifted from the traveller by means of the pointed boom. comfort much, and are yet discarded by many because they Mr. Penrose gave me this rather as a ‘‘ notion,” but it looks give an air of greater complication. very good, and is worth a trial, I send you sketches of Field in Decr., 1883, which I have found in my own hands answer every purpose of simplicity and efficiency. RITA. ‘Aug. roth, 1885. a rig, slightly modified from that which I published tn the INTERESTING Iam not lade going to claim originality at all in any one thing, or per- ~ dee, stew ITEMS. “Lv fection for thé whole, but there may be one or two points . The following extract is tdkeri from the Field: of worth noticing in the sketch, which will, however, mainly March r2th, 1853 :—“*THE PRINCE OF WALES AND explain itself. – Halliards and down-haul ## one. One of the objections to a down-haul (which is always comferting) is, that it makes By making it and halliards an extra line to coil and stow. ——in one, T do away with the fall of halliards as well. The halliards are fast to traveller by clove hitch, after being rove through thimble on yard in the usual way, led through double block at foot of mast, through the second sheave of which the fall returns to form down-haul. The down-haul is toggled to a grummet or traveller. It will be seen from the sketch that the down-haul is led ozéside the sail, thus doing away with ‘ jackstay,’ the sail being gathered up to mast by it when lowered. Topping lifts.—I find these most useful, as the sail lowers into them and is prevented from going overboard to leeward. They are in one, rove through thimble on fore side of mast- head and brought down to cleat on boom. They are long enough to allow the boom to fall on deck when cast off, and have an eye splice in the end which, passed over cleat, pre- vents their getting adrift. gather up the sail; ends as shewn. The spans‘’sheWwn are only to the lifts reeve through thimbles in their In shifting sail, the lifts are cast off the boom and left standing with the mast. Of course one fall of the lifts is as well toggled to boom, leaving the other free to hoist on. : : Tack—as usual—from boom through block or thimble at foot of mast, to cleat on deck. Reef-lines.—The falls only are shewn : they lead through doubie block at foot of mast, at hand when required, but when not wanted are.set up on boom as shewn. The block is toggled to eye on mast, and in stowing sail, cast off, thus avoiding the unreeving otherwise necessary. I have shewn The spinnaker is an idea suggested to me by Mr. C. Pen- rose, R.C.C., for small canoes, and has the advantage of requiring no extra rigging beyond a grummet into which three loops or rings are spliced, round the mainmast. The spinnaker is kept bent to boom, which is considerably longer inboard than the foot of the sail, and has the projecting end pointed. The head-of the sail is furnised with a “‘ figure 8” hook, large enough to embrace the mainsail traveller… To set the sail, it is gathered up and the point of the boom ‘inserted in the eye of the “ figure 8” hook, which is thus lifted and attached to the mainsail traveller. The point is then withdrawn and fixed in one of the rings of the grummet at foot of the mast,—there being three of them, one is sure to be at hand—and ‘all that remains is fo slack off sheet, point is, that the spinnaker can be set yesterday (Friday) a model match was run on the Serpentine by Lord Mountcharles.” From the /ye/d, June 25th, 1853:—“ Birkenhead M. Y. C.—International Match; Defeat of two Americans.—The sailing match took place last Saturday, for a’handsome silvercup. Great interest was excited by the fact of two American models . having been constructed by Mr. A. M. Grinnell; for competition with the Birkenhead club: The result was a victory for the home models, proving that England can successfully compete with her trans- © atlantic brethren in building and sailing. models. The race was. in three heats. rst heat, result :— ‘Black Joke,’ lugger, 1; ‘Scotia,’ lug. 2; ‘—_—’ schooner, 3; pretty race, light breeze, models going steadily. the blocks in the sketch. which is kept fast to boom permanently, Mopet Yacuts.—Mr. Farley, of Fleet St., who has built more models of yachts than any man in England, recently constructed a -superb model schooner, and applied at Buckingham Palace. for permission to present it to H.R.H. the Prince of. Wales. In reply, Mr. Farley’ was officially informed that his loyal intention was duly appreciated, but that it was contrary to Court etiquette : to accept presents ; he was then desired to leave the model (a schooner yacht of six feet in length) for inspection ; and we are happy to say that during the present week the vessel has been approved, . and that Mr, Farley has had the honour to receive a cheque in return for his labour. Models will now more than ever become. popular; and even Of course a great ‘almost in any way, and can be jibed back on the mainsail to be taken in at lei- sure, or on occasion, lowered with the mainsail itself. It is taken in, of course, by reversing the setting process, the hook 2nd heat, (victory for America):—’Una,’” sloop, (America) 1; ‘Susan,’ schr., 2; ‘ America,’ schr., (America) 3 ; ‘Will Watch,’ 4. 3rd heat :— *Maghull,’.schr, 1 ; ‘ Kate,’ cut., 2; ‘Ganymede,’ schr., 3; ‘ Falcon,’ cut., 4. In this heat, ‘ Gainymede’ and ‘Falcon’ were badly sailed. Grand heat :—‘ Black Joke’ 1; ‘Maghull’ 2; ‘* Una’ 3.. This.was.the -most. exciting. race of the day. At the start ‘Una’ and ‘ Maghull ’ fouled, but a fresh start was made and they got off well together, and a splendid race ensued, which was won by ‘ Black Joke,’ a strong breeze blowing at the time and the models doing their best… ‘Black Joke’ is-a new . craft, -by Bishop, model yacht builder, of Birkenhead. 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