Windling World: April 2001

A APRIL 2001 his model of the Breeze (lower left hand column) is testimony to his own skills, passed on by his father. At the helm New creations, a Ripple and Breeze man, an editors call ! To start with…a very happy new year friends. Hell, what more can | say, I’m just lost for words ! In this first issue of Year 2001, WW presents to readers, three outstanding new model boats – one from the UK, one from Canada, the third from New Zealand. We are often enlightened, some of us motivated, by the skills and talents of ordinary yet rather ‘special’ people. Although | have never met WW reader and skilled model shipbuilder Peter Sewell’s dad, the subject of Clifford Hawkins article “On a Ripple and a Breeze’, from all | have read and gleaned from several people, the late Ralph Sewell was certainly one of them. Not only did he design, build and sail lovely looking boats, he also built windmills and a Just so that you know, | produce WW in order to satisfy the writing urges that were born some sixty seven years ago within a creative soul, In turn, this magazine lives with the objective of promoting the fun and pleasure angles of model sailing boats, without the often razor sharp competitive edges seemingly associated with everything that we do from an early age. It does not (and can never) make money, and now has to be “publisher subsidised’ but that is my call, my choice ! While | am around and still holding all my marbles, or until readers have had enough, WW will continue. Six years and eighteen issues on, it has already lived longer than | originally expected, solely because of your interest. To take me back to my own early NZ model yachting roots, and at the same time take us out of editorial waters, | include this photograph (below) of two of John Spencer’s early one metre boats, Snow White and Merry Hell in a “twosome tussle’…or was ‘winsome windle’ ? ; it a = train (seen with driver Ralph at the controls) that ran around his property, but he wrote and self published a range of small books of such amazing subject built diversity, organs, steam engines, a steam pinnace, and was a pen and ink artist of great ‘skill His son Peter is well known for his ship modelling and Mark Steele Publisher/Editor The ketch Tzu Hang was highlighted by the travels of voyagers, Miles and Smeeton, and registered British in Beryl was Vancouver, Columbia for 25 years. She was the first crewed yacht under fifty feet to double Cape Horn westabout, the first Canadian yacht under 50’ to use both the Suez and Panama canals, voyaging 100,000 miles with the Smeeton’s. Designed by A.R Rouse in 1936 for a Captain Dennis Swinbourne, and built in bought Hong Kong, in 1950 she was by the thereby starting a twenty year period of cruising around the world – adventures well documented in five of their books. But what of the fine looking RC model built by reader Ken Lockley (WW/April 99) who describes his effort as an *80/20 scale sailer’, the 20% representing her motoring ability. The hull has been built of 3mm plywood frames, lightweight spruce and planked with of five sixteenth by on sixteenth red cedar and a small of maple cleats and All fittings handtooled Smeeton’s stringers, layers two amoun use blocks are o brass. A four channe Futaba Skysport RC transmitter, and ; Futaba $125. sai arm winch — ar used, and the model has been fittec with a cast-off electric motor and ; high tech speed controller. A 7.: volt Nicad battery pack is fitted, sail cut from 3/4 oz spinnaker nylon. (continued overleaf) ) Plans for this model are available, and can be purchased from Ken – write to: Ken Lockley, 4114 Cedar Hill Rd, Victoria BC, Canada V8N 3C4. Well known in yachting circles as a world cruising yacht, Tzu Hang was bought by a Jeff Hart whose need for money would starl a new venture for the vessel as a drug runner. After several successful drug cargo runs from South America to Chesapeake Bay, the US Coastguard net closed in on Hart and the famous ketch. Tzu Hang was boarded in the US Virgin Islands, Jeff Hart turned — state evidence, lost the boat, and US authorities towed her to a graveyard for impounded vessels in the harbour at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tzu Hang would later take on water there and sink when a_ tropical cyclone hit San Juan. Plans for a salvage by a local marine operators never materialised and she was later pulled ashore where a D8 Caterpillar reduced Izu Hang to rubble. On a rainy day in Puerto Rico, the crushed wreckage was trucked to the city dump overlooking San Juan harbour, thereby ending 55 years of a glorious yacht. It just had to happen ! For the ‘Ancient Mariners’ (Auckland) windlers, Classic Day of Model Sail last November, a lighthouse was suggested by some damn fool, ‘all thumbs’ magazine editor, and Bob Walters (WW/Aug 2000) rose to the occasion. A craggy island was born, a five foot high lighthouse appeared on it, and Walters Point Lighthouse (on Bobbo’s Island) , became a focal yacht – rounding point at Onepoto, for a day. From time to time in the boating world, there comes to light a person of special talent and extraordinary conviiction. Unquestionably, one Story & such individual was? Ralph Sewell, who in | New Zealand, surely Hawkins ranks in importance with other notables in the local (NZ) boat-building industry. Ralph came to New Zealand from Nottinghamshire, UK as a four year old. On leaving school he took up an apprenticeship in boat building at Devonport on Auckland’s north shore where, not only was there a demand for small craft, but the opportunity to work on larger commercial sailing vessels. Such was his experience in that field, that later on in his career he was able to design and construct craft on similiar lines to the old-time traders, and what beautiful lines they were too ! Both the Ripple (which Ralph is seen above building) and his Breeze were built by eye alone. Like so many of the commercial sailing craft of the early (continued overleaf) years, the Ripple’s 42’ (12.8m) hull is of shallow draft, to cope with the tidal conditions. Her gaff ketch rig is also typical of such early craft which Ralph had been looking to the future, and this was to be the site of another major shipbuilding project of his – the construction of the 60’ (18.3m) makes for easy handling. Indeed Ralph often sailed Ripple singlehanded, this becoming an absolute necessity when he lost his wife brigantine Breeze. Alison who was far more than a for’ard hand, particularly when Ralph suffered a stroke in later years that restricted the full use of one arm. Ripple had been built after Ralph had shifted home from the north shore suburb of Milford to Okura, and the There was however the high cost of running electric power in, but Ralph was not to be beaten. He had always had an interest in windmills, and he calculated that it was not beyond his power to erect one in order to generate his supply. Two windy days a week would suffice to keep his batteries charged. He would write and several publish books craft was put to good use several years later, when he again shifted house, lock stock and barrel from there, (including one on windmills), and most appropriately, it was here that his masterpiece, Breeze would Okura, across the Hauraki Gulf to Coromandel. | well remember come to life, appearing for the first time at the 1982 Auckland helping to stack on deck all manner of building material including large window frames complete with glass. Luckily it was a kind breeze that took us to the north of Waiheke Island where we put into Hooks Bay for the night. Anniversary Day regatta. That she was a trustworthy deep sea craft would be proved in 1985, when she voyaged to Mururoa in French Polynesia to join the nuclear protest vessel Greenpeace and others. Today she is at the National Maritime It was all very pleasant until we were awakened by the sound of other craft Museum in Auckland.It is also worth upping more Cook’s arrival in New Zealand took noticeable movement on the Ripple, place in 1969, but the country had no replica of Cook’s Endeavour. It was Ralph Sewell who would come — anchor. With it became apparent that the sea was getting up, and we had to retreat like the others. There were no lights here, but Ralph knew these waters like the palm of his hand, and under shortened sail we made for the lee of Rotoroa. Then upon daylight,it was a straight run across the Firth of Thames to the entrance of Coromandel. Within the shelter of the harbour, Ralph would establish his new home here at Tiki Landing. mentioning that the bi-centenary of to the rescue, and in no time he had his version of the famous barque on the stocks. Only one fifth the size of the original, the little sailing model (shown on page 7) would sail in the very waters where Cook had moored, and would be shipped across the Tasman sea to Australia for their celebrations the following year and can now be seen at the Captain Cook frm RIPPLE“ Fe ie Al yp vey Above: Ralph’s sketch of Ripple below, Endeavour replica 4 IT SEEMED * BIG WHEN I BUILT IT ! Memorial Museum in Russell, Bay of Islands. It is sad to relate, that Ralph Sewell died aboard his Ripple, while at sea off Clevedon 1999. on Christmas Peter his son, Day is now taking very good care of Ripple the vessel he and his sister have inherited. The late Sandy Cousins’ 1/32nd RC model of the King of England’s racing cutter Britannia, photographed on a loch in Scotland. 8 How small can a model yacht be for control by radio ? | have been making styrene sheet boats for several years, mainly 24” long models of which | sail the kits to modelling friends. A couple of years ago, several of us were sailing our Kitty Thames barges around a 30 X_— 20 – foot demonstration pool at the Weymouth Model Festival, when the idea occured to make some even smaller RC yachts, with which we would have some fun “demo racing’. The idea appealed to the festival organiser, Barrie Stevens, who felt it would show the public a side of the hobby different models. to small electric How small could | make these yachts ? Some experiments were carried out with polystyrene blocks carved to half models, and 12 inches was found to be a practical size to incorporate a budget, two channel RC unit. Any smaller, and | would have to use mini servos which would put up the cost and be counter productive. 1! designed and built the first model and found it sailed well in all winds, and with a few modifications to the keel in order to improve straight-line sailing, | was generally very pleased with it. With the organisers permission | issued the challenge at the International Model Show — in London, made my — drawings available, whereupon _ several members of my club started to build their own pocket racers. (continued overleaf) Came July 2000, and __ the Weymouth Council made us a superb temporary 100’ X 20’ pond dug out of the sand on the beach, with a butyl liner to hold the water. the radio must be a budget price, two channel set with standard cheap servos. No mini expensive servos are permitted. Sailing rules are, port tack yacht gives way to starboard, and ladylike and gentlemanly behaviour _ is expected. | had by this time made two more boats painted in different colours, and half a dozen ‘one foot(ers)’ lined up for racing at the festival over a course made up of a buoy at each end of the pool. This will never be an Olympic sport, but some of us will have great fun al very little cost. RW It attracted such interest that we were asked to race again the following day, and after a run-off between two skippers with two wins each, John Courtney became the overall winner and was awarded a bottle of wine. Richard Webb’s email address __ is:richard@webbz.freeserve.co.uk Details on his 12” styrene yacht plans, sail packs & small fittings available. He is seen above second from right, yours truly (my excuse is that my old radio let me down !) at extreme left. The event was so popular that it is to be repeated again at this year’s Weymouth Festival where a bigger fleet entry is expected. The rules are simple: Boats can have any shape and rig so long as the boat is no longer than 12”. No bowsprit or overhanging rudder is allowed and 10 With just a touch of Britannia… Tom Simpson of Auckland, builds pretty boats that always seem to sail so well, like his little Lucy, and his William Garden designed schooner Mary Jane (WW/April 2000), until the NZ Spring, his most recent. A meticulously — patient — and painstaking builder who delights in solving problems associated with his projects, his latest offering, Thistle this magnificent cutter of racing lines based on an 1898 pond yacht. At 81 inches (2O6Omm) Thistle is a large boat, and is Tom’s interpretation of a turn of the century America’s Cup yacht built to a scale of 1:20. All fittings, deck winches, the cut of the sails etc, are in keeping with the period, most information, including the line drawings of the hull, coming from the Yachtsman Magazine July 5th to Dec 27th 1900. The hull is planked single skin on sawn frames at 4” centres, the planking 3/8th ” x 1/8th ” thick.NZ kauri timber was used (a timber extensively used for boat building here around the turn of the century. The decks are ply, with the deck planking, toe rails, cabins etc constructed in teak. The spars are made of oregon pine, salvaged out of an old dinghy mast, the model’s sails cut from the sail of the same 10’ 6” sailing dinghy. Thistle ghosts along in a light Spring afternoon breeze Fittings are all made by bronze, all the standing braided dacron polyester This can be tightened to Tom out of rigging from of 8Olb test. an incredible tension and will neither stretch nor break. (Continued overleaf) Thistle area, blade handles extremely well. The beam is 325mm, draught 27Omm, sail area For lransportalion in Tom’s car, the mast is stepped on deck to enable lowering. To make this possible he built a small bottle sack into the bottem of the 1.217m,displacement 15.89kg. mast. What an impressive sight this boat is on the water a “head-turmer if ever there was one. A_ blast from ihe past, perhaps best describes this one LA great ‘classic’ design, and wonderful workmanship All pics by the editor. — The rigging is all set up tight, with the mast lifled slightly by the jack, and by lowering the jack, the foot of the mast lifts out of its base and moves forward, allowing the whole rig with sails to lie flat on the deck. Even with a large winch, the pressure is considerably more than desirable, so all the sheets are on a double purchase, the sheeting on a continuous line along the decks, entrance to the winch being behind the main deck house. The sail area can be reduced for windy conditions, and without the topsail, the sail area is reduced to 83%. With the jib removed, and one reef in the main, the sail area is further reduced to 52%. The 23lb lead keel allows for good stability, and in spite of the small rudder 12 - Englishman Mark Tindall’s labour of love Like many Englishmen, WW reader Mark Tindall has a fascination with all types of sailing vessels, but pledged a real, lengthy labour of love when he chose to make this really detailed 1744-1758 replica of HMS Invincible, a ship that was of great importance to the development of the 18th century To Mark, she is one of the most beautiful ships of this type he has ever seen images of. He had made a few racing yachts in his life, all plank on frame, and the model was_ built inverted on a baseboard with a T section, set up on moulds on which he then laminated all the frames, after sailing man of war. (continued overleaf) 13 which, the model was planked in the original ship, but on a miniature rope-walk made from — readily traditional way. The planks for this 1:48th scale model (which gives an overall hull length of 1100 mm) are of parana pine, bent by first soaking and then bending using an instrument maker’s bending iron. available materials, and cordage and yarns were either polyester or linen and hemp. The figurehead (above) was carved from lime, then the grain filled and painted with oil paint. The sails required a great deal _— of experimentation by Mark, in order to The stern galleries (see above) were a difficult task, and were all built up traditionally, the windows with real eliminate the often seen *puckering’, and after a great many sessions on the sewing machine, and much glass panes, as nothing else seemed to look like glass. The carving work on the whole of these galleries was done in white sycamore onto a blue background. swearing, a reasonable set of sails resulted. The real Invincible was built at Rochefort, France and launched in 1744. She had a speed of 11 knots and was a valuable prize when captured by the Royal Navy at the first battle of Finisterre in May 1747. It had taken three British ships to All cannons aboard the model are of turned brass, and a small lathe was essential as the ship has 74 of them! The ship’s boats are clinker built, and ranked the most difficult and overwhelm painstaking tasks, as they are open boats, and visible inside and out. They were also made upside down her, and = she only surrendered when she ran out of ammunition. and planked. Back to the model which has two drum winches to operate the braces All the rigging was made as per the on the main and foresail yards, and 14 the rudder is worked from a servo on the third function. Mark was greatly assisted in the control system by WW readers, Tony Searle and Tony Lench, both of whom are well versed in square rigged models. Reader and Electron sailor, Graham Wallen of Gisborne, NZ, by way of his The official launching was held on 26th July 1998, at the Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, home waters of the Model Yacht Sailing Association. ae What do people without ‘ELECTRONS’ do on fine days ? promo fridge magnet (above), raises an interesting question. (Dream ? Drink ? Dribble ? Sniff glue ? Look at purdy women ? Umm… Okay, | give up ! – Ed) Jeremiah striketh WW/’s resident gremlin struck again in the last issue mixing up photos. On page 22, the pic of Brian Cuthbert’s Anglo Saxon was repeated for Our Kate.No two Anglo Saxons look alike so …sorry about that one ! Readers “Techy Tips’… One suggestion = received, was that WW from time to time include the odd bit of technical stuff. Whereas | don’t want to see the publication drown in a sea of technical terminology,(that some people including the editor !) may not understand) | am happy to run bits of info such as technical tips from readers whenever | can. Sixty to seventy words max, clear and concise please. If you’ve an idea, pass it on. Above: Mark Tindall lowers the model carefully into the water at her launching, watched by MYSA fellow member, Graham Fraser, all photographs by another MYSA member and WW reader, Robin Redhead. Time taken on the Simple retractable bowsprit(ing), making nameplates for sailing models, creating crew, easy ratline assembly, weathering the vessel (without leaving it on the lawn fora year), how not to glue oneself to the cabin top, where to stick it …(Now don’t go tempting me with that last one – Ed) project…six years, and described by the builder as “worth every minute’, 15 The SIMPLET from Charles Détriche Alow cost Fun onlz’ It to nice is again be back in touch with Charles Détriché, (above) who is still actively involved in the one metre racing scene as a designer. A one metre of course, with the right attitude by anyone, can make for good non-serious fun sailing or windling, and with the growing interest worldwide in this side to model yachting, Detriché SIMPLET, has introduced designed his for windling or race minded sailors on a low budget. Plans for the SIMPLET are available from Traplet Publications Lid, Traplet House, Severn Drive, Upton-Upon- Severn, OJL, Worcs, WR8 United Kingdom. The plan reference is MAR 2836 Simplet. (The Editor) 16 Pat Naylor of Surrey, UK (inset) has restored and now enjoys this 1OR, designed and built in 1934 by a Mr M.F Shepherd of the Clapham club and registered in April of that year. The boat still carries her original sail was covered at length in the Dec 99 issuc of WW. Sel’s model sails exceedingly well and he has been enjoying sailing it throughout the NZ Spring and Summer. Photo below. number, 476 and is called Winsome. Robert Petit {pic al right) of Australia finished his Smeed Starlet a few months ago, and enjoys his sailing in the state of Victoria’ with the Geelong club. Sel Parker ol Auckland’s “Ancient Mariners’, whose other boat is a also a Starlet, in October last year, launched his Ragtime, the late John Spencer designed and built NZ boat originally called tnfidel which (continued overleaf) 17 My close friend Ken Impey in Falmouth, Cornwall England, completed this nice Hillyard ketch in the last quarter — of 2000. The model seen at right, is of a standard chine forty footer that David Hillyard = designed somewhere in the late twenties to early thirties, while at the time being conscious of the demand for a good shoal draught cruiser with a seagoing hull. The hull of the model is diagonal plank on frame (two layers) and Ken has pretty well followed the original sail plan as shown in the profile at right. A change of pace at right, from reader Ted Howe of Auckland, who just for the hell of it used a Council Official Prepaid rubbish bag to make a jib for his fine racing one metre. “Rubbish” — several of his clubmates yelled (and we won’t go into details of his retort – Ed) (Above) A small sailing model by reader Martin Horseman of Coffs Harbour, NSW in Australia. Painted white, alas it does not show up well here. More of “the boats that we sail’ in the next issue, meanwhile why not share details and news of your models with others 2? a photo (Ed). to me Send …please This is about Auckland, NZ’s Rex Cotterell, as much as it is about the highly aclaimed Colin Archer of Norway, the model of his double ender put out in kit form by Billing, and in particular the one built by Rex. Reading about Archer who was born of a Scottish family, it is interesting to note the pathways taken prior to his setting up a boatyard in Larvik his Norwegian place of birth. San Fransisco where he prospected for gold, Hawaii and later Australia where he farmed sheep. Returning to Norway he would study naval architecture and later focus on the style of the Larvik seagoing fishing and pilot duty boats, and in later years, through his designs, establish virtually a cult following in the International yachting world. Rex is an excellent ship modeller w h o mainly sails with Auckland’s Scale Marine Modellers, Early WW readers will remember the story of his 1/9th scale RC model of the NZ 85’ schooner R= Tucker The Norwegian Society for the rescue of the shipwrecked, NSSR, requested that Archer design a vessel for them, and that boat was the RS1, now kitted by Billing to a 1:15 scale, and being built and enjoyed by many modellers throughout the world, Rex Thompson (inset above) in the Dec Cotterell among them. 1996 issue. 19 (continued overleal) That model is well known in New Zealand, and Rex tends to often be referred to as the *R Tucker T’ bloke’. Rex’s Colin Archer is the Christiania RS1O— which sank on its voyage from Norway to the UK in *97 in 1600 feet of water, only to be salvaged 18 months later – said to be the deepest — salvage operation ever. The vessel has now been restored. This is not intended as a review of the kit, more an overview on the completed model, with a few comments from Rex Cotterell on one or two difficulties he encountered when building what is quite a sizeable model. At 127cm or 50” long, with a 33cm (13”) beam , the model is not small by any means. Rex says that the kit was an OK build once the ply strips with cutouts for the deck beams had been fitted around the inside top edge of the hull. He found them a real pain, as they would not bend in a nice curve because of the cutouts, which produced kinks at each beam position. It took him a few weeks of messing about in order to get a good result. He had to fit two sail arm type sail winches, one for the mainsail, the second one with a double-ended arm for the outer jib. He left the mizzen and staysail to “self set’. At first the boat had a tendency to go sideways – and heel over too far in light breezes, so he added an extended keel with 3kgs of lead, and a large perspex rudder extension. He also. made a removable handle that plugs into a fitting in the hull bottom which makes it easier to carry the 8kg all up weight of the boat. <2 a 23 Born in the Doug Lord of microSAIL in Florida is a hugely talented and innovative man, his company producing a range of model sailboats, several of which WW has featured before. He is also the man who invented and holds the patent for a realistic spinnaker system as fitted in their americaONE model. Now meet the micro Foiler F3, a 55” in length foil – borne trimaran with a reefable 1668 square inch sail area and optional spinnaker. The photo above gives indication as to the depth of the actual foils fitted. A really impressive sight on the water when up on the foils, the trimaran (presumably an extension of the FLYER 3 featured in the April 2000 issue of WW) heralds an exciting new development in multi-hull sailboating, for which Doug Lord and his team can be justly proud. That this lovely little gaff-rigged yacht Moonbeam, was built in UK by Ray Davis of Bristol, using a grp_ hull from Metcalf Models…and friendship and banter, as the above photograph by their frequency marshall, Simon Ballantyne shows, By the time this issue appears, an interesting, unusual littke fun event that could be an annual one, will have taken place. Run by the “Ancient Mariners’ — (Auckland) windling group, it’s a race for little one footers (and don’t go thinking that it involves amputation of that she goes like a scalded cat being chased by a bull terrier ! Way down in Bluff, in NZ (where _ the skippers limbs !). WW’s Beyond to the pond tiddlers classic is inspired by UK’s Richard Webb and_ his efforts on page 9 of this issue. Our story in the August best oysters come from), the Miro Charitable Trust has been formed, with the restoring aim of to its 2001 issue. condition, original the former auxiliary From the “amusing and unusual ‘ department ! ammunition — ketch Miro. Any NZ reader with a spare five dollar note, it would A smallboat messabout society (who presumably sail whatever they fancy on two different U.S.A be most appreciated. You can send it via WW. (Cliff Hawkins pic) mountain lakes) are very simply known as, — the mountain Whatever ! inter In that lovely South Island city of Christchurch, NZ, the CHCMYC group known as the ‘Wednesday Small Boat A company in Devonpart, Auckland is signboarded The Doing Company Ltd. What do they do? A case for Abel, perhaps ! Windlers’ are indeed a happy bunch. They not only enjoy their sailing, but often sit around in the sunshine, for an extended lunch hour — of 25 The editor hears, reads, learns and briefly profiles… The cutter Ngataki, and Wray, whose school principal pts ate * Overseas readers won’t have heard of The Ngataki (a New Zealand Maori name meaning “abode of the elite’) is pronounced “nar-tark-ey’, and = as the Negataki, a 35’ cutter built in Auckland round about the year that your editor was born, 1934. They won’t have heard of Johnny Wray, the Johnny Wray was to man who built her either – out of floating logs that had to be towed to discover on his journeys in Australian waters, people unused to the language would find it hard to pronounce – Auckland – unless they were fortunate to have read his book SOUTH Gartaki, Nagatiki and ‘Nag-um-um, you know what | mean’ were SEA frequent utterances. VAGABONDS in which he told the story of his dreams, the difficulties encountered in his building of the boat, and his thrill a minute voyages to many Pacific islands aboard her. Peter Tait one of my friends had often told me about the boat and the book, but it was not until Auckland yachting historian and writer Paul Titchener, now a reader of WW, himself wrote a piece in New Zealand Marine Scene, and urged me to read the book, that it fired my enthusiasm to do so. | am glad | did for it is a good read, 26 With friends help, Wray built the boat on his parents front lawn, the project beginning when he was sacked from his job, and had eight pounds ten shillings to his name ! Wray died in the mid 1980’s, the boat, | believe is still sailing today somewhere in the world. Who knows, but perhaps ~“Methuselah’ the small, old 1904 engine unearthed from under a gorse bush and gifted to Wray by an old Maori fisherman, may even still be aboard her . Now go and try to borrow the book ! You might enjoy it. fs. membership of Webfoot the Club, by virtue of their failed A sindickate of thawt and substance send money ! i’ve got the cap and boat but greenbacks are what we need in order to mount this challenge – plenty of them. None of this Monopoly money, heavy Ivory “hunkas’, Zangabaloney coast crocodile teeth , or ‘priceless’ hand polished Spanish bull ticks, or Ungaboozi jungle beads off the Koonka tree ! Please, this is real attempt to walk on water, Their Scenario — Handbook Worst reads: “Afler jumping from. a height into the water, spread legs and arms your back them moving immediately, and forth to slow your descent ! keep — your to Remember buttocks tightly clenched to avoid water rushing in’ and causing severe internal damage !’ Come tally me banana Sah ! She’s Blossom this one – a gaff – rigged West Indian trading vessel like the ones that used to ply seryus America’s Cup stuff…Big That’s not our race Time ! boat… Hey, you think we’re stoopid enough to show Bertarelli , Coutts and the Prada crowd this early ? What one can do with a bit of packing and wood, case home sawn_ planks from old floorboards if one knows “how’ ! Reader, Hugh Eyre of UK built this lovely barge Cecilia (with a detailed interior) at a scale of half inch to the foot, then he happily sailed it for many a year. Anyone from the Christchurch (NZ) Model yacht Club falling into the lake Victoria, automatically gains the waters of the West Indies’ Grenadines beaut that sprinkling of islands some sixty miles between — St Vincent and Grenada. ed’s She’s trading vessel wot he now uses to transport bananas and nutmeg and citrus on weekly sailings, in order to make a few bucks to keep WW afloat ! | told the editor that | need more space – he pointed to the open window !| Methinks I’m getting too old for all these wild thawts and impulsionistic threts ! ‘Windling World’ — New Zealand’s Model Yachting For Fun and Relaxation Magazine