Windling World: April 2003

well crafted verse: ‘Using the wind to beat the tide, oer the sea we gently glide, is that the land I see ahead ? we’re on a pond tis only a shed !’ It costs millions to mount a syndicate challenge for the America’s Cup, and megabucks to have a base on Syndicate Row in Auckland, New Zealand’s Viaduct Basin. Those of us with an ever alert eye for a pretty looking sailing vessel, are often unable to resist the urge to capture the image of its presence on film. Reader, Terry Doble of Picton, Ontario sent the above photograph of the Brigantine Fair Jean, tied up alongside the Prince Edward Yacht Club in the Fall of “95. (Now go build a model of her, Terry – Ed) Perhaps moved just a mite, maybe even motivated into poetry by Hummand Longwhistle’s tale of the totally untrue (WW’‘s readers Christmas card), reader, Ernest Hawkes and wife Margaret in the United Kingdom sent me a card at Christmas, featuring his Tony Abel designed Dolphin Kittywake on Hove lagoon, Sussex, with the following At the other end of the spectrum, on the ‘Costa del Cheapo’ on a Pacific island (above) life is so much easier and simpler … a cup base there is free, and when you want to move it, you just hoist your bum and get up, even move to a better possie ! It does pay to clean off the duck poo before one sits down though, and keep an eagle-eye out for any sea snakes. (Continued on page 3) Holy Ravioli ! Half a Footy | do believe ! This nicely built sailing model (left) of an Aussie ~Balmain Bug’ built by Auckland reader Glen Mune. ’m amazed how popular windling has of the world contains photographer (Markus Reckless) aka This from Rick not too well and on sending his subs renewal notice and cheque. Talking about “the Cup’ , as we go to press, it is not yet over and the photo of Conner’s Stars & Stripes was taken become — in various parts reports ‘Quote of the issue’ from reader, Dave Heanly who lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, when Mayes issue in Queensland, Australia, Jack Martin of Stella, Blaydon-On-Tyne, UK, and at great personal risk by WW REKEN OF BULLS…while floating in a rubber tyre ! imaginable, The lower picture shows the New Zealand (Footy) QUACKERS Trophy, that suggests the need for more fun, while paying some homage to pond wildlife. QUACK ! | also ponder on the future of the Footy, we look at Richard Bass’s Depending on where we sail, because of the increasing popularity of RC sailing as a hobby, we | profile Andrew Charters of Meggett, South Carolina, All good blokes enjoying their model yachts in the most relaxing manner windling. totally unique *Gutter Ketch’, and there is also a report on what sounds like a superbly staged fun-filled (rather windy), vintage boat regatta sponsored by the US Vintage Model Yacht Group held in Maryland, USA last year. | Marbleheads, skipjacks, schooners, et al. have got to get used to the reality of having to share sailing times with others on occasions. There are just not enough — different frequencies available to allow everybody to ‘have a go’ at the same location, at the same time. Happy sailing ! Mark Steele Publisher/Editor “The time has come”, the Walrus said, and after some nine years delay of the next slogging away on a computer, and producing some twenty-fourissues of the magazine using outdated software, it now appears that the time may have indeed come, issue. Sinn ee ysomeone wore said the day, to me other in all where | will have to permit myself seriousness, to be dragged, albeit with great reluctance, into the 21st Century. he thought, that Www must This is likely to be the last issue produced on the old hardware and 7 software, and provided my old? brain can manage to handle the | intricasies of up-to-date equipment, the next issue of WW will herald the arrival of a bit of new “this’ and ‘that’, so to speak. i i be a ttle goldmine, let me also remind readers that this is a totally and absolutely non-profit publication, where all subscriptions go towards keeping Windling World afloat. Enough said. It is likely also that | will then be on email, maybe in time even have a WW website, and of course, (y On the Covers » confront life on the internet. Front Cover | shudder at the thought of it all, even though people continually tell me how wonderful (and how EASY) it all is, while | tell myself that they are from the “mod squad’, eager to learn new tricks, while | am from the long distant past, and only intent on making my life easier, and as simple as possible The purpose of this therefore, is to pre-warn readers of a_ possible Andrew Charters of Meggett, South Carolina, USA, with his beautiful _ model of the N.G Herreshoff | designed Cutter, Gloriana Back Cover _ Richard Bowden of the UK _ with his sailing model of the _ schooner Emily Barratt J Rick Mayes writes Maroochydore (a musical sort name isn’t it 2?) is in Queensland, Australia, where since | moved here, much to my delight | have discovered a growing number of mainly of retired and enthusiastic model sailing boat windlers, with not one, but two different areas of sailing water to choose from. My friend and editor, Mark in New Zealand, asked me to do a story, so here goes readers, this is it ! By the way, at right is Doug Crease with Robyn, a trailer sailer model, one of a growing fleet of these boats one metre in length, the lines taken off a fullsize trailer sailer. This group sails at Creek Mountain in water Thursday. At left, Trailer sailer quartet at Mountain Creek. All pics by Rick Mayes salt every (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 5) Getting back to the trailer sailer boats, they carry a fin keel and approximately 5 Ibs lead. They look and sail well, they are mainly windled, and those who sail there, enjoy it. | myself am a little hesitant of salt water, and since our move to Maroochydore, | sail at Forest Glen, just eleven kilometres from home. This lake is set in the grounds of Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Here you are likely to find the lovely Bluenose schooner of Ken Russell (at right) one of 5 made, this one 1200mm long and carrying 6 Ibs of lead for ballast. The three-master with a fibreglass hull (centre) is made by Ray Coe, and is 54” long plus bowsprit. It has a fitted motor in case the wind drops, or for getting out of trouble ! The four master (below left) is built by Ron Fox and is four and a half feet length overall, and built on a_ clipper fibreglass hull. As for me, | am back working on my Sea Cloud, which when Mark completed, wants to feature in Windling = World, and of course, she will join the fleet sailing on the waters of Forest Glen. Want a “sneak peek’ ? Go on then ! Here she is in workshop . my The 12” long Footy class (if one can call it a class) is now a couple or three years old, and depending on where they are sailed though there is still a moderate growing interest, one has to ponder on their long term future. One must credit Richard Webb in the UK for having pushed the concept into reality, whereupon the mainly windling “Ancient Mariners’ group of Auckland, New Zealand — then introduced the boats there and labelled them Footy’s As more information comes to hand, it appears that the Australians may have actually pioneered not only the 12” boats, but the “Balmain Bug’ – a 6” version before either the UK or New Zealand. This may have some truth, or may just be another ‘Aussie style’ claim which New Zealanders are used to, the Australians being noted for their aptitude of laying claim to successful Kiwi sporting greats, actors and champion racehorses. | tend to believe that it did start in Australia. the question is, will the Footy last, or will it given time, just fade into obscurity ? Anyway, One either loves them or they hate them, and it is interesting to recall that in Auckland, the boat was never intended to be anything other than a ‘fun’ boat, its creation motivated by a hint of challenge to build a ~boatlooking boat’ to sail down the canal into the Onepoto lake in an annual sort of fun based ~ race’. Of course man being man, and a few of us fired (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 7) by the est competitive genes, it was inevitable that before long, some model that requires often awkward lifting and fitting into the family car. It is not however going to appeal to everybody. would seek to stretch the fun factor as they sought to have their Footy Don’t get me wrong, speaking as “fly with the wind’ and be the fastest one of the ‘dinosaur mob’ | of them all. Granted, some thought, if we are going to race, that is after enjoy sailing larger boats, but on all occasions | am more than likely to also carry a Footy in the car, all all, what it is Understandably. all about eh ? still ready for a windle of the wee kind. To be fair, the Auckland ‘no rules other than that the hull must not exceed one foot’ did not help either. There were no other parameters, and it lent itself to the development in other areas, towards making them lighter on the water and faster, in some cases at the expense of destroying the semiscale or ‘stand-off’ scale look originally sought and presented by the original nine-strong fleet members. As a Footy windler rather than a racing model yachtsman, but nonetheless an enthusiast of the little boats, my aim has always been to do all | can to ensure that the Footy does not fade into oblivion, leaving those who want to develop and race them to do so, while encouraging windlers who want to merely cruise them ,to do just that. The older one gets, | have found that the more one moves towards making it easier on oneself to enjoy ones activities, and an RC Footy by being small, lends itself to that line of ‘thinking small’, rather than building or buying, say a four foot long aaa A trio of Richa rd Webb boats In Auckland, there is still no change to the “no parameters just a foot-long hull’ requirement, but there is some concern on a couple of other points including non-use of micro servos. The key to gentlemanly racing of any kind, | believe, is the right attitude, and that brings us back to, and puts many on a_ possible collision course with the est factor. Some may tend to become obsessed with winning, and arguments could then even become part of a future scene while fun goes walkabout. (Continued on page 24) A Gutter ketch from Richard Bass Readers of WW may remember Richard’s Western Skiff model (Dec 2001 issue), and for over a year he has had me intrigued by his latest project, now revealed. Inspired by a boat called Surprise – a retro National 18’ lug-rigged dinghy written up in a UK magazine sometime back, Richard on a visit to his local DIY store in Leicester, UK, spotted some plastic rainwater gutter, and quickly realised that it could be adapted to make a hull without too much difficulty. Hence his idea for a cheap, fast, reasonably sized model yacht took shape. The gutter has sloping sides that rise from a flat bottom 3” wide, to vertical sections three quarters of an inch high at the top of each side. He initially bought a two metre length, enough for two hulls each a metre long, one of them intended to be a prototype. Tapered sections were cut out of each side at both ends to create rocker in the hull, with the bottom panel brought up and glued to the altered sides. A bow transom forces out the vertical part of each side and gives flare, and the stern transom reduces the beam to 4”, amidships the sides were pulled out to increase the beam to five and a quarter inches, the bow finished with a shaped hardwood block. The deck was formed from 3mm ply, and the fin and rudder both made from strip hardwood shaped to (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 9) an aerofoil section. The lead for the fin is nearly 2 ibs in weight, and made from flashing wrapped in successive layers around a piece of quarter inch dowel, and faired with car body filler. Masts are from dowel, the main mast tapered, the boom and yard are wood, the yard having a groove into which the head of the mainsail slides. Sails are from drafting film, the mainsail panelled. | like the lug rig for its simplicity; there is no standing around rigging, and the only fittings required are those to secure the halyard and tack down-haul made from brass sheet and wire. The halyard and tack down-haul are adjusted with bowsies. Firecracker was certainly cheap to build at probably less than twentyfive pounds, and | am really pleased with the way she looks and the way she performs with plenty of speed, nicely balanced, and only luffing a little in the gusts. | intend to add a 3” extension to the bow by extending the deck forward, with an extension bottom the of panel to meet it, and | think it will further enhance the appearance. The all-up weight of Firecracker is 5 1/2 pounds and with the — mainsail and the main mast removed, and the mizzen left in place, is boat the easily transported, and takes only a minute or two to rig her at the waterside. The source of inspiration – the real boat called Surprise, had an overall length of 6.9 metres, and a beam of 2.2 metres. She drew only 1.3m with the centreboard down, had a hull weight of 227kgs, and a sail area of 18.5 sqm. (This, certainly to me anyway, seems a most impressive model, that looks both light and responsive, and the lug sail seems so simple functional, and and enough to convert towards many adopting such a sail). Aeacd on the Lyireless Taken from the Appledore Model Yacht and Boat Club’s magazine, the following three of sixteen “Reasons why sailing is better than sex’: 1 You don’t have to hide your sailing magazines; 2 – Your partner doesn’t get upset about people you sailed with long ago; 3 – If you want to Reader, Lloyd Johnson of California is building a sailing model of the schooner Pinky No 2, this little guy (above) to be her helmsman, who will steer the completed boat through watch sailing on TV, you don’t have to switch to the Playboy channel… (Thanks to linkage to the servo below. editor John Butterwith for the OK to use). cae meena | i * “SATISFIED THERE’S NO Charles Sells SECOND SKIN TO THE HULL, AND THAT THE ONLY ADDITIONAL who built Antarctica (seen with him above) is MOVABLE APPENDAGE now 70, was just 3 in 1935 (inset) with his first yacht. IS PRESENTLY YOU ?” (Continued overleaf) 11 The Marblehead sailors of the 1920’s we are led to believe, were spiffy dressers for on the water battles. No details on this gentleman below, or his boat for that matter, nor even where it was taken, but thanks to the North Shore Radio Yacht Squadron for permission to use the photo. Sailing well is one thing, but you have to ‘ook’ the part ! Right, Guv ? (Continued from page 11) The daughter of one of WW’s readers in England is a ‘beginner modelmaker’ (as she calls herself) and with a fixation for insects, has started on a four – masted schooner a metre and a half long which she has already named Centipede. | thought it fit to pass on to her the following verse (credited to a Mrs Craster who died in 1874): “The centipede was happy quite until the toad in fun, said “Pray which leg goes after which ?” and worked her mind to such a pitch she lay distracted in the ditch, considering how to run ‘ Send me a photo when you complete your model , Jocelyn – Ed) Modelling’s Plans and Construction Guide, with over 200 Marine model plans that are available on order (see cover at left) also has a couple of plans thrown in, including one for Charles Detriche’s foot and a half long RC yacht Pitou. Just under four pounds Sterling for the publication, from Traplet Publications Ltd, Traplet House, Severn Drive, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcs England. iZ WR8 OJL, WW congratulations Hawkins eminent to Clifford W (right) writer, author, marine historian and friend of the editor, on being made a member of the New From the editor’s ‘just an ounce of truth’ file Willy, the prehistoric Zealand of Merit. Order wood termite. that lives year-round in a partially submerged log of wood at an Auckland, — ‘where safe New Zealand pond, reports that a few members of a new uf Telephoning : or faxing. If ever telephoning or faxing the editor from group sail there one morning a week. They refer to outside New Zealand, you themselves as the Dinosaur Windlers, one’s membership governed by advanced age, the need to be a mite forgetful, and to be not so merely dial 64, followed by 9, followed by 4104402. You don’t put an O in before the city code (9). can’t remember *where’ – To be a member one has got to fall into the sailing lake at least once, and there is that the use of tree nails in the building of fullsize boats, dates back some thirty thousand _ years. Today, some modellers are The group’s big annual day pa is the (it is said !) using the very same method in the — hull reported to be a somewhat hefty membership fee ! AND is BISCUIT its TEA, CRUISE where each person brings a tea bag which must make big event ‘ sailing models, among them, Malcolm Wilkinson of Auckland, New Zealand ‘Ancient safe passage the length of the pond on Mariners’ windling group. (Funny, he the deck of the model and still be does not appear to be that old ! -Ed ) usable. Their Spokesperson, Jonty Beloshe Joshi (seen in the photo) said that “haveeng zee ; Well done to The US Vintage Model funz vile Yacht Group, whose fine publication zee vindleeng ees happen-eeng, is eemportant to a construction of classy RC (The dinosaur”. Model celebrates Another — member, Wodney Wobble agweed – er…agreed ! appearance. 13 six Yacht) years of US Vintage Model Yacht Group, Solomons Island Model Boat A wine and cheese gathering, a home-made cannon firing, and some fifty model sailboats with owners eager to enjoy the proceedings. travelled all the way from lowa – the competitor travelling the farthest. The hosts were the Great Schooner Sounds the perfect Model Society and assortment of ingredients for a wonderful regatta at Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons Island, Maryland in the United States in September 2002. Andrew Charters ((Cover and story within) brought boats, while Jose Medina Solomons Island Model Boat Club, and these pics are kind courtesy of Dan Gresham. Held over two days, there were races __ for stm V i n tage six Case Murine atiweom Sua umn, PRD 2002 14 Marbleheads, two sizes of schooners, Club and Great Schooner Model Society put on… skipjacks, as well as an Open Class. The schooners were judged equally for static construction, as well as racing performance on the water. On the final day, all enjoyed a barbecue lunch, the class winners collected their trophies, recipients posed for photos. Whereas competitive there spirit, and was a events were conducted with the utmost sportsmanship, and the regatta overall was one of friendliness among each other. Large pic page 14, a gaggle of 50” or less schooners; centre pic, skipjack fouresome approach the mark; left hand photo this page, Solomons Fleet Captain, Buck McClellan carrying out a skipjack salvage at sea; top photo above, boats at rest on the hard ; photo (left) “One of us has got to be wrong” (or, “Which side has the stronger puff 2”) Sounds like fun, and that was what it was all about. 15 AD. 1 am still deriving enjoyment from regular dips into this high tide, a rather beautifully produced 136 page book with an extensive quantity of full colour photos, and a text that tells of nautically-minded Kiwis and their boats. It speaks greatly about how ordinary people feel about the water, and about THEIR HIGH TIDE their boats that enable them to oft-craggy get mountain tops, and Rhodes has successfully prized a such pleasure out of their chosen lifestyles. wealth of background out of many, and then put them together for the enjoyment of readers. Written by Bernard Rhodes, with photos by Brian Moorhead, it is a Maybe my reading habits are weird, but this is a book that ! will book that readers in New Zealand are | am sure, already enjoying. Let pick up periodically, and delve into a chapter with gusto and me say also, that | chose to have my wife buy a copy for me as a Christmas present, so my anticipation, learn something else that maybe | missed first time around. There is such a wide range of boats covered, fullsize boats, boats used by their owners for personal pleasure, boats tended with care by owners who genuinely appreciative comments about the publication which sells for about NZ$30, are not given because someone happened to send me a review copy. Not that | would anyway. love them for what they are, and for the pleasure they bring. The photos are really grand too, the photographer well in tune with the Kiwi lifestyle. Most of us have a story to tell, and there are some interesting people around New Zealand who don’t open up easily, nor shout their achievements from the lofty hills and 16 on a Summers Day windle at Thinsh in North Yorkshire Jack Martin (by his own admission, ‘the one second from left in a state of semi-collapse’ in the small inset pic above) and his wife Sallie live in a village called Stella at Blaydon-onTyne in the United Kingdom. of Jack, the lovely three-masted schooner, the Sir John Martin (seen above) eventuated. He is a keen windler with an equally keen eye for, and a love of, (you guessed it) sailing boats. He and a long standing friend, John Corker both made a model yacht apiece, and in the case further up the river Tyne from where Jack lives, but there was never a schooner of that name to the best of Jack’s knowledge. Sir John Martin was a famous artist from Haydon Bridge, a small town in Northumberland, about 20 miles (Continued overleaf) 17 (Continued from page 17) The schooner has a GRP hull 30” long cast on a plug made by Jack of sheet aluminium and plaster. The boat is shown at right under construction. His method of — making shrouds __ is interesting, a kind of banjo styled set up shown here. A member of the Gateshead Model Boat Club, Jack’s latest yacht (shown below) and named Chatterbox is two feet long and easier to transport. He and his wife have _ their caravan site beside a lake at Thirsk in North Yorkshire, and have they been visiting there for nearly thirty years. There are several people who now sail model yachts on the lake, one of For ‘retrieval’ purposes, Jack who is 75, built the little dinghy (Saucy Sal)) shown with Sallie in command. Then one night not long after it was launched, the dinghy was unfortunately stolen. the models above. (Tinker) seen The fohn Sir Martin, continues to draw admiring glances and good comment whenever she is sailed. 18 Auckland “Ancient Five schooners (above) part of the San Diego Argonaut fleet in Southern California. They make an Mariner’ Peter Wood has built three Smeed ‘Starlets’, this gaff-rigged version, (below) a rather tidy and appealing one. equally impressive sight under sail. Alan Murcheson in Victoria, Australia, built this Arija sloop last year. Hoping to do a story on them sometime in a future issue. Tony Lench of Kent, UK is a regular skipper of Rex Rouse of Auckland, New Zealand built the lovely looking rum his barge Elizabeth trader shown on the next page, and these days sails it just occasionally. seen at left, (Continued overleaf) 19 (Continued from page 19) The really impressive looking } Class Below is Rex Rouse’s rum trader mentioned on the previous page. model seen below, was built by Dale Wenninger in Swampscott, MA, USA, and then sold by the builder (seen with the model) to a purchaser in Denmark. (The bigger you build, the more commanding and the more impressive the model is, but the heavier and harder to move around it becomes – Ed) The Footy seen at right is made in the New Zealand city of Dunedin, toa design by Brett McCormack, Several are owned, raced, and windled in Auckland. Editors request ! Again a plea !!! To continue to make WW interesting, | would like to show other readers the boats that bring you pleasure. A photograph and some _ basic details please. Don’t just say… “Oh, nobody would interested” and do nothing. be 20 At England’s oldest ishing port. , Appledore is situated in South West England near the Bristol Channel. It is the oldest fishing port in the country and a free harbour, the Charter having been granted by Queen Elizabeth the First. Thanks to John Butterwith, its Secretary, WW is able to share with readers a little insight about the Appledore Model Yacht and Boat Club, the sailing section of which, was formed in 1979. It has 35 members in both sail and scale, and members who sail at Kenwith on the fine lake shown above, also attend regattas throughout the season. In addition to RM_ boats, sailing schooners and ketches, there are three pilot cutters currently under construction, one of them being built by the John Berridge (above) with his 1/16th scale motor sailing ketch Daddy’s Yacht, the sheeting mechanism made from a video recorder motor. Secretary. The club also maintains good contact with members of other model boat clubs visiting their waters. club (Continued overleaf) 21 Continued from page 21) The club boasts members from many parts of Britain, several from London, one of them being Henry Hubble seen at right with his 1/24th scale yacht taken at Black Park, Buckingham near London. The club also has a section where Marbleheads are raced (see photo below) on the delightful lake now being used. | am led to believe that there is a long range plan to build their own alternative lake. (Oh boy, that might prove costly !- Ed) A PERSON OR THING REGARDED Richard Bowden seen on the back AS A SOURCE WISDOM cover with his sailing model of the old schooner Emily Barratt (a story /ACHT on her appeared in the August 1999 ‘USA BILLIONAIRE, issue of WW). Richard’s model is shown at the Appledore club Model Boat Show last year. N Scale Section Secretary, John Butterwith is also Editor of an interesting little quarterly publication, and has sent me the first issue. The club also has a website which is www.appledoremodelboats.fsnet.co.uk Pad OWNED BACKED BEAT THE FINAL OF THE 200 LOUIS VUITTON CUP. _ NAME f AND : ONE OF OWNER RICH AMERICAN .LLED LARRY ELLIS — a | have long had this photograph kindly supplied by Jim Bennett of the UK Fleetwood club’s scale sailors, and the news from a reader in the US, of an incident witnessed by him a few years back,makes its use here rather appropriate. The incident centred around an amateur photographer being poked in the side of the eye by the bowsprit of a four foot in length schooner, when the photographer trying to photograph the oncoming model, misjudged the distance and the speed of the model, as well as the height of its bowsprit. A court case followed (I am told) which was thrown out with blame laid on both parties, the owner of the model for having carelessly headed towards the man on the side (which he was asked to do !) and the man with the camera vl for ignoring his own safety. (Continued from page 8) Another factor that may well determine the future of the Footy boat, is the attitude to it by those who sail larger models, a few already resenting the presence of the miniature boats on the lakes and ponds in the company of their larger models. | feel that is somewhat sad as It might serve only to fragment normally happy groups, and possibly, even tarnish friendships. You cannot ever measure the value of ‘friendship’, which in turn is one of the key ingredients to happy windling. Tobago Quickie Sudden as an errant bug wanderlust it gripped me, and as | watched my life flow by like a fish, temptation nipped me. So will the Footy increase in popularity, or will it wither and die with us largely dinosaur-ish folk who currently favour them ? Alternatively, will it ever find itself in the semi or fully serious world of International class racing, sprout longer keels, heavier bulbs, carry more sail, get beamier and be fitted with longer booms, taller masts and much longer swordfish-like bowsprits, and be raced (rather than windled). Time alone will tell…it always does ! My hull was clothed in barnacles, auxiliary engine old and tired, decking worn, sails all torn and | so long retired. So it would seem | could only dream, put away the travel cases, leave the seas to other dreamers similiarly urged by distant places, Those of us who enjoy them, will | guess, for the time being anyway, continue to sail them on some days, somewhere, just for the pleasure these lovely and inexpensive little boats bring. They are a miniature side to model yachting, and their presence should be welcomed. (Editor) then | heard the call of the pond, (those islands ain’t so far !), batteries are charged, the WINDLING WORLD sun is out, and the schooner is in the car. Thrice yearly, non profit specialist magazine, available on subscription only. Out on the water the fun kicked in, Publisher/Editor Mark Steele and we shot down a wave and were flying, but when | got home, yelled “BEEN TO TOBAGO !” the wife instantly knew “Keepers of the spirit of windling’ Ken Impey, Tony Searle, Barry Gibson Stuart Broome, Mark Steele Editorial address: 42 Trinidad Road, Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand | was lying ! Mark Steele 24 \ Phone/Fax 64(O)9 410 4402 j commercial The man from Meggett, South Carolina, Andrew Charters, seen on the cover of this issue with his cutter Gloriana, is a model yacht builder and fisherman for fifteen years before times spent working in boatyards. He and a friend won the model sailor whose prime love of subject matter for his work, leans heavily towards six foot sized schooners. As much as he loves sailing his cutter, and his skipjack, his schooners come first. His four schooners are seen above, the Starling Burgess designed Flizabeth Silsbee seen at right. Andrew grew up on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy and was 4 ; i Doubles Dory Racing Championship a (Continued overleaf) 25 in a Grand Manan Island festival catalog. These days, Andrew is a for three years in the 1970’s. foreman for a general contractor, and restores old houses’ in downtown Charleston — in His Columbia (at right) along with Puritan and =a South Carolina. Bluenose (lower pic) make up the quartet of schooner models He and a group of others sail the Wednesday he has built to date. Tongue in cheek, he says that he has figured that by the time he is sixty he will have twenty night races on Charleston harbor, last year failing to win the series by a schooners, and then if he is lucky, he may be able to find single point. skippers to sail them and race against him ! Most On all the schooners he uses auto electric window motors equipped with concave drums or cat of heads as winches. (Bet the cats ain’t too keen on that, Andrew ! – Ed) No individual Puritan, pic of so one parting look at that lovely Cutter, Gloriana, this without topsail. Andrew’s schooners have lead keels of about 3Olbs, a further 10 or 15 added in their bilges, and schooner sails are made of 307 Dacron, plans for the most part taken out of the Smithsonian 26 time | am protesting to the America’s Cup International Rules Committee. Yes Sir, | am indeed. | don’t know why or what for, but everybody else doth protest, and | ‘With a swing-rig don’t want to be left out ! you’ll be the fastest windling =” roach for miles !’ Another issue, another chance for stardom, and if only | could manage to fit a swing-rig and = speed up Ralph the It may only be plastic, but Aquataur Model ‘Racing Yachts A6OO, which | believe sails realistically and just like a fullsize dinghy, comes in a kit, less radio, glues, paint and Roach ! That aside, you can say you saw this wonderful trim, with Graham many parts Bantock design 1OR in BEARings. Owned by Euan Sarginson Christchurch, pre- formed and jig- of drilled. Around New Zealand, it parts water o better than Moses, cleaner than a sharp chainsaw would do with ne hundred and fifty English a beaut firm cheesecake A “War Windler’ this one below, built by Tony Searle of Poole, Dorset and intended to be operated using three channels of a four six channel TX, Onwards boldly now, into the second quarter of the new year ! in UK. HMS MARS has a hull length of 45 inches, and three winches for sail control. 27 The Emily Barratt was originally built in Britain as a schooner in 1913, and was the last commercial sailing vessel built in that country, where she was engaged in the coastal carriage of iron ore. She was 76.8 fect long and had a gross tonnage of 71.4 tons. The vessel was re-rigged as a ketch during the 1930’s depression, and employed during the second world war as a barrage balloon anchor. In 1988 she was sailed up the East Coast of Britain, and then motored down the Caledonian Canal to Maryport, where she would lie for three years before belly purchased and finally left to rot by the Barrow Council. ‘ at detailed story on her history appeared in the August ea Vit. ¥ issue of Windling World. Richard Bowden of the UK has built, <& (al her as a ketch, and is seen above with the fruits of his extensive labour.