Windling World: August 2000

CBT QD WINDLING | }… of Passat And Pamir… PAGE 13 al i At the helm The flight of time. Six years ago over the city and farmlands of New Zealand’s lush . : ! Waikato region, | fulfilled a long stored urge to fly aboard a vintage Tiger Moth biplane, and revelled in the delight of it all as the aircraft literally punched the crisp Winter morning air. This has nothing to do with yachting, but it does remind me that perhaps we should all try to achieve ambitions while we have the time to do so, for | have been saving the story of the two big four masters, Passat and Pamir for over a _ year. Garry Atkinson’s model of the latter took him ten years to build, and my dear friend, Clifford Hawkins provided the facts and also kindly supplied all the superb photographs — of these two most impressive trading vessels, subjects of his feature story. Clifford Hawkins time just flies so fast ! A verbal break in order to include a really superb mood photo at right of John Collins’ Pilot Cutter Day , Portishead (UK) *99. Great models and a lovely photo. Because | was asked to {and complied) — in writing entries on New Zealand yacht design icons John Spencer and Des Townson for an encyclopedia being published in the USA this year, | thought ‘What a hoot !’ when | observed in editor Lucia del Sol Knight’s latest newsletter, that my name was listed next to none other than the great Olin Stephens. Alphabetical listings often throw up strange things: Maybe | should frame that 2” X 1/2” square ! OS must be wondering…who the hell is this man Mark Steele ? Never heard of the chap ! This is another increased size, 28 pager. Hells teeth ! | am spoiling you windlers rotten ! As | said earlier, time does fly and who would believe there are just five months left in this first year of a new millenium ? ‘Go quietly’ as my Falmouth mate Ken Impey always says – and enjoy your windling. Mark Steele Publisher/Editor To be truthful it was really Autumn, the New Zealand Summer but a joyful memory. With an afternoon sun out from behind long white clouds over Auckland’s North Shore, armed with two cameras | found myself with Jacqui Wellington and the string ! Two new ,detailed and well crafted model boats, Northern Light, two of her boats at a beach in the Bermudanrigged shadow of North Head. ketch, Jacqui Wellington and her lovely little boats featured in the second issue of WW (Dec 1995) Fourteen issues and five years on, | felt it appropriate to meet up with her again, to remind us all that free sail is a method of model yachting that is still alive – and indeed can be most pleasant . If you are sailing in the ocean though, don’t let go of a stylish a_ and stunning schooner quickly attracted admiring glances followed by a presence of interested folk, including seven year old Charles Harvey on holiday from Wellington, NZ. Before we left, | photographed him with his (above left) personal favourite (Continued on page 4) Jacqui does not have as much time for boat building these days, but she hopes that will change. She is desperately trying to hack out a living, meanwhile the schooner and ketch sailed that day are on display and for sale at Craft World west of Auckland. There was a high tide when we sailed, and an irregular swell in the waters of the Hauraki Gulf between Rangitoto and the North Shore caused excessive up and down bobbing of both models, but sail they did, and at one _ stage, the — ketch seemed on The maker and her boats course headed for and Whatever ! do you Don’t let go of the nylon cord !!! in addition to making great display models for the nautically minded, the surprising thing is, that Jacqui Wellington’s model sailboats do actually sail exceedingly well for models just 24” to 30” of overall Rangitoto. length. Tasman Star What is impressive about these boats is how robust they actually are: Despite the intricate detail (including cast bronze anchors, helmsman’s wheels and other fittings) even when flung by the tide inwards and seemingly violently beached, no damage resulted, and when hosed off, sails and all, nothing fell off, and they could go straight back on display at Craft World – which is exactly where they were destined. Sails are strongly and_ beautifully made, can be easily reefed and set to suit the wind conditions of the day, Free sail is not for everybody, though most of us started playing with FS model yachts long before the emergence of radio control. It is nice that the art of sailing without RC is still practiced…methinks anyway ! OC the Cover Clockwise left to right. The barque Passat in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, 1933, photographed by Clifford W Hawkins, model of Pamir by Garry Atkinson, RA model William Fraser of Euan Sarginson, Christchurch, NZ photographed by him. ma Those who read Marine Modelling international regularly, will be familiar with the name (and the boats of) John Fothergill of Totnes in Devonshire, England. | like to think of this reader of WW as “the gentleman of the winds’, not that this has anything whatsoever to do with flatulence, it is just that John (seen at right) bases names for his classic looking boats on directional winds. Retired at sixty-five and now a sprightly | seventy-three, the photograph of him was taken two years ago when along with friend Peter Smith, the pair exhibited four boats each at a Devon Hobbies Fayre. The black cutter is Peter’s, and North Wind, the Bermudanrigged ketch is John’s. (Continued on page 6) John, prior to retirement spent 23 years with the Royal Marines, serving a lot of that time at sea, after that, a period in the Civil Service Ministry of Defence (Navy) in the security world. In the hobby area, originally a model railway man, he began his model boat era with power boats, one electric and three steam powered, then raced a six-metre and a ten rater. With a preference for the pleasant and non stress sailing of scale, he fell to the lure of building a classic yacht of reasonable size, and upon a Bob Underwood GRP hull, the result was West Wind (seen top right in the picture on page 5). On a pre-war 1OR hull, he also built a Bermudan ketch ( right), now sold to a friend in Bristol. The gaff-rigged Wind, seen schooner centre page South Building from plans ? Marine Modelling — International through its Traplet Plans Service, offers a wide range of plans from scale sail to racing. Here are two: A 1:24 scale New Zealand scow (Marjorie Campbell) worked up from original drawings and photos as a practical sailing working model. Hull length 875mm. Designed by Ken Impey (one of WW’’s “keepers of the spirit of windling’) Ref Number, MAR 2492 Fight pounds, fifty pence UK – Fourteen dollars, fifty cents USA. top on 5, and again (right) has wooden spars. The gaff cutter East Wind (last in line opening photo) and the1960’s Ele ketch North Wind (front boat) make up the trio. Then there is West Wind, well worthy of inclusion in a future issue. Indeed, i John’s boats are “classics’, beautifully made and lovely to look at. Same cost applies to 1:12 schoonerrigged sharpie Gwen (above) 720mm LOA designed by lan Sharpe. Traplet Publications, Traplet House, Severn Drive, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcs WR8 OJL, UK. US customers contact Traplet Distribution USA, P.O.Box 1121, Sierra Madre, Calif 91025-1121, USA. Reader John Franke’s dream was to build a square rigger, but with help and encouragement from a San Diego schooner modeller, he was redirected into “schooner world’. From Taubman plans duly enlarged, nearly two years work resulted in the launching of the schooner – rigged whaler John R Manta seen above. The original vessel completed 16 successful voyages, with one aborted in June 1927 when she was forced to do so by heavy gales. She was lost with all hands in 1934. John, a member of the Sarasota MYC, and founder of that club’s Parrish fleet, says that his model, built to three eighth of an inch to the foot and certain liberties taken with fittings. Construction is 1/8” bulkheads laid up on a quarter inch hardwood keel, planking is 1/32” aircraft plywood under — 1/8” mahogany door skin. Masts are pine dowels, main sails of Dacron paired with nylon jibs. Ballast is 14lbs of #9 lead shot set in From a oe | epoxy. Total weight is 20lbs and she does not carry a an external keel. With a 9” beam and a _ reality four and a half inch draft, the boat is is (and 55” overall) is ~stand off’ scale. Since it had to be functional and able to be dis-assembled for transport, quite stable in a moderate wind. A breeze that will roll John’s Soling 30 degrees, will only lay this whaler over about 5 degrees. A really much detail was omitted, nice one John, what’s next ? Ariel and Antares – from Germany A gaff-rigged yawl, and a cutter from Groning Segelbootmodelle. This is a husband and wife boutique sailing model, kit producing company, as far as | am able to gather, but looking at the photographs of their Ariel (right) and Antares (below that), the quality of the boats once completed, proves to this editor that there is a an amazing depth to model yachting worldwide,that some (certainly in the Southern hemisphere) may just perhaps be unaware of. Intended for model builders building advanced with experience, both boats shown come with epoxy resin hulls and all the required materials, plus a high quality fittings kit, the superstructure material being mahogany veneer, also supplied for the decks. The Ariel is 1315mm in length, Antares, 126cm LOA. Thanks to reader Wayne Meddings of Adelaide for providing me with the contact. Those interested can write to Groning Segelbootmodelle, An der Muhle 24, 49610 (Quakenbruck Quakenbruck, Germany. Pop12,O00 is in the Niedersachsen region). Sydney WWarine model pocket-rocketry / The 75Omm model yacht class, conceived as a one-off race event, began in 1986 in Sydney, Australia, and has now grown into a monthly race series. With its boats with ultra-long keels, some with wing masts and wingtop rigs (as shown at right) upswept bows and the likes of multiple rudders, experimentation has been and still is, the basis of the class today. Although WW is not really dedicated to racing – since one can windle and enjoy sailing a model yacht of any kind whatsoever, and because these model yachts are so very different and unique to Australia , | was to make contact with Mal Experimentation and development on sail area, hull beam, draft and total displacement is permitted, but the hull length must not exceed 75Omm with a further 250mm_to cater for overhanging booms, rudders etc. The rig must not exceed 1800mm in height (measured from the Smith (seen at right with his circa 1989 boat Zapstar). He was one of those who started the 750mm _ RC Yacht class, and he later sent me a_ selection quality photographs. The objectives of of the class were to provide rules which allowed the maximum freedom for design experimentation consistent with the provision of close racing, to allow maximum performance with low cost, and to provide a spirit of friendly rivalry. deck at the mast base), ballast weight limit is 1.5kg, and 2 channels of RC only are permitted (Continued on page 10). (Continued from page 9) The extended and slimline keels as used by some, and the rudder arrangements are typical of the boat shown lying on the grass on page 9. The fact that this is the same No .1 boat shown in the middle picture on page 9, tells the story of the constant efforts at modification aimed at improvement of performance. Grahame Parker (at right) with his boat Surfection and the same boat at extreme right – its only original part of the hull being the section painted black. “DIVE ! DIVE ! DIVE !” Racing is held at Queenscliff Lagoon, Pittwater Road, Queenscliff in New South Wales on the second Sunday of each month, with an organisational style that is very casual. The 75Omm’s are regularly sailed in winds that scale to gale force, so maximum stablility is essential. Mal Smith maintains the 75Omm website which — is association html www.cybernautics.com.au/75O. or you can email at : mal@cybernautics.com.au “THIS IS JOHN’S FIRST YACHT – HE USUALLY BUILDS SUBMARINES !” 10 Ed’s old mate Dave Heanly in New Zealand’s southern city of Christchurch, when he decides to build, builds BIG, and his latest boat , a coastal schooner , (its name — pronounced “Innish Free’) has a length overall — of 102″. With a draught of thirteen and a_ half inches and a foremast height from the deck of fifty-three and a half inches, and 3,438 square inches of sail, this is indeed a proper BIGGIE anyway one cares to look at it. The model is loosely based in the style of several craft of the late 1800 to early 1900 period that plied the South and West coasts of Ireland, and serviced the outlying islands of Arran and the Hebrides with cargo. that often included livestock, foodstuff, whisky, beer, as well as Carriage of some passengers. Dave laid the keel in April 1999, and the launching of the model was on 4th October the same year, the schooner making her maiden voyage just before | always have a chuckle over the “crew’ on Dave’s boats. They have a certain ‘air’ about them, and in the photo directly Ait above, Christmas 1703 you can see their “inspection’ during work on the project ! | think they may be leprechauns, those mischievous beings of Irish folklore. Ballasted with 18lbs of lead in the keel, and further ballast inboard in the form of a 6v lead acid battery needed to supply The schooner needs 4 channel plus a lot of grunt in order to power to the fore and mainsail winches. Dave’s hope is to be able to sail the launch, having a scale of 3/4” to the foot. model in heavy weather. He says he wants to improve the sails. 11 radio, On one whole page | The most exclusive Cup report in the world A Couch-Potato 4 merica’s Cup onlooker bares | was a dedicated couch potato America’s Cup spectator ! There, | have gone into print and said it – “come out of the closet’ you might say, and ‘essed up to being not particularly excited over what was to many, his soul ! By the Editor | Ee a great event. Yes, | did go down one day to the cup village, but that was before the Louis Vuitton series had even started. True, the television coverage was superb, and when Prada and America One battles were in progress, the excitement was so great, twice | nearly fell ‘overboard’- out of the recliner couch ! os probably added a most valuable The rest is history as they say, and thanks to Beryl Simpson (for her wonderful shot of Prada seen above right) , and to Bob Walters for his shots of both the J Class Velsheda, and the jeep that wanted to be a boat – or the boat that had a fixational intent to “dress up’ (it does happen in real life, you know !) | can now say that WW finally covered the cup ! The world knows that Team New Zealand successfully defended, that boats broke masts and shredded spinnakers, while one ; became a banana split, and that lack of wind caused several days racing to be cancelled, and most know that the Italians 12 component to the history of the cup – popularity of a foreign syndicate among Kiwis ! I’m already thinking ahead towards the next cup, and if WW is still around | may even be inspired, at best to get more actively involved, at worst move the recliner closer to the TV set and get a safety harness so that | don’t again fall overboard. _ It’s those damn TV cocktails… and the seasickness ! That’s my. story anya and sure as hell I’m sticking to it! Editor , A beautiful model fuels a Cliff Hawkins story Of the barques Passat and Pamir by Clifford W Hawkins. Having first heard of then seen Garry Atkinson’s 1:27 scale, 12’9” long model of the famous 4-masted 1905 built barque Pamir, and seen some great photographs of the real ship taken by Cliff Hawkins, it became logical that | enlist the help of my good friend (CH) to do a story , not only on Pamir but on near-sister ship Passat. This is where Clifford Hawkins’ story begins: Zealand ? They were in fact, close to W being sister ships, and were units of the famed German “Flying P’ line of sailing ships, Priwall, Peking, “Your Editor having seen my photographs of the barques Passat and Pamir has asked. whether there Pisagua was Pamir. any connection between and Padua, all 4-masted barques similiar to the Passat and the two, and what brought them to New Continued on page 14 13 There was also that tremendous five masted barque Potosi, and the even more spectacular five-masted, shiprigged Preussen, that belonged to Riederei F Laeisz of Hamburg. Both Passat and Pamir were built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, in 1911 and 1905 respectively. There was little difference between the two, the dimension of the Passat being slightly greater. Right through the early 1900’s, the Laeisz ships were engaged in the nitrate trade between Chile and Germany, out and home by way of Cape Horn. It was not until they were purchased by Gustav Erikson of Mariehamn and so came under the flag of Finland that they came 1933 in December 1940, to New Plymouth, returning to the Seychelles for yet another cargo, this time to Wellington. Back in the Seychelles in July 1941, Finland’s relationship as an ally had deteriorated and she was seized “by the Crown in prize’. It was decided that the barque should be refitted and put into service under the New Zealand flag, and that of the Union Steamship Company. During the ensuing war years she made voyages to Vancouver. San It was Fransisco during one and of those voyages that | caught sight of her, albeit in pouring rain, from the deck of the troop transport Nieuw Amsterdam on 12/7/43. The next time | saw her was in May 1946 and to N.Z, first the Passat She was back in New Zealand the war had ended. in on voyage’ a The photograph | took of Pamir (see to page 13) coming up to Rangitoto Beacon under full sail was taken on Auckland with guano 18th August 1948, after which she sailed for Wellington prior to being ceremoniously handed back to Finland. For me the sight of her in the Channel provided a never to be forgotten photographic occasion, and her Captain (Collier) then allowed me from the Seychelles when the photograph (at left) was taken as the barque sailed for the Spencer Gulf to take on wheat for to accompany him as he set sail. The loss of the Pamir when she was overwhelmed by a gale of hurricane force in the North Atlantic in September 1957 is well known. Europe. Essentially this sailing models, It was not until January 1938 that we saw the Pamir in Auckland under the journal concerns and having been invited in March 1991 by modeller Erikson flag. She too had come from the Seychelles with guano, and would later sail for Noumea to load Garry Atkinson to the launching of his truly impressive model of the Pamir, | told Mark about it, and as they say, “the rest is history !’. manganese ore for Bremen. 14 C.W.Hawkins photograph of Atkinson’s model at launching. In this respect it is quite appropriate for the square-rigged Passat and Pamir to appear in this magazine. | should add that both barques ended their careers with auxiliary power. Without doubt, one of the most beautiful models of a square-rigged ship that | have seen, is that of the Preussen in the San Francisco Maritime Museum. Oh yes ! The Passat can still be seen – retired at Travemunde in Germany.’ ——-CWH/May 2000 Atkin- son’s association (with the Pamir) goes back to early September 1948, when as a old, 9 year he was taken by his Model at Model grandfather World and boarded her at the old Kings Wharf in Auckland. Nearly 40 years later (in January 1988) he started the model, working from plans filled then fibreglassed. Because of its size, at that point Garry felt it would have made a lovely one man canoe ! The decks are marine ply, as is the charthouse, the latter overlaid with mahogany veneer. Masts and spars are hand planed to the correct diameters, and all the fittings, handrails, masts and spar bands, rigging screws, anchor points etc have been fabricated from sheet or rod brass, involving hours of machining and intricate soldering. The model. Garry Built to a scale of 1:27, the frames are half inch marine ply on a 4” X 2” cedar keelson, the hull planked with 1” X 1/4” cedar, later and continuing The real enormity of the task was when he started in the early 1990’s, on the masts, spars, rigging etc. After much experimentation with cordage, he finally settled on braided nylon in various weights in order to simulate the wire and rope of the real vessel. All blocks (hundreds of them !) have running brass sheaves, and masses of belaying pins turned up from brass rod ! (Continued on page 16) endless hours of research. 15 The 13’ long model has a beam of 22”, and when in the water carries 18Olbs of lead ballast. The masts are 6’2” over the deck, and she is now on permanent static display with her full suit of sails, in the Museum of Wellington, as part of the tribute to the vessel and the young New Zealanders who – sailed on her between 1941 and 1948. The Pamir when she capsized and then sank in the Atlantic on 21/9/1957, resulted in the loss of 80 of her 86 crew, and | close this little story with the fine photograph at right by Clifford W Hawkins (to whom | am indebted for its use and his support for WW) showing the Pamir departing Auckland for the last time. The appropriate lines are by Rudyard Kipling. Thanks also, Garry Atkinson. A very short tack tha brease: has fonwll us, The Great Schooner Model Society 1 (Maryland, USA) Award for the period awarded 2000/2001 to Brian 4 a headsail jumps has _ been Cuthbert = of Whangaparaoa, North Island, New Zealand – for his Grand Banks fishing schooner Virginia seen below. through the thinning hare The whole hull follows Hl broad a Dx The clean swept ocean says “Bo your ways’. STOP PRESS With regret | record the death of Tony Abel of Tony Abel Passed on every year by the last recipient, who jointly judges it with Model Yachts in UK. the WW Editor, it is an ‘Ancient Unwell for some time, he Mariners’ (Auckland) on-going in- succumbed to his illness house trophy. He too, has now gone his ways ! 16 Steve Kent, originally from England, Milton Thrasher is publishing editor of ~Bell Bottom News’ – the *newsy’ voice of Region 3 of the American Model Yachting Association. in February this year took delivery of June Bug (now renamed Titan)a Warren Hastings built fishing smack which the latter kindly built for him. He lives in Sarasota, Florida USA where he sails his International One Design Class and works hard toward enthusing others on the delights of these faithfully reproduced models of the 10.15 metre yacht designed by Bjarne Aas. Steve works at Auckland airport for Ansett Airlines, and sails with the “Ancient Mariners’. He enjoys his laid back windling, and also owns a Seawind. A story on_ this class of boat Seen with him above is his son Nathan, himself, maybe a sailor of the future (see BEARINGS column this issue). appeared in WW/August 1998 issue. A keen The smack seems to go well without a sail winch, and judging from the wide smile on Steve’s face, he’s a sailor who used to own the bigger version, he also builds and can supply happy windler. How about a few fish Steve, or have the shags (Cormorants) these got there first ? delightful looking boats to order. 17 Charles Sells sails (sounds like the start of a tongue twister) a ed) Fairwind, he at extreme (Con right, Stan Bowers, Roger Carr, Derek Baragranath and Ron Fry, all mates from left to right, comprising, the Plymouth, UK Fairwind fleet. Stern detail includes shipper, SatNav and wind penerator. The group sail at the 60’ long Civic Centre pool in Plymouth, a further five Fairwind sailors doubling the fleet size from time to time.They race in heats Fairwind which he has converted and to a large extent personalised, is probably sailed more regularly. The stern details added include a skipper, SatNav and a each month for a Rose Bowl, with not wind generator as can be seen in the much in the way of rules, since they have all discovered early on that too many rules and too serious an attitude tends to photo above. He also strengthened the mast considerably by adding a piece of 2mm piano wire down through the spoil everything. joining section. The deck was planked, and polythene coated Charles also builds other sailing and non sailing models ,and his _ sailing fleet includes an America,but his Kyosho fine fishing wire used for side stays. 18 also An eye for the Classics — Not only is WW reader Bruce Tantrum of Auckland, New Zealand one of the keenest imaginable sailors (he owns an 11m sloop which he has raced to both Fiji and New Caledonia) but his skill as a creator of high quality display models of yachts makes him worthy of inclusion by way of this short-article. Any visitors to Auckland bent on viewing the America’s Cup in its home at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron at Westhaven, would be — short-changing themselves if they did not obtain permission to also view the several ~Bruce-built’ models on display in the squadron’s dining room on the premises. Bruce has quietly observed the quality model work of many craftspeople, — and prefers those who view his work, to form their own judgement based on their own understanding Rainbow – built by Logan and Brothers (the sons of RL Snr) knowledge of the real boats and their replicas. At the Squadron are Waitangi in 1898 and representative of the dramatic change of design in racing yachts that occured in – a definitive example of the skill of Robert NZ at that time. Logan Snr and built in Devonport, NZ in 1894. Now owned in Australia, this fine cutter was back in Auckland for the Classic gathering in February, and the J Class Endeavour, the Charles Nicholson design boat that challenged On display also is a highly appealing model of a for the cup in 1934. There is a model of Dorade designed by Olin Stephens when he was just 21 years of age, and Continued on page 21 North Sea Not a book as such, more a catalogue this one. For — racing boffins among WW readers (and there are many who enjoy windling) and those seriously in the market for high “One reads and one learns, and if the book journey proves enjoyable, BINGO ! There is the bonus factor.’ quality, race proven hulls, sails, fittings, ballast castings, boom kits and line and construction plans, One of the best books | have read has to Graham and Lorna Bantock (SAILSetc) catalogue is be A unit of water, a unit of time’ by Douglas Whynott – a book dealing with comprehensive degree. There the family boat design and boatbuilding business of E.B and later Joel (then Steve) White of Brooklin, Maine, USA. Loaned to me by fellow “Ancient Mariner’ Mike to the absolute nth are agents in many countries, certainly in NZ two (Alan Hayes and Steve Walters) deal with Graham & Lorna regularly. Beckingham, it also formed the basis for an exhilarating imaginary journey of both discovery and learning, in a delightful place on this planet. Published by Hodder it is a gem of a book that you will find hard to put down. (Sailsetc, 141 High Street, Kelvedon, Essex, England CO5 9AA. Fax 44 (O) 1376571437, email sailsetc@compuserve.com) ( WINDLING WORLD | _ Joanne Scott is a Thrice yearly non profit, specialist magazine available on subscription only. | watercolourist, printmaker and poet with a flair for expressing herself on boats, islands, and the moods of the ocean, and Publisher/Editor Mark Steele “Keepers of the spirit waterways of the US Eastern seaboard. Bob Hicks has been publishing her poetry for some time in his publication “Messing about in boats’, LEGACY by Scott is a delight for those who enjoy well put together poetry and good pen and ink drawings of all things nautical in this case by David, the author’s late husband. From this book | extracted large portions of pleasure, topped off with information of areas and boats. It has “travel’ book qualities. A book worth owning and keeping. US$3O0 from Nimbus Press, 2 Reed Court, Chestertown, MD 21620, USA. of windling’ Ken Impey, Tony Searle, _ Barry Gibson, Stuart Broome, : Mark Steele. Editorial address: 42 Trinidad Rd, Forrest Hill, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Phone/Fax 64 O89 410 4402 20 (Continued from page 19) hand line cod fishing boat used HMS GRASSHOPPER in Icelandic seas, a Billings kit and a good a kitset RC Square Rig 18 gun British Brig. example of both form and function in a simple model. Bruce has also modelled the yacht America at a scale of 1:50, which shares space in the room housing the famous cup. His models are usually built to a scale of 1.25, with the hulls planked over frames, He has served a great many years as a_ yachting administrator, was Commodore of the Royal Akarana Yacht Club in the early 8O’s, and has been a member of the RNZYS for a quarter of a century. He loves the sea and has been involved in youth sailing and training for a great many years. Fancy building a nice detailed stand-off scale 1800’s naval square -rigger ? Philip Roberts of Steele Chapman & Hutchinson, engineers & builders of working model ships, 815 High St, Palo Alto, Ca 94301 has the answer. Brigs, Cutters and Corvettes of the 1800 period, in kit form or complete and With New Zealand’s Mt Taranaki as a backdrop, three 1M’s tussle. They are racing but might easily be Sunday cruising or windling ! ready to sail. Good workmanship is nevet cheap. A good windler for the pond – one with a difference. 21 A Cornish Shrimper for Scale sailing Mike Mayhew of Waverley Models in the UK has produced some rather attractive and interesting models in kit form, not the least of these being the 1/7th scale Cornish Shrimper for RC sailing seen here. Described as an ideal first time trainer for sailing modellers, it is one that is very light and able to be carried on any car rear seat. Rigging this model lakeside takes but three to four minutes. Less time to rig, more time to sail ! The photos taken by Chris Jackson, the editor of Marine Modelling International, show the boat Z The shrimper comes as a registered model with its own sail number, and modellers can also purchase a shrimper burgee – a miniature of the real thing, a boiled shrimp rampant on the cross of cornish saint, St Pirin. (Hells bells, saintly saints and on the water. It comes in kit form (cost Two hundred and eighty six British Pounds), and is one in a range of types of boats from around Britain’s shores that Waverley are producing to meet the needs of UK modellers. rampant shrimp ! – Ed) Waverley Models, 33 Kenn Moor Drive, Clevedon BS21 5AR, England. 22 The last sailing Bristol Pilot Cutter to fly the flag in 1922 a 8 9520 A model of ( “arta sails in Auckland Cariad was the last sailing Bristol Channel pilot cutter to fly the flag in 1922, and was made famous as a yacht by author Frank Carr in a book, “A Yachtsman’s Log’. According to Malcolm McKeand who traced the whereabouts of the mere seventeen surviving pilot boats of the Bristol Channel in CLASSIC BOAT, Cariad is work. Shown with Bob (inset above) and elsewhere in this story, the 1/15 model is built on a GRP hull from Chris Brown Engineering Unit 4, Village Farm Rd, Village Farm Estate, Pyle, Bridgend CF 336BN, UK. now undergoing a major restoration at Wye in UK. built in 1904. Haye-on- She was Bob Walters who lives a little outside of Auckland in New Zealand, and who regularly sails with the oft referred to “Ancient Mariner’ windling group, — in March completed an RC model of the famous cutter after many months Excellent plans were supplied with the hull, and mast, booms and bits were made of NZ kauri. The deck is of 1.2mm ply, the planking .8 mm ply. Continued on next page Weard on At the time of writing (in May), the ‘model was well into trials and appeared to sail well, but Bob was still trimming her out for all weather sailing. An initial problem in that the model was reluctant to tack, proved to be due to excessive rudder *throw’ which was having the effect of acting like a brake. He found that reducing the amount of rudder improved the situation dramatically. Bronze fittings were also supplied with the hull, and two crew figures are hand carved out of balsa by the builder. Two channel radio is fitted and the model flies the flag of Wales, and is an impressive sight on the water. the Wireless Sandy Cousins (WW April *97 cover) died in Scotland, date unknown. A Glaswegian and retired marine engineer, he built beautiful models and was pretty skilled at drawing. Several of his plans are available through Traplet Plans Service, including Altair featured in the Aug “97 issue of WW. Traplet Plan Number for that one is MAR 2521. Seen at right is Star 45 lady racer and windler, Lois, wife of Ken Lockley of British Columbia, Canada. More lady windlers please! From the ‘Beyond Belief’ file ! Model yachting innovative thinking or just kiwi clowning around ? This is a Flip Flop -a jandal, sandal, go forward (whatever you call it !) this one called Fun, pictured at its big launching in New Zealand . How did it go ? Well, with — the weight of the crew, their lunches, and the keel and winged bulb, you could say it just went… to the bottom ! All hands lost, except the one holding it. Pity that, because two cup syndicates were very interested | (In what The “hands or the shoe ? – Ed) A Bill Garden ‘Toadstool’ in the real, A nice shot (above) of Christchurch, NZ sailor Hugh Hobden’s Star 1OR Solar Flare before being swamped and pulled out of the water in the Quail Island rounding ocean windle reported on page 26. Rule Recall ! and if approaching any mark, on any designated windling course, boat B must give way to boat A – if the skipper of the latter-mentioned boat appears wiser and older by way of greying hair, and appears of gentlemanly stock, and also bearing in mind that the letter A preceedes the letter B ! Boat B skipper, must also clearly call “After you Sir! Have a nice Day “ before his boat may round the mark’ Rule 17B – Clause 4, Sub-Section 3) World Gentlemen and Scholars Windling Authority Rule Book 1894) | would like WW. One publication that show to say how much | enjoy of its chief assets as a is the variety of models up in each issue we receive. The article in the April issue on Tom Simpson’s Mary Jane (Garden’s yacht Toadstool) was of particular interest, since | live 20 miles from William (Bill) Garden and am a big fan of his work. Over a sixty year period as a boatbuilder, Naval Architect and Mechanical Engineer, he has designed over 9OO vessels, from rowing shells to 160’ aluminum ketches. His contribution to yachting was recognised in 1996 by Mystic Seaport Museum by accepting his designs into their archives. | had the opportunity several years ago to visit him at his private island Eien. a ES to , tells us the way a (Ken Lockley, Victoria BC, Canada) Zit a Khe é the al office, home and workshop, and the lasting memory | took away was his modest and fun approach to his career. As one modeller to another, | congratulate Tom Simpson on his model. It has the lines, the style and the classic Garden look. 25 “ANOTHER ADVENTURE FOR AN OCEAN-POUNDING A CLASS BOAT Some readers may remember the August 1998 WW story about Euan sporting a larger rig, surged away. At the north end of the island Sarginson’s 1950’s built A Class boat William Fraser, and how she crossed the often infamous Cook Strait – that ocean stretch of water between New Zealand’s North and South Islands.. (according to Hugh Hobden who sent me the report), with an even larger sea_up, it was a case of squaring away for arun, and the 1OR became overpowered, — going nose-down — and water-logged was pulled out of the | water and retired. Euan who lives high on a hill near Lyttelton in the South Island, has for a long time been fascinated by the 2 km square QUAIL ISLAND a_ flooded ancient crater of a complex volcanic system. When | stayed with the Sarginson’s in ~98, | remember him pointing out the island from the hill, and telling me of his aim, someday, to sail a model yacht right round it. The William Fraser meanwhile — was flying off the top of big waves with a huge bow wave, and planing, and the chase boat had to be gunned to keep up. Conditions moderated towards the south end of Quail Island, small repairs were made aboard the chase boat and flatter water then made for easier sailing between Quail and King Billy islands, before sailing back to the There has long been talk also of a future race around the island for A’s and larger dimension yachts, so a test sail was held on 18th January preceeded of course by a ‘diversion’ to a local cafe for lunch and ‘strategy planning’, (“Vl have the pasta and @ carale of red and a starting point. 5 ie Model yachting is about fun, adventure, challenges, friendship : 8 good camaraderie , and a calm perfect place to stop and enjoy a and . : a doggie-bag for small, rare steak in : my donkey1’ see facing page 27). 1″ bay in-the lee of the island was a ” glass of ‘red’, provided by boseskinper Rabin, With a chase boat organised, and tide charts double-checked, two boats (the other being the Star 1OR Solar Flare of Hugh Hobden) set off on a fast reach. Initially the 1OR appeared the quicker of the two, but as the sea built, the William Fraser chase It will be a good day and pane fora nice story when the Quail Raceis finally held. 26 Lian Sarginson Model Yacht oof Chiristohureh Club in NZ has a great sense of humour, le Clirletrias card No ! This is “defnutly’ not the America’s Cup im holding. I’m just making a statement now that the AC regatta is but a memory, I’m all ‘cupped’ out readers, and it is time now for the much less exhausting pastime Ce aang was a delight. “It’s tough pulling birds these days ! Hope your turkey isn’t a donkey’ (it read). of windling. This is Ernie Woodison of W W’s Twickenham UK, with his reader Dr ne Hugh Marbleheadsized Smeed Starlet Northern Star. He sails with the Whitton Modellers (WW/Dec *99 issue) and all his yachts are ‘Star’ named. Eyre, in Kent, UK, has been building model boats for people for as long as he can remember. The 44” LOA sailing model of the Danish Navy training vessel Falken was one of his favourites, and he plans to build one for himself someday soon. Remember when… there was no radio control, and simple _ little boats of ours __ IF NOBODY just sat on the water waited and for a FINISHED puff of wind ? Think about that all you bright “scholars of the nautical’. Next time you “race’, even if it is against the wife, and its simply a eel good about yourself hould the dear lady get here ahead of you, Just Nathan Kent’s Red w Tornado regularly freesail-crosses the Onepoto lake no sweat, even on days like those when there was no wind for AC racing. Does that tell us anything, | wonder ? windle fellas, nice and Abel ar “Windling World’ — New Zealand’s Model Yachting For Fun and Relaxation Magazine