Windling World: August 2005

Starleting ! The Anc/ent Mariners Smeed Starlet annual big day in Auckland again proved that given the right attitude, guys can race boats without anyone resorting to abuse and argument. See page 23. Mention a model yacht that is GRP or ABS-hulled and many purists will squirm in the face, utter “YUK” and even hurriedly retreat. The facts are however, not everyone has the skills to build in wood, and because many have ‘returned’ to model yachting in their ‘later’ years, some even if they possessed the skills, simply don’t have the commodity of *time’. Quite frankly, though some may consider them cheap and_ nasty, Learn the terminology guys: Rhumb Line is two or more crew members waiting for a drink ! Well ,is it? You tell me ! Witchcrafting !_ Reported in a previous issue, Witchcraft yachts were again sailed in competition in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was the 50th Anniversary of the Witchcraft Marblehead design, and the photograph kindly sent in by Ron Parry showed eleven masts by my ee the huge coplaeesof meal yacht- ing today, can be largely attributed to the model sailing boats that come as ‘packages’, and the Victoria made by Thunder Tiger in Taiwan has quite a huge following and is a recognised ~class’ by the American Model Yachting Association. | said in August last year, that the model being built at the time by Malcolm Wilkinson of Auckland was going to be something quite amazing There it is on page 14. A full story when it is up and sailing. reckoning but nine of these boats shown above competed in the regatta for the Fuan Sarginson Trophy won by Warwick Stephens /ust Magic. Moving ! After 18 years in our home at 42 Trinidad Road, my wife and | (and Windling World) have sold, brought another place and moved. Please see page 8 and make a note of the new address. Of Norwegian descent but born in California, artist and model boat tracting teeth, and | can no longer even plead because of the extraction builder, David Large (below) who now lives in Idaho, is a man with a pains in my gums ! deep-rooted passion for schooners, so much so that he also maintains perhaps the most comprehensive website listing of four hundred and thirty-two of them which serves as an excellent reference. Well worth visiting is this website. Read about him on pages 10 and 11. | welcome an item from Earl Boebert, editor of The Model Yacht on the keel catboat Dodge. Earl believes that she would make a great windling model, just about any size from a Footy on up, and there is a report on the Vintage Madel Yacht Group’s 2004 National Regatta held in not-the-best weather off the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia. See front cover pic. Also featured is a E& rather nice little English-style fishing (at right) | smack built by Ron Rule of Auckland’s An- Ken Russell of Nambour in Queen- sland, Australia who is a new reader, built and sails this truly lovely schooner (at right). Whatever happened to the Lady Flizabeth ? Who or what was she ? On page 26 you can find out both what she was, and where she ended her sailing days. (Many of us eventually end our days as wrecks !). The photograph. of General George Patton’s Alden schoonerWhen and If seen at right, was_ kindly supplied by Gannon and Benjamin dlers. who own the vessel. It is included in a story of | have to tell you that getting mate-. WW reader Fred Abbe’s beautiful RC model of this famous boat on rial for WW from pages 12-13. cient Mariners win- the great majority of my readers is as painful as ex- (continued overleaf) (Continued trom page 3) lan Hunt in Sydney and | may not agree on everything but one thing One of the world’s best boat de- we do agree on, is that there is only signer one way to get a really first rate realistic photograph of a model sailing. It is to get as low as possible to water level, the result as evident in the “greats’ (below) who is Olin Stephens along with Drake Sparkman made up Sparkman and Stephens. Still very active at 94, he designed such famous boats as Columbia, the schooner Brilliant. Dorade and yes… Stormy Weather. photos of Hans Staal. Multi-hulling. | have never been a great fan of multihulls, but they are a part of sailing. My interest increased however, largely due to Ellen MacArthur (who | am a fan of) and her solo round the world capture of the re- cord in February aboard the trimaran B & Q. Read about her achievement and Alex about Auckland Bartlett’s kind of friend, radical RC ‘cat’ Duet also featured in this issue. Olin Stephens Courtesy of Sparkman & Stephens Inc. My friend lost one side sock of a pair he really liked. Now he says the other side has joined the Lonely Sock Club while it waits, hopefully for the lost brother to return ! This issue marks ten years of WW and perhaps that does say something for the following quotation. ‘there Is avery fine line and mentalillness’ Mark Steele Publisher/Editor It all comes down to peoples choice and to ‘attitude’, and to ‘if’ and ‘how’ people can get into the wonderful hobby (or sport) of model yachting. On the opposite side to those with talent and skill to maybe plank a hull, and the patience and the time to do it well and end up with a “drop dead’ beautiful model that goes well, there are thousands of others without those skills anxious to enjoy the pastime. Nobody can accurately tell me how long the ABS-hulled kitset Victoria One Design produced by Thunder Tiger a company in Taiwan, has been around but make no mistake about it, there are an awful lot of ‘Vicki’s’ around, particularly in the US where the class is an accepted one by the American Model Yachting Association. Whereas all of the boats look the same generally, the top photo shows what can be done to customise a Victoria and make it stand out. The photograph of Fear Knot, owned and sailed by Dave Klingman of the Clearpoint Model Yacht Club in the USA, is just one example of what is meant. You would probably agree that the classy paint job is indeed outstanding. Distributed worldwide, the Victoria has been based on both simplicity and fun, and on the internet there is a Victoria Resource Center offering building, tuning and sailing tips, and a host of other information. (Continued overleaf) (Continued trom page 5) In the United States the boats are popular in the Dallas, Houston, Pasadena Clear Lake areas, but go through the club listings and where they sail, and it did not surprise me how many other clubs throughout the US also list Véctoria’s under classes sailed. Popularity in Britain, and Australia grows, to Somewhere in the world, there are a always some Victoria’s racing. smaller extent in New Zealand, where a mate of All mine, Bill Brown that is required is a two- channel radio and it will be on (pictured at right) is among them. the water. The boat is generally recognised as being ‘realistic’ in La cee long and_ (below), The Victoria is not going fore appearance.— see the photograph there- extremely easy to transport fully rigged in most vehicles. It was sanctioned in modelled 1997 and is after the America’s Cup 12 metre yachts The hull is blow- moulded ABS and the kit includes aluminium spars, sails and all necessary fittings, assem- bly no more a couple of days work. than Another happy Victoria sailor at left. to be for everybody, but it is an inexpensive “starter boat’ into model yachting. Treat it well and you will find you years, and will enjoy it : for | believe that it will take a lot of hammering ! en There is nothing like this Dame… In a journey of On 7th February this year Ellen MacArthur, after spending 71 days, 14 hours, many highs and lows, she 18 minutes and 33 sec- had sailed the onds at sea, crossed the finish line at multihull at an Ushant, France setting a new non- average speed stop round the world record, sailing of the 75ft trimaran B & Q. over 15.9 knots the Ellen MacArthur Offshore Challenges 27,354 kms including the rounding Ellen had set off from Falmouth with a flotilla escort to head for the start line (photo by Jacques Vapillon of Cape Horn. She had taken above) and came back to Falmouth and a rapturous welcome from some eight thousand people with the knowledge that she had been made utes, 49 onds off a Dame. record set by Another Vapillon photo 1. day, 7°38 hours, 35 minsec- the (Continued over leaf) (Continued from P7) Frenchman, Francis Joyon who finished his attempt on 3rd Feb 2004. Ellen MacArthur has written herself into the book of International Yacht- ing records, During the Ellen MacArthur Offshore Challenges record voyage, the 45th day, sure and that | she will not rest on herlaurels and will be breaking on am after a great many more records which Ellen will add_ to her fame. rounded %,» “4 Cape Horn in massive, violent seas and Royal Navy photo storm- force wind conditions under a tiny staysail only. By doing so in 44 days, 23hrs, 36 minutes she took 4 days, 2 hrs and 45 minutes for the Ushant to Cape Horn leg off Joyon’s record, and set five other new records. Her principal sponsor B & Q is the biggest DIY retailer in Europe and third biggest in the world. The multihull, was designed & & by Q Castorama Nigel Irens and built in Sydney, Australia at Boatspeed yard owned and run by Pete & Sarah Ulrich. Ellen’s record- breaking voyage proved the boat’s speed and strength beyond doubt. Storms of great intensity, and collisions with both a whale and an uni- dentified object failed to stop Castorama. B & Q A CHANGE OF ADDRESS After 18 years at 42 Trinidad Road , now that our home there is too large for just my wife Norma and I, (her mother having passed have sold and away), purchased we another property. Please make a note of the following address. You can get me on email of course but the new “snail mail’ address is: 22 Vanderbilt Parade, Brookfield Park, Albany, Auckland New Zealand Mark Steele Publisher/Editor Earl Boebert, who edits the US Vintage Model publication Yacht The Model Group Yacht, wrote of a keel catboat called Dodge designed by C.P Kunhardt first published in 1887. The first one was built as a ten- der to a schooner yacht and Earl believes that she would make a great model for windling. With a prototype just 14’ 9” long, a model of just about any size ac- cording to Boebert—from a 12” Footy on upwards should be practical. Kunhardt felt that the boat was very buoyant and lifts quickly having a fine after body and good freeboard, but that it would be to fit the cockpit with advisable hatches. In a model the builder would have to do so also, in order to protect RC gear, even if it meant fitting just a racing style secured acetate panel. carry the original design sail plan. He points out how the boom rotates around the mast, with a fore extension that carries a “tripping line’. The tension on this pulls the boom down, thus eliminating the need for the usual boom vang. ~The first full- Earl felt that since the average fullsize catboat is very shallow draft, the Dodge plank on edge design has enough draft and displacement to size Dodge in UK (wrote Kunhardt) demonstrated a boat of remarkable weather qualities.’ hard (Food for model thought- Editor). wrecked more cruises than rocks a : herself, (ohn C Hanna) : It was his ship models that drew my initial attention to David Large who was born in Califor- nia of Norwegian descent. After serving in the US Navy and an education in architecture, he fell in love with sailing vessels and focussed his art in the direction of painting several schooners and ketches he had been privileged to sail on. Death of a business partner resulted in his moving to the Oregon coast where he went into commercial fishing, moving up from a 22’ Salmon Dory to Tuna trollers, an activity and in order to get his perspectives right while painting in the studio, he over a span of 20 years started making models of his subjects (above and at left). He was to during which he fished in the summer and become so good at ship modelling painted in the winter months. His painting subjects ranged he obtained commissions and many of his models are now in the U.S from Coast Guard Ships Wheel Museum classic schooners to the fishing boats in Wisconsin. of Oregon and included seascapes, 10 (Continued from previous page) Upon retiring from commer- cial fishing David moved his family to Montana where his wife came from, and in order to be with his father who was at the time suffering from cancer. For the last six years he has painted full time, marketing his works through selected galleries on the east coast, as well as on the internet, and the demand for his models continues. His marine paintings often on are featured covers of nautical magazines such as Good Old Boast and 48 North, and commissions from his webpage has him up for months ahead. He also has set up and owns the Seadragon \ink pages of over four hundred schooners, listed alphabeti- cally by name on the internet, and | have per- sonally found site useful that most alpha etically’ for knowledge and references. Same website as above but add /schooners David also owned three schooners over the 4O years, the last of them being Sea Witch, a 66’ gaff-rigged Nat Herreshoff design seen above. He now lives in Boise, Idaho and was elected President late in 2004 of the /nternational Society of Marine Painters. A multitalented man of the sea. Getting back to the original schooner, | should mention that in a November 1990 storm when_ her mooring pennant broke, When and /f was driven onto the rocks and ex- “When the war is over, and if | live through it, (my wife) Bea and | are going to sail her around world.” eral tensively damaged. the Gannon & Benjamin of Vine- yard Gen- George Haven, Ma. is credited Patton was with having speaking about done a _ won- When and If 80’ Alden schooner he derful had commis- ner sioned in 1939. life. the job bringing lovely in this schoo- back to His dream however was not to Fred be for he was killed in an automobile ac- model was built 1” to the foot from cop- cident shortly after the war ended. Abbe’s ies of the original plans, and he was able to go Today, When and If can be seen cruising up and down the Eastern sea coast often on charters, racing occasionally in classic yacht regattas, turning heads wherever she goes. | daresay she has often also been replicated in model format, and one such RC model 80 inches long has been built by WW long term reader, Fred Abbe of Massachusetts in the USA, seen with the model above. aboard the schooner and take pho- tographs in order to help with the detailed work seen above. 12 The dimensions of Fred’s model are? Length overall 80”, beam 16”, length on deck 64”. The height is 81” and the weight is unknown (but according to the owner) “heavy’. A rattling good story of a good human being’s life, one well told by a close friend and business partner. The late Sir Peter Blake sadly and senselessly murdered in the Amazon area, was a sailor of both high knowledge and experience and became a legend in his own time. Alan Sefton’s 444 page book proved a thoroughly enjoyable read and took me about two and a_ half months (We//, / am a slow reader, White pine was used for the backbone, western red cedar for the planking, sitka spruce for the strip- planked deck as well as the spars. Deck houses and trim are mahog- prone to frequent doze off sessions, OK ?). Published by VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Books, it left me both ‘educated’ on aspects of Blake’s life | was unaware off, and a feeling of gladness that his life had any. Figuring out the under-deck rigging for the overlapping jibs was the hardest part of the job. Abbe’s model was among the magnificent display organised at the Museum of Yachting, Newport Rhode Island, organised by the US Vinfe tage Model Yacht Group touched me once albeit it with brevity, and that his span in this last year. time. world happened in my life- ‘ 13 Editor 14 The US Vintage Model Yacht Group and the American Model Yacht Association’s 2004 Re- gatta took place at the Mariners seum, Carolina A wonderful Regatta with an last issue of WW) and Uninvited guest ! somewhat smaller (and with less sail area) Mu- News in USA Andrew the sharpie schooner Bay Boy of Newport ginia, man, Charters (featured in the Vir- George Surgent in of Maryland. September _ last year, made suc- cessful A captured mo- thanks ment of this to a good turn- event is fea- out, as well as tured cover on of the this a vast amount of behind-the-scenes work and un- issue, stinting co-operation by staff at the museum. 1 tail end of hurricane /van on the last two days. was the camaraderie class photograph by on the wind and absolutely flying, and just seven or eight inches apart. The larger schooner (Cicely) won the big schooner class which was perhaps to be expected, welcome attention in the form of the it top seum. It shows the two boats S Held on Lake Maury, J Class, Vintage Marblehead, Skipjack and separate classes for 50” and Big schooners were raced, despite un- But a Starke Jett made available to WW by the Mariners Mu- and Surgent’s often aquaplaning downwind Bay Boy eventually finished third after having survived a hairy collision with the Fife. and friendship that provided lasting memories for the yacht owners, and a long to be recalled (by those who witnessed it), big time friendly a kind not always found in the more schooner scrap in winds so strong serious that they blew down a viewing tent, between the large Fife schooner schooner tussle was not so much who won, rather an exciting David and Goliath (continued overleaf) Cicely built and sailed by The regatta typified keen but nonargumentative model yacht sailing of South 15 International classes. The Heard (Continued from page 15) encounter between two different but equally beautiful model schooners. on the Wireless Remembering a series of clever ads | saw some years ago, placed by a gentleman trying to sell his prized launch. This one at left : of five, ELDERLY LADY SEEKS other an- one headlined ~/t was either her or the wife’ (it Phone (09) 445 2856, was touch and go for awhile !) Yet another described the Plans for his sharpie do not exist. George Surgent (above) did make a small profile sketch from which he scaled the sail plan. A long time sharpie fan, and an admirer of old time “rule of thumb’ building techniques used by the builders of full sized sharpies, he chose to “fly by the seat of his pants’ and try it with this model. Much of the guidance and inspiration came from an article in Wooden Boat magazine that included photos and a line drawing by Howard Chapelle of a 44’ sharpie schooner. The 67” long model has shown good speed and acceleration but is tricky to sail in strong winds. Built of western red cedar her weight is 10 Ibs. launch as “A Classic 1939 Col Wild designed Cocktail Cabinet !’ A sign seen on a Podiatrist’s office Time wounds all heels. Go door: on, think about it ! Gone with the Wind Jack Ray of NSW, Australia (at right) a long term reader of this magazine, who died 16th December 2004. He sailed a Footy and loved his sailing immensely. Sympathy to his wife Bonnie and family. 1 must go down to the lonely pond under the big wide sky, / left my wet socks by the bench on a box and | wonder if they are dry Here’s to the Southern California schooner fleet (above) photo sent by Lloyd ~Swede’ Johnson seen at extreme right of the group (with his new and larger Pinky schooner to the one sent me). They are a happy and active bunch who sail mainly schooners. They don’t race but sail around a course checking the best elapsed time. In England there is a great revival in the Fiesta one-design boats started by my friend, WW reader David Swain. The photograph above right shows a healthy fleet at the 10th Anniversary for the class held in Oxford last October. The Fiesta numbers are now approaching 500. Photograph courtesy Marine Modelling International. The Fiesta’s are made by M and M Developments in Wales. www.mandm.gb.com is the M and M website. Earl Boebert (left) who edits and produces The Model Yacht Mexico with a in is New seen “Rip Tide’ free-sailing Marblehead at Kensington Round Pond on a visit to Britain. (Continued overleaf) (Continued from page 17) I never seem to tire of looking at the very beautiful Drommen of Wim Moonen of the Nether- lands shown at right. It is an impressive from a maker, talented model model- photographed by Hans Staal. In| Queensland, Australia, WW reader, Ron Fox has built a stylish looking brigantine, which according to Rick Mayes who often sails with him, “goes like the clappers “! boat is seen above on the wind. The Above – Birgitte built by Dennis Lake of Auckland (seen in the last issue) shown again, this time un- der sail at the Marine Modellers pool.East of the city. Dave Shull of Littleton, Colorado, USA built this lovely schooner Flegant Betrayal (at left) which is a Seader linecontrol boat – another form of model yachting not to be scoffed at. We are in contact and | am hopeful of doing a more detailed story on him and his boats December’s issue. in Since a whippet is a type of dog and the saying “sails like a dog’ is not a flattering phrase when linked to a sea vessel, Ron Rule of Auckland, New Zealand who built this English style smack is as brave and as game as they come ! Having said that however, Sea Whippet sails well, even if a bit over-canvassed when the wind is above the ‘moderate’ level of measurement. | could go further and say that the name is appropriate for this one, in that a whippet is a dog known to be speedy, and Ron is known for his speed of building sailing models ! Scouring the net Ron was so impressed with the lines of a smack and had found numerous varia- tions of the craft, from rig to hull and deck layout. Downloading a set of line drawings of the Colchester smack designed and built by Douglas Stone of Essex in 1909 off Roger Walker’s very informative website at With he set to work. Wanting a drier boat and being slightly narrower, for RC equip- Peace CK171 one of three the deck was raised 1”, and leaving the beam at the original scale, ment, Ron used ply strips faced with the challenge of creativity, and the freedom to construct what pleased him. 1Omm wide to plank the hull which once completed was coated wit access, Ron having no further plan other than the visual look was then He laid out ply frames on a kauri and q Hih of Stone’s surviving, smacks allowances for free movement and stretched the length slightly. stem the positioning inside with fibreglass resin. (Continued overleaf) 19 (Continued from page 19) Ron had read on the net that most of these smacks were built in their day with odd bits of timber, and whatever the shipyards had at their disposal at that time. That suited him. The angle on the rudder shaft required some working out, due to the of lack room available for the movement arc of the servo arm, and this was finally overcome with the use of model car steering knuckles of brass and plastic. The sail servo was a Hitec drum winch with 40lbs coated ss wire. Dave Querin WW All spars, the mast and the bowsprit are of stained fibreglass fishing rod, and Youngstown in Ohio, USA, He the bowsprit retracts in is a keen reader of from built this Sharpie schoo- ner seen above order to fit the boat fully rigged in the boot of his Launch day was windy but as Ron always says, he is not a patient chap, and by removing the topsail and one headsail, the performance was most pleasing. The hull is 36” long, beam 8”, total weight 11 Ibs. which he says he enjoys sailing immensely. He also has a skipjack but alas can find nobody in the state with similar model ideals. He is building up a fibreglass-hulled Malabar schooner as as a it is appropriate to say that like many of us, Dave is somewhat addicted to model yachts and the sailing of them. 20 well *Cheerio’ vintage Marblehead so The editor being somewhat ‘catty’ | have to admit, | had never heard of a catamaran with a rig made up of a mast on or closely situated to each hull, that was until reader, Auckland “Ancient Mariner’ Alex Bartlett enlightened me and finally produced this RC model version. Multihull followers may aware of the concept, and well be Alex wanted to build something ‘different’ and after talking to well known kiwi boat designer Jim Young, he decided to base the model on a Young “Typhoon’ hull on Wai- heke Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf such an 11.5 m cat (Flying Carpet) is indeed domiciled, and prowls the waters there on cruises. This design, then go non-conventional with regard to mast placement ie a mast on each hull. boat is seen on page 22, and in Australia there are several smaller boats (Continued overleaf) with such rigs ahd mast placement. 21 (Continued from page 21) Hull construction of the model was of 3mm marine ply on 4mm ply frames, the length overall 1,16Omm with a beam of 570mm The mast height is 900mm and al- though the model ‘looks right from scale pect’ a as- the editor tends to favour slightly taller masts which with the added sail area would improve the performance. The model however, has to fit into the owners car, (see inset pic above right). The mast and spars are model aeroplane aerofoil shape aluminium. create a The twin masts low centre of effort and avoid the risk of pitchpoling, making for a stable boat that goes very well given a nice wind. Alex’s workmanship standards are always very high and this catamaran might well inspire other ship model- lers to go multi-hulling !’ The boat is aptly named Duet which | personally think is a lovely name for a boat, but since the one disadvantage ward is that the model’s wind- sail sometimes blankets as such is not absolutely ideal—both singers should in a musical duet be singing the same ,“5° tune , at the same time ! 22 the leeward one, it means that the duet A, Wednesday 26th January this year, saw a fleet of thirteen Smeed de- Special medals were awarded and a Fleet Race was won by Merv Mor- signed Starlet yachts at Auckland’s Onepoto lake for their 2005 day of fun sail- gan sailing his Starlet Red Arrow. Roy Lake won _ the ing, and a programme of 4 events including a fleet race. It was their third annual a low key, gathering, fun event in the windling spirit. continues The to boat gain a moderate growth curve in the way of interest, particularly in) ‘Best Looking Starlet’ award for his boat Pud Auck- land. Under a cloudless sky, thirteen largest owners fleet of provided Starlets (above). the seen gathered (above) during the course of the days programme. A short course one boat at a time speed trial event saw Des Pittams sail his Moonlight to victory and this was followed by the “Tea Bag in a towed dinghy’ race The event was one of un-serious rac- won by Ron Rule sailing his ing lightened Starlet Golden Rule. with a friendly atmosphere deemed to have been enjoyable . (continued overleaf) 23 (Continued frompage 23) The hard chine Starlet was designed by Vic Smeed in 1966 for either RC or freesail and is a 34” long yacht. It Such intricate work, and so much of it, has resulted in Englishman, Mark came into prominence in the UK for its simplicity and speed of construc- Tindall’s magnificent model of HMS Bellona because of its increasing tion and formed the basis for many an introduction RC model yacht weight, now likely to be confined sailing. upon completion to a 7’ long glass case. It would have made for an incredible sight on the water, but as it grew it became plainly evident to Mark that he would be unable to lift it. Massive projects such as the Be//ona represented, consume vast hours of work and take years, often resulting in unforeseen developments and One of the quickest Starlet’s around in Auckland is Moonlight (owned, built and sailed by Des changes of plans. Pittams). Seen above in a downwind dash, In tandem with work completing the Bellona, Mark is now working on a smaller RC model of the Moonlight is usually expected to be in the list of events winners when the Ancient Mariners Starlet Victory that he can more fleet easily lift and transport to the pond. sails at Onepoto lake. “I don’t (Dennis 24 What can a man believe ? Well, It’s an unbelievably good book this one— ~/ sailed my model yacht around the world “% by the Mongolian born whadya know ! | read in 48 North, “research shows that Chinese sailors may have reached North America a thousand years before Christopher authoress and RC yachtswoman, Thenah Columbus!’. That’s a turn up for his- FynallyWokeup. It is tory, isn’t it 2? Oh well, someone after doing ‘research’ may soon be published by Bullpoop Books. telling us that a group of Thena Finalfy-Wokeup “Wagawagadebums from the Ama- zon were the very first to set foot in England ! The story will be, that five of them arrived by raft and landing a little way up The paradox of our time in history (writes George Carlin) is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers (and) wider freeways but narrower viewpoints. He also says. “We buy more but enjoy less”. «the Thames, and after stepping ashore the in mud, one ponced around dancing Izit or wuzit this one ? backwards “MA NAAM NAAM and_ shouted HEYAH GRA BITAAN ! ” Here is Courtesy Marine Modelling International a “AW, SHUCKS BEN, beautiful RC model the of JUST ONE MORE yacht DOWN-WIND LEG !” Britannia built and by Phil Anstiss of the UK, owned | like Bob Bitchin’s philosophy: Don’t dream your life… live your dreams ! He is Publisher/Editor of the photo Hans by Staal. Latitudes and attitudes cruising magazine, from which this is ‘borrowed’. Good publication too ! 25 She might have made rather an impressive RC sailing model, the iron-hulled barque Lady Flizabeth seen at sea (right) enroute to the Falkland Islands in the late 18OO’s. ting a large hole in her hull, as well as damaging her keel. She was later Built in Sunderland and measuring towed into Stanley Harbour. At- 223 feet she was launched on the tempts to make her seaworthy were 4th June 1879 and was to make sevabandoned whereupon she was coneral voyages to the Falkland Islands, demned and sold to the Falklands including one in 1889 when she deIslands Company along with her livered timber and cement needed valuable timber cargo for three thoufor the construction of the sand, three hundred and new cathedral in Stanley, “battered by fifty British Pounds. and wood for the Taber- gale f winds nacle church. The company had her southwest of the moored alongside East The Lady Elizabeth came to rest in Stanley in 1913, horn’ Jetty for three years as a timber warehouse, later moving her to a mooring in the harbour where she remained until 17th February 1936 when she broke her her voyage from Vancouver to Delagos Bay in Mozambique while carrying Oregon pine cut short due to weather bad moorings in a storm around Cape and drifted to her Horn. This had present location in Whalebone Cove at resulted in deck cargo and four the east end of men being washed Stanley Harbour, overboard, and where the mounshe limped into tainous Both photos courtesy Stanley Museum Berkeley Sound. landscape Then on the approach to Stanley serves as an imposing back3”: drop. Harbour, the ship struck a rock put&€ 26 If WW were to close, I, Abel wouldjust sail up the Ning Nang Nong, (where the cows go Bong according to Spike Milligan). How about something slow, radical and downright ‘different’, like a shantyboat (ideal ‘Ning for Nang Nonging’) ? Don’t know who built it (someone in the USA p raps) but Coming in the next issue, a story on the HMS Killingworth (above) built in Britain by Brian Clark. “Can we talk about the weather, or theview, or about Eng- land, … instead of you know what ?” (Model by John Trew) one thing is certain, it is a model sailboat. Not fer speed or recordbreaking, eh – ~ceptin the award fer the longest time to reach anywhere ? ‘The smaller you build the more fiddly it gets, the more swear words are uttered (I know !) the more pinching of fingers then the finger sore ’s linger the less mode! at build-end to show.’ Tony King Surrey ain in has of Brit- built the lovely barque called Fiddlers Green seen at right. Photo above) “Well, it had a bit of a dizzy spell…ships vertigo one could call it”. (Courtesy of cel Winter windling duo Reader Dave Querin and “Frosty’ in the Ohio snow. Photograph taken by Pam Querin (Dave and Sue’s daughter) ( WINDLING WORLD ) Thrice yearly non-profit Specialist magazine available _ on subscription only. Publisner/ Editor Mark Steele ‘Keepers of the spirit of windling’ Ken impey, Tony Searle, Barry Gibson, Stuart Broome, Andrew Charters, : Mark Steele. Edttorial Address: 22 Vanderbilt Parade, New Zealand’s non-profit ‘model yachting for fun, relaxation and friendship’ thrice yearly magazine Brookfield Park, Albany, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Phone / Fax: 0064-9-414 4401 amail: windlingworld @ xtra.co.nz