- Plans of a Class R Model Racing Yacht. Since the adoption, a year ago, by the Model Yacht Racing Association of America of the R Class, Universal Rule, with: the boats built to a scale of 1 inches to the foot, this size model has become very popular in certain sections of the. country, especially around Boston.
76 ok Yachting July, 1927 tee Plans of a Class R Model Racing Yacht INCE the adoption, a year ago, by the Model Yacht Racing Association of America of the R_ Class, Universal Rule, with: the boats built to a scale of 1% inches to the foot, this size model has become very popular in certain sections of the. country, especially around Boston. The boats built to this class are somewhat smaller than the B and C Classes, Association Rules; hence they are easier to transport and not as much work to build. In Lines of an R Class model yacht, designed by F. G. Smith. addition to this, plans of Class R boats are easier to procure, as many large yachts are built to this class whose plans may be used. The boats have been raced with great success, although in a hard breeze they need to be fitted with a smaller rig than is carried in light to moderate winds. * The accompanying plans are of a boat for this class. They were drawn by Frank G. Smith, an amateur designer, of Waterbury, Conn., and show an excellent model, which should prove fast and be easily handled. The general dimensions are: |.0.a., 5734” (a nice size to handle); l.w.1., 3714”; beam, 1114”; draft, 854’; displacement, 23.9 lbs., or 661 cu. in. The quarter-beam length is 35.625”, and she incurs only a slight penalty.of .21’ in this dimension. The sail area is 1334 sq. in. She rates 3.20 with normal displacement and rule sail area. With actual sail area she will rate 28.5. This boat would be an excellent type to build for anyone wanting a craft of moderate size. Arrangements could c probably be made with the designer for blue prints. His address is 73 Woodside Ave., Waterbury, Conn. r ~~ fn linn | oni tO. y. fs | es ate i .As we go to press, arrangements are being completed for the series of elimination races to be sailed on Mystic Lake, West Medford, Mass., to pick an American representative for the international model race at Gosport, England. A number of entries have been received, including one from John Black, of Bostonia II, a likely looking contender. Whatever American representative is chosen will sail for Englard the middle of July. ‘ \ IT te me aaa . o —— j mon: 3 _— \ A | i eet ye a — fog oa 570″ SF “a on Smpemmemat Ch 320 4 ta a aS ee by — Ask Me Another! 1. Where and when was held the first international yacht race in QMS which an American yacht competed? 2. Was the cup, now known as the “ America’s Cup,” won at Cowes on August 22, 1851, by the America, put up by Queen Victoria and was it originally a challenge cup? 3. Had this race been sailed ‘‘on time allowance” (then in vogue) instead of ‘“‘boat for boat”’ would America still have won? . When and where was our oldest existing yacht club organized? . Was this the first American yacht club ever organized? . When was the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, now known as the ‘America’s Cup,” and won by America in 1851, offered to the New York Yacht Club as a perpetual international challenge cup? ~~! . When was it first raced for as a challenge cup and what was the name of the challenging yacht? 8. What two men served seven consecutive years as commodore of the New York Yacht Club? 9. What was the name of John C. Stevens’ most famous yacht? 10. Where was the original New York Yacht Club located and where may it be seen today? 11. When was the first New York Yacht Club cruise held and what was its objective point? 12. What club ran the first regatta in America and when and where was it held? 13. What celebrated American yacht was at one time renamed Camilla, later serving as a blockade runner under the name of Memphis, and eventually regaining her original name? 14. In what season of the year did the celebrated Henrietta- Vesta- Fleetwing trans-Atlantic race take place, and under what rigs? 15. Was Sappho victorious in her race against Cambria and others, A new Class R yacht for ‘the West Coast. Heather, designed by Edson B. Schock for Al Christie. around the Isle of Wight in 1868? 16. How did she compare with Cambria the following year and why? Answers will be found on page 112.
