Simplified Model Yacht for Racing in the “50-800” Class

This article was published in Popular Science March 1939 issue on page 164. It is available to read through Google Books.

by Bernhard Fishler

[Marbleheads] usually take a considerable time to build, but the writer has designed a V-bottom model that conforms to all regulations yet is much easier to construct than the hollowed-out, round-bottom type. The hull is assembled in a novel manner …

The author describes, and provides plans for, a 50-in hard chine hull that can be built with plywood.