Turnbuckles and Bottle Screws
A turnbuckle, strictly speaking, has two threads, one right-hand and one left-hand. A bottle screw has one. Most people use the term “turnbuckle” for both.
Chuck Lage
Traditional Model Yacht Design
Moore was a naval architect and this work captures the state of model yacht design in the 1920s.
Theoretical Vane Setting
Most of us set the vane hit or miss; some adjust it according to the actual wind direction, and wonder why the boat refuses to steer the course desired. A few skippers have discovered the principle that a boat does not sail on the true wind, that is, the wind shown by the wind-sock or flag.
The Design of Model Yacht Sails
Surprisingly little has been written about the designing and effect of sail-plans as applied to yachts, but periodic fashions in sails seem to come and go, and each in turn is hailed as the best yet.
The Spinnaker
The proper use of a spinnaker adds speed and steadiness to a model yacht when running before the wind, and may also be used on a broad reach.
Sail Plans: Dimensioned and Balanced for the Marblehead Class Model Racing Yacht
Here in Wisconsin, where skippers frequently encounter high wind velocities during the course of our model yacht racing season, it is almost essential that our craft be equipped with first, second, and even third suits of sails, while the hulls themselves remain of such a design as to be driven easily on those days when the winds are light. This situation compels may of us to make more than a casual study of our sail requirements.
Sails by Walter K. Moss
The sailing qualities, speed, and control of your model are dependent on good sails.
The Marblehead 50/800 Class
Model yachting has been growing in this country slowly but surely for a good many years, but since the introduction of the Marblehead 50/800 Class it has gone ahead by leaps and bounds.
The First Radio-Controlled Model Sailing Yacht
On the 10th of September 1934, the Boston Traveler printed this picture (Fig. 1) under the headline “Radio Controlled Boat Operated by Pressing Button in Box Ashore” The story began:
It was no less than sheer wizardry.