Model Maker: Volume 9, Issue 100 – March 1959

New Life for an Old 10-Rater

New Life for an Old 10-Rater

Model Yacht Design – Key Insights
Designing is both art and science
Success requires creative skill plus knowledge of technical principles.

Bluefin – An Interesting New Ten-Rater Design

Sea Mew – First Serious Catamaran Model Design
Lessons from Sceptre (America’s Cup Failure)

Radio Control for Yachts – Part Two
Championship Regattas – Declining Entries

A-Class Championship (1958)
Article on radio control for yachts introduced a vane-operated servo

Thames Ship Model Rally – Kensington Gardens (July 6, 1958)
Hull Design Debate – Lt. Col. C.E. Bowden
Impressions of Sceptre – America’s Cup Challenger

Hull Balance in Model and Full-Size Yachts
New Ten-Rater Design – “Six-Five”
Adjustable Forestay Fitting
National Six-Metre Championship (1958)

10-Rater Championship (1958)
Poole Radio-Control Regatta
Model Maker Trophy – Marblehead Class
Design Insight – Effect of Balance