The Model Yacht: Volume 8, Number 3 – Winter 2004-2005

Porty.
A Model of Dodge.
Ben Bow.
Yacht Sails.
The Vintage 36-in Class.
Whirlwind Jr.

Porty.
A Model of Dodge.
Ben Bow.
Yacht Sails.
The Vintage 36-in Class.
Whirlwind Jr.

Constitution.
A Pinky Schooner Comes to Auckland.
Brian Cuthbert’s Schooner Emily.

2004 National Regatta Report.
Satanita.
Donald Duck.
An Inexpensive Bench Block.
Thermopylae: A Sailing Model Clipper Ship.

Maggie of Marakahna.
A Maker of Elegant Ship Models.
A truly Magnificent Pamir.
A Baeley Large and a Bawley Small.
A Brigantine to Delight the Beholder’s Eye.
Old Gaffers on an England River.
Katrina, A Southern Lady.

The Keel Catboat Dodge.
Model Yachts: How to Design and Build Them.

This is the earliest comprehensive treatment of model yachting that we have encountered. It comes from the English journal Amateur Work, a Victorian periodical with articles on arts, crafts, and some truly frightening electric devices. The article is interesting, and typical for its age, in the way it combines rules of thumb with engineering calculation.

Where There’s a Will There’s a Way.
Different as Chalk and Cheese.
A Canadian Schooner.
About as Nearest to an Affordable Sex Object You’ll Get. T
From the Days of Tales of Hornblower, to the Creation of One-Off Works of Art.
A Starlet Occasion.

2004 Museum of Model Yachting Activities.
Yankee III Update.
R/C Vintage Marblehead (VM) Ratings Rules.
Simple Model Yacht Theory.
Snipe Junior.
Modified “R” Class plan that meets VM class rule

Jaunty A Sharp Looking Sharpie.
Seven Measures of Witchcraft.
Downunda and Under the Queensland Sun.
Builders of Britain’s Fastest Model Yachts.
Pride of Monterey. Roy Lake’s four-masted schooner.
Skipjacks.
Of Windling and Non Windling Readers, Wives, and Friends.