Windling World: April 2001

Goddess of Mercy.
On A Ripple and a Breeze.
Thistle - A Gaff Cutter of Classic 1898 Lines.
A Warship To Windle With, HMS Invincible.
The “R Tucker T” Man Builds a Billing Collin Archer.

Goddess of Mercy.
On A Ripple and a Breeze.
Thistle - A Gaff Cutter of Classic 1898 Lines.
A Warship To Windle With, HMS Invincible.
The “R Tucker T” Man Builds a Billing Collin Archer.

More Six-Foot Schooners.
Atlantic – The Schooner yacht as a Model.
The Search for the Sydney Model Yacht Continues.
Make Shavings, Not Sawdust.
Yankee Jr. John Black’s Lost Design.

This report doesn't deal with specific rule changes, but it discusses the interesting concept of assigning boats to the Traditional or High Flyer division based on properties of the boat rather than relying strictly on the design year because that is often unknown or murky.

Dorade – The Sailing Yawl.
Vintage Marblehead Coordinator Report.
The International A Class in the United States.
The Braine Steering Gear.
Gyeing The Model Yacht.
Free Sailing in the Radio Age.


The Second Annual San Francisco Marblehead Invitational Regatta.
Vintage Marblehead Coordinator’s Report.
2000 Vintage M Regatta Report.
Traditional Sailing Craft Scale Model Regatta Report.
Spring Lake Open Attracts 11 Marbleheads.
Scaling Laws.
The Masthead Fly.
In Search of the Sydney Model Yacht.
Sailing Spreckles Lake.
The Lateral Plane of Model Yachts.

Summer’s End Free Sailing.
The Winds of Fothergill.
The John R Manta, A Whaler From Florida.
Ariel and Antares.
Inis Fraoi – An Irish Coaster.
Of the Barques Passat and Pamir.
A Model of Cariad Sails In Auklund.
Another Adventure for an Ocean-Pounding A Class Boat.

Six Foot Schooners.
Model Yacht Outreach.
Never Trust a Blueprint.
The Ancient Mariner Speaks.
The Model Sailing Yachts of Franklin Bassford.

This report discusses more suggested changes to the rule including the use of modern materials and fiberglass hulls. It reviews and discusses nine proposed changes and gives their approval status.