Details on technical instructions for fitting and rigging a model yacht, including diagrams for components like gaff jaws and bowsprits. The text also includes news and event updates from the Sheerness Conservative Model Yacht Club and the Bristol Model Yacht Club, outlining race results and class rules for the upcoming season
The Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician serves as a technical and community retrospective on the state of model yachting at the turn of the century. The writing captures a period where model yachting was transitioning from a casual pastime into a sophisticated, regulated sport with standardized engineering principles.
Model Yachting Supplement. In introducing to our readers this Model Yachting Supplement, we are making an experiment, the success of which depends almost entirely on the way in which our efforts are supported by those for whom we are endeavouring to cater in this section of our journal.
Model Yacht Racing Union of North America: Model yachtsmen established a formal Union to standardize designing, sailing, and racing.
Governance: Managed by a council of seven, the Union elected Com. E. Flynt as Chairman and George F. Pigott as Secretary.
Structure: Open to all recognized North American clubs, with powers primarily advisory until ratified by two-thirds of member clubs.
AMERICAN MODEL Y. C.—Forest and Stream Exhibit
A Treatise on the Construction, Rigging & Handling of Model Yachts, Ships & Steamers with Remarks on Cruising & Racing Yachts and the Management of Open Boats, also lines for various models and a cutter yacht.
American Model Yacht Club - A period of high competitive activity and administrative transition.
Outing Trophy Race: The first challenge for the Outing trophy took place between the yachts Dolphin (defender) and Wave (challenger).
AMYC Season Opener: Held on May 30 from the club's new salt-water station, the races were hampered by measurement delays and a faulty measuring tank.
Perpetual Challenge Trophy: A formal challenge from the Wave Crest Model Yacht Club was received for the AMYC Perpetual Challenge Trophy. The challenger, a 43-inch yacht named Ripple, prompted the AMYC to schedule trial races to select a worthy defender.
Revised Articles of Agreement and Sailing Regulations for the American Model Yacht Club (AMYC) Perpetual Challenge Trophy, finalized in late 1894 and early 1895.
Trophy Purpose: Established to stimulate the scientific design, building, and sailing of model yachts to determine the relative merits of different forms regarding speed and seaworthiness.
Eligibility & Challenges
Technical Specifications
Measurement & Handicap
Racing Rules
For the Last Time.
South Shields Model Yacht Club.
Glasgow—10-Rating Inter-Club Match.
American Model Yachting.
Measurement.
The Formula L×B×D.
Rating Rules Discussion.
How to Make a Sail that Stands Flat.
Impressions du Voyage.
