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The Model Yachtsman: Volume 3, Number 5 – August 1930

Editorial
A Short History of International Model Yacht Racing
Gosport Regatta and 1930 Championship Preview
Why I Think “Shamrock V” Will Win the America’s Cup
The Yorkshire Coble (continued)
“The Edwin Fox”
A Miniature Sailing Model of a Topsail Schooner
An Afternoon’s Sport
Hydroplanes—Model and Prototype
Keel Forms (Correspondence)
London Jottings
In the Midlands
North‑West and Northern Club News
In the West Country
Scottish Page
Canadian News
Model Yachtsman Designing Competition – “Boojum” (6‑Metre)

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The Model Yachtsman: Volume 3, Number 4 – July 1930

Model Yacht Race at Calcutta
A Short History of International Model Yacht Racing
The Gosport Regatta (Preview)
The Glenham Cup Race
The Yorkshire Coble – Part I
The Yorkshire Coble – Part II
Tyneside Steam Launches
Our Design: Cross‑Channel Steamer
The Model Yachting Association’s Eastbourne Cup Regatta
The Model Yachting Association’s Gosport Regatta Fund
Model Battle Cruiser “Renown”
An Afternoon’s Sport
A New Line of Model Yachts
London Jottings
East Anglian Notes
Southern Notes
Scottish Page
Canadian News
Correspondence: Wireless Control and Design Theory
With the Power Boat Clubs

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The Model Craftsman: Volume ?, Issue ? – 1930’s Miscellaneous Articles

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. Never since model yachts have been sailed has a class met with such instant favor and popularity as this class has. Originated in the Marblehead Model -Yacht Club it is now
built and raced in nearly every club in the country,

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The Model Yachtsman: Volume 3, Number 3 – June 1930

Steering Gears for Small Models
The Model Steam Tug “Penvornia” (continued)
The “Wade” Cup for Six Metres
The Bradford Cup for the International A‑Class
The London 10‑Rater Association’s Regatta
The Burgees of Some Scottish Model Yacht Clubs
A Miniature Model of the “Santa Maria”
East Anglian News
In the Midlands
London Jottings
Southern Notes
Model Yachting in France
Our Scottish Page
Wireless Control for Model Power Boats
By the Lakeside
Beauty of Form (Correspondence)
Model Power Boats – Book Review

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The Model Yachtsman: Volume 3, Number 1 – April 1930

Editorial
The Model Yachtsman’s Easter Holiday Diary
Some Modern Tendencies in Model Yacht Design
The America’s Cup Races (Model Perspective)
The Glenham Cup (Preview)
Bassett‑Lowke Catalogue Review
The Burgees of Some Scottish Model Yacht Clubs
Some Power‑Boat Experiences
London Jottings
South London M.Y.C. Notes
Y.M. Six‑Metre Owners’ Association
National Junior League
In the Midlands
North of England Notes
Our Scottish Page
With the Power Boat Association
A Model Motor Cruiser
Correspondence

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The Model Yachtsman: Volume 2, Number 12 – March 1930

Editorial
Annual General Meeting of the Model Yachting Association
An Open Letter from the Retiring Chairman
A Letter from the New Chairman of the M.Y.A.
Two Ships and a Five‑Masted Schooner
The S.Y. “Turbinia”: Historical Notes and a Model Design
National 10‑Rater Championship (Announcement)
London Jottings
The Glenham Cup (Presentation and Arrangements)
North of England Notes
In the Midlands
Southern Notes
Prospects of a Canadian Entry at Gosport
News from Canada
With the Model Power Boat Association
Model Power Boats at the Daily Mail Schoolboys’ Exhibition
Our Scottish Page: The Shire Association
Correspondence: An Improved Sheet Fastener

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