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The Model Yacht: Volume 3, Number 1 – Spring 1999

Vintage M Coordinator Report.
Vintage Northwest.
Daisy: History and development of vane steered cutter.
Old A Boat to Be Sailing Soon.
Sailing Spreckels Lake.
Camelot East Regatta a Great Success.
Book Review. Sunday Sailors. A Beginners Guide to Pond Boats and Model Yachting Until the 1950’s (Don Kihlstrom).
A Few Comments on Jibs.
The Ancient Mariner Answers Your Questions
Speed Rigging (Braine steering)
Vane steered free sail boats

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The Model Yacht: Volume 2, Number 3 – Winter 1998/99

We Attend Christchurch’s 100th.
Vintage Northwest.
Features of an “ideal” Pond Boat.
Magic – Dedicated to All Model Yacht Wives.
This Old Pilot Schooner. by Harry Mote
Vintage Marblehead Coordinators Report.
How Smooth Does Your Bottom Have to Be?
The Ancient Mariner Answers Design Questions
Sailboat Lifter/Launcher.
Book Review. Pond Models – Some Simple Thoughts on Building and Sailing Them (M. de Lesseps).
A Simple Self Tacking Vane.

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The Model Yacht: Volume 2, Number 1 – Spring 1998

Book Review – Model Sailing Yachts by W. J. Daniels and H. B.  Tucker (1951).
Traditional Sailing Craft/Scale Model Regatta.
More on Rudders and Flaps.
The San Francisco Model Yacht Club – Model Yachting in California.
History of San Francisco Model Yacht Club.
A Profile of Don R. Lyon.
Stop Burning Your Fingers.
Silver Soldering.
Swaged Fittings for Model Yachts.
A Twenty-Five-inch Sailing Sloop

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