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Model Boats: Volume 26, Issue 305 – June 1976

AFRIT A 41.75lb. 54in. w.l. ‘A’ Class design by Vic Smeed
R/C Yacht Checks plus care of nicad cells A useful paper produced by Central Park M.Y.C. “Glitch Committee”
Polyurethane Buoyancy Foam A little experiment and calculation can save time, money, and damage, says A. Burley
RMs-how much should they weigh? Bob Jeffries details weights of his models
PACEMAKER Continuing the building of Nylet’s R10R Kit Part Five

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Model Boats: Volume 26, Issue 303 – April 1976

POOLE'S 25th ANNIVERSARY Trevor Reece talks about the club and covers points about radio yachting in general
PULSAR A new 10-rater design specifically for radio, by the most experienced designer in the class, John Lewis
RADIO CONTROL YACHT RACING Concluding Charles Brazier’s guide to the rules. The reader is Red and Charles Blue.
PACEMAKER Resuming the construction of a radio-controlled 10-rater yacht from the Nylet kit.
Readers Write....

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Model Boats: Volume 26, Issue 301 – February 1976

Lightweight Marbleheads for R/c? Gosport and Washington races point in different directions, say Larry and Niel Goodrich of Central Park MYC
RADIO CONTROL YACHT RACING Charles Brazier first wrote these beginners’ notes for the M.Y.A. in 1965. Now, updated,
Pacemaker Building the Nylet radio 10-rater kit. These notes apply to all ‘open top” g.r.p. hulls
ARTHUR JOHN GORDON LEVISON A tribute by Norman Hatfield, Vice-Chairman, M.Y.A.

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Model Boats: Volume 25, Issue 299 – December 1975

In the Tideway Twenty-five continuous years
RADIO CONTROL YACHT RACING TACTICS Working to Windward by Larry and Niel Goodrich, Central Park MYC
CAIR ANDROS A 63 in. glass fibre model of a possible full-size ketch-rigged cruiser Part Three (conclusion) BY JOHN GIFFORD
Round the Regattas including some late ones held over from the last issue

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 25, Issue 299 – December 1975

Model Boats: Volume 25, Issue 298 – November 1975

IN THE TIDEWAY
PLAYAWAY An attractive and proved 36in. Restricted class yacht which is simple to build and sail BY CHRIS JACKSON
International R/C Yacht Championships at Gosport
A SIMPLE TELLTALE A PLUS FOR R/C RACING By Larry Goodrich, Trustee, Central Park M.Y.C., U.S.A.
The construction of a glass fibre sailing model of a possible full-size ketch-rigged cruiser Part Two BY JOHN GIFFORD

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