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Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 286 – November 1974

In the Tideway
The first M.Y.A. RM National Championship run by Guildford M.Y.C. at Elstead September 21/22. REPORT BY ROGER STOLLERY
‘Round Hulls’ in Wood A slightly different way to build a modern shape of Marblehead tried by the Editor.
1974 36in. Restricted Championships Report by Chris Jackson Photos by Chris Williams
R/C MODEL YACHT RACING AT FLEETWOOD George Burgess contributes a pre-championship report

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 286 – November 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 285 – October 1974

1974 BRITISH OPEN AND INTERNATIONAL ‘A’ CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS Gosport, Aug. 4-11
1974 BRITISH MARBLEHEAD CHAMPIONSHIPS August Bank Holiday at Birkenhead Reported by Joyce Roberts.
The International Model Yacht Racing Union Annual General Meeting Gosport, August 6
Introducing Two more personalities. Remember that the Editor reserves the right to (and does!) add comments.

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 285 – October 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 284 – September 1974

WING DING From Australia comes an account of an experimental R/C M. is it the first, and could it be registered? Designer/ builder T. D. Seabrook would like to know!
Two Years a Winner Mike Harris provides the story of ‘Krakatoa’, the 10-rater yacht which won the 1973 and 1974 National Championships.
MOONRAKER Concluding our notes on building up the Marblehead Yacht available in Kit form from Nylet Ltd.

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 284 – September 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 283 – August 1974

Wishbone schooner Argus A 55 in. R/C model enlarged and modified from plan MM405 By B. P. FLYNN of Co. Dublin
INTRODUCING...
1974 MODEL MAKER TROPHY Hove, June 8/9 Rain and very variable winds did not detract from a very enjoyable race Reported by the O.0.D. Roger Stollery who also took the pictures
LIGHTFOOT A 57 in. w.l|. 43.9 Ib. ‘A’ class design by G. K. Collyer (Accompanying notes based on correspondence over the past months with the designer)
GENIE Part 8. We don’t usually write up a boat which came over halfway down in a race, but builders may learn something!
1974 10-rater Championships Fleetwood, May 25-27 Report compiled from notes by 0O.O.D. Derek Priestley with additions by Joyce Roberts.
Round the Regattas

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 283 – August 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 282 – July 1974

In the Tideway
A Proportional Sail Winch Mechanism An easily-made switching device, ingeniously simple, which is completely reliable By Norman Curtis
MOONRAKER II We build up one of Nylet Ltd.’s kits for a Marblehead class radio yacht — Part Two
GENIE Part 7 of Vic Smeed’s ultra-simple Marblehead class yacht for vane or radio-control sailing.
ULTIMA THULE When Andrew Rutter of Seahouses saw his barque photographed on our March cover, he sent in the following account of how he came to build the model.
POSTSCRIPT TO ‘R/C YACHTING IN THE U.S.A.’ by Lawrence V. Goodrich (secretary, Model Yacht Racing Assoc. of America)

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 282 – July 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 281 – June 1974

In the Tideway
SAIL FOIL A simple but exciting little sailing hydrofoil which will certainly prove a crowd-puller By F. MACCLAY
KIA KIA A 54in. w.l|. 53.7Ib. design which won the last Australian ‘A’ Class Championship By D. V. Billing
1974 MARBLEHEAD NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Witton Lakes, Birmingham April 13-14
MOONRAKER A two-part article on building the first all-British Marblehead kit, marketed for radio control by Nylet Ltd.
R/C YACHTING IN BRITAIN Now that radio yachts are ‘off the ground’ in Britain, M.Y.A. Radio Secretary Norman Hatfield feels that a look back is instructive.
Sail-in at Holme Pierrepoint By Mike Harris, Midiand District Councillor, tells something of the real frostbiter experienced.
GENIE Part 6 of Vic Smeed’s ultra-simple Marblehead class yacht for vane or radio-control sailing.

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Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 280 – May 1974

An 18.5 lb M which sailed off for first place in the 1972 Australian Championship. By D. V. Billing
R/C Yachting in the U.S.A. In Part Three Laurence V. Goodrich concludes his review of the experiences of the Eastern Division of the Model Yacht Racing Association of America in R/C.
GENIE Part 5 of Vic Smeed’s ultra-simple Marblehead class yacht for vane or radio-control sailing.
Sail Aerodynamics Graham Bantock ciarifies one or two woolly bits in previous aerodynamic articles

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 280 – May 1974

Model Boats: Volume 24, Issue 279 – April 1974

In the Tideway
R/C YACHTING IN THE U.S.A. Part Two of Laurance V. Goodrich’s account of the ‘experiences of the Eastern Division, Model Yacht Racing Association of America, in ‘marrying’ radio yachts to well-established vane clubs.
RANGER Winner of the Australian 10-rater Championship, Sept. 1973. By D. V. Billing
GENIE Part 4 of Vic Smeed‘s ultra-simple Marblehead class yacht for vane or radio-control sailing.

Read MoreModel Boats: Volume 24, Issue 279 – April 1974