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Model Boats: Volume 21, Issue 249 – September 1971

In the Tideway
TORNADO 58 in. l.o.a., 55 in. w.l. free-lance radio-controlled yacht BY C. S. GOULD
Racing Model Yacht Construction Part 15 For this month’s instalment, Sailmaking, Roy Griffin temporarily hands over to George Clark, well-known for good sails
‘Shortbow’ The late Stan Witty’s adaptation of his popular Marblehead ‘Longbow’ to the 1/2M or MM 25 in. class. By courtesy of L. Conner

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Model Boats: Volume 21, Issue 248 – August 1971

Marblehead Championship Gosport May 29-31 Reported by Fred Shepherd
RACING MODEL YACHT CONSTRUCTION VANE FEATHERS, SYNCHRONOUS SHEETING, AND SPINNAKERS BY C. R. GRIFFIN PART FOURTEEN
1970,36 in. Restricted Championship Bournville, June 13th
R/C Yachting in the U.S.A. Correspondents provide some interesting background to the fast-growing U.S. radio control sail world

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Model Boats: Volume 21, Issue 245 – May 1971

Racing Model Yacht Construction Part Eleven By C. R. Griffin Erection of mast, horses, rudder and deck fittings, spinnaker boom, etc.
One Man’s Models Reader John McCloskey sends a couple of snaps of recent work
10-RATER "CRACKER" John LEWIS MAKES A WELCOME RETURN TO ADVANCED 10-RATER DESIGN
Building the GRAUPNER ‘OPTIMIST’ Bob Jeffries writes a two-part report on building and sailing this 41 in. R/C model yacht

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Model Boats: Volume 21, Issue 244 – April 1971

In the Tideway
Simple Moving Carriage Vane Gear Built without elaborate tools by T. H. Crawford
Some Observations on Radio Controlled Yachts By American reader Frank D. Kelley
A LIGHTWEIGHT ‘A’ CLASS BOAT BY A LEADING AMERICAN YACHT MINI A by G. Fuller
R/C Yachting with Metro Marine Modellers By D. A. Eason
TEST BENCH
“Square One” Sailmaking Making sails with mode materials is very much easier than it used to be. Fred Shepherd gives the procedure in concluding his note on his simple 36 in. Restricted design

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