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Model Boats: Volume 21, Issue 241 – January 1971

Racing Model Yacht Construction Part Eight- Method Two of casting a keel lead, this time in two halves, with moulding sand By C. R. Griffin
SQUARE ONE Fred Shepherd s ultra-simple 36 in. Restricted yacht, performance belies the somewhat stark simplicity
‘Lateral Control’ J. D’Oyly Wright discusses experiments and observations with scale sailing model keels. Part 2

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Model Boats: Volume 20, Issue 240 – December 1970

1970 Model Maker Trophy Twenty-two Marbleheads from fourteen clubs make a day of it at Hove Lagoon on 11th October
‘‘Lateral Control’’ J. D’Oyly Wright (remember his remarkable sailing conversions of plastic clipper kits?) discusses the effects of various keel appendages on the performance of scale sailing models.
RACING MODEL YACHT CONSTRUCTION IN PART SEVEN OF THIS SERIES C. GRIFFIN TALKS ABOUT ONE METHOD OF CASTING KEELS

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