Model yachtsmen are enthusiastic about the sport of charting new and interesting courses of activity. Unhampered by rules and regulations they are finding new zest in fields other than pure class racing.
Of course keel bolts are made of metal,
and they support the ballast, so-o-o, the
Ex. Com. turned it down.
Big news of the month in Model Yachting is that the SPORT is awakening from its winter nap with a vigor almost equal to that of peace-time.
Model yachtsmen everywhere have been gloomily prophesying a decline in model yachting since the start of the war. But a more optimistic viewpoint develops when one analyzes the situation.
Designs must reach the office of
the President before December 30,
1941. Three blueprints of each design
are to be submitted, each carrying the
designer’s identification symbols or the
name of the yacht, but no signature.
Recently, in the annual meeting of
M.Y.R.A.A., we have had an example
of the proper settlement of conflicting
opinions and divergent desires, in an
American way.
In 1940, Charles Simpson suggested to
the writer that a self-tacking vane might
be linked in some manner with a counterbalance mounted on the vane assembly.
The outer edge of the frames may be
perfectly bevelled with a batten about
3/4" wide and two or three feet long, to
which a strip of garnet-paper or garnet cloth has been glued.
July 19, 1921, the Model Yacht Racing
Association of America was organized.
At that time, the classes were A-B-C-D
classes. After the race with Mr. Daniels,
the A class was adopted, which has
eliminated the foregoing classes and did
much to develop the interest in this
country.
