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The Model Craftsman: Volume 7, Issue 5 – October 1938
Another writes that I should render reports like court records—seventy five write they enjoy the fun. Majority rules skippers—and anyway, I couldn’t be serious long enough to dot “I.” Life is too sad for the saddists.
Me—I prefer to laugh, even at my own pests—so if I step on your toes, well, it’s all in fun.


The Model Craftsman: Volume 7, Issue 4 – September 1938
A great many people are very interested in watching model yacht races and would love to possess a model and take part in this fascinating sport, but the thought of
building a model seems to scare them;
they imagine it is far beyond their constructive powers.


The Model Craftsman: Volume 7, Issue 3 – August 1938
And still skippers continue to fall overboard! At the Deeper Hudson M.Y.C. picnic-race on June 5th, two members went “in the drink.”


The Model Craftsman: Volume 7, Issue 2 – July 1938
Get a yachting picture, for the July cover,” said the editor. Well, this model yachting business was something new to me. It was a hobby I had never become well acquainted with, but one that I have always
wanted to learn about. Knowing that two clubs sail on Clove Lake in nearby Staten Island every Saturday, I decided that Staten Island was the place to go.

