No matter how good your model racing yacht, it cannot do its best without properly made sails. Here we tell you how to select the proper material, how to cut, hem and reinforce the sails for the popular 50-800 Class model yacht.
Editorial
Weather Lore. Arthur Johnston
Ships’ Anchors. A. P. Isard
The Engine Room. J. Vines
Petrol Engine and Hydroplane Topics. J. B. Innocent
A balanced boat is one which will hold its course and also attain a good speed with the sails closely sheeted, when beating into, and about 4 points off the wind.
By 1936, the sport had reached such a high level of organization that John Black traveled to the Berlin Olympics as a "Foreign Diplomat." The Goal: To have model yacht racing officially adopted into the Olympic Games. Outcome: Germany constructed a special floating basin for the event, and the article optimistically predicts that model yachting would join the Olympics for the first time in 1940.
Editorial
How to Make a Hollow Mast
London R.N.V.R. Navy Week, 1937
Ships’ Armaments
Notes on a Model Destroyer (continuation)
M.P.B.A. Regatta at Brockwell Park
Round the Pole
Petrol Engine and Hydroplane Topics
General Hints for Model Yachting (continued)
Schooner of 104 Tons (Design Feature)
The most active season in the history of American Model Yachting is now in full sway.
Editorial
Measuring the 36-in. Restricted Class
General Hints for Beginners in Model Yachting
Ships’ Armaments
Televizing Model Yachting
Notes on a Model Destroyer
Petrol Engine and Hydroplane Topics
A Leith–London Smack (174 Tons)
How to Make a Hollow Mast
The M.P.B.A. International Regatta
National 10-Rater Championship
Saltcoats Coronation Regatta
American News
Model Yachts at the Crystal Palace
The Weight of Wind
Editorial
Drafting a Design
Ships’ Armaments
Notes on a Model Destroyer (continuation)
Petrol Engine and Hydroplane Topics
General Hints for Beginners in Model Yachting
A Leith–London Smack (174 Tons)
How to Make a Hollow Mast
National 10-Rater Championship
Club News and Races
American News
Canadian Notes
Model Yachts – The Schooner “America”
Merchant Navy Week
