Estimating the Year of Manufacture of a Boat: Jacrim, Keystone, Seaworthy
This is a timeline of boat properties that you can use to figure out the manufacture date of your treasure.
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Modeling a Historic Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe
John details the difficulties designing and building a model of the log canoe Magic, an unballasted, over-canvassed open boat.
The 1955 US A Class Championship Boat Magic
n 1955, after 10 years of studying the conditions at the Fleetwood site in England, the late Frank Stout of San Mateo CA designed and built an A Class boat named Magic, optimized for the heavy air typical at Fleetwood.
Get Your Boy One (For Yourself)
Boucher Inc. was more than just a “toy” manufacturer; their model boats were beautifully engineered, wonderfully crafted, and awfully expensive for the time.
Restoration of an Early A Boat
John walks us through the details of restoring a disintegrating old A Boat.
Rating Rules for Vintage Models
This article is an examination of some of the history of our hobby and the evolution of model boat design.
70th Annual Metropolitan Detroit Model Yacht Regatta
The pond at Belle Isle, MI.
The Detroit Public Schools sponsored their 70th annual model yacht regatta on Saturday, May 23, 1998 at the Belle Isle model yacht basin.
History of the Marblehead Class
The 450 class was being modified; the sail area was settled at 800 in2, and the single most popular class in the history of model yachting was launched.
Model Yachting and Manual Arts Training in the United States
Manual arts teachers quickly recognized model yachting as providing near-perfect shop projects, especially for introductory courses. Students had to work in wood, metal, and cloth, assemble parts into a working whole, and had the opportunity to see the results of their efforts under sail, with the additional spice of a student regatta.