Model Yachting in Marblehead and Boston
A photo essay of early sailing around Boston and Marblehead.
Category Model Yachting History
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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 by Full-Scale Designers
Both Nathanael and Francis Herreshoff were avid model yachtsmen.
Model Yachting in the United States
An overview of Model Yachting in the US from the early days through the 1960s.
Sea-Going Model Yachts (1906)
Model yachting, like all other sports and pastimes, has been infused with the spirit of the age.
Turnbuckles and Bottle Screws
A turnbuckle, strictly speaking, has two threads, one right-hand and one left-hand. A bottle screw has one. Most people use the term “turnbuckle” for both.
The Marblehead 50/800 Class
Model yachting has been growing in this country slowly but surely for a good many years, but since the introduction of the Marblehead 50/800 Class it has gone ahead by leaps and bounds.
On the Rigging and Sailing of Model Windjammers
This reprints a series of articles on the design, construction, and sailing of model square-rigged ships. The articles appeared in the British journal The Model Yachtsman and Marine Model magazine from November 1932 to April 1933.