Sailing Articles
Sailing Techniques & Theory
Radio Control
Freesailing
Sailing Techniques & Theory
- How to Sail Fast by Bob Sterne
- Balance by T.J. Perrotti – A discussion of the forces that act on a boat―above and below the waterline―while it is sailing.
Radio Control
- Speaking of Batteries by John Henderson – Using the right battery for your R/C model.
Freesailing
- Freesailing
- Theoretical Vane Setting by Paul Fiske
- Vanes and the Sliding Rig by A. R. Lassell
- Vane Steering Gears
This is a series of articles intended to cover, as comprehensively as possible, all aspects of vane steering as applied to yachts, and in particular, model yachts. It is very evident to the author from the questions he is asked at the pondside by free-lance skippers unattached to a club and just enjoying their sailing and the sophisticated talk in the clubhouse that great interest is shown in the vane gear and that it still holds mystery to many. …
Wilcox, A. Vane Steering Gears. Model & Allied Publications Ltd. Hempstead Herts. PDF available from the Vintage Model Yacht Group in the UK in three parts.