Publications

The USVMYG has a number of publications available for sale at a very reasonable cost. These will assist individuals in the construction and/or restoration of a vintage model yacht. Scroll down the page for the newsletters/journals. Once payment is complete you will receive an email receipt with link(s) to retrieve your purchase. Download links will be valid for 24 hours from the time of your purchase. We do not send hard copy.
They include:

1. Yankee III by Earl Boebert, 140 pages, ($25.00)
   ​A booklet written about the building of a vintage 36 replica of Yankee III.
2. Building Planked Models by Charles Farley, 118 pages, ($15.00)
   ​An excellent description of the process of building a model yacht using the plank-on-​frame method.
3. Plank on Frame Workshop by Al Hubbard, 75 minute video ($15.00)
   ​This was a video tape of his lecture at the Woods Hole Model Boat Show, May 1997.
4. Building Madcap, A Vintage Marblehead Model Yacht by Ivor Walton, 38 pages, ($5.00)
   ​This is a good photographic sequence of the building of a vintage Marblehead.
5. Restoring Tritonia: A Vintage Marblehead Pond Yacht from 1934 by John Stoudt, 28 ​pages, ($20.00)
6. How to Build a Model Yacht: A Detroit 24”/36” School Built Model Sailboat, 88 pages, ​($10.00)
   ​The construction booklet written by the teachers in the Detroit Public Schools for the ​boats (Chico) built in class by their students.
7. Newsletters/Journals, Looking for additional resources? All of our newsletters/journals are listed below. Members may request copies for free (contact us). Non-members may purchase back issues ($5.00 to $7.50). These are all available in electronic form. We will not reproduce and mail any of these. When you place an order we will send you electronic files that you can then can file, print or view on your computer. Note: The current year’s issues will be posted at the end of the calendar year. Here is an index of our past newsletters:

US VMYG Newsletter/Journal Index

Volume 2, Number 2 - Summer 1998

A Birthday Bash: The San Francisco Model Yacht Club Turns 100 by Dominic Meo, III, Mill Pond Centennial 1998, Port Washington, Long Island, New York by Jim Dolan and John Snow, Free Sailing by George Steele, A Proposal for a New Event by Earl Boebert, What Should We Call That? by Rod Carr, More on Rudders and Flaps by Russell Potts,The Ancient Mariner Answers Your Questions, Foam Board as an Aid to Construction by Jim Gray, An Old Pilot Schooner by Helvig Dronquist,

Price: $5.00

Volume 2, Number 1 - Spring 1998

Book Review - Model Sailing Yachts by W. J. Daniels and H. B. Tucker (1951) by Chris Cafiero, Traditional Sailing Craft/Scale Model Regatta by Harry Mote, More On Rudders and Flaps by Earl Boebert, Harry Mote, and Grant Slinn, The San Francisco Model Yacht Club - Model Yachting in California by Chester Chapman (1903), History of San Francisco Model Yacht Club by Don Lyon (1945), A Profile of Don R. Lyon by C. G. Gallagher (1948) Stop Burning Your Fingers by Ian Scott, Silver Soldering by Earl Boebert, ,Swaged Fittings for Model Yachts by Jim Gray, A Twenty-Five-inch Sailing Sloop (building plans) designed and described by Claude Horst

Price: $5.00

Volume 1, Number 3 - Winter 1997/98

American Model Yachting Publishing (1971 – 1997) by Rod Carr,1997 Vintage Activities Summary by John Snow, Southeast Area Vintage Comments by Thom McLaughlin, Martha’s Vineyard Free-Sailed Model Yacht Regatta by Jim Dolan and John Snow, Vintage “M” (VM) Class design rules by John Snow, Starlet (detailed construction plans and instructions for “a 36/600 vintage sharpie – 1942) by John Black

Price: $5.00

Volume 1, Number 2 - Summer 1997

R/C Vintage “M” Class Racing Rules Format for Redd’s Pond by Earl Boebert, R/C for Vintage Yachts (basic guidelines, prior planning, components, construction, rigging, antenna) by Joe Frasier, Woods Hole Model Boat Show. (a description of experiences and exhibits at this bi-annual model yacht exposition) by Jim Dolan and John Snow, Redd’s Pond (a history of Redd’s Pond starting in the 1600’s) by Jim Dolan and John Snow, The Myth of the Bounteous Board (incidents at the WoodenBoat Show) by Charlie Roden

Price: $5.00

Volume 1, Number 1 - Spring 1997

Building and Sailing the Cheerio by Alan Suydam, Toy Yachts and Yachty Characters by Charley Williamson, What Do You Want? Information... (Gus Lassel, Ted Houk, Mill Pond MYC) by Earl Boebert, New VMYG Division: Traditional Sailing Craft . . . RC Schooner Racing and Display Rules; Traditional Sailing Craft Scale Models; Schooners; Argonauts RC Schooner Fleet; RC Scratch-built, Plank on Frame Schooners with Bulbs and Large Rudders Permitted; R/C Fiberglass Schooner Hulls Scratch Completed with Bulbs and Large Rudders Permitted by Harry Mote, Zip A Marblehead Class Model Racing Yacht by George Baron.

Price: $5.00