Newsletter: "The Model Yacht"

Currently there are 30. Back issues are available for $6.50 single copy, $5.00 each for more than one, $130.00 for the whole two and one half inch high stack, all postpaid in the U.S. Contact us for postage elsewhere.

Vol. 1 No. 1 has the construction details for "Zip," a 1930's M boat. Vol. 1 No. 2 talks about radio installation.
Vol. 1 No. 3 has construction details and full-size patterns for "Starlet," a nifty little 36" LOA hard chine boat.

Vol. 2 No. 1 contains plans and instructions for a "grandchild's boat," a very simple 25" gaff-rigger that is perfect for the little person in your life.
Vol. 2 No. 2 has plans for an old pilot schooner.
Vol. 2 No. 3 gives detailed instructions for building a simple self-tacking vane gear.

Vol. 3 No. 1 covers free sailing with both vane and Braine gears.
Vol. 3 No. 2 has an article on Nathanael Herreshoff's previously undocumented vane gears and a 1928 treatise on model yacht design.
Vol. 3 No. 3 has the full construction details for the Claude Horst 1930's M boat, aimed for junior high and high school shop classes, including details on rigging and sailing.

Vol. 4 No. 1 describes a magnificent 56" LOA cutter from 1895, designed by the noted maritime artist Franklyn Bassford.
Vol. 4 No. 2 covers all the events of 2000 and has a technical article on the lateral plane of hull designs.
Vol. 4 No. 3 has an extensive technical discussion of Braine gear and rigging the same boat for free sailing and radio.

Vol. 5 No. 1 descrbes the use and sharpening of wood planes and a previously unknown design by John Black, a 36" LOA semi-scale model of the J boat "Yankee."
Vol. 5 No. 2 has the coverage of our UK trip, how to run overlapping headsails, plans and details of the schooner "Nina" and plans for a sweet little 12" LOA gaff-rigger from 1904.
Vol. 5 No. 3 marks the end of five years of publication for us, and we put together a very special issue, including how to rig overlapping headsails with a single sail winch and, most importantly, a previously unpublished article from 1941, in which Ted Houk describes how he and other West Coast builders made cold-molded M class hulls as light as 16 oz.

Vol. 6 No. 1 has plans of the wishbone ketch "Vamarie," an article and plans on Comet Model Hobbycraft's "Gypsy Sloop" kits of the 1950's, and plans and instructions for a nice little 21" LOA catboat by the celebrated scale modeller E. Armitage McCann.
Vol. 6 No. 2 has plans for Norman Skene's "Black Hawk" schooner and an expanded technical section covering fittings and rigs for vintage boats.
Vol. 6 No. 3 focuses on the Seattle R Class boat "Pirate" of the 1920's and the model yacht based on it, and detailed plans and instructions for a simple 40" LOA schooner.

Vol. 7 No. 1 describes the UK-USA free sailing races at Spreckles Lake in San Francisco, the Davison Trip Tacking Gear for free sail boats, the 36in Restricted model "Skylark," and detailed plans and instructions for building a 24" LOA "sharpie" by William F. Crosby, designer of the famous "Snipe" series of boats.
Vol. 7 No. 2 has an article on the mentoring program, whereby young people build and sail a vintage M class boat, a detailed description of the first radio control champion yacht, and construction plans and instructions for building a "MM" class boat. This was a half-size M class proposed by the British magazine "Model Maker" in the 1950's.
Vol. 7 No. 3 describes the radio layout of Yankee III, has plans for the John Alden schooner "Sachem," the revised Vintage M Class rating rules, and a model called "Snipe Jr.", a 20" LOA model of the famous "Snipe" one-design class, by the class designer William F. Crosby.

Vol. 8 No. 1 has plans for the keel catboat "Dodge" and an 1885 article on building a classic English cutter.
Vol. 8 No. 2 has the plans for the mighty cutter "Satanita," a 36 inch Restricted model called "Harlequin," and a construction article on building a sailing model of the square-rigger Thermopylae.
Vol. 8 No. 3 has plans for William Atkin's cruiser "Ben Bow," a charming article on sail nomenclature, and an article on building a J Class "Whirlwind" to the same scale as Yankee III. This latter material is now included in the Yankee III book.

Vol. 9 No. 1 presents plans for the Bristol Pilot Cutter "Faith," reprints a stunning illustrated article from 1900 with very rare photos of skiff sailing in New York, and reprints a 1925 article on sailmaking.
Vol. 9 No. 2 is devoted to workshop hints and kinks, and also includes an article on building a fast Vintage 36 inch boat.
Vol. 9 No. 3 has pictures and plans of Bill Daniel's 1913 10-rater "Onward," built both as a model and a full-size craft, a technical article on developed surfaces for hard-chine designs, and a 1930 article on building a 31 inch boat designed by the famous Boucher firm.

Vol. 10 No. 1 has an article on an early vane gear and a long section by the master builder Thomas Darling on how to plank a full-keel hull.
Vol. 10 No. 2 is where we started running Mark Steele's ever-charming "Windling World" column, plus a description of how to repair split planks and a long article on the British method of building a planked hull.
Vol. 10 No. 3 covers attempts at cold-molded hulls, reprints the earliest known picture of model yachting, and reprints drawings of John Black's 6 Meter "Kiltie;" the latter including spectacular cutaway views of a classic Braine-steered boat.

Plus all the news and views, proposed class rules, etc. etc.

Back issues can be obtained from the same address where you order our book. Outside of North America please add $5.00 postage and U.S. funds only (the banks kill us on exchange rates for small amounts).