Traditional Sailing Craft Scale Models

Schooners, Skipjacks, Scale Boats, and Other Types

Early Woodcut of Model Schooner (44K GIF)

Model sailing boats that have at least approximated larger vessels, such as schooners, skipjacks, and other types, have intrigued people of all ages for generations. Enough R/C model schooners and skipjacks showed up at the 1996 VMYG Regatta to prompt the development of the Traditional Sailing Craft Scale Models division. We have developed rules for our R/C schooner construction and on-the-water race course and display competition. Our first schooner competition occurred at our 1997 Regatta at Redd's Pond, Marblehead, MA., and we've held one every year since.

For more information about the Traditional Sailing Craft Scale Models division, a copy of the R/C Schooner rules, or information on the next Regatta, call or write:

Harry Mote: 18 Woodmansee Blvd.

Independent Regional Organizations include:

Solomons Island Model Boat Club

The Great Schooner Model Society

Southern California Schooner Fleet

The illustration is a wood engraving by the American artist Henry Wolf, who signed his works "Sphynx." It dates from the late 1880's and is titled "He Sailed His Little Schooner-Rigged Boat." Copyright the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and reproduced with their kind permission.