Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing: How to Build, Rig, and Sail a Self-acting Model YachtThis illustrated guidebook shows in superb detail how to construct a model toy yacht, and successfully sail it in shallow waters. With ample detail inclusive of materials guidance, measurements, and planning from conception to sailing, this guide excels as an introduction to building model boats. The yacht depicted is a small sailboat, with a classic elegance and simplicity that demonstrates the principal elements of nautical seaworthiness - a well-constructed and sealed hull, sails capable of carrying wind to propel the craft, and a precisely shaped and measured deck, beam and keel. At the beginning of this primer, the author explains that the finished craft described is the product of repeated experiments and refining of the yacht design and construction process. He only submitted this guide for publication once the finished yacht was deemed both sound and accessible to aspiring model makers. The step-by-step instructions are accompanied by over fifty sketches, many labeled with precise dimensions, to assist the reader in successfully building the yacht. |
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... called countersinking the screws ) ; the heaviest end of the lead is put aft so as to make the ship well up at the stem and deep at the stern ; the reason for this will be given in the chapter 42 Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing .
... called the " running sheet , " to be fitted as follows : - Screw a screw - eye ( a strong one ) into the middle of the deck , just abaft the hatchway , lash a ring to the underside of the mainboom exactly over the screw - eye when the ...
... called the throat - halyards . The gaff must be kept at its proper angle by means of twine made fast to the next ring on the gaff , passed through a hook , which hook into the upper after - ring at the mainmast head , and fasten off at ...
... called the storm suit , and is used when the wind is too strong for the first suit . Reefing is not practicable in a cutter . Some model yachtsmen have three or four suits of sails , & c .; I find two sufficient , because I don't sail a ...
... called the storm suit , and is used when the west is too strong for the first suit . Reefing i re in a cutter . Some model yachtsmen have time to sails , & find two suffent , becaus ere is scard a breath air . wh blows a h ane , and o ...
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Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing: How to Build, Rig, and Sail a Self ... James E Walton No preview available - 2018 |
Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing - How to Build, Rig. and Sail a Self ... James E. Walton No preview available - 2010 |