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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... tacks of jib and foresail to the bowsprit ; by this means , when the sail fills with the wind , it raises the after end of the boom , depresses the fore end , and thus tightens the luff of the sail and keeps it taut , which is very ...
... being on the larboard , the other on the starboard tack ( as it is called ) , i . e . about 45 ° , four points of a compass , or half a right angle . bb сс a αα d b The vessel at a How to Sail and Steer a Model Yacht . 91.
... tack , with the sails disposed for that purpose , as already shown ( p . 90 ) ; to put her on the other tack , simply turn her in the direction aa , head to wind ; the sails , being self - acting , will go over of themselves by the ...
... tack till stopped or turned . To sail her as at b , ease off the mainsheet till the mainboom is at an angle of 45 ... tack , she will , if turned , sail in the corresponding direction on the other tack . To run before the wind at d ...
... TACK , forward lower corner of a sail . TACK , to make a zigzag course so as to get to windward . TAUT , tight . TOPMAST , the second mast from the deck . WATERLINE , line of the water on the side , & c . , of a ship , showing how deep ...
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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 |