On the Cover Contents of Issue 148 The cover photo was taken by Todd Brown at an early-season Minute- The Masthead .........................................................................4 man MYC regatta at the Needham, Massachusetts, reservoir. The boat is Al President’s Letter ....................................................................5 Fearn’s Soling One Meter coming in “hot” for a pit stop. Model Yachting News ..........................................................6 The Soling One Meter is the most popular AMYA model yacht class, AMYA Business Calendar .........................................................6 having the most number of members with at least one registered boat. The Soling One Meter Class ......................................................7 Many clubs around the country sponsor racing fleets for this fine model The Stowe Yacht Club ..............................................................9 yacht. This is also a “builders” class, so most of the articles include many Palm Beach Gardens: Building a Strong Club ...........................10 helpful building tips. You will find this information especially helpful for Soling One Meter Construction Tips ........................................12 building any class of model yacht with a plastic hull. Building Hints and Suggestions ..............................................15 This issue also includes the Nominations and Motions for the 2007 A Drum Winch for the Soling One Meter ..................................18 AMYA Ballot. There are significant motions affecting the AMYA Consti- The Soling One Meter Building Jig ..........................................21 tution and Bylaws, as well as several classes, that bear careful reading and Calculating S1M Jib & Main Sheet Geometry ............................23 possible comment, depending on your point of view. Tuning and Sailing Your S1M in Light Winds ............................25 The Classic Soling One Meter Cradle ........................................26 The American Model Yachting Association (AMYA) is a not-for- Diamond & Sidestay Building Jigs ...........................................27 profit organization dedicated to promoting the designing, building, Allowable Soling One Meter Rigging .......................................28 racing, and preservation of all model sailing yachts and is open to all Product Review: The S1M Carry All .........................................29 people who are interested in these activities. Assembling a Santa Barbara, Continued ...................................30 In pursuit of these goals, the AMYA publishes Model Yachting maga- Let’s Race With The Rules, Rules Tutorial, Part 5 ..........................33 zine. Model Yachting is published four times per year in accordance with Regatta Reports ....................................................................37 the AMYA calendar. The staff of the magazine is composed primarily of Cartoon ...............................................................................43 AMYA member volunteers who devote countless hours of their time to produce this publication. Editorial policy is ultimately determined by the Regatta Schedule...................................................................44 AMYA Board of Directors; however, the views expressed in this publica- Class News & Views .........................................................45 tion do not necessarily represent the views of the Executive Board, the Soling One Meter ............................................................45 Board of Directors, or the majority of the AMYA membership. Victoria .........................................................................45 Advertising in this publication is encouraged as an informative US One Meter .................................................................46 service to the AMYA members and as a means of helping defray the Marblehead ....................................................................47 costs of printing. The AMYA does not take any responsibility for any ODOM ..........................................................................48 advertiser’s products. CR 914 ..........................................................................48 This issue of Model Yachting, except those parts as are specifically IOM ..............................................................................48 stated, is Copyright © 2007 by the American Model Yachting Associa- 36/600 ..........................................................................49 tion, April 2007. All rights reserved. V-32 ..............................................................................50 Star 45 ..........................................................................51 Advertiser Index Santa Barbara ................................................................52 Open .............................................................................52 American-RC.Com 52 SeaWind ........................................................................53 Black Sails 8 Soling 50 .......................................................................54 Bob’s BoatYard 27 US12 .............................................................................54 Carr Sails 21 Footy ............................................................................55 Chesapeake Performance Models 49 Newport 12 Meter ...........................................................56 Dennis Desprois’ Walrus Sails 25 AC Class ........................................................................56 GBMY—Great Basin Model Yachting 24 J ...................................................................................58 GRP Model Yachts 2 10 Rater ........................................................................58 Hanna Boats 68 Wheeler .........................................................................59 Hitec 20 Infinity 54 ......................................................................59 Model Yacht Fittings 57 Call for Nominations to the AMYA Hall of Fame ......................60 R/C Concepts 26 Model Boat Serenity ..............................................................60 RMD Marine 59 2007 AMYA Nominations & Motions .......................................61 RMG Sailwinch 21 2007–2008 Editorial Calendar & Schedule ...............................63 Scale Sailing 54 AMYA Stats & Facts ..............................................................64 The Boat Shop 32 AMYA Yacht Registration Form ..............................................64 Traplet Distribution USA Ltd 67 AMYA Ship’s Store Order Form ..............................................65 US 12 and Liberty 34 55 AMYA Membership Application Form .....................................65 Victor Model Products 9 Vision Sails 28 Issue 149 Final Deadline is June 26, 2007 Featuring Windjammin Sails 5 Webb-Tite Cleat by Bill Webb 32 US One Meter & ODOM American Model Yachting Association © 2007 <www.TheAMYA.org> Issue 148 3 Assembling a Santa Barbara Supplement Graphics like these make it easy to see your boat when racing in a large fleet. Photo by John Richmond. by Rich Matt a big surprise that the AMYA’s most popular vised hardware. This new boat will have hard- he first half of the article, “Assem- class and its very energetic class secretary, Paul ware items now readily available from Ludwig bling a Santa Barbara OD—Part Fixx, provided the editors with an abundance Manufacturing and SAILSetc. I,” was published in the previous is- of S1M articles and photos. Here is a short progress report on the new Tsue (147) of Model Yachting. It described what Skipping over to the next issue of the boat’s assembly. The hull, weighted keel, and parts and pieces would be needed for building magazine has generated a new deadline for rudder arrived in a sturdy wooden shipping a S/B OD and where to get them. Also covered submitting Part II. Time has become available crate. The two-color hull, white bottom and in Part I were instructions for mounting the for building a new boat. So, a new boat was red topsides, is perfectly fair and glossy. One removable keel and rudder and installing the ordered from a new S/B OD supplier, Ludwig concern: About a quarter-inch of fiberglass wooden parts that would support the winch, Manufacturing Co. This is an opportunity to material needs to be removed so as to bring the radio, servos, and deck. provide a comparison to the Hartman Fibre- top edge of the hull down to the scribed line Part II of the article, which was intend- glass product shown in Part I. that indicates the gunwale top edge. Sanding ed to be included in this issue (148) will de- Part II’s postponement also allows time away this “flash” by hand is a chore. Removing scribe hatches, spars, hardware, and rigging. to rig the boat using deck and rigging hard- it with a power tool is risky to both you and It turned out, however, that so much material ware currently available. Since Vortex, Probar, the boat. A suggestion: Talk to Larry Ludwig about the featured class, the Soling One Meter and Fisher, the traditional suppliers of larger- about doing this trimming for you. Like the (S1M), was submitted for this issue that there boat hardware are no longer in business; fit- Hartman S/B OD, some artistic work with was not enough space to include the second ting out the deck and sail rig has meant using a sanding block will be needed to fit the keel half of the Santa Barbara article. It is not a lot of homemade, scrounged-up, and impro- top into the hull’s keel