CHEAP BOAT RACING

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19884, 13 May 1936, Page 12

CHEAP BOAT RACING

NEW TYPE OF YACHT

WOULD COST £45 (Own Correspondent—lsy Air Mail‘) LONDON, March 31. An mexpenuvu l_\pe o 1 Rational sailmg boat tor rncmg on lake, river and sea has been evolved by the l'acht RacIn; Association, Ibis is a dinghy 12ft. long. minimum ueam 4lt. 6111., depth of flu” ltt. Biu., with a centre-board ot galvanised iron or steel plate weighin r 501 b, The total weight ol the boat’aghull, stripped at all gear and centre-board, must not be less than 190“). The boat must be fitted for safety with air tanks so as to he unsinkable and be capable of supporting two persons even if waterlogged and capsized. She mav be either an open boat or. if preferred, half-decked, The common rig will be a triangular or Bermudian mainsail and a iih; a hollow mast 21M. in height above the gunwale and a. totql area of soil of 90 square feet

No boat in this new class’ may cost more than £45 complete with sails in- i cluding the price n 1 her design. ! The object is to enahlo young ama- l teur boat snilers to take part in Na- 1 tional Clul) racing at, a very moderate ‘ price. The rules for building theseboats are very simple, there is prnc- i tically no limitation upon the shapei or “lines" of the heats. nor upon the i wood and material which may be used » for building I Consequently they are very easy to ‘ build. and any country boat builder or i amateur carpenter could build a heat ‘ to fit the class In fact. a good boat. I can be built, complete with sails for £35. or well within the maximum price. No sooner is a new class of this kind inaugurated than local and country builders are apt to find themselves in a dilemma They may Very well say: “We can build the boat well enough. but can we design her to be as fast in shape as those made by the more experienced builders of racing dinghies?” To get ova. this difficulty the d""Yachtimz World" journal has ohtained from the famous designer of dinghies. Mr. [‘fi'n Fox. of East anes. 3 special design for one of these boats. The design shows approximately the fastest style or shape that can be produced. The ”Yavhtimz World" offers a complete set of working drawings of this design. called “The {Wu—King" design. for 101-. Thus any local bnat builder or amateur can herriu to huild his National 12-fnoter with no little assurance that she will he a reallv fast bnat. Anybody mev build to this design on payment of £1 to the designer. This idea is already proving most popular. A large number of the new National class 12—fnolers have heen ordered and many are building in various parts of England. Over 40 limits have already been numherefl ny the Yacht Racing Associatinni l think in founding' this rinse the ; YILA has mat a demand whivh has he‘on felt for smv'e time It will he a Vnmv thins: tn lis- :i"le to take part in l National Class raring with a craft of l high quality nnd strictly limited pl'ire. | _—

Two gramopllone records hmughl‘ about the conviction of a man in Czechoslovakia the other day. The‘ principal Witnesses against him were two Germans, who were afraid to give evidence In case the friends of the accused man beat them up afterwards. So gramophone records were made of the evidence. and played in court.