https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/ Ottawa Area Model Yacht Club - Second Annual Scale Day Many days during the summer you will see Mini 12 racing at our pond, but on 7 July 2015 OAMYC held their second annual scale day in Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa. The weather was perfect with light winds all day, and there was an eclectic collection of twenty five scale and semi scale sail boats including Schooners, Cutters, Yawls and Sloops. The event attracted skippers not just from the Ottawa club, but also from Belleville, Kingston and Montreal. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024160 200024160 It is a real pleasure to see so many of these treasures that do not come out of the basement very often! The workmanship on all these models is an absolute credit to the builders, and we cannot hope to cover all the details, or all the sailboats in this article, but hopefully the readers will get a feel for the fantastic array of sailing craft that came to this Regatta. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024161 200024161 Peter Sly from the Bay of Quinte Model Shipwrights, brought his Hermaphrodite Brig ?Black Pearl? which has square rigged sails on the foremast. It was amazing to see that sails being raised and lowered while the Brig was underway. These sails also rotate, A very detailed article on this boat appeared in the fall 2007 CRYA newsletter. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024162 200024162 Peter Sly also sailed a boat based on the Watch Hill 15 class designed by Nat Herreshoff in the 1920?s. Peter has been experimenting with aspects of the boat to improve its performance, and expects it will be at least another 6 months before it nears its final form. Here it is shown in its cradle, waiting its turn to sail. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024163 200024163 Peter Ade from the Ottawa club brought his fishing smack ?Lindsey Rae?. The original boat sailed from Concarneau in France and was designed to follow and fish for tuna in the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. The plans for the model were purchased from Popular Mechanics in the late 50's. Peter first built a static model but then about 30 years ago built Lindsay Rae with a fibreglass hull and wooden deck and detailed it as per the original plans. It has an overall length of 48 7/8" with a beam of 9 1/2" and a waterline length of 26 1/2". Because it does not have a deep keel it is difficult to control in light winds but it sails well and looks really good in a fair breeze. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024164 200024164 Greg Grant of the Ottawa club sailed his model of Cariad which was built by E. Rowles at Pill, near Bristol, in 1904. Greg has recently built an exquisite row boat which he towed with Cariad. Greg built his model Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter over the course of two winters, finishing spring 2014. Plans were purchased from Christopher Wynn Brown, Cardiff, Wales. It is built to 1:15 scale; hull is fully planked red cedar on hollowed out plywood frames and covered outside and in with 1.5 oz glass and epoxy. Deck is 5/64" poplar planking over 1/32" ply subdeck. Pine deck beams. Sails are sewn from fine weave light weight cotton, dyed light tan colour, hemmed and bolt roped. Sail marking is Cf (Cardiff Register). The topsail is easily removed when the wind comes up. Control is by one sail arm servo for all sails: HS 815 BB, and rudder servo: HS 425 BB. Rudder area was increased on the model by about 25% over scale to improve steering response. CARIAD was the last working sail-powered pilot cutter in the Bristol area by 1922, when powered pilot boats replaced them. Later, CARIAD was privately owned, then fell into disrepair, was restored in 1997 and relaunched in 2006. She presently sails in UK waters. These vessels typically were built to sail well in the harsh conditions of the Bristol Channel, a busy shipping area in the 1800's and early 1900's. Many of these vessels were built for this highly competitive business, but only a few from that period survive today. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024165 200024165 Paul Williams (Ottawa club) brought his model of Marguerite which was also built by E. Rowles at Pill, near Bristol, in 1893. The plans were provided by Doug Munro who had purchased them while in Bristol. It is a plank on frame hull. The planks are of basswood which was obtained locally. The 4 feet x 5 inch x 1/4 inch planks were reduced to 1/10 inch thick planks using a table saw which had a fine blade. The deck is 1mm plywood covered with cedar planks. It took one winter to make the hull. The hull was covered with fibre glass mat and varnished. The hull looked so good that Paul did not paint it black to look like the original. Tom Gallant described his love affair with Marguerite in ?Wooden Boat? of January 2010. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024166 200024166 The third Bristol Pilot Cutter is also modelled on one of the oldest. Kevin Goom from the Montreal club brought along the biggest and heaviest model of the day. Charlotte is a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter built in 1808, and is the earliest boat of this type for which plans have been found. She was used to ferry pilots to and from tall ships entering and leaving ports such as Bristol, Portishead and Cardiff, and also to transport general cargo between these same ports. Although she has broad hull somewhat resembling a bathtub, she could carry lots of sail making her fast enough to compete for the piloting business. Usual crew was a skipper and a "lad", as well as the pilot in transit. The model is of 1:12 scale, built in 2008, based on a GRP hull and plans supplied by Mike Mayhew of Waverley Models (UK). A supplemental false lead keel was found necessary to supplement the internal ballast in order to keep her upright in a modest blow. At 35lb she is quite a handful to launch and retrieve single handed. Engineering the sheet control system proved challenging, particularly for the two fore sails. A flying jib and gaff topsail were omitted for the sake of simplicity. Kevin also brought along a couple of RC ducks, much to every ones amusement. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024167 200024167 Paul Wissing (Most recent member of the Ottawa Club) brought his most unusual Dutch Fishing boat. Paul bought this wooden sailboat kit on a trip back home to the Netherlands in 1974, build and finished it 1975 and it sat in his home as a decoration until now. The sailboat is a replica of "The green dragon" (Groene Draeck) a classical yacht still sailed by Crown Princess Beatrix. It was moored in Muiden a fishing village near Paul?s home town Weesp NL. He will attempt to modify it to Radio Control over the winter. In mild weather the boat will be outfitted with 2 jibs. We can?t wait to see this one sailing. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024168 200024168 John Lowther (Kingston Yacht Club) brought his impressive model of the Bluenose. The technical aspect of the overlapping headsails was a joy to behold. Here is a brief write up on the Model from John himself. ?My schooner ?Amy Sue 11? is the second of two schooners I built, the first was an experiment just to see if I could do it. Amy Sue 11 is a Bluenose rigged schooner built on a Mini 12 hull and took about a year to complete, she is operated with four servo?s, two arm winches operate the steering and the running backstays and two drum winches operate the two mainsails and the overlapping headsails which took a long time and a lot of thought to work out but the effort was worthwhile as the overlapping headsails work perfectly, I just have to work out what tack I?m on when sailing, not always an easy task. The schooner was built in memory of my youngest Granddaughter who tragically lost her life in a car accident four years ago, she helped me build the first one so sailing her is very special to me and gives me great pleasure.? https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024169 200024169 Paul Switzer (Kingston Yacht Club) also sailed a boat with lots of memories. This boat has already been featured in two CRYA newsletters. Winter 2007 and autumn 2010 as the cover photo. Both newsletters can be found on the CRYA website in the newsletter archives in the information tab. Here is a brief summary from Paul. ?Begun at Christmas 2005 and finished spring 2007. Based on the 24' Viking Class designed in 1937 by C.D. Mower of New York City for racing on Long Island Sound. The original boat, "Odin", was built and launched by my father in 1950 and I believe is still sailing in Cape Breton Island. There is currently a full sized Viking called "Vega" at Britannia Yacht Club (Ottawa) and another "Valkyrie" in Newcastle. 36" long, (1.5" = 1' scale), 10.5" beam, 7" draft, weight 11.4 lbs Odin uses a simple 2 channel system with Futaba S3801 sail winch and Futaba 3003 rudder servo. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024170 200024170 Lou Beaudoin (Ottawa Club) sailed a very attractive schooner Jangelisa 11 which was built on a mini 12 three years ago His wife Janet made the sails. Last winter Lou added an electric motor and twin propellers (from his scrap box.) This has been a labour of love, and after many challenges the schooner performed perfectly at the regatta. It was a treat to see the schooner back out of the harbour under its own power! https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024171 200024171 An unusual yacht ?Naiad? was built and sailed by Earl Kelly. (Ottawa club). Again, the workmanship is pristine. This 45 inch boat was designed by Doug Munro and has a cedar strip hull with a basswood strip deck. It is epoxy coated inside and out with a coating of varnish over the epoxy. Displacement is 16.3 lbs. The boat sails extremely well. There were so many other boats sailing that we cannot include a complete description of them all. Not all boats were perfectly scale but that did not matter, and the variety makes the day very special. Those of us who do not have a scale boat might be thinking of a new project for this winter! It certainly was a very relaxing, fun day of sailing. https://ottawasailing.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200024172 200024172