A Regatta of Model Yachts on the Lake in the grounds of Alexandra Palace.
There are still a number of people who dismiss model yachts as the mere playthings of schoolboys. In reality, however, this is most inaccurate, since model yachting is a very serious pastime for a great many adults. Not only is it a pastime: on occasion it is something much more useful, for more than one full-sized boat has been designed in accordance with a principle discovered in a model.
When six model yachts are brought up to the lake in the grounds of Alexandra Palace to be used in this programme, they will be accompanied not only by their owners but also by H.B. Tucker, who has helped to arrange the programme. Mr. Tucker is Editor of Marine Models and is also Vice-President of the Model Yachting Association. He is therefore well qualified to explain the points of the various yachts and the many gadgets which are used in sailing them. One of the most ingenious of the latter is that which allows for automatic tacking.