DANIELS - Lot 110

DANIELS Model yacht, 36-inch class, designed and built by W.J. DANIELS. Wooden hull, buttered bread technique, carved and hollowed out. The hull thickness at the waterline is 5 mm! A real feat! Strap carrying handle. Deck in spruce, designed deck battens and ferns Deck hatch fitted with cork tape to ensure watertightness when sailing. Shaped lead ballast. Period fittings (bracing bar, clew rails, turnbuckles, bowsprit damping mechanism, turnbuckles). Vintage hollow mast and booms. Vintage battened and skirted sails. Vintage canvas carrying bag in the shape of the hull. Modern presentation cradle. Period finishes: Hull painted white, waterline blue, deck and spars varnished. Circa 1930. Length HT 100 cm, hull length 91 cm, height 175 cm. Note 1: The "36 Inches restricted" are a class of racing boats. They are a class of boats designed to make Model Yachting more accessible. The measurement rules are simple, and the boats are relatively modest in size, not exceeding about 90 cm, and weighing no more than 5.436 kg. Rules of measurement reproduced in photo. Note 2: Exceptional boat built by J. DANIELS, one of the world's leading Yacht Model manufacturers. Note that: a) several of his yachts were world champions in international regattas. b) J. DANIELS is the author of the cult book "Model Sailing Craft" 1932, a veritable bible of model shipbuilding for sailing yachts. Expert: Philippe NEVEU