Trapeze Contents and Particulars , Pt 1, 1955-1982

Part 2, 1983 - 1999
 

No. Date Cover picture
Editor(s) pp Contents
91 9/82
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 European News -Bruce Burton; '82 US Nationals at SanDiego; USYRU presidents letter -Harman Hawkins
90 6/82
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 '82 Mid Winters at Biscayne; Awlgrip, Refinishing your Bottom -Norm Windus ; Light Air Crewing -Chris Wells
89 4/82
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 Tuning tips -Peter Wells; Two Scoring Systems -Bill Bentsen
88 2/82
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 Notes from USOYC meeting -Tom Gates; What Are You Doing [to improve] -Earle Purtee; Controling the Class Jumpers -Bill Lynn ; '81 CORK 
87 11/81
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 '80 Oyster Bowl; Trapeze Harnesses the Perfect Fit -Dave Powlison
86 9/81
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 '81 nationals at Detroit ; '81 CowBell; '81 Cannonball '81 Crab Pot; '81 Region 5 Championship; Frank Levinson obit  
85 6/81
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 Membership -USYRU Board; Starting at The Leeward End -Dave Perry; Furling Gear Trouble? -Fred Oess; Just Hangin' Out -Chris Wells  
84 4/81
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 '80 Can-Am Championship; '80 Region I championship; New Rule Book Study
83 2/81
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 Secretary-Treasurers Newsbrief -Peter Wells; USYRU Proffesionalism Committee recommendations -John Rousmaniere; Main Sheet Traveler and Boom Vang Systems -Fred Oess
82 11/80
Fred & Dusty Oess 20 '80 Olympics results; You Are What You Eat -Bill Bentsen; Mastering the Middle - Norm Freeman
81 8/80 Fred & Dusty Oess 20 '80 US Nationals at Rush Creek TX ; From the Experts -Terry McLaughlin; Comments from the Class -Fred Oess
80 6/80 Fred & Dusty Oess 28 '80 Olympic Trials at Newport; Reports from  Palamos (Spain) Christmas regatta -Bob Hopkins; Mylar, An Exciting new Option in Sailmaking -Peter Mahr
79 4/80
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '80 Can Ams at Coconut Grove SC; '80 Midwinters at Biscayne bay; Three Fittings from Montreal - Peter Hinrichsen; Blowing the Whistle on Kinetics - Paul Henderson; 
78 2/80
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 Presidents Report -Jack Mathias; 1979 US Ranking list; 
77 11/79
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 '79 oyster Bowl; '79 Region 1 Championship; '79 west Coast Championship; On winning -Tom Birmingham
76 9/79
Fred & Dusty Oess 20 '79 US Nationals at Buffalo; '79 Cowbell; '79 CORK; '79 Miles River; '79 Crystal Lake; European results Kiel week and Kiel Worlds
75 6/79
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 '79 Cannonball; One Design Council Meeting Minutes; The  Value of Drills -Gary Jobson; 
74 5/79
Fred & Dusty Oess 20 '79 Midwinters at Rush Creek; '79 NAs at Houston; How to Install a Spinnaker Launcher in an FD Pt.2 -Dusty Oess; FD Class Rule Alteratons -Conrad Gulcher; First Aid for Fiberglass Blisters -Robert L. Kocher
73 2/79
Fred & Dusty Oess 36 '78 Canadian Nationals at Pointe Clair; '78 Oyster Bowl; '78 Mexican Championship; Region III Championship; region X Championship; How to Install a Spinnaker Launcher in an FD Pt.1 -Dusty Oess
72 11/78
Fred & Dusty Oess 20 '78 Worlds at Hayling Is. England; Tallinn regatta; Interview with Alexandr Chuchelov re Tallinn; Some Good Ideas for Classes and Clubs - Ellen Horan; Sail Design and Craftsmanship - Richard Storer; The Gentle Art of Trapezing -John Truett
71 8/78
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '78 US National Championships at Minnetonka Minn.; Report to the Class -Jack Strothman; '78 Crabpot; '78 Rust Remover; '78 Toronto Ice Breaker; '78 Cowbell; '78 Crystal Lake; Speed tuning and Techniques -John Truett; Highway Safety -Dick Wilson
70 6/78
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '78 NAs at St Lawrence; Report from the president; '78 Olympic ranking list; Weight distribution in Sailing Dinghies -Peter Hinrichsen; 
69 4/78
Fred & Dusty Oess 16 USYRU summer program; Yacht Race Conditioning -Joanne Fishman; Price Comprison of FD Suplies; Some Thoughts on Publicity -Ellen Horan; Rag Man's Gallery: Jack Mathias; '77 Cowbell
68 2/78
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '77 Nationals Photos; '77 Oyster Bowl; Rag Man's Gallery: Jamie and Hugh Kidd; Price Comparison of FD Sails; '78 Midwinters at Ft.Lauderdale; Rigging Tips; "..As She Pleases" -Dusty Oess; '77 Cuspidor; '77 NAs Photos
67 12/77
Fred & Dusty Oess 28 '77 CORK; '77 Mexican National Championship; Rag Man's Gallery Alfonso Gutierrez-Najar; European News from Tallinn; Region II Championship; Texas Championship; Price Comparison for FDs; The Sailors E=MC 2   Pt. III-Fred Oess;
66 10/77
Fred & Dusty Oess 32 '77 US Nationals at Canandaigua; Rag Man's Galley Peter Hinrichsen; FD Tuning Starting from Scratch -Gerry Mawson; The Sailors E=MC 2 Pt.II -Fred Oess;
65 6/77
Fred & Dusty Oess 25 USYRU Meeting and Planning Committee - Bill Bentsen; '77 Worlds at Torbole, Italy; Region V Championship; Summary of Region V Champions; '77 CannonBall; The Administration of a Region - Fred Hibbert; Rag Man's Gallery: Marshall Duane; Region IV Championship; Across Country with an FD -Peter Wells
64 4/77
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '77 NAs at Valle DeBravo, Mex.; Toronto Ice Breaker regatta; Rag Man's Gallery: Norm Freeman; Boyancy - John Riggs; Centerboards -Gerry Mawson;  
63 1/77
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '76Oyster Bowl; Rag Man's Gallery: Peter Wells; The Sailors E=MC 2  -Fred Oess;
62 10/76
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '76 Canadian Nationals at Vacouver; Winners View of US Trials- Norm Freeman; Sailing in the Olympics-Norm Freeman; Boat Speed -Gerry Mawson;
61 9/76
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '76 Olymics at Kingston; '76 Cannonball; '76 Nationals at San Diego; 
60 6/76
Fred & Dusty Oess 24 '76 Crab Pot; Mader has Problems - John Riggs; '76 Olympic Trials w photos; NOR '76 Nationals at San Diego; Olympic team organization and schedule -Dick Stearns
59 3/76
Fred & Dusty Oess 32 Tips to  the Tankers - Fred Hibbert,Wendel Sherry, Paul Hemker; '76 SPORT; Self Tacking Trapeze - Curt Montgomery; The 'Un-Traveller' Fred Oess; '76 North Americans, Houston; Foredeck view - Marshall Duane; 
58 1/76
Fred & Dusty Oess 12 '75 Pan Am Games at Valle De Brave -Norm Freeman; Olympic Team selection - Bill Bentsen
57 1/74
Dick Wilson 32 '73 Worlds at Rochester special; The 'Canadian' Rig -Roger Green; Dinghy Spars and Sail Control- Hans Fogh; '73 Oyster Bowl; FD Boat Speed-  George R. Bell
56 6/73
Dick Wilson 28 '73 Midwinters; Sail Shape and Tuning - Hans Fogh; '73 Crab pot; '73 Cannonball
55 3/73 Dick Wilson 28 Speak out - four letters; '72 Nationals Ware River VA; '72 NAs at Pointe Claire Q.; '72 Oyster Bowl; Broken Boom regatta; Kiel Impressions - John Riggs
54 7/72 Dick Wilson 36 '72 SPORT; interviews at SPORT; Installing an FD Mast with Single Fixed Spreaders- Tony Zegers ; Olympic Trials; HotSail (Canadian Olympic trials) - Brian Moorehouse; '72 Crab pot
53 1/72 trap 53 cover
Dick Wilson 32 US Readyness for Kiel - Bob James; '71 North Americans -Bob Levinson ; '71 Oyster Bowl; Maintaining a Wooden FD - Dick Wilson ; Mast Bend How and Why- Art Lange; 
52 9/71
Dick Wilson 40 '71 US Nationals Rochester, NY; '71 CORK; Build your own FD - J.Jurisson; '71 SPORT, the Canadian Perspective; Superstition in Sailboat Racing -Art Lange ; Sources of FDs; Mast Bend Measurement -Art Lange; '71 Cannonball;'71 Wooden Shoe; '71 Region 2,4,8 & 10  championships
51 3/71
Dick Wilson 40 1970 US National ranking list; '71 West Coast Championship; '71 SPORT; SPORT People ; Make your Own F-section Spar - Dean Waters ; Finishing a Plas Trend hull - Eric Hall; Easter in San Remo - John Truett; Camping with your FD - Peter Wells; Scott Allen Q&A
50 12/70
Dick Wilson 36 '70 West Coast Championship; Scott Allen reports on '70 Worlds in Adalaide; '70 West Coast Championship at Vancouver; '70 Cannonball; '70 NA's; Fogh wins '70 US  Nationals in Buffalo ; CORK '70;  Poole Bay (UK) Olympic regatta -Norm Freeman; How to Grow a Bigger Fleet- Dave Hart
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Art Lange    
48 1/70 Art Lange 28 David McNabb reports from Europe; '69 US National Ranking list; '69 North Americans at CORK ; '69 Cupidor; Jim Algert Region 10 Champion; '69 Canadian Championship ; The Skipper Asks; First Annual Oyster Bowl regatta
47 10/69
Art Lange 20 Warner Guedry reports from '69 worlds, Naples, Italy ; Chris Chatain reports from Europe ; '69 Nationals at Burnett res., Miss. ; Tuning Your FD by the Numbers - Art Lange  
46 6/69
Art Lange 20 Bob Allen USISA liason report; Worlds Elimination at Ft Worth; "Kiel West" (San Francisco bay) regatta '69 Tulip bowl ; '69 Cannonball; Pete Chatain reports from '69 Worlds, Naples
45 3/69
Bob Shanner 28 Measurers Message - Jay Burns; Allen wins MidWinters at Miami; To bend or Not to Bend - Roger Green; FD specialties - Bill Hyatt
44 10/68
Bob Shanner 40 Measurers Message- Jay Burns; Acapulco Special; Bob Shanner, Bob James, Gina Hunt; Region 1 Champ Story - Eric Hall; Comments on the US Trials - Bill roberts; 68 NAs at San Diego in pictures
43 6/68
Bob Shanner 32 87 boats attend '68 US Nationals at Annapolis; Participation or Competition?- Eric Hall; Three West coast olympic observation regattas; FD-505 round robin; Dennis Surtees' new Binks FD -photos; On Being a Sailing Mother - Myrtal Saxon
42 4/68
Bob Shanner 32 54 boats attend '68 Midwinters at Miami; Measurer's corner- Jay Burns;Dagger Rudderhead; A Planked FD - Manning and Merritt Barber; 1968 FD developments - Earl Elms; Stainless steel spars?- Bill Roberts; '68 West coast Championships at Villa Corona; Film clip from West coast championship - Mario Collignon
41 1/68 41
Bob Shanner 32 Pre Olympic Regatta; The Flying Irishman- Bob Riley; Analysis of the '67 World Championship with sketches - Eric Hall; '67 Navy Cup regatta; How to Race Your FD (reprint with photos) -Bill Stout
40 10/67 cover pic
Bob Shanner 32 '67 Worlds at Montreal; '67 Pan Ams at Winnipeg ; '67 US Nationals at Buffalo ; Minimum weight - Terry Hendricks; Hardware- Bill Roberts; FD vs 505 Olympic class Analysis - Jakob Van Heekeren
39 6/67
Bob Shanner 32 FD wins Heavy Weather OOAK at SF; More Innovations -Roberts & Kerr; PanAm trials at Montreal; Smooth Sailing on Your Trip to Mexico -Perry Alford; To a Skipper Having Trouble in a Blow - J.Van Heekeren
38 4/67
Bob Shanner 32 Siedelman wins '67 Midwinters at Ft.Myers; The Small Craft FD pictures; the Bow Spinnaker Launcher pt 2; the FD under a Microscope -Bob Tatge;  Proctor Mast Sections
37 1/67
Bob Shanner 28  Building the Newport FD -Harry Sindle; Art Lange reports from Europe; Aiming the Spinnaker -Bill Bentsen; The Bow Spinnaker Launcher
36 10/66
Bob Shanner 24 '66 US Nationals at Chicago; '66 NAs at San Diego; FD week in Norway - Eric and Benj Hall; six Regional Championships
35 7/66
Bob Shanner 16 Olympic Classes Regatta at Long Beach; The Skipper Asks; Canadian West Coast FDs- Jeff Davis
34 4/66 cover pic
Bob Shanner 20 Melges wins '66 Midwinters; 26 boats at '66 Villa Corona; Every Member a Public Relations Officer - Perry Alford; Midwinters pics by Perry Alford
33 1/66
Mike Balma 20 Handling High Winds - Mike Balma; Harry Sindle reports from '65 Worlds at Alassio; 50 new FD owners; You must have a compass - Bill Stout
32 10/65
Mike Balma 28 Ted Turner wins North Americans at Montreal; Sindle wins Nationals at Norfolk, VA; 16 FDs at Ski-Yaching in Denver
31 4/65
Mike Balma 28 Build your own FD - Paul Hemker ; Levinson wins Midwinters at Ft.Myers; Slotty Dawes visits the States
30 1/65
Mike Balma 32 Melges takes Bronze at Tokyo; Introducing the Genoa Furler; Ron White wins '64 North Americans at Galveston; 25 new members
29 9/64
Mike Balma 20 Melges wins O-Trials at Sandy Hook, photos; Summary of Champions; Vail wins US Nats at Skaneateles; Spotlight on Melges & Bentsen
28 6/64
Mike Balma 4 NOR of North Americans at Galveston
27 6/64
Mike Balma 8 Olympic Special; The Olympic Contenders
26 4/64
Mike Balma 16 Duanes win '64 Midwinters at Miami; Von Kreuzer FD photos
25 1/64
Mike Balma 16 Norm Freeman reports from Europe, photos; Accent on Speed - Harry Sindle
24 10/63
Mike Balma 20 Bludworth wins Texas Olympics; Melges selected for Olympics; The Skipper Asks
23 8/63
Mike Balma 4 Melges wins '63 North Americans, record 62 boats  at Lavellette
22 6/63
Mike Balma 16 '63 Pan Am Games in Sao Paulo - Pat & Jack Duane; Pat & Jack Spotlight
21 4/63
Mike Balma 16 Duanes win '63 OOAK; The Skipper Asks; Some Ideas to Sell FD in '63
20 2/63
Mike Balma 4 '63 Midwinters at Tampa special
19 12/62
Mike Balma 16 Sam Morse wins first Cuspidor regatta; Summary of Champions; A bit of History pt II - J.VanVoest ; Spinnakers - F.Levinson
18 9/62
Mike Balma 20 '62 North Americans at Montreal; A survey of Trophies; A bit of History Pt I - J.VanVoest ; Build your own boat - Frank Levinson
17 7/62
Mike Balma 16 FD Hull Types ; Lets' Go!- FD sailing in Canada; St Pete Worlds Observations - Frank Levinson; The Skipper Asks Region 1,2,and 3 Championship regatta reports ;  Jack Powell Spotlight; Fleet Map; The President Speaks -Walter Zwarg
16 4/62
Harry Sindle 12 Sindle reports on '62 Worlds; Duanes win FD Week; Peder Lunde visits Lake Lanier SC
15 11/61
Harry Sindle 12 Minutes of '61 Annual Meeting in Chicago; Peder Lunde Wins Canadian Championship ; Sindle Wins '61 North Americans at Chicago; '61 Cannonball; 3rd Annual Willow Bank Regatta; '61 Cowan Lake regatta; 
14 7/61
Harry Sindle 8 How Is Our Class Spirit -Harry Sindle; Duanes win '61 Florida State and Region 3 Championships; Mission Bay Invitational ; Hibbert wins Cowan lake Rust Remover; Rule Changes; Competition's Getting Better All the Time
13 4/61
Harry Sindle 8 Harry Sindle wins '61 Midwinters ; Sam Morse wins  '60 1st annual Cannonball; Tips on Your Sails and Spars -Frank Levinson; Frank Gray wins Candlewood Lake Regatta
12 11/60
Harry Sindle 12  The '60 Olympic Report  and Holland Week -Harry Sindle; The Olympic Eliminations; John Kull wins '60 Willow Bank Regatta
11 9/60
Walter Zwarg 7 "The Trapeze Wire"; Levinson wins '60 North American Championship at Miles River; Report of the National Meeting
10 6/60
Jim Van Voest 16 Measurement and Sail Plan Drawings; Sindle selected for '60 Olympics; Do We Want One-design Genoas?; Open Letter to Conrad Gulcher -J.VanVoast; Advantage of Stepping the Mast on the Deck; How to Get Your Boat Down to Minimum Weight
9 3/60
Jim Van Voest 16  
8 6/59
Jim Van Voest 8 Measuring the Fying Dutchman; Racing rules, Race  Committees and Protests; the FD in Canada; Additions to the '59 Roster; Duanes win five regattas and the '59 region 3 championship
7 2/59
Jim Van Voest 4 Seavy wins Midwinters at Davis Is. YC; 1959 roster; Tightening the Jib Luff
6 11/58
Jim Van Voest 12 31 boats incl. 6 Canadians at '58 North Americans at St Micheals MD ; Impressions of Attersee - J.VanVoest; Structural Complaints; Minutes of the Annual Meeting; IFDCAUS Constitution
5 4/58
Jim Van Voest 16 Tips on Racing Your FD -Harry Sindle; Heike Blok wins '58 Midwinters at Tampa; FD -Olympic; Finishing off the FD From an Imported Molded Hull ; Class Organization at the Local Level- David Fladlein; The Meaning of One Design
4 8/57
Jim Van Voest 12  
3 5/57
Jim Van Voest 12 Claude Cullinane Tests the 5-0-5; Levinson Jumps Aboard; Flying Trapeze Doubles Hiking Power Comfortably; Organiztion of Sanctioned Regattas; The Importance of Strict Measurement; Hans Lukat Builds His Own Boat; Progress In Fiber-Glass FD Hulls; Tuning the FD; Planing to Windward 
2 2/57
Jim Van Voest 8  Rigidity vs. flexibility; Boom Vang vs. traveller; Flying Dutchman Corporation; 1956 North Americans won by Sindle; FD wins 1956 OOAK regatta; Gadgets; 1956 Fleet roster
1 9/55
Jim Van Voest 4 Letters to the Secretary from Claude Cullinane, Jim McNitt and David Fladlein; FD finishes 5th in Cross Channel Race; '55 Roster

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