Models are so well rigged that often they point into the wind as closely as the finest full-sized racer. Cleverly arranged rubber-bands, wire and string compensate fot the absence of human touch at the tiller. Races are usually run the length of this 1,000-foot by 200-foot tidal basin. The little yachts tack or zigzag against the wind in one direction, round a mark.and then return to the starting point. As a boat approaches the shore, the captain deftly turns it around with his pole and starts it across the pond to the other side, where the "mate" sends it back again.
Photo: The National Geographic Magazine | Zetu Harrys Collection
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