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MartinH2

Petty Officer 1st Class 1 year ago

Sailing on Warminster lake

A long unedited video of the boats on Warminster lake taken from my HA Kits Thames slipper launch. The GoPro hero 9 has image stabilisation so some pretty boats to practice chasing and getting in the frame.

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IanL1Midshipman1 year ago
Yachts always seem to get in the way. Great video. Cheers Ian
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GARTH

Commodore 2 years ago

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Yard Sale Find

I am continuing with that yard sale find the Puffer is done so on to the next . I'm not keen on static sailing ships but I can't pass up a project like a major repair of the 1765 USS Bonhomme Richard . She will have no sails but have all the rigging . We always have turkey for thanksgiving a day early so I have some time to today to play.

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Joe GrassoAble Seaman2 years ago
I have a Dumas 53" PT Boat kit that has been 75% built by a master builder. I am offering this kit free with pick-up at my home. The kit includes motors. I am a vintage RC flyer and wish to find a good home for the kit. e-mail: joeskits@frontier.com or call: 828-399-9772
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Mike StoneyRear Admiral2 years ago
ouuuuu . . Dear Garth!!
that hurts! Did your model get caught in a storm?
Good luck with the repair! 👍👍👍
Bb Michel-C.
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GARTH

Commodore 2 years ago

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Just a little sailing

Went to the pool in Burlington Ontario to run my Sequin Tug that hadn't been in water since last year .It was a little cool but more club members showed up so took a few photos. Our club is holding a fun run Sept 7th 9am-noon Military Ships Merchant marine ships & support ships Hope weather will be nice Saturday .Just thought I'll try putting a little video on my Media post . My friend with the pirate ship was doing a test for leaks & it still is leaking .

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RonaldFleet Admiral2 years ago
Love to come September 7 but we’re in Huntsville for a wedding. Might take my Emma up to the place too, its at Deerhurst. But, just checked the weather forecast for this weekend and it looks like a wet one from Friday till Tuesday.
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Sinc5508Able Seaman2 years ago
Hi Garth.

It was a great day and the weather was just perfect! Good seeing your boat. It's a beauty! 👍 Here are another couple of pictures for you.
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GARTH

Commodore 2 years ago

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Yard Sale Find

As promised A few photos & some members models in Spencer's pool Burlington. Some of the boats shown are from other model clubs mostly Toronto modelers so I can't mention names of members boats because I don't know their names. Still lots of time for sailing & the puffer still leaks so I'll put stuffing box on a steeper up angle above water line. I just love fixing a problem with my model boats.

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GregHiltzWarrant Officer2 years ago
Looking good, from a fellow modeler from Saint John NB.
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Chum444Commodore2 years ago
Just a thought. Is your shaft log filled with a waterproof grease? I have a couple of models where the motor end of the shaft log is below the waterline. They are packed with waterproof grease which stops water incursion.

Photo shows construction of a grease reservoir.
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philcaretaker

Commodore 2 years ago

Filming "Dinghy Dan"

A "Misty March Morning" sets the scene for filming Dinghy Dan`s first trial sailing at the Pavilion Gardens Buxton.
Dans creator Graham Royle should be more than happy with the inaugural trials - ..... More to come !

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jumpuglyFleet Admiral2 years ago
Simply...
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Frankiesays1953Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class2 years ago
It looks real doesn’t it?
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philcaretaker

Commodore 2 years ago

"Dinghy Dan"

Maiden Voyage for "Dinghy Dan" - Allways up for a challenge, Buxton Model Boat Club member Graham Royle now brings us "Dan, Dan the Dinghy Man".
See Links below Grahams - Clinker built sailing dinghy blog :-
https://model-boats.com/blogs/135864
#bmbc #modelboats #buxton #kayakkate #bill&ben #dinghydan #rcsailing

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MartinH2

Petty Officer 1st Class 2 years ago

Topaz 60" J class yacht

A bit more video of a friend sailing my boat for the first time in VERY light air while I took a bit of film. A few initial teething problems with the running rigging ended this session but she does look and go well. This is a 60" J class from Alan Horne at jclasshulls.co.uk

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Frankiesays1953Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class2 years ago
That is the best looking yacht I’ve seen to date and sails so well on virtually no wind.
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roycvFleet Admiral2 years ago
The prototype J Class yachts were a class for the Americas Cup back in the 1930s. They were over canvassed and could only sail in less than 20 mph winds!

All of the original were metal hull yachts using the rising aircraft industry design teams for maximum strength against lightness of hull. In the case of the British Endeavour of 1934 she also had to be sailed across the Atlantic to get to the competition! If you look aft on the yacht there is a discrete black hole and this is where the mizzen mast was set for the journey.

The class had a formula which traded off hull length against sail area plus some stuff in between. A couple of hulls have recently been built one of laminated wood but otherwise those 'rescued' have had to be re-fitted to modern standards.
The Endeavour now has an engine with prop in the cut out rudder area and floats a foot lower on the waterline.

One of my yachts is the 1 : 35 scale Amati Endeavour kit modified to take to the water and I found the quadrilateral jib makes her look really good on the water. But as I say there is so much sail are that even at this size there is too much. I set her up to run with local expected breezes without the quad sail and she goes well. When there is a light breeze the quad can go on and I use the rudder to give some weather helm so she is under control.

It can be seen from the hull design that the rudder is sloped away at an acute angle and this can be a problem! Consider the hull heeled over 20 degress and you will see the rudder no longer operates in a directional way but just makes the aft of the yacht rise up and down, so you have lost control!

Therefore the yacht needs to be operated close to the vertical position. The extreme of this is the modern planing cup yachts which only work upright with a mainsail angle of just a few degrees.

I have added the 3rd. photo as it shows the detail of the mast. On the model this is a 'stressed' ally extrusion mast. The cross-trees are scale and the wire shrouds do strengthen the mast. The mast and sails are stored separately in a sail box.

When on static display I have a crew, nice and easy at this scale! There was a class system among the crew, the floppy (Rupert the bear) white hats are the crew the proper seamans caps are the officers. When at sea there were 22 crew on board I have about 9 on show. Ca'nt afford any more.

Roy
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Rudy-M

Midshipman 2 years ago

Club You Tube Channel

Filming and sailing at the same time is a bit of a challenge so we mount cameras on the models.
You can follow our channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@capetownmodelboatclub8570

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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 2 years ago

Aucklands' classic wooden boat festival ,1,2,3 March

Was invited to take my restored 1970s 12ft racing yacht (red and white one-93 at 1:3) down to put in the display this afternoon, at the Viaduct Event Center In Auckland, and decided to get some pics of the boats on and off water before the crowds come over the next 3 days. Lots of beautiful restored yachts and launches, as well as smaller racing and sailing dinghies. A couple of NZ designed and built Chris Craft copies inside as well. Also steam launches and a few models.

The boat at 1:54 and 3:12 does not have the usual V8 as you would expect, but has a 4 cyl Mercruiser motor, not as the drive motor, but as a generator running 3 high output alternators powering an electrical system for twin electric motors, (round black objects seen in pic, in front of petrol motor). Shafts run each side of petrol motor, Has large control boards on each side for each motor. Boat and laminated wooden trailer designed and built by the owner, Took 2000hrs to build,- absolutely immaculate workmanship.
Also a short vid on an Auckland ferry trip I took while waiting for the liner Queen Victoria to
depart
JB

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DRN001Able Seaman2 years ago
Looks great with some fantastic boats, hope the weather holds out as I arrive on the 27th, to late for the show but my mates will be there for sure
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philcaretakerCommodore2 years ago
What a fantastic event at one of the best harbours in the world !.
Looking forward to seeing the SailGP down in CHCH (Lyttleton) 23-24March😊😀😁
Stay safe JP 😎
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ARL58

Petty Officer 1st Class 2 years ago

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Sailing at Madrid (Spain)

As far as I know, there is not a model boat club at Madrid. However, modellers gather Sundays at 10:30 to sail at a pond -actually a set of four connected ponds-, located in a municipal park, in the south of the city. Access is free.
The boat in the video is a sidewheeler, scratch built by my good friend Eduardo Yraola, who is a far more accomplished modeller than I am. She has steam propulsion, and sails at a majestuous pace.

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AlessandroSPQRFleet Admiral2 years ago
Excellent choice Len, I really like it, too bad you're too far away.
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IsaacLieutenant2 years ago
I wonder about this boat turning radius. Is there a speed differential to the paddle wheels, or is the turning all done by the rudder?

Isaac
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philcaretaker

Commodore 3 years ago

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Just for fun !

Keep up to date with "Kayak Kate". and her Dad Graham !

https://www.youtube.com/@RCSailing1/shorts

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GARTH

Commodore 3 years ago

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Just a little sailing at Spencer's pool

A couple of members went for a morning sail I had may North Rock tug & a fellow member was checking out his latest R/C model that I really like the looks of her I forgot the ships name but the fellow running her said it was a Steam research vessel. I had upgraded North Rock to a Fly Sky transmitter & sure enough had to reprogram rudder & forward - reverse functions .

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RonaldFleet Admiral3 years ago
What’s the depth of the pool ?
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