Thank you again GBR716.
This will save me trying to get the required font and size (the easy bit) matched-up with a printer/vinyl cutter who may not already know what is required.
As soon as my registration number comes through I will order the numbers and GBR sail letters .
Stay safe,
Bob.
This will save me trying to get the required font and size (the easy bit) matched-up with a printer/vinyl cutter who may not already know what is required.
As soon as my registration number comes through I will order the numbers and GBR sail letters .
Thanks GBR716.
I am getting a boat "sorted" and have applied for a registration number.
All I need to find now is a good supplier of pre-cut letters and numbers to the correct spec.
Do you have a supplier that you can recommend or use that these can be bought from?
Many thanks - all of the links you have supplied have been very helpful and interesting.
Bob.👍
I am getting a boat "sorted" and have applied for a registration number.
All I need to find now is a good supplier of pre-cut letters and numbers to the correct spec.
Do you have a supplier that you can recommend or use that these can be bought from?
Many thanks - all of the links you have supplied have been very helpful and interesting.
Bob.👍
Never too old to learn
Sail numbers are self adhesive vinyl and are easy to apply. Some do use ink marker pens and stencil them on but they don't look as good. There is guidance to correct number positions here:
https://dfracingdotworld.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/df95-a-rig-sail-number-spacing-guide.pdf
I will see if he (Mike Weston) sells the numbers and find out if they are iron-on or self adhesive.
Many thanks,
Bob.
Never too old to learn
RC Yachts. Mike Weston who runs the business is an authority on all matters DF95. His mail order service is second to none. https://www.radiosailing.co.uk/dragonflite-95-yachts-179-c.asp
Thanks - that is (almost) all the info I need get started.
Having gained a registration number - where do you recommend buying suitable numbers and how do you apply them to the sails?
I am guessing that any of the optional sail sets could be bought from third party suppliers with these numbers already screen printed on?
Bob.
Thanks GBR716.
Those are very helpful links.
How do you register the yacht and get your own GBR sail numbers for your DF95 ?
Many thanks for your advice,
Bob.
How do you register the yacht and get your own GBR sail numbers for your DF95 ?
Many thanks for your advice,
Bob.
Never too old to learn
There are 4 rigs, A. Largest supplied with a new boat. Suitable for winds upto about 12-15mph.
B. 12-18mph
C.18-25mph
D. 25mph +
Further details:-
https://www.radiosailing.co.uk/df95-yacht-buyers-guide-33-w.asp
https://www.radiosailing.co.uk/df95-rigs--sails-buyers-guide-35-w.asp
https://www.chewvalleysailing.org.uk/sailing-and-social-report-28-apr-20/
The reasons for Chew Valley Lake S.C, preferring the DF95 are very simple. 1. Costs being significantly cheaper than other RC yachts like Marbleheads and IOM's. 2. Hull length of 95cm would cope better with the waves we get at Chew than the DragonForce 65 would. 3. Strict one design racing where its the skippers performance that counts.
The reasons for Chew Valley Lake S.C, preferring the DF95 are very simple. 1. Costs being significantly cheaper than other RC yachts like Marbleheads and IOM's. 2. Hull length of 95cm would cope better with the waves we get at Chew than the DragonForce 65 would. 3. Strict one design racing where its the skippers performance that counts.
REE
I like the idea of any "one type" class of boat .
The last time that I had anything like that was years ago when Derek Priestly made the Mustang yachts for a one type class of racing at Fleetwood.
My wife and I each had one made (both with three suits of sails) but family illness back home in Bath took us away from this for 2-3 years, and when we returned we had lost a lot of the interest and the class was no longer quite as popular as it was back in its heyday.
Move-on 15 - 20 years (and retirement) and maybe the Dragonflite95 could have some interest for us?
I will check it out!
The last time that I had anything like that was years ago when Derek Priestly made the Mustang yachts for a one type class of racing at Fleetwood.
My wife and I each had one made (both with three suits of sails) but family illness back home in Bath took us away from this for 2-3 years, and when we returned we had lost a lot of the interest and the class was no longer quite as popular as it was back in its heyday.
Move-on 15 - 20 years (and retirement) and maybe the Dragonflite95 could have some interest for us?
I will check it out!
Never too old to learn
Thank you!
If things go to plan and the vaccination program also goes to plan we may be able to get down again sometime after the end of July.
Stay safe!
Bob.
If things go to plan and the vaccination program also goes to plan we may be able to get down again sometime after the end of July.
Stay safe!
Bob.
Never too old to learn
Contact me on here when you are down in Bath next and we can arrange for you to visit as a guest providing the covid restrictions allow. We sail on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, and at weekends.
Contact me on here when you are down in Bath next and we can arrange for you to visit as a guest providing the covid restrictions allow. We sail on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, and at weekends.
REE
I live in Lancashire but come from Bath and occasionally visit family and friends (about once a year) and hope that when things return to "near-normal" again, that I could bring one of my model boats with me and have a sail with it one afternoon perhaps - would this be possible?
I live in Lancashire but come from Bath and occasionally visit family and friends (about once a year) and hope that when things return to "near-normal" again, that I could bring one of my model boats with me and have a sail with it one afternoon perhaps - would this be possible?
Never too old to learn
Electric powered boats are not strictly prohibited at Chew Valley Lake as the pike fishermen use them as bait boats. At Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club, model boating is primarily aimed at sailing yachts, preferably the Dragonflite95 class.
Electric powered boats are not strictly prohibited at Chew Valley Lake as the pike fishermen use them as bait boats. At Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club, model boating is primarily aimed at sailing yachts, preferably the Dragonflite95 class.
REE
Can electric powered model boats be sailed on the lake - or is it for sailing boats only?
Can electric powered model boats be sailed on the lake - or is it for sailing boats only?
Never too old to learn
Ideally you should be a member to sail at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club. If you only sail radio controlled boats, ideally DragonFlite95, you can join as a social member. Further details available from the Membership Secretary https://www.chewvalleysailing.org.uk/join-cvlsc/
Ideally you should be a member to sail at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club. If you only sail radio controlled boats, ideally DragonFlite95, you can join as a social member. Further details available from the Membership Secretary https://www.chewvalleysailing.org.uk/join-cvlsc/
REE
Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club is currently closed due to the Covid pandemic. Sailing will recommence on 31 March subject to restrictions being lifted.
