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    I can see what you mean though Bill! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Here's another view. You often get a group of them at the surface looking to be fed!

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    Chris.
    Thatโ€™s a great picture of your model submarine,what power plant have you fitted.(sorry just my sad humour,must go and take my tablets)
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    Hi Rod

    That's a right pain.

    It's just a dye to reduce the amount of light travelling through the water, it does a good job, though they do have to remove/cut the weed now and then.

    It doesn't affect wildlife as there are some big fish, tadpoles and other creatures.

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    Oh, that is great ! We are not allowed to use herbicides to control weeds here in Ontario, Canada. We encounter weed problems before end of June. We hav to maintain rescue vessels with air props & air rudders. Last week we sailed at a reflecting fountain pool adjacent to City Hall. There was a lot of debris in the water, we encountered wrapped hairnets etc around our props. A washcloth wrapped around a large diameter prop on a tug.
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    Yes, it's the dye they put in the water to control weed.
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    Beautiful watercolor!!
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    Went down to the lake at the club yesterday to try out the River Cruiser. Really pleased with how it performed, makes a change to have a slow Fairey!
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    The full Fairey fleet! They're busy at the local yard!

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    Been making some progress due to the poor weather. Been painting the cabin/cockpit sides on the Fairey River Cruiser, but more importantly I've completed the RC installation so that I can try it at the lake!

    Not shown, but I've finished painting the cabin sides and coamings on the Huntress ready for fixing the windows.

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    Thanks Flaxbybuck. Doing multiple builds has meant that it's taken a long time to get something on the water but as I keep saying I will have a number completed around the same time.

    I do have other boats to use though, as well as Dave's Huntress I have RTR plastic race boats and a couple of 650mm yachts.

    Your "big Huntress" sounds like it will look like a Huntsman 31 Sport. Only a small number were built, primarily for racing, and have a big open cockpit and no rear cabin. They look great as that hull is the sleekest of the Faireys. I started building one but then changed it to the more common aft cabin version after I sold my big one.

    Look forward to seeing your build. Picture of side view of the one I drew up.
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