I can see what you mean though Bill! 😀

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

Chris

Chris.
That’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)
Bill👍

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.

Chris

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.

Yes, it's the dye they put in the water to control weed.

Beautiful watercolor!!

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!

The full Fairey fleet! They're busy at the local yard!

Chris

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.

Chris

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.