Hi Garth,
That's great, Love the Christmas decorations.
is that the naughty elf in the boat.
Hope he'smnot taking with out consent.
Out of curiosity, what model boat is that??

so, does this mean Rudolph is outta job this CHRISTMAS😁?

Brilliant

Well, these photos tell me the conventional bow workboat with push knees is your build. So, I deduce that the second boat that caught my eye is also one of your builds. I would certainly be interested in build photos of both. Is the “cruiser” based on an actual 1:1?

Nice. Actually Lew I was interested in the second & the last boat pics from the 2 Nov meet. Builder/any details available?

Chum444, about the photo of the SSMBC docks. I am currently working on modifying these docks. I have a few more. Hope to be able to assemble them on land and slide them in the water as an assembly. I'll keep everyone posted on the details.
Lew

Thanks for posting Lew. Any additional information available for boats in second & last photo in your post of the 2 Nov outing?

OMG Lew!!! Now there's a beautiful Sterling American Scout! Would love more pix on that bad boy to help me bring my to the finish line.
👍😉

Hei Lew!
What a pond! We would love to have something like that, but the local council is thwarting our plans.
We wanted a little more inflow water, but even rainwater was not allowed. It could have been taken from the neighbouring houses at little expense and with little effort.
Let's see what happens...
There used to be three ponds for the mill further down. Unfortunately, the mills burned down completely in 1915. Oh well...
Greetings from Switzerland
Michel-C.

Great meeting Lew ! - thanks for sharing pictures.

What a great spot you have, you are very lucky. The craft look great as well. Cheers Ian

Looks like a great venue for model boating. Those are some great pictures.
However, as somebody who occasionally visits Florida, I kinda take exception to being grouped with bugs, snakes, and gators .... LOL.
Dave B

Mmm -any chance of some R/C ice yachting ????🤔🤔🤔

Love these!!! Thanks for posting them Pat!

If it wasn't for the 'fixed' people on board you could almost imagine these as full size boats. Just the odd exception with a rather disproportionate bow wave!

Gentlemen skippers
The koninlijke model yacht club antwerpen,1of the 5 oldest model yacht clubs in the world, 120 years young wishes you and your members a fantastic event! A lot of participants, interested visitors and a lot of youth as they are the future of our hobby. Regards KMYCA

Hi Jumpugly, thank you so much for your wonderful comment.

I have to confess something: I was worried and sad because your opinion hadn't been posted yet.

What a glorious sight Alessandro!!! Absolutely…

Hi Ronald.
No, the photo is authentic and hasn't been retouched. As you can see, neither model has a bulbous fin under the hull.

I never use this solution because I don't like it and I enjoy designing them without this protrusion more. It's a greater technical challenge.

In the videos, you can see that they sail completely without any assistance from the bulbous fin.
In fact, there are sequences where the clear water clearly shows the absence of the fin under the hull; in others, you can see the very shallow seabed and the ship almost approaching the shore.

If you'd like to see the trick I used to give the ship lateral stability and provide a strong righting thrust, you can check out this thread.
Unfortunately, there are so many posts that scrolling through the older ones is very long and tiring.
So, if you'd like, I'll find the photos and explanations and post them again.

forum/128542

Do you use a removable ballast fin and bulb ghat is not shown in the photo?

Very interesting indeed!

As of a few recent Spencers events someone said clockwise pattern. Near the end of the event last weekend a few gents wanted to run faster-electrics so everybody pulled their warships out.

Love to see it say out on Lake Ontario in a chop.

Very nice 44 foot CCG Cutter.
Many years ago, while lobster fishing with my Father in the Bay of Fundy, we wound a trap rope in the wheel, and we had to radio the 44 footer stationed in Westport NS to tow us up the bay to Comeauville, so we could ground out and remove it at low tide. They towed us faster than we could've steamed on our own power.
Among my other molds, (See Greg's Model Boatyard), I also have a 1:12 scale mold of the CCG 44 footer, 44 inches long.

When are they going to introduce a standard route of travel at Spencer’s?