Having missed a few model boat meets because of weather and health issues, I finally made a meet! Six of us enjoyed getting together mostly chatting. The day was clear and no breeze with made the 89F (32C) temperature seem a lot hotter. The Florida sun (same as yours but more aggressive)was brutal. Anyway, I am posting a few photos taken in the shelter. Trying to avoid the sun, I did not go on the dock to get some "in the water" photos.

Lew
Florida 😎🔥, USA ❤️

Because I can't figure out how to download a video on this web site I just pause the video & photographed the image of my Yard Sale Find It was such a lovely Canada Day morning went to the pool & ran the model checked for leaks, balanced model with a little lead test O/K I did have a tiny leak which I think will be fixed up with a little hull paint. I'm having a seniors moment I wanted to post on Build Blog & I've tried to delete it from media post but can't

This weekend I decided to give my plastic kit conversion of the Vosper MTB an outing. I uploaded details of the kit, my conversion of it and some build photos to my harbour previously, when I first joined this site.

A little Canadian get together on the boats. 1949 40' Chris Craft Challenger & 1954 35' Chris Craft Sport Fisherman

Having got my slipper launch wet I mounted a GoPro hero9 on her and chased Rick's "Velsheda" around the lake for a while. Control system needs a bit of modification as I only have 2 hands but she was a great platform for "on water" video. Will sort the issues out and hoping to do better next time.😐

On the weekend spotted a yard sale . The older gentleman had restored a model he had built but the cat got to it . So because of his age he had decided to no longer have a hobby . We talk about model boats & stuff & he gave the wood to me & the 3 models . Future Build blog projects Maybe but wood is always handy to have in case power goes out.

I got a H.A. kits slipper launch to keep me occupied while waiting on delivery of my next J class yacht. I went a bit mad as I wanted to suss out different ways of building and finishing. I think it is a fabulous basic kit and I let my imagination run a little bit wild. Still some bits of jewellery to add but am going to get it wet first. Really happy with everything so far.....even the mistakes.

I added a link for youtube for my sailing of her, but looks like it did not load.

She is a bit tippy. I have since ballasted her, but not shot a video.

While we are on the topic of Lumba Lumba...I thought I would share a bit about her again.

First video clip is of her sailing up the Stewart Channel on the way to deliver worker to the Granduc Mine in Stewart BC.

The all-aluminum vessel was built at Erie, Pennsylvania in 1961 in the Paasch Marine Services yards for the Caltex Oil Co. She sailed between Malaysia and Sumatra for several years. The Lumba Lumba gained her name from the Malay for " Over the Waves".

At that time she was known as Caltex Lumba Lumba, she is 75 feet long with a beam of 18 feet and a draft of five feet. She is powered by twin diesels with 1650 h.p. The sleek vessel has a speed of 18 knots. The vessel has accommodation for 30 passengers in aircraft type accommodation.

When she came back to North America the vessel was transported as deck cargo aboard the Martha Bakke to Vancouver She was then lifted into the water and docked at Vancouver Shipyards Ltd., for an extensive refit then delivered to Prince Rupert.

I lived in Prince Rupert and traveled on this vessel a couple of times as a teenager. I have added some photos of what she looked like back in 2014. She has been scrapped as far as I know now.

Was asked for more info . So here are a few photos . This mini humidifier uses water only to generate fake smoke no smelly baby oil & varsol odor 50%-50% mix for Graupner smokers .I get the power to run unit from the receiver battery port as the unit uses a USD port to make it work so I got a old servo & cut the wire off it removed the signal white wire & used the black & red wires to power up unit . I have to turn model on then power up the Humidifier to start fake smoke put the cabin on model & away we go. Make sure Positive & Negative are put in proper receiver slots Please don't damage receiver if it's plugged in wrong.

This is a mini Humidifier got it on Amazon I got idea from a club member

Did a show Sunday ran Zwarte Zee it's rather short as a member wanted to run his high speed boat.

Here is another model that was unfinished the I picked up for $10.00 Canadian last year got the model from a member of Confederation Marine Modelers . The Zwarte Zee is 30 inch's in length & is R/C .I forgot to do a build log on the model. If the wind is low I'll be running the model at Boats in the park this weekend at Hamilton's Steam Museum I did do a build log on model

About a week ago, with the latest drought I canceled meets until...

However we finally got 2 or 3 heavy rains earlier this week! Yesterday the forecast was 67% chance of thunderstorms, so I included that int the SSMBC's reminder emails. This morning it was cloudy but no rain. Only Jim and me were there.

NO RAIN and the temp was decent and the pond looked good - could have been a good day for MB's. No rain all day and tonight. Go figure🤔 !!!

Lew
Florida ⛱️, USA 🇺🇸 ♥️

A few years back one of the TV stations in the Tampa Bay area sent a professional media crew out to record one of our meets. I got a copy of the finished video (permission granted by the TV station for reproducing). It is quite uplifting and shows you what model boating in Florida looks like.
I hope you enjoy it!
Lew
Florida 😎, USA❤️