She rides the water well GARTH.

Nice work.

Martin555.

Nice one Garth- but unless you put those traps in the water - not much chance of a lobster......
Was that from a Midwest Kit or scratchbuilt ?

The model is a Midwest kit but the hull is bass wood kit came with balsa wood & fiberglass but I prefer Bass wood & Finishing Epoxy to seal the hull .

Bit of a 'show stopper' JB😮
But y ja need a drive on trailer?
You can drive the damn thing to the beach, and tow ya car along with it as well!😁
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Hi Doug, see comments on the other vid😁. Most of the people who own these live on beaches with riparian access, so they can drive straight to the water from their front yards. Someone had parked one on a sand bank on the shore of the estuary a few weeks back and gone somewhere (visiting perhaps) and it looked hard case sitting there on its' wheels in the mangroves. They can also squat, and sit on the hull while on land with the wheels down slightly to level them. Pretty clever machine but rather expensive.!
JB

Cheeky B . Could have had him for a few traffic violations . Description of vehicle on the docket would have been interesting - imagine the beak saying "what sort of vehicle ?"

Not much of a surfing beach then - is it always that flat ? Being on the tip of Africa the waves roll up here all the way from Antarctica ........ Not for nothing this place has two names - Cape of Good Hope - and Cape of Storms. Proved to live up to the latter this Winter - were told to batten down the hatches on a constant basis.......

Hi Peter, using the private surf club access ramp (private ramp) driving a 'vehicle' on a public road without a current registration $200,-without a current warrant of fitness, $200, none of the 3 occupants wearing seatbelts -$450 and probably a few other things as well such as driving an illegal vehicle on a public road. Probably looking at fines in the $1000, range plus possible confiscation of 'vehicle' or stopped from driving further and a tow truck required to remove the 'vehicle'

Just lucky no cops came past or they could have had a field day,- also the cop shop is just up a side street past the service station😮. The old thing of 'never a cop when you want one' applied. The waves were around 3ft earlier as it was a calm day, but can get to around 6ft in a good breeze. They are constantly having to cart the sand from the southern end to the northern end as in big storms it all moves, (the beach is 3km long so they do it with scrapers.) They are trying to get a big sea wall built to stop the shore erosion as well.
JB

I told you you were quackers Graham LOL!!!

I do like this sort of thing, something different.

Martin555.

Thanks Martin 😂 🤣

I too am struggling with motivation, so I thought building something daft might help, and it did 😁. Only took a little over a week to build, gave me a few technical challenges to solve but produced a quick and fun result.

Graham93

Quacking good fun Gwaham 👍😂
I think the flashing eyes are a good touch too 👍
Rob.

You've done it again, haven't you Graham,) just when everyone seems to be suffering from algal bloom, back you come with a right 'Royal' MALLARDY remedy😊😁
JB

Very nice.
Good to see her moving at a more realistic speed.

Martin555.

Size, power& weight...Thanks😎

Hi EricMB,
I Like to see this sort of thing.
Making the boats crew.
Brillant.

Martin555.

Hi Eric,
I forgot to ask is Bob the Duck still going strong ?

Martin555.