Seen here at Buxton is - 'Ellipsis' an International One Metre Class yacht .
Built from lines drawings purchased from the designer Frank Russell.
Neville hand laminated the hull in epoxy glass, and the fin and rudder in epoxy carbon. Hull finished in cellulose paint.
Information provided by Neville Black.
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Seen here at Buxton is - 'Ellipsis' an International One Metre Class yacht .
Built from lines drawings purchased from the designer Frank Russell.
Neville hand laminated the hull in epoxy glass, and the fin and rudder in epoxy carbon. Hull finished in cellulose paint.
Information provided by Neville Black.
Another "Wee Nip" belonging to Paul from Leek joins the Sunday morning gathering on the Pavilion Gardens Lake in Buxton.
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Shades of Autumn - Thursday sailing with Buxton Model Boat Club at the Pavilion Gardens Lake Buxton Derbyshire SK17 9AY.
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Just a little run today & there was no Lobsters in the bay today The Model is a Midwest kit with a bass wood hull the kit had balsa wood & fiberglass but I like basswood instead for the hull . The name of the boat is from a Stompin Tom Conners song .
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Just a little run today & there was no Lobsters in the bay today The Model is a Midwest kit with a bass wood hull the kit had balsa wood & fiberglass but I like basswood instead for the hull . The name of the boat is from a Stompin Tom Conners song .
RC Sailing hopes to illustrate a selection of RC Models filmed from various locations.
RC Sailing No 107 includes a broad range of Buxton Model Boat Club members boats that include Yachts , Tugs , Rowing boat , Submarine and other power boats.
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RC Sailing hopes to illustrate a selection of RC Models filmed from various locations.
RC Sailing No 107 includes a broad range of Buxton Model Boat Club members boats that include Yachts , Tugs , Rowing boat , Submarine and other power boats.
Managed to connect up the motor once all the drive bearings were in.. first video is with a 7.2v battery (which was actually nearly flat!) and then in the second video with a fully charged 11.1v lipo!
Might get the Atlantic RIB to plane yet..
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Managed to connect up the motor once all the drive bearings were in.. first video is with a 7.2v battery (which was actually nearly flat!) and then in the second video with a fully charged 11.1v lipo!
Might get the Atlantic RIB to plane yet..
Not something you see every day! Saw a 'Sealegs' boat coming in from over the horizon and it eventually came straight onto and up the beach past the Orewa surf club. It then proceeded about 300m down the main road (holding up the traffic) to the petrol station to fill up, then went back and down the beach, into the water and away. Guy broke a number of rules doing this but looked like one of those 'don't give a stuff' people, His wife and tiny kid (the only one with a life jacket) were sitting in the back all the time.
The Sealegs is an NZ designed and built (built in Albany- Auckland) boat sold (and copied) all round the world. Really amazing piece of kit. Drive is hydraulic, and driven by a small self start diesel motor in its' own compartment. If I ever won Lotto I'd certainly be looking at one😁 They have a special drive on trailer as well.
Not my lake in the thumbnail, don't know where that came from😐
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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT,-SEALEGS
Not something you see every day! Saw a 'Sealegs' boat coming in from over the horizon and it eventually came straight onto and up the beach past the Orewa surf club. It then proceeded about 300m down the main road (holding up the traffic) to the petrol station to fill up, then went back and down the beach, into the water and away. Guy broke a number of rules doing this but looked like one of those 'don't give a stuff' people, His wife and tiny kid (the only one with a life jacket) were sitting in the back all the time.
The Sealegs is an NZ designed and built (built in Albany- Auckland) boat sold (and copied) all round the world. Really amazing piece of kit. Drive is hydraulic, and driven by a small self start diesel motor in its' own compartment. If I ever won Lotto I'd certainly be looking at one😁 They have a special drive on trailer as well.
Not my lake in the thumbnail, don't know where that came from😐
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
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
I spent a day in one several years ago photographing an Etchells yacht race series in Australia. The versatility was brilliant, especially being able to pull up in the river at the end of the day and get photos that otherwise would have been lost.
Loved it but a tad out of my price range.
I spent a day in one several years ago photographing an Etchells yacht race series in Australia. The versatility was brilliant, especially being able to pull up in the river at the end of the day and get photos that otherwise would have been lost.
Loved it but a tad out of my price range.
Sealegs leaving the beach (vid 2)
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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.......
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
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
Policing at the Pavilion Gardens Lake enlist a new "Rookie" from the Buxton Model Boat Club.
Under the watchfull eye of owner and builder Graham Royle, Decoy Duck Donald, turns a few heads while he Ducks and Dives to maintain decorum - !.
REMEMBER - change "quality settings to HD 1080p " when viewing on youtube.
More photos on "Boats Clubs & Lakes" / "Buxton Model Boat Club".
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Policing at the Pavilion Gardens Lake enlist a new "Rookie" from the Buxton Model Boat Club.
Under the watchfull eye of owner and builder Graham Royle, Decoy Duck Donald, turns a few heads while he Ducks and Dives to maintain decorum - !.
REMEMBER - change "quality settings to HD 1080p " when viewing on youtube.
More photos on "Boats Clubs & Lakes" / "Buxton Model Boat Club".
Here's a short clip of my latest model. Not sure it is a boat! but it is a model, it floats, and it is radio controlled 😆
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Not happened yet 😁. There are a lot of real ducks on the Pavillion Gardens lake in Buxton and they get fed by lots of the visitors. Most visitors don’t notice Donald as he blends in with the rest of the crowd. It great to see their faces if/when they finally notice that Donald is a bit different to the others ( the blue flashing eyes tend to give it away!) 😂🤣
Graham93
Hi Brian,
Not happened yet 😁. There are a lot of real ducks on the Pavillion Gardens lake in Buxton and they get fed by lots of the visitors. Most visitors don’t notice Donald as he blends in with the rest of the crowd. It great to see their faces if/when they finally notice that Donald is a bit different to the others ( the blue flashing eyes tend to give it away!) 😂🤣
Graham93
R/C model of the Duna tug at Spencer's pool this was a static model converted to R/C & runs pretty well too.
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Hi, I started building the Anfora tug "Duna" (actually the "Frederic Mistral") several years ago but stopped when I could not get the drag chain for the steering strong enough. Seems the all the pulleys along the deck caused too much drag. How does yours work? Any photos?
Lew
Hi, I started building the Anfora tug "Duna" (actually the "Frederic Mistral") several years ago but stopped when I could not get the drag chain for the steering strong enough. Seems the all the pulleys along the deck caused too much drag. How does yours work? Any photos?
Lew
Just a little Hamilton Bay run of my scratch built R/C North Rock tug replica .The real tug was built in 1956 for the Alexandra Towing Co. Liverpool I took a little liberty in the color found out that the cabin was white & my ability to record with my I Phone & steer model ain't to good but it's a sturdy hull .
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Just a little Hamilton Bay run of my scratch built R/C North Rock tug replica .The real tug was built in 1956 for the Alexandra Towing Co. Liverpool I took a little liberty in the color found out that the cabin was white & my ability to record with my I Phone & steer model ain't to good but it's a sturdy hull .
