Beautiful design and model. She runs very nice!👍

What a pleasure to watch 😊

What a stunningly clear video, a delight to watch such a beautiful ketch sailing a super lake. Thankyou.

So ah, is this thing mobile ? Towable ? Open the door and window, drag it down the road and all that pesky sawdust and debris would be GONE !

Actually, you’ve done a great job on it…. Now a mini bar fridge and music is all that’s left..

Great job
You have now a great looking work shop.
Congratulations!!!!🎉

L working on my Creole Queen
Railings etc trim is last step. DE 1049 USN Garcia hull ready to be shipped to me. Scale Model Ships 5 ft long hull. My last big build. It will take a year to finish. Creole is a lot of work so far over a year in it

Just almost done with 1/32 Lindburg PT109 Hit it at hobby shop back room for $50

Have to talk to manufacturer on DEc1040 it’s still in California hope to get it shipped soon

She is a beauty. Many hours of hard work went into creating this outstanding model.
Congratulations.😮

Very impressive display.Congratulations to all concerned.
Bill👍

Hi Phil I love the picture of the Inga IV motor yacht, I bought an un loved example last year and am currently refurbishing it there is a blog on this site of the rebuild this is a picture of the real craft

Looks a lovely pond, like the maneuvering challenge. How big is it ? It’s made me thinking about building one for our club.👍

That looks like a wonderful day to enjoy. Having a continuous audience of spectators and possible new recruits is a big plus!

She look really good. If she was mine I would try the following idea. Lower the jib boom closer to the deck, add a bit more camber into the sails and open the slot up between the jib and the main and the jib when the sails are pulled in.
Just my thoughts enjoy sailing her

Hi Roger , all noted. I did put on an adjustable jib rack expecting to have "juggle" positions. With the weather starting to improve hopefully I can spend a bit more time working on the finer points. Someone once said to me , "you can get anything to sail , but its more difficult to get it to sail well" - How very true !!!!.
cheers
Phil

Impressive!!! I have no other words👍👍👍

Well done firefighter - very graphic, very poignant and very sad that we still live in a world where such atrocities can happen !.

Hello Luckyduck,

Thank you very much for your reply to my post. Absolutely fascinating that your Mother was a valued member of the NFS in World War II. Many of the firewomen during the Blitz and throughout the war, although they did not perform frontline fire fighting duties were responsible for many tasks. They operated the telephone and radio systems and fire plotting rooms throughout the country many above ground and did suffer casualties from falling bombs. They also transported fire fighting equipment from location to location as needed and often delivered equipment to fire scenes during air raids. And of course we must not forget they also staffed the canteen wagons that provided food and a cup of tea to the firemen at often protracted incidents.

When the war first started in 1939 these men, with little to do, were looked upon by some people as those who where avoiding joining the armed services and serving with the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France. These men were looked down on as cowards. When the Blitz started in September of 1940 all that changed.

When the war ended, 1027 firemen and over 24 firewomen had lost their lives.

Winston Churchill called all that served in the NFS and AFS "Heroes with grimy faces"

Greg

Hello Ron,

With regards to the YouTube link, I am obviously doing something wrong when adding the link to the video but for the life of me I don't know where I have made a mistake. So I have copied below the YouTube link that can be copied and pasted into a browser.



Sorry for the error.

Greg 👍

I now see that the video is showing in the media post. I now what I did wrong.

Greg 👍

What à romantic scenery!!!!