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1. Ronald🇨🇦

   Fleet Admiral·3 months ago

   I searched your build blog but found nothing

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2. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Fleet Admiral·3 months ago

   Hi Ron, if you look at my build section on the skipper you might get an idea of how he works.
   Look for this in the build blog search. Basically, I cut the figures' torso down to enable him to move to horizontal (by gravity) then he's hauled back upright by a servo at the front end of the seat pulling on a cord (with a spring strain relief) round a pulley under his butt and attached to a servo horn implanted in the same area (you can see it in one of the pics) Vid of him working and detail pics here-
   
   SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER. CREW ADDED
   
   JB

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3. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Fleet Admiral·3 months ago

   Hi Lucky D, does look very similar to a Heron or an Arrow dinghy (we had limited numbers of both here in the60s) but a bit bigger. Built using the developable surface method (drawn to alleviate having to steam the ply) Sails very well and is well balanced. Has the equivalent of a 470 rig so can be fun to sail it by yourself in a decent wind ! but has a roller reefed jib which is very handy at times.
   
   Unfortunately the model skipper only ducks the boom (that was a mission in itself). Would have been nice to have him change sides, but not really feasible due to the lack of room and the mechanism needed. I had the Idea for my cat skipper to change sides, but that was also too complicated.
   
   JB

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4. jumpugly🇺🇸Gold

   Admiral·3 months ago

   JB!!! You're putting us all to shame, but what a BUILD!!!!!! It's Simply...
   
   😊

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5. stevedownunder🇦🇺

   Commodore·3 months ago

   Hi JB,
   Great end resalt, she looks very realistic on the water.
   
   Cheers,
   Stephen.

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6. luckyduck🇬🇧Bronze

   Lieutenant·3 months ago

   You are a master of scale dinghies JB, beautiful - does the helmsman also change sides on tacking????!!!!
   
   Your day sailor, except for its length is a copy of the Heron dinghy in the UK, designed by Jack Holt in about the 1950's. I still have my orignal gaff-rigged Heron built in about 1958, but sadly just stored in my garage.

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7. Ronald🇨🇦

   Fleet Admiral·3 months ago

   Please show us how you designed the skipper

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