That looks a very nice model Ron, I'm sure you could adapt her for RC. I took the easy way out and built a schouw yacht so that I didn't have the problem of an open cockpit. I like the sprit rig too combine that with the leeboards and she's good practice for when you build a Thames Barge.

Cheers, Nerys

This is a Billings kit I built for a friend when he turned 50, about 24 yrs ago. When he moved away, he gave it back to me, said he was down sizing.

So, if I added a removable keel, and covered the open areas with clear plastic, it could go a sailing.

Any ideas?

Nice to see it finished Nerys. Love that curly gaff!

Ian

Fantastic looking boat Nery's ,with any luck you will be sailing her soon .
Cheers Marky👍

Hi Nerys,
You have done a really fantastic job on her.
I am looking forward to see her in the water as much as you are.
Hopefully very soon.

Martin555.

I called her De Groene Draek because her hull is painted groene.The sails are red denoting the fire she is breathing and because I had some red fabric, also, many years ago I had a boat which I raced quite successfully and she had similar green hull and red sails and I always liked that combination.

The shop in Barcelona was selling nautical books in all sorts of languages. I bought another on Dutch craft at the same time and another in English/American on traditional craft of the American. Eastern sea board.

Incidentally I saw the royal De Groene Draek in Amsterdam some years ago.

Cheers, Nerys

Very nice Nerys👍
But don't she have the wrong colour sails for a 'Green Dragon'?😉
"which I bought in Barcelona"
Natch! Doesn't EVERYONE go to Barcelona to buy their books on Round and Flat Bottom (😮) Dutch yachts?🙄
Hope you get to sail her very soon🤞
Cheers, Doug 😁😎
Pic shows Green Dragon in 1959 with Princess Beatrix aboard.

"De Groene Draeck (English: The Green Dragon) is a royal yacht of Beatrix of the Netherlands. It was named after the flagship of Piet Hein, a famous 17th century Dutch admiral.
De Groene Draeck is a traditional Dutch round bottomed sailing ship, built in 1957 in Amsterdam. She was offered by the Dutch people to the then Princess Beatrix for her 18th birthday.[1] Her sail number is therefore VA 18.
The ship is regularly used by the Royal Family for sailing. The ship is usually moored in Muiden. "