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Southport Model Boat Club
Jubillee Pond Rotten Row Southport Merseyside
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@SouthportPat The tiny little orange hulled sail boat (shown in your fourth picture) was still sailing earlier this afternoon and Ian took the time to show it to me.
It is very small (less than a foot in length) and the hull is 3D printed. Ian had a spare hull in his shorts pocket (!) this time a green coloured one to show how they are when they are bought straight off of the printer.
This is a lovely little sail boat that perhaps I would like to have a go at building (and sailing) sometime in the future. I think the brightly coloured orange hull was a good choice as it helped quite a lot with being able to see it.
I have no idea if the keel assembly is also 3D printed, but it did slot into the keel slot very neatly.
I will take a better look next time……..and try to remember the name of the yacht……..and take some pictures of it……!
Maybe they can print the hulls in a bright lumo-yellow too…….although the orange one looked really good.
Bob.
It is very small (less than a foot in length) and the hull is 3D printed. Ian had a spare hull in his shorts pocket (!) this time a green coloured one to show how they are when they are bought straight off of the printer.
This is a lovely little sail boat that perhaps I would like to have a go at building (and sailing) sometime in the future. I think the brightly coloured orange hull was a good choice as it helped quite a lot with being able to see it.
I have no idea if the keel assembly is also 3D printed, but it did slot into the keel slot very neatly.
I will take a better look next time……..and try to remember the name of the yacht……..and take some pictures of it……!
Maybe they can print the hulls in a bright lumo-yellow too…….although the orange one looked really good.
Bob.
Never too old to learn
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We arrived later this morning and the weather was dry and warm, but there had been a few short-lived showers earlier in the morning (some of them quite heavy!) …..that caused us to dash back to take the washing off of the line !
……and then dash back again to hang it all out when the weather had settled.
We only left the lake around 5pm this evening and it is now quite hot and very humid, but the water is not as full of weed and birds feathers as it was yesterday when we had to abandon any running due to the rudder and propeller getting tangled up every few minutes.
Quite a remarkable transformation really as I picked-up no weed or feathers all day today.
The water was lovely and calm - perfect conditions for r/c model boating……..and the washing was nice a dry when we got back!
Bob.
We arrived later this morning and the weather was dry and warm, but there had been a few short-lived showers earlier in the morning (some of them quite heavy!) …..that caused us to dash back to take the washing off of the line !
……and then dash back again to hang it all out when the weather had settled.
We only left the lake around 5pm this evening and it is now quite hot and very humid, but the water is not as full of weed and birds feathers as it was yesterday when we had to abandon any running due to the rudder and propeller getting tangled up every few minutes.
Quite a remarkable transformation really as I picked-up no weed or feathers all day today.
The water was lovely and calm - perfect conditions for r/c model boating……..and the washing was nice a dry when we got back!
Bob.
Never too old to learn
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Southport Model Boat Club
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