… ery simple. 1. Costs being significantly cheaper than other RC rch-hit">yachts like Marbleheads and IOM's. 2. Hull length of 95cm would cope better with the waves we get at Chew than the DragonForce 65 would. 3. Strict one design racing where its th …

… is chosen to suit wind conditions. The balance point of the rch-hit">yacht when foiling is at the centre of area of the leeward foil. So the pressure of wind on the sails has to balance this out as the effect of the smaller jib moves the centre of p …

… got worse and worse! The second race was won by the Italian rch-hit">yacht by 7 seconds for a slightly longer race of 24 minutes. Analysis shows that the Italians travelled 200 metres further overall and there was nothing in it with boat speed. Grea …

… margin of victory that belied any agreement on the size of rch-hit">yacht taking part. To quote-: The history of the rch-hit">yacht America began with five members of the New York rch-hit">Yacht Club, who decided to build a state-of-the-art schooner to compete again …

… f you look at the deck it is 18 inches lower than the other rch-hit">yachts. Beneath the deck below the mainsail the other rch-hit">yachts have put the mainsail hydraulics to clean up the design. NZ have not done this, they have put all the mainsail hydrauli …

… used by units of the Royal Navy and by members of the Royal rch-hit">Yacht Squadron whose rch-hit">yachts have the correct paperwork. However there is a defaced white ensign which is the flag of the British Antarctic Territory. And when you think this all st …

Red Ensign is used by Merchant Navy and privately owned boats registered or resident in UK. Blue ensign, Fleet Auxiliaries and defaced with a badge in the fly for many official organisations and registered rch-hit">yachts owned by members of certain …

… enough to what the original should be. I think the Dragonforce mainsail may have a slightly higher aspect ratio than a Dragon, bit I cannot see it matters and saves a lot of work. I've used the keels and fins from RTR model rch-hit">yachts on other …

Hi Ron and Tony, are your Dragen rch-hit">yachts static or for sailing? Over 20 years ago now I was asked to build a Dragon Class rch-hit">yacht by Int. Mar. Modelling but using a ready made glass fibre hull about to be marketted. It was with a view to have …

… aly and Luna Rossa won 7 - 1. All things being equal 6th. March sees the start of the actual mericas Cup between Italy and New Zealand. Considering how the USA then UK and ending with Italy all had a turn at domineering the racing events I …

… on the back stroke - so very accurate. And to top it all a RC rch-hit">yacht with its own proper full size transmitter on 27.195mhz (changeable) which sails very well - cost a whopping 10 quid - complete with 12 AA alkaline batteries...........(les …

… had Brightlingsea owners. She was the last sailing barge purchased by Paul's who paid £700 for her in 1940. She was requisitioned as a mine watching hulk in Harwich Harbour during the war. Rebuilt in 1945 and eventually sold in 1960 for £1 …

… ems that going from 50 mph down to zero is just as bad in a rch-hit">yacht as it is in a car! Something large inside the rch-hit">yacht broke free and went travelling right through the bow and made 'quote' a small car size hole in the hull. One of the crew m …

… g sold off, most were about £105. Most of them became barge rch-hit">yachts or houseboats. The picture of Upnor Woods is pure nostalgia too, I lived about half a mile upstream of there in my late teens, early 20's. My father was a schoolmaster on th …

I was sorry to see that the cruise ship 'Marco Polo' has been sold and is currently beached in India awaiting scrapping. I had a sort of affection for her, apart from the fact that I liked her traditional looks, I often used to see her year …

Billings do a kit of a Colin Archer type gaff ketch and in the blurb for the kit mention rudder and propellor, so they obviously expect her to be motored as well as sailed. I have seen one or two auxiliary rch-hit">yachts but my guess is that they w …

… gdens who built Remus. Whether he is only interested in the rch-hit">yachts they built or is also covering the commercial boats, I do not know. Perhaps he has the company records of Rigdens, I don't know, but you may think it worth contacting him in …

… my brother in law also Woodspring club use it regularly for RC rch-hit">yachts etc

… going on! I do not agree about having 'big boats' the Oligarchs have adopted the lavish spending style which will soon create a backlash. Especially if covid-19 causes a general move to home working and a fall in big city house prices as t …

… said he was going over to watch the Americas Cup race in March. He lives in Oz and sails his own rch-hit">yacht. It is really exciting stuff with lots of changes of fortune. But as they say the harder you work the luckier you get. It is also great …

… h of a chance. All the crew were safe and a while later the rch-hit">yacht was righted and towed in. However it was very low in the water and I wonder how the on board computers have faired and also the controls for the foils? The next round starts …

… am puffed. I have temporarily taken on the shape of a super-rch-hit">yacht fender with apendages and added a few kilos, so will need to do a few laps of the beach tomorrow (or maybe the next day) to deflate. We are lucky down here being the first in …

… e an arm is moved. A cant arm takes 3 seconds to travel an arc of 50 degrees. So amongst the non Grinders there is an arm operator and a 'flyer' who controls the 'flight' of the rch-hit">yacht through the water. There is a fixed foil at the base of …

Filmed at the Bournville RC rch-hit">Yacht Racing and Model Powerboat Club.

RC Sailing No 110 Seen here at Buxton is - 'Ellipsis' an International One Metre Class rch-hit">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 ep …

I see the Marco Polo has been laid up Bristol as the company running her was put into administration this year, (update - further to that, have just seen she's been auctioned on 22 Oct this year and a bid's been accepted. She's a lovely loo …

Hi David . searched through the bits & pieces - Jigsaw is actually MB 490 like yours - round one is the Unimat attachment - need to check before I speak. Have some spares for that but sadly not for the table saw . Plastic safety shield is b …

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 rch-hit">Yachts , Tugs , Rowing boat , Submarine and other power boa …