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Steam Glorious Steam.
… th top workmanship - as here - is a joy to behold. My steam rch-hit">yacht here started life as a Kingston Moulding hull of the famous 1911 50 foot Steam-Pinnace-199. It lay around for 20(?) years untill I happened to stumble over a neat Chinese ste …
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Question of the Day?
Wow that has a wide answer spread! Having drawn up a few rch-hit">yacht plans the answer was more obvious, but not a bad question. Lately though I have put the main strength at the stern in the transom, which works well for model rch-hit">yachts but not so f …
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Question of the Day?
… fered to acts as an aerofoil and does as it says. Got model rch-hit">yachts with both keel forms and the long keel is not an aerofoil e.g. Inga IV she does her best but does not point up so well into wind. The sides of the keel are parallel so just …
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Question of the Day?
… ndro how I know a bit about hull fouling is that I did research on its prevention for rch-hit">yachts that I crewed on. Due to my electronic engineering background, I assisted with the fitting of ultrasonic prevention systems on a few boats.
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Question of the Day?
I must confess to researching answers, but not fron Gurgle. I have several books dealing with nautical matters, for example, the 1956 edition of The Admiralty Manual of Seamanship, several RYA training manuals, Advanced Powerboat, rch-hit">Yachtmast …
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Question of the Day?
… is surprising what has been left off the prototype for commercial reasons. Witness the off market 'super detailing' accessories, i.e. putting back what has been left off. Some of the worst cases are stanchions / hand rails. When done cheapl …
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Question of the Day?
… the main mast. You have to use a winch to do this as the forces are very high. It forms a wind slot to accelerate the air passing over the main sail. This increases the pulling power of the mainsail by creating a low pressure area. Storm j …
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Ra ingaIV
… ot been drilled out yet.The rear cabin was missing when I purchased the barn find hull. as for your question regarding the winch set up this is my next project. I have not owned a sail rch-hit">yacht before and it is taking a lot of research to fill …
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Question of the Day?
… Sydney Harbour, probably 10 years ago, we were anchored up (rch-hit">yacht). We were there to see some event and a 30 odd foot motor boat found a not very large space to anchor in. The boat stopped and then was slowly drifting down on us. The 3 peop …
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Question of the Day?
i got my fishing boat term and rch-hit">yachts mixed up must try harder my percentage has now gone down
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Question of the Day?
… got the answer correct, but, not so sure now, a bit of research is saying otherwise.. https://www.the-triton.com/2017/03/diesel-digest-when-did-rch-hit">yachts-start-using-diesel-engines/#:~:text=The%20first%20commercial%20diesel%2Dpowered,of%20the% …
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Question of the Day?
… interaction here take it too seriously and spend hours researching for spurious answers which take up most of their day or night!. I think this a little unfair as sometimes especially for sailboat questions I have experience on full size an …
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Question of the Day?
… 'None of the above' question today (12.5.23.) Previous Superrch-hit">yacht questions (also None of the above) had prompted some intensive research on the subject. The 'correct' answer for today was once the owner of Pelorus, but she has been through …
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Question of the Day?
… leaky' question With the exceptions of hiring a small motor rch-hit">yacht for the day on Elba (no wind so just motored along the north coast to a secluded cove) and a 'porpoise spotting' excursion in the Canary Isles (during which poor Gisela spent …
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They are "Wooden Boats", but not scale models ...
… kid, "Crazy" George Swenson, who was a builder for Bertram rch-hit">Yachts. He became one of their greatest craftsmen and after a time his reputation grew so great that buyers would ask if it was a "Swenson" build. After he retired from Bertram and …
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Departed modellers 'left overs'
… an cope with. I am currently trying to dispose of one large rch-hit">yacht 3 feet long but nearly 6 foot in height a 50 inch rch-hit">yacht (not a Marblehead) in need of mast and sails a PBM kit of an off shore oil rig supply vessel and an Artesania Latina A …
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Edina Model Yacht Club annual "Parade of Boats"
… . Lots of boats and people, much more than I've seen at any RC event here. Thanks for sharing the photos. Lew Florida ️, USA
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MATAKANA MODEL BOAT SHOW NEW ZEALAND 21.04.24
… , with new ships and their modern RNZN namesakes. Also Bismarck and other German ships, PT boats, Perkasa, Thornycroft ASRs etc - too many to list. So many amazing models, but only a few seem to be sailed locally, (mainly rch-hit">yachts). I did mak …
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Where do you build your models?
… nsulation came via a friend who worked at the building research establishment not far away. He said it had come from an old paddle steamer which was being possibly refurbished but the various sheets about 2 inches thick, had been at the est …
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Rebuilding thames barge Cambria
Before RC was common I remember seeing a Thames Barge over at the Hampstead rch-hit">yachting pond. The leeboards were operating and the owner told me he had mercury filled tilt switches, one for each leeboard. They were wired up to electric motors …
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Creating Realistic Mast Hoops
… s fitting can look very nice all polished up. I use model aircraft aileron plastic hinges for goosenecks, one end goes into the sail boom and the other is free to rotate in a brass tube soldered to another wider one fitted on the mast. The …
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Servos
… ind a suitable servo to tuck away for the rudder in a small rch-hit">yacht, I came across 17 gram servos and bought 3 of them. They were just the size I wanted with a 1.8 kgrm per cm torque. Worked out at about £4 each, including delivery. I have te …
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Ra Inga IV at the pond
… plans and original build instructions available. This was purchased as a pattern for my wooden Inga1V which is now complete. I would like it to go on for someone to rebuild her any offers? I believe my build blog CGINGA1V on this website do …
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My daughter’s “spy boat.”
A quick Google search found this .... https://giggster.com/listing/58-vanquish-sexsea-rch-hit">yacht
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Inga1v
… rent, Portgarth and scratch built, Cervia, Brave Borderer, Orca, and Rttl 2755, I have in dry dock a Tyne class, another Aziz and my latest acquisition an empty hull and decking of a Inga IV. As you can gather none of my fleet consist of an …
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Club or not
… about 10 members every Sunday. The other one the royal modelrch-hit">yacht club Organises every month a regatta January pancake regatta February valentine regatta March evening lights regatta So for some years we don’t have a sailing stop during win …
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Big question
… etailing will be minimal. I do have 4 RTR power boats and 2 rch-hit">yachts but they are low maintenance only and a Tamiya Unimog to paint. I do have other hobbies and need to do some culling there. My neighbour is into RC boats and planes and a gar …
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Big question
… ater, need a small finish. 4 needing minor repair. 11 model rch-hit">yachts always needing TLC after sailing. 8 electric and one clockwork (with RC) all working but just general maintenance. I think I might have a Viking funeral with boat after boat …