Hi Zooma,
I didn't realise that you was running your motor clock wise.
I have always run anti clock wise as be fore I have always run IC engines.
So when I fitted electric as I had the props from previous use I had run my motors the same way, anticlock wise.
So you may have a good reaction with your wedge that you have fitted. 🚤🚤🚤🚤
Good luck, I look forward to your results.
I hope you have got it right and I am wrong with the way I ran my motors.
Regards BOATSHED. >> (Thomas) Happy boating.🚤🚤👍👍

Hi Zoom,
I have not been on your page for a few days.
I have just seen that you have fitted the wedge on the sratboard side of the boat.
Ifnthe post side is diving then surely it would be fitted on that side of the boat. I have coppied and pasted the paragraph from my pevious post for you again that I was tols to fit it. I would be curious first to see how she reacts to how you have fiitted it when you run it if you go out this weekend.
The paragraph is below.
Happy boating this weekend and I look forard to your new video in hope for you🚤🚤🚤.
Good luck.🚤🚤
PS, I am NOT picking fault or judging you, just suggesting.👍


He said to me a good Idea would be when he saw it was to remove all the forward part of the rudder, it was a bit deeper than the prop. and to also add a small wooded wedge glued on the under side of the port side of the hull,
This acted as a type of fitted trim tab so to speak.
It was only about 2.5" long, 3/4" wide and 1/2" deep at the end part of the wedge.
Similar to a door stop? if you get my meaning.

Hi Zomma,

I have been following your Aerokits Sea Commander, Strange Handling?

I must admit I have been a bit wary of making any remarks as to offending anyone.
A couple of years back on here I put what I thought was a remark and would help some one and another person took umbrage and said that I was being offensive.
So for this reason I have been as I say wary of remarking on yours or anyone elses problem.

Due being accused of being offensive I actually came off of this site for just over a year because it upset me.
I never try to offend anyone on here,

I do also have a Sea Commander but have never got to finish to get her on the water.
I bought her off of a boot fair half done.
She is at the painting and the power and fitting the running gear stage, but on the shelf in the shed. (or BOAT SHED) as the lady wife refers to it and still un finnished.

Way back in my fun days with my brother and several mates when we all used to go boating together on a Sunday morning, with our IC powered model boats I also had a similar problem with an Precedent Huntsman and could not work it out.

Another modeler came up to me and asked me if he could have a look at my boat when it came out of the pond as he was curious to see because of the way she turned at speed and dived on a starboard turn.

He said to me a good Idea would be when he saw it was to remove all the forward part of the rudder, it was a bit deeper than the prop. and to also add a small wooded wedge glued on the under side of the port side of the hull,
This acted as a type of fitted trim tab so to speak.
It was only about 2.5" long, 3/4" wide and 1/2" deep at the end part of the wedge.
Similar to a door stop? if you get my meaning.

So during the next week before going to our next Boating Sunday Morning I had made this wedge and stuck it on, and to my amazement it cured my diving (submarining) on the starboard turns.

From then on I have always removed all of the forward part of the rudder right to the rudder post on all of my boats wether they are speed boats or other type.
I was told on a speed boat the forward part of the rudder if it ws too large it could act like a brake.
Also if I have any problem of subing/ diving on a turn then I add a small wedge on the opposite side on the underside of the hull. It usually cures it.

This is just what happening to my Precedent Huntsman.
All of my boats are with no power units as I removed all of my IC engines and sold them off on Ebay.
I am going to fit Brushless now as everywhere down here where I live have banned IC on the ponds due to polussion and noise.


I am NOT telling you to do this as was just advice I was given on the pond side to me by a fellow boater.
Every one has different idea's.
I have a bage of different size propellors that I tkae when I do go out with a boat and swap around util I find the one that I decide is the best for that boat with it's power unit. Wether it be 2 or 3 bladded.
But I do usually use maily 3 bladed.

I do NOT want to as I said, offend you or upset any of the other people that are on here giving you advice.


Good luck on getting her sorted ou soon
I hope to see a video of her running and turning nicely at speed soon.
And by the way I am a speed freak and want ALL of my boats to run FAST .
I hope to get my AreoKits Sea Queen finnised one day and up on plane at speed as well.
Best wishes
BOATSHED. Thomas🚤🚤🚤

Still more questions on sailing, ???.
I am really lucky at the moment getting these correct.
And I am not using Mr Google for help.
At the moment we are away in the motor home, so I wouldn’t know how to connect to two different devices at the same time.
It’s hard enough working it on one device for me let alone trying to do it on two devices together.🙄🙄

Another luckily guess, as I know nothing about sailing ships.
I am doing well again.🙏

I remember this one.
We had this one a while back.

Hi Junpugly,
Have you thought of trying a small mix of bot RAL 5009 and RAL 5015.
Just to see if that would lighten it up a bit to your liking.
Adding white may be just too much of a hit to the colour.
Just a suggestion, or experiment??
That's what I would try. But I am a bit odd at times to say the least. 🤗.
I do love the model though, wish I could have a model of her.
She is an amazing boat, so sad about what happened to her.
I did follow the rebuild of her.
I would love to be there when she is back out on the water for her next run.
Not sure thought when that is or which Loch it's going to be on.
Ullswater possibly ??

Where did you get the plans for that, just out of curiosity?

ROCKBAG,
Well you are complaining , so am I.
Two days running I have now come on here and it has said I had already answered the question.
I think something is not right here.
If they want to keep certain people on the top 100% then that's not right.
Not have the thing rigged to have it set to have it to auto answer for you without you coming on here.

They all have hulls and sails.🤞🤞🤞

Iam really angry, i didn't answer todays question. this should be put right.
when i came on it said i had alrteady answered the question.
😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
how can this happen.
it's not the first time this has happened to me.
and yes i am shouting very loud about it.
👎👎👎👎😠😠😠😠😠😠🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

I have come on here today and it has told me that I have all ready answered the question. This is all wrong. I DONT KNOW WHY THIS DOES THIS. This isn't the first time this has happened to me. Some ting should be done about this happening. I know it happens to others.
😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

WOW I only knew that one from the 30 years of owning a boat.
Luckily I only had a fibre glass one.
I has a plaque on my Shetland 535 that said,
"If boat where meant to be built from fibreglass then GOD would have made trees from fibreglass".
I cannot BELIEVE that I have finally got up to 100%.
I will drop soon I know it.

I don't know, there doing sailing ship questions again??
I know nothing about sailing or sailing ships.
I sat and read the question half a dozen times and was bewildered at first.
But seeing as the answer's the only one that had fore in it, well thatt was the one for me.
So I went for that one.
So to me the answer was in the question if you read it enough times and think 🤔about the four answers listed logically.

It was a close one today.
It was a toss up between C & D answers.
I thought that the possible metallic's in the drift wood could interfere with the ships compasses. But then that didn't seem right with all the other metallic's on the ship.
So answer c, was which was the one I went for.
A & B didn't seem right.
Luck is still on my side at the present time. 🤞🤞

luckyduck,
I didn't know, I just plumbed for the answer that had Antarctica in the answer.
It was just a lucky guess. I cannot believe I and on such a long stretch of correct answers.
I have got to fall soon.

SimpleSailor,
Yes I agree with you, that's why I remember the answer. and yet get another one right.
I cannot believe my run of luck so far.
even the one where I did own up and go to MR Google!! and he gave me the wrong answer??
I had to go for a stab in the dark. My luck was in that day.
I will fall soon I am sure. 🤞🤞🤞

To me I think the answer was in the question.
That's why I went for answer (C).

I will be totally honest today.
Yes I did go to Mr GOOGLE, and this was what he came up with.

The specific phenomenon is called cargo liquefaction, or sometimes referred to as dynamic separation, when describing solid bulk cargoes that shift and act like a liquid. This occurs when solid materials, especially those with high moisture content like iron ore fines, nickel ore, or bauxite, lose their internal friction due to vibration, ship motion, and wave action, and start behaving like a liquid. This can lead to a rapid shift of cargo within the hold, causing a dangerous loss of stability and potentially capsizing the ship

So going to him doesn't always help you??
So I just sit and scratch my head and just wonder.🤔🤔
I don't know so it's just a stab in the dark, and pick one at random.
so I went for answer (D).
lucky answer!!!

WOW WEE, I now have 14 in a row. the last two have been complete random guesses.
But if you read the question 2 or 3 times as I did the answer is sort of in the question.
That's why I opted for the watertight bulkhead.
When I have build all of my wooden boats I have always built them so the front bulkhead was completely watertight.
#This was because with my bad running on the water when there was about 6 of us messing about racing 🚤🚤around on the pond in a collision if I was to get hit or I hit one of the others and over turned and sunk.
The front would keep the boat still somewhat still visible in the water.
It did and it did happen a couple of times and I was still able to carry on running again after a quick dry out of the radio box and off onto the water again.
We were pretty mad when we got all together in our younger days.

I can remember this one from my dad.
He also talked about the Mary Rose a lot, I used to rib him about that.
I used to say that he was on the building crew of the Mary Rose.
R.I.P Dad💤, XXX💔

I don't believe that they can get all 30 on the trot that often without going to MR Google.
It cannot be that easy with out of his help. I know I will NOT last this week out without getting one wrong.
Even a while back when I did seek Mr G's help he made me go wrong.
He doesn't always give you the correct answer. HE has done that about 3 times in a row to me, that's why I now give it a go at guessing it.
If lucks not on my side then I check to see what he would have said.
Even then occasionally he has come up with what I have said.
But how can you ask him when it says which of these answers is the correct one, when that is the type of question that comes up.
You cannot put all of that gumph in can you. ??
I wouldn't know how to.🤔🤔

Up to now No. I am being good.
I am resisting the urge to go to MR GOOGLE.
I had used that in the past and he has steered wrongly.
So now I am trying to guess is and up to now been dead lucky.
I am really waiting as I know I am definitely going to blow it very soon.
11 days now this is going way too well so it is going to go badly very soon.

😁😁WHOOPEEE!!, I have actually made it to ten in a row.
“You cannot be serious" in the word's of the great John McEnroe.
Well I wonder how much longer it will take me to get the next one wrong.
I cannot be long, surely.
It's been a long time since I have been this Lucky. 🤣🤣

Wow, nine in a row now.
I am probably speaking too early now.
I bet I will now blow it tomorrow and get tomorrows question wrong.
that will be another red mark.👎
I will see what tomorrow brings.🤞

I don’t understand the scoring either, no matter how many times they try to explain it.
It goes right over my head.
So it’s you and me both, I suppose there are others that also do not get it as well.
I seem to get 2 or 3 correct then I get at least one or two wrong.

I just seem to hover around the same place on the list and the same sort of % ratings.
So yes it’s a real pain in the butt.

I was away yesterday so I missed answering yesterdays question.
And today it says i have already answered ??
And I had not been on it yet???
Why does this happen??
This is not the first time this has happened.

This has to be my best run in a long time.
Well for me at least since I have seemed to notice this form of working the % scoring.
12 days in a row of correct answers.
Cannot be bad for me.
I was only getting 2 ot 3 then getting one wrong then drop down again.
Tomorrow is the so called by my wife the unlucky 13. 👎☹️☹️
Never been very supersticious, but we will see what tommorow brings. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

WOW!!!!
I have done it.
I am ⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
S A I L I N G,
10 in a row and I have jumped up a notch.
I have gone up to 8 on the list.
But is it because I am sitting up watching the telly.
The Secrets ofthe London Underground.
And I have been and answered it earlier than someone else and got an earlier spot on the % list ????
It makes me think like that this early now I have jumped up a bit on the list.🤔🤔🤔🤔⛵⛵⛵⛵.

Well this makes no sense.
Nine questions in a row correct.
Yesterday I was at 8 on the list.
Today I am now 9 questions correct in a row. and I have now dropped down to 9 on the list.
I dropped a placing on the listing???
Crazzyy 👎👎👎👎👎😮😮😮🤕🤕
I willnever get this way of how this is being worked out.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well at least I have had a good run at getting some questions correct.
I just hope I can make a double figure tomorrow on correct answers, and then I may just get to make a double figure on the LISTING as well ??????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Then in the words of a true ledgend (Sir Rod Stewart) I am ⛵⛵⛵Sailing. Hopefully