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📝 Work finished in Florida for the season
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The boat will be trucked to the northern branch of the Cape Cod & South West Florida Shipyard next Monday where work will continue.
Bent butt rods with Penn International reels in swivel holders for fishing flat lines as part of an array of towed lures.
Rods in stored position for running to the fishing grounds.
Life raft canister installed & grab railings begun.
Bent butt rods with Penn International reels in swivel holders for fishing flat lines as part of an array of towed lures.
Rods in stored position for running to the fishing grounds.
Life raft canister installed & grab railings begun.
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📝 A new naval project. What to do now?
1 day ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Peter N, boom boats are a very interesting subject. Known as the fork lifts of the logging industry they are extremely acrobatic in their maneuvers. Do some online research & I think you will become even more interested in building one.
Here’s one I built several years ago.
Keep everything above deck EXTREMELY light. By nature these boats are unstable. Weight topside will likely result in rolling over in a turn creating surface bubbles when it sinks. Trust me, I have experience!
Here’s one I built several years ago.
Keep everything above deck EXTREMELY light. By nature these boats are unstable. Weight topside will likely result in rolling over in a turn creating surface bubbles when it sinks. Trust me, I have experience!
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📝 A new naval project. What to do now?
1 day ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Jock, I totally agree with your philosophy. Mine is much the same; most of my builds represent boats that I had some type of connection with. Some loose in nature, others more intense.
Building from kits is fine for anyone. After all getting someone interested in the hobby all of us enjoy so much is what’s important. Kit building often inspires someone to move on to scratch or semi-scratch building. 👍
Building from kits is fine for anyone. After all getting someone interested in the hobby all of us enjoy so much is what’s important. Kit building often inspires someone to move on to scratch or semi-scratch building. 👍
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💬 Re: Juneau
9 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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HS Batman!😮
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💬 Re: Juneau
9 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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You’re gonna need a bigger van!
Amazing craftsmanship TD. What all do you have animated?
Amazing craftsmanship TD. What all do you have animated?
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📝 Getting up there
10 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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The mock-up of the half tower has become THE half tower.
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📝 U.S. Easter Rivers - Towboats
10 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Having grown up in Cincinnati I look forward to learning about towboat operation. As a youth the muddy Ohio river did not capture my interest.
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
11 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Thanks Lew for the photo describing your tow boats rudder linkage arrangement. Obviously well thought out. It seems to me that because tow boats operate in shallow water Zdrives would be impractical due to how far they extend below the hull.
Your description of turning a make up of numerous barges makes me realize there is a vast difference in towboat & tugboat operations. Maneuverability issues are not generally the same. An articulated tug/barge might approach similarity at some level.
It’s been so long since I’ve run my twin ASD tug, SVITZER FERRIBY that I don’t remember if they were reversible. The props were opposite hand, outward rotating.
I was only joking about no bow thruster.
Your description of turning a make up of numerous barges makes me realize there is a vast difference in towboat & tugboat operations. Maneuverability issues are not generally the same. An articulated tug/barge might approach similarity at some level.
It’s been so long since I’ve run my twin ASD tug, SVITZER FERRIBY that I don’t remember if they were reversible. The props were opposite hand, outward rotating.
I was only joking about no bow thruster.
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
11 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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What? No bow thrusters?😂😂 That is some impressive Lew. I didn’t know t.hat tow boats had open rudders as well as Korts & flanking rudders. Were the P&S steering components operationally linked hydraulically, electricically, etc? Their skippers & you
must be exceptionally dexterous with the controls.
The publication TUGS,TOWING, & OFFSHORE NEWS has recently described several new tow boat builds. I’ll have to read them more carefully.
I apologize for totally high jacking the original thread. Any future posts I make on the topic will be in a new thread.
Your build is very impressive!
must be exceptionally dexterous with the controls.
The publication TUGS,TOWING, & OFFSHORE NEWS has recently described several new tow boat builds. I’ll have to read them more carefully.
I apologize for totally high jacking the original thread. Any future posts I make on the topic will be in a new thread.
Your build is very impressive!
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Steerable Kort is my default. Lew, you tow boat encompasses a very maneuverable arrangement. Bet you can walk it sideways!
As far as I know many earlier tow boats & harbor tugs had dual open props with flanking rudders. The addition of Korts made an already agile tow/tug REALLY maneuverable.
As far as I know many earlier tow boats & harbor tugs had dual open props with flanking rudders. The addition of Korts made an already agile tow/tug REALLY maneuverable.
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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My bad Ron. I didn’t look closely at the photos. I’m not a naval architect but without seeing any hydrodynamic explanation my guess would be that the increased maneuverability is primarily due to the larger rudder shown on the 1:1 on the ways.
Do you have a link to a description of how the nozzle works? The blade tips falling outside the nozzle diameter, & as Lew pointed out, screw well forward of the nozzle inlet also puzzles me about the functionality of the nozzle itself.
Any naval or marine engineers on this site that can offer explanation.Causes me to wonder if this arrangement was the precursor to Korts. Do you know if the Canadian naval architectural/ design firm Robert Allen has issued any papers on it?
BTW, given my experimentation, I stand by my preference for Korts over ASD drives for models. That said, one huge advantage of the ASD drives is that a tandem install of ASDs enables the skipper to walk the tug sideways.
Do you have a link to a description of how the nozzle works? The blade tips falling outside the nozzle diameter, & as Lew pointed out, screw well forward of the nozzle inlet also puzzles me about the functionality of the nozzle itself.
Any naval or marine engineers on this site that can offer explanation.Causes me to wonder if this arrangement was the precursor to Korts. Do you know if the Canadian naval architectural/ design firm Robert Allen has issued any papers on it?
BTW, given my experimentation, I stand by my preference for Korts over ASD drives for models. That said, one huge advantage of the ASD drives is that a tandem install of ASDs enables the skipper to walk the tug sideways.
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Ron, I’ve done a lot of research on & experimentation with Kort nozzles on model boats. I was particularly interested in
discovering if Schottel ASD drives offered a significant maneuverability advantage over Korts. Schottels are mechanically much more complicated than Korts & have a lot more moving parts that can fail.
My experimental process indicted, at least to me, that the difference was not significant enough to warrant the use of Schottel drives.
Mike, glad I was able to give you some ideas.
discovering if Schottel ASD drives offered a significant maneuverability advantage over Korts. Schottels are mechanically much more complicated than Korts & have a lot more moving parts that can fail.
My experimental process indicted, at least to me, that the difference was not significant enough to warrant the use of Schottel drives.
Mike, glad I was able to give you some ideas.
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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You will find that the Kort nozzle will represent an order of magnitude change in maneuverability. Try it with the plastic cups but for a permanent installation you will need a stronger material. In my experience with model tugs the taper in the nozzle doesn’t make a noticeable difference. I use PVC pipe cut to the appropriate length
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📝 Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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The bow reprints a big challenge IMHO. Just isn’t a tug profile
This link might prove useful.
This link might prove useful.
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📝 Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Excellent! Looking forward to seeing your next project. Thank you for explaining the difference between posting in the Forum v posting in Blogs.
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📝 AWOL, MIAor KIA!
16 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Doug, good to hear you are making tangible progress. Of course rehab never happens as quickly as any of us would like, but keep at lt
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📝 Is it 100% real or is it AI modified?
17 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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A very hearty laugh Doig.
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💬 Re: Hanging in there
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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TD. A few years ago geckos were much more numerous. Maybe the recent hurricanes have reduced their population?
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📝 Hanging in there
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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The SW Florida boatyard manager
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📝 More progress
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Mocking up the tower
1-3 Views of the tower or to be precise, 1/2
tower.
4. House fully enclosed & windows added.
1-3 Views of the tower or to be precise, 1/2
tower.
4. House fully enclosed & windows added.
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📝 Is it 100% real or is it AI modified?
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Here’s one of my Monterey Clipper in a local pond.
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💬 Re: Done! Officially the Taucher O Wulf 8, flagged and part of the fleet!
27 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Looks good Cash. An interesting post would be to show what you started with vs the final product. I’m not familiar with the real boat but my bet is you’ve nailed it.
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💬 Re: A video at last
27 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Thanks TD. Hope your water gets soft very soon. Probably been a rough winter up there. We became spoiled on the Cape given we had not had a cold snowy winter for many years. But it is New England as we all were reminded.
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📝 A video at last
29 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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First lap at WOT. After that the speed is more scale.
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📝 In the water & running
30 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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After making a somewhat major ballast redistribution LindsayM floats as intended. I polished the shaft to reduce friction with the shaft log which greatly reduced the running amperage & the resulting motor heat. Still more to be done to cleanup the shaft log & change to a three blade prop. Those mods have to wait until I’m home. But for now it’s running much better.
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💬 Re: Juneau
30 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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TD, your detail work is amazing. Given the vessel’s size the extensive amount of detailed parts you’re constructed boggles the mind. How do you maintain the determination to construct all of it & then automate much of it? I sure hope to see it in Scarborough.
Absolutely amazing.👍👍👍
Absolutely amazing.👍👍👍
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As we say in New England, some fine Alessandro. Your model is molto bene! 👍👍
Due to lack of use vocabulario mia italiano e male!
Due to lack of use vocabulario mia italiano e male!
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💬 Re: The build’s inspiration & into the water early
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Ron, Spencer Lincoln also designed the Duffy brand of Down East hulls. They are a popular, if not the most popular lobster boat hull on the east coast of the U.S. The Northern Bay 36 has a more pronounced shear line than the Duffy hull’s. Many of the NB 36 sport fishers are the sedan type; no fly bridges, towers, or half towers. It’s more likely that the sedan version is used for both sport fishing & lobstering than is one with a tower.
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📝 The build’s inspiration & into the water early
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Hi Ron & Bob.
The 1:1 boat I’m using as the inspiration is shown in my first in this blog. What interested me was the 36 Northern Bay’s rather unique, for a sport fisherman’s, shear line & the unusual house geometry. It’s the first time I’ve seen one arranged this way. The 1:1 shows a lobster pot hauler in the Stbd cabin offset but there is no sign of any provision for an accompanying pot hauling davit. I’ve never seen a large sport fish also rigged for lobstering. Harpoon fishing yes, but not for lobstering. The offset in my build will be used as an aft helm station occasionally seen on boats that fish for really (300 lb +) big species & have to back down on the fish during the fight to land it. A lot of backing down is required to keep the fish on the stern of the boat. An aft helm makes it easier to keep track of the fish’s position relative to the boat’s stern.
Bob, when I have ready access to water such as now when I’m temporarily in Florida 😎 I throw a build in the water. Sometimes the results are very exciting to say the least! Here, I toasted the ESC since the hull was wide open to water particularly over the stern. Once a build is closed in to water I run it for fun, correcting problems, & trying ideas. The lift strakes were added & ballast weight adjusted as a result of this displacement hull’s inability to lift its stern out of the hole as discovered in one running session.
Work continues.
Bill
The 1:1 boat I’m using as the inspiration is shown in my first in this blog. What interested me was the 36 Northern Bay’s rather unique, for a sport fisherman’s, shear line & the unusual house geometry. It’s the first time I’ve seen one arranged this way. The 1:1 shows a lobster pot hauler in the Stbd cabin offset but there is no sign of any provision for an accompanying pot hauling davit. I’ve never seen a large sport fish also rigged for lobstering. Harpoon fishing yes, but not for lobstering. The offset in my build will be used as an aft helm station occasionally seen on boats that fish for really (300 lb +) big species & have to back down on the fish during the fight to land it. A lot of backing down is required to keep the fish on the stern of the boat. An aft helm makes it easier to keep track of the fish’s position relative to the boat’s stern.
Bob, when I have ready access to water such as now when I’m temporarily in Florida 😎 I throw a build in the water. Sometimes the results are very exciting to say the least! Here, I toasted the ESC since the hull was wide open to water particularly over the stern. Once a build is closed in to water I run it for fun, correcting problems, & trying ideas. The lift strakes were added & ballast weight adjusted as a result of this displacement hull’s inability to lift its stern out of the hole as discovered in one running session.
Work continues.
Bill
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💬 Re: MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Finest kind!
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