flaxbybuck 🇬🇧 Basic
Captain · 3,739 pts
Knaresborough, United Kingdom
Member since Nov 2021
Last online 4 months ago
Age 80
About
Design, make and sail model motor boats and sailing craft.
flaxbybuck’s harbour
7 boatsThames Bawley
Kathryn is a Thames Bawley fishing boat completed by me in 2020. It has detachable keels of different lengt…
Sea Queen
Purchased from a deceased member in 2013 I spent many hours refurbishing this classic. Two lots of 10 NiMH …
Lorette - Police Launch PL502
I managed to intercept just before this hull was going to the tip. Originally made by a friend with help fr…
Felix
Felix is a Krick model of a Hamburg harbour launch, a number of which survive to this day. It is the first …
Albert IV
Albert is a pond yacht made by an uncle in 1926 and passed onto me in 1959. I have carried out three major …
SPT441 and SPT409
Between 2017 and 2019 I made the Deans Sea Plane Tender SPT441 and concurrently made an identical plank on …
Speedwell
I started building this auxiliary ketch when I was 13, see photo. It is scratch built from balsa using the …
flaxbybuck’s build blogs
19 blogsRegretably I have decided to part company with Kathryn. The boat that is, not my wife. I am looking to dispose of the larger, less manage…
Can anyone help me with this issue please. Cabin cruiser 1m long; 4240 x 740 brushless motor; 5S lipo; 55mm prop. Cruised happily for 15 …
I had intended posting videos of Kathryn under sail but cannot find out how to put videos onto the site. Can anyone help please ?
Finishing details There are a few details to describe that could be of help to other builders. The first two pictures show the jib sheet …
I wrongly entered my last post in the 'how to' section where, it seems, you are unable to respond. So here is my query for which I am see…
About the mainsail, topsail and large staysail. The gaff is lifted by the uphaul (Pic 1) with the halyard being tied off on a mast cleat …