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💬 Re: Aquarius
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 (
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Nice yacht. I like the colour too.
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📝 Lowestoft Maritime Museum
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Being a Lowestoft ex-Pat the museum is one of my favourite places. Incidentally I saw this photo today of a steam trawler returning from a fishing trip coming through the pier heads - looks a dangerous occupation.
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📝 FPV Experience
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I looked at this briefly a couple of weeks back to see what was available but although you can get cheap waterproof remote controlled cameras they mostly seem to be limited by Bluetooth being the mode of communication which has a limited range of approx 30 feet. So I’d be keen to see what others have found too.
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💬 Re: Lydia Eva restoration
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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One thing that stands out to me is that your model seems to have the superstructure back to front with the funnel forward of the bridge.
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💬 Re: Lydia Eva restoration
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here’s a picture of a model of Lydia Eve but it’s not easy to see the rigging as there are other steam trawlers behind. The forward mast is used as a derrick so is down most of the time. I’ve attached a couple more which may be of help.
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📝 Saling at Crowborough MBC
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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The lifeboat is my favourite.
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💬 Re: H.A.Kits Thames Slipper launch chase boat
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Brilliant film, so realistic.
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📝 Comtesse Robbe sail boat
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Auxiliary motors in the real thing are traditionally a bit pathetic but there’s no reason why yours should be. As you say, it sounds a bit overkill but you can restrict the speed by adjusting the end points on your tx?
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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There should be another video here
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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If you’re ever near Gt Yarmouth she’s usually moored up by the bridge and open to the public. The Lowestoft Maritime museum has lots of similar scale model steam trawlers on display with all the natural paraphernalia carried on the decks back in those days.
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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My text after the Lydia Eva link seems to be missing. The Calder craft model “Danny Boy” is virtually identical to Lydia, you may be able to get plans from them? I have the model but no plans.
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Have you tried asking the trust?
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📝 Cricut Joy
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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What materials are you thinking of cutting? I believe the Joy only cuts paper and vinyl which is great for lettering. I think you’ll need a bigger machine for cutting board though.
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📝 Renaming boat!. Unlucky or superstitious
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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It’s a superstition largely ignored. I was reading a thread about it the other day. Apparently it’s ok to rename a boat but if it’s a ship then all trace of the old name should be removed. Having said that I’ve seen lots of ships with the previous name in welded letters painted over with the hull colour and the new name in white over the top.
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📝 Drifter Trawler Boat Formidable LT100
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I don’t know where you live but if you are ever near Lowestoft I believe there is a model of LT 100 in the Maritime Museum along with lots of other very similar steam trawlers. Here’s a picture that just catches the funnel.
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💬 Re: INGA IV
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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My Inga is still in its box in the boat shed as yet unmade. If mine ends up looking half as good as that I’ll be well pleased.
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💬 Re: 1949 40' Chris Craft Challenger
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Lovely job.
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📝 RTTL 2755 today at the pond
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Very smart looking boat.
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💬 Re: Filming "Dinghy Dan"
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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It looks real doesn’t it?
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💬 Re: 1:4 scale Clinker Dinghy
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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What a lovely build.
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💬 Re: Al Kubar 2
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Good evening, my Smit Nederland is of a similar size, I fitted a pair of high torque 555 motors (about a tenner each) powered by a 12v lead acid battery which cost about £12 and runs forever. I opted to use twin Hobby Wing Esc’s (about £15 each as I recall) 60 amp. I opted for tank steering so each of the sticks on my FlySky FS transmitter controls a motor. As only one of the sticks “centres” I purchased a centring kit for the other stick (a couple of quid) which means that if I let the controls go both sticks centre in the “neutral” position. The tug has slightly faster than scale speed and will turn in its own length. For navigation and spot lamps I used prewired 3v LED’s which have their own prewired resistors. I ran a single lead from the battery to a wago connector fixed underneath the superstructure into which all the lights are connected, it worked well but I got fed up with the long trailing lead from the top half to the bottom half of the boat so I did away with the trailing lead and replaced it with a switched 9v battery holder which is Velcro’d to the inside of the superstructure which makes things tidier. I switch the lights on by simply reaching inside but I’m contemplating fitting a micro switch so I can control the lights remotely using a spare switch on the tx. I’m a complete novice at this but hope this helps.
PS the battery is heavy and helps with the ballast and can be charged without removing from the hull.
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John H
PS the battery is heavy and helps with the ballast and can be charged without removing from the hull.
Cheers
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💬 Re: Topaz 60" J class yacht
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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That is the best looking yacht I’ve seen to date and sails so well on virtually no wind.
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💬 Re: 60" J class yacht with Genoa in +/-10 mph winds
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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That’s a very sleek yacht and sails beautifully. I notice that you are sailing close hauled in several directions, what she like on a reach or run? There’s a fair breeze there, do you foresee having to replace the genoa with a jib in a blow?
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📝 RaIngaIV
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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She looks great in the video, the sails appear quite sensitive in that light breeze.
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📝 RaIngaIV
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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She sails well Roger. There are several members of our club that have tugs and are keen on introducing some kind of competitive events we can participate in within our club. We’d be interested to find out what things clubs such as yours do tug-wise. One of our issues though is that our lake is in a public park which means any infrastructure we make would have to be assembled and disassembled at every meeting.
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📝 Hey Gang, what boat is this?
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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This is the Lowestoft pilot boat.
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💬 Re: 27” Monterey Clipper
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Lovely looking boat. Good job.
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📝 Here is the name of this sail. Is this the definitive answer?
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays. With a Bermuda rigged sail boat the main sail is triangular, the mainsail has a wire sewn into it which fits into a slot on the rear of the mast and pulled up to the top of the mast using a halyard, the boom fixed to the bottom of the sail which is tensioned downwards to give the sail a bit of firmness. The top of the sail needs no support as it is the acute “pointy” bit. On a gaff/rigged boat with the gaff sail having four sides the top part needs supporting or it would sag down. So as well as having a boom attached to the length of the bottom of the sail it also has another “boom” attached to the opposite top edge of the sail - this is the gaff. The gaff usually has a U shaped fork at the mast end which is connected around the base of the mast and hauled up to as far up the mast as it needs to be. It stands to reason therefore that a gaff sail can be distinguished by the gaff across the top of it.
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📝 RA INGA IV Maiden sail
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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She looks great on the water Roger, ballast looks spot on. I look forward to seeing her heeling over under a bit of a breeze. Did I detect a bit of power at the beginning of the video to give her a kick-start?
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💬 Re: Ra IngaIV finished ?
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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That is a project to be proud of Roger. I’m hoping to start my Inga some time this year and if it ends up half as good as yours I’ll be happy.
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