Hello

Sport Yacht Friendly Racing Club are continuing the yacht racing for small sport yacht designs held by SWAMBC previously. The next event Is at Apex Lake Burnham-on-Sea on the 11th May 2014.

Our fleet Is currently made up of Thunder Tiger Victorias, Micro Magics and Dragonforce65s. But any small yacht 65cm and less Is welcome. Racing Is to a simplified set of 5 rules. Please see the attached PDF. Skippers brief 10:00am and racing starts 10:30. Race entry fee Is £2 per yacht skipper. Allcomers welcome, we do require that all skippers have their own third party Insurance for model boating. There are no prizes, we race for the fun of It. Beginners' at racing or radio yachts are most welcome and there will be plenty of help and advice offered to get you up to speed. We also have 3 yachts available to hire If you don't have an eligible vessel.

The pdf attached or visit our web pages at

http://www.swambc.webeden.co.uk/#/syfrc-home/4581816909

Thanks for the link it's useful to see the pictures when trying to work out how to fit stuff. The weight balance you have looks to be more rearward than I was expecting so will bear that in mind when doing the rudder linkages so I leave room for the batteries to go there.

Thought about brushless as I think it would make it a fun boat, would be interesting to see yours go. But as it would have cost money I decided it would be a bit over the top for the target users. Some sink tests with one of my scavenged motors wedged into the hull showed a pretty good acceleration, on 4s lipo to replicate something close to rated motor voltage.

Got hold of an unstarted kit. Sold by most model shops as a good beginners boat. But will take some skill to convert to RC. The daughters are helping build It and It should make a fun little boat for them to play with.

Plan to use magnets to hold top and bottom hull sections together. A foam gasket will be formed to ensure the whole boat Is water tight. Will then have good access to the RC gubbins. Motors willl be brushed allowing the pair to be parallel on one ESC. The motors are scavenged from an old motorised wing mirror.

Very good kit, laser cut, RC ready, builds into a nice light model. Modest power setup result in a quick sport boat. Steers very well. (Motor: KEDA KB20-40-15L 3800KV) (ESC: EZ-RUN 18A ) (8/10)

Simple model built with my daughter when she was 6. Model very much enhanced by a home made steerable Kort nozzle, turns within its own length. Robust and low windage relative to its displacment, good for a little girl learning. (Motor: std 540) (ESC: SP-6 Hitec) (8/10)

Club open day at Radipole Lake In Weymouth.

We're a club of ~45 members based in Weymouth, Dorset. Currently we have 3 sailing venues, 2 near Bridport and 1 in the centre of Weymouth. See the website link above for more information.

WPMBC Sailing Sunday and Monday at Mangerton Mill near Bridport. This venue Is open to the public to come and see us In addition to the other attractions at the mill.

https://sites.google.com/site/wpmbclub