luckyduck
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West Sussex, United Kingdom
Member since Nov 2022
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4 boatsBillings Zwarte Zee
One I built many years ago, and still use regularly. The fire jets all work, powered by a car windscreen wa…
Bristol pilot cutter - Three Daughters
Based on the Sarik Hobbies Katie by David Alderton. Built to be a working version rather than a pristine ya…
Billings Polar
My first radio control model built about 20 years ago. Only needs 2 channel radio. Built to a budget, so ha…
Coastal tanker
Model built in late 1950's by my uncle from scratch. Built of red cedar bread and butter. All fittings hand…
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Re: Question of the Day?
Thanks Ross, as I said it is nice to be educated - never heard of a sail edger before.
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Re: Question of the Day?
Intrigued what the connection is between the wordle answer today and anything nautical - would be grateful to be educated on this one
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Re: Unknown 1960's "Wooden Model Boat"
Having your first model boat is always a special moment - I still have the very first model I was given - a scratch-built, hand-carved pond yacht about 15 inch…
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Re: Question of the Day?
I think the key part of the question and answer was 'wake'
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Re: Question of the Day?
Maybe some of the 100% happen to look up some of the answers?, or maybe they are just clever. I avoid looking anything up, which is why I am not 100%, and I am…
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Difficulty is that the tack on a mast/boom setup is very different to a square rigger. Both have tacks and tack lines work in opposite directions for each setu…
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Hoist the sails, a new site is on the horizon!
As with the others very happy to help - using a laptop on windows 11, but unlike the others I seem to be the only one using Firefox, so would be useful to chec…
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Re: Bristol pilot cutter - Three Daughters
Finally with the skills of a fellow sailing group member, I have some photos of 3 Daughters enjoying a breeze. He has rightly labelled the first photo as a 'Pe…
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Answer B could have been correct if it had stated gun ports clear to windward, rather than smoke clearing, which was the killer part of that answer. Read all t…
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Question of the Day?
Today you either need a degree in luck or marine biology!!!
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