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📝 Non-model nautical photos etc
2 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Non-Model nautical photos, eh? Hmmmm🤔?
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📝 The Metro Marine Modellers of Toronto 🇨🇦
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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We had a fine multi club day sailing on the Mel Lastman Square pool on Saturday, September 28th. It was well attended and the community enjoyed the event which was from 10am to 4pm. We were allowed to drive in and load up right beside the pool. The pool had 6 1/2” of water yesterday.
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📝 Scale subjects.....
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Theodore Too is being worked on after being in Halifax, Nova Scotia for many years. You may remember the little tugboat tv series featuring Theodore.
Theodore too photos can be seen by doing a Google search
Theodore too photos can be seen by doing a Google search
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💬 Re: Andrea Gail
13 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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💬 Re: Clyde Puffer
16 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL BOATING
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Have you ever been interested in trying model boat racing? Accessible, competitive, and inclusive, 2024 is a fantastic year to dive into the sport. The Metro Marine Modellers is an active and passionate group of radio control boaters and boat modellers that are eager to share their pastime with prospective members.
At Metro Marine Modellers, they construct models for fun to museum quality. Building a model to work on the water is more about model engineering, having fun while doing it and having a great day at the pond. All models constructed are a “scaled down” version of a real ship. The model is then “fitted out” for radio control and operates on the water. Come check it out!
Date: Saturday, Sept 28
Time: 10AM – 4PM
Info: (Mel Lastman Square Rink)
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RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL BOATING
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Have you ever been interested in trying model boat racing? Accessible, competitive, and inclusive, 2024 is a fantastic year to dive into the sport. The Metro Marine Modellers is an active and passionate group of radio control boaters and boat modellers that are eager to share their pastime with prospective members.
At Metro Marine Modellers, they construct models for fun to museum quality. Building a model to work on the water is more about model engineering, having fun while doing it and having a great day at the pond. All models constructed are a “scaled down” version of a real ship. The model is then “fitted out” for radio control and operates on the water. Come check it out!
Date: Saturday, Sept 28
Time: 10AM – 4PM
Info: (Mel Lastman Square Rink)
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📝 Known to everyone as Garth 🇨🇦
17 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I met the man behind the sunglasses 😎 tonight at the “Light Up the Night” on the Spencer Park pond in Burlington. Ontario 🇨🇦.
Here is Garth with his green fishing boat featured in the movie “A Perfect Storm”.
That’s Catharine and me sitting on a bench while I rigged up the LED string of lights on my Saint Pierre Dory.
It was a challenge to navigate the waters through slow moving boats, and vessels dashing around and zig-zagging between the slower vessels, plus those boats whose owners decided to go against the flow of traffic. There were a few collisions tonight but only one I witnessed who almost met the bottom. Fortunately, it was next to the deck and it was saved.
Here is Garth with his green fishing boat featured in the movie “A Perfect Storm”.
That’s Catharine and me sitting on a bench while I rigged up the LED string of lights on my Saint Pierre Dory.
It was a challenge to navigate the waters through slow moving boats, and vessels dashing around and zig-zagging between the slower vessels, plus those boats whose owners decided to go against the flow of traffic. There were a few collisions tonight but only one I witnessed who almost met the bottom. Fortunately, it was next to the deck and it was saved.
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📝 re Tug hull paint
24 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Do these photos help?
Maybe others will weigh in on this too? Am I correct that tugboats that operate in salt water must be painted with a different type of paint than those operating in freshwater?
So a tugboat working on the Great Lakes or other large inland bodies of water and rivers are preserved differently than those in major ports.
I will put the question to someone who works on them on Lake Superior.
Maybe others will weigh in on this too? Am I correct that tugboats that operate in salt water must be painted with a different type of paint than those operating in freshwater?
So a tugboat working on the Great Lakes or other large inland bodies of water and rivers are preserved differently than those in major ports.
I will put the question to someone who works on them on Lake Superior.
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💬 Re: Andrea Gail
24 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Garth, other than navigation lights red, green and white stern, do people add other lights?
Yes they do! See here.
Yes they do! See here.
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📝 Model Slipways Yorkshireman Tug
24 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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My skipper friend said about a derelict fishing trawler that he was towing to the scrap yard, “ I can’t even begin to understand how you could even let your boat get to that level.”
Looking forward to seeing it all shipshape, brass polished, windows cleaned and ready for service. 🤗
Looking forward to seeing it all shipshape, brass polished, windows cleaned and ready for service. 🤗
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📝 Model Slipways Yorkshireman Tug
25 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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We can see you have a skill of making a model look not cared for by its owners. Those railings look to be nearly rusted through and not secure.
Any vessel that I have been on didn’t look like this nor the vessels seen on the job. Yes there is weathering seen from walking on the deck or wear chains and towing gear is constantly rubbing on the surface.
But this looks like a vessel almost ready for the scrap yard. If the deck working surface looks like this, just imagine what the interior looks like! Or the engine room and crews areas, it would be disgusting!
Any vessel that I have been on didn’t look like this nor the vessels seen on the job. Yes there is weathering seen from walking on the deck or wear chains and towing gear is constantly rubbing on the surface.
But this looks like a vessel almost ready for the scrap yard. If the deck working surface looks like this, just imagine what the interior looks like! Or the engine room and crews areas, it would be disgusting!
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📝 San Diego Argonauts Model Boat Pond
28 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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See some of Gary Webb’s videos from Sailtails where he goes up to the pond in San Diego too.
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💬 Re: Just a little sailing
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Love to come September 7 but we’re in Huntsville for a wedding. Might take my Emma up to the place too, its at Deerhurst. But, just checked the weather forecast for this weekend and it looks like a wet one from Friday till Tuesday.
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📝 It only took a smouldering cigarette …
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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While touring the Museum of the Gaspe, they told us a near disaster caused by a cigarette smouldering in the trash. The fishing vessel displayed outside, caught fire, requiring structural frames be replaced and hull planks.
The carpenters were able to take my IPhone and get photos up on deck for me.
There was a nice model in the museum
created by a local model builder. which the staff brought me a chair to stand on to take photos of the deck.
The staff are superb! The museum includes a large research library is open to visitors. Most of the collection is in stacks beyond eyes of the public. I was able to see some materials relating to the WWII period of history that included the 5 forts and two naval bases.
The carpenters were able to take my IPhone and get photos up on deck for me.
There was a nice model in the museum
created by a local model builder. which the staff brought me a chair to stand on to take photos of the deck.
The staff are superb! The museum includes a large research library is open to visitors. Most of the collection is in stacks beyond eyes of the public. I was able to see some materials relating to the WWII period of history that included the 5 forts and two naval bases.
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💬 Re: Re: Fix’r Upper
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I hope everyone knows that I was only joking about fixing it up, though the way it is constructed is interesting.
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📝 Names of Fishing Boats
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Greg. I saw these today up on the Gaspe at Rivere du Renard, Capital of Canadian East Coast Fishing
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📝 My tugboat towing a barge
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I found this video file of the RC model of the Beamsville towing the barge Mereme
The Mereme is the barge used by Marcel in Tofino, BC which we saw in May during our visit with Marcel Theriault.
The Mereme is the barge used by Marcel in Tofino, BC which we saw in May during our visit with Marcel Theriault.
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📝 Recently hand surgery
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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August 26th looking great!
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📝 Names of Fishing Boats
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I too like the style of your favourite fishing vessel which has stood the test of time.
I too like the style of your favourite fishing vessel which has stood the test of time.
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📝 Names of Fishing Boats
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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While traveling around the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec we are dropping in on various harbours to look around. Today we saw these fishing boats hauled up and some were for sale. The fishing industry has been hit hard here in Quebec with various moratoriums.
Just a few weeks a year for some species, not enough catch to support a fishing business.
Look at the names on these vessels. You may need to zoom in to see some of them.
Such as :
Corporal/Punishment
Le Combattant
Never Give Up
Just a few weeks a year for some species, not enough catch to support a fishing business.
Look at the names on these vessels. You may need to zoom in to see some of them.
Such as :
Corporal/Punishment
Le Combattant
Never Give Up
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💬 Re: Fix’r Upper
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Ross, it may have been left behind by Jacques Cartier . 🤔🤣
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📝 Fix’r Upper
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I found this fixer upper yesterday and took some photos. It’s building technique is interesting.
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📝 Sloop Emma
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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New photos from the Maiden Voyage
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💬 Re: The horror begins...;)
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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More like Blazing Saddles here we come!!!
Glad you’re driving a good Toyota Rav4 too bad it wasn’t the Hybrid version. We enjoy our Hybrid Camry.
Glad you’re driving a good Toyota Rav4 too bad it wasn’t the Hybrid version. We enjoy our Hybrid Camry.
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💬 Re: Yard Sale Find
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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I tried to lower one of my tugs to place the aft lower in the water. But as you mentioned the water came up the rudder tube until this was altered.
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📝 Recently hand surgery
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Doing fine now with no tingling or numbness anymore. Highly recommend it if you’re experiencing this type of condition.
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📝 Sloop Emma
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Teddy said, he’s going to wait till the sea trials are over!
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📝 Members?
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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Mike there is a fella in Interlaken where a club sailed. Lorenz Schmuki
Do you know him?
Do you know him?
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📝 Sloop Emma
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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📝 Sloop Emma
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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First Time being sailed, always a nervous moment or two!
First Time being sailed, always a nervous moment or two!
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📝 Sloop Emma
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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After more than 8 months ago I began working on the Gary Webb, designed sloop Emma. My desire was to build it with a shorter fin to allow sailing in aquatic vegetation scenarios. Not necessarily water choked by vegetation but water where a longer fin with the bulb at the bottom as Gary designed it.
I got to sail if for the first time on a camping trip this past weekend. The lake was large and the wind was steady with the occasional gusts. I knew I could not let it get very far out from shore, because if it didn’t respond well to rudder which had a skeg in front of it, (that Gary’s plan didn’t call for), Well, if it got away from me, there was no chase boat. The lake in a provincial park didn’t allow motor boats, only canoes and kayaks.
It responded well in all areas.
I got to sail if for the first time on a camping trip this past weekend. The lake was large and the wind was steady with the occasional gusts. I knew I could not let it get very far out from shore, because if it didn’t respond well to rudder which had a skeg in front of it, (that Gary’s plan didn’t call for), Well, if it got away from me, there was no chase boat. The lake in a provincial park didn’t allow motor boats, only canoes and kayaks.
It responded well in all areas.
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