So, on a chilly Southwold boating lake, my completed “Shannon” got her first run on a choppy water. Overall she went great, top speed was as scale as you like, any faster it would look silly. Also very pleased with the sound of the jet drives and brushless motors, so much so I might remove the speaker and sound system at some point as I think the boat needs to be a little lighter, sitting a little low in the water?

After 15 minutes run time, still plenty of battery left, didngt get low enough for the lipo alarms to kick in and everything inside was still cool, so no over heating issues. There was a little water inside after sailing, I’m putting this down to the reverse buckets as they through up a lot of spray in reverse?

It’s been a long five months build, but well worth it, she’s deffo a keeper.

There will be a little break before I start the next build as I’ve got decorating tasks ahead, but I’ll be back soon with the build of the Dumas USCG Motor Lifeboat 36500 next .......