Howard Bear Trotter's Rowing Boat at Southport MBC Video 27 April 2025

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“Howard Bear Trotter's Rowing Boat at Southport MBC Video 27 April 2025 https://youtu.be/LAsnCKhNWa8”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Dundee Trader Dundee Pilot Boat at Southport MBC Video 19 April 2025

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“TRACKER DUNDEE PILOT BOAT FORTH Ports, the UK’s third largest port group, has placed an order for two new pilot boats to join their fleet working on the Rive…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Amsterdam Tug at Southport MBC Video 16 March 2025

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“AMSTERDAM TUG The Amsterdam tugboat was built at the Johan Alkers Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1971. It was specially built to handle and serve very large…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

New Brighton Steam Lifeboat Video at Southport MBC 09 March 2025

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“The lifeboat’s hull was of best quality steel, the plates being triple rivetted together with 72,000 rivets – torpedo boats of the period were double rivette…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Amaranth Fifie Fishing Boat Video VE Day Celebrations at Southport MBC 04 May 2025

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“TeThe Fifie is a design of sailing boat developed on the east coast of Scotland. It was a traditional fishing boat used by Scottish fishermen from the 1850s …”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Test Running Lady Ann Steamer Video at Home 20 April 2025

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“Test Running Lady Ann Steamer Video at Home 20 April 2025 https://youtu.be/C21Hq2PfU3A”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Dockyard Repairs Poolside Video VE Day Celebrations Southport MBC 04 May 2025

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“Dockyard Repairs Poolside Video VE Day Celebrations Southport MBC 04 May 2025 https://youtu.be/3N-ZYTaxCS0”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

HMS Renown Picket Boat at Southport MBC Video 16 March 2025

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“Steam Pinnace 199 is a steam pinnace of the Royal Navy, built in 1909 by J. Reid of Portsmouth. She is now owned by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, an…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Admiralty Coaster C642 at SMBC Video 30 March 2025

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“Admiralty Coaster C642 Typical of many such craft built for servicing fleet vessels. One of a group built by Yarwoods of Northwich, C.642 was launched in 194…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Island Class OPV at SMBC 13 April 2025

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“Introduction The Island-class patrol vessel was first designed and built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. As a result of the Royal Navy's experi…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

USS Crockett at SMBC 13th April 2025

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“USS Crockett (PGM-88/PG-88) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Crockett was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

One For The Sun Dodgers Video VE Day Celebrations at SMBC 04 May 2025

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“One For The Sun Dodgers Video VE Day Celebrations at SMBC 04 May 2025 https://youtu.be/N_mNj20g1ZU”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

RNLI Hayden Miller at SMBC 09 March 2025

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“The Tamar lifeboat was the first to be fitted with an integrated electronic Systems and Information Management System (SIMS), allowing the crew to operate th…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

RMXS Exploit at SMBC 25 April 2025

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“HMS Exploit is an Archer-class (or P2000) patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy, built in Woolston by Vosper Thornycroft and commissioned in 1988.[1][2] Sh…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Testing The Dusselforf Fireboat with The FRSky TD Receiver at SMBC - 14 May 2025

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“The History The Düsseldorf fire-fighting boat was developed and built by the Rheinwerft company of Mainz-Mombach, and it is operated in the Ruhr industrial r…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Pat's Q258 Fairmile Video at Southport Model Boat Club 06 April 2025

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“The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British motor torpedo boat (MTB) and motor gunboat (MGB),[1] conceived by entrepreneur Noel Macklin of Fairmi…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Pats HMS Manchester Video VE Day Celebrations at Southport Model Boat Club 04 May 2025

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“HMS Manchester was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s, one of three ships in the Gloucester subclass. Completed in 1938, s…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

General View Boats on The Pond Video VE Day Celebrations - Southport Model Boat Club 04 May 2025

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“General View Boats on The Pond Video VE Day Celebrations - Southport Model Boat Club 04 May 2025 https://youtu.be/E3hw9KvJRG0”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Dutch Power at Southport

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“DUTCH POWER" | Shallow Draft Anchor Handling Tug / Utility Vessel Classification / Flag: Machinery / Performances: Flag / homeport Dutch, Zierikzee Bollard p…”

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1 year ago by SouthportPat

Re: Boat pond at Spencer's

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“Are you kidding? I thought the pond was specifically designed for model boat sailing. Will this fountain be on 100% of the time ? Is it removable allowing th…”

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1 year ago by Ronald

Re: CHICHESTER CANAL MODEL BOAT GROUP VE 80

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“The spitfire was a working model but is too brittle for flight now but with some extra buoyancy is good as a ditched plane”

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1 year ago by Bryan-the-pirate

Re: Zwart Zee

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“Hi Garth here in UK we found that the best pool liner was from lorry tarpaulin suppliers. Roy”

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1 year ago by roycv

Re: Question of the day.

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“'Sailin on to glory, away in the golden dory' (Sorry about the 1&1 ad It don't last long) https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=The+Moon-Man+New…”

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1 year ago by RNinMunich

Sailing at the Leander Boat Club dock Hamilton bay

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“A few of the Confederation Modellers members went to the Leander boat dock on Saturday, May 10, 2025, for test runs since the weather was great for sailing, …”

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1 year ago by GARTH

Re: Purchased from a Retired club member..

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“Boat looks good”

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1 year ago by PeterJ

Re: Zwart Zee

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“Garth, how big will the steam museum pond be this year?? Same as 2023??”

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1 year ago by RodC

Re: Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder

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“2nd attempt to upload the video.”

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1 year ago by DuncanP

Re: Eye`s on Model Boats

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“Very clever Phil But why has he got his hands stuck in large sausage rolls? BTW: Any Blog/Pics explaining how it was done? The 'Inside Story' Cheers, Doug”

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1 year ago by RNinMunich

Re: 1/12th scale Waveney lifeboat

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“The key is to photograph from close to the water level, somewhere I can see but not reach any more. Roy”

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1 year ago by roycv

Re: Calypso

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“Good luck”

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1 year ago by RogerA1