Good morning AndyB2, thanks for your interest and comments.Unfortunately I cannot help with the hull construction as I acquired the Karoline in a half finished state at our boat club. Also the original boat was built from a billings kit and came with a pre-formed moulded hull. If I can help in any other way don’t hesitate to ask.

Lovely model, sorry to see the damage. Interesting to learn more about how you built the hull. Am currently building a similar boat and the shape of the hull has proved a “challenge” to build.

Hello Rogal!

One word: Perfect!

Bb Michel-C.

Rogal a good afternoon
one ay to "colour " the sails is to put them into diluted tea. ican not tell wheather you have to use english breakfast tea or earl grey tea.

Good morning Mike. Yes I can remove the sails quite easily and the rigging and the mast, but I thought I was being smart as the boat fitted in the car complete, by just heeling over to one side. I was also carrying my tools for our ongoing clubhouse refurb. It was these that slid forward when I had to brake sharply, pushing the boat up into the roof and snapping the mast. I have now stripped the sails and rigging and glued the mast back together. I think I have been fortunate in that the break was along the grain and had a large surface area, so was easy to splice together. I am also going to wrap in places with cord, to help the join stay together. I’ve now varnished it and all that can be seen is a very fine scar line.

Hei Rogal . . .
These things happen again and again! That's why I'm working on designing a kind of adjustable frame for all my boats. . Until then it will take some time, despite all good courage to repair
Good tinkering!
BB Michel-C.

PS: Can't you remove your sails for the trips?

At the pond Wednesday. After being becalmed at the pond for the last 3 weeks I thought I would attempt to sail Karoline again. But unfortunately had a mishap driving to the pond. The consequence was a broken mast during heavy braking, so back to the work bench for a couple of days. Hopefully try again Sunday.

Hei Rogal!
I love the details of your Caroline, have just been collecting ideas again. Simply amazing
Thank you
Hobbyist greetings
Michel-C.

While waiting for the RC successes, I'll tell you in the meantime that it is very beautiful in the water.