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Rislinger,
As I am working on the boat, I have discovered that it is indeed a wood hulled boat. Making it what I believe to be a Midwest 986 kit built boat.
When it was given to me, I was told "the hull leaks". Over the years, somebody had filled it with that spray foam insulation stuff. So the first thing I had to do was remove all that icky stuff so I could see the inside of the hull. At that point, I discovered that there have been numerous attempts at sealing the "leak". There are layers of a rubbery sealant of some type, multiple different hard setting epoxies or something. I am now down to wood in all the place where I suspect the leaks are. I' will keep posting as I go forward.

Excellent! It must be a challenge to launch the glider.

ToraDog
Harry uses a helper to launch the paraglider once the skimmer approaches sufficient speed. This was the first time a successful flight was achieved and the weather was just right with little or no wind. The drag from the paraglider is high and Harry intends to put a larger motor to increase the power. Whilst the wind a water level was low research indicates that the wind strength is strongest at about 6 - 10ft above water and that is where the paraglider is flying.
Dave

Thank You for the kind words!
That was his first time out with that boat. It was listed locally on Facebook Marketplace (He beat me to it by mere minutes ... sigh). Since that outing, he has taken some weight out of the boat, it sits higher in the water now.

Our pond is part of a city park, a very nice setting! The long skinny one is the one in my videos. It is used by scale boats, and general sailing. The larger one below it is recommended for fast electrics. Gas boats are not allowed.

Hi DWB,
I must admit i do like the unusual.

Martin555.

Great variety, love the tug full of Minions 😀
Saw them first on some photos of the lake on Google Map, immediately appealed to my sense of the ridiculous 😁
😎

11mths to build, great model. The video does it proud. Brought back great memories of my service in the RN. Thanks for the video Phil 👍

Many thanks ! - Glad you enjoyed the video.

Enjoy - RC Sailing ! Cheers Phil 👍

Beautiful boat, I love these fishing boats, what is she based on a Brixham or a Lowestoft boat?

Cheers, Nerys

Here are a couple taken at at show.
It's the Lowestoft boat.

Dave

Looks good JB Great looking lake
Rick

Hi Rick, it's actually a tidal estuary (Orewa River) which doesn't look as good when the mud's in😁 (arrow is where I was for perspective). Get some good pics of sunsets from there at times. There's a walk/cycleway round the entire estuary which is pretty nice. Star is my place, so quite handy for boating. I was running the airboat from beside the boat ramp.

JB

Nice scale model running at scale speed.