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dave976

Captain 5 years ago

Crewe and District Model Boat Club

Nice calm day at Boundary Park to-day so no yachts but a nice large pleasure cruiser and a small skimmer with attached paraglider finally flying round the lake.

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ToraDogCommodore5 years ago
Excellent! It must be a challenge to launch the glider.
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dave976Captain5 years ago
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
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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

Nice video of the 8-8-21 Lighthouse Night

These events are always have nice participation

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DWBrinkmanRear Admiral5 years ago
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.
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DWBrinkmanRear Admiral5 years ago
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.
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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

One of our members Made a "Gravy Boat"

The Gravy Boat is crewed by Potato Head figures

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Martin555Fleet Admiral5 years ago
Hi DWB,
I must admit i do like the unusual.

Martin555.
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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

Lighthouse Night at Dusk

Club members light up their boats at sunset for the Lighthouse Nights

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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

Lighthouse Night 3

Our 8-8-21 Lighthouse Night

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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

Lighthouse Night 2

Our 8-8-21 Lighthouse Night

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral5 years ago
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 😁
😎
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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

Our Club has 2 "Lighthouse Night" events each summer.

These videos are from our 8-8-21 Lighthouse Night

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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

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HMS GURKHA

Thanks here to "BOB " Comack Young , a Buxton MBC member.
Bob purchased the kit from Deans Marine as (HMS ZULU) , but built her to represent HMS GURKHA , one of his RN deployments around 1972.

Music :- from Bensound - Betterdays

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BrighamRecruit5 years ago
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 👍
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philcaretakerCommodore5 years ago
Many thanks ! - Glad you enjoyed the video.

Enjoy - RC Sailing ! Cheers Phil 👍
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dave976

Captain 5 years ago

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Master Hand seen at CreweMBC sail Monday 8th Nov 2021

Brian Clewes brought along a nice example of his scratch built Master Hand retired fishing boat, for a sail. When larger more powerful mechanised boats were introduced this type was abandoned. Many were rescued and turned into pleasure / racing type craft and that is what this model depicts. Not seen for some years but is ageing well. The static pics will be of interest to any modeller considering making a scale sailing ship of this type. I did film some video and will share this later when edited.
enjoy
Dave

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NerysFleet Admiral5 years ago
Beautiful boat, I love these fishing boats, what is she based on a Brixham or a Lowestoft boat?

Cheers, Nerys
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dave976Captain5 years ago
Here are a couple taken at at show.
It's the Lowestoft boat.

Dave
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

AIRBOAT RUNNING ON THE OREWA ESTUARY

Nice calm night last night, so thought I'd go down an disturb the peace. Camera battery must have been going flat as the sound/picture sync was miles out, but you'll get the idea, (the sound is ahead of the picture by about 4 seconds) Might try for a better one when it's lighter and the battery is fully charged. YT also distorts a good video in the transfer for some reason (my HD camera anyhow)

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Newby7Fleet Admiral5 years ago
Looks good JB Great looking lake
Rick
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
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
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GARTH

Commodore 5 years ago

My be the last R/C run of 2021

On Halloween morning Sunday Oct. 31 2021 ran the Sequin with several other club members at Spencer's pool may be last run this year with weather getting cooler . The lake freighter was her first run & just needed a little ballast weight at the stern prop wasn't deep enough Boat belongs to a fellow club member .

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dave976Captain5 years ago
Nice scale model running at scale speed.
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Graham93

Vice Admiral 5 years ago

Bionic Bill and Ben ready for Halloween

Bionic Bill and Ben ready for an outing on Halloween today 😂🤣. Sadly the weather is so awful that they can't get on the lake as they would just be blown to the far side.

(Apologies for the shaky video, trying to operate the Tx while holding the camera)

Graham93

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Graham93Vice Admiral5 years ago
Hi Peter,

Locked him in the boatshed for a month and didn't feed him! 😂🤣

Graham93
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Mike StoneyRear Admiral5 years ago
the best!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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