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Mikep

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

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Sterling Yacht America

Sterling Yacht America 51 1/2” long 8 1/2” beam 41” high. Model was built from kit has auxiliary electric power and Futaba sail wench servo. Model weighs 11 lbs and has a removable 2 lb. keel weight.

#yacht #model #electric #kit #weight #sail #keel #servo #futaba #auxiliary #built

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ChrisG

Commander 8 years ago

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True Balou

This pond yacht was bought for me by my daughter in a pretty poor condition from a car boot sale, I decided to tidy it up and give it back to her as a model for her home. 'True Balou' was her much loved 'Staffie'.

#for sale #yacht #model

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DonnieboyWarrant Officer8 years ago
Great job on the restoration.It will be enjoyed by your daughter for years to come.
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stew1960

Able Seaman 8 years ago

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AC 60

naw 😎this yachts has under gone a re fit from a new radio
sails and keel👍

#yacht #radio #keel #sails

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stew1960Able Seaman8 years ago
Some more
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stew1960Able Seaman8 years ago
Hi we had a good day today the first ⛵ of the Monsoon. And the testing of are repaired dragon 🐲
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Pelleseglare

Recruit 8 years ago

Tumlaren

Scratch built by master Ivve in 1:5 scale, Tumlaren designed by Knud H Reimers and said to be one of the most beatuful sailing yachts in the world😁

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Kevin-56Petty Officer 2nd Class8 years ago
She is a beautiful boat and a pleasure to whatch. it must be a great feeling to build a boat like that and to sail her.👍👍👍
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watson220

Leading Seaman 8 years ago

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Nautic

Model Yacht Nautic from Grapner.
The hull is not original but is made of laminate. The deck is made of mahogany strips.
The boat engine is a MIG 480 powered by a Lipol 7,4V 5000mAh battery.

#yacht #hull #model #engine #lipo #deck #mahogany #model yacht #battery

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral8 years ago
Nice job👍 Beautiful decking!
Crazing on the white hull looks similar to the problem I had with the clear lacquer on my Sea Scout. Surface stress?🤔
What did you use for paint / lacquer?
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SmaragdPetty Officer 1st Class8 years ago
nice job to your Nautic.
I have a complete set 'new in box' including accesoires still waiting to come alive.
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KEN0191

Leading Seaman 8 years ago

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firefly

as earlier message says 93 was an internet buy and was built in the fifties by a scots gent whilst serving in the royal navy and was built in the persian gulf. 94 was built by me in 1959/60 whilst doing my national service in the raf on the island of sylt germany sailed boat on my returnhome the lake at the exhibition park where my brother and i were members of the model yacht club no r/c in those days it was too expensive just a diesel engine and a rudder an away it went

#lake #yacht #club #model #members #engine #rudder #sail #model yacht #boat club #royal navy #built

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DonnieboyWarrant Officer8 years ago
The hobby also helps us to get back on track.Lovely model.
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LemmerhengstAble Seaman8 years ago
In July 2015 the 26ft Firefly sailed from Ramsgate to Dunkirk with a fleet of some 50 other Members of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the evacuation.
These little ships have an admiralty warrant to fly the St Geoge's Cross at the stemhead, a unique honour! (google images have lots of pics of her)
Lovely model............Lemmerhengst
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Krampus

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

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Krampus Yachts

Some of my boats during a last weekend outing. Boats are at My Harbour. The blue boat (Fishfully Thinking") is based upon American-made Chris Craft 30 Tournament Fisherman, Stamas 32 sedan, and Bertram 28 boats. The yellow boat ("Cheapskate") is partially based upon a Bertram 31 sedan. The white vessel ("Juyilanga") was inspired on now defunct company's Uniflite 28-footer "Salty Dog" sport fisherman. Last but not least, the pink boat ("Pinkey Pie") belongs to my daughter and was built using an old Graupner kit inspired on a Chris Craft Roamer of the mid 60s. 😁

#graupner #yacht #vessel #kit #port #fisherman #chris craft #built

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral8 years ago
Nice Krampus 👍
Do I see the result of the plan we made in the "Juyilanga" ? Turned out very well 😉
Cheers Doug 😎
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KrampusWarrant Officer8 years ago
Hello Doug! Actually, not in Juyilanga but in Fishfull Thinking. I took a line here and there from our plan for the superstructure. I utilized ABS plastic instead of wood. No need to mess with fiberglassing and no cracking on the Alpine cold waters. Notice that I used the same type of hull on these two boats. Happens that Fishfull Thinking was originally another boat I had, but not happy with the superstructure, I rebuilt the whole thing but kept its fiberglass hull almost intact. Both hulls were home made by a guy in California. 😁
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EricMB

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

3 boat rescue...

A 3 boat rowing rescue - a yacht that lost radio link, a rescue tug that got tangled in it's own rescue rope, and a stranded motor launch!

#motor #yacht #radio #rope #tug

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figtree7ntsAdmiral8 years ago
Very well done!
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John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class8 years ago
Well done, we could do with you at our pond!
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SelwynWilliams

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 9 years ago

twin masted yacht

Model of a yacht displayed in The Ivy cafe on Weymouth Harbourside

#yacht #model #display #model yacht

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Gascoigne

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 9 years ago

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Moonlight

This free sailing pond yacht has remained a treasured model from childhood. it “escaped” one holiday and sailed out across the bay at Tenby. it was retrieved a mile out to sea by persuading local boatman to pick it up. Hull carved and hollowed from wood. Must be well over 100 years old now. Sails well without rudder fitted.

#yacht #hull #model #sailing #wood #rudder #sail #e bay #sails

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BaggieChief Petty Officer 1st Class9 years ago
It really looks treasured and, as usual with your work, very well maintained.
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Ronald

Fleet Admiral 9 years ago

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Downeast Lobster Yacht

http://ellisboat.com/bunker-and-ellis-downeast-boatbuilders/
The Ellis boats must have been the inspiration for this old kit from Midwest. I bought the boat as seen in the first photos which was built by Don Sutton, Metro Modellers Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
He knew I had my eye on making one from scratch and offered me a fair price to buy his boat.
I am now adding the hard cover over the cockpit as seen on many of the Bunker & Ellis boats.
Previously I added deck furniture to the helm and passenger. Also found the near scale figures.
My plan is to add the forward railing around the bow; add deck boards and more furnishings such as two step boarding ladder, navigation equipment, and possible a fresh coat of paint to the hull.

#paint #model boats #yacht #hull #model #modeller #kit #figures #deck #cockpit #scratch #navigation #bow #cover #built

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Bryan-the-pirate

Midshipman 9 years ago

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Enterprise K91 8 Rater

This is an 8 rater built by the dabblers club and been through a few owners at Chichester model boat group. These yachts are superb at ploughing over the odd bit of weed without it getting stuck on the keel. There are many of these in the group,

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Bryan-the-pirateMidshipman9 years ago
Your keel shape is a bit longer but very similar Here is some info I have gleaned.

Full scale 8 Metre boats - meaning 8 metres at the waterline - go back to around 1907 and they proved extremely popular with around 140 being built around Europe during the first seven years alone. it was a time of very rapid boat development and equally rapid evolution of class rules. At one stage 'Metre Boats' were allowed one foot of beam for every metre of waterline length, a possibly unique combination of metric and imperial in an international Rule.

Current 8M boats derive from a model obtained 5-10 years ago by Robin Edgar and Alan Woodroffe of the Southwater Dabblers MBC who thought it was based on a J-Class. However, it was later found that what they had was a model of a Fife 8 Metre instead. in any event, the boat remained of great interest because the hull shape and relatively low draught makes it an excellent choice for shallow waters and especially for ponds with bad weed. They used the model to create some 50+ hulls.

Can you tell me more about your mini 12
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RonaldFleet Admiral9 years ago
http://crya.ca/classes/mini-12/
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