Frequency Board!.

 Will sailors if they are not on 2.4 ghz please check with others or use the frequency board before launching their boats,this is important!, it's on your membership form and on the cards provided, failure to do this can lead to serious problems.

 Al the comm!.

With the speed of brushless motor driven boats these days, someone else driving your boat on the same frequency as you doesn't bear thinking about!, someone else might be thinking the same as you, "everyone is on 2.4 ghz these days so I don't need to bother with the frequency board" don't ass-u-me! you can see what that spells as well.

Duckie.

Here endeth the lesson.

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Talking of fast boats here is the latest build from Alan Higham, here in the week to test it.

Turned out to be a little down in the nose at speed, a little bit of lead in the back sorted that out. 

As its built of balsa wood, it's very light and the strong winds we have been having lately was blowing it about all over the place.

By the way it's driven by a brushless fan!, can't wait to see it go when the conditions are more favourable

Looks good on the water, but as I said under power it tended to dig it's nose in, soon sorted by

 Team Higham.

On the work front

Mike was at it again with his tool box out, fitting an angle iron strip under the new ramp, always makes a good job of anything he does, doesn't he!.

Al the Comm, supervising and visualising someone on the same frequency coming up that ramp with someone else's boat at speed and taking my hat off!.

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Next events 

 1000     7th June      Sunday            Fiesta Racing                 Landing stage

2000     10^th June     Wednesday      Club night                      Clubhouse

1900     17^th June      Wednesday      Club 500 Racing           Landing stage

1100      21^st June     Sunday             Steering Comp               Landing stage

2000      24^th June     Wednesday     Club night                     Clubhouse     

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That's all for now folks!.

Bob's boat, 25th April 2015.

Club boat 2.

I've been informed that the No 2 Club Boat has been refurbished by the Vice Commodore, no pictures but I'm sure it will be a nice job done.

I was told it was the usual type Sharp at one end, Blunt at the other!.

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If you want a more interesting read why not go to Bob Abell's Controversial build at the Model Boat Magazine website.
Click here
With 45.000 views and 1550 replies you will see that Bob's boat scratch built from plans by Paul Thomason has a unique motor setup which I was very pleased to help him with his water trials in his garden with his nice new pool.

All set up with desk and watt meter

Trials went well, just as well as I dropped the watt meter into the water unplugging it!.

To see more of the trials Bob and I did you will have to click above and read for yourself.

Alright I will give you a taste with the video we took on the day.

                  

Now you can see what's controversial about it, not the build but the fact its got 4 x 850v motors  in Bob's " Abell configuration". As you can read there was lots of conversation on the forum of Model Boats magazine, and if nothing else it's helped to put our Club on the map, if anyone was in any doubt before.

So this is the second time Bob's put us in the news in a very big way, as you must know by now his Appearance on the "Coast" program on BBC was a great plug for us!.

Well that's all for now.

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Next Events

900     29^th April         Wednesday        Club 500 Racing           Landing Stage     1000     3rd May           Sunday          Fiesta Racing                Landing stage

2000     13th May          Wednesday      Club night                     Clubhouse  

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We're now motorised!. Oct 2014.

We're now motorised!.

Alan the Commodore has now got us Motorised!, and here is Dave putting the rescue boat through its trials.

Alan will be keeping an eye on the battery and will no doubt be setting a few ground rules out at the next club meeting.

 Getting the feel of it.

And off we go.

Scuppers my training to beat Steve Redgrave's awards, there again you don't have to start the motor if you like rowing, it's the only exercise I get!.

Peter

Have you booked your place on the coach for the Warwick Trip ??.

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Next Events

1100hrs  19th October     Sunday          Steering Comp     Landing stage

2000hrs  22^rd October    Wednesday   (Quiz and Hot Pot)    Clubhouse
 1500hrs  26^th October      Sunday          Club 500 Racing   Landing stage     

Peter.      

Quiz and Hot pot supper

At last it's nearly here, after being put back last month

27^th March 2013,

  Quiz Night and Hot Pot Supper

at 8-00pm 

Wednesday Night in the Clubhouse

 Bring the family and join the fun.

Mike's Hot Pot, Apple Pie and Cream 

An event not to be missed!

  Phil the Quizmaster.

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Another Eureka moment from Bob the Abell!.

Whilst planking his Sovereign of the Sea's model found the bends to be quite tight round the bow as in picture, then had his Eureka moment!

And here it is, use your drill to squeeze the wood make it a bit more to the shape of the hull!, that's a good idea isn't it.

 Well that's all for to-day, hope to see you at the Quiz night, weather permitting!.

Duckie.

Another Eureka Moment

Another couple of eureka moments for you from Bob (the Ace reporter) Abell

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Just had a brill idea!..............(Yawn)

It`s a garden hoe with a torque handle!...........(What?)

It`s a hoe with attitude!.................(Tell me more, my son!)

When I use the hoe, I find it hard work turning over the soil, due to no handle..........(You wimp!)

So I added a torque handle and boy!.....Does it work!...................(Wow, what a brill idea!)

                                     

"Errrr.........What`s this got to do with model boats?"........I hear you say

Easy........The Wife said......"If yer don`t gerrin that gardin an` do summut,.......yer doin` no more model boats!"

Nuff said?..........Bob

And another!

Right then.....What`s this chaps?

                                        

Could it be a hatch?

Yes!.......But more than that!

We give up!........What is it then.

                                           

When a heavy plastic model gets rammed..........It often goes to the bottom!

All is not lost though!

Up pops the Wreck Marker!

Hopefully............Bob

I don't know how he does it for the price.

That's all for now.

Duckie.

Smit Nederland at Etherow.

To-day at the lake it was very cold but there were still the hardy "J" Class sailors there,

Blue Jay stuck in the ice

You'll have to get the rescue boat out Dave!

All wrapped up against the cold.

Then Donald arrived with his refurbished Smit Nederland Tug for its first sail after his revamp, complete with Mixer Unit and Sound Unit

            

Nice one Donald!.
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One of Bob's  
A new dinosaur has just been spotted!.....The Duckiesawus!

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That's all folks.

Waiting for Christmas.

Hi there all, hope you have got all your Christmas shopping done and survived the rush and crush at the shop's.

I personally started my Christmas treats by taking my two beautiful grand-daughters to a nice lunch at the Hartshead Pub in the hills above Ashton and very nice it was too, though I must say I'd rather have it in the Summer sat outside in the sunshine overlooking the Cheshire plains as far away as the  Joddrell Bank telescope.

That's not forgetting the great Christmas dinner the Club had at the Hare and Hounds of course, another success that was.

On the model boat scene, that's what this site is all about of course, have you read the article in Model boats magazine by our club member Bob Abell, I know he has supplied me with a few articles in the past ,but this one is well worth a read over the Christmas holidays, what a great advert for our club!.

Click here!.  

My Eureka Moment to-day is "Shackles" made from dress fasteners.

First you have to bite the bullet and go to an Haberdashery shop and buy the dress fasteners, if you get funny looks assuring them they are for a model boat!!. 

Take one out as you can see on the left packet and turn the ends 90%

a couple of panel pins for screws

and there you have them!.

They come in all sizes for your boat scale and as you can see even this close I think they look al-right, that Clump off my Trawler "Our Lass 11" will be tidied up before painting by the way.

This was an idea I found in one of the Model Boat Magazines years ago by the way not my idea, but used it to good effect since, so if you are a new member and you've not seen it yourself that's a bonus isn't it.

Beautiful (Model) warship for sale in the "For Sale" section to-day!

 Click here

That's all for now folks, see you at the Frostbite sail on the 27th ???

OR 

Will it be true what the Mayan's say and the world will end to-day 21-12 2012, what time will that be??.

AGM 2012

Don't forget its the AGM on the 12th December, 

Committee reports, prize giving, raffles and good company, what more could you ask for!

Why don't you bring your money with you for next years sub's, Geoff the treasurer will be in attendance and will be glad to receive your money, save on postage for yourself and the club!, same price as last year, which in this present climate can't be bad.

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Another Eureka moment for you, compliments of Bob Abell and myself!.

Rudder for the PS Glasgow

This plastic moulding, needs to be glued together, edge on and the material is only about 0.012" thick

Not easy

Duckie came up with a super Eureka Moment!........Glue a flat sheet to the edge of one half first, trim round, then glue the other half on!

Brilliant!.....And it`s much stronger too!

And here's one I did earlier.

Hope you like these Eureka moments, for more check out the tags at the top, if you have any why not drop me an e-mail!.

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At the national Agricultural Conference it was easy to pick out the dairy milking champion. he was the one who shook hands with everyone ,one finger at a time.

Boom Boom 

That's all for to-day folks

Model boat on unmanned Atlantic crossing challenge

As I'm always looking for items for the website Son John thought this one would be good for you all!.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20516205

A toy boat is to attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

A retired NATO scientist will this week set the boat off on the voyage, which he hopes will be the first unmanned trip across the Atlantic.

Robin Lovelock has spent four years developing the miniature vessel, which he believes can survive the 6,000 mile journey.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the Snoopy Sloop is only 4ft long, weighs just 30lbs and is held together in parts by bathroom light cord.

65-year-old Lovelock built the boat in the games room of his house in Sunninghill, Berkshire.

He made the whole thing from off-the-shelf parts scoured from the internet at a cost of less than £450 ($720).

Lovelock said: "I got hooked about four years ago, I didn't even play with model boats when I was a boy. I sometimes tinker on the boat in the lounge, but am usually banished to the games room by my wife."

Lovelock and his team are hoping that wind power and a solar-powered computer and GPS system will navigate the boat all the way to the finish line. 

Watch some footage of the Snoopy Sloop below:

Anyone else fancy a try if this attempt fails?, but seriously this guy will hopefully succeed, he's certainly put in a lot of time and effort and that "Jack" on the mast will look great coming in to land in the good old US of A won't it!.

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Another Eureka moment for you 

From John Teal.

This first picture suggests the madness of glazing before spray painting, but its actually the product of a Eureka moment. Glazing that slots in without gluing, hence it can be removed.

From inside you can see the clear plastic and the inner frame can be slid up and out from 

a pocket constructed behind the wheel house wall.

When the glazing is slid out , cardboard can be slid in, providing the perfect mask
to allow the inside and outside of the wheel house to be sprayed different colours.

The end result showing the inner frame independently sprayed silver and slotted into the wheel house with the glazing behind it. No glue marks on what are big windows... Eureka !

Thanks for that John!.

This is part of a new series of Eureka Moments that can be found 

on the tab up at the top, or by clicking Here

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Hope you enjoyed to-day's post, don't forget its the Club auction to-night as well.

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Ken's Lifeboats

Had these pictures for a while waiting for a lull on the site and to-day thought it would be the right time to show them to you!.
First there is the Tamar Class

 The Trent Class

And last but not least the Waveney Class

 
I'm personally not very well up on the different types of lifeboats, but can recognise nice workmanship when I see it!, well done Ken and thanks for sharing your pictures with us all.
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Another Eureka Moment from Bob the Abell

I thought this idea up many years ago when building a 1/4 scale Piper Cub and was rewarded with an MFA motor set from one of the model aircraft magazines for suggesting it!

When you can`t get an elastic bound round something, like a giant Piper Cub fuz, I came up with the "S hook" idea........See photo........and an added bonus, is that you can add as many bands as you like for more clamping power!

Photo shows the "S hook" in action on the Great Eastern build

What`s the other idea, Bob?............Oh yes

You can get the bands for free!

The Postman drops them on the pavement, outside your front door!

Bob

This is part of a new series of Eureka Moments that can be found 

on the tab up at the top, or by clicking Here

That's all for now folks!.

Bitz and Bobz

Firstly to-day I have to tell you that Eddie Outen has decided to move house and because of this he is bringing a good selection of goodies from his modelling room to the next club meeting 28th Nov 2012, no boats I believe.

The lots will be auctioned off by the auctioneer Alan Higham and all the proceeds are to go to Club funds, so its a big thank you to Eddie for that.

He brought a box of assorted items to the last meeting that he offered for free, all sorts of goodies were in there, thanks for that Eddie!

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Whilst at the lake on Sunday took this video of Jeanie Deans on the lake.

Another Eureka moment for you!.

My first EM was discovering the idea of covering the hull of my Jeanie Deans At War with card strips with rivets punched through!

Not only did it save hours of filling and rubbing down, but has a realistic appearance

From then on.......Everything suitable had card and rivets.....as if you haven`t noticed!

It was a real treat painting the hull too!

What`s your Eureka Moment?

Bob

This is part of a new series of Eureka Moments that can be found 

on the tab up at the top, or by clicking here

That's all for now

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Eureka Moments

My mate Bob (the builder) Abell has for a few months now had a thread on Model boats magazine called Eureka Moments
 Click here
So I thought it was too good an idea not to be Abell to start one on this website, so contacted Bob for his OK before I pinched his idea and he said it was a good idea.
So this is my first one, hopefully other members will join in and then the ideas will all go into a tag at the top of the page same as the "Diary" and "For sale" sections for later additions to go into.

After carefully making up the Cod End Gantry for my Our Lass 2 over the plan in the instruction book  to make sure that it was all nice and square,! Realised its on a sloping deck!! and was sat at an angle, so I had what Mate Bob would call a Eureka moment and got out my laser  

This checks out the water line and also the vertical.

So after packing up to the red line was abell to find the amount to come off one side 

And there it is nice and square.

Then I had another Eureka moment, laser was too high on the shelf I'd attached it to!. 

Then thought would my camera tripod fit it?

And Eureka! it did.

So it all worked out a treat, so I'm going to put a few more bits and pieces on the structure to make it more sturdy looking and then its on to something else.

Hope you enjoyed this Eureka moment, in fact its buy one get two free to-day, (Water line, vertical and camera stand)

 I'm all for a good bargain!, why not send me an e-mail and share your Eureka moments  with us?.

Bye for now folks. 

This is part of a new series of Eureka Moments that can be found 

on the tab up at the top, or by clicking here