Commodore's Challenge - 2020

Commodore's Challenge - Build a Ferret MTB

John Berry has issued his Challenge for 2020. It is to build and sail this boat.

It is the Ferret MTB, designed by Ray Wood, and published as a free plan in the July 2018 issue of Model Boats.

It is only 368 mm [14.5 inches] long . The original design was in balsa, but it can equally well be built in 1.5 mm ply. Propulsion is via a 280 motor and a single 25 mm prop.

You can download copies of the plans from here. There are two sheets both A4, in .PDF format - click on each filename, in turn to download:

            Sheet 1:    ferret-mtb-plan-1.pdf

            Sheet 2:    ferret-mtb-plan-2.pdf

We are trying to acquire a copy of the original article and better pictures, which will be published here as soon we get them.

Owing to the current virus crisis, we do not know when judging of the Challenge will take place. It will certainly not be before August, so we will all have plenty of time to get building, especially those of us who are confined to barracks at the moment.

If anybody wants to enter, but can not print the plans, send a large stamped self addressed envelope to Geoff Garside, who will send you a printed copy.