Punt Gun boat.

Another first for the club?

Terry Burnett sent me this post of a boat he has just finished, 

it's a punt gun boat!.

To be honest I didn't know what one of these was, even after looking at the pictures Terry sent, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and there it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun
At the bottom of the page on this link there is a video you can click on to see a guy firing one of these guns, but notice it is well tied down!

I even found a video of these boats on the net, see here

Even though we have a million wildfowl (well it seems that many) at Etherow I don't think Terry will be able to test a working gun on his model, though the boat it is motorised, Wayne the head warden would be a bit miffed.

Here is Terry's details of the build.

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I have just finished a Gun Punt for your consideration.

Designed from contemporary photographs

Scratch built

Plywood construction (with frames) fibreglass lining

Stainless rudder

Pear rubbing strip

I decided to exaggerate the features by extending the nose and gun and fitting an outrunner brushless motor, the originals were rowed through the fens.

No idea how this will perform so I have fitted a programable speed controller

Terry Burnett

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Nice pictures as well!
That's it for to-day, hope to see you all at various times at the lake, though to-day looks a non runner with the weather wet and windy again.

Hope the ankle is a bit easier now Chris!.
Peter.

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Fiesta results

Fiesta Report 3/6/12

Hi to all

Race report for Fiesta’s,

Wet and windy, almost too much  wind, but good fun with us playing submarines.

Just four hardy men turned up.

Trevor Redford 1^st, Terry Miles 2^nd, Bob Dunkerley 4^th, David Lee 3^rd.

Thanks to all who came to sail, see you all next month.

David Lee.

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Also  received this picture from Colin Harrison sailing his "J" class with another six guys in the club, don't know who the seventh was he is either well in the lead or so far back, he's not in the picture.

Its always nice to receive news items from others, rather than just my views, keep it up guys.

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And to finish to-day here is a video from off the net of a chap testing his boat for self righting, seems to have got it right 

1:12 scale Interceptor model tested for self righting.

That's all folk's 

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Asked why he smoked 100 cigarettes a day, Harry replied,

"Coughing is the only exercise I get"

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Jubilee Day at Etherow.

After a cold cloudy day on Sunday for the Fiesta Racing, it was a nice surprise to arrive at the lake nice and early to find things going well with the set up for the day's entertainments and the weather a lot brighter.

Chris the Exhibition Sec was well into the arranging of the event, unfortunately he slipped and injured his ankle, but he soldiered on and though his ankle swelled up like a balloon wouldn't stop for a rest until everything was just right. 

It continued to get better as the day progressed and the crowds started to arrive, the Model military vehicle stand  and Bob The Abell with his Great Eastern Ship were the first two stands you saw as you came into the area, both were of great interest to the crowd with plenty of questions and answers.

The buttie wagon was a good attraction with great food and great value for money as you could tell by the crowds queueing up for food and drinks.

Setting up! with mine host's.

Your's truly had beans on toast in Bob's camper van for dinner!

No after's Bob

All donations and sponsorship monies were for the Manchester Children's Hospital and the Help for Hero's funds.

The video attached is mostly taken on the model boat lake as that's where most of our members interests lie as you will appreciate, though there is a couple of minutes on the big lake and a general view of the crowds.

What a great day it turned out to be, weather good, crowds hopefully digging down in their pockets for the good causes it was in aid off and  plenty of members with their boats on the water and don't forget we have another big day coming up soon,

 23th and 24th June The International Lifeboat Rally.

This has been another great event in this years diary, what a good year we are having and its only June!, hope to see more of you here on the 23th and 24th June, lets show the public there are plenty of model boats as well as lifeboats in the club.

It will be lifeboats on the big lake and members on our own lake sailing their models.

Jubilee Weekend

This weekend there is quite a bit going on at the club!

1000hrs Sunday 3th June , Fiesta Racing, free sailing after 12-o'clock

         

Then there is 

Monday  4th June:    Jubilee Day.     Raft Racing.

Etherow Model Boat Club & Etherow Sailing Club

Donations to: Help for Hero’s, & Manchester Royal Children’s Hospital
Lots of other attractions going on.


Then of course on Tuesday 5th June, which is another holiday there will be the usual sailing on the club waters, so hope to see you all there!

Captains Quick & Harrison

Met Colin Harrison and Andy Quick today at the lake, I've been in contact with Andy for a number of weeks and to-day was the first time we have met in person!. We all got on like a house on fire and Andy said "Have you got your camera", I usually have and as I've tried to tell my lovely grand-daughter you can miss a lot of shots with a big SLR but these days the compact camera is so good and always handy.

First a video of Andy's motor torpedo boat 

Then it was a video of Colin's "J" Class and Andy's destroyer which was on its maiden voyage so it was with a bit of in trepidation that it was put on the water, but it sailed away and handled very well, two props but only one rudder working through a mixer unit. Andy wasn't too happy with the turning circle of the boat so I think it's back to the work bench when he gets home to sort out the mixer unit and/or size of rudder 

Commodore Chris and his lady Gillian came along later, Gillian with a tug and Chris with his Submarine, didn't manage to get a video of those perhaps next time, or at the Raft races on the 4th June.

There will stil be the normal sailing on our lake so could get quite a few boats in a video then.

That's all for to-day folks, hope you like the video's.

Latest News

The last Club Meeting saw a good attendance and the Commodore Chris gave a good talk on his latest project which he is covering on the outside with lytho plate which he said was used by the printing industry.

There was also a request from the yacht club for volunteers and helpers for the up coming

  Raft Races event on Bank Holiday Monday the 4th of June.,

 small things like making sure everyone is handed out a life jacket before going on the water, and anyone help man or woman the tea bar.

Always seem to have a bit of bad news as well don't we!, yesterday George Barrett phoned me to say he wouldn't be down to the club for a while as he was knocked off his motorbike, car going 10 mph he going 5 mph, as always the motorcyclist comes off worst don't they, more sinned against than sin, (I know I've been into motor cycling)

George sustained a broken ankle and is in a plaster cast, he is going to Stepping Hill  Hospital again to-day so they can have another look once the swelling as gone down.

I'm sure he will be glad of a chat now and then from his mates at the club and I'm sure he will be Abell to get a lift to the meetings again soon!.

On a lighter note Bob Abell sent me this picture, as we are both into photography we were just saying the other day we never see baby Mandarin Ducks and here is his picture from yesterday.

I know we don't like the duck poo on the landing stage but you have to like these and you don't see them at our end of the lake so they are not the guilty poo'ers hey.

Nice picture Bob!

So don't forget this coming Monday the 4th June Raft racing event on the big lake, our lake will still   be available for us to show the public our hobby and efforts in the model world.

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Don't forget folks, every boat can be is a mine sweeper, once!

PS

Just spoke to George and asked how he went on at the hospital. they'd phoned him this morning and told him not to go to-day and leave it until Monday morning and go to the fracture clinic then, there will be too much swelling to-day they said.

He has broken his leg at the bottom near the ankle, it seems.

The other driver as admitted liability to the Police and Georges insurance people so that's a good point!

Duckie

Queen Mary 2 at Etherow Country Park

The club night on the 9th of this month featuring George Barrett's and my  Narra Boats seemed to go well with plenty of questions and feed back afterwards, sorry for you chaps that weren't there, in the excitement I forgot to take a photo of George's boat!, you saw mine on the last post, but George has a lot more to do on his and I will try and get him to bring it in again when he is further on with his build.

On Saturday I was at the lake sailing my Micro magic, with Pepe giving his usual complement when along came Bob Chesworth with his scratch built Queen May 2, remembered to get my camera out this time and took this video.

The workings

Sits nice on the water

I was surprised by the size of the Motor, Prop and Battery! but what do I know, it was going very well as you can see on the video so Bob must be doing something right.

This is the real thing ...

That's all for now folks.

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"I'll go though anything for you" he said  

"Good let's start with your bank account", she said.

He does not get lost, he discovers alternative destinations.