Scene at Etherow 11.3.2015

Scene at Etherow 11.3.2015.

At the lake on Tuesday there were the usual sailors, but by the time I got there, there was only a few left!.
Managed to catch a few members though.

Admiring Alan's Heywood's dog!.

Al the Comm, with his olde worlde gunboat.

It was a nice sunny day but quite a blustery wind which suited Dave and Trevor with their "J" class yachts!.

And then there was "Stingray"

All good fun and that's what it's all about isn't it!.

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Have you checked the "For Sale" section recently?, might have missed a good bargain if not.

Added a few nice boats on tonight!.

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Next Events 

1100     15^th March       Sunday                            Steering Comp             Landing stage

1500     22nd March     Sunday                           Club 500 Racing           Landing stage

2000     25th March      Wednesday                    Club night                    Clubhouse

                                    Hot pot supper and Quiz Night)

4th and 5th  April at Bugsworth Basin  (Details to follow)

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A van load of Wigs were stolen yesterday.

The police are combing the area for clues!.

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New club documents!.

New club documents!.

The committee were recently asked if we had a Risk  Assessment Document, so they decided to resolve this omission  with one!, which you will find in the Tabs at the top of the site.

Whilst doing this there was a Health and Safety Document  drawn up at the same time which is also in the tabs.

The committee have asked that you make yourselves aware of these documents, Please read and abide by them both!.

Thank you all!.

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Next Events.

2000     11^th March       Wednesday                     Club night                    Clubhouse

1100     15^th March       Sunday                            Steering Comp             Landing stage

1500     22nd March     Sunday                           Club 500 Racing           Landing stage

2000     25th March      Wednesday                    Club night                    Clubhouse

                                    Hot pot supper and Quiz Night)

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Ellesmere Show 2015.

Ellesmere Show 2015.

Bob Abell and myself, travelled to the show together and I think we chose the better of the two days as it was the better weather on the Saturday!.

Loading up on the Friday afternoon.

Ellesmere car park, middle couple, friends of Bob's from the Model Boat Magazine.

Our Stand.

Can you see your boat?.

Alan and Gordon on duty,

Didn't spot Bob's boat on our stand!, that's because it was in the water!, via photoshop of course!, that's the Heywood's from our club on the waters edge there, though I hadn't spotted them on the day.

There was some beautiful models in the judging room.

What a whopper,one of the Russians I believe 

It's HMS Pickle......The ship that brought the news of Trafalgar and Nelson etc, Back to London.

Other clubs present.

All excellently turned out 

 This chap is a great woodworker and his demonstration models are brilliant!.
Nice backdrop as well hey!.

Mersey ferries

The Armored Section , Based at Bury Model Boat Club.

Don't know where this one comes in in the Armored Section, more like the Amore! section, both nice models though!

Outside

Mister Plod was prowling round all day, 

Turning help

Some big stuff there.

The real thing!.

All in all a very good day out and the food was very nice though the queue was a bit long at times, still everyone enjoyed the occasion I'm sure, I think its one of the best Do's on the circuit, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!.

   

Fiesta Report1.3.2015

Fiesta report 1/03/2015

Hi to all

Fiesta report for 1/3/2015 We had good day, with wind for a change ? the weather was OK. Eight  turned up too sail. Bob did the score keeping for us, as he had a problem with his Fiesta, thank you Bob. Had eight races in all.

The results are :-

TREVOR REDFORD 1^ST, David Lee  2^nd, Terry Miles 3^rd,  Andy Spencer 4^th,  Harry Tootell 5^th, George 6^th, Charles 7^th.

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Thanks to all of you for coming to sail, it was a very good turnout for the New year, keep um coming.

See you all next month David Lee.

Thanks for the report David.

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All the boats mentioned in the last post were auctioned off and sold at the last meeting, waiting for mail from the Commodore with the results and figures.

Have you seen the Engineers tools and equipment in the "For Sale" section, plenty of good items there, all belonged to the late Graham Harling and you know he didn't deal or build any rubbish!.

 Click here for a laugh!.

Australian Magpie playing with a dog.

Next Events.

7th and 8th March the Ellesmere Port Model Boat Show

2000     11^th March       Wednesday                     Club night                    Clubhouse

That's all for now folks.

Boats for sale

Boats for sale .

At the next club meeting 25.2.2015, there will be a number of boats for sale.

I will add them here and you will be able to view/buy them at the meeting. 

I don't know anything more about these boats other than it will be Alan the Commodore bringing them and selling them at the meeting so if you need anymore information about them before then please contact him, could be via auction or best offer on the night.

If you want to make an offer before the meeting I'm sure Alan will be open to reasonable offers.

 Next events.

2000     25^th February   Wednesday                  Club night                       Clubhouse                                                            

1000     1st March         Sunday                           Fiesta Racing               Landing stage

7th and 8th March the Ellesmere Port Model Boat Show

Sunday sailing, 8.2.2015

Sunday sailing, 8.2.2015

This Sunday it was cold, dull with fog! and most important NO wind.

So there was no one there when I arrived, perhaps sailors had been and gone disappointed with the conditions, after a bite of lunch in the Cafe,saw someone on the landing stage so wandered across and met Norman Gibson who had arrived to pay his subs!.

He showed me his two new RTR tugs in the back of his car and then put this one on the water, the Barge is scratchbuilt from the packaging from the tugs, the other tug is the Southhampton of the same scale.

A note from the Exhibition Sec

To all the Club ‘Exhibitionists’ 

 As it’s only a few weeks now to our first exhibition of 2015 I thought it might be a good idea to circulate all of those stalwarts who normally enjoy (if that’s the right word) putting a boat or two onto our club stand. I will be announcing the various events as usual at the club but it would be a great help if I know in advance who is likely to be able to commit to the various events for this year. Announcing the events on club nights only, as in the past, has proved to be a rather hit and miss affair when not everyone can always attend, so hopefully this will help. I appreciate that not everyone is on the internet so if you know of anyone who is interested but not contactable this way, or who has not exhibited before and would like to participate, please pass this on. I have a list of all the boats and people who have exhibited on our stand (to which this letter is circulated). If you are coming please fill in the information below and let me know as soon as you can. If you are exhibiting separately then it would still be helpful if I know. IMPORTANT – If you wish to enter a boat for judging at Ellesmere or Haydock, I have the application forms – I need to know now as the forms need to be send back ASAP. (Especially Ellesmere). 

Dates 7/8th March Ellesmere Port 

4/5th April Bugsworth Basin 

5 th July Marple Locks

19th July Colwyn Bay

29/30th August Haydock Park 

3/4th September Bugsworth Basin (provisional) 

  12/13th December Poynton 

1) Which shows will you be exhibiting at?

2) Name of boat/s

3) Value of boat/s

Gordon Longworth – Exhibition Secretary Tel: 01663 810288 e.mail: gordon.longworth@ntlworld.com

Thats all for now, please contact Gordon direct re; the above notice.

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Frozen.

Frozen 2.2 2015

Today at the lake it was frozen, luckily there were no sailors to disappoint!.

So it was a walk round the lakes with the dog!.

Deserted

View across the lake

Skaters

Cormorants in the trees on the big island on the big lake.

No boats, but thought you would like the pictures by the fire, without the coldness. 

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If you want a good read on model boat projects read here.

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Bob the Abell's present build, full illustrated in the Model Boats magazine forum, that should fill a few hours and give you some good tips on building plank on frame!.

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