What types of sailboats do you have?

[slowflyer]

What do you sail and how do you like it? Just curious as to what you guys have. I have a V32, a Victoria and now a Kyosho Fairwind 900. I am also restoring a n ols Marblehaed Hull.. Good Sailing and fair winds!---Rob

[bfraser]

Sure doesn't seem to be very many RC sailboaters around here! Myself, I've had four rc sailboats in the past (all america's cup types). The best one I had was the CR-914 as it went really fast and sailed very well even in a light breeze. Some people actually thought there was a motor in it as it went so fast. My Victor Stars and stripes saiboat was a nice sailboat as well although it was slow compared to the CR 914 and took a lot of work to get it built. I had a Victor America 3 sailboat as well and I didn't like the look of it and it didn't sail as well as the CR-914. The other sailboat I had I can't even remember who made it but it was modeled after the stars and stripes sailboat and was only for very light wind. It was more a toy type sailboat than a proper rc one. Of all the rc sailboats out there that I know of, the CR-914 is the one I would get above all the rest. The Kyosho ones seem a little cheap to me and the Victor boats from my experience seem a little out dated in style and don't sail as well as some others out there (tons of work to put together as well). Along with the CR-914, other boats I would consider getting would be The Laser and the Timaya "around the world Yamaha". The CR-914 should be the cheapest (if you can find a place to get them out side of the USA) and will likely perform as well as the laser and Tamaya boats. I'm looking for a new CR-914 to replace my destroyed one and will be searching the internet to see where I can get one at a reasonable cost and this will likely end up being somewhere in Europe. I'm pretty sure that I can find one for around 1/3 the cost of what they are selling for in the USA and this will include shipping. As for other types of sailboats (ie marble heads etc). I don't have any experience with them so I don't really know how well they perform or if they are worth their high costs. If you can get a CR-914!

[dgoebel]

Rob,
Currently I sail 2 V-32's, working on a second Victoria, an R/C Laser, and a Spinnaker 50, working on a Victor Mary J. Ward Schooner, I've got an EC-12 size hull (not legal for EC-12 class though) sitting in the garage.
I've had at one time a Victoria, V-32, VMP Aussie II, Soling 1M, R/C Laser, and an AMEN Eclipse III marblehead. The Aussie II, Soling 1M, and Eclipse have gone on to new owners. Here's a pic of my fleet at one time though... gotta take a new one.

Some pics available at my personal site,
http://webpages.charter.net/dgoebel/rcsail.html((Just updated this after a move in June '03

Fair winds, all
AND Bernard, if you find them inexpensive CR-914's,
WE really want to know...;)

David Goebel

;)

[Merlin]

Currently have an EC-12, Victor Soling 1M and a CR-914. Use these boats mainly as Demo's for potential customers. Hands on is often much better than dialogue.

[canesugarrules]

I am sailing a Vortex 60, a Fairwind, and a Tradewind. Here is a picture of the Vortex.

[The Enemy]

I'm working on a soling 1M. It has been in the works for quite some time. But now I have a new job, so I'm sure I will be able to put in the effort it deserves. (Working nights really sucks.)

When I get some pics, and start again, I will be needing all the help I can get. So stay tuned.

Corey

[Glo4U]

Hi Dave, I am currently looking to get back into sailing. The local club here sails the Victoria, EC12, and 12meter boats. I am coming to Oklahoma for 6 wks the end of this month. I will be in Norman Ok. How close is that to Altus? If it is not too far I would like to see the Victoria. Gloria Wells

[joeygoose]

I'm more of an electric plane guy myself, but every once in a while I'll take out a v32, especially when it's too windy to fly and someone is looking to race (mine's the one with the orange sails).

[RCDuggiedug]

I sail a mini Soling along with two nephews that have mini's. Not much sailboad activity here. I've only been sailing less than a year. I do aircraft most of the time but I really like my mini soling.

[RCDuggiedug]

Here are our boats. Mine is the yellow and white sail.

This photo was taken the first time the yellow and white sail and the purple sail had ever been sailing.

[Artster]

I've got a beautiful Robbe twin masted Atlantis kit just sitting on the shelf waiting to be built. Even have the RC deployed aux electric motor and Genoa jib sets. To make matters worse.... I live on a darn lake. And I still can't find time to build it because I have too many airplanes to fly. Anyone got a nice 1/3rd scale Cub to trade? I've even got the futaba dual drum sail winches! Lets make a deal!

Art in Lake Monticello, VA

[Artster]

Forgot to add this:

[hoj]

I have sold my Soling 50 and my Santa Barbara and sent my Tradewinds to Tahiti with the tradewinds( I think a shark got it) It was filled with foam and messages. I am working on my Sterne Viper 10R and just received 3 F-48's all incomplete, from Ernst Zemann after 2yrs. and me already buying Mark's I also have a Venom, sold my Orco. Gave my two Laser's to my grand children. I have 3 US-1M's of my own design. A Fairwind , Victoria and Seawind a Multi-One I probably won't finish the F-48 takes a lot of concentration. There is a backward boat in there and a 2x4 and a F-3 I try not to think about. There is another Seawind I made out of glass but with a higher freeboard a Wavemaster outboard on the back and a 7 1/4" circular saw blade on the bow. This is to intimidate when I get fouled too much. I always wanted an Atlantis. Someone has one in our club but never built it. 6yrs. old

[Artster]

For some reason I was much more involved with sailboats (and steamboats too) when I lived in California. Somehow being here on the East coast has diminished my interest. Maybe it is all the rain and cold.

I've attached a picture of 2 of my sail boats sold before I left L.A. The Yellow one is the Robbe Pirol and the Red one is a Shadow. The Pirol was very fast even in low winds. The Shadow was an elegant sailor!

Art

[robster94gt]

I just got into sailboats myself. I have a Victoria, and a Fairwind 900. The Victoria's for the GF, the fairwind's mine. I started work the Fairwind. First I was dissapointed to find out that the Fairwind II before it came with lots of chrome bits, whereas most the parts in the 900 are black. Also, I've seen pictures of a II showing nice fake wood for the seating and floor area. With the 900, you get a dead brown look that doesn't even cover all the area. I've started to trim the flasking - funny, in the manual it shows trimming needed in 2 places - with mine, it'st the entire seam from bow to stern, the hull, keel, everything. Also, there's a bit of pitting at the rear which I'll have to fill, and the "hatch" on the deck isn't even. So I'll have to paint it. hopefully that will remove all traces of the seam on the deck. I'm thinking of going with a pearl white. Oh, and the cabin/lid doesn't seem to fit flush with deck - I don't think I trimmed it too much or sanded too far - it looks like the deck dips a bit, causing the gap. I was hoping to have it in the water quickly, and it looks like I've got a bit of work to do, and I'm no skilled modeller. This will be a learning experience.

Rob

[RyanPSU21]

I have a Tech 1 AC Class boat. http://www.orgsites.com/mi/model-ac-class/ Used to have a Victoria and I will build another one this winter or next when I get done with all my plane projects I have planned for the winter. I've also had a Marblehead, Victor Soling 1m and ODOM.

[hoj]

I found the Atlantis that has never been worked on and purchased it. The previous owner can't find the instructions yet.

[Artster]

Oh, I thought you had gotten the kit for free. I'd get a hold of the folks at Robbe and buy the plans and instructions. In addition to the step by step info there are about 6 large drawings that make building easier as they reference the numbers of the various parts.

Did you get the motor and the self furling Genoa kit as well?

I would also suggest you build the stand first... it makes a great platform to support the hull while you build.

Good luck and have fun with it. Post a picture when you are done and if you have a friend that decides he wants one... refer him to me.

Art

[dgoebel]

I've been the webmaster for the AMYA since '97 or so and I'm amazed to see the variety of boats the RCGroups.com skippers are sailing.
From Mini-Solings to the beautiful Robbe Atlantis and everything in between. Since last I posted here I've been given a Victor Model's Mary J. Ward schooner and an Aquataur A600 (pics soon).
Here's my schooner..
http://webpages.charter.net/dgoebel/images/dsg1988a.jpg

[RCDuggiedug]

Originally posted by dgoebel
I've been the webmaster for the AMYA since '97 or so and I'm amazed to see the variety of boats the RCGroups.com skippers are sailing.
From Mini-Solings to the beautiful Robbe Atlantis and everything in between. Since last I posted here I've been given a Victor Model's Mary J. Ward schooner and an Aquataur A600 (pics soon).
Here's my schooner..
http://webpages.charter.net/dgoebel/images/dsg1988a.jpg

Very nice schooner. I'm new to Sailboats so I'll ask a question.
Is there one servo for the sails?

[RyanPSU21]

Very nice Mary J Ward. It's nice to see a schooner kit available.

[Aten W Arthog]

I'd post pics of my stuff, but for some reason I can't ever get it to work for me, must be a mac plus AOL thing...

I still have every boat I've bought, 'cept the full scale sunfish I owned for a week, which my wife made me turn around and sell. I got it for $150 bucks, complete, just needed some wood work and cleaning up and I bet I could have re-sold it the next season for a grand. As it was, I only made 100 on the deal. if id' told her it was a boat-shaped COFFEE TABLE... ;-)

Anyway, back when Dennis Conner was a winner, I bought my first RC sailboat, an Aristocraft Aussie 2 2-meter cup racer replica, pretty small, but very nice and a quick sailer, too. I still use her radio system, moving it from boat to boat.

I picked up a surplus Fairwind hull, nothing else, for $25 at a hobby store that gets a lot of scratch and dent merchandise from Tower Hobbies, tons of anything Kyosho. Made a rear cover/hatch out of clear lexan, cobbled up a mounting system, attached the radio to the cover in case the hull got wet inside (this was neat, you could pull and work on all the radio stuff just by popping the cover off, and since it was clear, you could see everything working all the time). i now have a stock cover for the rear deck, looks nicer.

I made mistakes with it, too. At one point I decided I should put some positive flotation in it, so I filled the hull with expanding "great stuff" foam.... (shakes head ruefully) There's still some chunks of that inside, stickiest stuff on the planet, impossible to remove easily... I use a quarter-scale plane servo for driving a home made sail control arm, works great, stock batteries last all day. Servo was about 30 bucks. I can't feature paying 50 to 100 for winch servos. I say try a quarter scale or plane retract servo first, cheaper and might be all the torque you need...

Anyhow, I built a mast and booms out of carbon and fiberglass rods and arrowshaft parts, sails were ripstop dacron kite cloth from the late lamented Stanton's Hobby Shop in Chicago. Found a suitable rudder that I think was actually the keel for a much smaller model boat... but was a close match to a stock fairwind keel. "Summerwind" (like the Sinatra song) sails VERY well, gorgeous from a couple feet away, petty fast too. Never leaks. I made up the rigging from studying pictures in boat magazines and the old Aristocraft model. I didn't know any better, so the mast was stuck in the hole normally used for the jib control sheet exit;-) recently, I finally found and downloaded a manual with proper pictures, and lucked out the other day at the same hobby shop: found two sets of Fairwind masts, booms, spreaders, and some detail parts like the proper mast mounting box (now that I know where that is SUPPOSED to go!) I'd already made an identical mast step unit from balsa, just by looking over the manual, but it's nice to have the stock parts where you can. I have some tyvek coming, I'm going to sew up some more realistic sails for the new, proper mast and booms, The old ones were hacked out with blunt shears on a guess at proper shape, then glued with CA to form a mast pocket for the tubing, instead of sewn. Even found a stock rudder and the decorative winches. My Fairwind up to now has only cost me about 60 bucks, been sailing her for about six years witht he mast in the wrong place, she never complained;-) . The new improvements will bring her costs up to about 80 bucks, her looks to a million.;-)

I love this hobby shop: I also have from them what appears to be a Victoria hull, all in jet black plastic, no other parts, 20 bucks. I made my own lead keel for her from melting tire weights into a lost-foam method plaster mold, and I made a rudder from foam and fiberglass. Real sails for this one, on arrow shaft sticks. She's nice, an okay sailer, but still too tippy, I think the keel needs to be deeper and/or heavier.

Boat four is just a hull and keel and deck, it looks like a pocket-sized Benetton, it's maybe 2-2.5 feet long, smaller by a third or more compared to the Fairwind... Ten bucks, couldn't resist it. Just sitting in storage for now, might build up a cheap sailer for a friend or my kids...

This week's beauty is from the same hobby shop. It's a one-meter hull, in fiberglass, of the Kyosho Seawind. Most of these were ABS plastic, kyosho toyed with a "special edition" glass hull, but pulled them from production: the glass was subject to easy damage and cracking... indeed, this hull has a few spots with spider cracks in the upper part of the gel coat, but I'm going to fix that and paint it. It's still pretty light... and it was 25 bucks. Yesterday, went digging thru the boat junk box at that shop, came up with a Seawind keel, three Seawind rudders, more fairwind parts, a sail set that will fit the benetton boat... a keel with bulb that looks like it might fit the Yamaha yacht mentioned earlier. Thirty bucks for the lot. I don't want to hassle with another lead bulb keel for this one-meter, and I don't care if it's not race-legal since there's no AMYA in Springfield Illinois, I think I'm the only RC sailor in the town. So, this may sound crazy, but I may try to pour a bulb from a split-halves mold using fine concrete with lead shot mixed into it. Worst case, it doesn't work, and I throw it out, but avoiding lead fumes for several hours is a good trade off.

I was originally going to build a complete sail rig for this Seawind, but for now, will just share the rig for the Fairwind, though it's a little shorter than stock, until I can hit the shop on another good day and turn up an actual Seawind mast. For me, it's only fun if I can do it REALLY inexpensively, I could NEVER drop 3-400 bucks at one time for a complete new kit... not on my salary. I figure this boat will cost about 50-60 bucks fully fitted out to run. She will be christened "Mazurka". And we will dance on the waves together;-)

[AustinTatious]

I have a Victoria.... not the nicest of boats, but Its a heck of a lotta fun to sail. I wish there waws a club near me that I could go race with... Nice boats Above!

Austin Williams

[DrElectron]

Hi Gang...

Only have the one Soling 1 M boat kitted by Victor... The poor boat has lived in its box for over 10 years and has probably made at least three trips between Alaska and S. Florida... It is now in the Bahamas and finally complete, hope for its maiden voyage this weekend... The boat was built for my wife...

If you would like to see some more pictures, look for my thread here titled "Soling 1 M... Soon to get wet ???" More pictures to follow on that thread... Take care and have fun...

Bruce... :cool:

[Hoghappy]

Hi gang...this is my first post and first attempt at uploading anything. This is also my first RC wind powered vessel and it took about a year to build.

I was going to try the Mary J. till I found this and just could not live without it.

[Hoghappy]

Another pic of her.

[Hoghappy]

Ok...one more. Here she is beached, sails furled and waiting for storm to pass.

[RCheroske]

Well, Hoghappy, I gotta say that is really cool!! How big is it?

[andyzib]

I sail a Fairwind II myself. Nothing special, but fun. Unfourtantaly, I have to remount my on/off switch, replace the battery holder, and try to straighten a bent rudder control rod before it will sail again. Storage was not kind to my boat, but the hull and sails are intact at least.


Is there one servo for the sails?

It depends on the boat. Some boats use an actual winch to pull in and let out the sails, others like my Fairwind use a large servo with a long arm. What the boat requires depends largly on the amount of control you want and the size of your sails. Some smaller sailboats just need rudder control.

Love the pictures all. Makes me think of building another sail boat after I finish my "the wind isn't blowing today" project. :)

[Hoghappy]

RCheroske...

The kit was purchased from: http://www.modelsailingships.com at a price of $2100.00 plus the shipping etc.. Here is some info from the above site about this ship:

The Prince de Neufchâtel
Adam and Noah Brown's Privateer Schooner

Built at New York in 1813 this ship was one of the fastest and most successful Amercian ships of the War of 1812 (6 prizes in 6 days in the English Channel (1814); chased 17 times by men-of-war that summer, but outran them every time). A large schooner (110' 8", 33.7m length on deck), she was typical in body plan of the American privateers. Very highly thought of by her country (she changed owners in 1814 for $21,000) as well as her enemies. When finally taken, the British copied her.

Our ship is armed with 16 18lb carronades and two 6lb cannon, has three square sails, a driver (supplied as a double reefed version as well) a topmast gaff sail, a fore gaff sail, and three jibs. She has two sail servos (one, a sail winch, for the fore and aft sails, one for the square) and one rudder servo.

Length on deck is 55.3" (1.4m)
Hull weight is 25 lbs (11.4 kgs), Sailing weight is 47 lbs (21.4 kgs)
Ballast keel weighs 22 lbs (10.0 kgs)
Ready for sailing she measures (extreme) 97" long, 63" high and 33" wide (2.23m x 1.6m x .33m). She packs into just one box, 64" x 17" x 13.5" high (1.63m x .43m x .34m high)
The price for this vessel is $7,000.00 fully assembled, or $2,100.00 as a complete kit.

I did a whole build-up thread with a lot of pics over at RCuniverse plus a few others about it in the same forum.. if you have time and interest follow this link:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Building_details%2Fphotos_of_the_1%2F24_scale_Prin ce_de_Neufchatel_privateer%25/m_1847501/tm.htm

:)

[RCheroske]

Well, Hoghappy, That is a magnificent ship!! How does she sail?

[Hoghappy]

Well, Hoghappy, That is a magnificent ship!! How does she sail?

Dude...she sails great! :D

Here is a link to a page I just put up about her with pics and stuff:

http://princedeneufchatel.freehomepage.com/

Come visit!

[Foamaholic]

Kyosho Fairwind that I've had for years.

[markotina]

This is my boat COLIN ARCHER from BILLING BOATS.
http://img119.exs.cx/img119/8383/DSC00256.jpg
http://img119.exs.cx/img119/4213/100_12.jpg
http://img155.exs.cx/img155/391/100_0015.jpg
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/2069/100_0001.jpg

[TheAquaholic]

Hi All,

as a new member I thought it would be best to mention my boats as well. I have a Marblehead, a One design Open 60 inspired on the Vendée Globe Boats and a IONA. The Iona is the newest design from Graham Bantock. She's 155 cm long...

For further details check the websites http://www.aquaholic.tk and http://www.rciona.tk

[RCDuggiedug]

Hi All,

as a new member I thought it would be best to mention my boats as well. I have a Marblehead, a One design Open 60 inspired on the Vendée Globe Boats and a IONA. The Iona is the newest design from Graham Bantock. She's 155 cm long...

For further details check the websites http://www.aquaholic.tk and http://www.rciona.tk

I've seen some nice boat pictures posted here :)

[tsparks]

Some of the ones I've built: Robbe Atlantas, GoodSpeed 42, Victor's Americas Cup

Currently building a Robbe Valdivia, come see how far along I am at:
http://www.sparksstudios.com/boatyard/Index.htm

[ragman]

At this time I have two Graupner MicroMagics which make a lot of fun (two because I want my wife get to matchracing ;) ) an old Robbe Windstar (OneMeter) and the next one maybe till spring - a Kyosho Fortune with full Alinghi-Design from stockmaritime.

[Vinnya42]

I race a Victoria, and a newly scratch built Mistral US1M

HEre are the pics::

[RCDuggiedug]

I race a Victoria, and a newly scratch built Mistral US1M

HEre are the pics::

Looks like people are doing a lot of sailing. Wish it would catch on more here in the south-western part of Virginia.

[Aerominded]

Well, it starts with you RCDuggiedug! Next time you are at the park sailing and sombody asks you about your Soling, tell them everything they want to know and be friendly! Heck, even offer to let the person asking the questions a chance to sail it! :eek: Think of yourself as an "ambassador". You never know, it could get them hooked. :D So often I've seen people at the pond who will not even acknowlege the presence of others :mad: let alone offer an 'invitation' to the hobby!

This stuff is fun and I think, the more people you can get into the hobby, the better!

[markotina]

Video.
http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.php?medid=46502

http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.php?medid=46510

[RCDuggiedug]

Well, it starts with you RCDuggiedug! Next time you are at the park sailing and sombody asks you about your Soling, tell them everything they want to know and be friendly! Heck, even offer to let the person asking the questions a chance to sail it! :eek: Think of yourself as an "ambassador". You never know, it could get them hooked. :D So often I've seen people at the pond who will not even acknowlege the presence of others :mad: let alone offer an 'invitation' to the hobby!

This stuff is fun and I think, the more people you can get into the hobby, the better!

Been there. Done that. That is good advice though. I guess I'm lucky as I do have two nephews to sail with. We have talked to several people that seemed interested and even let people try our boats (all mini soling's) but so far, nobody has took the bait.

[Ghost 2501]

Though I like powered watercraft, I have a working yacht, the University club ready to sail yacht, there is a Ripmax boat using the same hull, but a different colour,

as long as the wind isnt too strong, she sails beautifully, though she isnt upto holding off the same level of wind as a meter class boat, as she is just 515m long, but she is great as a pocket boat.

[Sackie]

Hi there, here is my fleet. From the left, a Sanibel 36/600 by Proboat, Red hull Odom 1M, Teal hull Odom 1M, Purple hull Soling 50/800. Only one not yet sailed is the Sanibel as the lakes up here have about 2 1/2 ft of ice so have to wait for the big thaw. Bought the Sanibel because I have sailed the Odom's against a Victor Soling 1M but the Soling was outclassed.

[Ghost 2501]

the sanibel looks to be a scale boat, rather than an out and out racing RC, is that the case, as she looks a peach :) the other 3 I am not too keen on, as being racing RC boats, they are a bit bland on the deck.

[Sackie]

the sanibel looks to be a scale boat, rather than an out and out racing RC, is that the case, as she looks a peach :) the other 3 I am not too keen on, as being racing RC boats, they are a bit bland on the deck.
Hi there 'G', the Sanibel does LOOK like a scale sailboat but I am not aware of what it is modeled after, the two in the centre (Odom's) are true out and out racing R/C sailboats and though have a bland deck they sure are movers in the water, but the one on the right IS ACTUALLY SCALE, it is a scaled down version of a three man former olympic class racing sailboat and I must also state performs with the pedigree of its full sized sister.
I have not yet sailed the Sanibel as I received it damaged just around the time that the lakes up here were freezing over, one comment is that I suspect that the rudder will be too small for effective sailing in higher ranged winds and the shrouds and stays are all string and are therefore difficult to tension effectively.

[Ghost 2501]

recieved it damaged, ouch!!!! but on the size of rudder, My uni club 37's rudder is about the same depth as the keel, so judging by the looks of the rudder of the s'bel, I would say thats not going to be a problem.

was it second hand, if so it may have been damaged by opereator abuse. sure looks peachy though :) I have to get a pic of mine actually moving now she has new sails, the old ones were not upto the job and were too long for the boom, so a set of custom made mylar film sails were constructed.

[Sackie]

Hi 'G', no not second hand, boat was damaged in shipping I believe to a buyer and then returned or maybe shipped to the insurance company who then had someone sell it on e-bay, there were about 10-15 sold over a period of about 6 weeks on e-bay. The only damage mine had was one steering wheel was unglued, rudder shaft was broken off of rudder. but then when I received it the bag of fittings was missing so I ended up having to make my own mast rings for the mainsail. Everything now fixed. I must state that of the 3 different boats I have, I truly LOVE the Soling 50 the best!

[MILLERTIME]

I purchased a Sanibel from ebay. It also had a broken rudder; I think it’s because they ship it attached.
I drilled out the original rudder shaft and epoxied a 1/8” brass tube into the rudder shaft. I think it’s stronger
than new. I sailed it on the pond today I really like it!! I am making some wood decking for it, will post pictures
when it is done.
Thanks
Mpo11

[Ghost 2501]

Rafale Atlantique, on her home waters of Westport Lake, Stoke on trent, for an RTS yacht she sails well, compared to when she had her original sail set. the sails were custom made by "house martin sails" in birkenhead, (UK yacht sailors see the MYA booklet for their advert).

for a RTS boat, it is typical Graupner high standard, with excellent radio gear, compared to the Ripmax Sealite version. it sounds odd but I may go for a sealite at some point and change the TX and RX over, the sails on the sealite seem to be slightly better fitting than the uni's original set. but for less than £100 its not a bad boat to sail, with the "20 mins" endurance label being a little on the side of conservative!

[pompebled]

Here's my first rc sailboat, the Thunder Tiger Voyager, an AC modelled after the late eighties boats.
Here she has a spinaker jib and Mylar main, a spinaker main is in the making.

She sails very nice, with the characteristic wavepattern that comes with this hullshape.

Regards, Jan.

[pimp_squeak]

I don't think I could deal with doing RC sailing, fullsize is just too much fun.....

[pompebled]

I don't think I could deal with doing RC sailing, fullsize is just too much fun.....

Like a lot of RC sailors, I too have fun with my 1:1 sailboat, I just can't afford an America's Cupper...

Regards, Jan.

[pimp_squeak]

Like a lot of RC sailors, I too have fun with my 1:1 sailboat, I just can't afford an America's Cupper...

Regards, Jan.

I prefer dinghy sailing myself, it's a lot more "hands on" and thrilling than sailing 20+ foot cruisers. Small nimble boats is my thing ^_^...Although I have to admit, having an American Cup rig would be absolutely awesome.

[rcminiman]

Heres some boats from our club. Mine is the light blue one with the light blue/white sails. They are mostly marbleheads, but we also sail 10 raters and A class monsters, and we also have 6 meters, that were designed by John Lewis specially for our club. They are all free-sailing, and its only me that uses vane gear for a little rudder assistance, the others do there adjustment purely by altering the sails. We are about to try out rudder only radio. We sail on a local loch, called Sarclet, which is a mile long, and half a mile wide. Try running round it, chasing a 7 foot long A-class a few times in the great Scottish weather for a bit of exercise!! :eek:
Barry, Scottish Highlands.

[Gary Morris]

Here's my boat in a bag, it's the Laser for those that don't know, comes completely ready to race in a nice carrying bag, has 3 sails, one for practically calm wind, one for 8 to 10 kts and one for over 10 kts. I've had it now a year and have really enjoyed the simplicity of it. Granted it's a little pricey for a RTR sailboat but it's so convenient and fun! It can be bought at:http://sailrclaser.com/


Gary

[PROACE]

Here is a couple of pics of my boat, Dumas Star 30. I am a R/C plane guy but got this kit cheap and thought I would give it a try. So I am a novice to sailboats.

My files are too large will correct and upload later.

[PROACE]

I think I got it now!! here are the pics...

[robster94gt]

Hey all,

I really need to get around to formatting my pics of my victoria so I can post them. Furthermore, I actually have to finish my Fairwind. The hangup on that one is the painting. I wanted to paint it using Tamiya Pearl White. But man is is that paint tricky to get right. I don't know what it is, but unless you get the coat really wet, it is comes out "dusty" and rough. To make matters worse is the over spray. Let's say you have the deck nicely done, when you flip it over to do the hull, the deck becomes rough from the overspray. I'm actually giving up on doing it. The hull is pretty large and getting the whole hull "wet" with those little cans in in one go without parts of it drying out is beyond my skill. I saw a victoria posted somewhere (a couple of them actually) that was done at an autoshop, with nice clearcoat. I'd love to do that, but how would approach them without them thinking your crazy? I'd also like this option because the pearl white from tamiya isn't really as "pearly" as I'd hoped. I chose the color because of some cars I've seen with a nice pearly color.

Anyway, nice boats guys.

Rob

[OleIslandBoy]

Hi All,

HEY...LOOK WHAT I FOUND?, have any of you either sailed or know of the "Fun 430" by Brett McCormack? take a look at it here: FUN 430 (http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bsmack/) If so...Please share your reviews or thoughts of it with us!!

I THINK ITS PRETTY NEAT!!! :cool:

Many Thanks Again!

Tonyc

[mike50]

Here is my Kyosho Sea Breeze

Mike

[Ed Morales]

kyosho seadolphin
tamiya round the world
2 ioms
http://www.rcgroups.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=11413&cat=500

[robster94gt]

Hey all,

Finally got my Fairwind in the water. Here's a few pics. I hope to get some better ones next time.

Rob

[RCDuggiedug]

Hey all,

Finally got my Fairwind in the water. Here's a few pics. I hope to get some better ones next time.

Rob

Nice to see people still posting here. My mini soling began leaking a couple months ago. I haven't fixed her yet. Hope to get her in shape by next month to take to a float fly I go to three times a year. Next month is the last one this year.

Nice looking sailboat Rob.

RCDuggiedug

[PROACE]

"Float Fly"?
Boats and airplanes?

[RCDuggiedug]

"Float Fly"?
Boats and airplanes?

Boats, Airplanes and Heli's.

[Spaceship13]

i just started this year with a used tradewinds and love it, so does my wife. that is hte only boat she is interested in , so we have to use mine until i cna get her one. we dont race but the object for us iand our group is to sial and have fun. we leave the racing to the rich up at winter green. i hope to get some more of guys interested in fun sailing that live up ther that dont wan tto deal with the racing geeks!. they would have a better club cept for a couple of them wan tto run and ruin the show. there are other rich guys interested in sialing and dont wnat to deal with them. those are the guys we want to sail with and they would even may get a boat.. iam gonna post my pic maybe today. my trade is not like out of the box ones. mine has piant and a driver and is mostly fun.!my wife got to sail mine this weekend and she loves it. i let her have most of the stick time too. i fly too but gliders only, power is out! no we dont want another thype of boat , just a second tradewind. ;)

[PROACE]

I bet the float fly is quite a show!

[robster94gt]

Thanks RCDuggiedug,

Rob

[Lancer31]

nothing of any importance

[RCDuggiedug]

I bet the float fly is quite a show!

The greatest bunch of guy's. We all have fun.

My nephews and I took our Mini Solings there the last couple of years and now most of the others have sailboats also.

[RCDuggiedug]

"Float Fly"?
Boats and airplanes?

Yep, sailboats. electric glow power and gas boats. Planes and heli's. In West Virginia. near the Virginia line.

Even a Steam powered RC boat.

[mr. fix-it]

Hey guys :

Why don't I see anyone with a scow? There are plenty of full sized racing scows, why is there no models?

[wingnut163]

the closes i can come to a scow is a skipjack. oister boat. 55" built from plans. and the lumber yard.

[Aerominded]

A scow, like those raced in the upper-midwest seems like a natural cadidate for RC (with a keel instead of centerboard<s>). I guess the only issue is that it may not be the best in waves. There seem to be a lot of potential hull form benefits there though! :)

[mr. fix-it]

I have one in the works, but what sort of a keel do suggest? I was thinking of a peice of steel about 1/4" or 3/16" for a centerboard. And what about rudders, one or two?
On another subject, what about a boat with totally round bottom(or half round). I am calling on the experts with this one .

[Aerominded]

for the keel on your Scow model I would reccomend either an aluminum or carbon foil with a lead bulb at the bottom rather than just a heavy centerboard. as to single or twin rudders, it depends on your hull shape- a typical scow is reletively flat bottomed with very little 'rocker' (flat fore and aft)- As this type of hull shape heels, a single rudder mounted on the centerline will tend to be lifted out of the water, loosing its effectiveness. twin rudders, one mounted on each side of the hull, will not have as much of a problem since one rudder will always be completely under water. :)

[mr. fix-it]

The hull shape is elliptical, and has some rocker to it. It is somthing I seen on the web and became interested in. I don't know if I will build it or not. I made some drawings and displacement calculations. It is a 20' boat scaled to 40". Any thoughts?:) (anyone)

[Aerominded]

I-20?

[mr. fix-it]

M-20.

[wingnut163]

OK time has come to put this question out to you. since canesugarrules (post # 5 ) has not answered mr from a PM i guess he is not around any more. I'm setting up the sail arm/lines and i'm running into a snag. when i got it they had both jib and mail on one end of the sail arm. since i set up my skipjack with a home made sail are i wanted to have this one control the sails the same way. but the skipjack is wood, the Vortex is not. so i have no place to put the eyes for the line that controles the jib. if any one has a sugestion i sure would like to hear it. this is the sail arm.

[jimhurley]

Why not glue a block of wood to the inside of the hull and screw the eye into the block of wood?

[wingnut163]

what glue will hold with glass and wood. i thought about glassing it in but thers not enough room. i just about get in to screw the plate that hold the arm and servos in.
if ther is a glue strong enough i'll do that.

[jimhurley]

I would think any epoxy should work, you might try to rough up the glass hull a bit. Anyone else have any thoughts on what glue to use?

[Bobslr]

Hi
Epoxy is probably the only thing that would work maybe with a small screw
through the deck to reinforce it,not pretty but?
Here's some pictures of my Northwind 36,My first sail boat and I've had alot of fun with it,I'm more into scale electric boat but wanted to try sail.
Bob

[wingnut163]

well thanks for the hints. this is not my first but i don't get to the lake much.
i have two RTS, the Fortune 612, and i converted the kids L'Intrepide to full function sailing.(not hull wet yet). and a scrctch built 56" skipjack. i wanted this Vortex, a 5' hull to sail in heavy wind.

[wingnut163]

here are the three

[Kimber]

We have two that are seaworthy!! And a dozen in the attic that are not!!

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6610/178715r101368jb.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8860/178715r11845ac.jpg

[wingnut163]

time to get them seaworthy. don't let the attic have all the enjoyment.
or, if there any thig like the two you show maybe some one else would like to try to sail them.

[ahab]

My Son and I just purchased rc-Laser's after a long hard search..
We live at the Jersey Shore and have access to Barnegat Bay - a marine ae salt water bay and need a waterproof model.. The Laser if the only sealed model that will be safe and trouble free for this area. It's a blast to sail in the winds and chop...really responsive.

Jarvis

[cougar33]

i have 2 IOMs . the IOMs are epoch and my opwn design. I have a victor australia II , and a seawind. got a victoria and 2 little 12 meters boats. right now I am working on a ac20 and a 3 rater. the ac20 is the boat i am realy looking forward to sailing. i love the americas cup style
the pond that bob runs in . is the same pond as i use to run.
gotta love sail

[ELGEE525]

I have 1-Seawind, 2- Fairwinds, 3-Dolphin 770's, 1-Nirvana,1-TT Victoria and 2 Fortune 612's- I take my wife,brother, and grandkids sailing - Just for the fun of it !!!

[joao]

Well, now I can post in this thread. :) Went yesterday to Lisbon to get the Robbe Topas and there she is. Obviously a labor of love by the builder. All the little wood parts ... Reminds my of some scale models in our Navy Museum in Lisbon.

http://museu.marinha.pt/Museu/Site/PT/GaleriaDigital/Fotografias/?sub=Visitas%20Museu

http://museu.marinha.pt/Museu/Site/PT/GaleriaDigital/Fotografias/?sub=Modelos

Hope to get a water run next week

Regards, João

[joao]

And today the Topas went to the water. My previous experience with sailboats was mostly with full size laser class ones.
Beautiful, well worth effort. Really nice !

Regards,

João

[pompebled]

A very nice looking boat!

Seems to sail good aswell, congratulations!

Regards, Jan.

[joao]

Hello Jan,

Thank you ! What a start in RC sailboats indeed, from zero to...this ship :)
I went a little far from Coimbra, to this more confined place than the Mondego river to try it for the first time as I have vivid images in my mind of a fellow with a nice "RC scale" boat like this placing it on the water and she starting going really well straight ahead but FOR EVER :D and it was a BIG watersurface.

It was a little windy (not in the left shot, taken late in the day) but she seems to handle really well the breeze. Great fun ! First I want to make sure the rigging is reliable and then, in due time, to try to fine tune it a little for performance.

Regards, João

[wingnut163]

nice, good luck, lucky man.

[Peytr]

I have only one (besides the 1:1 boates I own) being a glider person in the first place. It's a Graupner Micro magic. The boat is small, simple and cheap but sails excellent. We currently have 1500 boats registered, which is insane. Weekly regatta's and people doing funny things like sailing at open sea in the evenings or walking regatta's.
I don't know about the availability of the MM in the US, but if we have 1500 boats registered on a population of 16 million, how many would you american have, if polularity would about be the same.........

Take a look at the link (only dutch, but nice pics and wallpapers all over the place....)

http://www.micromagic.nl/

[wingnut163]

thanks for the sight. don't read dutch but a picture is worth a 1000 words.
i wish there were at least ten people near me to sail with. i have found three. 1 combat, 1 fly/sail and 1 builder/seller. all over 1/2 hour away.