North Shore Model Mariners

[charlie eaton]

There are several threads about the ongoing activity at a number of lakes,ponds ect. This being the case and being of doubtfull sanity I and my cohorts in crime that is to say, Graphixman and my Nephew Chuck and I have several pictures taken at our pond. OK we gotta bunch of pictures. Our pond is next to a Sam's club so we have plenty of parking. Chuck's got a little cart he can bring his stuff to the pond(he lives close by) Also he can bring his ''little yellow rubber boat'' to retrieve boats with. Fred has a number of pictures that he will post and Chuck has others as well. We shall endever to entertain you with our adventures at the pond. This first group are my boats, hey I'm writing this so my boats go first! :D

[charlie eaton]

Here are a few of Chuck's boats

[Kmot]

Well done Charlie! Welcome to the MBCJA. :)

[charlie eaton]

Thanks Tom. Here's a few of Fred's boat's

[graphixman]

And here are some more photos from that fateful day.

:)

[Kmot]

I bought it,he drooled all over it so I let him have the unsanitary thing!


I gotta remember that technique!! :D

[graphixman]

And another possible site for high speed runs, up my way in Maine, with a sandy beach I might add. :cool:

[eagle927]

Well will nitro or gas be allowed I will be coming that way soon. :D here are a few from my fleet the tug I built myself it is Elec, the other three or nitro. :D

[graphixman]

Well will nitro or gas be allowed I will be coming that way soon. :D


Unfortuneately at the SAM's club no, however at the one my way no one will know as it's off in the woods. :D

[eagle927]

I may have to come up and run with you than one day. :D

[charlie eaton]

You are most welcome to join us as is any one coming into our area. Just send a PM and let us know when. Given good weather and the ponds are wet and not solid we can have a bit of fun.

Charlie

[eagle927]

I will do that when I get there I will contract you look forward to it. :D

Thanks Charlie and all

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Very nice pond.
When does the ice sailing begin?


:)

[MILLERTIME]

Looking good Charlie.
What no sheet boats?

[herrmill]

Charlie,

Coming from another Charlie/Chuck (my family prefers the former), I appreciate you putting up the thread & sharing photos of your fleet. For me, its these shared experiences that I enjoy most about this hobby.

We were just added to MBM's Worldwide Mayhem Map (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115439289302912786204.000455fd039eb4a7d09fe) that shows the location of model boating clubs & motley groups such as ours around the globe. Its open collaboration on Google Maps so anyone can add/edit their club location, info & link. They don't have any US locations so feel free to be the first. :D

Chuck

[charlie eaton]

Sheet boats are a bit ackward to launch there but if someone came with one we would find a way. It does drop off fairly quickly from our launch point.

Umi,usually late Oct,early Nov. but it gets cold enough to be uncomfortable around then anyway.

[charlie eaton]

Chuck,see what we can do. We do need to share our hobby. Please enjoy the pictures.

[herrmill]

Sheet boats are a bit ackward to launch there but if someone came with one we would find a way. It does drop off fairly quickly from our launch point.

Charlie,

Assuming you have deep water right at the edge, you may try what we do when sailing off the deck at Xanadu's lake. We launch over the deck railings by simply grabbing hold of the mast & lowering the boats into the water. Retrieval is just as easy once you've brought the boat alongside the dock. Just ensure that your shrouds are nice & tight before attempting ;)

Chuck

[dlapalme@cfl.r]

You know you are going to get Kmot upset with this talk about sheetboats. Nice places to run. Except for the hard water and all that white shtuff half of the year. Dennis

[MILLERTIME]

Tkank's Chuck,

I just added our club(Sierra Model Yacht Club) 1st in the USA.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115439289302912786204.000455fd039eb4a7d09fe&ll=55.973798,-128.320312&spn=120.287873,360&z=2&mid=1220932968
Don M.

[charlie eaton]

My Nephew corrected me on two items. 1/ The Donzi is over 60'' long and 2/ his ''Barbie'' raft is orange and black not yellow.

[charlie eaton]

Here are a few more that Chuck came up with.

[graphixman]

Yes Chuck's Downeaster can moooove eh? :D

[herrmill]

Hey at least you guys have a raft. My I ♡ Korea float may be nice for a hot summer afternoon, but I don't think it will pass muster in another month once the temps drop.

Chuck

[charlie eaton]

A few new pictures at the pond taken today.

[herrmill]

The Cape Islander looks right at home in that shot! Thanks for the pics.

[charlie eaton]

And a couple more

[mxz70017]

Boy am I showing my age In that shot!!You must have got all the looks In the family..Hey I like the other shot of the tunnel.The one with Mongo staying out the way!!!HEHEHEHE..Also the one thats not on my cav run before hiting a little left rudder to get her to bite..The one on the outisde run with 8 or so feet of rooster tail she's moveing then..You just got my on the way out run.An my on the way back next to dead shots!!!!

[mxz70017]

Oh I forgot to mention I love the water shots!!Its not so much the boats fast...You have to press the take a shot button a little faster!!!Maybe you will get next time" OLE TIMING MAN"....LOL

[charlie eaton]

Hi all, Well Graphixman came down for a model visit about a week or so ago. He brought his Midwest ''Liberty Tug''. As usual we did a bunch of talking,went up to the R/C Buyers Wharehouse to sniff at the new stuff. He let ''SAM'' climb all over him. It was all fine and dandy but I've got to tell you that, well, let me show you.

[Aerominded]

That Liberty tug is getting closer to done, I see! :)

the Cape Islander looks great on the water, Charlie!

[graphixman]

Well you know Charlezzz, Sawdust is a sign of progress. :)

[Aerominded]

If you're not making a mess, you are not working hard enough... ;)

[MILLERTIME]

"If you're not making a mess, you are not working hard enough... "

If you saw my shop you would say that I was working to hard.

Don M.

[Aerominded]

Hee hee, me too! :D

Mess = progress, works for me! :p

[Kmot]

"Sawdust"

Isn't that what gets put into those health nut cereals? :p

[steamboatmodel]

Hi Charlie,
Love the look of your pond. In some of the early shots there is a boat, ( Rangeley?) that looks like a steamboat (centre one in photo) can you post some information on it?
Regards,
Gerald

[charlie eaton]

STEAMBOAT, The model is a Dumas ''Rangely'',a kit no longer produced. You might find one still in a hobby shop or on E-bay. Both my Nephew and I have one. Fairly easy to build and runs very well. It has a ''sintra'' cabin which was the first time I had used the stuff. That too was easy to work with. The boat looks great on the water.

[steamboatmodel]

Thanks Charlie,
It appears to be my fate lately, every time I see an interesting kit they are out of production. Could you post some more shoots of it?
Regards,
Gerald

[charlie eaton]

Here's a few more of the Rangeley

[steamboatmodel]

Thanks Charlie,
I found a couple of places that have it in stock at $250 US, and one place in Brazil that is selling fiberglass Hull I think. Looking at the photos it looks very similar to an enlarged Midwest's old Tour Master, which I think I have plans for.
Regards,
Gerald.

[mxz70017]

I saw Uncle Chas, Steamboat was looking for some Rangeley shot's.I thought maybe It was ok to post a couple shot's I have of mine some during build some run shot's..

[mxz70017]

I think just maybe I over powered It just a tad!!!Thats running 2 7.2v 3200mha packs.One Its running on one for ballast!!I think maybe a 16oz lead fishing sinker on the stem might help!!LOL....~~Also there might be just a little to much prop!Thats a dumas 13/4" prop from the Donzi running hardware I threw on It....

[charlie eaton]

Freedomsong models has a Rangeley kit that is about 16'' long. Piel craftsman sells those kits. Also northeast model products in Wiscassett Me nemodel.com.
The hull for the Dumas kit is abs plastic.

Nice pictures Chuck,yours looks great.

Oh yes,mine is named the ''ASSAMDRAGON''

[steamboatmodel]

Thanks, Charlie and Chuck,
I think I am going to enlarge the Midwest Plans and do a fiberglass covered hull.
Regards,
Gerald

[graphixman]

A good sign of spring, the ice is starting to let up. Hopefully in a couple weeks we can start to dampen our hulls again..... other than in the bathtub that is. :rolleyes:

[charlie eaton]

Well,just got radio systems in my Babcock trawler and my ''Miami'' crash boat. Then there is the classic runabout,rangeley,sporty,booth bay,mongo, 47' mlb, 44' mlb, sixbitter, and maybe I'll get the big tug ''Potomac'' done this season.

[nick_75au]

I can' believe I missed this thread guys :o Great range of boats.
The lack of boating for 5 months would kill me I reckon.
There's no boating on our lake today though, it's flooded the Gazebo :(
Nick

[charlie eaton]

The pond froze in Oct. and is just clearing of ice now. Saw the flood at your place Nick, lots of water there. Here's picture of the Potomac under construction.

[Kmot]

The pond froze in Oct. and is just clearing of ice now.
That is just so hard to comprehend for a So Cal boy. http://www.fototime.com/97D7D0880E9CA50/orig.gif

[charlie eaton]

That is just so hard to comprehend for a So Cal boy. http://www.fototime.com/97D7D0880E9CA50/orig.gif

:p :censored: :p :D :D :D :D

[norgale]

The ice may be gone but MA ain't through with NE yet. Still plenty of cool there. Pete

[graphixman]

That is just so hard to comprehend for a So Cal boy. http://www.fototime.com/97D7D0880E9CA50/orig.gif


Ptttthhhhh! :p Makes me want to move back to Arizona!

[norgale]

I'll bet you don't Fred. You love it in New England and you know it. Ha! Pete

[Aerominded]

The Potomac is looking nice, Charlie!

I thought ice was just for mixed drinks... ;)

[charlie eaton]

Well,Chuck took 2 Aquacraft EP.1'S and took out the motors,replaced with brushless and put them on a 4' deep Vee. The blurry white thing in the picture is it. It's the same boat that is in message #2 top left.

[Kmot]

What motors did he use? I hope the gear train holds up. :p

[charlie eaton]

Tom, He used a pair of aftermarket 2350kv 11w motors from ebay ($50 buck knockoffs) intended as a conversion for the Super Vee installed in the EP-1 outboards. The o/b's are metal case,heavy duty bearings lubed with high temp plumbers gease. Chuck said that the batteries were close to dead when he took the picture so the boat wasn't up to full speed. I'll try to get one of it wide open. He uses the stock Aquacraft Super Vee ESC's. Also a silicon sleeve type water jacket instead of the tube type.

[Old No7]

Oh yes, mine is named the ''ASSAMDRAGON''
Hi Charlie:

I see that you're from NE Mass... Thought you might like to know there was a REAL "Assamdragon" boat moored on the Parker River in Newbury back in the 60's & 70's.

If I remember right, she was a nice 32 to 36 foot wooden cabin cruiser (Egg Harbor maybe?) with a flying bridge and white hull. She was owned by the Sheppard family and was moored down river by the Oldtown Country Club.

Rumor has it the boat got its name by the owner hitting the mud sandbars way down river -- more than a few times!!!

Nice boat pix!

Old No7

[charlie eaton]

OLD NO 7, I got that name from a boat sitting on a cradle in New Castle NH. I saw it every time I went to or from the Portsmouth Life Boat Station there. It was a yawl painted black with a dragon on the stern and that name. I don't remember seeing the boat you mention as I was working in D.C. at the time. I also need to change the second ''A'' to ''E'' OOOPS! I thought it was an appropriate name as the model tends to ''squat'' as it goes faster. Kind of dragging it's posterior you might say. :D

[charlie eaton]

Yesterday Chuck and I got to the pond, it has been either rain or wind or both since May. We finally got a good day to go run a couple of boats. Chuck had his deep vee outboard and I had the Novi and the Crash boat. Other than a few things going wrong it was a good time. For instance one of the 2 outboards on his go fast quit working and then there was the battery failure in the middle of the pond for my Crash boat. Ah also the clivis on the rudder servo came open on the Novi and and on a later run it took water over the stern. Other than that it was a great day. Unfortunately Fred had to work.

[norgale]

Looking good Charlie. What happened to the batts? Nice day there for a change hey? Any alligators there? Looks just like a place where they would hang out. Annie M rides real nice. Pete

[Homeport]

Charlie,
You picked the right day to go out.
We had scale waves of about 40' today in Stoneham.
Paul
http://www.homeportmodels.com/

[graphixman]

Any alligators there? Looks just like a place where they would hang out.


No Gators Pete, however depending on what time of year, there might be an aggressive Canadian goose or duck nearby guarding a youngn' :cool:

[ptjim]

Mr Eaton which Crashboat model is that??? Any more photos??

[charlie eaton]

Mr Eaton which Crashboat model is that??? Any more photos?? Jim those are the plans by Glynn Guest. It's a semi scale of the 63'er, I did a build tread on it in scale boats. I made some changes so it's a cross between the 65 and the 85 foot boats. It a very simple hull to build.

[graphixman]

It looks good too. :) IMHO Floats even weller..??

[charlie eaton]

It looks good too. :) IMHO Floats even weller..??
More weller even!

[charlie eaton]

Went out to the pond today. I took my Babcock north sea trawler and Chuck took his big deepV outboard. He took the pictures and will post them soon. It was a good day and we had a number of runs with both boats. The first one with mine showed I needed to take some ballast out at the stern. It took on some water because it is way over powered and sat to low back aft. It runs just fine kind of scale on just the trim lever. I may put a smaller motor in it as the HT-600 is way to much.
Chuck had a good day with the big outboard and made 6 runs with it. It is quite fast. He took some videos of both and as soon as he figures out how to do it via utube he'll have them on this thread.

[mxz70017]

Video coming to a forum near you soon...soon as i can get it uploaded that is!!!!LOL...

[Aerominded]

Great Pictures and welcome back, Mxz!

Nice job on the Trawler, Charlie! Looks great in the water!

Looks like the deep V is running really well!

[Kmot]

Excellent pics! Yes, the trawler looks great. :)

I love the blue water of your pond.

[mxz70017]

Ok This Is Uncle Charlie's Babcock Trawler video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1kl-tLR5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gco3aWEX-EU

[mxz70017]

Its still needs some work.If I can get the props. To make some power!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-2Umln8YA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xFUHRHEXG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edy3yalYi8I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e_XP9dUOvk

[graphixman]

Pretty cool guys! Glad you got the Babcock in the H2O Charlie :) Welcome back Chuckie!

[graphixman]

I love the blue water of your pond.


That's kinda an optical dilusion of of the sky in the water Tom, the water has a nice wonderful tea color mostly. :rolleyes:

[mxz70017]

These are a couple vid's. Shot last year My Bluejacket Lobsta Boat... up at the Lake.Then the Maiden run on my Custom built 60" Sportfisherman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv4hvsett-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328vGrHkhIY

Just realized watching this Vid again!!!!How wobbly she looks. While Uncle Charlie's Driving...Its a Attack 4 channel Radio. With the sticks modified together.So Its got 2 Esc's an 2 Motors working Independantly.It does take some getting used to to drive for sure.Have to be careful not to move sticks to the side while running up the throttles!!!!

[Kmot]

60"! Awesome!

How is that scratch built of your Dad's boat coming along?

[mxz70017]

The VJ Is In primer now.The flybridge An bench seats all done.The water slide decal registration name an city. Is all done great font an did It On my Ink Jet Printer.The lights are In but not all wired to a panel as yet.but Its coming along well.I should throw some pics up hey?????LOL....

[mxz70017]

Uncle Charlies Novi Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ8KWpCHHF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g8RR-Mw0Rk

[charlie eaton]

Tom, here are a couple of 35mm shots of the foliage on the north side of the pond. Enjoy. Thanks Chuck, it do look good in the water ! :D

[Kmot]

Nice videos Chuckster!

[charlie eaton]

To all the ''lobster boat'' fans here's my small collection of them. Y'all gotta love the design, I know I do. Between Chuck,Fred and I we have 8 of them(Fred's got a 21'' he's never finished)
Left to right:
21 1/2'' Midwest Boothbay
30'' Midwest ARTR Boothbay
30'' Modified Midwest Sportfisherman
35'' Greg Hiltz hull Cape Islander (Novi)

[Aerominded]

Nice looking fleet there, Charlie!

[mxz70017]

Hey look what I did this morn!!!!Uncle Charlie Ive had this boat now what about 14 months?I finally "gottaroundtoit" I put on the outriggers.Stolen from My Dumas Donzi Z65!!!!I didn't have the right size balls!!!The ballinks that Is...LOL.So I cut off the Dumas kit ones. An replaced those with the 3 dozen of the size I did have!!!Im now going to have to take out the ones. On the Donzi Z65 Also An replace those..When I Get Around to It!!!!Hey Jeff just called me!!An we talked On Facebook for awhile.Seems Its the pressure switch on the well tank to me acting up.Or as Ive seen In the past to. A bad bladder On the well tank leaking by.Well was going to call you to go boating today.After putting all 4 12v 7 amp SLA batterys on charger.But with gusts to 32 mph. An a sustained wind at average 22 mph I figured not a very good day to run the boats!!!What are you doing tomorrow??...