Ian

The rail hasn't been sectioned quite correctly, as you know, but I doubt if an extension would have much effect. Its purpose is more to keep the water from running up the sides and onto the deck to keep the occupants relatively dry. Deep vee hulls do lean over like a motor bike in turns – it's because of their shape and it's perfectly normal. The main problem occurs when over-enthusiastic skippers use the rudder stick more like a switch. If you slam the helm hard over at speed in a real H31 it will probably flip and chuck you into the oggin in very short order! The boat was designed to go like stink in a straight line, not to turn fast and flat like a competition hydro.
Not that I'm the world's greatest skipper but this is more the way it's done. You will see a slight oversteer towards the end of the video [about 1.45] – nobody's perfect! **LINK**

Dave M

Could be Wicksteed Park!

Edited By Chris Fellows on 04/09/2018 22:44:32

Hi Dave,

What brilliant stuff, has anybody got 3nr 1/12th scale Mercury outboards, I want to build a powerboat after watching that film

Regards Ray

I did one a few years ago using cast aluminium and they are easy to do, casting resin would be even easier for a novice as long as its done correctly and accurately.