Build a Slipper Launch
Bob Abell | 14/04/2021 07:54:42 |
![]() 9337 forum posts 2985 photos | Been wondering for ages about how can get to the other side of the model?, Then I realised. the model is being built on a loose board! What a joyous moment?. lucky Bob again Photo to fpllow shortly Here it is......Problem solved Bob Edited By Bob Abell on 14/04/2021 08:17:02 |
Ray Wood 2 | 14/04/2021 08:18:33 |
![]() 2840 forum posts 988 photos | Hello, No barge sailing yet, our club is part of the Bluewater shopping centre here in Kent so today is the first club morning, but I will wait until the rush has subsided to get back on the water As I'm still working so I will probably bribe one of my grandsons with a new boat to keep him interested at going boating at the weekend. All the best Ray |
Bob Abell | 14/04/2021 09:04:45 |
![]() 9337 forum posts 2985 photos | Hi Ray, so your water is actually in a Shopping Centre? How unusual? I`m surprised that your club has got permission? What about the insurance side of it? You will have a job getting the young ones interested in sailing? Anyway, Ray, what`s on the bench at the moment? All the best my mate Bob |
Ray Wood 2 | 14/04/2021 09:16:42 |
![]() 2840 forum posts 988 photos | Hi Bob, I should have said in the grounds of the shopping centre, Bluewater is built in an old quarry with many lakes surrounding it, pretty good club well established with a lake and a canal sort of channel up to the food court Currently building a Silhouette sailing cruiser but not in a rush. All the best Ray |
Bob Abell | 14/04/2021 09:23:08 |
![]() 9337 forum posts 2985 photos | Hi Ray what town are you talking about? I fancy Googling it Bob |
Ray Wood 2 | 14/04/2021 10:30:05 |
![]() 2840 forum posts 988 photos | Hi Bob, Dartford / Greenhithe It's just south and East of the Dartford crossing between the M25 & M2. All designer expensive stuff not a useful hardware shop in sight Google = Chantry MBC for the website Regards Ray |
Bob Abell | 14/04/2021 10:56:41 |
![]() 9337 forum posts 2985 photos | Thanks Ray Had your jabs yet? We both have, feel a lot safer now, but we still wear our masks, to be on the safe side All the best Bob |
ashley needham | 14/04/2021 16:29:00 |
![]() 7640 forum posts 159 photos | Been looking at slippers and ALMOST fancy building one, as putting a smart striped veneered deck on would be very easy. Rubbing strip from some dark shiny wood and a white hull...flat bottom as it doesn't need to go that fast.... Ashley (one jab, next beginning June) |
Ray Wood 2 | 14/04/2021 16:48:40 |
![]() 2840 forum posts 988 photos | Hi Bob, I'm going to make the worst joke about building 2 of them, one for each foot Yes we have had our first jabs and the second booked for May We put our June holiday back to next year because of all the uncertainty. Regards Ray |
Bob Abell | 14/04/2021 16:51:25 |
![]() 9337 forum posts 2985 photos | Hello Ashley I know what you mean, Sunshine...... Veneer stripes, warm colours, lots of mahogany and a super gloss thrown in! Brushless motor eh? Flat bottom?......What?......Can`t do that old chap, the plan calls for a vee bottom and a flat bottom would give the opposition an edge Bob
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