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1 October 2022 at 16:33 #102228
Ray Wood 3
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@raywood3
Hi All,

This morning great time at the Chantry Club's Bluewater lake, plenty of breeze for our yachts, but being down a quarry your never to sure which direction the next gust will come from, Completion of the Sea Urchin saga, she went well and will plane easily with the brushed 600 & 6 cell battery, which was never my intention but may need a little ballast at the front to keep the bows down, seemed to get some positive comments from my crew, may have a go at the Aerokits PT boat next

Regards Ray
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1 October 2022 at 17:35 #102231
Colin Bishop
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Looks great Ray.

Colin
2 October 2022 at 08:34 #102252
ashley needham
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@ashleyneedham69188
Nice Ray. Good call with the wood..

Ashley
2 October 2022 at 10:12 #102254
harry smith 1
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@harrysmith1
Hi Ray

I have the plans if you require, or have I sent them to you before!!!
2 October 2022 at 10:28 #102255
Tim Rowe
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@timrowe83142
Hi Ray

Maybe some aluminium trim tabs at the stern that you could bend to adjust. They will only affect the trim when the boat is moving. Permanent ballast up front might may it quite bow-down at rest and slow speed.

Like the subject very much.

Tim R
2 October 2022 at 11:15 #102256
Richard Simpson
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@richardsimpson88330
Absolutely superb Ray. I really like the varnished wood look, never seen that done before with this type of model and it looks so good. I hadn't realised how substantial it was until I saw the figure in it. He looks the part perfectly. The bottom picture looks just right to me with the bow wave breaking at just the right point along the hull and the right amount of hull out of the water.

Lovely job.
2 October 2022 at 14:26 #102263
neil hp
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@neilhp
it still excites me as a build…….

I remember a shop on the promenade at fleetwood as a kid that sold all of the star yacht's and some of the small Aerokits boats including my favourite, the Sea Urchin, and one of these days as a little project to build on a board in front of the telly one cold dark winter I AM going to build one……..

I need to build one, lol.
2 October 2022 at 15:10 #102265
Chris Fellows
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@chrisfellows72943
Looks good on the water Ray. Definitely not a planing boat though!

I should have gone down the natural look with my Faireys, I would have had them on the water by now!

Like you Neil, I'm thinking of building something simpler and quicker than my usual builds, I've already done the drawings for one possibility or three!

Chris

Edited By Chris Fellows on 02/10/2022 15:38:23
2 October 2022 at 15:26 #102266
Ray Wood 3
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@raywood3
Hi Folks,

Thanks for your kind words, but Les deserves the credit for a classic design, from the dreams of the Keilkraft catalogue, and pocket money of the 1960's

Having just sold 4 boats to make some space, this one will be a keeper.

Regards Ray

PS. Yes Harry I have your PT boat pdf thanks, I'm getting it plotted tomorrow.
3 October 2022 at 05:14 #102279
harry smith 1
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@harrysmith1
Hi Neil

Ray may have the plan, if not I have.

Harry
3 October 2022 at 10:10 #102281
neil hp
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Posted by harry smith 1 on 03/10/2022 05:14:09:

Hi Neil

Ray may have the plan, if not I have.

Harry

thanks Harry

But I fancy the 16" kit from Slec……..its what I always remember a small little boat, for a little kid as I was then…….it will bring back some nice memories, and at 40 quid for the kit I recon that inflation never really caught up with it at that price…….a bargain.

Many thanks for the offer though. Apreciate your offer.

cheers., neil.
10 October 2022 at 10:45 #102396
harry smith 1
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@harrysmith1
Hi Neil

I have only built one kit and 3/4 of it I remade (Wavemaster), also 2 frames missing.

Still turn out a great little boat.

16" is too small for our canal, 24" is about our smallest boats.

Harry
10 October 2022 at 11:11 #102397
Chris E
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@chrise
Posted by harry smith 1 on 10/10/2022 10:45:51:

Hi Neil

I have only built one kit and 3/4 of it I remade (Wavemaster), also 2 frames missing.

Still turn out a great little boat.

16" is too small for our canal, 24" is about our smallest boats.

Harry

I this a SLEC kit?
10 October 2022 at 11:55 #102400
harry smith 1
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@harrysmith1
Hi Chris

No knot this kit !!!

HMM Wavemaster.

I do have a SLEC 46" Crash Tender kit unstarted.

Harry
10 October 2022 at 13:36 #102401
Chris E
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@chrise
Posted by harry smith 1 on 10/10/2022 11:55:32:

Hi Chris

No knot this kit !!!

HMM Wavemaster.

I do have a SLEC 46" Crash Tender kit unstarted.

Harry

Thank goodness for that. I normally only hear good things about SLEC kits & didn't see any reason to suppose that their Wavemaster would be any different.

Edited By Chris E on 10/10/2022 13:39:15
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