"BRITANNIA" SAILS AGAIN, CLASSIC RC YACHTS AT PUDDLEDUCK VINEYARD 22nd Dec 2020

RC model yachts, "Britannia K1" and "Albacore", a L. Francis Herreshoff 41ft ketch sailing at Puddleduck vineyard, Tasmania

[@djSmokeShow]

I'm a lifelong RC enthusiast, mostly planes and cars. Also a lifelong sailor yet never had any interest in RC sailboats... until now. ☺

[@JennySearle-y3k]

Stunning boat- sails beautifully - well done !

[@txflyguy0076]

Beautiful boats. I'm hooked

[@davidcraig4253]

Gorgeous little lady

[@keithwignall1428]

Exquisite!

[@Rhodeislander]

Herreshoff still has a facility in Rhode Island, USA. Stunning designs.

[@genekloszewski5484]

Great building job, & sails well...

[@mariusregulus4059]

Maravilloso !!! Que bello se desplaza, elegante como un cisne...

[@gemfaceter]

Well done sir what a beautiful boat you should be very proud of it.

[@ludwigvanzappa9548]

Sooo beautiful !

[@grumpy_ken]

just lovely

[@OwenMichaels]

Thank you for posting.

[@heidiklessard8440]

She is stunning ✨

[@heidiklessard8440]

Britannia ❤️ Would love to know specific plans if willing to share? What an inspiration.

[@derekprice4621]

Plans were from Sailing,Seamanship and Yacht Construction by Uffa Fox

[@alannewman85]

Beautiful! Would love to know about the plans it was built from and the build itself.

[@derekprice4621]

Built from plans in Uffa Fox book and lots of research from various sources.There is quite a lot of information about,why I chose this.Planked from balsa over frames and fibreglassed

[@OwenMichaels]

Looks like a great model. That main boom is so long! I would love to see this model sailing with other similar gaff rigs.

[@derekprice4621]

Boom is 5ft long

[@JoeOvercoat]

The vineyard cross braces & the top sprit echo each other. Gorgeous rig, all around.

[@JennySearle-y3k]

Fantastic

[@briansmythe3000]

Cool

[@bobmalack481]

If you know how to tack against the wind you can go almost anywhere, even in close quarters. Watch out for the duck poo and fountain..

[@brianhiles8164]

41 _inch_ ketch, you mean. _(*wink*)_ Interesting. All of the various scale RC sailboats are moving about the same speed...

[@tasrc]

Real boat is 41Ft, Model is 6'6" or 2 meters (not counting the bowsprit)

[@androot69]

I wonder how you managed to deal with weather helm. I built a custom design gaff rigged yacht but it's almost unsailable even though the CoE is forward of centre of lat resistance She looks spectacular btw! Well done!

[@derekprice4621]

Thanks,there is no weather helm.With the jib topsail on it has a bit of Lee helm.

[@emmanueledallavecchia8516]

Amazing

[@geoffreywightman7154]

Hi Derek, Thanks for that link for the sail cloth. I'll try place a KZbin link to a video I made for you.

[@brucerodbro7188]

What are the dimensions for this beauty?

[@tasrc]

Britannia's hull is 2.1 Meters long and 2.75 Meters from bowsprit to the end of the boom. It uses a scale keel covered with around 900 pieces of copper shim.

[@archiescriven6178]

How big is that Britannia? And does use a scale keel or a fin keel? Looking to possibly build one about 2.3 m long.

[@tasrc]

Britannia's hull is 2.1 Meters long and 2.75 Meters from bowsprit to the end of the boom. It uses a scale keel covered with around 900 pieces of copper shim. You can see more of her in this video taken on the same day, kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZDWf5aEedKJfas

[@peterrobierto7435]

@@tasrc k

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@tasrc 900!

[@geoffreywightman7154]

Nice build. I am building a Schooner Irene. Can I ask "What is the sail cloth?." Geoff N.Z.

[@derekprice4621]

Hi Geoff,material is japara from Spot light.However can,t seem to find it anymore

[@tasrc]

@@derekprice4621 www.spotlightstores.com/sewing-fabrics/furnishing-fabrics/general-purpose-fabrics/sheeting/japara-280-cm-cotton-sheeting/BP80531605-natural

[@metalman4141]

Is she J class or C class ?

[@derekprice4621]

Neither,J class weren,t gaff rigged.Was known as the big class,later converted to the 23 metre rule to compete with the J class

[@styre5249]

Hi, I have a sailboat I am going to restore , My grandmother can remember this boat from around 1940. Her grandfather was a boat builder in England and came to Australia around 1910. I would like to get an email address or some sort of contact to send pictures and get some advice. Its similar in shape to Britannia shown in this video. It was rebuilt in about 1975 after by my father but it needs another rebuild after years of neglect. I got it about 12 months ago and am a keen RC enthusiast . I would like to restore it and set it up with RC. Originally it was set up as a self tacker . Any assistance would be great

[@НадяПопова-с4с]

Как игрушечка.

[@alannewman85]

Hope you didn't get some cranky bitter angler telling you it was frightening the fish!

[@tasrc]

No, not a fishing spot