Racing Model Yachts with Tom Cunliffe

[@rusty633]

Ah remember those days sailing yachts in Largs boat pond with my auntie, great fun.

[@alexwoods1094]

Great video. Love the story about your childhood sailing experiences with your Dad. Magic🫡

[@reloadncharge9907]

Good one! An amazing summer afternoon at the pond! Thx! Andrew

[@paulwilliams3494]

Good to see you posting some videos again Tom.............

[@SirPrancelot1]

Thanks Tom. Looks like good fun.

[@michaelchartres]

Great video. I too had a Laser sometime ago and the last time I sailed it I spent more time getting back into it than I did sailing it. I decided I was getting too old and too slow. Regards Michael

[@advantagemarine7305]

I was given a radio controlled Nikko brand boat back in the 80s as a young boy for Christmas, Christina she was called. My grandparents had a caravan at Silloth over in Cumbria, off I went to the beach with Christina almost bursting with glee and apprehension as I set her in the Solway firth for her maiden voyage. She was promptly swamped and taken away with the tide. I still wonder where she ended up!

[@dpeter6396]

Outstanding!! Thank you!

[@lukeb1751]

Unfortunately havent quite worked up to the 1:1 scale vessel yet but i currently have a nirvana class rc yacht and an 70s j class rc yacht that im restoring. Hoping to build a schooner over winter

[@thatsailingpage]

Amazing, and quite a skill. It's one thing to control a boat when you're on it and in the centre of the wind, quite another to sail remotely. By the way, did you know that the boating lake is quite a unique saltwater environment in the UK?

[@rainaracki2807]

Aloha, Thank you for posting your videos and memories of sailing your yacht as a child. Do you have the knowledge or know of resources that speak to the beginnings of the model yacht racing? I am wondering if model yacht racing would have taken place in Denmark around 1865. Thank you for your time.

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Sadly, I don't know as much about the history of model yachting as I do about the development of the sailing/fishing boats. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the excellent sailors of Denmark were sailing pond yachts back in the 19th century. I have recently acquired a hundred-year-old pond yacht of my own called Maud. The whole thing is fascinating. I'll make a video about the boat one day. Sorry I'm not more help. All the best Tom

[@3wheelie]

RC boat sailing is calming for the soul, except when another boat show up on the water, then the small horn in your forehead grows. I’m sailing Dragonforce 65 and IOM.

[@Burvedys]

That's micro ghost racing.

[@nigel4425]

...and not one single shout of 'STARBOARD!'