
Making a Deck Beam Pattern
One pattern can be used for all of the deck beams on your boat.
Articles that have been published in The Model Yacht, the Newsletter/Journal from the US Vintage Model Yacht Group.
One pattern can be used for all of the deck beams on your boat.
Born in 1856, Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and engineer. He is best known for his contribution to the design of an alternating current electrical supply system.
If your boat is to float level, this ballast must be in the right place, and the position can be found simply, without arithmetic computations.
We have tried all types of wind indicators from very fancy to quite simple. This one works pretty darn well and is simple to make.
Boat weight is a frequent discussion topic among modelers, and it can be a source of lament, excuses, and bragging rights depending on your racing success that day.
Boucher Inc. was more than just a “toy” manufacturer; their model boats were beautifully engineered, wonderfully crafted, and awfully expensive for the time.
The challenge in building a skeg and rudder is to get them perfectly aligned with the keel.
Using bent pieces to make a curved hatch cover.
Everyone who has built an R/C boat has faced the problem of how
to get the sails to trim over their entire wind angle range without stalling the servo at either extreme of its travel