FUSCHIA SAILS ...( FLOWER POWER )

FUSCHIA SAILS ...( FLOWER POWER )

This Footy is made from a Richard Webb design.
The sails were made from plastic wrapping from the Florists
The wind bargee is made from a Roger Stollery design idea

JOHN CADENHEAD FOOTY TROPHY MYA

MYA FOOTY RACE

SOUTHWATER

UNA RIGGED FOOTY 2010

AN UNA RIGGED FOOTY 2010


This Footy is made from a Richard Webb design. The idea for a Footy Class was first devised in 2000 by Richard Webb because a foot long boat is about the smallest boat into which standard radio gear would fit.


The Una - rigged sails were made from plastic wrapping from the Florists
The boat hull is made from thin plastic.
The wind bargee is made from a Roger Stollery design idea
The on/off switch hatch is made from a milk bottle top
The boom etc is made from carbon rods
Painted white with contrasting Zebra striped keel

Whereas in Sydney, Australia, they had been racing twelve inch and even eight inch long `Balmain Bugs’ in years gone by, the Footy burst onto the scene just a few years ago in 2001, after Richard Webb had introduced his similar sized model yachts in UK.

A Richard Webb footy design

Starting with the famous 12" yachts for the Weymouth challenge racing, footys have become the smallest class of racing yachts in the world.

SOUTHWATER DABBLER'S DISPLAY DAY 2010

LEONARDSLEE GARDENS MODEL BOAT REGATTA 2010

THE SUMMER MADNESS : MODEL BOATING REGATTA 2010


A VIEW THROUGH THE PORTHOLE OF TIME

THE SUN WAS bright on the water, and its glare made faces obscure.

A little child, was, wide-eyed and wondering what it was all about. She was freshly washed and clothed and had some flowers in her hair. 

She was keenly observing everything, as children do, without recording too much. Her eyes were sparkling, and she did not quite know what to do, whether to cry, to laugh or to jump.

The lake was peaceful and still.

When walking round the lake, once again there was deep silence and that peace which comes when all things are alone. The lake was so still, that it caught the sky.

A bird flew silently by. The bird began to sing on the other side of the lake, and the song was clear and penetrating.

The sky was serene and blue. Many hundreds of feet below the sky there were people who were enjoying themselves, watching boats sailing on the water. Families would come and go, charmed at the rare sight.

Late spring flowers, their fragrance filled the air.

By the lake some people were waiting, anxious to talk things over.

THAMES BARGE RACING

A Thames sailing barge was a type of commercial sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th century. The flat-bottomed barges were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow rivers.

The barges also traded much further afield, to the north of England, the South Coast and even to continental European ports. Cargoes varied enormously: bricks, mud, hay,rubbish, sand, coal and grain, for example.

Today on Sunday 25th April Model Thames Barges were sailing with the Scale sails. These are heavy slow boats, with heavy keels. But when the wind is right they invariably show no mercy, if you unwittingly get in the way, barging their way through to the finish.

WIND WATCHING

MY DIY PROJECT :

FED UP WITH THE COMMENTS : OOOOOH....ARGH

WHERE'S THAT WIND COMING FROM ?

MAKE A FRIEND WITH A CLEVER LITTLE DEVICE......

A WINDICATOR BURGEE

Do you know if the wind you've got, is fluky (uneven wind speed) or that you're on a blow, on open water, information you should know, to make an informed choice. 

You must always use your observational powers, to avoid sailing blindly into a calm patch, whilst carefully watching for ripples on the water, as a guide to where the best wind is located. With the aid of a Windicator Burgee, you can see the direction of the wind, invaluable if racing, good practice, if you're not.

When thermal action is taking place, it can be very hard to observe the wind's movements, unless you're lucky enuff to have, etheric vision.

MY HOMEMADE WINDICATOR BURGEE 

Below the black tubing, it is best to thread a bead, 

for windicator to sit and rotate on

ANOTHER VERSION

The Wind

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I saw you toss the kites on high

And blow the birds about the sky;

And all around I heard you pass,

Like ladies' skirts across the grass

Oh wind, a blowing all day long,

Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,

But always you yourself you hid.

I felt you push, I heard you call,

I could not see yourself at all

Oh wind, a blowing all day long!

Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,

O blower, are you young or old?

Are you a beast of field and tree,

Or just a stronger child than me?

O wind, a blowing all day long,

O wind, that sings so loud a song!

MAKING ME A PROSTHETIC NOSE

MY DIY PROJECT

NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED.................

BUT ME NOSE FELL OFF..........

STAGE 1

UNLIKE  A HIGHLY SKILLED SURGEON, I brutally cut, glued and clamped, the sandwiched pieces together, to prepare for me, a new nose, made from cork floor tiling, that I had the good fortune to find, in a colourful plastic bag ( maybe I could use the bag to make spare Footy sails ) that caught my eye, a while back, lying totally forgotten, forlorn and abandoned, nonchalantly hiding in a hedge, waiting for me, to hopefully reconstruct, fashion and make, a jolly good nose out of 

STAGE 2

Belt-sanding my delicate nose, to give it shape

STAGE 3

Slicing my nose on the work-bench, for perfect sizing

Look.........no nose

Head-butting without a nose can be very damaging

Looks like a perfect fit

Then glue with 2pac epoxy glue

FINISHED STAGE

Nose fitted, ready to go

Ready for racing....nose 'n' all
on my ( Kay Squire one metre design )

One Metre Racing

Here we go.........bliss