MYA FOOTY RACE

THE FOOTY EVENT ON 1st OCTOBER 2011 WAS WON BY HUGH MCADOO AGAINSECOND PLACE WENT TO WILLIAM LEACHTHIRD PLACE TO BRUNO FROM ITALYWIND WAS POOR WITH A WEED PROBLEMNINE PEOPLE TOOK PART

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF CADENHEAD TROPHY

... HUGH MCADOO 2010
... ROGER STOLLERY 2009
... ROGER STOLLERY 2008

DABBLERS MODEL BOATING REGATTAS 2011

EXCITING EVENTS FOR 2011

ARUNDEL 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

CLICK FOR MAP OF ARUNDEL WETLAND CENTRE

BORDE HILL

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

CLICK FOR MAP OF BORDE HILL GARDENS

SOUTHWATER DABBLERS MBC DISPLAY DAY 2011

ON BEHALF OF THE AIR AMBULANCE

MODEL BOATING EVENTS 2011

JUNE 25/26th
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 
BOATING REGATTA SUMNER PONDS OPEN EVENT BARNES GREEN 4 MILES WEST OF SOUTHWATER


JULY 3rd 
FIESTA OPEN EVENT HOVE LAGOON WITH TROPHY'S Entries to hovelagoonmyc@hotmail.co.uk entries close 23 June 2011 at 20:00hrs


JULY 31st 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DABBLERS Open Day Southwater


AUGUST 14th 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Bordhill Gardens Model Boating Regatta


AUGUST 28th 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Bordhill Gardens Model Boating Regatta


SEPTEMBER 17/18th 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DABBLERS Model Boat Display , Arundal Wetland Centre


OCTOBER 1st Saturday 
MYA Footy open event , John Cadenhead Trophy One Day Event Southwater


NOVEMBER 11th
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 
DABBLERS Illuminated Sail Southwater

MODEL BOATING REGATTA 2011

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SOUTHWATER DABBLERS MODEL BOAT CLUB

MODEL BOATING REGATTA 10 - 4 pm

25/26th JUNE AT SUMNERS POND, BARNES GREEN, WEST SUSSEX, RH13 OPR

FOR FULL REGATTA DETAILS AND ENTRY FORM, CONTACT :  
ALAN WOODROFFE TEL : 01903 264387
EMAIL : alan.woodroffe@googlemail.com

http://dabblers.wikispaces.com/

TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT SUMNERS POND CAMPSITE
TEL : 01403 732539
www.sumnersponds.co.uk

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.