Added a reminder about the forthcoming OPEN SAIL event.

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Our internet friends just love trawling for content, but many of you will not be surfing the net but spending your spare time assembling a new boat, painting crew members, or titivating existing vessels in your fleet.

Take some pictures!

Take some more!

You don’t need to be world-class photographer. Just send your pictures to the webmaster and he will make then look wonderful before putting them on this website.

We need content to keep the site fresh, useful and visually attractive.

If you are reluctant to write up a Feature, just send the photos and any information you have, to the webmaster and he will add some suitable words.

If its a whole build, it can be presented as a Build Feature. Build Features often show photos taken during construction and might be accompanied by a few words about each stage - but that’s optional. The webmaster will turn a few words into a bit more, if you are short of time or inclination.

We can all help one another through the Features, and your contributions will bring fame, Brownie Points, and possibly even fan mail (at least from the webmaster).

Lots of people outwith the club do visit this website, and its reach is global, so let’s give them something interesting and useful in 2024.

If its simply a finished boat it can be a Model Feature. Members like to see completed boats as it gives them inspiration and shows the models as they really are, instead of in sales brochures.

And if you have a technique to explain, it can be presented as a Skill if you take a few photos and write a notes on how to do it. The webmaster can do any polishing or expansion you might want, if you don’t have time.

Club members benefit from being able to find out about techniques they have not used (successfully), especially if they are looking for ways to do particular jobs.

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Titanic link

Mrs Carolyn Farmer is a Youth Services Tutor and she has emailed from Colorado to thank us for helping a group of High School students with their Maritime History project. They found our link to the website on historic ocean liners. One of the students, Carissa, found a useful link to information about the Titanic and suggested we include that link in our own list, in our Warships and Cruise Ships category, on the LINKS page.

The link takes the reader to a page which is itself full of interesting links with all sorts of information about the Titanic. I noted the link about the tiny flaw which caused the ship to sink unexpectedly quickly. That’s an explanation backed by science, and is one I have read about in other places.

Go to the LINKS page or click HERE.

Thanks for the link, Carissa! 

OPEN SAIL on Sunday 28th April 2024

Yes; its the start of a new season, and the forecast is good.

ALL are welcome to the first official sail of the season, whether club members or not.

Setup (for members) is from 11:00hrs

The event runs between 12:00 and 16:00 hours.

There will be the usual hot and cold food in the clubhouse.

Bring your boats to sail and to display.

And don’t forget to charge your batteries....

Temporary Treasurer

For the moment, our Secretary, Ken Ireland, will assume the additional role of Treasurer until arrangements can be put in place for a replacement for the late John Jefford.

Build photos wanted