I'm a lifelong RC enthusiast, mostly planes and cars. Also a lifelong sailor yet never had any interest in RC sailboats... until now. ☺

Herreshoff still has a facility in Rhode Island, USA. Stunning designs.

Stunning boat- sails beautifully - well done !

Exquisite!

Maravilloso !!! Que bello se desplaza, elegante como un cisne...

Beautiful boats. I'm hooked

Sooo beautiful !

Thank you for posting.

Great building job, & sails well...

Well done sir what a beautiful boat you should be very proud of it.

Looks like a great model. That main boom is so long! I would love to see this model sailing with other similar gaff rigs.

@derekprice4621

10 ай бұрын

Boom is 5ft long

just lovely

The vineyard cross braces & the top sprit echo each other. Gorgeous rig, all around.

Amazing

Fantastic

She is stunning ✨

@heidiklessard8440

2 жыл бұрын

Britannia ❤️ Would love to know specific plans if willing to share? What an inspiration.

@derekprice4621

2 жыл бұрын

Plans were from Sailing,Seamanship and Yacht Construction by Uffa Fox

Beautiful! Would love to know about the plans it was built from and the build itself.

@derekprice4621

2 жыл бұрын

Built from plans in Uffa Fox book and lots of research from various sources.There is quite a lot of information about,why I chose this.Planked from balsa over frames and fibreglassed

Cool

41 _inch_ ketch, you mean. _(*wink*)_ Interesting. All of the various scale RC sailboats are moving about the same speed...

@tasrc

3 жыл бұрын

Real boat is 41Ft, Model is 6'6" or 2 meters (not counting the bowsprit)

Hi Derek, Thanks for that link for the sail cloth. I'll try place a KZread link to a video I made for you.

I wonder how you managed to deal with weather helm. I built a custom design gaff rigged yacht but it's almost unsailable even though the CoE is forward of centre of lat resistance She looks spectacular btw! Well done!

@derekprice4621

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks,there is no weather helm.With the jib topsail on it has a bit of Lee helm.

What are the dimensions for this beauty?

@tasrc

Ай бұрын

Britannia's hull is 2.1 Meters long and 2.75 Meters from bowsprit to the end of the boom. It uses a scale keel covered with around 900 pieces of copper shim.

How big is that Britannia? And does use a scale keel or a fin keel? Looking to possibly build one about 2.3 m long.

@tasrc

3 жыл бұрын

Britannia's hull is 2.1 Meters long and 2.75 Meters from bowsprit to the end of the boom. It uses a scale keel covered with around 900 pieces of copper shim. You can see more of her in this video taken on the same day, kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZOnsMWHdNC8d6w.html

@peterrobierto7435

3 жыл бұрын

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@JoeOvercoat

2 жыл бұрын

@@tasrc 900!

Nice build. I am building a Schooner Irene. Can I ask "What is the sail cloth?." Geoff N.Z.

@derekprice4621

Жыл бұрын

Hi Geoff,material is japara from Spot light.However can,t seem to find it anymore

@tasrc

Жыл бұрын

@@derekprice4621 www.spotlightstores.com/sewing-fabrics/furnishing-fabrics/general-purpose-fabrics/sheeting/japara-280-cm-cotton-sheeting/BP80531605-natural

Hi, I have a sailboat I am going to restore , My grandmother can remember this boat from around 1940. Her grandfather was a boat builder in England and came to Australia around 1910. I would like to get an email address or some sort of contact to send pictures and get some advice. Its similar in shape to Britannia shown in this video. It was rebuilt in about 1975 after by my father but it needs another rebuild after years of neglect. I got it about 12 months ago and am a keen RC enthusiast . I would like to restore it and set it up with RC. Originally it was set up as a self tacker . Any assistance would be great

Is she J class or C class ?

@derekprice4621

19 күн бұрын

Neither,J class weren,t gaff rigged.Was known as the big class,later converted to the 23 metre rule to compete with the J class

Как игрушечка.

Hope you didn't get some cranky bitter angler telling you it was frightening the fish!

@tasrc

2 жыл бұрын

No, not a fishing spot