I've taken the liberty of entering us into the Chester Cup, it's like the Americas Cup only a bit smaller. It's the Chester Sailing Club Commodore's Picnic, Hog Roast and Model Boat Race.
Our boat just meets the rules of 600mm max length and 700mm max height from keel to mast tip. No form of remote control is needed so she's balanced on a central keel with two outer balance hulls. That ought to tip the sails to leeward which will allow them to fill. The jib is controlled by a simple elastic band. The mainsail isn't sheeted at all, there is a brace to replace the kicker and I used plastic cut out of an ice-cream tub to make a hinged mast to boom arrangement - the plastic flexes, but the resistance ought to pull the sale in enough to deliver some drive.
Here she is in her pre-race splendour

The race is on Sunday - I'll let you know how she does.
On the subject of getting some publicity, I spent yesterday dropping fliers out for our daughter's art exhibition. It was a bit hot! Recovering in the pub afterwards I wondered if it is OK to make up some simple fliers with the website address on and leave them on any Corsas parked locally.
Our boat just meets the rules of 600mm max length and 700mm max height from keel to mast tip. No form of remote control is needed so she's balanced on a central keel with two outer balance hulls. That ought to tip the sails to leeward which will allow them to fill. The jib is controlled by a simple elastic band. The mainsail isn't sheeted at all, there is a brace to replace the kicker and I used plastic cut out of an ice-cream tub to make a hinged mast to boom arrangement - the plastic flexes, but the resistance ought to pull the sale in enough to deliver some drive.
Here she is in her pre-race splendour

The race is on Sunday - I'll let you know how she does.
On the subject of getting some publicity, I spent yesterday dropping fliers out for our daughter's art exhibition. It was a bit hot! Recovering in the pub afterwards I wondered if it is OK to make up some simple fliers with the website address on and leave them on any Corsas parked locally.
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