Hello guys,
Well, I reluctantly took on the sailboat challenge. Even with a strong desire for scale ships and speed boats, wind powered models never really caught my fancy. Until today! It was short lived, but was incredibly fun and relaxing. So strange to operate an RC boat, completely void of any sound. When I launched, I had about an 8mph wind moving across the lake due East, and to my back. There she went! Never to be seen again! That was my feeling anyhow, thanks for being a great table decoration. About 100ft out, I closed the sails a bit and rudder to the left. She came around nicely, the sails fluttered, I opened them back up, and she started across the wind right back at me! Look Ma, I'm sailing!!! Needless to say, 50ft from shore the wind stopped. So did the fun! Then it was just relaxing, thinking should have brought a beer, not much to do except wait. Kinda like fishing! HAHA. She drifted in, grabber her from the water and of course as soon as I packed up the Jeep, the wind returned. All I can say is, for what time it lasted it was a great stress free, blood pressure lowering time. I am excited to enjoy some cool fall evenings at the lake, with some wind of course, and have fun with this newly discovered challenge. I am going to post some picks and point out a few things that will make your build easier then it was for me. If you are a regular at sailboats, the instructions would be adequate, but not for a newbie like me. I was a little confused on the rigging.
Well, I reluctantly took on the sailboat challenge. Even with a strong desire for scale ships and speed boats, wind powered models never really caught my fancy. Until today! It was short lived, but was incredibly fun and relaxing. So strange to operate an RC boat, completely void of any sound. When I launched, I had about an 8mph wind moving across the lake due East, and to my back. There she went! Never to be seen again! That was my feeling anyhow, thanks for being a great table decoration. About 100ft out, I closed the sails a bit and rudder to the left. She came around nicely, the sails fluttered, I opened them back up, and she started across the wind right back at me! Look Ma, I'm sailing!!! Needless to say, 50ft from shore the wind stopped. So did the fun! Then it was just relaxing, thinking should have brought a beer, not much to do except wait. Kinda like fishing! HAHA. She drifted in, grabber her from the water and of course as soon as I packed up the Jeep, the wind returned. All I can say is, for what time it lasted it was a great stress free, blood pressure lowering time. I am excited to enjoy some cool fall evenings at the lake, with some wind of course, and have fun with this newly discovered challenge. I am going to post some picks and point out a few things that will make your build easier then it was for me. If you are a regular at sailboats, the instructions would be adequate, but not for a newbie like me. I was a little confused on the rigging.
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