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[Pirate]

Good morning all, ...............  Ahoy there and all that!
                      We have some young children who want to build a simple boat. I remember on several occasions seeing  in the model boat press a small paddler driven by an elastic band and the hull being made of pipe insulation foam. Do any of you good fellows know more???            Basic instructions for kids!!!!  
                             These are the model boaters of tommorrow. Please help.
Thanks
Pirate

[Big Ada]

Hi Pirate,
I think you are talking about the kids workshop boat they made at Weymouth Model Boat Show,I did ask a while back if anyone could put up a plan on the Forum ( the MB one I think) but I got no replies.

Good luck,
Len.

[geoff p]

Have you considered Lego stuff?

I recently bought their City Lines cargo boat - I won't bore you with how I made it R/C - and it is fun!  It is also unsinkagurgle!  I pushed the thing fully under water, waited for the air to all come out from under the deck, then watched as it gently returned to the surface.

A simple prop, shaft, motor and small battery makes it into a great little 'toy' with all the flexibility that the Lego system offers.

Regards,
Geoff

[Pirate]

Thanks for your replies.
                Have considered many options but would like to build a few craft of one design that will introduce water craft to young ones, thus you are right it was a festival event where I saw reported the very 'Paddler' in question and it is still the one I have in mind. So will use my brains and ingenuity (i.e. ask the wife) and make what I think will look right. After all what could go wrong????!!!!
Regards
The Pirate

[Big Ada]

Hi Pirate,
At another Weymouth Model Boat Show they made Galleons out of Foam Pipe Lagging with a sail made from a plastic carrier bag.
We made and sailed these at Dover MBA for a fun competition and we had around 30 on our lake.
The plan appeared in one of the mags I can't remember which.

Regards,

Len.   

[Pirate]

Thank you all, I am now hoping for rain so I can get on and build with the kids.
Sail well, sail free
Pirate

[tigertiger]

I have seen one made from old plastic drinks bottles.
It is on the same website as the sailboat made from old bottles.

Sorry not sure where.

[Guy Bagley]

Have you considered Lego stuff?

I recently bought their City Lines cargo boat - I won't bore you with how I made it R/C - and it is fun!  It is also unsinkagurgle!  I pushed the thing fully under water, waited for the air to all come out from under the deck, then watched as it gently returned to the surface.

A simple prop, shaft, motor and small battery makes it into a great little 'toy' with all the flexibility that the Lego system offers.

Regards,
Geoff

HEY EXCELLENT NEWS....... THE STUFF IS ADDICITVE AND LOOK ITS CATCHING, ANYONE ELSE GONNA HAVE A GO !!!