Topic: has a rc model boat ever crossed the solent (Read 21492 times)

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #75 on:** April 12, 2011, 10:39:45 pm »

Quote from: Circlip on April 12, 2011, 09:04:52 pm

Just read a report in Model Maker October 1964, On July 1st. Phillip Connolly and Dave Lemin, both using Swordsmans powered by Merco 35s crossed the Solent.....

I commented earlier that this "used to be done a fair bit in the 1960s". I remember hearing about two or three crossings at that time. But it now sounds as if there was a regular ferry service...

ben hall · « **Reply #76 on:** April 13, 2011, 12:22:21 pm »

was the shiping lane as busy back then though

The long Build · « **Reply #77 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:22:42 pm »

Quote from: krafty kid on April 13, 2011, 12:22:21 pm

was the shiping lane as busy back then though

Probably more so than now..

offshore1987 · « **Reply #78 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:24:50 pm »

Smaller ships carryin cargo in holds over containers on todays ships

ben hall · « **Reply #79 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:50:06 pm »

so it would have been easyer back then than in the present day still it has been nice wether but have stuck to potering around on the lake the only time i put a boat in the sea was langston harbour the slipway opesit a club i am a member of the eca and a bit further down than southsea marina but it was a lowish tide and it got stuck on sea weed and the tide went out and it was on some mud wich when i stepped around sunk reely quickly unlike the berth on the pontoon for wayward wich every year i have to walk about to check for sharp shinkle that could brake the gelcoat on the boattom of the boat we were staying on the boat infront of were it had got stuck, i had launced it frome the bathing plat form and we waited over night with on person taking it in turn with another person incase it came lose in three in the morning my mum woke me up to say the model was sinking so i had to swim in the freezing sea to untagle it without touching the sea bed

bad bad days

true story though

kk

offshore1987 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:54:42 pm »

No it woulda been worse back then

smaller ships means more ships to meet demand

Plus 40 years back? think of the rc gear, over todays hi tec stuff

Plus all the pirates

ben hall · « **Reply #81 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:02:02 pm »

the smaller the ship the less the turning circle no plus i would rather be run over by a smaller ship because it is less time under the boat than one thats twice as long

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #82 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:10:43 pm »

Quote from: krafty kid on April 13, 2011, 01:50:06 pm

so it would have been easyer back then than in the present day.....

Factors making it easier in the 1960s:

Generally more maneuverable smaller size other shipping
Probably better skilled local sailors
Less rules and regulations
Less crowded and controlled shores...

Factors making it harder in the 1960s:

Less reliable radio control and motors
No high-tech model features or materials
Fewer communications facilities for yourself or authorities
Worse weather and shipping movement prediction
Fewer safety facilities....

nhp651 · « **Reply #83 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:24:51 pm »

Quote from: krafty kid on April 13, 2011, 02:02:02 pm

plus i would rather be run over by a smaller ship because it is less time under the boat than one thats twice as long

KK when yer run over by a "boat" whether its a diddy one or a bit bigger.....yer DEAD.......so it don't matter much how long the thing is..........ya wouldn't know!!! until that is.....yer mates saw ya poppin' out the other end,

ben hall · « **Reply #84 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:42:22 pm »

oh yhea i forgot about the propeler if the boats smaller you would die quicker wich is better beacause you get to the propeler before you would on a long ship my first post on this matter would be right in the old days when it was all sail and no props

offshore1987 · « **Reply #85 on:** April 13, 2011, 04:58:21 pm »

Quote from: krafty kid on April 13, 2011, 02:02:02 pm

the smaller the ship the less the turning circle no plus i would rather be run over by a smaller ship because it is less time under the boat than one thats twice as long

what are you on about lol

need i say more

offshore1987 · « **Reply #86 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:01:07 pm »

Quote from: dodgy geezer on April 13, 2011, 02:10:43 pm

Factors making it easier in the 1960s:

Generally more maneuverable smaller size other shipping

No!

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #87 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:16:58 pm »

Quote from: offshore1987 on April 13, 2011, 05:01:07 pm

No!

Um? I thought that you said that the 1960s would have "Smaller ships carryin cargo in holds.." Are you saying that these are less maneuverable than big container ships?

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #88 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:22:05 pm »

Don't forget the paddle steamers, they could dice you up very nicely indeed!

Colin

offshore1987 · « **Reply #89 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:23:32 pm »

WoW you lot on here at times

by smaller i mean 150/200m no bow thrusters, gear boxs that work willy nilly ( might go astern if your really lucky ) no bulbus bows, over filled cargo holds, top heavy crains that act worse than sails, try gettin that up into southampton or portsmouth with a tide and wind, and 1960 single/double screw old tugs = happy days

its alot easyer now adays, and still things go wronge

offshore1987 · « **Reply #90 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:24:56 pm »

Quote from: Colin Bishop on April 13, 2011, 05:22:05 pm

Don't forget the paddle steamers, they could dice you up very nicely indeed!

Colin

We still bring in the waverly, thats a funny thing to work with ( gets a shift on )

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #91 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:32:18 pm »

Quote

We still bring in the waverly, thats a funny thing to work with ( gets a shift on )

Yes, no rudder control at all until she is well under way which is why the bow has to be pushed round when getting her to point towards the harbour entrance without ramming the Gosport Ferry pontoon.

Colin

offshore1987 · « **Reply #92 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:34:43 pm »

I shes good until about 6 knots, then its rather slow to respond, though she did have a good scotish skiper last year

triumphjon · « **Reply #93 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:40:25 pm »

shes often wintered in bristol docks , not many paddelers left in working order ?

offshore1987 · « **Reply #94 on:** April 13, 2011, 05:46:05 pm »

Not a great deal about, Shes normaly always full. But if im right in thinkin she has nearly 30 crew?

nhp651 · « **Reply #95 on:** April 13, 2011, 06:21:47 pm »

Quote from: Colin Bishop on April 13, 2011, 05:22:05 pm

Don't forget the paddle steamers, they could dice you up very nicely indeed!

Colin

he'd end up being a split personality, colin, boom boom.

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #96 on:** April 13, 2011, 06:36:07 pm »

Before the war (and afterwards I think), paddle steamers on excursion trips to Lulworth Cove in Dorset used to land their passengers by nudging ashore to the beach, bows in, and then lowering a gangplank from just ahead of the paddle boxes to the shore which made for a rather precarious disembarkation. One of my Uncles, then a boy, managed to fall off the gangplank and was drawn into the slowly turning paddle wheel which gave him a very nasty gash on the head. He carried the scar for the rest of his life!

Colin

mikeljames · « **Reply #97 on:** May 11, 2011, 02:25:55 pm »

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ben hall · « **Reply #98 on:** February 17, 2012, 09:01:56 pm »

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