greetings all is their any reason why you cant convert a vane yacht to radio control thank you all slug
No reason at all. Have done it myself. Just make sure its not a collectors piece. Not all are wood, there are some nice heavy duty fibre glass ones out there as well. Always thought the older design 'A' class and 10 rater designs with their large overhangs make for lovely gaff cutter or schooner conversions.
You haven't mentioned what type it is, but if its a vane specific design, you may find it won't tack as well as a RC specific yacht. But they are designed to go in straight line very well, so you should end up with a lovely and balanced yachtl as long as you are careful where the radio kit is installed. Try and keep around the CofB. If its only for fun sailing it won't really matter.
Also generally vane boats have a skeg and smaller rudder fitted, this i changed to a bigger spade rudder and removed the skeg to aid tacking. It might be possible just to fit a larger and deeper rudder without the major job of removing the skeg.
If you have a vane, these do seem to attract a good price.
Overall, you end up with a nice stable yacht.