Hi again,
Well it was touch and go yesterday as the weather was not good at all, but I thought I would give it a try even if only to see if it floats!
The night before I used Vaseline to seal the gasket on the underside of the deck and also charged the new 6volt 5mah Gel Battery.
I managed to get it onto the water about 1.30, waiting 2 hours plus for the rain to stop.
I was very pleased with the way it sailed only needing a small amount of extra weight on the forward port side to counter balance the prop rotation.
It was not as noisy as I expected althought I did use heat shrink on the UJ coupling.
I used the rudder left to right in quick succession to make it dance about and get wet, just to see if it remains dry inside.
No problem there, dry as a bone.
Due to the fact that I was one of only four people there (Others Train People) I had to take the photos myself, so I've only included one of it on the wateras the rest are not very good,
but I will be sailing it on the large canoe lake in Ryde when it finished
Today I've resprayed the superstructure etc with Humbrol satin coat as it was in gloss before. Looks much better now.
More Photos to come
Thanks again Everyone
John