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old shrimper

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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2013, 06:46:26 am »

ONLY FEMALES UNDER 25 AND OVER 18 ARE ALLOWED TO skinny dip  ( i wish )
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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2013, 05:25:21 pm »




steering nozzle all fitted up and fared  in and anchor boxes recessed
not going to stay with the original paint scheme  plane just doing a seagoing tug  with orange hull and white superstructure with a different name


to many AMSTERDAMS out there




Is that a Satellite dish on the rear deck?

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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2013, 11:23:04 pm »

 %) :o ...& Len asks ..... "Is that a Satellite dish on the rear deck?"... {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) 
Could always be one of his 18 to 25 year old females who bought a plate over for the skinny dipping party  ;) .........Derek
 
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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2013, 01:18:51 am »

OK seriously now what color for the TUG ? not black
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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2013, 11:10:17 am »



                      Red & Green


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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #30 on: October 08, 2013, 03:23:08 am »

OK AT LONG LAST
HERE IS  a link to the first sea trials havent finnished it yet with all the ESC problems we had


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqh2veO0zBs&feature=youtu.be



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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #31 on: October 08, 2013, 06:25:15 am »

Looking good, Bob :-))  I notice the typical Amsterdam turning in reverse, mine does that too, although I thought that the Kort nozzle might stop it, or were you doing it deliberately?


That's a nice bit of water - where is it?


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Re: MY AMSTERDAM BUILD LOG
« Reply #32 on: October 08, 2013, 06:42:21 am »

hi Peter


i was on full lock in rev
to just show how well it steers in rev  with the steering nozzle you can do figger 8 s  no worries
it does steer a bit better one way then the other even though the nozzel turns the same to port and starboard
it has got a tendency to prop walk in reverse if you pull up quick BUT SO do the real ones
very happy with it now on 7.4 v at 50% throttle  on 12v it was just crazey fast you could only use 20% throttle or the bow wave comes over the front

the water hole (small river turns into a big river in the wet the water is over the sugar cane railway bridge at times )  is called ROSS & LOCKE just south of Cairns were you turn off  to go up the GILLIES range to the the Tableland



cheers Bob
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