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General => Chat & Off Topic Stuff => Topic started by: Eddy Matthews on October 19, 2006, 03:59:58 AM

Title: Sailing today...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 19, 2006, 03:59:58 AM
Our local lake is almost totally weeded up, so there isn't much on the water activity at the moment. However, Bob Golder and I decided to brave the dreaded weed and put our paddletugs on the water... They both performed perfectly and skimmed right over the greenery... Sadly the pictures were just taken on my mobile phone, so they aren't the best quality :(
Title: Sailing today...
Post by: Bob Golder on October 19, 2006, 04:17:55 AM
Hi all.  Two more views of Eddy's paddle tug STERLING.  Note the weed in the second photo.
Title: Sailing today...
Post by: Bob Golder on October 19, 2006, 04:20:13 AM
OK! OK! the weed is in the FIRST view.  I got it wrong again :(   As usual I forgot the correct order to post photos :?   better luck next time.
Title: paddlewheelers
Post by: woody on October 19, 2006, 04:34:26 AM
Bob
 Nice pictures are the boats electric or steam powered?
                                                    Regards Woody
Title: Sailing today...
Post by: David Allinson on October 19, 2006, 04:42:27 PM
Eddy and Bob  
Your tugs look really great. They give me another two good reasons to push on and finish mine! Thanks  
David  
         
 
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Our local lake is almost totally weeded up, so there isn't much on the water activity at the moment. However, Bob Golder and I decided to brave the dreaded weed and put our paddletugs on the water... They both performed perfectly and skimmed right over the greenery... Sadly the pictures were just taken on my mobile phone, so they aren't the best quality (http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/forum/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif)
 
       
 

 Regards
 Eddy
 
 
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Title: Sailing today...
Post by: Bob Golder on October 20, 2006, 02:43:14 AM
Woody (et al) both models are electric powered with gearing to the shaft.  Eddy uses an excellent plastic chain drive on toothed wheels of differing diameters.  Mine has plastic reduction gears built in a plywood frame which also holds the motor.  Eddy's has exceptional torque on starting and accellerates like the proverbial bat! mine is, of course, more sedate and nearer to scale  :wink:
Title: Sailing today...
Post by: Channel on February 02, 2007, 06:52:02 AM
Nice pictures, good to see PS Sterling has found a fleetmate 'up north' !

I enjoyed the sails I had with her.

Chris
Title: Sailing today...
Post by: thewharfonline on February 02, 2007, 02:04:26 PM
You know for mobile phone pictures they are pretty good, my mobile phone pictures are ridiculous... and very pixelated.

Both boats look very good on the water...and look at that weed!!!!