Finally Its Finished PS Pilat

[PSRusty]

Hi all

long time no see but in the end it has been worth it
My latest photos of my boat the PS pilat are here finished all of a week ago

 







Hope you enjoy

[andygh]

I like it, is she based on an Australian boat?

[Eddy Matthews]

I have a model of the Pilat myself Rusty - Or rather I did..... Sadly it got badly damaged in an accident at my local club, so hopefully it will be rebuilt with a lot of changes later this year.....

The only downside with the Pilat - It's damned heavy!!!

[PSRusty]

Its very loosly based on the plans by bernard retif availiable on the internet but most of the superstructure was adlib as i did not like the designs. It was a tug boat operating on the river Rhine in france circa 1930s.

and yes she is heavy close to 25 kg

But i must say she is a joy to sail but will be up for sale shortly as i need the room in my study for a new project if anyone in Australia is interested drop me a PM

[Hankwilliams]

Hello,

I have build the "Pilat" in 1989/1990. She is steam driven by a oscillating engine of 10 mm bore and 20 mm stroke.
In Europe the model relative often was build, at Sinsheim steam in Germany meeting I saw 2 or 3 Pilats in the last years.

The model is very stabil in the water, because of the wide hull and the less superstructure, it gives a good performance.

It was not a Rhine tug, but a tug on river Rhone.

Unfortunately nearly nothing about the original is known, and in France no river or lake paddlesteamer is still existing, as I know not even as a wreck or in altered situation. I even dont know, on which basic source Bernard Retif draw the plans and what differs about the original except of the lenght. He reduced the lenght of the hull, the original "Pilat"approximately was 65 meter long, the correct lenght  in 1 : 33 scale would be 197 cm!

Greetings

Thomas

[andygh]

Its very loosly based on the plans by bernard retif availiable on the internet

I'd be grateful if you could provide a link for those plans PSRusty, I'm very impressed with your boat & I'd like to give it a go myself, tried Googling for it but no luck

Cheers, Andy