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

Hi all.  Two more views of Eddy's paddle tug STERLING.  Note the weed in the second photo.

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.

Bob
Nice pictures are the boats electric or steam powered?
                                                   Regards Woody

Eddy and Bob  
Your tugs look really great. They give me another two good reasons to push on and finish mine! Thanks  
David  
         
 
From: Eddy Matthews [mailto:chat@paddleducks.co.uk]
Sent: miércoles, 18 de octubre de 2006 20:00
To: chat@paddleducks.co.uk
Subject: Sailing today...  
 
   
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

     
 

Regards
Eddy


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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:

Nice pictures, good to see PS Sterling has found a fleetmate 'up north' !

I enjoyed the sails I had with her.

Chris

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!!!!