Posted November 25, 2024Nov 25 I last raced her in ‘94 at St Cyr worlds so it’s about time she hit the water again. A bit of a dust off, a Whirlwind service and a fresh servo and she’ll be good for a club race or two ! Anyone want to guess the design with this photo?
November 25, 2024Nov 25 Author RoRo. You got it buddy ! I borrowed Dad’s boat and placed 10th. The winches were slow, carbon fins were wobbly, keel bulbs were chubby, rigs were high and hulls were wide back then !
November 25, 2024Nov 25 Ditch the lot except for the gooseneck that you can put on an old Widget or something similar that will still compete at club level. Sorry to bring this sad news Rob, happy memories of 94 for sure! Edited November 25, 2024Nov 25 by Graham Elliott
November 26, 2024Nov 26 Author 7 hours ago, Graham Elliott said: Ditch the lot except for the gooseneck that you can put on an old Widget or something similar that will still compete at club level. Sorry to bring this sad news Rob, happy memories of 94 for sure! Ahh you’re the logical Grinch Mr G ! The aim is to get all of Dad’s loft boats sailing, not to win anything.. He’s also got a couple of wooden ones from the drawing board of Mr Dicks and they’ll be looked at soon too.. Might even get to “Nuki” or the “Cracker” at some point too !
November 26, 2024Nov 26 My very first radio sailing boat was a bubbles 2. Really enjoyed the sailing her and the boat taught me a lot. It would be great to see it on the water at some point remember to take some photos and share😀
November 26, 2024Nov 26 6 hours ago, RobVice_GBR41 said: Ahh you’re the logical Grinch Mr G ! The aim is to get all of Dad’s loft boats sailing, not to win anything.. He’s also got a couple of wooden ones from the drawing board of Mr Dicks and they’ll be looked at soon too.. Might even get to “Nuki” or the “Cracker” at some point too ! Will there be a famous ‘ply chine’ boat hitting the water? 😉
November 26, 2024Nov 26 Author Ahh well that would be fun too. I’m focusing on Dad’s boats for now, but yes I have several ‘parked projects’ in my loft too.. Let me know if you fancy taking her on Brad !
November 26, 2024Nov 26 Author 15 hours ago, RoRo said: My very first radio sailing boat was a bubbles 2. Really enjoyed the sailing her and the boat taught me a lot. It would be great to see it on the water at some point remember to take some photos and share😀 Good story Rohan ! I’ve got the deck off to ensure she’s suitably structural and watertight right now. I’m hoping to have her sailing at the Hampton Court charity race in January (or a Datchet/Guildford club day). Maybe see you there?
December 2, 2024Dec 2 Author Happy to report that I got the Bubbles2 on the water briefly at the weekend. She looked happy enough in the top suit breeze, and her original radio gear all worked fine. Dad was delighted with the few photos I took. He’s got another boat that I’m working on now which was a one off design by Mark Dicks (Hustler) Dad is still proud of his planked boats and as said, “there’s no stealers in this one”!. As can be seen in the side by side photo alongside the Bubbles it’s a much narrower hull but no sign of a chine.. the rudder used a clever, easy removal system that Dad and I devised, it works a treat but does mean it’s easy to misplace a rudder at some point in 20+ years! Hustler’s rigs are using pre-bent masts which I think were starting to come in around 1995-6. The ‘92 Bubbles was using a straight mast.
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