January 23, 20251 yr I wonder if there is anyone who has pictures of the Bantock designed Rhythm they would be willing to share? I have a hull and need to refurbish. Some pics would be really useful. Thanks!
January 23, 20251 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Gary Dickens said: Was that the one on marketplace, Stuart? Gary Yes! It looked like a Jazz until I actually picked it up - definitely a Rhythm.
January 23, 20251 yr I noticed later that the chines go all the way to the front, whereas they don't on a Jazz. When you get to fitting it out, let me know what bits you need and we can share postage. Gary
January 25, 20251 yr On 23/01/2025 at 12:03, Gary Dickens said: Was that the one on marketplace, Stuart? Gary If you can get your hands on October and November 1993 editions of model boats magazine you’ll get an article covering my construction of the Rhythm. I still have the boat up in the loft somewhere!
January 25, 20251 yr Author Hi Rob, as it happens I have ordered the November copy just today from eBay, I can’t find a copy of the October mag just yet, but I look forward to reading about your build! Many thanks for your reply.
January 25, 20251 yr 9 minutes ago, RobVice_GBR41 said: If you can get your hands on October and November 1993 editions of model boats magazine you’ll get an article covering my construction of the Rhythm. I still have the boat up in the loft somewhere! Picked my first copy up in a Fremantle newsagents at the time. An article that lit a fuse for me to get into IOMs after some early M and EC12 radio sailing. Thank you again Rob and yes, I still have the copies👍
January 27, 20251 yr Author If anyone has a copy of the October 1993 article (I don't need the plans), they would be willing to copy/email to me, I would be really grateful! For research purposes of course! which I think copyright allows up to a certain percentage of the book/magazine.
January 27, 20251 yr Author 1 hour ago, Stuart Watts said: If anyone has a copy of the October 1993 article (I don't need the plans), they would be willing to copy/email to me, I would be really grateful! For research purposes of course! which I think copyright allows up to a certain percentage of the book/magazine. I've now heard back that the Ebay supplier doesn't have the November issue so I'm still searching for both issues!
January 28, 20251 yr I’ve found my hull and I know I’ve got the magazines somewhere but they are remaining hidden in the loft for now. Once I locate them I’ll let you know.. The hull is rather bear as it was stripped of fittings etc but what pictures would interest you ? Edited January 28, 20251 yr by RobVice_GBR41
January 28, 20251 yr Author 6 hours ago, RobVice_GBR41 said: I’ve found my hull and I know I’ve got the magazines somewhere but they are remaining hidden in the loft for now. Once I locate them I’ll let you know.. The hull is rather bear as it was stripped of fittings etc but what pictures would interest you ? Wow, that's great, Thank You! Any pictures would be useful, but the mast step, and your though deck / winch set up if it's in situ would be great. Also your fin/ballast would be interesting - mine has a big gap in the lead ballast around the fin entry point - which I would intend filling with resin, but would be interested how yours looks! Many thanks again, and thank you in advance for doing battle with your loft space if you can manage it!! Stuart
January 28, 20251 yr @Stuart Watts here are images of the deck slide I fitted that allowed small amounts of mast ram as tube in the hull was slightly elongated to allow the 1/2” (yes the mast tube was larger back then!) mast to be shoved fore and aft by sliding the aluminium plate before securing it with the fin bolt and the wire loop was to keep the plate in-line. The mast step was simply the tube bottom with a locating pin to hold the mast foot still and true to the hull longitudinally. The tube is then resined into the hull and a make weight is glued just in front of it too. Edited January 28, 20251 yr by RobVice_GBR41 Typo
January 28, 20251 yr The winch and servo live in the tray opposite the pot (missing from my yacht) the servo is shown out board and usually secured with small screws into the plywood. the winch (also missing!) lives beside the servo but you can see the winch drum still in place waiting faithfully for its Whirlwind. The winch line is kept as straight as possible and aligned to reduce risk of winch line jumping off the drum. on this model I used brass ‘u tube’ fittings to get the winch line through the deck. Today I would use a ball raced fitting at the aft end as that is the ‘loaded’ side of the system when the wind is blowing and that reduces strain on the winch.
January 28, 20251 yr I can’t find the fin and bulb to photograph, but from memory the lead bulb was pinned to the fin with two stainless pins, probably 3mm. This would have been adjusted to float on the waterline with the pins. Before being filled and secured with resin, so the bulb was no longer to be removed from the fin! But today we usually drill a hole from the bottom of the bulb which aligns with a hole in the fin. A nut is resined into the fin so a long bolt can go into the bottom of the lead bulb, go into the fin and screw into the nut. This can be tricky to get everything to align so a jig is very useful, or buy one already fitted and adjust the internal make weights to float on the waterline. Practice make perfect or speak with the designer ! Hope this helps.
January 28, 20251 yr Author 26 minutes ago, RobVice_GBR41 said: I can’t find the fin and bulb to photograph, but from memory the lead bulb was pinned to the fin with two stainless pins, probably 3mm. This would have been adjusted to float on the waterline with the pins. Before being filled and secured with resin, so the bulb was no longer to be removed from the fin! But today we usually drill a hole from the bottom of the bulb which aligns with a hole in the fin. A nut is resined into the fin so a long bolt can go into the bottom of the lead bulb, go into the fin and screw into the nut. This can be tricky to get everything to align so a jig is very useful, or buy one already fitted and adjust the internal make weights to float on the waterline. Practice make perfect or speak with the designer ! Hope this helps. Rob, all these are incredibly useful, thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to get to the hull in your garage and for the time and effort helping me with wise and experienced words. For some reason, my hull has the rear winch 'pulley' on the port side (like yours) and the winch location on the starboard side, with the pot on the port side. Thus the winch line is across the centre line of the hull. I may alter this to similar to yours! The mast step is much more simplistic with a ply receptacle for the base of the mast and a tight hole on the deck where the mast comes through. No mast 'ram' at all. I may leave it that way, although it wouldn't take much to alter to similar to yours, so who knows, I may do that. My bulb has a captive nut sunk into the wooden fin, so has a bolt upwards from the bottom, so quite secure (hopefully). I will check the angle of the bulb and adjust if necessary but then will resin it in I think! Again, I really appreciate the time and trouble you have taken for me. This has given me a great steer on a way forward. Really useful. Stuart
February 11, 20251 yr Author Wow nice looking yacht! Many thanks Ben, really good to see what I’m aiming for, many thanks for the photos! Stuart
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