The boating season starts!
Good Friday and the sun is shining

Collected over the winter? Andrew and Mark's fleets

Start of season - start 'em young. Jeff's family getting into boating

Panto season is over but It really is behind you!

Roger M's TID tug and Cygnus fisher

Mark added buoyancy to his pop-pop boat

Malcolm enlightens the Deputy Mayor

Just beautiful!

Gordon Action shot. Yachts avoid unpleasant bending

Three Huntress (f 2 b) Philip's, Colin's, John's

Air cooling and water cooling Inside Philip's Huntress

Ray had fitted a lateen sail and stabilisers to a J class hull

Jean won't thank me for this picture

Richard's pop-pop boats ready for the next month's challenge

Gordon's J class destroyer first sail

......with a plumbing fitting for ballast

One of Rob's patrol boats

Any ideas what boat this is?

Why do people always take pictures of me wearing waders?

Andrew E's Springer tug has a 'tank top' (quite the fashion in the 1970's)

Not quite a Springer

Andrew U tests his rescue boat

Offshore MBE pre-offshore season event

The pit area

Inside Gary's latest boat

The blue boat collided with a tree. that doesn't happen at sea!

This bank will be cleared to provide all-round access

Once dredged it will be a very nice venue

Where the launching area will be built

L to R Andrew U, Byron, Alan, Gordon, Malcolm, Albert, John (no waders) and Jeff. Jean took the photo

Model boat the test tank

Model of Hermes. Note Fairey Huntress as a tender.

Thousands of model boats and engines too

Configuration of early Huntsman 31 spray rails

Now replaced for 'Double Century'

A test 9 inch figure (1:8) printed from Makehuman for 'Double Century'. Needs reworking. The columns are removable supports for the printing process

Steerable Kort nozzle and alignment disk, made for Colin's Springer tug

Jeff's Black Swan now ready to go

The club has a few trophies - anyone fancy a proper steering competition?