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2018 GMBC Sailing Championships - Round 11
The final round of the 2018 GMBC Sailing Championships (the Bruce
Tandy Memorial Regatta) was held on Sunday
11 November at Emmarentia Dam in light,shifting winds which scattered the fleet
and resulted in six race winners. Congratulations to Andre, Brent
and Alberto for taking the top three positions. This being the final
round of the 2018 Championships, Andre won the title with a clean
sweep of nine first places after discards. Bruce and Brent were the
runners-up. See
championship results here. Get
more information here.
GMBC Third Annual Exhibition Day
The third annual Gauteng Model Boat Club took
place at the Emmarentia Sailing Club on Sunday, 28th October 2018.
After very good coverage in many local and national newspapers, as well as on
TV, a large crowd gathered at the water's edge on a glorious, sunny, Highveld
summer's day to drool over the immaculate scale models and watched them
performing on the water. Get more on this
story here.
Graupner Wiesel Rebuild
I have the
Graupner Wiesel boat which was given to me when I was about 10 by a family friend. It
has gone through various incarnations of colour scheme and propulsion. Last year, I decided to do a proper
refurbishment. Get
the full story here.
Summary of Work done for Howard Johnson
Howard is a long-time member and
supporter of the Gauteng Model Boat
Club. Alas, like many of us, he has boats gathering dust in the garage and
needed help in making them seaworthy again. I gladly agreed to help and I am
going to explain briefly what I did and why. Get
the full story here.
Model Boats for sale
Visit our marketplace to see new model boats that have
recently been added for sale. Get
more information here.
Adding Bouyancy to RC Yachts
SeaWinds (and most RC yachts) do not have any positive bouyancy. If
enough water gets into the hull the ballast at the bottom of the
keel will pull the boat under water and it will be gone in seconds,
never to be seen again. But it's quite easy to make your boat
survive such an accident by adding bouyancy. Read
more here...
The Footy Class
The Footy class of
radio-controlled model sailing boat is for boats one foot long
(+/-250mm) and because it is an 'open' class there is scope for a
very wide range of designs and experimentation. The boats can be
made at home using very basic materials.Get
more information here.
GMBC Annual Exhibition Day
On Sunday 24th June, members of the Gauteng Model Boat Club,
which was established in the mid-sixties and is currently undergoing
a strong revival, displayed their boats and boating skills to the
public in an open exhibition in which the public was invited to
participate. Get more information
here.
Club 500 Racing
The Club 500 guys sure know how
to enjoy themselves! On Saturday 25 March we had all six of the current
fleet battling it out on what is a mix of tricky, fast and slow
technically-difficult track layouts as used in racing this class
worldwide (M-shaped layout). Get more
information here.
Gauteng Model Boat
Club Launches Club 500 Racing
GMBC has successfully
introduced the world-renowned Club 500 class of electric racing
model speedboats to our meetings. Get
more information here.
Video clip shot from a drone
Visit our gallery page to see video of sailboat
racing at Rusty Hook shot from a drone.
Photo
gallery.
Photo Gallery
Have a look at some great pictures taken at our September meeting. Photo
gallery.
A Simple Smoke Generator
Here is a simple design for a
smoke generator that you could build from parts you probably already
have, or can easily source. Get
the details here.
Basic Rules of Yacht Racing
No games are played without rules, and knowing the basic ones
will keep everybody happy on the water. Get the basic
rules here...
A
History of Emmarentia Dam
Emmarentia Dam is one of the recreation
hot spots of greater Johannesburg. Thousands of people relax there
every weekend but how many know its history? We certainly didn't
until we stumbled across the following description compiled by the
Johannesburg 100 committee in the archives... Get the
full report here...
Some Great Videos
21 May 2015
Check out some very good videos uploaded by Peter on our Gallery
page.
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