Custom French launch

July 15,2010 p.m.



Here I go again, about my latest venture at "Makin my Boat". Just got through this a.m. puting the finishing touchs on my what I call, French Custom Boat,( for about the 11 th. time, more or less,) I had an experience last night, my wife got me out of bed to tell me that my boat which was down stairts was making funny noises, trying to go. I got down stairs, and found I left the switch on that operates the servos, and the receiver was trying to find a signal. So when I shut it off, and unpluged the wires, everything was all right. Come to find out, my daughter and mygrandaughter who are visiting us, (each have cellphones) went down stairs, must have set off my boat, from their cellphone, not realizing what was going on. Its just an idea, but its all I can think of, so anyway such is that.
Just getting to know what it takes to keep a boat afloat, and have it stable I find is quite a feat, it dont come easy, at least not to me. I found that the cabin was too top heavy, made from wood that was to thick, and it had a tendency to make the boat rock to much when turning. Also found that the keeel was'nt deep enough, and that did'nt help any.
So I made some modifications to my boat. I made the keel deeper, and I built a new cabin, out of 1/8'' birch plywood ,also a new deck rail all around, a new airiel made from jewelery wire, which is much thiner then the one I had. Gave it all a new coat of paint, and there she be.
There I'm done.