This is my near Scale model of the J Class yacht Endeavour.

Camper and Nicholsons, of Gosport, UK, built the original boat in 1934, for the aeroplane magnate Mr Tom Sopwith.

The Hull is 6 feet long, the boat is at 1/22 Scale.

Mast height is 7 feet, the "Park Avenue" triangular Main Boom is 33 inches long.

The Deck planking and all the Cabins are to scale, as are the Sails.

The Hull has a non scale drop Keel with a bulb ballast on its end.

With Radio Control of the Sails and the Rudder, the model weighs 40 lbs ready to sail.

My main objective was a fibre - glass Hull, but I did NOT like the idea of first making a Plug to make a female mould from, then making a Hull from the Mould.

I have made Glider fuselages by the same method, very hard work if only one item is made at the end. It is not a good idea, if that one item, is the only one ever to be made from the Mould.

The method I will describe will enable the builder to sail the MOULD!, so saving many, many hours of work.

A Brief History of Fleetwood Model Yacht & Power Boat Club

The club evolved from a group of model yachtsmen who sailed their boats on a piece of water near the shore known locally as 'The Navvied Pond".

The Fleetwood Model Yacht & Power Boat Club was formed in 1929 and the lake, as we know it today, was officially opened by Earl Bettie of "Jutland" fame in 1932, at which time we had 100 members and a nice wooden clubhouse in which members could store their boats.

In the same year the club held its first National Championship for 6 Metre model Yachts.