Product Description

A comprehensive guide for modellers who wish to scratch build a radio controlled model yacht. The book comes with full-size plans of hull, sails and rigging featuring the Racing Sparrow 750mm boat designed by New Zealander Bryn Heveldt. The book is presented in full colour throughout, using step-by-step photography and 3-dimensional illustrations. It explains all materials, tools and required skills and techniques. Only a simple toolset is required and the materials needed are minimal and cheap. Chapters include: Strip planking the hull, fibreglass strengthening, mold and casting lead keel ballast, electrics installation, spray painting and masking techniques, sail making, mast, rigging and tuning of sails. In addition to the "Construction Chapters", there are end sections on handy tips and tricks and a glossary of terms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58944 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 56 pages

About the Author
Bryn Heveldt is a graphic designer, 470 sailor and model boat master craftsman. This is his first book. He lives in New Zealand.

Customer Reviews

Build Your Own Radio Controlled Yacht - There should be more books like this!
It is obvious that the author of this book had a graphic design background. The quality and illustrations in the book make the manufacture of the yacht fool-proof. This book should be placed on the curriculum of any school offering woodwork classes. There should be more DIY titles available based on the format of this book. Highly recommended.

build your own radio ccontrolled yacht.
The book is very good containig all the information required to build the model. It arrived promptly, and in very god condition