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2. Model yachting - Wikipedia

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   Model yacht clubs have existed for many years in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States, most of them holding a number of regattas during each season. The rules do not generally require the owner or skipper of a model to build his own craft, but among model yachtsmen the designing and the construction of the boats constitute as important and interesting a part of the sport as the actual ...

3. Radio-controlled model - Wikipedia

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   Radio-controlled boats are model boats controlled remotely with radio control equipment. The main types of RC boat are: scale models (12 inches (30 cm) – 144" (365 cm) in size), the sailing boat and the power boat. The latter is the more popular amongst toy grade models.

4. Category:Model boats - Wikipedia

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   Model boat organizations (2 P) Pages in category "Model boats" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

5. Radio-controlled boat - Wikipedia

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   A mass-produced radio-controlled yacht In 1898, Tesla demonstrated a radio-controlled boat (U.S. patent 613,809 —Method of an Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles). A radio-controlled boat is a boat or ship model controlled remotely with radio control equipment.

6. James Allen Rose - Wikipedia

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   James Allen Rose (January 5, 1935 – April 5, 2013) [1] was an American model boat builder and wood craftsman from Harkers Island, North Carolina, and a recipient of the 2000 North Carolina Heritage Award in the Folk/Traditional Crafts and Visual Arts category. Additionally, Rose was awarded the Brown-Hudson Folklore Award in 1996.

7. Self-steering gear - Wikipedia

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   This construction is called "The Saye's Rigg". Another version of wind vane self steering on sail boats is known as the vertical axis vane and usually, because of the inferior steering force output compared to servo pendulum devices it makes use of a trim tab hung off the rudder to control the course of the boat. The vane spins at right angles ...