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2. Footy (model yacht) - Wikipedia

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   A footy sailboat. The Footy is a very small (usually) radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold, 3D printed or simply with thin sheets of plywood or even depron fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder. These are the smallest remote ...

3. Radio-controlled boat - Wikipedia

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   Typically power boats have two controls, rudder, outboard motor or stern drive and throttle control. Powered scale boats will often have additional remote-controlled functions to improve realism, e.g. sounding fog horns, rotating radar antennae etc. Some of the more sophisticated powered racing boats may also have additional remote-controlled ...

4. Caliber 40 - Wikipedia

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   The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the standard keel fitted. The boat has a Japanese Yanmar LIJH3E diesel engine . The fuel tank holds 55 U.S. gallons (210 L; 46 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 156 U.S. gallons (590 L; 130 imp gal) and there is a 110 U.S. gallons (420 L; 92 imp gal) holding tank forward.

5. 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 ...

6. Sabot (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various parts of the world.. Sabots returning to the clubhouse after a race

7. Optimist (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Optimist was designed in 1947 either by American Clark Mills or a Canadian sailor Gordon Reid a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Clearwater Optimist Club [3] at the request of the Clearwater Florida Optimist service club following a proposal by Major Clifford McKay to offer low-cost sailing for young people.