Clipper
Clipper Yacht (Quick Kit) is a sailing boat which forms an excellent choice for a first step into the world of model boating. The hull is of simple construction, and is assembled directly on the underside of the deck, i.e. the bulkheads, keel and centreboard are simply slotted in and glued in place.
The hull bottom and sides are supplied pre-cut from thin plywood, and are ready to glue to the structure. The boat can be operated free-running, i.e. without a control system, or with a single servo for the rudder.
Clipper can be done as either a "free runner" non-RC model, or can take a compact RC system. The drawings show both, and working rudder is included.
Clipper is the best yacht kit we know for somebody who has not made a
model yacht yet .
It was developed for the secondary schools as a 4 x teens joint project.
This level of expertise also happens to make a Clipper into a very nice
parent plus 7 to 12 year old child partnership project.
Get started with Jolly
This kit is a surprise - it comes in a flat blue envelope, with a picture of a boat on the front, flat, laser cut wood inside, and not really looking anything special, cost under a tenner.
However .....
Inside that envelope is one of the best little boat kits we have ever seen.
What is so special about the little Jolly ? Well ... Aeronaut have just got it right - that's all !
Not too many bits of wood, no fancy bending, or using pins to put it together, just a bit of tape to hold things while the glue sets, and you get a really pretty little boat, waiting for a coat of paint.
Jolly is the perfect first wood kit for anybody who has not built in wood before. Adult or child - it doesn't matter - Jolly is just a really pleasing boat to make and look at when you finish it. Then you paint it in "your" colour scheme, and it becomes your own version, unique and different from all the others. Acrylic paint and glue required.
8.99
Penguin is a traditional "wood plank-on-frame" free-running yacht kit, large enough to take radio controls later if desired, but it is intended as a "free running yacht" .
Pinguin is not for wood working beginners. You make the hull. The model is intended as a reasonable cost yacht of good strength. Basic woodworking tools are necessary - for example the keel is printed on very hard wood and requires a fret saw to cut it out. No problem to someone who has worked with wood before, but a little too intimidating for the absolute beginners.
Mahogany planks are supplied to plank the hull in the traditional fashion.
Plank-on-frame construction means that Pinguin is not really a typical modern model yacht kit. But it's more along the lines of our "cannon and sail" 18th and 19th century tall ship kits, which are designed to take more time to build.
84.50
Saphire - scale sporty
This is a very nice Graupner yacht. Saphire is a semi-scale model of a modern high-speed ocean-going sailing boat, it's a single mast, but manages to look like a schooner due to the sails supplied with the kit. An upmarket kit for the price
The model's outstanding features are its characteristically elegant appearance combined with simple construction.
Even in light winds the boat is capable of astonishing speeds, although it can also be sailed in moderate breezes. This performance is due to the modern hull design, the highly efficient keel form with its low-set lead ballast, and the strong but super-lightweight rig. The rig is based on a carbon fibre mast and sails made of special fabric. The model's compact dimensions, low weight and easily dismantled rig make the boat easy to handle and transport
179.50
Overall
length approx. 950 mm
Overall beam approx. 245 mm
Draught approx. 260 mm
Mast height approx. 1240 mm
Overall height approx. 1600 mm
Sail area approx. 3850 cm²
Ballast approx. 1700 g
RC
functions : 2 - Rudder, Sail trimming
This small centreboard boat was designed by Henry Rasmussen way back in the 1920’s and became a huge success. 224 boats of the Hansajolle type were built at the Abeking & Rasmussen dockyard between 1948 and 1969.
Its versatility made it a very popular boat and it was adopted by the DSV (German Sailing Association) as the basis for a one-design class. The class boat is 5.85 M long, and is designed as a small, safe cruising boat for inland and coastal waters. The cabin is compact, with enough space for two sleeping berths.
In 1958 when Rollo Gebhard sailed Hansajolle No. 79 (Solveig) as far as the Dead Sea in 1960-61 the vessel type became famous outside Germany. The 160 kg of lead ballast and the small cabin confer a high level of stability and safety on the boat, and the Hansajolle remains an active competition class in Europe. Our model kit, to a scale of 1 : 6.5, is designed for beginners as well as more advanced modellers, and is based very closely on the full-size vessel.
Hansajolle can be made with or without radio control system to the builder’s preference, although the kit is designed and prepared for the installation of an RC system.
RC-Functions, Main sail control, Foresail control, Rudder control
229.50
| Length | 940 mm |
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| Width | 260 mm | ||
| Mast height | 1.050mm | ||
| Draught | 170 mm | ||
| Main Sail Areas | 25 dm² | ||
| Foresail Area | 10 dm² | ||
| Weight w/o ballast | 1.400 g | ||
| Weight of ballast | 1.500 g |
The internal fittings consist of precision-cut plywood parts which are to be fitted and glued together inside the vacuum-moulded hull. The deck is supplied accurately pre-cut, with printed planking for decking.