I’ve always been vaguely interested in RC sailing boats, but started reading a little more about them after moving to arizona (strange, isn’t it? There’s a man-made lake in our little town though that would be lovely for a model sailboat). I stumbled onto a “foam footy” thread on another forum and suddenly I’m hooked! I blame it all on the pintail ;).
I’m planning to buy or build my 4 year old son a little free-sailing sailboat like this one : http://www.seaworthysmallships.com/images/bermuda.jpg
I was wondering whether there were any plans to build a simple footy along those lines, so that he could have a boat “just like Dad’s”? Eventually I’m planning to get a Pintail (since it started this obsession) but at the moment funds are tight. If I could find the right plan I’d probably go ahead build it and rig it as a free sailer till I can kick free some cash for the radio – I’d like to start building a footy sooner than later so that I can get out of the armchair and start getting my fingers wet :).
thanks!
-Rick (who so wants to go rogue and use his 72MHz radio so he can start sailing “now”, but he knows it’s wrong, and he shouldn’t. so he won’t. probably)