Ottawa Area Model Yacht Club

Peter Ade from the Ottawa club brought his fishing smack “Lindsey Rae”. The original boat sailed from Concarneau in France and was designed to follow and fish for tuna in the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. The plans for the model were purchased from Popular Mechanics in the late 50's. Peter first built a static model but then about 30 years ago built Lindsay Rae with a fibreglass hull and wooden deck and detailed it as per the original plans. It has an overall length of 48 7/8" with a beam of 9 1/2" and a waterline length of 26 1/2". Because it does not have a deep keel it is difficult to control in light winds but it sails well and looks really good in a fair breeze.

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