Ottawa Area Model Yacht Club

John Lowther (Kingston Yacht Club) brought his impressive model of the Bluenose. The technical aspect of the overlapping headsails was a joy to behold. Here is a brief write up on the Model from John himself. “My schooner “Amy Sue 11’ is the second of two schooners I built, the first was an experiment just to see if I could do it. Amy Sue 11 is a Bluenose rigged schooner built on a Mini 12 hull and took about a year to complete, she is operated with four servo’s, two arm winches operate the steering and the running backstays and two drum winches operate the two mainsails and the overlapping headsails which took a long time and a lot of thought to work out but the effort was worthwhile as the overlapping headsails work perfectly, I just have to work out what tack I’m on when sailing, not always an easy task. The schooner was built in memory of my youngest Granddaughter who tragically lost her life in a car accident four years ago, she helped me build the first one so sailing her is very special to me and gives me great pleasure.”

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