Red Sailboat, free sailing Bought second hand in awful condition, restored and put to good use. It came with cotton sails, albeit cut with scissors for reasons unknown (!) Also no boom and no joint to have one. Sails were sewn back, boom was added but somwhow it was too heavy. Leaned too much, cotton caught water and boat capsized. Luckily I found a fiberglass rod from a broken umbrella, and some synthetic fabric for some new sails. This is the first run, tethered

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Beautiful urban lake environment. Perfect for the Voyager 280 #lake #sailing #chill #zen

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If you've seen other vids on my channel, I like to bring this pond yacht to the same lake as the rc voyager 280 sailboat, but it always itches me not to get both of them under command (plus the occasional tangling with the safety string) The electronics are dirty simple, and salvaged from a very old solar rc buggy. The buggy always lacked power, so in the end I took it apart. The receiver is waterproof under a plastic cover. The motor will have to survive... The battery pack is custom made. The range may be about 9 meters only. Still better than the tangles and pulls of the safety string The construction... you'd be the judge... Buoyancy test passed, but who knows if it won't capsize on a gust... Wish me luck!

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