Full Size Printed Plan Scale 1/12 ROUGH WATER OFFSHORE RACER for Radio Control

Full Size Printed Plan & Building Notes

No material plans only

BIG MOOSE

ROUGH WATER OFFSHORE RACER

Full Size Printed Plan on a sheet 47" x 34" 20lb bond

Three page article with building notes and photos

Scale 1/12

Length 45 in

Beam 15 in

Gas or Electric

RADIO CONTROL

1. H. BLOGG'S

Construction is quite simple and conventional for this type of hull, except for the chine strips which are not, however, difficult. The drawing gives the essentials; the keel is 3/8 in. ply with 3/8 in. doubling between the bulkheads, which are 3/16 in. ply. The hull is single-skin planked, fore and aft, with 1/8 in. spruce, as is the deck, and 1/4 x 1/2 in. spruce stringers (two each side plus inwale) facili­tate this. Although this may seem rather on the hefty side, the weight is not excessive - just about 13 lbs. You may wish to build from fiberglass

The prototype was designed by G. L. Watson of Glasgow and is 45 ft. long and 15 ft. beam. A round bilge hull form was used, fitted with a number of spray strips, like narrow clinker planks

upside down, on the wetted hull area. This innovation, christened a ragged chine, caused con­siderable speculation and interest in the full-size world, and was discussed in various articles in such publications as Motor Boat and Yachting.

I was fortunate in obtaining drawings and the permission of the designer to build a model; the scale is 1/12 and the power unit a Merco 61 series Il.