MFSteam
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Colney heath Toy Boat RegattaA great day at Colney Heath Toy Boat Regatta, what a fantastic venue it is, built on a water works site there is not only a very large 2 feet deep Boat Pool,
but there is also a high level 2.5”, 3.5” and 5” gauge railway, a 71/4” ground level railway both about 1/2mile long.
There is a sizeable Gauge 0 and 1 layout under the green baze
I guess that there were about 15 people exhibiting and running boats powered by steam, battery, clockwork and wind.
I would like to say that I had no trouble during the day but thee boats had a few problems.
The maiden voyage of the Meteor was a success, it ran beautifully but listed slightly over to the port side, it can be corrected by the addition of a few lead weights. Apparently it is a common problem.
The burner for the SEA Jay was playing up and needs the wicks replacing, this is one burner that the wonder wick is not that good fo
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The Snipe ran the boiler dry in the middle of the lake, swift action with a bucket of water saved the day.
The Modeen again listed to the port side and I had to beg a few lumps of solid (cough) fuel. I am going to make a meths burner for it.
Here are some pics of the day.
There were 4 pre war Bowman Seahawks running, two Meteors, Miss Mersey, GEM Boat, JetEX powered boats, oh it was good
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John Chapman
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Looks like you had a great day Ian, super photos. Oh and nice to see an old friend 
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oldstuff
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Glad you had a fun day, Ian. I enjoyed pouring over your photos, too.
I liked all the boats but this tug(or is there a better term)captures my fancy.
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Spokesmann
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Great images Ian, and soo good to see them in the environment they were meant for! Is the water deep? - just in case you need to wade out to save a treasured boat!!? 
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mogogear
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So great that you live in a boat culture... live steam boat culture at that... Here I just joined a boat club- I am the second member to have live steam ina club of 50 people!!
All the boats are marvelous -thanks for sharing
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MFSteam
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Great images Ian, and soo good to see them in the environment they were meant for! Is the water deep? - just in case you need to wade out to save a treasured boat!!? |
Its 2 feet deep so Ideal for toy boats. Its a good job too because my Miss England PWE was T boned by a so called Radio Controlled boat. The deck came off so it promptly sunk. An eagle eyed captain saw it at the bottom and we were able to get it back  .
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MFSteam
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| oldstuff wrote: | Glad you had a fun day, Ian. I enjoyed pouring over your photos, too.
I liked all the boats but this tug(or is there a better term)captures my fancy.
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I prefer the Twin cylinder Seahawk in the middle of the picture
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avenger
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Looks like you all had a good day thanks for posting the pics.
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Mamod Collector
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Some lovely boats on show,and its good to see them in the water
The sea jay looks a little low in the water MF or is it water reflection 
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MFSteam
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| Mamod Collector wrote: | Some lovely boats on show,and its good to see them in the water
The sea jay looks a little low in the water MF or is it water reflection |
It is very heavy and as you say sits low in the water but it is a flat bottomed boat unlike the Meteor. My friend was not surprised when he saw it in the water and he has 4. It was a little slow in the water as the burner was playing up. Its a funny type of vapourisor unlike the other post war Bowmans.
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