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The Building of Tammy A Joe A The first full sail waterline adjustment:
Note the lead weights next to the cardboard box. Three of these were
installed below deck forward of the mast to bring the marked waterline
down to the water.
Now the waterline is where it should be:
Note the skipper testing the radio controls. He can't get that smile
of his face.
The launch and the maiden voyage:
Will she fulfill the skipper's expectations?
"Were flying Mr. Christian"
(A line from the movie Mutiny on the Bounty voiced by
Charles Laughton)
Note the well aligned waterline. She sails like a dream.
The ducks are not safe. We take no prisoners.
These ducks are suspected of shipping contraband.
I chased them all around the pond. This is better than a
rubber ducky.
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