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FOOTY Class R/C Sailboat
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The Footy is...
... a very small radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold or simply with thin sheets of plywood fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder. Some plans are availble for sale, some for free. Links may be found on the Plans page.
To keep competition keen, the Footy designers have proposed a set of rules to keep all the boats similar to a certain degree. Visit the Rules page for details.
There is an active and growing community of Footy sailors in New Zealand, the U.K., Germany and the USA. In the USA it is now an official AMYA class.
We hope that this website will help focus these efforts both in the USA and abroad. Please contact the webmaster (see below) if you have any material you'd like to contribute to the site!
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In the PLANS section we have information on Bill Hagerup's new Ranger. It includes links to discussion threads and rough-drawn plans. This boat was recently featured in the AMYA magazine, MODEL YACHTING (Spring 2011, No. 163). On the LINKS page you'll find a link to "le blog footy-fr". This was set up by our French registrar Gilbert Petin. All in French! Thorsten Hochstadt sent us a photo of his boat with a sardine-like keel weight. See it in the PHOTOS section. Peter Henderson has sent us information and links on his vacuum form Footy, the "1299". You'll find information on the LINKS page, and the ARTICLES page. There are also photos on the PHOTOS pages. The article has lots of interesting details about assembling the boat from a sheet of molded styrene. He sells the sheets for 35 pounds in the UK. We are delighted to welcome new Registrars: Eduardo Ramos for Argentina, Harald Klein for Austria, and Maximiliab Eder for Ecuador. And lastly, Marcus Wahlin sends us news that his "Breithorn" Footy will soon be available. See the link on the LINKS page.
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Last updated
September 20, 2011