RE: My newly built Dumas Ace Sloop
Well yeah but free-sailing boats are cool. Why need to convert to rc, when you have this?
This is an old drawing from around 1900 of whats called a "braine". I found this while surfin' around for info regarding free-sailing.
With this properly set up you can sail straight in almost any direction regardless of wind direction. The set-up on my Dumas Sloop is a extremely basic version, but with practice it does work...Theres a line that goes from the main boom to the tiller arm, the tiller arm is held in place by another line & rubber band for tension and you adjust the slack on the bowser to control how much sail you want out & the tension on the rudder to keep the boat straight....If the boat heads upwind you can move the mast forward in one of the three peg holes made in the deck...