Hiscutt Park

Penguin Fleet

A chance gathering of 3 RC yachts at Hiscutt Park Penguin Tasmania Australia 3 October 2012. Wind was changeable, coming from all over the place....

Featuring hobbydon, mrpenguin and our respective grandsons

Penguin Fleet 13 Jan 2013

Brief look at a few Hobbyking RC sailboats wandering around Hiscutt Park pond, Penguin Tasmania Australia on 13th January 2013

Katy at the Park - Penguin, Tasmania

My daughter Katherine and I having some fun at Hiscutt Park in Penguin, Tasmania one lovely Summer day in November 2011. (music by The SkyPilot - Where I'd Rather Be).

RC Sailing in Penguin, Tasmania

mrpenguin & hobbydon happened to be at the pond at Hiscutt Park, Tasmania, Australia together.

First time sailing in company, good fun...

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Shipping traffic in Penguin

Found a lot of shpping traffic in the local pond on Saturday afternoon.

Hiscutt Park in Penguin, Tasmania, Australia 7 April 2012. Shot using a keychain camera onboard a Hurricane 1000 sailboat

Thames Barge

Thames barge (RC model) at Hiscutt Park, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia 29 December 2012.
This lovely vessel was built by a local modeller who lives in the area. Weather was quite windy with a number of shifts and swirls - this is always a tricky site to sail at. The barge handled all conditions quite well.

Only a single control for this boat - the rudder...... sails are fixed and are self tacking....

Force2 Cat

Force2-60 Catamarans at Hiscutt Park, Penguin Tasmania.

Hurricane 1000 Onboard camera sample

Brief video with onboard keychain camera - Hurricane 1000 - Hiscutt Park, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia April 2012

Surmount in windy conditions

This is the 800 mm Shunbo Surmount (Mk II version) in rather rough winds, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia September 2012.

Video was taken from inside the car because it was almost too windy to stand up outside.....

This boat is completely standard as it came out of the box - apart from adding some flotation for safety purposes, the only alteration is the tensioning bowsie in the backstay broke and has been replaced with an aluminium one. The hatch was sealed with electrical tape - the boat was completely dry inside after this exercise..... this is a great little boat!!!