Hello, My name is Bill, and I live in Florida. I discovered this group (and the Footy Class) on Monday the 28th, and have been glued to the computer since...
Welcome Bill..... When you were first sailing R/C I was watching guys like you having fun at the pond in front of Baptist Hospital in Miami. But there was no...
Hi Bill, Thanks for the welcome! Actually, I probably WAS one of the guys you saw down at Baptist Hospital in the 70's, since I was living in Miami at that...
Hi Charlie, No, I have been active in R/C Sailing since about 1980. That's when my Mom & Dad retired and moved to Ocala, FL. In the beginning, I started with a...
Sorry Charlie! That first sentence should have read: "No, I HAVEN'T been active in R/C Sailing since about 1980. Sorry 'bout that! Bill Nielsen Oakland Park,...
Hi Rick, Halfpint was one of my early Footy designs. It was never offered for sale. If you live in New England, I could loan you the mold, but I'd rather not...
CANT SEEM TO FIND THE COBRA PLANS,tHANKS ... From: Bill Hagerup To: FootyUSA@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:03 AM Subject: [FootyUSA] Re: half...
Hi Charlie, Dick Finlay was a true enthusiast and a good competitor. I remember he lived in Miami Lakes, and along with a couple of other fellows there, sailed...
Hi RGB, that looks like a nice combination from the photos. I would be interested to know how you found the balance of our Kittiwake 'A2' rig on Bill's Cobra...
Small entry this year,only one form the USA,4 from the UK and 2 from NZL. Roger Stollery first..7 points Brett McCormack 2nd 11 points Gary Sanderson 3rd 17...
Looks great, RGB...as usual, other people build nicer boats from my designs than I do! Give us an update on her performance once you've had some stick time...
While cruising the web yesterday, I discovered that Frey (the Norse God of weather and fertility) owned a ship named Skidbladner which was made for him by...
Jim, Thanks for this segment of the norse legends, a natural for a footy! This <<Does anybody remember what the fertility bit is all about?>> means don't turn...
May the wings of Hraesvelg send favorable winds your way... Hraesvelg: The giant Ice Mountain Eagle. His wings send the winds whenever he gets in a flap. I'm...
In a message dated 5/6/2008 1:29:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bsmack@... writes: Record for 5 laps of the internet course now stands at 5min 29sec. Full...
Hi George, Thanks for your question..I was beginning to think no one cared to much about internet racing.(Thinking about shifting the racing period more into...
Hi George. I don't think the boats have to be the same.I think they have to be Footys. Looking forward to competing in other peoples versions of postal racing....
Hi Bill At first thanks for your plans! A have some idea then when I try balance on your waterline the boat is nose heavy. So after some tests my boat is...
Hi Graham Thanks for your plans of rigs! ..."how you found the balance of our Kittiwake 'A2' rig on Bill's Cobra hull"... Hmmmm. There is something to...
Brett, Don't get discouraged. As I recall, the 7 competitors is considerably more than the previous go around. And as you suggest below, perhaps extending the...
when I race my footy against fellow club members, one has a v-12 like me, but a different rig and different size sails, and one has a Razor, again with...
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