Here we have Oystercatcher, another product of the noughties.
The full size boat is designed for inland waters, weekend cruising, it can be used as a floating tent using the spars and sails.
Designed by Conrad Natzio of East Anglia, it is designed for garage construction, using 6 sheets of marine ply or even water resistant ply.
I met Conrad at an exhibition at Alexandra Palace, had a chat with him was given plans of several of his designs, chose to build Oystercatcher, kept in touch and was invited to a weekend expo at Beale Park, adjacent to the Thames, he used my model on his stand, a very nice man!
The model is an exact scale of 1:4, I enjoyed the build, but the control was not an easy installation, the boat being so open.
Went on to sail her at an exhibition held in Swansea at the Maritime Museum, they had a pond there so was able to try sailing, it worked well, but I felt I needed to add a keel to bring a little more stability, but house moves etc got in the way.
Makes a nice static model!
I will endeavour to get more photos when the wind is calmer!