The art and craft of model sailing.
Line Control Model Sailboats
Learn the basics of sailing and sailboat design with this unique hobby, craft and sport. We show you how to apply basic design fundamentals to craft a model using simple methods and easy to find materials.
'What kites are to air, our model sailboats are to water.'
Take your rig to the beach, and put your creation to the test.
The line control method is a simple, pure form of sailing.
A kite spool loaded with fishing line puts you at the helm, giving you precise, 'hands on' control of the sail trim and the boats direction of travel.
This is a physically active method of model sailing, you sail them under control as you wade through water.
Keep it at close range, or let it sail off hundreds of feet, as you explore the shoreline, shoal areas and tidal pools.
Unlike radio control and pond boats...with heavy ballast. We give you a functional centerboard.
An adjustable centreboard 'keel' lets you properly balance your hull/sail plan. (and also sail in water only a few inches deep!)
The sail plan is your creation, it can be a simple, single sail design, or a complex two masted sailing ship.
Excellent physical exercise, giving you a realistic sailing experience in miniature.
Complete with all the challenges. Tacking windward, coming about, and if if you have a 'knockdown', it can easily be retrieved by just reeling it in.
- Our MkI and MkII model kits come in two hull types, with a transom, and a double ender.
Your choice of a full kit, or low cost 'bare boat' version.
- Our multi-hull kits, the dynamic MkIII, can be rigged as a trimaran, or with a single outrigger!
The new MkIV the 'Seader Cat' is our catamaran model!
Model sailboats with realistic sailing action!
Easy to transport, (will fit in a bread bag!)
Great for winter beach vacations
No batteries. No electronics. Just wind power, and your sailing skill!
All ages, multi-level, create simple or advanced sailboat designs!
Outstanding educational outdoor hobby & craft!
Low and No cost (recycle!), components easy to make or replace!
Frequent updates! On-line resource for crafting and sailing tips, free model plans!
Rig and sail a sloop, schooner, ketch, yawl, cat, junk, dhow...any fore-and-aft rig!
Solid wood hulls are crafted from clear select cedar, built to last.
Advanced users can even modify hulls for design specific sailing characteristics!
