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| Albums containing photos from 2nd February 2012 | ||||
Bombadier Speedster (Steve French) [album] |
MTB Perkasa (3) (Steve French) [album] |
Despite the cold weather the Klingons forced Steve French to bring them to the pond for a fun day in their "Speedster" speed boat. However they had trouble trimming the boat to suit their chosen warp factor. When the Royal Navy sent out the Perkasa to intercept them they came back to shore in a huff and went off to spend the afternoon destroying a planet somewhere. | ||
With temperatures of -5C last night most of us expected the pond to be frozen. Excepting the Klingons, those members who turned up didn't bother to bring boats. However the wind must have kept blowing during the night and kept much of the pond ice free. Where the wave had been breaking on the island the spray had created lines of frozen breakers (see picture left, click for larger image or here are more photos).
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| A demonstration of Paul Nixon's Rope Making Machine (31st Jan 2012) | ||||
Rope Machine (Paul Nixon) [movie] |
Paul Nixon has designed a simply constructed but effective machine for making your own model ropes using garden string and similar threads. An explanation of how ropes are made and a detailed description of how to build the machine can be found in our Hints and Tips pages. There is now a new movie  in which Paul demonstrates how easy it is to use the machine to create a length of rope.
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| Albums containing photos from 12th January 2012 | ||||
RNLB The Scout (Steve French) [album] [HR] |
Not a lot of action at the pond on Thursday 12th January, perhaps because there was a cool breeze and drizzle in the air, later some light rain. Some visitors had 1m racing yachts and a few club members' sailing boats graced the pond. However here are some photos of Steve French's Waveney Class lifeboat, a new model to feature on the web site. | |||
| Albums containing photos from 8th January 2012 | ||||
Bardot (Peter Taylor) [album] [HR] [movie] |
Engine Sound Unit (Alan Bond) [movie] |
Gales have dominated the year so far. On Thursday 5th January Nigel James and Peter Taylor stood on the bank watching the wind raising spindrift from the pond. But it was calmer on Sunday and here is a movie of Peter Taylor's "Bardot" in action. Alan Bond helped with the filming and Alan has also produced a movie to demonstrate his new Programmable Engine Sound Unit. | ||
| Boxing Day 2011 - the Setley Cup races |
The Royal Lymington Yacht Club were back to Setley Pond for their annual Boxing Day event this year and once again the pond was thronged with competitors and spectators. A welcome return after 2010 when the pond was frozen and the access road was closed for repair. Home made boats and no radio control! Here are some photographs of the event.
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| Setley-on-Sea 2001! |
Our "look at the past" continues with some photographs taken by Roger Yeatman at Setley Pond on New Year's Day 2001. The pond had flooded over the main car park and the land beyond. It is interesting to compare the level of the water then and the low level of the pond now, at the end of 2011. The effects of the lack of rain during the early part of the year are still evident (see the "depth of the Pond" page).
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| Albums containing photos from the 1970's! |
Not exactly newly taken photos... We have some new albums of photos from the Early Days of the Club and you can also see the differences between Then and Now!
These are part of a new section of the web site "About Setley Pond". You can trace the History of the Pond from Victorian times to the present - it's quite an extensive gravel pit!
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| Albums containing new photographs from 2011 | |||||||
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