Would your builds pass a coast guard inspection?

[Laggard]

Cause my first one would not. 🥴

[barkeater]

I don't include flares, so no.😁

[Louie da fly]

No way. Put it in the water and it would sink . . . 

 

Steven

[mtaylor]

Err.. nope.  No auxiliary engine, no approved life jackets, no life bouys, no radio, no radar, and no lights. 

[Captain Shaun]

In what country? That would make a difference,

[Laggard]

Perhaps I should ask how quickly would your builds sink?

[Oboship]

Mine would certainly float -for a while. 🤿

Not because it just looks like a ship but merely because it is made of wood... (Watertight integrity? Stability? Constructional buoyancy?) 🙏

[Jasseji]

a lot of the models would float, as i believe most of us are sealing the Hulls with Varnish, but in case of all the Sailing Ships, they are too top-heavy and lack any ballast, so they'd float only in calm water, any wind or wave would make them fall to the side and sink eventually  at least that is what i think, havent tried it (yet[tm])

[allanyed]

Not sure if this topic fits this forum but it is an interesting topic none-the-less Laggard.   Looking at some pretty extravagant RC boats that don't sink (usually), are there licenses or Coast Guard regulations involved to sail them?   We had a 25 foot sport fisherman and would go fishing out in the ocean, cruise up the Hudson River, go through Hell Gate into Long Island Sound, etc. but I did not need  license to operate a boat nor did I have to have it inspected.  I did take a safety course by choice and  I was boarded by the Coast Guard for a cursory safety check one time in 10 years, but most folks do not.  The first time I gave the proper horn signal as I was about to pass another boat on their right I received a middle finger gesture in return.  They must have missed the class on navigating in traffic.  

 

But, if you want to fly a rocket as a hobby you need a license even to buy the fuel in some states.  Want to fly a drone over 300 feet?  You need to pass a test to get certified to do so.   Seems like boats are another matter unless you are taking paying customers wherein you need to be licensed.   I would say the chances of someone sailing their RC boat somewhere where there is danger of hitting a person or another craft are small, but then again there are irresponsible folks no matter where we go, but, I digress, my apologies.   

[GrandpaPhil]

I tried to float an old pond sailer once, that I bought at a thrift store, just out of curiosity.

 

It started flooding from the stern, immediately and I had to take it out of the pool I put it in.

 

I would never even try to float one that I built (including the one actual pond sailer I built).

Edited November 6, 2021 by GrandpaPhil

[Laggard]

My only build would float.  Until the putty disintegrated and the integrity of the hull went to heck that is.