Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin


Wed
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Nov2024

Wednesday afternoon is mainly a "Motor boat" session, with various model styles and sizes, powered by batteries (occasionally by live steam). If cars are present but no boats, they will probably headign away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.

Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk

at Over Basin

Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com

Gloucester & District Model Boat Club

The Home of Model Boating and Yachting in the Gloucester area.

The Club has been using Over Canal Basin for about 20 years now, on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon.

They generally meet around 1:30pm and depart about 4:30pm (unless it is a really nice summers day and they could still be there until 6:30pm).

Wednesday afternoon is mainly a "Motor boat" session, with various model styles and sizes, powered by batteries (occasionally by live steam), if the vehicles are there but no boats, they will probably be travelling to the "winding hole" back back.

Friday afternoon is mainly small "Sailing yachts", chasing themselves around the basin, purely powered by the wind.

The 1st and 3rd Friday of each month, the skippers will be competing in a heat of the Summer or Winter series of Club races using "Micro Magic" kit built yachts.

Sunday afternoon is a "Social" gathering of GDMBC members, with both "Motor boats" and "Sailing Yachts" taking to the water.

 

Established for over 30 years and with over 120 members.

As an umbrella group, we accommodate all aspects of the hobby / past time, from scratch building, kit building, refurbishment, exhibiting at local shows, using all types of water based models regardless of shape, size or colour.

(Unfortunately, we can not accommodate IC powered models at our locations).

There are many years of experience within the Club's membership so you should find a helping hand when you need assistance (what material, what size, what set up or tuning).  Being part of a group, whether new to the hobby or an experienced modeller, there is always something going on to get involved with.

And access to a variety of water to use your model, from ½ mile of land locked canal, to open water or sheltered arm at Gloucester Docks, or a private lake.

Whether “social” sailing or “Competitive” sailing is your thing, you should find something to suit your needs. All access is with land owners / managers agreement, and covered with 3rd party liability insurance should things go wrong.  We also have a bi-monthly Newsletter, with some interesting articles from the members.

Supplemented with update emails should something interesting be going on inbetween issues of the newsletter.
The club arranges to exhibit at local shows or to take part in gatherings at other nearby club's events (Naval days, Lifeboat days, Yacht racing days, etc). If you're lucky, there may be a “fun” day or two to meet the  members and try your skills with  a “Steering” competition or a yacht “sailing” challenge.

With many of our activities taking place outdoors with nearby parking facilities, what better way is there to relax and refresh from a hectic lifestyle, or make new friends with like minded people.
We don't need any more reminders that our health and wellbeing is very important to us all.
So outside interests are more important than ever before.

Why not pay us a visit and explore what could be possible ?