A complete guide to building scale model boats that sail under their own power.Will be of great interest to first-time electric-powered model boat builders - either from a kit or scratch. Packed with information on drive motors; rudder servos; propellers; remote controls and so much more. Superbly illustrated with 330 illustrations including colour photos and diagrams. Gordon Longworth has been a modelmaker for over 50 years.

Gordon Longworth spent his early life in Devon, England, growing up by the sea and this inspired his love of boats - both real and scale model. A modelmaker for over 50 years, he now judges local and regional competitions. Although originally an instrument engineer by profession, later he managed the technical training centre for a major European company, teaching every nationality about smart instrumentation, until retirement.