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A Hobby for Young and Old
Building and driving model boats is a hobby enjoyed by young and old and, judging by the enthusiasm of adult modellers, driving these radio-controlled miniatures must be as thrilling as the real thing. During Labour weekend, three national records were broken at the Tahuna pond.
Murray Smithson's "Hopeless" zips across the glassy surface to record a time of 29.4 sec in the Class Fi V 5cc section
Eric Delany is a picture of intentness as he controls his craft
Jim Sowerbutts looks happy: He had just set a new 5cc national record of 27.4 sec.
Murray Smithson dons a hit of retrieving
Proudly posing with their model boat "Charlie Brown" are Karen and Andrew Smith
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