Month: August 2025

Egham Royal Show – Report and Pictures

What a great weekend we have just had – good company, lots of boating chat, boat queries solved and great weather (if a little too hot at times).
I must say a big ‘Thank You’ to club members who collectively brought about 20 boats: Martin, Dave and David, Richard, Phil and Connor, John and Derrick.  However, the biggest ‘Thank You’ must go to Jackie, who is the Egham Royal Show Secretary, for her excellent organisation and support.
Attached are some photos taken in the model marquee. A couple of general shots of our stand. One of St Nectan, owned by Derrick which won ‘The Best Model in the Show’. Also, one of Martin with Gio in a buggy. Gio is a founder (and current) member of PMMC and at 94, he still has an active interest in the club and boat modelling.

Thanks
David W.

Derrick Hill’s
St Nectan (at the back) – winner of Best Model in Show

Egham Royal Show August 23rd – 24th 2025.

Just a quick reminder that PMMC will be at the Royal Egham Show over the weekend of August 23rd-24th with a display of many types and sizes of model boats etc. This is a great show for all the family, with lots to see and do, including rides for all the kids, archery, traction engines, vintage cars. Plenty of displays in the main arena, First Class Falconry, Motorcycle Stunt Show, Scurry Pony Racing. There is always a large livestock area will show a magnificent display of pigs, sheep and Dexter cattle.

More information here: https://eghamroyalshow.org.uk/

The Egham Royal Show is an ever popular annual event that brings together a diverse variety of horticultural and agricultural themes, along with many other entertaining features, to help celebrate and enjoy a key aspect of British history.

Club Night – August 11th 2025 – evening sail on the lake

Our monthly club meeting. Come along and have a chat with fellow club members. Share updates on your latest projects, and activities. From 7.30pm onwards, or earlier if you have time. Weather and weed permitting we will enjoy and evening sailing on the lake.
Latest on the weed situation.
Thanks to regular clearing there is a small area along the foreshore and about 8 metres out that is almost weed free, so ideal for scale electric/steam.
Smooth keeled yachts should also be OK using the rest of the lake. Unfortunately anything with a drop keel will catch the weed and it would not be advisable to sail this type of yacht.

Postponed! – PMMC Open Day – August 6th 2025.

Due to the amount of weed in large areas of the lake, it has been decided to postpone the ‘PMMC Open Day’, until sometime in October when conditions should be more favourable. We will advise the actual dates once the committee has discussed at the next meeting.
However as it is a normal sailing day, for members who want to use the lake it is still possible for certain types of model boats, such as smooth keeled yachts, and and in the cleared area (front of the island) scale electric/steam.