In the 1960s my parents gave me an Albatross self steering model yacht . This gave my brother and I many hours of pleasure on boating lakes and on Irish lochs.
Over the years the yacht fell into disrepair with broken mast and spars and disintegrating sails .
My son asked me try and repair it so that his sons could also enjoy the yacht on boating lakes here in Suffolk . I rang many different companies finding that none could do the whole restoration . In particular the rigging and self steering mechanism needs real expertise to make it function as originally designed.
After some research I discovered Steve at Maritime models . He was very busy but told me that if I was prepared to wait , he would take the project on . After agreeing the job and price , I waited . At the agreed time Steve received the model and gave me an outline of dates . I received the yacht back fully restored to the agreed spec and in full working order . In short his work is superb and his ability to sensitively refurbish and reassemble complex rigging and steering is second to none .
Getting the yacht back restored , has given me and my family real pleasure and satisfaction . It’s a great feeling !
Thank you Steve