Small boat, big record A weekend in August saw an event with a difference - a 24-hour sponsored sail organised by the Conisbrough and Hemsworth model boat clubs to see how far a model boat could travel in the time.

A new world record was set for an electric powered model, under 7ft with single prop. The previous record stood at 83.23 miles and the new record is now 93.31 miles. The world record for any class of model boat was missed by only 4 miles.

Money from sponsorship will be donated to the RNLI.

David Cook (left) the 'driver' andRobert Underwood, 'back-up' are pictured with the model of a German E Boat.