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Spring Scale Boat Pool Run

20150314--Pool-Party
Mark Weber will be hosting a BBQ for scale RC boaters. This is a backyard BBQ and boat run, so get working on your smallest boats!Saturday, March 14
11:00am – 3:00pmThe pool is 18’x40′, so shorter and highly maneuverable boats would be best for this run. This is also a great opportunity to run your submarines.Events:

1) Navigation Course: We’ll have a mini navigation course and some other challenges setup.

2) Lunch: $10 covers pizza & drinks.  Feel free to bring a snack to share.

3) Raffle: David Alvarez was given a bunch of scale RC boats. He’s been kind enough to redonate them to group members through a raffle. They all need lots of work but should be some interesting projects.

4) Trading Table: Have a boat or something to sell, bring it along for sale or trade.
This will be a kid-friendly event but the pool is not heated and will be too cold for swimming.
As this is at a private residence, please RSVP with David Alvarez (8five8-272-634zero) or Mark Weber (6one9-392-953zero) who will give you the address and directions.
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San Diego Argonauts RC Schooner Fleet

Did you know that the San Diego Argonauts in the 1980’s also had a Schooner Fleet?

SDA 1980s Schooner FleetParticipants at the Kona Kai Model Schooner Regatta.

Pictured left to right: Mark Watts, Bob Cornell, Swede Johnson, Dave Endert, Bob DeBow, Frank Spangler, Dick Davis, Harry Bourgeois, Arthur Ryan, Paul Thompson.  (Picture and participant identification complements of Bob DeBow.)

mini Parade of Lights

Here is one of those moments in which human creativity and nature’s beauty converge to create something stunning…and God smiles.

On January 8, 2015, the Scale Boat Division of the San Diego Argonauts had an evening “mini Parade of Lights” on the San Diego Model Yacht Pond.  You’ll see a variety of scale RC model boats & ships.  Some are lit up with their on-board lighting systems, navigation lights, etc.  Others are embellished with Christmas lights, UL wire, and other creative lighting ideas.  Notice the party going on inside the cabin of the “Dread Yacht” and the way Ken Wilson’s flood lights illuminate his trawler’s rigging.  And in case anyone was wondering, that was “Teapot” with its awesome little Christmas tree.  This even was a new favorite, and I look forward to many more.

Boats present in order of appearance:
1) White Star Billings Boats kit built  by  Ryan Johnson
2) Neptune Cargo Ship Graupner kit built  by Don & Ryan Johnson
3) Bristol Bay (Aquacraft RTR) kit bashed  by Ken Wilson
4) Teapot kitbashed/custom Midwest steam launch  by Rich Perelli ???
5) Fire Rescue 17 (Aquacraft RTR) customized  by David Alvarez
6) Steam Trawler scratch built (1:96 scale) by David Manley
7) Army Tug built  by Ken Taylor
8) Steam Tug scratch built (1:96 scale) by David Manley
9) Dread Yacht scratch built / Victor 32 hull (1:96 scale) by David Manley
10) Navy tug “Odin” Lindberg kit originally built  by Lew Johnson, reworked by “Little Dave”
11) Helen Trawler  Artesania Latina Kit  built by David Alvarez
12) Coast Guard Rescue built  by Don & Ryan Johnson
13) Seguin Tugboat  Midwest kit  (1:48 scale) by Ken Wilson, reworked by Mark Weber
14) USS Tawasa ATF-92 scratch built (1:96 scale) by David Manley Tugboat
15) Karl Tugboat (Schottelschlepper Karl) built  by Will Ottermeir

Come join us on a Saturday morning at the San Diego Model Boat Pond.

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Here’s the extended version of the above video: