Happy New Year to everyone,
Our annual Awards dinner will be at Fiddler’s Green; Jan 24th at 6 pm. Please fill out your Invitation and return to LON who will be collecting the funds and letting the restaurant know our person count. Instructions are on the invitation.Download
Hope to see you there!
Tom Gardner – Argonauts-Director of Sail.
Download: Invitation Form
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Only in San Diego can December be this beautiful for R/C scale boating! This video covers December 13 & 27 at the San Diego Model Yacht Pond.
Here are the ships present in order of appearance:
December 13
1) SS Jeremiah O’Brien scratch built (1:96 scale) by Fred Frass, reworked by Mark Weber
2) Battle Tug kit bashed Lindberg hull (1:96 scale) by David Manley
3) Bristol Bay (Aquacraft RTR) customized by Mike Rivera and owned by John Ramirez
4) Atlantic Tugboat (Aquacraft RTR) customized by David Alvarez
5) C-Tractor kit bashed Dickie Toys tugboat (1:96 scale) by Mark Weber
6) RTR Wakeboarding boats brought by visiting kids
December 27
1) Orca from movie “Jaws” scratch built by Ken Wilson
2) Side Wheeler scratch built by Brian Tripp
3) USS Tawasa ATF-92 scratch built (1:96 scale) by David Manley
4) Helen Trawler Artesania Latina Kit built by David Alvarez
5) Coast Guard built by unknown, customized by David Alvarez
6) Neptune Cargo Ship Graupner kit built by Don & Ryan
7) USS White Plains (CVE-66) built (1:96 scale) by Jimmie Hawkin
8) USS Hammann (DD-412) built (1:96 scale) by Martin Bunch
9) C-Tractor kit bashed Dickie Toys tugboat (1:96 scale) by Mark Weber
10) HT-2879A RTR toy destroyer run by a guest
11) USS Copahee (CVE-12) aircraft carrier scratch built (1:96 scale) by David Manley
12) SS Jeremiah O’Brien scratch built (1:96 scale) by Fred Frass, reworked by Mark Weber
13) Atlantic Tugboat (Aquacraft RTR) customized by David Alvarez
Music: Michael von Frankfurt – Kreislauf
Come check out the scale model boats Saturday mornings at the San Diego Model Yacht Pond:
http://www.sandiegoargonauts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sandiegoargonauts
It’s time to test our your lighting systems and to unpack your sweaters! The San Diego Argonauts will be having an evening Parade of Lights at the San Diego Model Boat Pond on Wednesday, January 7, 2014 at 5:00pm. See you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/672095466241692/
Edit 1/9/2015: Check out the photos and video from this event here: http://www.sandiegoargonauts.com/?p=282
Want to see some incredible racing? Check out the 2015 San Diego Cup July 31-August 2!
Oh, the joys of vacation and catching up on some video editing. Here’s some video from November 29. I trimmed it down to focus on the 1:96 scale ships present.
Music featured in video:
“Parliament” by Cloudkicker
