Category: Scale

Dust off your boats and start prepping for these upcoming, awesome RC scale boating events!

We’ve created a series of themed events.  Bring your themed RC scale boats, and let’s have some fun!  For more information see our Facebook page or contact Jeff Sparksworthy jsparksworthy@gmail.com.

• May 19 – “Tug-O-War”
  • Bring your tugs. We’ll measure their pulling power against a scale and have tugs pull each other across sight lines. We will also have a weighted barge pull.
  • 9:00am-noon
• June 16-17 – “Mini Maker Faire”
  • Argonauts will exhibit at the Antique Gas and Steam Museum in Vista, CA.
  • All day Saturday and Sunday at one of the coolest museums you’ll ever visit!
  • Facebook link to event
• June 23 – “Fun Run”
  • This would replace our Regatta with an unjudged navigation course.
  • Vote for best of show.
  • 9:00am-3:00pm with the Sailing Division invited to sail the islands starting at noon
  • Bring your own lunch.
  • Silent auction.
• July 21 – “A Gray Day”
  • Bring your battleships, submarines (even though they’re black), flat tops, cruisers, mine sweepers, tin cans, landing craft, and cargo ships for a set of scale runs like a point to point speed burst races for destroyers, a convoy, and a “round the pond” task force cruise.  No sneak attacks allowed!
  • 9:00am-noon
• August – Off the Pond
• Sept. 8 – “Steamer Day”
  • Steamer Day and Boats, Kits, & Parts Swap.
  • 9:00am-noon
• Oct. 27 – “Yacht Days and Pleasure Boats”
  • Chris Craft, Minnows, Orcas, etc.
  • 9:00am-noon
• Nov. 17 – “Working Boats”
  • Fishing boats, fire boats, tugs, ferries, garbage scows, floating cranes, dry docks, etc.
  • 9:00am-noon
• December 8-9 – “Pearl Harbor Remembrance Model Boat Run / Fleet Gathering”
  • A run of 1:96 scale ships & boats at Santee Lakes.  Argonauts with 1/96 scale ships are invited to run with the Task Force 96 group.
  • December  8, 2018 — 9:00am – 4:00pm
  • December  9, 2018 — 9:00am – 3:00pm
  • More info:  www.dec7modelboatrun.weebly.com
• December 15 – “2018 Model Boat Parade of Lights”
  • A magical evening run involving tiny boats and lots of little, beautiful lights.
  • 5:00-8:00pm

Check out the San Diego Argonauts’ lighted remote controlled model boats! We’ll launch the Christmas season with our tiny Model Boat Parade of Lights at the San Diego Model Boat Pond.

Public is welcome. Bring a chair. Enjoy the little lights!

Model Boaters:  If you have a scale model boat, start working on your lights. Be sure to bring a warm sweater, a hot beverage, and a great camera. This is going to be another beautiful event!

• Date: Saturday, December 16, 2017
• Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
• Location: San Diego Model Yacht Pond
• More info on Facebook
• Event flyer

In case you’re new to the mini Parade of Lights, here’s a video from January 2015:

And David Manley’s video from 2016:

Ideas for easy RC model boat lights.

• LED Light Strings http://amzn.to/2f0vI0n
• EL Wire (electroluminescent wire) http://amzn.to/2gezGjN