The scale boat folks in Riverside, CA held an incredible regatta at Lake Evans in Fairmount Park. This featured sailing races as well as a sail and scale boat navigation course. These are a must attend event for RC model boaters in Southern California, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Check out the Inland Nautical Society website for updates on future regattas:
http://www.inlandnauticalsociety.com/
The Scale Boat Division of the San Diego Argonauts is hosting a regatta!
Date: Starts 10:00am on Saturday, June 20, 2015
Location: San Diego Model Yacht Pond — Vacation Isle in Mission Bay
(Approximate address is 100 Vacation Rd, San Diego, CA 92109)
Events:
1) Navigation Course
2) Fun Noodle Round Up Challenge
3) Lunch: $10 for food & drinks
4) Trading Tables: Bring your extra boats & parts
5) Raffle! (must be present to win)
Details: We’re reviving scale boat regattas in San Diego! A family-friendly event located in the jewel of Vacation Isle Park. Free parking. Park on north side of the pond. Additional parking southeast of the pond. Bring your own table & chair.
RSVP is not necessary. However, a headcount is always helpful. Feel free to e-mail David Alvarez dalvarez2@san.rr.com with questions or to let us know you’ll be joining.
More info: www.SanDiegoArgonauts.com or www.Facebook.com/SanDiegoArgonauts
This event was a total success! Check out photos from our regatta here.
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The Scale Boat Division a great backyard RC small boat regatta this past Saturday! The mini-boat event featured a navigation course and a pushing/round-up challenge. Both were a big hit! Ryan Johnson maintained a lead in both events and took first place overall in the regatta.
Here’s a look at the fun!
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.
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:
