Any rc boaters in Vancouver bc?

[azorian]

Just wondering if anyone in Vancouver area is on here and where do you run?

[srislash]

Welcome,I am over in White Rock and we have a good private lake in Chilliwack with a course and park by the lake access. I also run at a spot in Langley.Pitt Meadows is another.

Where abouts are you located?

[lenny]

Hey,
What happened with the shackwave mod ?
Also is there any good snow tubing up there ?

Just wondering if anyone in Vancouver area is on here and where do you run?

[srislash]

Lenny,lots of snow here but we only let it fall on the mountains that surround us

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This is the hill up the valley called Hemlock

[azorian]

Hey Lenny, I mailed you but didn't get a reply? Hmm. I will double check, anyways I went ahead and went with a seaking 180 and the leopard 4092, running 2 x 2s batteries. Runs great. Now I have a few props coming from ose and will be trying them this weekend I hope. Seymore mountain has a good tube run I believe, where about are you?
Lenny here is a vid of my brother and I last weekend. My girlfriend didn't really get any good vid of my boat but its on there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LLz5wVf370

[srislash]

Di I mention that the Chilliwack site is a Gas boat Club as well as FE http://wcpbrcbc.shawwebspace.ca/

[whalleyb0y]

Hey guys I am new to FE boating. I live in North Surrey and I just acquired a Supervee last week. I'm looking around for locations to maiden and I came across the Prop Busters out in Chilliwack. It's really encouraging to see rc boat clubs out there that host events! After looking at their site this was the first time I have heard of Namba... ?! Is insurance really neccesary? I've been involved in rc planes for awhile now and paying the club fees and Maac fees so I can fly my jets responsibly is a little costly. What are the local regulations regarding throwing your boat into a pond at the public park? I was considering the idea of going to Surrey Lake in Green Timbers. There is another decent sized pond out by 24th and 180th. Chilliwack is a little far to go for some impromptu boating but if there was an event then it would definitely be worth the trip.
Any other local boaters out there? Where do you go? Can I tag along because I need to learn how to do this.

[srislash]

Hello my friend,it is about time one of the local boyz showed some interest. First off, this is my first year with NAMBA but not with boats. Insurance is a good idea just in case you should hit a person or say,dog.I know it is slim chances but... I am on the board(if you can call it that) with Propbusters. And the NAMBA is necessary for that lake (native land) and we are working on a decent member fee.It would be nice to grow the club as well as facilities.
As far as running in the parks,you are welcome to try.Get back to me on that one. My Slash and I have been kicked out of most of them including the Cloverdale Athletic Park(nice set of jumps there).
I have been boating at 204th and 32nd behind the firehall but it soon will be Park too.For now it is good though. Let me know if you wanna go out there.Or want to ride with me to Chilli one Sunday.I am just in S Surrey.
Where is this 24th and 180th pond?

Shawn

[whalleyb0y]

Wow those are some nice looking boats Shawn! Real Beauties! Sorry to hear you got the boot out of the Cloverdale park with your Slash. Actually I am really surprised because it is an electric and relatively quiet rc too. This is why I sold off all my nitro trucks and use only lipo rc's now, I had been chased out of ALL SORTS of places too.
I think insurance is a good idea just like with my rc jets, much the same reasons. Mind you if I were on an unsanctioned pond and no one is around then I am sure Namba will be of no use. Is it their requirement to be on a sanctioned and approved waterway for the insurance to be effective? Thats the way Maac works anyways so I had to join a club to fly with insurance.
Anyways, I was looking at your pond and looks a lot bigger than my pond. I was reffering to Latimer pond at 192nd and 28th which is just around the corner from your firehall location. I would like to get together and have a day of boating. If we get a dry day this coming weekend I would like to come to the firehall pond and have a go at this. You game?
Btw, I got in touch with Dave from Propbusters too. I would like to come out to the Wack and see what thats all about too.

[Sheldon03]

Im in Coquitlam and run at Lafarge Lake; I know there's a bylaw against it but it has great wheelchair access and I checked with City Hall and they said don't worry about it.

[srislash]

Lets remember that that Bylaw sign went up there after the 70+mph passes with the Shocker Sheldon. I think it can be gotten away with as long as we aren't too fast or too many.
We ran there years ago and got told it was fine as long as we had liability insurance. Namba covers this I am told and it does not have to be a sanctioned event.

[srislash]

I was reffering to Latimer pond at 192nd and 28th which is just around the corner from your firehall location. I would like to get together and have a day of boating. If we get a dry day this coming weekend I would like to come to the firehall pond and have a go at this. You game?
Btw, I got in touch with Dave from Propbusters too. I would like to come out to the Wack and see what thats all about too.

Haha,I used to live right across the street from Latimer,Not much water there once it warms up a bit.Weeds like crazy too.
The Propbusters pond is "drive to side of lake" access and no one to bug you.We'll make a day of it one day and I'll go grab Sheldon,right bud?

[Sheldon03]

I'd be perfectly fine with having to pay an annual fee and have some sort of membership card; the plane guys do it. I tend to stick with speeds under 70; but I'm always the only one there, and I respect the wildlife and fishermen and play at a distance.

And yes as long as I can get a ride and some assistance I can and would like to run a Propbusters; but in this hobby there are always people willing to help out. Even non-rcers; a nice passer-by got his kayak out after I flipped my boat. Great hobby, great people.

[bikergreen]

Hey guys, I'm in North Van. Got back into RC at the beginning of last summer with a Slash, then soon after a Spartan. The collection has gotten much bigger since then. I run in the ocean a lot in the summer and the slash was good for that. Lately I have been over to Trout lake near Lakewood and 12th in Vancouver. I haven't ever looked into racing or anything at this point but it would be fun to run with other people sometime. Haven't run into anyone locally yet at all.

[whalleyb0y]

That Trout Lake was another place I thought about too. I had even considered taken my float plane there once. If Namba insurance covers us regardless of where we are then for $45 to give the public peace of mind is worth it! Would be nice to say "Hey, no need to worried about your dog. I'm insured"

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