West Florida Model boat club, Sarasota, FL

[ron1950]

the wind will prob be there too lol...that cold front just went through here finally and dam its cold lol

[osprey21]

Paper says it's going to be "breezy".... so I changed my avatar to reflect conditions at the pond. And it's 47 degrees here at my place.

[hebner]

I'll be there, 38 degrees at my house brrrrrrr time to move South. I'm bringing 1/8 scale hydro, Sprint Cat and Team Believer Cat to run Q Offshore. Leaving smaller boats at home.

[bill34207]

On the good side the temps are supposed to get back into the 70's by Sunday. The airsport website is showing around 10 mph NNE for winds for Saturday. Sunday doesn't show yet.

[tiqueman]

42 here this am. Ill have LSO, and a twin or maybe two. Or if its breezy, just the bigger twin. Id like to have the time to get my Pursuit back together but I dont see it happening. Not sure how long Ill be able to stay Sunday though, Ive got some things going on that Ive got to get done.

[bill34207]

Not sure how long Ill be able to stay Sunday though, Ive got some things going on that Ive got to get done.

Did your little mono arrive yet? I have the rudder in my pit box so that I forget it. Be sure to remind me of it Sunday so I don't forget it while there.

[RayR]

Bill,

Were you serious about trying to make a 43" P-Twin?

[bill34207]

Bill,

Were you serious about trying to make a 43" P-Twin?

Hmmm looks like the forum isn't sending email notices (again) I just now spotted this. But yeah I was serious. May have just been from the flat water but that mhz sure was cornering nice in the video.
If it can handle some race chop it would be LOTS better than my DF cat.

[bill34207]

Hey... forums are back up.

[tiqueman]

Hey... forums are back up.

Yeahh!!!

Although we had some challenging condidtions, today, still had a a lot of fun and a great turn out. Id like to welcome our newest member, Brian (Encoreman). And had I not slacked and forgot the forms, Ted (Teddyboy) would have been another, and will be the next. Its a pleasure having you both.

Some of us discussed a little more at the days end about having a gathering on the 1st of Jan. Brian (Kong) had asked me if I could bring my grill, to which I replied, "as long as we have the trailer by then." times running out for that as Dans got some paper work issues to resolve. Chris (Osprey) mentioned he had a smaller weber he could bring instead. Food, drinks, ... it may be nice to have a facility other than the bushes or a car door... sooooo I got to thinkin, any objections to having a lake day at my house? Lake is kinda odly shaped for the real big and fast boats, but its very well protected from the wind and we can set up a nice tri-ish oval course. Thoughts?

And one last thing, Brian came this way tody after running to help kick in some carpet for me (THANKS B!) and we discussed club funding and how to grow the bank. As weve all said before, it would be nice to be able to one day host an event. The account is far from drained but could always use more, and if we ran one event, w/ a portolet, fencing etc, it would be close to drained rather quickly. The addition of new members is obviously going to help a bit. Since ive taken over the only expense weve had is the trolling motor part and the new battery for it. So, id like to get some opinions and ideas from all of you. Brian and I thought maybe $5.00 per person to run on race days? Brian originally said $5. per class w/ a $15. cap, but I thought if we did $5. per person on race day, that would help to grow the bank. We still need quite a few things before we can host, and cant invite outsiders really to come race against us and charge them since we do not have the necessities to make us 100% NAMBA legal to do so.

Thoughts, ideas????

[ron1950]

id suggest u check and see what the county can do for ya....the state park they run in here in ms will put up fences etc for the two races they have here each year..they even come down and cook breckfest and lunch for a fee of course......that way all the race fees go to the club and they can add up fast that way......just my 2 cents

[tiqueman]

id suggest u check and see what the county can do for ya....the state park they run in here in ms will put up fences etc for the two races they have here each year..they even come down and cook breckfest and lunch for a fee of course......that way all the race fees go to the club and they can add up fast that way......just my 2 cents

Wish we had that fantasy living here... I would not expect ANYTHING from the county, neither sarasoa OR Manatee. Look how long we tried to get them to do stairs... we finally said "Screw-em" and did it ourselve.

Also Ron, I had a bag o parts w/ me today that I had last time and forgot to give them to you. Are you already back in MS?

[ron1950]

ya back for a weeek now...thought wthe wind would die down when i left but guess not lol.....anything worth selling?

[tiqueman]

probably not, the 37mm props and a UBEC and some misc stuff, bullet connectors, "Y" cooling splitter from the original plumbing in the App...

[ENCORE MAN]

Although we had some challenging condidtions, today, still had a a lot of fun and a great turn out. Id like to welcome our newest member, Brian (Encoreman). And had I not slacked and forgot the forms, Ted (Teddyboy) would have been another, and will be the next. Its a pleasure having you both.

Some of us discussed a little more at the days end about having a gathering on the 1st of Jan. Brian (Kong) had asked me if I could bring my grill, to which I replied, "as long as we have the trailer by then." times running out for that as Dans got some paper work issues to resolve. Chris (Osprey) mentioned he had a smaller weber he could bring instead. Food, drinks, ... it may be nice to have a facility other than the bushes or a car door... sooooo I got to thinkin, any objections to having a lake day at my house? Lake is kinda odly shaped for the real big and fast boats, but its very well protected from the wind and we can set up a nice tri-ish oval course. Thoughts?

And one last thing, Brian came this way tody after running to help kick in some carpet for me (THANKS B!) and we discussed club funding and how to grow the bank. As weve all said before, it would be nice to be able to one day host an event. The account is far from drained but could always use more, and if we ran one event, w/ a portolet, fencing etc, it would be close to drained rather quickly. The addition of new members is obviously going to help a bit. Since ive taken over the only expense weve had is the trolling motor part and the new battery for it. So, id like to get some opinions and ideas from all of you. Brian and I thought maybe $5.00 per person to run on race days? Brian originally said $5. per class w/ a $15. cap, but I thought if we did $5. per person on race day, that would help to grow the bank. We still need quite a few things before we can host, and cant invite outsiders really to come race against us and charge them since we do not have the necessities to make us 100% NAMBA legal to do so.

Thoughts, ideas????[/QUOTE]

With regards to NEW YEARS DAY, I checked with the park manager today and was given permission for the club to run at Encore RV Resort on Jan 1. We have water, buoys, retrieval boat, washrooms, 3 huge gas grills, heated pool, covered eating area,tables and chairs, etc. You would just have to bring your boats, food and drink. I will require some notice in order to get the course in shape. Talk it over and let me know. Brian G.
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