2015 West Florida Model boat club, Sarasota, FL

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  • Impulse31
    Fast Electric Addict
    • Mar 2015
    • 39

    #661
    Good run today everybody. The new lake and the facilities were perfect! Thanks again to Brian, Ray, and Chris for working very hard on making our new home. Congratulations!!!!

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    • flraptor07
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Aug 2013
      • 2451

      #662
      Lake Encore!!

      Thanx to everybody, I think it went very well for our first day at the new lake. For those who left Ray, Dave, Pat and Myself set the rest of the turn markers, now there are Five at each end. This should help judging the turns, this bigger course is gonna take some getting used to, but so far so good I'm very happy with our new home... I hope everybody else is as happy with it as I am..

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      • RayR
        @SiestaKey.calm
        • Jun 2007
        • 1518

        #663
        The site seemed to perform well for our purposes. Multliple buoy strikes that did not damage either boats or markers. Pat had the classic, sticking one of his Sprintcat sponsons into a bouy and couldn,t disengage. Self healing buoys, No boat damage. Cool!

        Mostly upsides, the local community seemed to appreciate us being there. The gazeebo is not the best drivers stand, the blind spot created by the corner post is a big problem, but that is the only downside i can think of. The shade and facilities are awesome. Being able to store the recovery boat is one of the biggest advantages I can think of, Chris can go to Colorado at will.

        i will endeavor to make the course NAMBA legal over the next few weeks, just tweaking marker positions.

        the next meeting date is November 22. Who,s in?
        Last edited by RayR; 11-08-2015, 05:58 PM.

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        • flraptor07
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Aug 2013
          • 2451

          #664
          Ray, I'm thinkin' that Nov. 22nd might be too close to Thanksgiving, but let's hear from everybody else. If everybody is game, I'm in... Hey I didn't think about it till now, but did anybody get any pics from today?

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          • klbo
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2014
            • 104

            #665
            You guys going to post some video of the boats running at the New pond ?

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            • bill34207
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Dec 2009
              • 2553

              #666
              Well, I thought briefly about trying to make it out there after leaving the flying field around 10:00 this morning but didn't make it. Just too much to get done today.
              On the good side, I have updated the contact and event pages with the new information.
              If you have some time check it over and let me know of any changes needed or other attentions needed.

              If Richard shot some video (I know he has a camera with him most of the time), maybe we can get him to upload it to YouTube and link it in?
              My YouTube Vids

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              • HRC
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2008
                • 328

                #667
                Thanks for the web page update Bill. You the Man :)

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                • HRC
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 328

                  #668
                  For the first meeting I think things went very well. I would guess the winds were 15-20 MPH most of the day. Surprisingly the water was relatively doable but the wind was a killer for some good runs.
                  As for the accommodations at the site we could not ask for better. A few tweaks here and there are all that’s needed.
                  Let’s keep the Park Manager and residents happy.

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                  • rdcracer
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2014
                    • 306

                    #669
                    Very nice place. We are going to get spoiled running there. Good work guys and love the new bouys. Very visable.
                    Blackjack 29. Deltaforce 33. Cheetah twin, Insane FE30
                    1/10 1970 PaynPak, Aeromarine Jersey Skiff

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                    • RayR
                      @SiestaKey.calm
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 1518

                      #670
                      Originally posted by bill34207

                      On the good side, I have updated the contact and event pages with the new information.
                      Thanks Bill!

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                      • ron1950
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Aug 2010
                        • 3024

                        #671
                        heres a good one....I ordered 2 batteries from hobbyking last week and fedex delivered a beat up broken box with air bags for packing material and no batteries...after a hour on there customer service chat thingy, and sending them 5 pics of the box, they are sending me two more batteries....fedex really knows how to beat a box to death and of course fedex customer service was zero help telling me I should not have accepted the package (like I should have chased the fedex guy down the street) IMG_0393.jpg
                        MY RETIREMENT PLAN?????.....POWERBALL
                        74 vintage kirby clasic hydro, pursuit mono, mg, 47'' mono, popeye hydro...

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                        • HRC
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 328

                          #672
                          Dang Ron, that sux. Glad you got it sorted out.

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                          • majorpat
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2012
                            • 120

                            #673
                            Are we going to run this Sunday the 15th instead of the Sunday after Thanksgiving?

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                            • RayR
                              @SiestaKey.calm
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 1518

                              #674
                              Next scheduled date is the 22nd, 5 days before Thanksgiving.

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                              • ron1950
                                Fast Electric Addict!
                                • Aug 2010
                                • 3024

                                #675
                                rules

                                Ray is there any agreement with the management about when we run there? and frequency of running?
                                MY RETIREMENT PLAN?????.....POWERBALL
                                74 vintage kirby clasic hydro, pursuit mono, mg, 47'' mono, popeye hydro...

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