2015 Open Water thread

[tjcast]

Welcome to the MMEU 2015 Open Water thread.

Instead of making a bunch of different threads weekly about open water/practices , just post on this one for all questions, concerns, comments about upcoming sessions.

Looking forward to a Great season , and always remember the most important rule of RC boat racing is..... Have Fun!!

Tom

[T.S.Davis]

Figures..........need to get the course in today and it's 25 degrees. Typical.

[T.S.Davis]

Okay. So who went to practice yesterday then got up today and made major changes?

[bozo586]

went to the pond--tooooooooo cold! went home worked on the new trailer using a heater to keep warm---while i was thinking of you guys freezing out there! HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TODAY--I HATE THIS WEATHER.

[Todd Fleury]

Finally got my Peter's & May back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[T.S.Davis]

That's great news Todd. Does 10s fit in there? LOL

Not sure how late but the pond will be open this evening. I'm cold just thinking about it.

[Shooter]

I'll be there! ......but with no boats.... Never thought I'd see the day.

[T.S.Davis]

Good. You tie the subs in place. LOL I hate the cold. MI sucks.

[longballlumber]

Good. You tie the subs in place. LOL I hate the cold. MI sucks.

By this time, that pond must be a sub-buoy land mine... I can't help to wonder why we don't pull them at the end of the year so we are not replacing the parts in random spots ever year. Seems like an unnecessary expense yearly regardless if the club pays for it or if they are "donated"

More pennies from Mike

[T.S.Davis]

We? haha

Cuz they're gross and someone has to take them home. Guess where the nats course is?

There were 8 of them below the surface. Of those, 6 were still in place. That's 6 I don't have to put my arms in the water for. I'll take it. Those subs don't cost 5 bucks each anyway. Who knows too, I may still find the 2. Sometimes one set of eyes doesn't cut it.

At the end of this season, nobody is free to go until we've done a thorough clean up. You were right about that. We gotta do better. Heck, maybe we should do that at every race. We find so much tape laying around it's reeeeediculus.

[longballlumber]

We? haha

Cuz they're gross and someone has to take them home. Guess where the nats course is?

There were 8 of them below the surface. Of those, 6 were still in place. That's 6 I don't have to put my arms in the water for. I'll take it. Those subs don't cost 5 bucks each anyway. Who knows too, I may still find the 2. Sometimes one set of eyes doesn't cut it.

At the end of this season, nobody is free to go until we've done a thorough clean up. You were right about that. We gotta do better. Heck, maybe we should do that at every race. We find so much tape laying around it's reeeeediculus.

Never mind....

[dethow]

Hey Guys,
I saw the Tom and Terry are going to Atlanta on Saturday 4/18/15. Could we get a confirmation that Fred and/or Bob are going to have the pond open for practice that day?

I got out to my local pond in Novi last Saturday 4/11/15 to give my boats a first run. I picked up a used Motley Crew and made some upgrades. And I had bought an SV27 from Jimmy. Unfortunately, those will be my only boats for the first couple races. Running SV27, P-Limited Offshore, and P-Limited Cat.

I have made those modifications to the stuffing tubes and turn fin on my carbon fiber boats but just haven't had the time to finish them up and get them race ready. I kind of like the idea of getting a few races under my belt before putting those expensive boats on the water anyway.

Newbie funny... I already lost a prop. The SV27 I bought from Jimmy.... Yeah, I just assumed the prop nut was tight. Nope! Got 100 feet from shore and the boat stopped. Glad I picked up a custom made rescue boat or I would have been swimming. I had a flip over with the Motley Crew that I used the rescue boat for as well. Otherwise a fun few hours of making adjustments and figuring out where to place the batteries. Really looking forward to practice and the first race.

[tjcast]

Not sure about this Saturday but I will be there this and next Wednesday ( around 6) and Saturday the 25th at 10am.

[T.S.Davis]

Yes, I spoke with Bob yesterday. He'll be there Saturday.

I planned to be there this Wednesday too but that makes no sense. I have too much work to do to get ready for Atlanta. Want to get the P mono built before we leave.

[tjcast]

Bring the oars!