Members are invited to vote for their 2019 division level club leadership.
Dust off your boats and start prepping for these upcoming, awesome RC scale boating events!
We’ve created a series of themed events. Bring your themed RC scale boats, and let’s have some fun! For more information see our Facebook page or contact Jeff Sparksworthy jsparksworthy@gmail.com.
Check out the San Diego Argonauts’ lighted remote controlled model boats! We’ll launch the Christmas season with our tiny Model Boat Parade of Lights at the San Diego Model Boat Pond.
Public is welcome. Bring a chair. Enjoy the little lights!
Model Boaters: If you have a scale model boat, start working on your lights. Be sure to bring a warm sweater, a hot beverage, and a great camera. This is going to be another beautiful event!
In case you’re new to the mini Parade of Lights, here’s a video from January 2015:
And David Manley’s video from 2016:
Ideas for easy RC model boat lights.
The Scale Boat Division of the San Diego Argonauts invites scale model boaters to our 2017 Scale Model RC Boat Regatta!
It’ll include a navigation course, raffle, and more! Static modelers are welcome to display their boats. The public is welcome to spectate too!
Bring your own sack lunch, table and chairs.
For more information, check out our event on Facebook or e-mail jsparksworthy@gmail.com.
NAMBA INSURANCE REQUIRED: Anyone operating a boat or participating in the pit area must have proof of current NAMBA insurance.
Due to recent changes in the City of San Diego risk assessment regulations, we are now required to secure a general liability insurance policy that covers the City in the event anyone running a boat with a motor causes an accident. This requirement is a blanket requirement for any boat with a motor, no matter how slow or small. We have secured the best insurance available for this purpose through NAMBA International, but the insurance is only valid for NAMBA members who are involved in an accident, and we are required to follow NAMBA safety regulations in order for the insurance to be viable.
To comply with NAMBA safety regulations, we will rope off an area for launching, recovering, operating and judging boats entered into the navigation competition, which we will call the Pit Area. Anyone wishing to enter the Pit Area must have proof of current NAMBA membership, either Single Event Insurance (SEI) secured for this event, or a full membership for the year. NAMBA yearly membership ($50.00) may be obtained at www.namba.com, or you can purchase Single Event Insurance for the regatta for $15.00 at the event. We recognize that this poses an unexpected financial burden, but if we expect to continue enjoying this type of event at the San Diego Model Boat Pond, we really have no choice but to comply with the City’s requirements.
By the way, NAMBA insurance is primary insurance, which means it does not require that you first seek coverage for a claim via your own homeowner’s insurance policy. To read all of the benefits of NAMBA insurance, visit http://www.namba.com/content/insurance.asp
If you have any questions about this change, please feel free to chat with Rob Wood, Jeff Sparksworthy, or Mark Weber.
It’s with a heavy heart that the Scale Boat Division of the San Diego Argonauts invites you to remember David Alvarez, our beloved Scale Vice Commodore.
Please bring a boat to run and a story to share about this incredible guy.
If you’d like to help plan the service, please meet at the Pond this Saturday morning, April 29th and talk with Mark Weber.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1656932951281435/
On December 10, 2016 the Task Force 96 / The 8th Fleet and members of the San Diego Argonauts Scale Boat Division held it’s run of 1:96 scale RC model ships in memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Click here for the long version of this video:
https://youtu.be/IMiB-YIvR10
Check out Task Force 96 on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191168340623/
Many thanks to Steve Sidell for these incredible photos!!!
For more photos and more info:
http://sandiegocup.weebly.com/
and
http://stevesidellpictures.pixieset.com/rc-sandiegocup/
NEWSLETTER: Newsletter – November / December 2016 – Volume 57 Issue #10
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