Saturday Jul 12
• CLUB SAIL
9:00am-12:00pm Vaughn Road Pond

Members List:

Commodore:
Robert (Crash)
Captains:
Belinda (Sunshine)
Beverly (Blaze)
Dick
George (Murphy)
Jim (Doodah)
Ray
Morris
Robert (Crash)
Rudy
Steve (Crunch)
Terry (Scooter)
Tom (Scotty)
Tom (Die Hard)
Will
Junior Captains:
Brian
James
Founding Members:
Belinda Franklin
Robert Franklin
George Arauz

Links Section

	NIRVANA RACE YACHT
	NIRVANA CLASS RULES
	NIRVANA YACHT THREAD @ RC GROUPS
	MMBC THREAD @ RC GROUPS
	CRACKERBOX THREAD @ RC GROUPS
	AMERICAN MODEL YACHTING ASSOCIATION
	HARBOR MODELS
	TOWER HOBBIES
	WARSHIP MODELS UNDERWAY
	SCALE SHIP MODELERS
	PRINCE DE NEUFCHATEL
	ELMORE COUNTY R/C CLUB
	RADIO AERO MODELERS OF MONTGOMERY
	SC&H LTD MODEL SAILING SHIPS
	SCALE SHIPYARD
	LOYALHANNA DOCKYARD

The Montgomery Model Boat Club is located in Montgomery, Alabama. We were founded in October 2007. Wynton Blount Cultural Park is our home port. The park is very beautiful with several ponds to choose from, but the Vaughn Road pond is where you will find us (see map at the bottom of this page).

Currently our club is informally structured and we have no officers, meetings, or dues. We're just a small group of like minded folks who meet/play every other weekend. This does not mean "anything goes". We all chip in to insure pond side safety. Anyone not operating safely will be asked to take their toys and play elsewhere.

Sailing times, dates and other valuable information can be found under the "Club News" section in the column to the left. We meet every other weekend for sailing, fun and just plain boat talk!

Information on "WHERE TO BUY THE NIRVANA SAILBOAT" is in the "Links" section, in the left hand column, towards the bottom of this page. Click on the first link titled "Nirvana Race Yacht" . This is just one of many available suppliers, but it's a very good place to buy the boat due to price, selection and service.

Check out the newest class of boats at MMBC, "Crackerbox Racing", in the links directly to the left.

In an effort to be environmentally friendly, we sail wind powered and/or electric types of radio control (R/C) boats as well as fly small, light weight, electric sea/float planes and flying boats. These are small inexpensive runabouts to expensive scale and sail models. Whether you're experienced or a novice...if you're looking for a place to play, please contact us.

Be sure to check out all the photos in "The Boats", "The Shipyards" and "Photographic Memories" links also to the left.

We are promoting the awareness of R/C boating by introducing people to sailing, scale boating and building. You don't have be a R/C'er to enjoy boating, static builders are more then welcomed. The knowledge of building and building techniques that the static builder has, will be a great asset to the novice builders as well as the seasoned sailors. We enjoy boating almost as much as we enjoy the camaraderie. We do not tolerate mean-spirited actions or foul language on the pond and safety rules are always followed. The club is just starting out, but we hope to become the best boat club in the South. If you would like to bring a boat out and join us or wish to try your hand at sailing please drop us a line or stop by and see us.

Nirvana Yachts Racing

The start of a race.

Team NAVY Crackerbox Racing Boat

Tug-O-War

Small, lightweight, electric sea/float planes and flying boats are welcome too.

Our club is informally structured and we have no officers, meetings, or dues, but if a person wishes to race, they are encouraged to become an AMYA member. AMYA membership is $25 per year, which includes a subscription to Model Yachting quarterly magazine.

The current MMBC racing yacht classes are the "Nirvana" and the "Open Class". The Nirvana racing yacht is 32" long and around $159.00 complete with radio. Information about the sailboat is in the "Links" section to the left of this column. Click on the first link titled "Nirvana Race Yacht" and look for the Nirvana. The "Open Class" is open to all sail boats...bring it if you got it!

Our models work just like the full size sailboats and use the same racing rules. As a matter of fact the AMYA is affiliated with the United States Sailing Association. To learn more about the AMYA click on the AMYA link in the link section. If you are not a racing type and just want to sail with others, please join us and enjoy the fresh air and sailing. Just bring a lawn chair, maybe an umbrella, something to drink and relax!

Relax...enjoy!

Missy Lou looks relaxed.

If you like the tall sailing ships, there are numerous kits available that will challenge even the most skilled builder. The scale at which the builder wishes to build is only limited to time and patience. Military ships are very popular with the scale modelers. The World War Ships offer the chance to re-create a ship that helped to change the world.

Some builders prefer to have their models remain static displays, others like to add motors, sirens, lights, engine sound, steam, smoke, fire monitors, working guns...etc. Some submarine models even have working torpedoes and missiles. Most R/C models are built from wood and/or fiberglass but plastic and composite models are becoming popular both as static display and R/C. Click on the "Warships Models Underway" link in the left column and view the gallery photos to see craftsmanship. Some of these models took years to build. If you are interested in how they are built, just browse though the how-to-section.

Many hobbyists just like to play and not build at all. That is where the "Ready To Run" (RTR) boats come in. This is a boat that usually requires just the addition of batteries to get on the water. The boat and radio are ready to go out of the box. You can modify it or not. The boats on this page are of this type, as are the Nirvana yachts that we race. The Nirvana can be found at the "Nirvana Race Yacht" link and various hobby shops (see the "link" section).

If any of this sounds interesting and/or you have questions, please contact us.

Elvis Sighting!

Victoria/Ch. 85/"Kashmir"
Tippecanoe/24Ghz/"Ragtime"
Fortune 612
Thunder Tiger Voyager
Newport 12M

IMPORTANT!!!
(Read Below)

Any sail boat can race in the "Open Class", to include the Nirvana; but when a specific class is racing, channel priority is given to the boats racing in that class, whether it be in the "Nirvana Class" or the "Open Class". Once the race is over, it is up to members to share time on conflicting channels.

Be sure to sign in when you arrive at the pond. If you notice someone is on the same frequency/channel as you are, please let them know and work out share time.

These boats are a labor of love, some with many hours of work! Please remember that this is NOT DEMOLITION DERBY! Incidental contact with another boat is at times unavoidable; but purposeful damaging contact is unacceptable behavior.

(For complete rules, go to the links section in the column to the left under "Class Rules" for rules on Nirvana Class Yacht, and go to the American Model Yacht Association "AMYA" link, and scroll down in the link section there to the Rules of Sailing. For Crackerbox rules go to the "Crackerbox Racing" page in this web site....the link is in the upper left column.)