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CLUB NEWS
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Next Club Sail: Saturday 7/12/08, 9:00am-12:00pm at the "Vaughn Road" Pond. As of right now, sailing is a ...... GO! Next Club Sail Forecast: unknown
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We now have
IMPORTANT!!!
Channels to Avoid! The following Nirvana Racing Yacht frequencies are already in use by at least one other Nirvana boat.
27 MHz Channels
75 MHz Channels
#03 Ragtop
Please try to choose channel numbers not on the above list so that we can all sail at the same time. If you order from the "Nirvana Race Yacht" link (below), be sure to include the "channels to avoid list" (all those above). If you order elsewhere, you may not have a choice of frequencies at all.
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Members List:
Links Section
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
The Shipyards
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This is the club shipyards page. Here are the boats/ships the club members are building/built/bashed.
Let's start with the bashing of the Clubs' Work Horse..."BELINDA".
Here is how she looked new...an Altantic Harbor Tug
She was a "Ready to Run"...(RTR) boat and needed major changes.
All the toyish stuff has to go!
Can't remember when the shipyard was that clean!
Building a new mast.
Add sound and new radio electronics.
New paint...too bad I'm going to trash it!
More details added.
Old...vs...new...time for more power.
New power plant with reduction gears.
Now for the final touches...lots of scrapes and rust!
Now this is what a woking tug should look like!
Here are some upgrades for the Nirvana Racing Yacht.
Original radio gear...note sponge to catch water.
Old receiver has missing box replaced with saran wrap and tape.
New sail servo and DX6 receiver...note how antenna is routed...no external wires.
Capt. Crash's solution for a cheap sail protector.
Capt. Crash's "War Eagle" after a paint job...also note upgraded boat stand made out of a TV tray.
Capt. Scooter's "Midwest" Liberty Tug (build in progress)
Capt. Crash's Vac-U-Cracker Crackerbox Racing Boat "Claim jumper"
Parts laid out with homemade decals.
Hull liner drilling in progress.
Liner glued to hull.
Parts cut and test fitted.
Powerplant fitted.
Shark fin and drive shaft in place.
Decals and paint.
Millbrook is the Home Port.
Trim tabs and electronics in place.
Boat is completed with styro in the bow, under the deck.
