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Montgomery Model Boat Club News MMBC is hosting the 1st NATIONAL NIRVANA REGATTA (Go to above link.) NEXT CLUB SAIL
Saturday 2/11/2012 at 12:00 noon till... Forecast is: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a north wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
We've had approximately 33 Nirvana's join our fleet. There are usually some at every club sail. IMPORTANT!!! (Read Below) The following Nirvana Class sail/hull numbers are registered within this Class and can not be duplicated:
#03 Ragtop
Be sure to order a "bow bumper"
for your boat! It will keep you from damaging your boat or putting a hole in someone else's. You can purchase one of these at "Sail RC Nirvana" in the links below.
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Commodore:
Robert (Crash)
Captains:
Belinda (Sunshine)
Bill
Bill (Sailorman)
Burke
Burle
David
Dick
George (Murphy)
Grant (Trooper)
Jim (Doodah)
Jim (Goose)
Joan
Joe
John (D-day)
Lu
Mike
MIA (Earl)
Michael
Morris (Fastenuff)
Ray
Robert (Absent)
Robert (Crash)
Roger
Ron
Rudy
Steve (Crunch)
Terry (Scooter)
Tom (Die Hard)
Tom (Scotty)
Whit
Will
William (Sea Dog)
Junior Captains:
Brian
James
Jon
Rachel
Founding Members:
George Arauz
Belinda Franklin
Robert Franklin
Terry Hawkins Links Section
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.
