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| Dick Behrens Enjoying a Sailing Day |
| Standing Bear Lake |
| PT-109 On Patrol |
| Dean Weldon and Son |
| USS Wainwright |
| The Gang 2008 |
| Playing With The Big Boats |
| Group Sail |
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Annoucements We now have a logo for our club! Thanks to Dean Weldon for a job well done on designing this fine logo. I hope to have some hats and shirts made from it. We received word from the America Yacht Assocation today that we have been approved as club #258 with the AMYA. So if you visit the AMYA site list on the links section and go to "clubs", we are list as the only sailing club in Nebraska. Check out Tom Kisler's blog page. Some good stuff on subs!!! http://boomerfunker.blogspot.com Welcome new member Mike Schaber. The last name may look familiar. Mike is my little brother and a real nice guy! Welcome Mike!! |
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Sunday May 18
• SAIL/FLOAT DAY
12:00pm-2:30pm
Members List:
Links Section
Commodore:
Larry Schaber
Members:
Larry Schaber/Channel 63
Richard Behrens/Channel 64
Dean Weldon/Channel 85
Tom Kilser
Gene Dunham
Dave Haggart
Donald Sheeley
Bob Roegge
Mike Schaber
Jim Sulken
Tob Wood/Channel 80
Charles Beardsley
Honorary Member:
John Davis
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Welcome to the Omaha R/C Boat Club Website!
We are the Omaha R/C Boat Club located in Omaha Nebraska, a recently formed club looking for others in the Nebraska/Iowa area who are interested in rc boating. Standing Bear Lake in Omaha is our home port where we meet every other Sunday for sailing, fun and just plain boat talking! We welcome all types of r/c boats, from small inexpensive runabouts to expensive scale and sail ships. If you are a experienced or novice sailor looking for a boat club in eastern Nebraska or western Iowa, contact us we will be happy to talk to you.
We enjoy boating almost as much as we enjoy the friendship. We do not tolerate mean-spirted actions or foul language on the lake and safety rules are always followed. The club is just starting out and we hope to become the best boat club in the midwest area. If you like to bring a boat out and join us or wish to try your hand at sailing please drop us a line or stop out and see us at Standing Bear Lake!
The Omaha R/C Boat Club is affiliated with the American Model Yachting Association (AMYA). We promote radio controlled model sailing with the goal of educating members on sailboat building, rigging, handling, racing rules and sailing tactics.
Our club is informally structured and we have no dues but if a person wishes to race then the member must become a AMYA member. The AMYA membership is $25 per year, which includes a subscription to Model Yachting quarterly magazine. Our models work just like the full size saiboats 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. Many of the members just enjoy the fresh air and sailing about one of Omaha's beautiful lakes. Just bring a lawn chair and relax! 
Mary J Ward from Victor Models
Scale boating is for those who enjoy building a part of history. The models are smaller versions of a real ship, either military or civilian. A builder can choose from scale tugboats, pleasure crafts from the early 1900s or something as modern as the QE2. If you like the tall sailing ships of old, there are numerous kits available that will challenge even the most skilled builder. The scale at which the builder wishes to make it are only limited to his time and patience. Military ships are very popular with the scale modelers. The World War Ships offer a modeler the chance to re-create a ship that help change a world. Some builders prefer to have their models remain static displays, other like to add motors, sierns, lights and armament. Some submarine models even have working torpedos and missiles.
Most models are built from wood then covered with fiberglass but plastic 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 some fantastic works of craftsman ship. Some of these models took years to build. If you are interested in how they are built just browse though the how-to-section.
Scale boating can be a challenging hobby but yet rewarding once you see your ship steam across the pond on its maiden voyage. More information can also be found on at the Scale Ship Modeler's Assocation of North American website located in the links section. If any of this sounds interesting and you have any questions please contact us and we will be happy to answer them!
Winter is over!! We had our first offical float on Saturday April 20th. And a good day it was! Light winds out and temps in the upper 60s. The wind left us sitting on the water a few times and towards evening we turned the calm waters over to the fishermen. All in all a great day! Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Dean Weldon getting his scratch made 1 meter ready
The gangs all here and the fleet is out
Deans boat
Dick and Larry enjoying the day
Dean in with the big boats. Need a harbor master.
Dick, Deans and Tobs boats
Larry and Dicks boats
We drew a crowd
Larry giving pointers to a young bystander
Tob sailing with the big boys
Standing Bear Lake at the end of the day
If you are headed out west or want to take a nice drive and float on a new lake, contact Jim Sulken. Jim is a member of the club who lives near Grand Island Ne and floats/sails on Morman Island. Jim says if anyone is going to be in the area to give him a shout and he will show you the favorite boat sites! Jim was kind enough to email us some photos, so here they are! If you want to contact Jim, just let me know! Thanks for the invite Jim!!
Jim Sulken and his sailboat
Jims new runabout
Events The Chicago club is holding a Region IV Championship regatta at Vernon Hills Il on May 31 & June 1. You can get more info at http://www.chicago-rc-model-yacht-club.org. They have a very nice website and the event sounds like lots of fun. If you need anymore info please let me know.
On Aug 2-3 there will be a subregatta in Carmel Il. There is more information about this event on the SubCommittee website. Just click on the link on this site. Tom Kisler is member of this club as well as ours. Tom is a expert on r/c subs and the man to go to with questions about rc subs. I plan on attending this event so if anyone needs more information, please let me know. I plan on bringing my missile cruiser that Tom says will make a nice target for the subs. There are also some good pictures of past events on the subcommittee's site.
I will also be attending the St Louis Admirals regatta on Sept 20-21 in St Louis Mo. Check out their website at www.stlouisadmirals.com. You can look at the pictures of the past regattas. This is the one of the largest events in the region with over 100 boats entered in the regatta.
Happy Boating!!!
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Spring is not far off which means its time to tune up the boats and get ready for the first sail of 2008! As soon as the ice gets thaws I hope to have some dates set up. It also means that other clubs are setting up regattas and racing events. Our sister club in Des Moines Iowa, the Iowa Model Yacht Racing Club has a great website at the AMYA site that is loaded with racing and boat information. Its a great source for information on V32s and 1 Meter boats. John Davis, the president of the club and AMYA Hall of Fame member, was very helpful in getting our club formed. So please check out Johns site at www.modelyacht.org/clublist.html and click on Iowa, then Des Moines. I hope to get others in our club interested in racing so that our two clubs can meet for racing/get together events. In addition to Johns expeterise in racing we also have Gene Dunham who is another Hall of Fame member.
