drobie
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June 26-27 in Mazomanie, just outside Madison, WI.
This is our pond site, taken last weekend at The Sardine Regatta, a scale rc boating event. My brother Jim flew sorties gratis all weekend off the pond. Must have been about 50 people that got to experience seat-of-the-pants aviation for the first time.
Thursday evening, the club and any early arrivees will be taking Contest Director Andy Kunz down to Pewaukee. We'll sit on my brothers pier, sip cold drinks, take turns going for flights in the aircraft and do a final review on what needs to be done to host a first class weekend for all participants.
Our pond is pristine, no weeds and 5 ft deep at most. No lost boats, no divers needed. Permanent course and drivers stand, free shelter, electricity and pit tables for all.
And FAST. The entire west side protected by a bluff and no concrete walls to generate chop. The first time Grimracer walked up to the shoreline, he looked it over and simply said: "This is a Nats site."
We plan on redefining "fun".
Charlie and Jeff two of club members went to race in MI and demonstrated that we know how to build fast boats here in Mazo and there are many other racers coming that are just as good.
I just heard from Klaus Mueller, a running partner of Matthias Boese (SAW record holder in O Hydro). Klaus visits us periodically. He's running O Hydro, and is fresh off a German SAW event where he registered and confirmed a two-way pass of 75 mph, besting Matthias US SAW record by about 5 mph.
Conclusion: We might be the new kids on the block, but there will be no shortage of stiff competition.
We have generous sponsorship support from Fuller's Fast Electrics, Fine Design, Octura Models, Battlepacks.com, Offshorelectrics, Climate Boatworks, and Hughey Boats...so far. Raffling gifts are streaming in. We'll have a "hospitality" tent with fully stocked buffet up most of the day.
Come on in, bring the kids. We are 30 minutes from WI Dells, the waterpark capital of the world. 10 minutes from Taliesin, home of Frank Lloyd Wright, 25 minutes from the International Crane Foundation, 2 hours from Chicago (but who would want to go there?). The is also a large artfair in a local community all weekend, 10 minutes away.
Something for everyone.
We'll miss you Grim. Hope you have a great race in IL.
This is our pond site, taken last weekend at The Sardine Regatta, a scale rc boating event. My brother Jim flew sorties gratis all weekend off the pond. Must have been about 50 people that got to experience seat-of-the-pants aviation for the first time.
Thursday evening, the club and any early arrivees will be taking Contest Director Andy Kunz down to Pewaukee. We'll sit on my brothers pier, sip cold drinks, take turns going for flights in the aircraft and do a final review on what needs to be done to host a first class weekend for all participants.
Our pond is pristine, no weeds and 5 ft deep at most. No lost boats, no divers needed. Permanent course and drivers stand, free shelter, electricity and pit tables for all.
And FAST. The entire west side protected by a bluff and no concrete walls to generate chop. The first time Grimracer walked up to the shoreline, he looked it over and simply said: "This is a Nats site."
We plan on redefining "fun".
Charlie and Jeff two of club members went to race in MI and demonstrated that we know how to build fast boats here in Mazo and there are many other racers coming that are just as good.
I just heard from Klaus Mueller, a running partner of Matthias Boese (SAW record holder in O Hydro). Klaus visits us periodically. He's running O Hydro, and is fresh off a German SAW event where he registered and confirmed a two-way pass of 75 mph, besting Matthias US SAW record by about 5 mph.
Conclusion: We might be the new kids on the block, but there will be no shortage of stiff competition.
We have generous sponsorship support from Fuller's Fast Electrics, Fine Design, Octura Models, Battlepacks.com, Offshorelectrics, Climate Boatworks, and Hughey Boats...so far. Raffling gifts are streaming in. We'll have a "hospitality" tent with fully stocked buffet up most of the day.
Come on in, bring the kids. We are 30 minutes from WI Dells, the waterpark capital of the world. 10 minutes from Taliesin, home of Frank Lloyd Wright, 25 minutes from the International Crane Foundation, 2 hours from Chicago (but who would want to go there?). The is also a large artfair in a local community all weekend, 10 minutes away.
Something for everyone.
We'll miss you Grim. Hope you have a great race in IL.
