Netted launch area

[Preston_Hall]

lets see some pictures or drawings of how to construct a fence that moves from site to site even in bank drop off situations.  monkey see monkey do.  but intill I see a fence at our "problem ponds" the fast boats will back off the throttle while people are on the beach.  80 90mph riggers 20 feet off the beach where they launch boats won't happen again on my watch. excuse me but this is my first year of CD'ing really fast boats and can see it's a learning curve, but did see a real problem so going to fix it my way unless someone does somthing better, then I will run with that. whats wrong with backing off the throttle on the frount stright until the beach is clear with the fast boats? ,  Mike Bontoft (85mph) gas rigger said he plans on doing it just for peace of mind, until the beach is clear of people. and again at the 30 second mark anybody still on the beach must leave now. remember I am talking about problem ponds, we have some ponds that don't need anything to be safe.  new subject for me, we all need pictures, advise, new ideas, fence construction drawings, etc.  we have this thing called a computer to bring good ideas from one division to the next, lets use it friendly and wisely to come up with some really good, easy set up,  low cost , fenceing, etc.    geno

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Gene,I absolutely agree about the "no fly by". There is no sense in that at all.

 

[Preston_Hall]

Brian,

I wanted to get back to you on this in efforts to help the cause.

ODMBA constructed a netted launch area at it's last race that had 36 contestants and 111 boats. The net stood about 4 feet above the water line and extended about 6 inches below. The net material was a braided twine "fishing" net. Our retrieve boat extends about 18" beyond the dock at the net extended past that. Nobody actually tested that particular net but for functional purposes it was great. There was not a single complaint of the net size or location. I don't even think most even noticed it. I will get pictures from one of our regular races and post them but it will be a few weeks.

 

[Ron Olson]

Preston, thanks for bringing this matter to the forefront again. I was wondering what happened at the BOD meeting at the Internat's. Not one word on their site about the minutes nor anything about the netting issue.

With the IMPBA wanting to bring us into the electronic age you'd think that things could get posted sooner on the site. Nope, not a chance.