Nitro boats and water pollution?

[user 11673]

As some of you already know, we are locally preparing everything to start racing nitro tunnel hulls.

In our pond, which is more like a lake a think, we have bass and some other species of fishes and some friends are begining to complain about our idea because they consider we will kill all the fishes with the engine exhaust plus the spill that can happen when boats flip over. This topic is becoming a headache...

Attach you'll see a google view of our pond with some basic dimensions. In the deapest part it has about 60 feet ( at the yellow line of the view) and the water circulate coming in and out at about 100 to 150 gal per min, sometime less.

How do yous Clubs manage this topic?

Whatever comments, sugesttions, ideal, literature reading, contact with expirience person or institution is more than welcome.

Thks,

MS

 

[Danny Cruz]

It's nice to see you guys in the DR considering this sort of topic. I kind of wish the guys in Puerto Rico were a little more concerned about this subject. In all aspects of environmentalism, I mean - I'm not just talking about nitro and boats.

 

[camaroboy383]

could always go FE.....cuts way way back on the pollution aspect...plus with the FE running numbers they do,,,its somthing to consider....

im a nitro guy so im not trying to persuade you or anything....

from my experience the spillage coming from a flipped boat is more from draining it out after its pulled out... a silly rich needle is gonna spit some excess out the stinger...its really gonna be a battle for you if the lake/pond is a non motorized body of water....if people complain dnr will be there quick,,as if your dumping toxic waste....

i wish you luck on this...

Alden

 

[Chilli]

Our club runs on a water polishing pond for for a water treatment plant. The pond is also used by the public for fishing. They want us there because we help keep the geese off the pond. I'm pretty sure they test the water quality regularly and my guess is that if we were an environmental hazard, we never would have been allowed to run there in the first place. They even let us run a small two stroke outboard a few times a year for district races.

I guess they rather have a little nitro spill and exhaust over an extra hundred pounds of goose poop.

 

[Don Ferrette]

You could run nitro and gas boats there 24/7 365 days a year and never ever come close to what pollution winds up in the water from road run-off of one summer afternoon rain shower. The tree huggers that make our life so difficult sometimes to run our little toys just can't seem to grasp the reality of that. :wacko:

 

[user 11673]

It's nice to see you guys in the DR considering this sort of topic. I kind of wish the guys in Puerto Rico were a little more concerned about this subject. In all aspects of environmentalism, I mean - I'm not just talking about nitro and boats.

Thanks Dannny for your comment. And yes, we do take care of HobbyLand,,,is a one of the kind place for RC practicing.

 

[user 11673]

from my experience the spillage coming from a flipped boat is more from draining it out after its pulled out... a silly rich needle is gonna spit some excess out the stinger...its really gonna be a battle for you if the lake/pond is a non motorized body of water....if people complain dnr will be there quick,,as if your dumping toxic waste....

Ok, you got a point...after a boat in pick flipped from the water, we will prohibiting draining it out in the pond. Good point!

 

[user 11673]

Our club runs on a water polishing pond for for a water treatment plant. The pond is also used by the public for fishing. They want us there because we help keep the geese off the pond. I'm pretty sure they test the water quality regularly and my guess is that if we were an environmental hazard, we never would have been allowed to run there in the first place. They even let us run a small two stroke outboard a few times a year for district races.

I guess they rather have a little nitro spill and exhaust over an extra hundred pounds of goose poop.

I consider the same too. The volume of "fuel waste" is to small to jeopardise milloons of gallons of water...but we have to act by the book to avoid pointing fingers. Thks.

 

[Michael Costanzo]

You could run nitro and gas boats there 24/7 365 days a year and never ever come close to what pollution winds up in the water from road run-off of one summer afternoon rain shower. The tree huggers that make our life so difficult sometimes to run our little toys just can't seem to grasp the reality of that. :wacko:

thank god. a voice of common sense! i run at a lake and they raced real boats there and the fishing and wild life is just fine!

 

[ozbryan]

The pond we have has fish in it and on our off weekends there is a fishing club that fish that fish while we aren't there.

We run regularly and all year round with no issues with contamination.

 

[Hammerhead]

In most of the place where I have run boats, you would be crazy to drink the water anyway. Too much duck poop!

 

[Blackout]

You could run nitro and gas boats there 24/7 365 days a year and never ever come close to what pollution winds up in the water from road run-off of one summer afternoon rain shower. The tree huggers that make our life so difficult sometimes to run our little toys just can't seem to grasp the reality of that. :wacko:

I agree 100%!

60 feet is a deep pond! The volume of water in your pond is more than most ponds.

 

[Eric Canto]

I have wondered how long it would take some tree hugger to watch a race and see six guys filling up shaft oilers that dump into the lake each heat and complain about it. Just another reason why none of my boats have one.

Eric

 

[user 11673]

Our club runs on a water polishing pond for for a water treatment plant. The pond is also used by the public for fishing. They want us there because we help keep the geese off the pond. I'm pretty sure they test the water quality regularly and my guess is that if we were an environmental hazard, we never would have been allowed to run there in the first place. They even let us run a small two stroke outboard a few times a year for district races. I guess they rather have a little nitro spill and exhaust over an extra hundred pounds of goose poop.

Chilli, how big is that pond? Your club experience will help us a lot.

 

[Gator 340]

Maybe you could talk to one of the Brandon model boaters they have a lake that the city allows them to us and I think they do a fish count every year or two and and if I am not misstaken there are more fish in the lake know than ever before. seam as tho they have no problems. Mitch