Sailing Activities: RC Model Yacht Racing

The RC Model Yacht Racing winter program is sailed Sunday mornings from November to April  will be one design racing based on the economical Thunder Tiger MRP Voyager 1/22 scale 1 Meter Racing Yacht.  This yacht can be found at a variety of internet resellers. The required radio is 75Mhz, with channel to be reserved below.  The yacht is available at Tower Hobbies or also available at eHobbies. 

Total Channels:
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 and 90

When we run out of Channels, the RC Model Yacht Racing Committee will address the issue of duplicate channels and race day changing of channels.

The current Reserved Channels include:
A2 - D. Morse

A6 – E. Johnson
62 - J. Fisher
63 - Brandon D.
64 - L. Glenn
67 - A. Witton
68 - T. Edwards
69 - K. Witton
70 - Matt D.
71 - Mark D.
72 - T. Meyer
75 - L. Glenn (Sr.)
76 - Andrew D.
77 - Bobby D.
78 - Chris D.
79 - R. Schmitz
80 - N. Glenn
83 - C. Gorayeb
84 - C. Gorayeb
85 - M. Dunlaevy
86 - B. McPherson
87 - Maria
88 - P. MacDougall
90 - JP Blaise

If you have any questions please e-mail: Karl Witton at Karl.WITTON@firmenich.com

RC Model Yacht building tips:
For those that need to transport the model, if you leave the keel hull joint unglued and the gooseneck/boom ungluued, you can break the boat down to fit in the orginal box in less than 5 minutes.  Lightly sand then dust off all mating surfaces of fittings before gluing. For load bearing fittings put a bead of glue around the base of the fitting after glued.  Any other tips? Please post in the comments to be included.