East Texas RC Boaters Club

Four active boaters attended a club function at Lake Forest Park in Henderson. Donnie, Tommy, Al and Ted were boating and Ed was in the cheering section.   Donnie was the first out on the water with his Whiplash and just when things were starting to come "alive" he dead centered the turn 4-6  PVC pin.  The damage was bad but the boat will be fixable.  Donnie made a good showing with the remainder of his mono "Hurricane" fleet.  I ran my wooden whip and it ran good with the exception of some water injestion during hard turns.  I will have to add a water diffuser similar to the one on Donnies Whip.  Al brought out his new .018 JAE rigger and we did get things going, but not a sucessful long term run.  Since it is a new build, there will have to be some adjustments including a less aggressive prop.  Tommy was running his UL-1 FE boat and during the last few laps he glanced off of the 1-3 PVC pin and ended up centering the boat.   The damage was major but may be repairable, he even bent the motor mount.  I was able to run my Aeromarine Mean Machine on 4S battery power and the boat performed quite well. 

Hope to see all of you out at the next boating event.  The wind was blowing, but that did not stop us from throwing in.  Hope to get the buoys set out soon as Kenneth is feeling better. 

Safe Boating!