Old Dominion Model Boat Association- Chesapeake, VA

[HOTWATER]

Nice job Mike!! Congrats to ya! Thanks for the post. Kentley sure is unstoppable!!

-Kent

[Doug Smock]

Whoo Hoo!!

Congratulations Mike. Well done sir!!! Hopefully spring will bring some better conditions.
The video of your T-Tunnel is SICK!!! I like it.

Chilli,
Congratulations on winning the District Championship in B/P Hydro!!!
Wear that jacket proudly sir, you earned it!

You guys are animals!!
Doug

[Chilli]

Thanks Doug. It was a good year. Two firsts, a second and then the Chesapeake Race . Personal accomplishments aside, I'm very excited to see what 2011 brings to D12. Hopefully Doug will make it back up next year and we can show him how we have all stepped up our game. I also read on the gas board that "The Professor" John Finch will be selling all his nitro boats to invest in FE's. Our newly reelected District Director Don Ferette has done the same with his gas boats. There is no doubt we made an impression this year. There's no going back!!!

[HOTWATER]

Congrats on the B/P Hydro dist. 12 points win in 2010!!!...You deserve it!!! All of your time and effort getting things going for the FE guys has paid off!! Remember when we were talking about blazing some trails for ourselves in D. 12 with FE boats?!...those trails are now paths!!! Excellent work bro!!!

...and to you Doug..... ....we love ya bro!

-Kent

[Chilli]

Remember when we were talking about blazing some trails for ourselves in D. 12 with FE boats?

-Kent

Trails are not the only thing we blazed this year. Especially at the ODMBA race.

[HOTWATER]

You got that right!! LOL!!! Oooooh that smell...............yuck!!! Why do ESC's smell so bad after they get toasted??

[russ722]

anyone hear anything on the lake in chesapeake , if there gonna let us keep it or not yet?

[HOTWATER]

I hope so bro! Dick Loeb would be the one to talk to about that....I am planning on coming back there next season.......I had a great time there with everyone!

-Kent

[russ722]

I hope so bro! Dick Loeb would be the one to talk to about that....I am planning on coming back there next season.......I had a great time there with everyone!

-Kent

yea theres a bunch of nice guys there , i like hanging out when there racing

[Chilli]

For those of you who do not know, ODMBA has a facebook account. I was checking it out and and found a updated from Tim on the Chesapeake Lake. It's about a week old.

Here is the link. You do not have to have a facebook account to view.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Dominion-Model-Boat-Association-ODMBA/278187492808#!/topic.php?uid=278187492808&topic=14359

[Meniscus]

Update from my search: the land owners for 3 different sites have indicated that while they would like to allow us, they are unable to. Reason is, these sites are former sand pits which fall under some Federal regulations regarding mining and use thereof. Sorry for the bad news, but we'll keep looking. This would also be the reason why Oak Grove is an issue. That is very deep water.

I know that there are several sites in Va Beach which would allow FE, but not the IC guys and I'm focused to find alternate sites which would accommodate all. Incidentally, I have spoken with the landowner in Great Bridge who would love to have some boaters come out. He's mainly interested in chasing off and deterring water fowl. However, it's not the best site for lots of vehicles. Here's a link to his lake: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...13186&t=h&z=17

I'll try to call him again to discuss a larger group using his lake. Note the size and it is all freshwater. I'll let you know what he says.

Does anyone know anything about this site? http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...13186&t=h&z=17
Already spoke with the landowner here, not interested because he's selling: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&...,0.009098&z=17

This one might be too windy: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...13186&t=h&z=17

[Chilli]

Ben, Funny you mention about the land owner who wants to keep the waterfowl out. The Capitol RC pond is located on a water polishing pond for a water treatment plant. The water authority wants us there (gas and FE) because we keep the geese off the pond. They figure a couple of boats running every few weeks is better for the water quality than 1000 pounds of goose turds. In DC, they have to empty out the reflecting pools regularly to shovel out the poop.

Don't know if that site would fly with houses on the other side of the pond? Someone is bound to start complaining. How about Lake Trashmore?

[Meniscus]

I've never run at Trashmore even though many other have. It's almost always rough water in my experience. That being said, there are some scale and sail guys there. We used to have a local guy that ran very, very large FE models there, some of them nearly as tall as Danny! For what it's worth, this is an ideal site, but haven't had any luck reaching the management company that owns the property: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...06593&t=h&z=18 I tried to secure access to that pond when I lived nearby. One things for sure, it's close proximity to current site and is all zoned industrial. No issues with locals.

[hazegry]

Mt trashmore isnt an option they dont allow any rc boats in the lake anymore after that guy died swimming to retrieve one last year

[egneg]

From what I understand ODMBA did find an alternate site in Va Bch last year but would like to keep the Indian River site if they could. It's already been surveyed and has a better setup for the club.