PROPWASH
April 2013
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Is Your Club A NAMBA Registered Club?
By Al Waters
NAMBA Executive Secretary
In my new position as NAMBA Secretary, I have learned quite a bit, met many
new people, and have come across some really unique opportunities. NAMBA
members really do keep me busy. Hopefully through all of this, you are getting your
membership cards and site insurance certificates on a timely basis.
On another note, one of the things I notice applicants are filling out on their
membership application was their “club if applicable”. This can be a tough one as
most people renew their NAMBA insurance before a club renews it registration. So
what I have done below is list all of the clubs that have registered for 2013 as of April.
If your club name is not listed below, two things could happen. Your club name will
not appear on your NAMBA card in the future, and your club would not be able to
secure site insurance for its pond.
If your club is listed, thank your club officers that they are on top of things and are
doing a good job for its members. If your club is not listed, contact your club officers
and let them know. I have found that many members do not understand or were never
informed by their previous administration on what to do.
District Nine:
Coyote Valley Model Marine
East County Boaters
Heather Farms FE
Lodi R/C Boat Club
Nor Cal River Racers
Northern California Scale Association
Model Mariners
Pacific Model Warship Club
RC Modeleers
District 11:
Greater Hartford Model Boat Club
District 13:
Caribbean RC Boat Club
St. Croix R/C Boat Club
District 16:
Calgary Model Boat Racing Association
Edmonton Model Boating Association
District 17:
Midwest Model Boaters Association
District 19:
4est Performance
London Bridge Model Boat Club
San Diego Argonauts
Scottsdale Model Boaters
SoCal Fast Electrics
Southern California Scale Thunderboat Assoc.
Tucson Model Boat Club
District 20:
Decker Dunkers
Northern Colorado Nitro Burners Rocky
Mountain Marine Modelers
District One:
Rum Runner Racing
Flushing Model Boat Association
International R/C Warship Combat Club
Lakeland Area Model Boaters
Long Island Model Boat Association
Ocean County Buoy Busters
Morris County Roostertails
Morris County Electric Boat Club
TM Racing
District Three:
Brandon Model Boaters
Fort Myers R/C Boat Club
Racing Association of Miami
Riverview Model Boaters
Space Coast Rudder Busters
Tampa Bay Model Boat Assn.
Wave Blasters of Florida
West Palm Beach R/C Power Boaters, Inc.
District Five:
VooDoo Model Boaters
District 7:
Dallas RC Thunderboats
Lone Star Model Boat Club
North Texas Battle Group
Rio Grande Racers
District 8:
Classic Thunder
Emerald R/C Boats
ERCU
Electric Scale Unlimiteds
H1RC
Northwest Roostertails
Puget Sound Model Boat Club
Puget Sound Fast Electric Model Boat Club
Rose City Model Yacht Club
RC Unlimiteds
Unlimiteds Northwest
Starting A Club
By Jay Stone
Rio Grand Racers
Starting a club is a difficult propo-
sition. An even more difficult thing to do
is to keep that club functioning over the
long haul. I can speak from previous
experience here in the El Paso area. I got
started in model boating in the late
1980’s. I was a young teenager and had
just crossed over from racing radio
control cars. The El Paso Dry Land and
Navy was the local boat club and
covered all facets of model boating.
There were sail guys, scale guys, war
time guys, static builders and of course
the nitro, or cooler guys as I saw them.
The club would hold monthly meetings
and most of the time I was bored out of
my mind listening to the elder club
members talking about their U.S.S. this
and U.S.S. that not being exactly scale.
That experience turned me off from the
whole idea of a club at an early age.
Over the next few years the El Paso
Dry Land and Navy was dissolved and
the primary club that I was now a part of
was the El Paso Ragged Edge Racers.
This was in 1993 or so and I became
more involved in assisting the club in
putting on races and play day events. We
would travel around what was then
APBA District Seven. At each race we
would watch as local clubs worked their
tails off to provide first class races that
ran smoothly. When our time came to
host a race, our club members all pitched
in and helped in various different ways.
Our goal was to make sure those who
traveled to our event were able to sit
back, relax, and enjoy racing their boats
just as we had previously at their event.
I took a short hiatus from boating for
a few years and in 1999 I got involved
once again. I learned that in the two and
half years that I had stepped away, our
local club had become inactive. A huge
reason for this was the fact that our club
participation started to dwindle and our
use of our local lake stopped. The
“powers that be” saw that we didn’t need
access to the water and wouldn’t grant us
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