| Here's a remote control boat-racing event that | | | | activities happen on the weekends. |
| promises a whole day of fun. You'll need a body of | | | | Get together with all your remote control boat friends, |
| water for this, and one large enough to float a number | | | | and plan a regatta that models after the full-scale boat |
| of RC boats at the same time. | | | | races. |
| Do you have a local park with a pond? Check with the | | | | Once you know the topography of the pond, lake, |
| property management service. Ask for permission to | | | | creek, or quarry you'll race on, design a course layout |
| hold a racing regatta, and if you need any permits. | | | | that fits into the space available. Draw your layout on |
| Take care of all those legal issues before you start | | | | paper, scale the dimensions, and you're ready to build |
| your serious boat race planning. | | | | your aquatic racecourse. |
| Any inactive rock quarries in your area? Many of | | | | Include a straight run for high-speed side-by-side races, |
| those fill with water, and serve little purpose other than | | | | and an obstacle oval for maneuvering competitions. |
| the occasional fishing visit. Some property owners | | | | At the water, mark your racecourse design with |
| develop quarries for scuba diving, but those guys do | | | | remote control scale buoys, and you're ready for your |
| their thing underwater. They don't use the surface | | | | racing event. |
| much. | | | | Make sure you figure in an area for the pleasure boats |
| Talk to the owner about putting on a radio control boat | | | | to float and watch the action. Some of those RC boat |
| show, and inviting local residents to enjoy all the action. | | | | enthusiasts don't run race boats, but they'll come to |
| If any scuba divers are in the water make sure they | | | | "watch" from their ski boats, cabin cruisers, and various |
| know ahead of time that you're scheduling the racing | | | | yachts on the side. |
| event. That way they know to watch the surface as | | | | And after the races everyone will continue the fun by |
| they come up, and to position their entry and exit point | | | | cruising around the area. |
| away from the boat staging area. | | | | Make this a pitch-in dinner or cookout affair, and you |
| If you can schedule your event during the week you'll | | | | have the makings of one fun day. |
| have less chance of diver's presence as most of their | | | | |