First off, where are you going to run this.
The city of Portland, and the City of Tualatin have pretty much banned "internal combustion" model boats from the city parks. There is something like a 500 dollar fine for running one in any of the City maintained parks and ponds. [
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If you know of a place that is safe to run something like this let the rest of the community know.
Most of the NAMBA racers run in Sprinfield, or Eugene, Oregon.
Last year they obtained access to the reflection pond out at the Trojan Nuclear Power plant, however,
that is not a sure thing this year as there were some shifts in control over that property this season.
We do get permission once a year for gas boats in the Tualatin commons, but there are some restrictions on even that event. Also the local model boat club dissaproves of anything really fast, or not "scale ship or tug" related, which is too bad.
If you have a 2 and a half acre private pond that is available for sailing, or lease, let me know.
There are several clubs and organizations that would love to negotiate access for a clean pond with
shoreline access.
Check with
Hobbies Unlimited 4503 N. Interstate Ave., for fast boats, and possible recent information on places to run RC gas boats. (503) 287-4090
Also try contacting Peter Gaskins at jpgaskins@ mindriser.com or Chuck Ramsdell chuck@
pr-insure.com
(remove the space after the @ for the e-mail addresses)
for local information regarding model boat racing in the Portland, Salem, OR, and Vancouver, Wa area, and
possible locations to run gas and nitro rc boats.
Good Luck with your project.[8D]
Aimee