Welcome to the official site of the West Valley R/C Mariners AHOY and welcome to the west valley's only sanctioned radio control model boat club, American Model Yachting Association (AMYA) Club # 207. Our club has been active since 1995 with the purpose of promoting radio control model boating activities in and among the west side communities of the 'Valley of the Sun'.
We meet on the first Saturday of every month in Litchfield Park, AZ at east end of the lake just west of Staggs Park
(GPS coordinates 33 deg 29 min 17.96 sec N, 112 deg 21 min 16.41 sec W). We're usually there around 9:30 AM to hold a general business meeting at 10:00 AM and spend the rest of the morning sailing or running scale models. Follow the link below for directions. Map and Directions (Litchfield Park)
Sun City Sailing Informal RC sailboat racing has been held at Sun City for the past 10 or more years. This is an unofficial WVRCM activity which often includes Sun City skippers who don't take part in more formal WVRCM activities. Please remember that, if you are not a resident of one of the Sun Cities communities you are a guest on this facility! Starting Sunday October 9th. Sun City Hours: Thursdays & Sundays 12 Noon to 3;00 PM Thursdays primarily Micro Magics; Sundays, SeaWinds but any RC sailboat is welcome! Map & Directions (Sun City) Visitors are welcome at all WVRCM events! If you have questions contact one of the Club Officers (see Club Information page). Team Relay Racing Trial 18 Skippers (6 Teams of 3) took part in our first team racing event Saturday, January 7th. Weather conditions were sunny and warm but winds were fickle and soft even by Arizona standards making things difficult especially for less experienced skippers. Four races (3 laps each) were completed but scoring was a bit iffy as my score sheet was obviously confusing to some. Best we can reconstruct, the winning team was Graham Johnson, George Kramer and Chuck Goerke who did not win a single race. 4 Different teams won so it would appear that the teams were quite evenly balanced. Comments that I have received or heard since the event were mostly very positive with the most common comment being that there was more fun, friendly interaction between club members at that event than any other. Pat Barnes (and I suspect Barbara might feel the same way?) said that as a novice skipper she still felt somewhat intimidated and didn't like to feel she was letting down her team mates. Understandable, but we were hoping to minimize this to encourage novice skippers to take part and have fun. SeaWind Region 5 Championship Many thanks to Al Stiewing and all who helped organize the successful and highly competitive SeaWind Region 5 Championship last weekend, December 17-18th! Congratulations to Dave Nydell for a well deserved win, he has been showing great form recently and finally put it all together against close competition. Thanks to all who took part even though the weather deteriorated as the event was completed. See the slide show and report (coming soon) on the event page. That concludes a very busy regatta season for 2011. We hope you all enjoyed the opportunity to compete in major class regattas. Club members acquitted themselves very well and the standard of sailing is at an all-time high. Our reputation for competitive yet fun, well-mannered, sailing events is well worth preserving. West Valley View Article on WVRCM Events Rich Ott, Assistant Editor of the West Valley View interviewed Chuck, in my absence in Florida, and produced a very nice article publicizing our Scale Meet and the MM NCR. You can view the article HERE. 2012 President's Day Scale Meet Saturday February 11, 2012 (See Scale Boating page for details.) Next Club Meeting: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:00 am east end of Litchfield Park Lake followed by fun racing and scale boat running.
Mike Eades
Commodore
The CALENDAR below shows all WVRCM events (capitalized) plus significant other events at other local clubs of interest to our members (lowercase).
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