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. Latest News: At the February Club Meeting skippers expressed interest in having another Team Relay Racing Event after a future Club meeting. Watch for announcements! SeaWind Region 5 Championship - 2012 The 2012 SeaWind Region 5 Championships are being held in Lewisville, TX March 30-April 1, 2012 (see NOR link at the top of the page). At this point the support and interest from WVRCM skippers is tremendous, we have 5 skippers already entered, Peter J and I are flying in, Al, Dave and George are each taking their RV's and driving there. They are expecting around 20 skippers who have either paid or promised entries so far so it should be a fun two days. The Texans always put on a fun event with good food and social activities along with fun competitive racing. If anyone else is interested in going talk to Mike or Al! 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 A very well attended Scale Meet was held in perfect weather and lots of spectators. See photo slide show on the Scale Boating page. Next Club Meeting: Saturday, March 3, 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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