MODEL
BOAT CLUBS
& ORGANIZATIONS |
- Alimos
Model Yacht Club
- Model boat info from Greece.
- Almost
Racing - Norwegian R/C boat club, with pics, videos, tech tips etc.
- American
Model Yachting Association (AMYA) - National authority for model yacht
racing in the United States, devoted to promoting the designing, building, racing,
and preservation of all model sailing yachts. .
- Amercian
Scale Model Boat Association (ASMBA) - Information on gasoline R/C boats
out of the ordinary. Jet sprints, classic wood and crackerbox and four-stroke
power are specialties.
- American
Model Yachting Association, Region 1 - Region 1 covers New England and
Eastern Canada.
- Ann
Arbor Model Yacht Club - Victoria, Fairwind, Us1M, open classes, more.
Sanctioned by AMYA. Ann Arbor, MI.
- ANSF
General Dutch Shipmodel Association - General organisation for all Dutch
shipmodelers, with information about member clubs and Naviga classes.
- Ashburn
Model Yacht Club - Northern, VA
- Atlanta
Model Boaters - Atlanta, GA
- Atlantic
Model Power Boat Club - Information about R/C boating and this club located
in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Australian
Battle Group - R/C 1:144 scale big gun warship combat.
- Barcos
R/C - R/C boat club in Portugal.
- Bay
Area Electric Boaters - St. Petersburg, FL. Electric and sailboat models.
- Camarillo
Pond Rats - NAMBA race courses and sanctioned club. Located just north
of Los Angeles off Hyw 101 in Camarillo, CA.
- Canterbury
Model Powerboat Club (CMPBC) - Small boat club located Christchurch on
the east coast of the south Island of New Zealand. Club caters to most types of
powered water borne craft including 1/5 scale hyroplanes.
- Chicago
R/C Sailing Club - Chicago, IL
- Classic
Thunder - Seattle, WA
- Cleveland
Model Boat Club - Cleveland, OH
- The
Colorado Crew - Scale R/C boat modelers based in the Front Range of Colorado
from Colorado Springs to the Wyoming border.
- Darlington
& District Model Boat Club - Scale, sail, steam and fast electric
R/C model boats.
- Asociacion
Deportiva de Modelismo Nautico - Boat club in Venezuela for R/C sailing,
power boating and scale ships.
- Dundee
Model Boat Club - Located in Scotland.
- Edina
Model Yacht Club - Sail, scale, military and fast electric racing in Edina,
MN. Over 100 members and over 250 boats.
- Edmonton
Model Boat Racing Association (EMBRA) - Race dates, pictures, map and
club information. Alberta, Canada.
- Electric
Radio Controlled Unlimiteds (E-RCU) - 1/10th scale R/C fast electric hydroplane
enthusiastsfrom the Puget Sound area of WA.
- Elite
Fleet of Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach, VA
- The
Empire State Model Mariners - New York.
- Etherow
Model Boat Club - Etherow Model Boat club has over nearly 30 years, become
a familiar part of life for the visitors to Etherow Country Park.
- Federazione
Italiana Motonautica (FIM) - Italian Powerboat Federation. Races, championships,
drivers, press communications, etc.
- Florida
EC-12 Association - Statewide club for the East Coast 12-Meter class model
yacht.
- Haagse
Modelboot Club (HMBC) - Info concerning building and navigating model
boats of all disciplines. Located at The Hague, Netherlands.
- Huntsville
Model Boating Association - Started in 1967. Hosts to eight IMPBA International
regattas, plus the first gas internats. Huntsville, AL.
- IMPBA
District 2 - Race sites, schedules and clubs.
- Indy
Model Boat Club - One of the oldest model boating clubs in the US.
- Inland
Nautical Society - Riverside, CA
- International
Model Power Boat Association (IMPBA) - An international model boating
organization established in 1949 to promote all types of powered model boating.
- Lakeside
Chatter - Online publication of The Southeast Racing Association located
in NAMBA District 3.
- Associaciķ
R/C Nāutic Lepant - R/C boating club located in Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain.
- Luton
and District Model Boat Club - Boat club in the UK.
- Manx
Model Boat Club - Small group of enthusiasts who organize model boating
activities and events throughout the summer season on the Isle of Man.
- Marine
Modelers Club of New England - Concord, MA
- Marine
Modelers Society of WA - Perth, Western Australia
- Margam
Park Marine Modelling Club - R/C model boat club in South Wales, UK.
- Maumee
Valley Model Boat Club - Maumee Valley, OH
- MBV
- Belgian boat club near Brussels.
- Mid-Atlantic
Battle Group - VA and MD areas.
- Mid-Missouri
Model Sailing Club - R/C sailboat racing club in Columbia, MO.
- Mihara
R/C Powerboat Club - Hiroshima Prefecture Mihara City Numata river. Photos,
member intros, JMPBA (Japan Model Power Boat Association) race information.
- Minute
Breakers - R/C model power boat club.
- Model
Boat Racing Association of Manitoba - R/C boat racing club in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada.
- Modelbouw
Vereniging Papendrecht - Boat club in The Netherlands.
- Modelismo
Naval de Joaquin Solana - Large scratch R/C scale ship models by Joaquin
Solana.
- Model
Power Boat Club - ACT - Canberra, Australia
- Model
Warship Combat, Inc. - National organization that promotes the hobby of
R/C battling model warships.
- MYCNZO
- R/C electric boat club Est. 1966. Ostend, Belgium.
- NAMBA
District 8 - Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
- NAMBA
District 11 - Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
and Connecticut.
- NAMBA
District 16 - District news and links to NAMBA registered clubs in Canada.
- NAMBA
District 19 - North American Model Boat Association covering Southern
California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah race schedules for Nitro I/B and O/B, Gas,
and scale unlimiteds. Point standings, race results and human interest stories.
- New
Brighton Model Boat Club - UK club site and forum to promote the hobby
of scale model boats.
- North
Atlantic Battle Squadron - IR/CWCC club in Canada. Alternate
site.
- North
Cheshire Marine Fine Scale Asssociation - Model ships with photos, tips
and building instructions. Located in England.
- North
Florida O.R.C.A.S. - Model boating enthusiasts operating in Jacksonville,
FL, promoting sail, electric scale, fast electric, steam and free-running model
boats.
- North
Shore Radio Yacht Squadron (NSRYS) - Boat club located in Auckland, New
Zealand and sails the RM and the International 1M.
- North
Texas Model Power Boat Association - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
- North
West R/C Ship Modelers - Formed in 1980 to encourage the hobby of R/C
model boating in the Seattle, WA area.
- North
West Scale Model Boat Club - Lancashire, UK
- Sheboygan
Area Boat Modelers - Sheboygan, WI
- Sudbury
Boat-A-Holics - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Surface
Warship Association - International organization devoted to model warships
of all scales, nations and eras.
- Ondalunga
Model Boat R/C - Boats for 3.5 - 15 and 35cc engines.
- Oshawa
R/C Model Boat Club - Small club operating from Frenchman's Bay, Canada.
Photos of members' boats. tips.
- Performance
Model Boat Club - NE OH
- Piranha's
Model Boat Club - Columbus, OH
- Plymouth
Model Boat Club - Plymouth, UK.
- Powerboatteam
West - Brabant - Power boat club in the Netherlands. Pictures, video and
articles about model power boat racing.
- Puget
Sound Fast Electric Model Boat Club - Tacoma, WA
- Queen's
Own Scale Model Warship Club - R/C warship combat club located in the
Pacific Northwest.
- Racing
Association Of Miami - R/C boat club located in Miami, FL.
- RCBoat-Aholic
- Information on all aspects of R/C boats. Motors, batteries, hulls, propellers,
hardware, building and setup tips, video, Q&A forum, pictures, more. By Stephen
Cook.
- R/C
Boat Blvd. - R/C boat club in Maine. Tech info, tips & tricks.
- R/Cs
Built by Hand - Boat club in the Smethport McKean Co. PA area.
- R/C
Hydroplane Racing Association (RCHRA) - Flitecraft and Hobbico airboats.
Small group that races, paints and details them like the real unlimited hydroplanes.
- St.
Louis Admirals - A Web Site for work boaters to learn more about the little
known towboat, plus the home of the St. Louis R/C Model Boat Club. Has tons of
photos, real and replicas from many modelers and club members. By William "Old
River Bill" Zumwalt.
- St.
Michaels Model Boat Club - Specializing in building and racing model skipjacks
(traditional oyster boats of the Chesapeake Bay).
- San
Fernando Valley R/C Model Boat Club - Los Angeles, CA. Alternate
site.
- San
Francisco Model Yacht Club - Model sailing club from the city by the bay.
- Scale
Ship Modelers Association - R/C and static ship modeling.
- Schooner
Model Society - Model sailing society on the Chesapeake Bay dedicated
to multi-masted R/C sailboats.
- Snoopy
Power Boat Team - Information from Osaka, Japan about model power boats.
Includines JMPBA (Japan Model Power Boat Association) records and race schedule.
- AMYA
Soling One Meter Class - AMYA's Soling One Meter Class site.
- South
Daytona R/C Model Yacht Club - AMYA Club #163 located in South Daytona
Beach, FL.
- South
Jersey Model Boat Racing Association (SJMBRA) - Gas/nitro and electric
boat club. An APBA club located in Mt. Laurel, NJ.
- South
Manchester Model Boat Club - Building and sailing R/C model racing yachts,
sail, steam and electric. Fallowfield, Manchester, UK.
- Southeast
Boat Modelers Club - Atlanta, GA area model boat club running submarines,
scale, and sail boats.
- South
Orange Seaport Society - Active scale boat club with a large compiment
of live steam based in South Orange, NJ.
- Southern
California Skimmers Fast Electric Model Boat Club - 50+ MPH. Classes include
electric vee hulls and hydroplanes.
- The
SubCommittee - Group interested in model submarines, both display and
radio-controlled.
- Swedish
Model Power Boat Association - News, race schedule, pictures.
- Three
Rivers Model Yacht Club - Club north west of London, England for R/C yacht
racing enthusiasts.
- Three
Rivers Scale Model Boat Club - R/C scale model boat club located an Fort
Wayne, IN.
- Tucson
Model Boat Club - Tucson, AZ
- Twin
Cities Model Boat Club (TCMBC) - Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN
- United
Modelers of America - Scratch-built 1:100 scale aircraft carrier took
over 4 years to build and was commissioned by the US Navy upon completion.
- U.S.
Vintage Model Yacht Group - Promotes vintage model yachting from prior
to 1970. Includes scale models that are equipped with R/C such as the International
One-Design 48" semi-scale model of the world-famous full scale IOD that is raced
in 8 locations including the Gold Cup Match Races sponored by Brut Fabrege in
Bermuda annually that attracks the America's Cup skippers.
- Victorian
Battle Squadron - R/C model warship combat club in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia.
- Washington
Navy Yard Model Boat Club - Washington, DC
- Wellington
Model Power Boat Club - Welligton, New Zealand'ss capital city.
- West
Valley R/C Mariners - Club for those interested in R/C boats, both scale
and racing sail boats. Located in the western part of the Phoenix Arizona Valley.
- Western
District Model Boat Club (WDMBC) - Located in Melbourne, Victora, Australia
and catering to all kinds of R/C boats.
- Wisconsin
Scale Boating Association - Milwaukee, WI
- York
Region Marine Modellers - R/C boat club in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
The Soling One Meter is principle racing fleet. Members also build Scale steam
and electric powered craft.
United
States Coast Guard Boating Rules and Regulations
 NAVIGATION
RULES  Rule
1 - Application (International / Inland)
(a) These Rules shall apply
to all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith navigable
by seagoing vessels. (b) Nothing in these Rules shall interfere
with the operation of special rules made by an appropriate authority for roadsteads,
harbors, rivers, lakes, or inland waterways connected with the high seas and navigable
by seagoing vessels. Such special rules shall conform as closely as possible to
these Rules. (c) Nothing in these Rule shall interfere with
the opration of any special rules made by the Government of any State with respect
to additional station or signal lights, shaper or whistle signals for ships of
war and vessels proceeding inder convoy, or with respect to additional station
or signal lights or shapes for fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a fleet.
These additional station or signal lights, shapes or whistle signals shall, so
far as possible, be such that they cannot be mistaken for any light, shape, or
signal authorized elsewhere under these Rules (d) Traffic separation
schemes may be adopted by the Organization for the purpose of these Rules.
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