11-04-03 Jim Clark is putting together an Astroflight 25 5-turn order. So far there are around 21 units to be ordered. We would like to order in the next week, so contact Jim.

11-04-03 The annual banquet is scheduled for Saturday, November 22 at 6:00 pm at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent. The event will be catered by Caveman Barbeque, and will be no charge for registered members of E-R/CU. Non-registered members and guests will be $10.

11-03-03 Meeting Minutes from the recent meeting are up for the November meeting.

11-01-03 The web site statistics are in and we averaged 231 unique visitors a day during October, a club high.

10-31-03 Jim Lilly has created some dash boards, steering wheels and detail parts (gas caps, etc.). They are part of the appearance section.

10-30-03 E-RCU would like to offer our condolences to club friend Dave Sacry. Dave's wife Teri recently lost her battle with cancer. Messages can be sent to Dave at: dsacry@aol.com The club is making a to help Dave defray costs of the services. Contributions can be coordinated through our treasurer, Jim Clark.

10-29-03 The setup area has been updated with some information about battery connectors, and a new page concerning speed controls.

10-28-03 If you've missed it, there is a meeting scheduled for Sunday November 2nd at 2 PM at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum. Its the new location in Kent.

10-28-03 Updates have been done to the setup page. More has been added about driving figures, life vests, and a resource of photos of actual Allison and Merlin motors. There is also a file of dash board examples.

10-28-03 Apologies if you've had problems loading this page. The problem has been sorted out.

10-21-03 The E-RCU web site stats for October of 2003 are looking good. So far we've averaged 205 visitors a day, with an all time high of 428 visiting on October 17th.

10-20-03 More updates on Ron Daum's Such Crust III and other new projects, check it out on the projects page.

10-13-03 A page in the setup section about driving figures has been created.

10-13-03 Ron Daum's Such Crust III is well on its way, check it out on the projects page.

10-12-03 The E-RCU SAW Speed Challenge was a success. 9 boats were in attendance at Echo Lake in north Seattle. The condo residents were extremely receptive and it is quite likely we will see a race on site probably during June of 2004. Mike Campbell's Miss U.S. was the champ with an incredible run of 40.6 MPH. His brother Jeff's brand new 'Lil Buzzard was second at 37.9 MPH. A list of the results is here.

9-30-03 Monte Steere has secured the use of Echo Lake for an October 11th E-RCU SAW Challenge or fun run date. Note the corrected date as it was announced earlier mistakenly as being on the 12th instead of the 11th.

9-30-03 The E-RCU website has averaged 145 visitors a day during September of 2003.


9-10-03 New member Henry Marvin sent another 15 shots of the gold cup, and they've been added to their own gallery.

9-10-03 New member Henry Marvin sent 3 shots of the gold cup, and they've been added to their own gallery.

9-02-03 The E-RCU web site stats are in. E-RCU averaged 136 visitors per day during August of 2003.

9-02-03 A couple of new links have been added to the site. If you open the "boats" page you will find links to: New Projects and 2004 pre-registrations.

8-28-03 The E-RCU web site stats are in. E-RCU averaged 96 visitors per day during July of 2003. So far August's are way up.

8-14-03 Dave Lilly has added a "intent to build" data base for the club on the Yahoo Groups site. This is in addition to the frequency list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-RCU/

8-07-03 Ron's Rods and Customs is welcomed aboard as a second sponsor for this weekends Seafair Trophy race. Ron is an avid hydro fan, collects buttons and memorabilia, and has crewed and sponsored unlimiteds on the "big boat" circuit.

8-04-03 Congratulations are in order for all E-RCU members that participated in both the Columbia Cup and Seafair Trophy Hydro-Prop events as crew members.

U-25: Roger Newton, David Newton, Howard Price, Rick Lentz, and John Williams

U-1 : Mike Campbell

7-27-03 E-RCU member Jim Lilly won the sidewalk chalk art contest at Renton River Days

7-27-03 Tony Perman sent in 3 great water level shots of the Miss Spokane. Link to Gallery.

7-24-03 Jim Clark reports that he and Andy Kuntz of RC-hydros.com have been working with Thingap motors to see if these are a viable alternative to the Astroflights we currently use.


7-16-03 The evening fun run and picnic at the Bellevue Pond attract most of the E-RCU membership and 11 boats. A large group of spectators were treated to fun hydro exhibitions up close on this intimate venue. The event has generated a number of requests from curious bystanders who attended. Photos Link

6-10-03 A second gallery of Diamond Cup photos from Dave Lilly has been added.

6-04-03 Jim Lilly has been working on some appearance detail parts including: Dash boards, steering wheels, tow hooks, lifting hooks, and an assortment of fuel caps and covers. Photos to follow soon.

6-03-03 The statistics are in and E-RCU averaged 88 visitors per day during May of 2003.

5-12-03 Roger Newton and Monte Steere both gave fine memorials at the Jones Memorial for both Budweiser owner Bernie Little and former Slo-mo-shun driver Joe Taggart.

5-1-03 The web stats are in and the E-RCU web site averaged 100 visitors per day in April of 2003.

4-30-03 A page hilighting how to do some simple soldering to create a water pickup has been added.

4-30-03 The word from Roger Newton is that the much awaited shipment of Astro 5-turns is almost here. More to come soon.

4-30-03 A second gallery of Sayres Memorial photos is up and ready for your viewing pleasure. There are a couple of shots of Monte Steere explaining his lifelong Slo-mo-shun IV involvement. Monte got to ride in the actual boat when he was a young boy growing up in Seattle.

4-29-03 E-RCU would like to express our condolences at the passing away of long time hydroplane owner Bernie Little. Many of our members have worked with full sized unlimiteds and knew Bernie personally. He will be missed by many.

4-21-03 Rick Lentz has reported that he has won the auction for the "Gold Cup" trophies from Bill Wurster's U-8 site. Unfortunately, he did not win the Seafair Trophy.

4-20-03 An update of photos from the Sayres race was added. Jim Lilly also noted that there should be a change in the finish order since he missed a buoy in the final. The Eagle Electric driven by his brother Dave is now 4th, and The My Gypsy should be 5th. Standings have been adjusted.

4-13-03 The first race is now history. David Newton and the Maverick won the Sayres Memorial. Bill Smiley and the Miss Thriftway was second, Bill McGraw was 3rd with the outrigger Pay 'n Pak. John Williams and the '73 Pay 'n Pak won the Modern class.

4-6-03 Meeting Minutes from the recent meeting are up.

4-1-03 The second set of web site stats are in. E-RCU averaged 90 visitors per day during March of 2003.

3-31-03 From Roger Newton:

Members of ERCU had another test run today. Several of the club members showed up at the Bellevue pond. Gary Levander with the 1964 Tahoe Miss finally got a chance to get the boat wet. This was the culmination of a 2 1/2 year effort. After a couple of runs with David Newton at the wheel Gary was quite pleased with the results. Gary cant wait to get the stick in his hands so he can be ready to go once the season starts. He will miss the first race though as he has plans to be on a boat in Aruba at that time .Tough life!!. It appears that most of the boats are thru testing and will be making the last minute adjustments for the first race of the 2003 season in two weeks. Check out the pictures from the test on the photo page.

Need a life jacket? Found someone that makes life jackets. Her name is Kim Smith. She wont be available for about a month as she is moving this weekend. Forgot to ask prices.
Contact info:
Kim Smith
24308 43rd Ave. Ct. East
Spanaway, Wa. 98387
253-875-3111
Email work- KJS@Bratrud.com
Email home-Kimjsmith862@Msn.com

3-26-03 The race scheduled for 5-10-03 has been called the "Ted Jones Memorial" in honor of the famous designer and builder.

3-25-03 The Club bylaws have been updated and posted

3-24-03 Roger Newton writes: Conditions were ideal for a test session today at the site of our first race for 2003. There were nine boats that made it out on the water. The only casualty of the day was the Hawaii Kai, driven by Rookie Stephen brown. Even though the water was calm the Kai managed to get airborne and flip over backwards. A new boat was launched. Roger brought out the 1960 Miss Thriftway. He managed to get in several runs. Mike Campbell was even able to get behind the wheel of the Tway for a few runs. This was Mike's first time driving an RC and did quite well. A few of the boats really stood out. Bill Smiley's Miss Thriftway looked extremely fast and had lots of run time. Unofficially he was completing over 10 laps per run. Bill McGraw ran the outrigger Pay'n Pak. It appeared to be by far the fastest boat on the lake today. Cant wait to see what it does in competition. All in all it was a very successful test session. It was really great to see this many boats ready this early in the season. From all indications it looks like there will be at least 17-18 boats at the 2003 Sayres Memorial Race next month. Not a bad way to start the year off. Thanks to Rocky Peterson of Shady Lake for hosting our test session today. He and his neighbors cant wait for our season to start. Neither can we!!!! Check out the photo gallery.

3-21-03 A set of testing photos from Roger and David Newton are now posted

3-04-03 The first set of web site stats are in. E-RCU averaged 95 visitors per day during February of 2003.

2-9-03 The February meeting minutes are available

2-02-03 Congratulations to Ryan Opfer's first place finish in the "sport hydro" concourse competition at the 2003 Puyallup Model Exposition with his Wildroot Charlie.

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