12-28-05 Ron Jones will lecture at Harm on January 20th. Free to members of HARM, $5.00 for others.

12-28-05 Roger Newton' Movie night at HARM is on January 6th at 7:00. admission is $5.00

12-28-05 Don't miss the new year's fun run at Shady Lake. The event starts around noon.

12-23-05 E-RCU is pleased to announce that Red Dot has signed on as series sponsor for 2006. Click here for the press release of the event.

12-21-05 Jerry Courtway reports: Made new turn fin brackets and new turn fins for the OLYMPIA BEER HULL, that was lost after the collision at Shady Lake and fixed the left sponson bottom near the turn fin area that was damaged after running over Jerry's Natural Light at Shady Lake . Have been working on  new rudders , and trying some things new to test out and see what will happen . Will be testing the Oly Beer between Christmas and New Years Eve at Long Lake in Port Orchard weather permitting !!!!!!! Working on the 79 Griffon Miss Budweiser for 1/8 Nitro RCU Class , located all the hardware and installed and lined up to motor now making tanks to fit under the forward decking .Will paint Zane's Thriftway Too just before Xmas and will paint the 1/8th Griffon Budweiser also close after Xmas . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2006 season.

12-21-05 In case anyone hadn’t noticed, we have not one but two new hobby shops in the region.  Remote Control Hobbies has opened one store in Covington and another in Woodinville. 

12-16-05 There was a unanimous show of hands vote at the December E-R/CU meeting to include a swap meet before & after the February E-R/CU meeting. That meeting will be held a the H.A.R.M. on Sunday, Feb.5th.

The swap meet will give any and all members an opportunity to bring surplus parts, motors, batteries, speed controls and other electronics to the meeting on that Sunday. Members would be urged to bring their own tables, as the Museum has only a limited number and we use them for our meeting.

Photos, decals, boat covers and anything else pertaining to the hobby can be brought in to sell or swap. We can start at noon, break for our meeting at 2 PM and resume at 3:30 or so after the meeting.

12-15-05 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (that’s what we used to say before “Happy Holidays” took over).

12-15-05 Send website info to Jim Lilly any time, anything would be welcomed.

12-15-05 Next Members Meeting is Sunday January 8. Bring boats, even works-in-progress, for sharing and all.

12-15-05 New Years Day Fun Run at Shady Lake starts at noon.

12-15-05 Registration starts January 1. Fees are $15 for membership plus $5 per boat registered. Contact Henry Marvin with questions.

12-15-05 The December newsletter is posted. Click here.

12-08-05 Tomorrow night, December 9, is the next Friday Night at the Museum movie special sponsored by the Czar. Cost is only $5, and things get underway at 6:00. This month’s feature will be the ’57 Gold Cup. Check out the Hydro Museum website at www.thunderboats.org for more info on this and other offerings at the museum.

12-02-05 November web stats: 310 unique visitors a day.Tomorrow night, December 9, is the next Friday Night at the Museum movie special sponsored by the Czar. Cost is only $5, and things get underway at 6:00. This month’s feature will be the ’57 Gold Cup. Check out the Hydro Museum website at www.thunderboats.org for more info on this and other offerings at the museum.

11-27-05 Think about sending in additional nominations for next year’s board positions. Remember that voting will be held at the next members meeting on December 4.

11-25-05 There will be a movie night at the museum on Dec 9. Info is on museum site.

11-25-05 The November newsletter is done. Great work Rick!!! Click here

11-23-05 The November meeting minutes are now posted. Click here

11-23-05 Jerry Courtway sent a video recommendation from HARM. Here's a capsule:

Later in the season, MAVERICK staged a sensational duel in the Final heat of the Silver Cup with the Bill Cantrell-chauffeured GALE V. For ten dynamic heart-stopping laps, Stead and Cantrell fought it out with neither driver holding an advantage. MAVERICK eventually won but only after a titanic struggle. It was quite simply some of the finest competition ever witnessed.

If one were to place a video in a time capsule to illustrate 1950s Unlimited racing at its best, the 1958 Silver Cup Final Heat would be an eloquent testimonial.

The Hydroplane Museum has a one hour highlight film of this race. If there is enough interest in the race we would be happy to convert it to DVD or Videoand offer it for sale. I'd like the folks on this list to drop me an E-mail if you think we should take the time and money to make a DVD out of this.

David Williams

Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum

11-23-05 David Newton has included a link to the Newton Marine Photo site: http://www.newtonmarine.smugmug.com

11-09-05 Technical Inspector David Gardner's e-mail address has been updated-David Gardner

11-07-05 Catching up on the website stats: September - 270 unique vistors per pay, October - 307 unique visitors per day.

11-04-05

A BIG PAR-TAY!
I just want to thank everyone who sent in their banquet reservations already. I have communicated with our caterer, given them our final reservations, and they will be feeding 84 of us at the 2005 R/CU ER/CU Awards Banquet! 84! Is that some kind of record, or what?!? Big thanks goes out to Mr. Chester Lepinski and the Czar for beating the bushes in the 11th hour. As always these two guys came crashing through for us and really got the turnout turned up.


PLEASE NOTE ONE IMPORTANT CHANGE:
Forget that BYOB idea. Just erase it. It never happened. Instead, we will have beer and wine available for purchase by the glass. Just don't forget to tip the barkeep. (That's my boy!)


SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS NEEDED:
Now, our attention turns to silent auction donations. If you have a donation, please let Nelson know about it as soon as possible. (nelson@noslencommunication.com) Your donations will help bolster th coffers of each club, which is always helpful. We have some Chris Denton photo disks, a couple of spectacular prints, a boat cover, and even a roundnose hull, (from any Newton plan set) already in the auction lineup. This should be fun! I look forward to seeing all of my friends and fellow competitors at the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum, on November 12th. Again, thanks for sending in your banquet reservations.


Much appreciated!


Marc Connelly

10-25-05

Menu for the Banquet

Chef Carved Baron of Beef with creamy horseradish and dijon mustard

Creamy Dijon Chicken

Whipped Herb Potatoes

Old Fashioned Green Beans with bacon, mushrooms, and pearl onions

Garden Green Salad or Caesar Salad (choose one)

Fancy Mixed Fruit Bowl

Assortment of Cakes and Cheese Cakes

Dinner Rolls with Butter

Coffee & Punch

10-24-05 Roger Newton's Movie Night

Now that the hydroplane season as drawn to a close, are you already going through withdrawals? Well, we have just the ticket. On Friday, November 4th at 6:00pm, long time museum member Roger Newton will be hosting another one of his popular museum movie nights. Roger has an extensive collection of historic hydroplane footage. This Friday, Roger will be showing more classic footage from his video archive. Admission is only $5. This is an excellent opportunity to get the wife and kids out of the house, or to introduce a friend to the excitement of unlimited hydroplane racing. We'll see you at the movies!Banquet Menu Revealed After Insider Cracks. Leak investigation (and possible indictments) To Follow.

10-23-05 Make your reservations today for the 2005 R/CU & ER/CU Annual Awards Banquet.


The invitations to the R/CU &ER/CU Annual Awards banquet will go out via snail mail today, and via email tonight, but you can download your copy right here, right now, at either the R/CU or ER/CU websites to get your reservation in place. Please don’t procrastinate- we need to let the caterers know the meal count by November 1st.  The cost is $25 per person and the event will go from 5:30 until 9pm or whenever we are all tired of rehashing the 2005 racing season.


This year, we are going to host the event at the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum, which is an excellent facility for us and a natural home for any hydro fan. Dr. Ken Muscatel will be our speaker and he will be both exciting and entertaining as he presents his enthusiastic and optimistic vision for the future of the sport.  As a Museum Board member, I have come to know Ken a bit pver the past few years and I really appreciate his love for the sport. He will be an excellent speaker.


We have made an arrangement for overnight accomodations at the Doubletree Inn at Southcenter, which is just minutes away from the event. There will be a silent auction, so if you have any items to donate, please let me know by contacting me at: marc@in-ad.com. All donations are deeply appreciated.


To cut down on cost just a bit, we are not going to have a wet bar on site this year. Instead, if you wish, you can bring the libation or beverage of your choice and we will have plenty of room in the Museum frig as well as an ice basin for you. The dinner menu will be posted here on the website in the next day or so.


This is going to be a fun party with- I guarentee you- some real surprises. We all had a highly competitive and fun racing season and this is the night that we can all get together and bask in the glory of our races well run. I hope to see you all there!

Click here for the full sized flyer

10-23-05 Just a reminder about the members meeting scheduled for Sunday November 6 at the Hydroplane museum in Kent at 2:00. Two items on the agenda will be nominations for three board positions for 2006, and a decision on the use of affordable Li-po batteries as a power option for the coming year. Plus other items of interest, so hope to see you all there.

10-17-05 More Lipo action: Saturday and Sunday brought extensive testing and comparing of Lipo and GP 3300 batteries. Batteries were swapped back and forth and ran side by side in the Muvalong, Lil Buzzard, Vernor's, and the 66 Notre Dame. The Lipos were run hard, flipped, dunked, and barrel rolled, and still came back for more. Impressively easy and fun. Interested in testing them yourself? Contact Jeff Campbell at his E-mail.

10-17-05 A lot of talk about li-poly batteries. Here are some links from E-RCU members:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/printthread.php?t=209187

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3918/is_200508/ai_n14825514

http://www.modelaircraft.org/mag/faq/answers/faq-q115.htm

10-17-05 The October Newsletter is posted. Check it out here

10-13-05 Jim Clark has tested the carbon version Miss Bardahl with good results.

10-13-05 Mike Gossler needs to contact the person who purchased the Tempo VII. If you are that person contact anyone at E-RCU and they will forward your address. (check the contact page)

10-04-05 Dave Lilly ran into Pete Donati on Wednesday night, He said He has been talking with the Czar about a new lighter Bardahl next year, and He and Vinnie plan on making to the Brewers Cup to see what the club has been up to.

10-03-05 The Web site had 235 unique visiters a day for August. September's numbers will be posted soon.

10-03-05 New member Kirk Pagel reports that he has been working on the Hurrcane VI U-30. Look for him to be at the Brewer's Cup.

9-30-05 Steve Vacarro of OffshoreElectics.com has stepped up to help sponsor the Brewer's Cup on October 9th

9-22-05 Another reminder that the Bernie Little Memorial race scheduled for the 25th is at the Bellevue Pond. Drivers meeting at 10:30.

9-22-05 More progress on the Thriftway Too from Jerry Courtway.

9-22-05 Roger Newton Reports: If someone else wants to race at Chelan they can take my spot.

9-22-05 This from Ray Finney: If everyone could email me their favorite pictures ( 1 or 2 ) from this season, I'm planning on making a photo book. If you could write something about the pictures that would help, also don't forget your name. If some could email me the year end stats, I could put that in also. Please try to email me the orginal photo so I can crop it.

r.finney@verizon.net

9-20-05 Update/addition to the Modern Roster: Mark and Gary Hansen's 1972 Notre Dame

9-20-05 Unfortunately the pond at Lacey was already booked, so that site will not be available for this coming weekend. As a result the Bernie Little Memorial Race will be held at Bellevue Pond. Spread the word, and plan to arrive in time to help with setup. The trailer will arrive around 7:30, with the course available for testing around 9:00. Drivers Meeting will be held at 10:30 with racing to begin at 11:00.

9-16-05 Updated attendance list as of 9/15/2005 . . . . . .


We have 12 boats lined up. If any of the 12 have a plan change and are not able to come, please let me know so that substitutes can be arranged.
1. USV – Rick Lentz
2. Miss Vernors – Robbie Roberts
3. Miss Pepsi – Ron Daum
4. Miss Exide – Henry Marvin
5. Notre Dame – Bob VandenAkker
6. Maverick – Roger Newton
7. Miss Thriftway – Bill Smiley
8. Breathless II – Dave Reiser
9. Wildroot Charlie – Howard Price
10. Gale V – Howard Price
11. Thriftway Too – Dave Gardner
12. Skip-a-Long – Ron Hornung

8-31-05 More progress on the Thriftway Too from Jerry Courtway.

8-31-05 Wednesday, September 7th Tune into the National Geographic Channel at 8:00 PM to catch their new program "Thrill Zone: Extreme Powerboats." Several boat racing luminaries were interviewed for this program including Chip Hanauer.

8-25-05 Milfoil at Centralia has caused the Bernie Little Memorial to be rescheduled for September 25th, at a site to be determined.

8-18-05 Roger Newton shot some nice photos of Ron Daum's Miss Pepsi at the recent picnic.

8-14-05 Ron Daum Reports: Just thought you would like to know, Miss Pepsi made her debut on Bellevue Pond at the picnic. She turns great (horizontal rooster tail and all), looks like a mahogany cigar on the straights, digs a trough and has no vices. A few small things to iron out but a magnificent first outing none the less. She will be at the Seafair for at least a test run and maybe competition. I was busy playing so I have no pictures but Roger did take some. Hopefully one of Pepsi and Thriftway underway side by side.

8-13-05 Webmaster Jim Lilly reports that his computer is struggling, and also he's been on vacation. That is why the reports have been scarce. Currently he has trouble receiving some e-mails, and extreme difficulty sending them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

8-13-05 Congratulations to Roger Newton and Howard Price of the U-25 Silver Dollar Casino / Miss Rock for a great showing at Seafair last weekend.

8-03-05 Check out Ron Daum's progress on the the Miss Pepsi. He hopes to have it at the picnic on the 10th August at Bellevue Pond.

7-26-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Jeff Campbell's Hallmark Homes

7-19-05 Jerry and Zane Courtway have been making great progress on their new Thriftway Too (white). Click here for photos

7-12-05 BobVandernakker donated 500.00 to the club to be dispursed to the person who hauls the trailer to each race. In return, he wanted a link to Paws in Marti Newton's memory.

7-11-05 Jim Clark's Vanderberg Challenge photos are up.

7-10-05 An earlier error was made with the results of the Vanderberg race. Jeff Campbell was the winner rather than David newton as earlier reported. (Guess I better get my modern boat going so that I pay more attention to the modern racing! - Jim)

7-10-05 It has come to the attention of E-RCU that Seafair has decided against running any vintage hydroplane exhibition due to: One,a perceived lack of space in the pits, and two, a perceived lack of interest from spectators. If this is not acceptable, or contrary to your opinion please e-mail your concern to Seafair at: info@SEAFAIR.com

7-07-05 Announcing that our Gold Cup sponsor, Hilltop Battlepacks, will have a limited stock of AstroFlight 25-5 motors.

7-07-05 Jerry Courtway has reported that Ron Daum has purchased the Llumar Window hull.

6-29-05 The computer had some trouble outputting the vintage results at the Thunderfest Regatta. We'll get the opening page and results pages updates ASAP.

6-29-05 Steve and Sarah Hill of Robotic Power Solutions have stepped in again as a race sponsor for the 2005 season. They will graciously sponsor the Gold Cup.

6-24-05 Trophies for Sunday's event

6-22-05 Roger Newton reports: Craig Bradshaw along with his brother and myself just finished laying up the two halves for his 1988 Winston eagle. The mold he had made by a friend looks great. It will make several Lucero hulls. Only have to change the cowlings. We also laid up a 1966 Wayfarers Club Lady for Craigs brother Ryan. Both boats should be out later this summer

6-21-05 June 26th Race Update fron Jerry Courtway: There Will be a " Peoples Choice / Best of show Award Trophy " that will be voted on by club members and anyone who wants to vote at the race for there best of everything HYDRO !!!!    Get them all ~!!!!!!! DETAILED OUT AND SHINE THEM UP !!!  This will be a annual trophy also with the winners trophys . ALSO hope to have a big showing like Lake Wilderness, hope MORE BOATS , SORRY John Buddy !!!!!! There will be a supprise trophy given out at the end of the day , and will remain a SUPPRISE TO THE END so you better run hard and HAVE FUN !!!!!!! HUM ???? If you have a extra extension cord you might want to bring one just in case ?  THEIR  WILL BE A PRIZE FOR EVERY BOAT PLACED THAT IS ENTERED IN THE RACE !!!

6-21-05 Ron Daum has forwarded progress on the Miss Pepsi. Click here for photos.

6-18-05 he race originally scheduled for June 5, but cancelled due to lily pad problems, has been rescheduled. The new date is Sunday, June 26 at Coulon Park in Renton. The race CD is Jerry Courtway. The club trailer will arrive at the site at 7:30, and help with set-up would be appreciated. The course should set and ready for practice around 9:00. The drivers meeting is scheduled for 10:30, with racing to get underway at 11:00.

6-17-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Jerry Johnston's Natural Light

6-16-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Jason Harley's Muvalong

6-15-05 More info on the U-25 Test: Ken Muscatel and the U-25 Silver Dollar Casino will be testing this Thursday, June 16, at the Sayres pits on Lake Washington between 11:00 and 2:00. Come by if you can and cheer them on!

6-15-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Zane and Jerry Courtway's Olympia Beer

6-14-05 Roger Newton reports that the U-25 will test on Thursday June 16th.

6-09-05 Anyone coming to the race on Saturday needs to get there before 9:00. Or after 12:00. That is the time they will be shutting down the park entrance for the parade. We still need a volunteer to tow Monte's trailer thru the parade. Plus we need boats to put on the trailer. Participants need to pick up passes for entry prior to the event if possible. We will be setting up all of the equipment Saturday morning. Be there early so you can help.

6-08-05 The May web stats are in and E-RCU averaged 271 unique visitors per day.

6-04-05 Cancelled: Puyallup Thunderfest Regatta at Bradley Lake in Puyallup

6-02-05 Check out the new boats from the E-RCU "Southern Section" . More details soon. Click here.

5-26-05 Forwarded from the Powerboat list:

This afternoon I got the sad news that Tom Frankhouser passed away on Sunday, after learning a month ago that he had lung cancer. Tom was one of the many successful Miss Budweiser crew chiefs. And...Tom was one of the really good people I had the pleasure of knowing in my 35 years around the sport. He probably would have been in the pits today to see the vintage boats run. He was usually there, surrounded by a group of the "old timers" .His absence will be noticeable and he will be missed.

5-26-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Howard Price's & Ryan Opfer's Wildroot Charlie

5-25-05 The seasons standings have finally been updated and loaded. They are located at the top of each section of the results page.

5-24-05 Jerry Courtway has Diamond Cup photos and pics of the Olympia Beer in the photos section.

5-23-05 Jim Lilly has Diamond Cup photos on the photos section.

5-23-05 Jim Clark has Diamond Cup photos posted on his site. Click here.

5-23-05 Congratulations to Nigel Steere and Jeff Campbell for their victories at the Diamond Cup. In vintage action, Bill Smiley was second place. Mike Gossler was second in the modern class. Details to follow soon.

5-20-05 Jerry Courtway sends some photos of the Olympia Beer. Click here.

5-15-05 Jerry Courtway Reports:

Working hard on the Oly Beer, and sanded and filled all day and around 5pm got filler primer shot on the hull and cowling and the wing, fit a seat and life jacket to the gordon driver doll, and tomorrow will be sanding and shooting white on all the parts, got the new gold decals in the mail and I cant wait to detail out the ol girl . Goal is to have her get wet at Bellevue may 22nd at Ricks race and get our FIRST POINTS in the club for the Courtways, and our driver David Lilly !!!!!!    Been making travel boxs and doing alot of hydro drawings size 40 X 18 , have made more Thunder Cups and can't keep one for myself. Having alot of fun and working my butt off trying to get trophys made for June 5 th the Puyallup Thunderfest Regatta. The guys will half to run real hard to get one of these rare trophys or I will be takeing them home !!!!   The winners of each class will be around 35 to 42 inchs tall, and they get to keep them for a year, and will half to return them for the next year event. The Courtways are in this for the long haull !!!!  I have also round up two sponsors for next year, an Escro Business for home loans , and a Sheet Rock Business have come on board to spread some cheer at next years race we put on.

5-03-05 Roger Newton Reports:

This weekend we traveled to a spot in Eastern Washington. The pond is in Ellensburg where the wind blows most of the time. Not this time though. The water was good all weekend. After the last race I reworked the sponsons. Went down from about 5 degrees to 3 Degrees. And made them shallower. This is what we run on most Nitro boats. First test I had an X462/ blade. This is what I thought worked best. Going down the backstretch on the second lap it hit a couple of small wakes, bounced three times and rolled over. Not a good beginning. I had moved the batteries back a couple of cells to change the CG but I didnt like that so I moved them back to the original position. Next run, same prop. rolled over in the right corner at full speed. So I started changing props. What I found worked best was an Octura X560/2 blade. My first heat on Sunday I had a good start on the inside and won the heat beating 4 other boats in the process. This was a legitimate win. Second heat it died in the mill. One of the connections on the motor came unsoldered. It took me awhile to fix it. In the process I missed the third heat. In the fourth heat I once again had a dynamite start and led thru the first turn but I noticed it didnt have the speed as before. It started slowing down and the other boats got around me. I did manage to finish the heat for a third place finish. The only thing I can figure is that I grabbed the wrong set of batts. They werent fully charged. Bummer. Charged up another set and did a demo before the final heat. I had a good lap of 17 seconds. The really fast boats were around 15 seconds. I of course didnt make the final. There were 36 boats at the race and I finished in fifteenth spot. I sure am looking forward to going to the Nats next month. I have learned so much this past month or so and I know I will learn a whole bunch more back there.

5-02-05 The April web stats are in and E-RCU averaged 326 unique visitors a day. A new club record.

4-30-05 Update/addition to the Modern Roster: Zane and Jerry Courtway's Llumar

4-29-05 Update/addition to the Modern Roster: Steve Twardus' 1972 Country Boy

4-28-05 Update to the for sale page

4-27-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Robbie Roberts Miss Vernors

4-26-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Rick Lentz's Redman

4-25-05 Jim Clark's photos from the Harmsworth are loaded on his site.

4-25-05 Jerry Courtway's photos from the Harmsworth are posted.

4-25-05 Update/addition to the Modern Roster: Steve Twardus' 1977 Squire Shop

4-24-05 Update to the Modern Roster: David Gardner's Atlas Van Lines

4-23-05 Update/Addition to the Modern Roster: Dave Sacry's Circus Circus

4-23-05 Jerry Courtway reports: there is a change in the name of the June 5th race in Puyallup from the LLumar cup, to The Puyallup Thunderfest Regatta

4-22-05 Update/Addition to the Modern Roster: Mike Gossler's Squire Shop

4-22-05 The link to the results of the Champion Spark Plug Regatta has been repaired.

4-21-05 Jerry Courtway has been busy again. More pics of the Olympia here.

4-21-05 Reminder that Marysville is a course that requires insurance coverage. Be ready to show your APBA card at registration. The option is a “one day pass” if you don’t have APBA membership. Also, membership can be handled on-line if you haven’t applied yet – the member number can be assigned at the time of application.

4-20-05 The April meeting minutes are finally loaded. Click here.

4-20-05 The Champion Sparkplug race at Shady Lake was run a little looser than it should. As a result, the Harmsworth Trophy Race this weekend will be used as an example of how the race day should be handled. This involves everything from setup, running the heats and cleanup after the race. It goes without saying that the CD or his agent should be the first one to the site on race day. Arrangements for the trailer/club gear and course setup should be made before race day. The course should be set at least two hours before the drivers meeting to allow for testing and rookie qualifications. Rookies need to be identified and properly qualified before the drivers meeting. (The board members should also help with this). The Pit Boss needs to be identified prior to the drivers meeting. Referees and turn judges need to be set prior to the one-minute gun before a heat. See the other duties of the CD ‘s in the rule book.

4-20-05 This Sunday, April 24, is the third annual running of the Harmsworth Trophy. The location is Twin Lakes in Marysville. Driving directions can be found on the schedule page on the website. The equipment will be at the site by 7:00, so come help set up. Drivers meeting will be at 10:30 sharp with racing commencing at 11:00. Looks as thought the weather may cooperate for this weekend, so it should be a great day to race and socialize.

IMPORTANT:Twin Lakesdoes not provide power, so we will need as many portable generators as possible. If you have one or can get one, please bring it along.

Harmsworth rules will be as follows:

4-19-05 10 Vintage boats and drivers ventured into a slightly wet, cool and breezy Coulon Park for the Governors Cup exhibition race to help promote the upcoming. Thanks to Jim Lilly for securing the shelter, the pits were set up in the dry. Craig Bradshaw brought the promotional board ready to display – only problem was that no one from promotions bothered to stop by. Not letting a little thing like that interfere with the day, racing began at noon and was wrapped up by 2:30. Jeff Campbell with the Lil Buzzard managed to avoid the wind gusts to score a perfect day of 1600 points. Mike Campbell with the Miss U.S. takes the prize for most acrobatic finish. In the final the boat did a 360 flip, looked for a second that it was done for the day, but then bounced back on plane to finish second overall. Jim Clark in the ’67 Bardahl and John Williams starting as the trailer in the Miss Madison finished the final heat in that order. Boats in the final trying to finish upside down, but not succeeding, were Robbie Roberts with the Vernors, Rick Lentz in the ’58 Bardahl and new rookie Jason Hartley driving the Pay N’ Save. Also helping to fill the field were Dave Lilly with the My Gypsy, Craig Bradshaw with the $ Bill and Gary Levander with the Tahoe Miss.

It was a fun day of racing. To help the promotion gang, remember that the Madison movie opens this Friday at several theaters in the area. Plan to attend at least one of them – it will help give some recognition to the sport, and besides, it’s a pretty good movie, for everyone in the family.

4-19-05 The webmaster is back from Southern California so updates will be more consistent again.

4-12-05 Jim Lilly has announced that he has decided to complete his 30' Jones cabover as the 1973 Lincoln Thrift, rather that the U-65 1978 Squire Shop

4-12-05 Jim Clark has his photo site going again this season with super photos for very reasonable prices. Click here for the link.

4-12-05 Rick Lentz adds:An exhibition race is scheduled for April 17 at Coulon Park. The trailer will arrive about 9:00 in the morning, and help will be needed to set up the course and scaffolding. Jim Lilly has secured the shelter for the day for our use. This race will be for Vintage class boats only. The day will be run the same as a regular race, but points will not accrue for the club’s season high points. Fee will be $5 per boat. The drivers meeting will be at 11:30 with racing to start at noon. There will be three preliminary heats and the final. If enough boats are there we can add a connie. If you want to bring a modern boat, we can run those after the “race”.
 
The original purpose for this exhibition was to help promote the release of the Madison movie. Hope you can make it.

4-12-05 The Champion Spark Plug Regatta results are in. Click Here.

4-08-05 Remember that racing starts a bit early this season. Drivers meeting at 10:30, racing at 11:00.

4-08-05 Jerry and Zane Courtway have an update on what they've been doing with the Llumar. Click here.

4-07-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Craig Bradshaw's $-Bill

4-07-05 Update to the Modern Roster: John William's Miss Budweiser

4-07-05 Don't miss the April 17th "Indiana Governor's Cup" at Coulon to celebrate the opening of Madison.

4-06-05 Roger Newton hit a milestone last weekend by being the first to race his electric 1/8th scale Slo-mo-V against the nitro guys last weekend at an RCU event. Click here for photos.

4-05-05 Some inconsistencies in the 2005 rulebook were noted at the 4-05 meeting. They have been corrected. For a printer friendly version, click here.

4-04-05 Photos of the March 3rd meeting are posted.

4-02-05 The March meeting agenda is set. 2:00 PM start time on Sunday April 3rd,

4-01-05 The March web stats are in and E-RCU averaged 301 unique visitors per day during the month. That appears to be another club record.

3-31-05 A small gallery of couple of shots of some mid week testing including John William's new Miss Budweiser is now posted.

3-28-05 Update to the Modern Roster: John William's Oh Boy! Oberto

3-27-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Bob Vandernakker's Candyman

3-26-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Howard Price's Miss Budweiser

3-25-05 Be sure to check out our Diamond Cup sponsor Noslen Communication sevices web site.

3-24-05 We now have on board for sponsors DA Graphics [Dave Vallaincourt] and The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum for the 2005 season. Details on races to follow.http:

3-23-05 Jim Clark has created a nice insert for the brochure with the 2005 schedule, it is a .PDF format. Click here, or find it on the schedule page.

3-22-05 Update to the Modern Roster: John Willam's 1973 Pay 'n Pak

3-21-05 Ron Daum has sent in some photos to update his progress on the 1952 Miss Pepsi. Click here to see them.

3-20-05 E-RCU is pleased to announce that Andy Kuntz and RC-Hydros.com has stepped in to sponsor the Stan Sayres Memorial Regatta this season.

3-19-05 The schedule has been modified once again. The Leo Vandenberg and Bernie Little memorial races have swapped dates. Please check the update.

3-17-05 The webmaster will be out of town for a couple of days so he'll load up a few announcements:

The club has taken delivery of the new trailer as mentioned at the last few meetings. Monte Steere is fitting it out with some specifics for the club equipment.

A page of race wins has been added. Click here, or find it on the results page.

A sponsor has been secured for the Diamond Cup: Noslen Communications. More details to come.

A page of photos of the Griffon Bud cockpit and dash has been added to the appearence reference page.

Update to the Modern Roster: Gale Whitestine's 1971 Pride of Pay 'n Pak

3-16-05 New Boats: Jerry Johnston has announced his intention of building the 1971 Karelson Timex Clock for the vintage class. Dave Sacry has withdrawn the Weisfields from the Modern class after installing a brushless power plant for CT races. He has announced that in its place he is finishing out a Campbell hull as the 1979 Circus Circus.

3-16-05 A few adjustments to the schedule that was posted yesterday. The Diamond Cup and Sayres races were flip-flopped on the schedule. Most of the Contest Directors were named.

3-15-05 A nearly finalized schedule for 2005 has been loaded on the schedule page. The dates seem to be firm, but some of the race names are not 100 % set yet.

3-14-05 Jerry Johnston reports: The Natural Light hits the water for the first time today (Sunday 3-13). Mike Campbell and I test drove the Natural Light this morning on Lake  Meridian, near Kent. The boat ran beautifully with lots of quickness and strong turning power. Off to the paint shop to be completed for the racing season.

3-13-05 This report from Roger Newton: We have approval to run an exhibition race at Coulon on April 17 for the Madison movie.

3-12-05 Madison - the Movie Update: The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum (www.thunderboats.org) is hosting a "Sneak Preview" of MADISON, THE MOVIE on Saturday, April 2nd at 10:00am at a Regal Cinema only 10 minutes from the Museum. Preview tickets are only $35.00, which includes the movie screening, plus a Beer & Bar-B-Q After-Glow Party at the Museum, and a fund-raising memorabilia auction. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum, or by calling (206) 764-9453.


Dale Fugier
Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum
www.thunderboats.org

3-11-05 Coulon Update: Jim Lilly reports that the Coulon construction mystery is solved. The ramps that connect the main walkway to the floating docks have been replaced. It looks as if they are close to being finished. The ramps are far longer that the original ones and attach to the docks at some interesting angles. Looks like we may be able to set up two more different course designs....complete with driving stands.

3-10-05 The March meeting minutes are posted. Click here.

3-09-05 Roger Newton forwarded the following link to a slide show about the Scooter Too

3-08-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Steve Twardus' Miss Vernors

3-07-05 E-RCU had a very informative meeting on Sunday, March 6th. Details to follow soon. Click here for pictures form the event.

3-06-05 Update to the Modern Roster: David Gardner's Red Man

3-05-05 A message from David Gardner: Hi guys, to update you on the Astroflight order, there were some late payments so the order was a little late. I've gotten all the payments and the order was shipped today(3-4), less 6 armatures that were ordered. Those still need to be built and will be sent next week. I spoke to Roger and as soon as the order comes in we'll all meet at the Museum one night so you can pick up your parts. Thanks. Take care. David

3-04-05 Last reminder: The March E-RCU meeting will be this Sunday March 6th, 2PM at HARM.

3-03-05 The February web stats are in and E-RCU averaged 278 unique visitors per day during the month. That appears to be a club record, and we haven't started racing yet!.

3-02-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Mike Campbell's Country Boy

3-01-05 Coulon Construction: The walkway and "Testing Dock" at Coulon is now closed due to construction according to Jim Lilly. Apparently the Renton Parks is doing some serious maintenance to the docks. It looks like it could take a while. You can still launch from the grass area opposite.

3-01-05 Launchings:

Roger Newton reports that he had better day with his 1/8th scale Slo-mo V on Saturday. After trying a variety of props he hit 50.6 MPH,

John Dyer launched the Miss Great lakes II on Sunday. The boat ran great right out of the box! A profile has been added to the Vintage Roster. Photos courtesy of Pay Malaspina.

2-28-05 Update to the Modern Roster: Jeff Campbell's 1970 Pride of Pay 'n Pak

2-27-05 Rick Lentz reports: The ’73 Red Man is being changed to its “Most recognizable form” by installing a turbo-charged Allison motor provided by John Williams. This will bring the boat into compliance with the intent of the club rules.

2-26-05 Time is running out to renew your APBA memberships. A link to APBA RC Boating page has been added to the links page.

2-25-05 Roger Newton reports: Ran my 1/8 scale Slo-mo V again yesterday. Not as fast as I anticipated but I will make a sponson and strut adjustment to hopefully get it going faster. Total weight is about 15 pounds. About 3 pounds more than I had hoped for. Started with a Prather 245 prop. Top speed on radar was 45 MPH. Stay tuned. I hope to run again in a couple of weeks

2-24-05 Jerry Courtway forwarded a few mores shots from the Model Expo at Harm. Link Here

2-23-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: John William's Miss Madison

2-22-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: David Gardner's Thriftway Too

2-21-05 Update to the Vintage roster: The Lilly Brother's Miss Eagle Electric

2-20-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: The Steere's Slo-mo-shun V

2-19-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Gary Levander's Tahoe Miss

2-18-05 Gerry Courtway forwarded a few shots from the Model Expo at Harm. Link Here

2-17-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Joe Hewitson's Miss Seattle Too

2-16-05 The February 5th meeting minutes are in. Click here.

2-15-05 David Newton reports: I will be running the 1985 "Bubble Bud" for the 2005 racing season. Jerry (Courtway) has been kind enough to lend the boat to me. He will have his hands full with his new projects.

2-14-05 Steve Brown's Miss Wahoo has been added to the Vintage Roster.

2-13-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: John William's Miss Bardahl

2-12-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Steve Brown's Miss U.S. 5

2-11-05 Update to the Vintage roster: Tony Perman's Miss Spokane

2-10-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Pete and Vinnie Donati's Miss Bardahl

2-10-05 Jim Lilly reports that the Bellevue pond is full and ready for testing.

2-09-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: David Gardner's Nitrogen

2-09-05 There is a gallery of photos from the RC Hydro Show on the HARM site.

2-08-05 Jerry Courtway forwards this item:


Unlimiteds Unanimous

Meeting and Auction
 
Sunday Feb 13th , 2005
 
2:00pm
 
Lelani Lanes Bowling Center
South meeting room
10301 Greenwood Ave. N.
North Seattle
 
Salute to Bill Wurster and U-8 Racing Team
 
More info....Bob Senior 206-364-7432

2-07-05 A message from David Williams concerning "Madison - The Movie". Click here for the link.

2-06-05 If you missed the RC Hydro Show at HARM on Saturday, you missed a big turn out. Photos and story to follow soon.

2-06-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Steve Twardus' Miss Pay 'n Save

2-05-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Bob Vandernakker's Notre Dame

2-05-05 Don't miss the RC Hydro Show today at HARM!

2-04-05 A information page about Contest Director responsibilities has now been loaded. Find it here or it is currently linked from the Membership page.

2-03-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Rick Lentz's Miss Bardahl

2-02-05 The January web stats are in and E-RCU averaged 223 unique visitors per day during the month. Pretty good for January. Those are more like summer numbers.

2-01-05 Reminder to all that this Saturday from noon to 4:00 is the RC Hydro show at the Hydroplane Museum in Kent. E-RCU are invited to display their boats and club information along with the R/C Unlimiteds club, who is sponsoring the show. Plan to bring your boats(s) and help with a good display for those attending. Let Roger Newton know if you will be bringing display items. We also should bring tables for display if possible. Show up around 11:00 and help set up and arrange the show.
 
The February club meeting will be held at 4:00 after the show is over.

1-31-05 Testing Update: Bob Vandernakker had two boats out yesterday at Coulon for winter testing. The Such Crust IV looked good with 3300mAh Batteries. Jeff Campbell and David Gardner were on hand to help Bob set up his new carbon fiber Notre Dame. Early tests looked great. The boat is light and handles well.

1-30-05 Update to the Vintage roster: Henry Marvin's Miss Exide

1-29-05 Ron Daum has forwarded the agenda for the February 5th meeting. Download it here.

1-28-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Jim Lilly's My Gypsy

1-27-05 A couple of site updates: The "contacts" page has been updated, and the link to "vintage drivers standings" has also been fixed.

1-27-05 "Battery" Dave Sacry has committed to racing the Short Circuit with E-RCU this season. A profile is now on the vintage roster.

1-26-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Monte Steere's Slo-mo-shun IV

1-25-05 The "Rules" page has been updated with the 2005 rules.

1-24-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Mike Gossler's 1955 Tempo VII

1-23-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Jim Clark's 1967 Miss Bardahl

1-22-05 The updated rules for 2005 are now posted. Load them from here.

1-21-05 The minutes for the last meeting are now posted. Load them from here.

1-20-05 Disregard the previous announcement concerning the February club meeting:


The February ERCU member meeting has been changed – again – to avoid conflict with the Super Bowl, and to encourage attendance at the RCU show at the museum. The OFFICIAL (no kidding) date for the meeting is 4:00 (or slightly thereafter) at H.A.R.M. on Saturday, February 5. The race schedule for 2005 should be ready to discuss and finalize.

1-20-05 Dave Gardner has a contact with AstroFlight that can provide motors and parts at a reasonable cost. A partial list of what is available follows. These are E-RCU member only prices.

If you have questions or want to order, contact Dave Gardner at drgracing@att.net, or call him at 425-869-7697. Deadline for orders and payment will be February 28.

1-20-05 “After further review”, it has been determined to hold the February club meeting on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 at H.A.R.M. Please disregard the previous notice stating the 13th. The RCU show is still on for Saturday, February 5 – Noon to 4:00 at H.A.R.M.

1-19-05 More information on the February 5th RC hydroplane show at The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum:

1-18-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Bill Smiley's Miss Thriftway

1-17-05 Jim Lilly reports that he has taken delivery of a set of Campbell cowlings for his 1978 Squire Shop (Lincoln Thrift) hull. Jim had built the hull many years ago and has now decided to finish it. He recently installed the strut and stuffing box and rebuilt the tunnel and deck to accept the new cowling. Photos of Jim's progress.

1-16-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Mike Campbell's Miss U.S. 1

1-15-05 An R/C event is scheduled with RCU at H.A.R.M. on Saturday, February 5 from noon to 4 PM to showcase the boats from RCU and ERCU. Check the RCU website at www.rcunlimiteds.org for information. We would like to get people, their boats, tables, videos and handouts ready for this event. Put this on your calendar and make it if you can.

1-14-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Skip-a-long

1-13-05 Due to lack of use, it has been decided to close the Yahoo message board and rely on this news area of the web site for announcements. Any announcement, updates, or news needs to be forwarded to Jim Lilly.

1-12-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Hawaii Kai III

1-11-05 50.3 MPH! Mike Campbell pushed the Country Boy to the 50 MPH barrier on January 2nd. In a related note, he has added to the 2005 Astroflight motor order by one unit.

1-10-05 For great site with hydroplane illustrations go to Hydro Art Prints by Alan Ameel.

1-09-05 Update to the Vintage Roster: Maverick. Meeting today 2:00 PM @ HARM.

1-08-05 Updates to the Vintage roster: Lil Buzzard, Such Crust III.

1-07-05 Updates to the Vintage Roster: 1955 Rebel Suh, 1960 Miss Thriftway, 1952 Such Crust IV

1-06-05 Finally an update on the Website numbers:

1-05-05 Pat Malaspina posted a few photos from Sunday also. I think he might have sent more but got Chili on his camera...(just kidding)Click here for link.

1-04-05 Jerry Courtway has posted some updates on the Llumar. Click here for link.

1-03-05 Jim Clark has added Polar Bear shots from the 2nd at his site. Click here for link.

1-02-05 Happy New Year to all. E-RCU got off to a great start with a good turn out at Shady Lake on Sunday January 2nd. Don't miss the club meeting on Sunday January 9th at Harm - 2:00 PM. Photos of the event.

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