What is NAMBA District 9?

NAMBA or the North American Model Boat Association, is the governing body of our sport of R/C boat racing. Different regions are identified by a district number. Our district, District 9, covers Northern California and Northern Nevada. Here in District 9 we race a variety of classes from 1/8 Scale Unlimited Hydroplanes to Outrigger and Sport Hydros. Plus Monos or V Hulls and different classed of Tunnel Hulls and Catamarans. We use three basic types of power plants as well.  Nitro, Gas and Electric. Are you interested in warship combat we have these in our district also.  How old do you need to be?  Well we have racers of all ages....from age 5 to 80 and up. R/C Boat Racing can be fun for the whole family and we have many family teams in District 9.

Our race season begins in February and ends usually in late October or November, with the grand finale the Top Gun Shootout.  We race in various locations in Northern California & Nevada. Spectators are always welcome and so are new boaters. If you come to a race and see a class you might like to try we have a number of boaters that would be willing to lend a helping hand to get you started. But BE CAREFUL! This hobby is very addictive...just ask any of our racers! For more information about racing in your area click on the Clubs and Contacts button to the left.

In The News......

11/17/08 - The Invitations have gone out and I have been notified that the printer left out the date.  It was on the original however missed on the proof.  The baquet will be January 3rd with the District meeting at 12:30 pm.

11/12/08 - The tenative district racing schedule for 2009 is attached as a pdf file please download and look it over for the contest directors meeting on December 20th. Also attached is the reasoning behind the choosen dates.  We must remember all races but one will be in the lottery system, Jim Piazza's race in Seaside because of city's request. His race will be the only race in May. The dates are outlined in yellow and major holiday date are outlined in gray.

2009 Race Schedule            Reasoning Behind the Date Selection

11/11/08 - The District Banquet will be at "Zio Fredo's" in Pleasant Hill opposite side of freeway from Concord. District meeting will be on January 3rd 2009 at 12:30 and banquet will start at 6:30 no host cocktail. The Dinner will be Buffet Style with all the trimmings.  How about Godfather theme?  Formal invitations will be sent out shortly. Please rsvp quickly.

11/10/08 - Contest Directors' meeting will be held at Round Table Pizza in Stockton  Dec 20, 2008  12:00, same as last year. Tenative schedule will be on the website shortly. Their address is 2819 West March Lane phone # 209 477 8277

11/08/08 - Turkey Shoot Entry Form       11/07/08 -Toys for Tots Entry Form

9/02/08 - Hi everyone just one announcement: There will be no smoking at the Kaiser Cove facility during practice, race weekends and weekdays. Also the use of barbecues is totally prohibited. This request is from the parks department and will be in affect until after the fire season or when no longer posted.

8/14/08 - I hope everyone is having a good racing season this year. Just a note of observance at some of our race sites. At a couple of our race sites because of the fire danger I am requesting of those who smoke, please smoke in your own pit areas and have a wet pot for the ashes and butts also make sure a fire extinguisher is available at a moments notice. We must protect our sites and also the environment. Also on a lighter note, thanks to Jenny Lanza for all the great pictures and the input on u-tube. Jenny.....yo......u rock!

06/24/08 - We would like to welcome Alfred as a U.S. Citizen. At the races this weekend, the district decided to properly congratulate him on his citizenship.

06/04/08 - All scale boat drivers need to have a picture of you and your boat so we can update the web page. Also there will be an inspection of your boats at the race on June 7/8. Please be prepaired for this.

05/04/08 - The Turkey Shoot Out and the Toys for Tots race will be held on the same weekend November 22 & 23. Turkey Shoot Out will be Saturday and Toys for Tots will be on Sunday. We hope this will help out with the cost of fuel.

04/05/08 - Please make check payable to District 9 for Bob Rendon's race on April 26th & 27th. Please email the form to Gary Crawford and then mail the finished forms to:


GARY CRAWFORD
4064 FORESTVIEW AVE
CONCORD CA 94521
(915) 682 6490

 

03/17/08 - Jerry Worthington and Dave Bestpitch went out to Lake Minden on Sunday 16 March early and tried the net sample supplied by sports net.  Jerry ran his sport hydro into the net twice and no damage was done to the boat nor the net itself.  This net is costing the RCMODELEERS  $2500.00.  I would like to see if the 10 district clubs could financially help by donating $100.00 each to help offset the cost.  The club would appreciate the donations at the Manteca Model Boat Club race.  The net has already been ordered so it can be used at the April Race.  

03/15-08 - 2008 Float Events - Russell Pond – Visalia

Spring – March 21st, 22nd, & 23rd      Fall – October 24th, 25th, & 26th  CVRC Russell Pond, 8400 Avenue 320, Visalia , CA 93291 (Use MapQuest) 8am to 4pm each day  Frequency Control – Use CVRC Frequency Board or 2.4 GHzPre-Registration (Before March 14) $15.00 Late Registration (After March 14) $20.00 Mandatory Membership in AMA for Floats and NAMBA for BoatsLunch available on site each day – $7.00 eachNo Raffle and No T-Shirts this yearAvailable camping, and motor home parking – No hookups – Porta-Potties on site

CVRC Website: http://www.cvrcsoaring.com

Contacts: mailto:John Wilson [johnwilson@laserlandfinishing.com]

03/14/08 - Okay everybody I goofed we didn't get our insurance for the pond in Oroville yet so we cannot have an organized race at the forebay, so we have to reschedule.  You may still run there but not as official race.

03/07/08 - Fremont pond will be closed March 8&9 and March 15 for the repairs and upgrade in the driving areas

02/11/08 - Commodore Lorenzo Martinez has announced that there will be a meeting at Kaiser Cove this Sunday Feb 17, 08 promptly at 10:30 AM a must for all Model Mariners

02/09/08 - Jeff Brown has done a little research and I followed up with inquires with the California Department of Parks & Recreation in Oroville.  As soon as we get all the paperwork completed we will put on a fun race at the site.  The purpose of the race will be for us to consider the possibilities for having a points race at the facilities.  A tentative date will set for March 15. We will have trophies to third place for the classes offered, with no entry fee.  This will be a good chance to develop another race site for our district.

01/26/08 - Coming Up!! Tag Team once again promotes the Gary Johnson Memorial Grand Prix Classic at Fremont       February 23-24

01/25-08 - Attention for a really big sale Howard Moore is selling out  FEB. 9th 1027 JUSTIN WAY, DIXON, CA.

asking 350 for new K-67 with extras
call Howard 707 365-1604
U-1 Miller American 1/8 scale has no motor, comes with everything else.
Asking 300.00
Custom Made B-Hydro ready to run has a new Mod OS 46
Asking 300.00
3.5 Micoburst mono ready to run comes with Picco P-5 motor
250.00
2 Killer B-mods, ready to run, also alot of K&B parts
asking 300.00 for B-Mods boats
100.00 for ALL K&B parts have more then whats in pic

Radios also 3PK with receivers

01/26/08 - Everyone listen up despite what you hear, both Sonia and Don have assured me that we will have water in "C" section as usual for Don's Race in March.  DB

01/21/08 - rescheduling the Gold Rush Gas Race from October to April 12 & 13 and still at Lake Minden we had a conflict with the big boats

01/14/08- Model Mariners meeting will be held at Kaiser Cove Sunday January 20th for all members.

01/12/08 - We had a great meeting with good discussion and resolve. The banquet was a success with raffle prizes and good conversation by all.  A special thanks to HobbyTownUSA for all the donations to the raffle. Jim Wilson acted as Master of Ceremonies with myself handing out the awards.  Congratulations to all the recipients.  The 2008 racing season looks like it will be great with the introduction of a new club the West Coast Modelboat Club headed by Troy Davis and Lorenzo Martinez, good luck guys. We are also excited by the prospect of possibly 3 new race sites, Vacaville, Oroville and in the City of Tulare.  A special thanks to Jeff Brown and Jeff Alvey for pointing me in their direction. If you notice the new schedule has races 3 & 4 weeks apart thus to spread out some of the fuel costs each month.  Please send me your email addresses so I can update my email mail box.  Look in your snail mail box soon for the new schedule, rules and your first entry form.

12/28/07 - Okay everyone to clear up the confusion the district meeting and banquet is for this racing year going to be held at the Lake Natoma Inn located at 702 Gold Lake Dr. Folsom California their telephone number is (916) 351 1500

12/24/07 - Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all From Dave, Bev & Duke ... Just for a inside note, all those members that would like to get updates directly send me your e-mail address to dave.bestpitch@namba.com so I can update my address book. Thanks DRB

12/8/07 - For all those who have not given me your  championship trophies from last year please bring them to the

Toys 4 Tots race 12/15/07

12/03/07 - The rules passed from the 2006 proposals to 2007 have been added to our rules section.  

As our rules chairperson receives all the rules from the beginning we will be posting them in the rule archive section when developed.  Thanks for your patience

12/15/07 - “TOYS FOR TOTS”  The date for the race is December 15 with the drivers meeting starting right at 8:30am. Lunch will be provided by the model mariners. Cost per boat will be $10 and one toy per contestant with a value of $10 or more. Classes running are as follow;  A mono – C mono – A tunnel – Cracker box – All B tunnels combined – G1 sport – G1 Cat-G1 Mono...Also if you wish email Lorenzo for your entry namba611@comcst .net

 

01/05/2008 - Annual district meeting will be from 12:00pm - 3:00PM at Lake Natoma Inn and Banquet with no host bar starting at 6:00PM with dinner at 7:00pm. ***new for the banquet you can pay by paypal if you wish darby_96@hotmail.com

Click here for Invitation

12/16/07 - Contest Director Meeting - 11:am - 3:00pm at Round Table Pizza March Lane, Stockton, Tel: 209-477-8277

Click here for tentative schedule 

11/15/2007 - The Model Mariners have a meeting scheduled for this Sunday at Kaiser Cove. Click HERE

Rule Proposal Ballots must be postmarked by 11/24 to be counted. If for some reason you didn't receive one in the mail please contact Gary or Diane Crawford.

10/30/2007 - Rule Proposal Ballots are finally going out. There has been some difficulty obtaining a current updated roster. Ballots will be due by 11/30.

10/11/2007 - Ballots for the 2007 Rule Proposals will be going out over the next week. Please follow the instructions enclosed for voting and return by the deadline on the instruction sheet. NAMBA ballots have already gone out for voting for District Director. Please vote and return to NAMBA not District 9.

09/12/2007 - Model Mariners have a meeting scheduled for 10:30am this Sunday the 16th. Please plan to attend.

The Awards Banquet is still in the planning stages as a location is being finalized. A rule that passed last year has changed the dates allowed for the banquet, therefore we are competing with other events for the same dates so finding a suitable location is ongoing. An announcement will be made very soon.

08/27/2007 - Points have been updated. RC Modeleers is the next race at Lake Minden. Contact Dave Bestpitch for your entries.

Also, if you have a perpetual championship trophy from 2006 please bring it to this next race and turn it in to Dave Bestpitch so that we can have them ready for the 2007 Awards Banquet. Details about the banquet will be coming as soon as they are finalized.

08/1/2007 - Points page has been fully updated.

Unlimited News has been updated in the Scale Unlimited Section.

The Muncey Scale and Lights race is slated for 9/15 in San Diego in conjunction with the last ABRA Unlimiteds race of the year. If you would like to go Mike McKnight will be driving down and has room for a couple of boats. You can get an entry form by clicking HERE

07/31/2007 - Printable points have been updated as of the Model Mariners Race. The points page will be updated when time permits.

Some pics from the Nationals taken by Roger Hooks, Sr. have been posted including some work party pics.  There are also some pics on the District 19 website click HERE 

The Scale Registry has also been updated.

07/19/2007 - Model Mariners have a meeting scheduled for this weekend. Read the current newsletter by clicking HERE

Now that the Nationals have come and gone district racing continues and the Model Mariners race is next and entries are due. Please Contact Alfred Lanza to get you entries in.

6/4/2007 - Entries for the NCSA race are due. Please contact Mike McKnight to enter. The Model Mariners have a meeting scheduled for this Sunday at 10:30am. Click HERE for more info.

Printable Points have been updated.

The first Set-Up Day for the Nationals is set for June 16th. A list is being compiled for volunteers for this date. Also, we will need a crew for tear down the last Saturday as soon as the racing has finished and some for Sunday. We need volunteers to sign up for this as well. If you can make one or both dates please contact Mike McKnight ASAP.

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