Model boat pond
When my mom was growing up she said that you used to be able to swim in the model boat pond at Paradise Point, but sometime during her childhood they put a stop to the swimming and now it is used exclusively for model boats. I spoke with a nice man who is a member of the San Diego Argonauts group and he told me that these remote control model sail boats have a small motor for the rudder and to lift the sails, moving across the water by their sail power. A small boat (about 1 meter) costs about $1000. Races for model sail and power boats are held throughout the year.
posted by at Monday, May 11, 2009
4 Comments:
Wonderful photo of the boats, and I like your mother's memory.
Looks like this is a big boys hobby. At a grand a boat, I don't think I'll buy one for the 10 year old grandson.
I'm glad I'm not into sailing...I couldn't even afford one of these! But this does look like great fun...too bad you can't swim there anymore, though!
A thousand for a toy boat? Oof. That's serious fun. But they do look so pretty altogether like that. Must be loads of fun watching a race.
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