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Our next battle is scheduled for August 19th, at Cle Elum.  Directions can be found on our Ponds page. This is our first time back at Cle Elum in quite some time.  The winds can pick up a bit, so make sure to bring anchors for your furniture and canopies. Desired start time is 11am again, so captains, please arrive sufficiently early to set up and prep ships.  The goal is to run at least two battles of two sorties each, with a longer break between the battles for lunch and repair. Guests and spectators should consider arriving at 11 or later unless they areRead More →

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Our next battle is scheduled for July 29th, at Swan Creek in Tacoma.  Directions can be found on our Ponds page. Desired start time is 11am again, so captains, please arrive sufficiently early to set up and prep ships.  The goal is to run at least two battles of two sorties each, with a longer break between the battles for lunch and repair. Guests and spectators should consider arriving at 11 or later unless they are interested in aspects other than the combat.  Please do not bring small children or animals that will not wear safety glasses.  We do have a supply of safety-glasses forRead More →

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On June 3rd we battled at Swan Creek in Tacoma.  The air was full of cottonwood fluff, a nightmare for those with allergies, but the air was also full of steel bbs, a nightmare for any balsa nearby! It was a great day for a battle, moderate weather, good visibility in the pond, very little debris floating.  The turnout for the day was unfortunately small, only three captains were able to attend, myself with the Derfflinger, Darrell with the Warspite and Phill sailed the Westfalen.  We also had the Maru and Suffren in the ‘spare ships’ category for the day. Phill recently spent some timeRead More →

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Our next two battles will be held on June 3rd and June 24th, roughly 11am for each at Swan Creek in Tacoma.  Directions are available on the Ponds page for those who need them. Captains should plan to arrive early enough to have time to set-up and prepare for an 11am battle.  Suggested arrival is 10:30 or earlier.  As before, the goal is to have a minimum of two battles, each containing 2 sorties.  After the first battle we will have a longer break for lunch and repairs. Guests and spectators need not arrive before 11:00 if you are only interested in the action.  WeRead More →

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Our next battle will be May 20th, roughly 11am at Swan Creek in Tacoma.  Directions are available on the Ponds page for those who need them. Captains should plan to arrive early enough to have time to set-up and prepare for an 11am battle.  Suggested arrival is 10:30 or earlier.  As before, the goal is to have a minimum of two battles, each containing 2 sorties.  After the first battle we will have a longer break for lunch and repairs. Guests and spectators need not arrive before 11:00 if you are only interested in the action.  We do have sizable amounts of downtime as weRead More →

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Well, First battle was a sucess. We located many gremlins, though whether or not we will suceed in terminating them at a future point is still undetermined. We had 4 ships today, Phil had the Richelieu, Hovey, in a bit of a throwback to days long gone, commanded the Suffren as his own ships are still in drydock, Darrel as typical had the Warspite and I brought the Derfflinger. We concluded that the best way to split teams was to put the Derf and Suffren vs the Richelieu and Warspite – By units this isn’t very balanced, but looking at spead, maneuverability and general defensivenessRead More →

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April 22nd we will have our first battle of 2012.  Start time is 11am, location is Coal Creek.  Captains should plan to arrive by 10:30 to begin set up and prep work. Directions to Coal Creek Pond can be found on the Ponds page. As always, spectators and guests are welcome, please bring safety glasses and do not bring pets (they don’t like wearing safety glasses).Read More →

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Our next, and probably last battle for the year, will be on Nov 6th. It will be conducted at Coal Creek in Bellevue. Captains: We intend to begin the first battle at noon – please plan to arrive at about 11am to prepare your ships and steel your minds.  As well as perform general setup tasks, etc. Guests and Interested visitors: You are welcome to show up at any time and feel free to ask questions between sorties.  If you take photos or video I would love to get copies if possible.  We generally have a convoy ship or two in need of a volunteerRead More →

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For the Oct 2nd battle we had good weather and a smaller than typical turnout of captains.  Phill, Darrell, Peter and myself were present. We had numerous guest captains for the cargo vessels and were successful in running 4 very fun sorties. For the battle I mounted a FlipCam that I had more or less waterproofed to the sterndeck of the Maru.  The Maru sailed in the first 2 sorties, the videos below are the results of those sailings.  Read More →

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On July 31st, Joe Follansbee of The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Naval History came to visit us at a battle.  He brought with a video camera, shot some video and did some interviews. Afterwards he put together a video overlaying some of those interviews with footage from the battle.  Read More →