5/5/2008 - Apple Blossom Regatta Results

Three races into the R/C Unlimiteds Oh Boy! Oberto Championship Series and we have 3 different race winners. This is looking to be a great season of racing folks! See the Race Schedule and Driver Standings for the latest results!

4/29/2008 - Jackie Lepinski

When someone we love passes away, we ache, but we go on. Our dear departed would want us to heal, after they are gone. Grief is a normal way to mend. The anguish and pain in our hearts; we need time to remember and time to mourn, before the recovery starts. Let's draw together to recuperate, as we go through this period of sorrow; let's help each other, with tender care to find a brighter tomorrow.

Jackie Kay Lepinski went to be with her Lord on Monday, April 28, at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Washington. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends.

She was born in Richland WA on November 4, 1969, to Chester and Sandy Lepinski.

Jackie worked for Lockheed Martin for twenty years. She started in 1987 as a high school student and ended up in the Human Resource Department as a HR Specialist.

Jackie enjoyed many things in life. She grew up doing competitive roller skating until she was 12. She became very involved in the Tri-City Americans hockey team. She even went on a long road trip to Canada one time to support the team. Her latest enjoyment was cruising. She had been to Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean, Panama Canal, and Mexico. Her next adventure was to go to Fiji. While cruising she had a chance to swim with the dolphins and go white water rafting.

She is survived by her parents Chester and Sandra (Richland), brother Brian (Richland), and sister Brenda (Everett). She is also survived by her many friends.

The family would like to extend our gratitude to the dedicated and caring professionals in the Intensive Care Unit at Kadlec Medical Center. These were the most incredible set of nurses. Each one of her nurses took very special care of her (Keith, Randy, Lisa, Kara, Gene, and Joy). Thank you for making her last days as peaceful as could be.

There will be a celebration of her life on Friday, May 2nd, at the Central Church; 1124 Stevens Dr.; Richland, WA. From 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

The family has requested that instead of sending flowers please make a donation to the American Lung Association or the Kadlec Medical Foundation for further research on Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.

There will be a memorial page at www.einansfuneralhome.com.

4/29/2008 - Can you pull the trailer?

The club is looking for someone to pull the club's trailer from the Rock Island race this coming weekend to the Marysville race, May 17th. If you can help out, please let us know ASAP. Thanks!

4/22/2008 - Race Schedule update

The race details for the Dean Chenoweth Memorial and Champion Spark Plug Regatta races have been added to the Race Schedule.

4/21/2008 - Bill Muncey Memorial

Our second race, The Bill Muncey Memorial, has been completed this past weekend. See the Race Schedule and Driver Standings pages for all the details!

4/21/2008 - Boat Bio Update

The 1969 Notre Dame has been updated on the 'Our Boats' page.

4/12/2008 - April Newsletter!

The current newsletter can now be found to the right of the "Featured News" text, above.

4/10/2008 - Boat Bio Updates

The 1984 Oh Boy! Oberto and the 2000 Appian Jeronimo boat bio's have been updated on the 'Our Boats' page.

4/10/2008 - Boat Standing

The Boat Standings have been updated on the 'Driver Standings' page.

4/10/2008 - Atomic Updates

The Atomic Cup page has been updated.

4/6/2008 - Atomic Cup Results

The Atomic Cup details are in! See the 'Race Schedule' and 'Driver Standings' for full results. What's this?! Brian Lepinski is in the Top 10?!!

Boat Standings will be posted once that information comes in. Thank you for your patience.

4/2/2008 - Race Schedule update

The Bernie Little Memorial has been added to the 'Race Schedule' page.

4/1/2008 - Schedule Changes

The President's Cup and Bernie Little Memorial races have changed spots. The President's Cup will be held on June 15-16 in Tacoma, WA and the Bernie Little Memorial race will be held on June 1 in Ellensburg, WA.

We still need testing and race format information for the following races.
Dean Chenoweth Memorial
Bernie Little Memorial
Rose Cup
Governor's Cup
Champion Spark Plug Regatta
Gold Cup / Norm Evans Memorial

For the CD's who have not sent in their Race Formats yet, please click so your race can be added to our 2008 Race Schedule. Thank you.

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What is R/C Unlimiteds?

Established in 1974, "R/C Unlimiteds" is a group of hydroplane enthusiasts who race 1/8th scale Radio Controlled models of Unlimited hydroplanes, of the past and present. The size of our propeller driven boats are approximately 2 feet wide, by 4 feet long. We use .67 (11cc) sized marine inboard engines that produce around 3HP. Our top boats travel in excess of 60MPH!!! Our over 100 club members race over 125 different radio controlled unlimited hydroplanes ranging from the 1954 Miss Cadillac to the latest 1997 Miss Budweiser. We run a fourteen race circuit throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. While the size of the boats may be small, the competitive juices, excitement and challenge are all as large as they are for our full sized counterparts.

The races that we have are run under the same rules and regulations as the full size unlimited hydroplanes. The race format can vary slightly from race to race, but generally, four flights of preliminary heats are run to accumulate points which qualify boats to run in the "winner take all final". A tally will be made of the points each boat has gained after it has raced against other boats in four different heats. The top 6 boats (#1 - #6), according to most points gained after the preliminary heats, will be placed in the "winner take all final". The next 6 boats in points (#7 - #12) will make it into the First Consolation race. The following 6 boats in points after that (#13 - #18) will make it into the Second Consolation race.

An example of one race format could be as follows:

The Second Consolation race would be raced, and the winner of that race would advance into the First Consolation race.

Then the First Consolation race would be raced (including the winner of the Second Consolation) and the winner of this race would become the "trailer" in the "Winner take all Final".

The "trailer" in the "Winner take all Final" has to start two buoy lengths back at the start of the race, unless another boat in the Final were to "die" before 30 seconds to the start. If a boat in the Final dies before the 30 seconds to the start of the race, then the "trailer" boat can start up with the rest of the group instead of having to start two buoy lengths back.

HEAT RACES:

1st place earns 400 points

2nd place earns 300 points

3rd place earns 225 points

4th place earns 169 points

5th place earns 127 points

6th place earns 95 points

7th place earns 71 points

Full points are awarded in preliminary heats, and in the Final

1/2 points are awarded in the First Consolation heat

1/4 points in the Second Consolation heat.

Our circuit is called the Oh Boy! Oberto Championship Series and runs from April through October each year. An average of forty boats show up at each event and the races run from about 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

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