RC Boats for Christmas

H Everyone, I am very excited to announce we'll now be carrying RC Boats & Accessories. RC has been a fun hobby of mine pretty much my whole life. The climate isn't great for owning a hobby store, but our regular business is big enough that I can slide in some hobby stuff! So I am starting with boats since it will be a great thing to offer all of our boating customers.

If you have questions, please ask away. I think these boats are the coolest thing, and I want to make sure you all might find the same fun in them that I do.

The brands we'll focus on are Pro Boat for the boats, and Spektrum for the batts. Here is why. Pro Boats offers a full lineup from tiny little jet boats for the kids to run in the pool, up to a 48" Gas Skater. And everything in between. Speeds are from 15MPH for the smallest to over 80MPH for their fastest electric boat. So they really have something for everyone. And again, these are all hobby grade. That means parts are interchangeable, replaceable, upgradeable, and repairable.

The Spektrum batteries are what sold me though. Lipo batts and brushless motors have pretty well taken over the RC world. Lipo batts can be finicky. The biggest problem with them is that if you don't store them at a "Storage voltage" they can go bad in pretty short order. Batts are very expensive, so this is a problem. The new Smart Spektrum lipos have some brains, and they will actually go into a storage mode after 72 hours, so they basically can live their full life without going bad prematurely. Real easy.

I picked out the Sonicwake for myself. This boat goes 60MPH out of the box. My favorite part is that it's "Self righting". So if it flips, it will turn itself back over and be fine. I'll run this behind the big boat and jump my wake, or play with it on choppy days.


They have a really cool tug boat too. If I kept my boat in a marina I'd sit on the back deck with a beer and putz around with this one. It has fire monitors on it too!


If you need something for a kid check out the 12" Jet Jam. It's pretty fast, and is a jet boat so pretty safe too. Great in a pool.


These boats are really easy, high quality, fun and durable. Here is the list to all of them that we have. https://www.boemarine.com/hobby.html

Love thesea things. I've found the cheapo ones on Amazon last about two uses in saltwater, even if you thoroughly rinse them after use. Are these any better?
 
Love thesea things. I've found the cheapo ones on Amazon last about two uses in saltwater, even if you thoroughly rinse them after use. Are these any better?

These are all made with, SS, Bronze and high quality parts. They are serviceable. I used mine at Ocean City MD this past weekend and it has been fine. Used it again yesterday on the Chesapeake. At the end of the day, after I ran it in the pure saltwater I rinsed everything thoroughly, then pulled the prop shaft and re-greased it. Sounds like a PITA but in reality it takes about 3 minutes.
 
Good to know. On this recommendation I just bought two of the react 17s for Xmas presents for an 8 and a 10 year old. Will report back on their findings.
 
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These are all made with, SS, Bronze and high quality parts. They are serviceable. I used mine at Ocean City MD this past weekend and it has been fine. Used it again yesterday on the Chesapeake. At the end of the day, after I ran it in the pure saltwater I rinsed everything thoroughly, then pulled the prop shaft and re-greased it. Sounds like a PITA but in reality it takes about 3 minutes.
Yup, I used wd40 and pulled the cooling line off the outdrive and backflushed. Always pull the prop shaft and grease.
 
I have had a Traxxas Villain for years that I've only run in salt water off the back of my boat. Just washed it off afterwards with fresh water and an occasional spray with WD40. Have had no problems. It's time to upgrade to a self righting boat!
 
Many years ago I built a wooden Sterling kit that was a reproduction of a Chris Craft cruiser. It was powered by 2 electric motors run by a dozen or so D-cell batteries.

Then my Dad built a plastic (fiberglass?) sailboat from a kit. It had no engine but it did have a bunch of batteries that adjusted the rudder and sails.

Now you got me thinking. They both have been on the hard for many years. Maybe I'll buy some batteries and splash them next Summer.

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Many years ago I built a wooden Sterling kit that was a reproduction of a Chris Craft cruiser. It was powered by 2 electric motors run by a dozen or so D-cell batteries.

Then my Dad built a plastic (fiberglass?) sailboat from a kit. It had no engine but it did have a bunch of batteries that adjusted the rudder and sails.

Now you got me thinking. They both have been on the hard for many years. Maybe I'll buy some batteries and splash them next Summer.

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I just rebuilt two old Maglites. And that got me thinking of rechargeable D cells. My looking around has turned up some really good batteries with a lot more power. Might see if there is something around that would help out in that department. Those dang throw aways aren't cheap.

Nice models.
 
I love that tug. I wonder if it could deliver drinks too fellow moor’ers?
 

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