2014 Race Schedule

The Sailing members of VMSS have settled on the following dates for the Winter and Spring sailing days at Beaver Lake.
Informal Race Days: January 5                           Winter Series: January 19                      
                                February 2                                                  February 16
                                March 2                                                      February 23 Invitational
                                April 6                                                        March 16
                                May 4
                                June 1                                Spring Series: March 22-23 Beaver Fever
Informal Race Days start at 1:00 pm                                             April 27
                                                                                                 May 25
                                                                                                 June 22

Best VMSS New Builds For 2013

Bryon Caverley's "Kelly Ann" is one of the Clubs "Best Builds" of 2013

See the December issue of The Binnacle for more pictures

The Passing of Dave Denton

We regret having to announce the passing of long time VMSS Member Dave Denton. We pass our condolences on to his family and friends.

VMSS Celebrates 35 Years - July Binnacle Available Now

The Binnacle Celebrates 35 years of VMSS by taking a look back at it's early history.
Click HERE

June Binnacle Available Now.

The June Binnacle is available HERE

IOM - Canadian Nationals & AMYA Pacific NW Region 6

Results for this event can be found Here

Photo Credit: John Ball

Northwest Ship Modelers Regatta

Northwest Ship Modelers are having their 31st annual Northwest Regatta on June 8th
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Downtown Park, Bellevue, Washington - see link to event flyer Here.

May Binnacle Available Now

The May Edition of the Binnacle is now available Here

Shelbourne Shipyards - Happy Hunter - as seen in the Binnacle

Battle of The Atlantic Tribute - Video

For those of you who could not make it down to Harrison Pond for the Sailpast on Sunday, we bring it to you.

Here is a YouTube Video of the event.

Battle of The Atlantic Tribute

Sunday May 5th 10:45 a.m. At Harrison Pond, Dallas Road at Government St. Victoria, B.C.

Nanaimo show photos

The Nanaimo show was a success - over 60 boats on display. Glen has posted a number of photos on the TugForum site - you need to sign in to see the photos I think -

http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=5161.msg64890;topicseen#msg64890

The small Voith tug is a work of art - 12 inches long - the drive units and the winch fully working.

From the Bridge

The April Edition of the Binnacle is now available Here

As seen in the Binnacle

Event: Starting today and through Sunday the Nanaimo Boat Modellers are having a boatshow at the Country Club Mall in Nanaimo.

From the Bridge

Hi Everyone, we hope you will frequent the Victoria Model Ships blog on a regular basis.

April has arrived, we have shifted the clock forward and we can look forward to better weather.
Start cleaning off the dust, check the old batteries to see if they survived the winter and head to a
pond or lake.

Here are a several photo's to get us inspired to get out to the pond or lake