This is Setley Pond in the New Forest, southern England, home of the Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club

Welcome to our Club web site! Mostly we describe the Scale Section of the Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club, however there is information about the Sailing Section (that is Model Yacht Racing) available here.

If you've visited before, why not check what has changed since you last looked?

Visitors:

Please explore all of our site! You might like to access the hints and tips section, the photo galleries of our boats in action, or our movie gallery. There is information about coming to Setley Pond and lots more including Ruff, our alternative to model boats and the Members' Adverts page! We are a friendly club and, if you are feeling brave, you can even see what some of us Look Like!

Members:

Recent Club Notices include an advert for the 2009 Club Calendar, recall of early Futaba 2.4GHz sets, new Hovercraft rules, and details of the Christmas Lunch arrangements (book by 31st October)... View the Club Notices.

Recent News: Scandal and Drama at the Pond!

On the 9th October there were reports of a club member, minus trousers, wading across to the Lilly pads to retrieve a recalcitrant model. Then, on the 12th October Ray Hellicar's MTB 77 hit a buoy, capsized, and sank. An anonymous hero lept in, swam out to the buoy and, diving down, rescued it from the silt. On the 16th October, Arthur Shannon's gunter rigged dinghy was hit by a squall and sank (above left). In this case Reg Radley waded out and performed the rescue... he said he would need more money to take his clothes off and wade in further! However Peter Oram has the solution (right).