My web site is a work in progress. I have lots of material I will be posting which takes time to organize and write content. Some of the selections in the menus above are blank, but I will get there adding content. Between life, work and my current modeling projects, things may move slowly so I may not update the web site that frequently. And I also am getting use to using WordPress which is new to me.
Latest update is December 4th 2023.
This web site is basically a blog about building the models that I have built or will be building and some other things I’ve done. If you want advice from me on how to do something, that is not something I will be doing. If you’re looking for advice, join a forum like RCGroups. There’s plenty of great information there. If you want to contact me click the mail icon in the header or scroll down to the footer and click ‘Contact Ken’
The following pages have content.
About me
Belmar Boats>SS Miss Belmar (updated 05.29.20)
Belmar Boats>Miss Belmar (updated 10.10.19)
Belmar Boats>Big Marie S (updated 12.04.23) <<<<<
Other Models>USS Skipjack (updated 03.25.21)
Other Things>My Shop (updated 10.21.20)
Pictures only on these pages…
Belmar Boats>Sea King
Belmar Boats>Yankee Sword/Outlaw
Belmar Boats>Optimist Queen
Belmar Boats>Skipper
October 3rd 2020. We went out with friends on our boat to look for whales and dolphins. This would be the last outing for the 2020 boating season. On the way north from the Manasquan River we saw many schools of Atlantic Menhaden (bunker). Pretty amazing the thousands of them swimming around in schools. Around Deal NJ we came across this huge pod of what I think were Bottlenose dolphins. We had the boat moving about 5 mph on a steady course. The dolphins enjoyed swimming along with us under, besides and in front of the boat. They gave us a great show jumping out of the water in front of and next to the boat. What an awesome show they put on for us. We are grateful to be able to see such beautiful animals in thier natural environment. It was the most awesome day of the entire boating season. We did see some whales off of Belmar, no video. We saw a humpback and minke whale. The 2021 season can’t get here fast enough.
July 29th 2020. It was my daughters birthday and she was here from where she was living in Wyoming. We took her and her boyfriend out looking for sealife. We headed north from the Manasquan River and started seeing Atlantic Menhaden sunning on the surface. You could really see the size of the school on the boats sonar. Once we got up to deal we started seeing a humpback whale. They only come to the surface briefly to replenish air. We did not see any tail slapping or breaching. Only got a few passes of this whale on video. On the way home came across a few schools of dolphins off of Sea Girt. Needless to say, my daughter enjoyed her day on the boat.
On September 7th & 8th 2019 a bunch of us model submariners sailed our models at North Lake which is on the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. The water is usually pretty clear. Besides plenty of model submarines, there were also surface craft. We even had a night sail. I only caught my Marlin at the night sail. Check out the video of the event.
Do you have a passion for anything? Do you play an instrument? Collect Stamps? Paint? Photography? My passion is building radio control model boats. This hobby requires many skills and there’s nothing more satisfying than building something from nothing (or a kit), seeing the model run in the lake and receiving wonderful comments about your creation. I started building models in my early teens. See the About me page for a bit of a bio about my life with boats and model building.