Model Boat Pond at Tingley Beach

Tingley Beach offers visitors a separate pond where model boating enthusiasts can enjoy their craft! The Model Boat Pond is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be reserved. There is no fee to access model boating or fishing at Tingley Beach. Please review the General Rules for visiting Tingley Beach and the Model Boating Regulations.

Model Boating Regulations and Etiquette top

Welcome to the Tingley Beach Model Boat Pond. Please take a moment to read the regulations and remote control etiquette below to ensure that you and other boat modelers enjoy your time here.

Rules for Model Boating at Tingley top

• Wind or low-speed electric/battery powered craft only.

• Electric boats with the capacity to travel faster than 15mph are not allowed. Gas and nitro-fueled boats are not allowed.

• No swimming, smoking, open fires or alcohol.

• Please help keep the area clean by putting your trash in a trash can.

Remote Control Information and Etiquette top

• There is no frequency control at Tingley Beach.  Modelers are responsible for policing themselves. 

• Surface Frequencies are 75mhz; channels are 61 through 90.

• If you are running a surface model, you should not be on 72mhz.

• Toys use 27 mhz frequency and channels 1 through 6 and are designated by color.

• 1 - brown
• 2 - red
• 3 - orange
• 4 - yellow
• 5 - green
• 6 - blue

• Make sure your channel flag is hooked to your transmitter antenna.

• Always make sure a channel is free BEFORE you turn on your transmitter.

• Share the channels.  Check occasionally to see if someone is waiting for the channel you are using. 

• Share knowledge.  If you know of a hazard warn your fellow modelers.

• In an organized event, frequency boards and flags may be used, but it is the responsibility of the user to supply and maintain the board.  top