Storm at NABGO Big Gun Model Warship Combat event
Channel: BigGun Combat Warship International
Date: 2012-07-08

A major storm blows through suddenly in a BIG way during the North American Big Gun Open at Starbrand Ranch in Kaufman, TX.  Fortunately saw it rolling in *just* in time and got everyone and most of the ships either back under the protection of the boat house,  with the Yamato forcibly beached stern down (can just barely make her out down the peninsula, or in the Indianapolis's case (which I was captaining at the time), I got her into a good position to be beached by the wind without blowing out into the lake and getting lost forever.  Can just barely see her across the pond, barely still afloat.  

No injuries and all ships recovered so things turned out rather well considering.  Other than losing several canopies, one difficult to find reference book, not much else was a total loss.  I