The battling season is upon us! I know of at least two battles this weekend, the SAS's local and the Bruhahahuahahauhauahauhaha. I'd like to remind everyone to pack their cameras and take photos - we will likely be running a photo contest during the first half of the year and you might not want to miss out... We're still working out the details, including categories and prizes, but one requirement will probably be the photos being from this battling season.
Western Warship Combat Club had our first battle of the season this past weekend. It was a two-day event event (Saturday & Sunday). Most of Saturday was spent building a beach dedicated to combat, and Sunday we battled all day. There were 12 of us running ships in each battle, and it was a perfect day, with mostly sunny weather, around 75% F. One of our members shot a lot of stills, and shot video of two of the battles. As soon as he gets the files to me, I'll post them. Meanwhile, here's the beach we made on Saturday. It's Phase I, and consists of 16 tons of 3/4" crushed gravel: