Our mission at the Cape Town Scale Model Boat Club is to promote the building and sailing of radio controlled scale model boats as a form of art and recreational activity for the whole family. In doing so, we strive to establish a culture in South Africa in which parents and children can spend more quality time away from the screens that creates a social divide, such as television, computer games and social media.
In addition we utilise scale model boats and ships as a visual demonstration of the real world for the benefit of the public by:
- Engaging in the conservation and protection of the natural environment, including flora, fauna and the biosphere.
- The promotion of, and through education and training programmes relating to, environmental awareness,
- The protection of the safety of the general public,
- The promotion and protection of family stability, and
- Stimulating an interest amongst the youth, in the maritime and shipping industry of South Africa as a future career of choice.
As such we are registering a Non-Profit Company (NPC) during 2024 to help us achieve our mission through public funding of the projects we have planned in the coming year.
The NPC will function separately from the the club itself, but will provide for the funding of improvement projects, marketing and advertising, and operational expenses of the club, including remuneration of the Exco, maintaining the club’s website and payment of service providers for the storage of club assets away from the venues.
Our financial year starts on 1 June 2024, and the 2024 budget is listed below:
Projects
- Improvement of Sonstraal Dam Launching area (Previously committed to by the City of Cape Town; now declined)
- Improvement of Sonstraal Dam Landscaping
Estimated Cost: R145 000
Operational Expenses
- Annual domain registration and website hosting
- Exco disbursements of costs incurred as Member Committee x 5 pax
- Rental of Storage Unit for Model Boats donated to the club
- Member rewards program
Budget: R 128 000
TOTAL FUNDING NEED: R273 000
If you wish to donate to these expenses, kindly be advise that we are not yet registered in terms of Section 18(A) of the Income Tax Act, and donations will not be tax deductible.
You can also help us by buying a Friends of Sonstraal Dam Subscription (for only R49 per month) to this website to get access to articles published about scale models that have been built from real ships, as well as regular updates of events and achievements by our members.