25 Results for year: 2013

2013 Race Report: Tour of Abaco: Schooner Bay

The first round of the 2014 RC Laser Tour of Abaco began the last Saturday of 2013.  We were all invited for lunch at the recently opened Blackfly Lodge at Schooner Bay.  The first battle of the day was to keep our lunch from blowing away.  We all had burgers or wraps at the restaurant, all reasonably priced and ... More

Rob Seidelmann Wins 2013 Leftover Bowl

The 2013 edition of the Leftover Bowl was a great success. On Saturday, two days after Thanksgiving, fifteen skippers came from the in-laws or grandma’s house to enjoy the slightly cool breezes and mid 30’s temps to race in this annual holiday event. We all donned layers added the gloves and ski hats, and fleet raced ... More

Annual Leftover Bowl Saturday Nov 30th

Wow, it's getting close to Turkey Day and, if you are in the Philly/NJ/NY/MD/DE area for the holiday the Leftover Bowl should be on your agenda. I bet Hank Buchanan will be down from Manhattan Island. This annual break from grandma's house gives the fall season it's final regatta and it's always a good one. The West ... More

Jon Elmaleh Wins Inaugural National Championship

The First Annual RC Laser National Championship is now in the books and a familiar multi time North American Champion, Jon Elmaleh, is the new National Champion. Jon is the owner of Out There Technologies, the owner/builder of the RC Laser and has many years of competing in several RC classes and winning on many levels. ... More

Ft Stoakes Cannonball River Race a Huge Success

Several months ago the clever team of Harry Henkel and Roger Baldwin, from the Oxford RC Laser Fleet, got together over a couple of lemonades and came up with the idea of a river race on a portion of the Tred Avon River in Easton, MD. Roger and his wife, Rosemary, live at the headwaters of the Tred Avon  River, ... More

Tom Rummage Wins Light Air Hot Dog Regatta

from Rick Ferguson and Dave Branning Rick Ferguson and Tom Rummage were kind enough to come north from Raleigh for the Tilghman RC Laser Regatta this Spring so I thought it proper to support their Regional Championship this year. Elaine Hepkin (traveling scorekeeper) and I ventured south on Friday to join 12 local ... More

Laser Class Announces THE SNOWBIRD SERIES

North American RC Laser Class Secretary, Dave Branning, has announced that the plans for a three regatta series, called The Snowbird Series, will be held in late February and early March of 2014. The three regattas will all be in Southern Florida in three different pond locations. This gives the snowbird folks who reside ... More

Don Barker Wins 2013 Rock Hall Regatta

The annual Fall Rock Hall Regatta was dealt a beautiful Chesapeake late summer weather day. Temps in the 70’s and blue skies and a northerly that stayed in one place the entire day. Regatta Chairmen, Tom Lippincott and Chip Lieber, of the host Rock Hall Fleet, were able to sail thanks to the RC management by Joe and Amy ... More