25 Results for year: 2013
Skippers and friends: Link below is a collection of some of the pictures from the recently held RC Laser North American Championship. Thanks to Sue Keller and Jim Flach for their contributions. There are more good pictures out there and I hope others will share with me so we can round out the visual library from this great ...
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2013 North American RC Laser Championship goes to Jim Kaighin from the Bahamas. Jim sailed a 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 5, 13 (throw out) day to win by seven points over Barr Batzer, from Lighthouse Point, FL. Barr actually had a one point lower gross score in this two throw out regatta. This was Barr's first regatta in an RC ...
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Day two of the RC Laser North American Championship was a day of sail changes. The forecast from the "always accurate weather man" was 10-15 with more in the afternoon. That never really happened that way. A sails all morning in really nice comfortable east northeast winds and then the NW filled in and we sailed B sails ...
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Day Two in Florida stayed overcast and most skippers had a light fleece or sweater on as the sun never appeared. The locals said we "should have been here in February." Each skipper sailed two seeding races as the 26 competitors were divided into three “balanced fleets” to begin the regatta. Some of the newcomers to RC ...
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Day one from Florida brought 15 RC Laser skippers together at Punta Gorda, home of the Sun Coast Model Yacht Club. This was the inaugural Snowbird event on the RC Laser racing calendar. It was a terrific pond in a spacious town park with close in parking and two perfect launch docks. Nick Mortgu, AMYA RC Laser Secretary, ...
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HANK BUCHANAN, our RC Laser stalwart, and multi-class RC top skipper, travels to South Africa in the winter for family reasons and was able to cobble up a regatta...A Regatta in his own name! The following is Hank's report of the event.
During our winter, I travel to South Africa visiting two daughters, their ...
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The weather was not looking good for an afternoon of sailing, but the weather cleared for a really good day of RC Laser racing in Little Harbour. Several of us met at Pete’s Pub for some lunch and then we set the course and had a practice race. We usually hold one practice race to get the bugs worked out and to give ...
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Beautiful January weather was on tap for the first round of the RC Laser Tour of Abaco. Winds were unfortunately very light and out of an unfavorable location for this venue. We had a good turnout with 2 first timers, Cameron Sands and Thomas Key. The light winds proved to be trouble for not only the regulars, but ...
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