33 Results for author: Nelson Habecker
June seems to be the month that is a crap shoot as to whether we can race or not. Twice this month we have found ourselves sitting under an umbrella or under the hatchback of a truck waiting for the wind to usher away the persistent rain. Eight racers showed up yesterday in hopes of wind, but after a one hour postponement ...
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Although it was Father’s Day (June 21st) it did not seem to mean much to Anne Lambert (4 wins) and Mary Schmidt (3 wins) who shut out the guys in all 7 of the races held. Gary Schmidt was able to finish with a couple of seconds and thirds but other than that–Lady’s RULED on Father’s Day!!!
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It was a great day for racing. From morning till dusk there was a 10 knot breeze that came in from the south. There was a short delay in getting started due to all the big boat sailors to get back to shore. Neil was so excited to get started that he never saw the brick someone had placed in front of him and (you ...
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It was the final day for the Spring Series. The rain came down all morning and most of the afternoon, but the RC Lasers were determined not to cancel do to a little rain and temps in the 40s. All those in attendance came with foul weather gear and “THE MITT” for their transmitters. To help us on this journey was ...
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It seems not so long ago there was a cover of white over the lake. Now we put up the umbrellas on the south dock and wait for the wind to fill in for RC racing. Here it is Sunday afternoon at 4pm and barely enough wind to get off one race for the eleven boats competing. But due to the due diligence of the fleet captain ...
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Gary Schmidt put in his first race of the year following a winter tour in Germany. The result was stunning. He had a third place finish beaten only by Anna Gorbold and Anne Lambert. In all fairness the race was shortened and many of us reading our GPS weather app knew it was time to get off the water. We then reposit...
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It was just another fine day for racing Sunday afternoon. Although the wind was light (A sail) we managed to get in 7 races in total. Jonathan Gorbold won 3, Jay Niggli won 2, Anne Lambert won 1 and Terry Schmidt won 1.
We set up 2 courses for the afternoon to accommodate the wind changes. For some races we sailed ...
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We have now completed 4 weeks of our 8 week series and there has yet to be a boat to run off with the series. Currently Bill Schmidt is 1 point in front of Jonathan Gorbold who is just 4 points in front of Mary Schmidt. Click “RESULTS” to see all the scores.
Jay and I put our phones in our boats while racing to ...
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