B Sail Winds Week 7 Fall Series

I had ordered up an eight to ten knot wind out of the south for our week seven racing event and as usual that’s what we got. Jonathan Gorbold, who was acting PRO, managed to rip off 5 bullets on an eight race card. (Even extra duties doesn’t seem to slow him down). Mary Schmidt managed 2 bullets after taking the ... More

Ramos Wins 2015 North American Championship

Dave Ramos edges 2015 National Champion, David Brawner to capture his first North American RC Laser Championship. Ramos, who won last year’s Nationals in his first ever Laser regatta, sailed more consistently than the other 17 skippers. The field consisted of skippers who have won scores of national and international ... More

2015 Tilghman Trifecta RC Laser Regatta

Twenty three RC Lasers showed up on a Wednesday for part one of the Tilghman Trifecta series of regattas held at the beautiful Tilghman on Chesapeake Yacht Club in Tilghman, MD. Part two was the EC12’s and part three, the Star 45’s, would follow over the next four days. Regatta Chairman Dave Branning couldn’t have ... More

Buffalo Wins First Game & Gary Wins First Race

Sunday September 13th Gary Schmidt unveiled his fall Bills mascot boat for the remainder of the year. After watching the Bills win their first game of the season, as luck would have it, in the water it went and never looked back in race one. In total there were five races and five different winners. I believe that the ... More

5 Races Completed Week 4 Fall Series

There seemed to be plenty of wind a hundred yards off shore but very seldom did it come our way. What started out to be a south wind quickly turned into a light north wind which turned out to be fine. we all just started on the opposite side of the line and went in the opposite direction. Before the racing started ... More

Lake Naomi Summer RC Laser Regatta Results

The RC Laser Fleet #9 held its Annual Summer Regatta on August 8, 2015 at the Club’s Administrative Office Marina. We had a mix of local and off lake participants with light but steady winds across the course and copious sunshine. Eighteen races later, less throw-outs, with eight participants less one withdraw gave ... More

Jonathan Gorbold Wins Hospitality Regatta

The day began early with all the preparations being made. Seven boats entered the water at noon for the 2.3 mile race across the lake. The chase boats were power boats, canoes, and kayaks. Keith Calkins (race director) laid out the starting line and did the countdown. Six boats took a course of east and then south while ... More

Gary Schmidt Scores 2 Bullets Week 2 Fall Series

After missing out on week one with an electrical malfunction Gary was able to rebuild his boat with new servos and score 2 bullets out of 4 races. After two weeks of the Fall Series it is Gary Schmidt and Jonathan Gorbold who are tied for first with Jay Niggli close on their heels.  Just a touch further back is ... More