36 Results for tag: Canandaigua Lake RC Laser Fleet
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Maggie & Neil Atkins will be hosting their Annual Hospitality Elimination Regatta which will include great company, a great meal and drinks for all. The address is 4314 Deep Run Canandaigua, NY 14424. This is just off of East Lake Rd.
The regatta will begin promptly at 12 Noon off the south dock at CYC. A starting ...
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The weather could not have been better for the 2015 Squaw Island Regatta. By 2pm the wind was out of the west at anywhere from 2 knots to 15 knots depending on where you were on the lake. The support staff were all on time and the chase boats were ready.
Richard Phelps donated his jet ski while Dave Kaye donated ...
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Kick off August with the RC Laser fleet by coming out to sail in the 5th Annual Squaw Island Offshore Race Saturday August 1st.
This 2-mile race requires skippers to sail their radio controlled sailboat up the lake to a mark at Squaw Island and then back to a finish line at the club. It was one of the more fun but ...
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Great summer day at the races for RCs.
We had warm breezes mostly from the west which forced us to have downwind starts and huge wind holes at the windward mark for most of the races. The race course was what I would call an inverted modified Olympic course. Downwind to the leeward mark, up to the windward mark, ...
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