61 Results for author: David Branning
Jack Ward of the host Punta Gorda Fleet handled 21 competitors to win the second annual Snowbird Tuneup Regatta on Thursday, February 27th. RD, Dave Brawner and the team of Art Hawes, Paul Newfield and Fred in the Boat, ran a terrific show with 16 heats in the odds and evens format.
In second was Frank Vella, of ...
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SE Florida Regatta Race Report
The First Annual SE Florida Regatta was held on Sunday, February 23rd in Coconut Creek, Florida and was a huge success. Barr Batzer and his team produced a wonderful Chamber of Commerce day of RC Laser Racing enjoyed by 27 competitors. The range of skippers was wide and the format for ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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