2015 RC Laser Mid-Winter Championship Regatta

The easy headline would be “Jim Kaighin tops field for fifth consecutive Marco Island win”. However, there is more to the story. Let’s start with the organizers of this year’s RC Laser Mid-Winter Championship at Marco Island bringing out a new format with a shorter duration and the class reacting with fifty ... More

Snowbird Tune-Up Regatta

A full house of thirty skippers was registered for this regatta, but the forecast of heavy rain and thunderstorms had three skippers think twice about racing. Although the weather was not perfect all day there was some great racing with cheering for those novice regatta skippers who finished well. The breeze for the ... More

Local Loesel Wins SE Florida Winter RC Laser Regatta

Scott Loesel from the local Sabal Pines Model YC Fleet bested a field of twenty one RC Laser sailors that was made up of Floridians and Snowbirds seeking the warm Florida weather. Scott won 4 out of the 11 races that made up the series, with a total of 23 points beating out Mark Schwegman from Ft. Lauderdale by 8 ... More

Dave Brawner Wins RC Laser Invitational World Indoor Championship

It was balmy breezes in February that current RC Laser National Champion Dave Brawner sailed to win the RC Laser Invitational World Indoor Championship. This year eleven RC Laser sailors from as far away as Vermont and Maryland traveled to the snow covered Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains for this exciting event. The pond ... More

2015 AMYA RC Laser National Championships

The 2015 AMYA Sanctioned RC Laser National Championships was hosted this year by The Villages Model Yacht Squadron in Florida on January 17-18 and it was a nice warm break for the many skippers who travelled from the cold north. Skippers travelled from MI, TX, NJ, NY, MD, AL, Bahamas and all points of the compass in ... More

RC Laser Tour de Abaco Kicks Off 2015 in Marsh Harbour

After a long off season of RC Laser sailing on Abaco, we kicked of the new season with a beautiful, warm, breezy day at Key’s dock in Marsh Harbour. Some of our regulars were busy with the new years events and some were still out of town, so next year, we will wait until the middle of January to start up again. Winds ... More

Tom Rummage Wins First Regatta Of 2015

Eleven RC Lasers turned up January 1 for the first regatta of 2015, the Hangover Cup, on Carolina Lake at Carolina Beach, NC.  The weather was CAVU (Google it) with pleasant temps and solid A-rig winds all day. It was difficult to set courses in such a way that the windward mark could easily be seen and still oriented ... More

An Interview With David Ramos, 2014 National Champion

To find Dave Ramos, who just won the RC Laser Nationals in October, you have to go to his workplace at Chesapeake Performance Models’ shop in Stevensville, Maryland. Dave builds, molds, repairs as well as sails all kinds of RC boats ... More