2015 Fort Stoakes Down River Race

This year’s Fort Stoakes Down River Race, hosted by Roger and Rosemary Baldwin at their Chesapeake Bay home, was another historic event for the RC Laser Class. Skippers and chase boat drivers, a total of sixteen boats arrived to take part in the opening ceremony and luncheon provided by Roger, Rosemary and the regatta ... 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

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

Father’s Day Regatta, St. James Plantation, NC

Dad, Dave Ramos and his son Alex had a great Father’s day. Dave winning the regatta with son Alex placing second in a 14 boat fleet. The weather was hot! The warm breeze of 9 mph with gust coming in at 12 to 15mph put the fleet on the edge of using A and B sails during the whole event. With those conditions the group ... More

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

Myles Loesel Wins Windsor Invitational

Windsor Invitational Regatta The community of Windsor in Vero Beach tried it's hand at regatta management last weekend and invited the teams from Sable Pines (near Ft. Lauderdale) and Orchid Island (also Vero Beach) to their first RC Laser regatta. The two Vero Beach fleets are building their skills in racing and ... More