Fifth Annual Bow Lake Strafford, NH RC Laser Regatta and Region 1 Championship

Submitted By: Bob Shapiro
Region: 1
Class: RC Laser
Chevrons: Red Regional
Date: 9/14/2025 – 9/14/2025
Location: BOW LAKE Strafford, NH
Host Club: BOW LAKE SAILING MYC Club No: 401
# of Entries: 12
Winds: 1-7 knots
Races completed: 12
Scoring System: Low point, throwouts at 4, 8 and 16 races
Regatta Committee & Valuable Assistants:
Race Director: Ryan Gershuny
Scorekeeper: Jessica Baker, BB Wright
Media: BB Wright, Paul McBride, Margo Krukonis
Hostess/Food/Everything: Margo Krukonis
Special Recognition Skipping Last 4 Races of EC-12 Nationals and driving into the night to get here: Glenn Chalder and Tim Stone
Special Recognition Driving from North Carolina, and Helping Out a Ton: Jacques and Carmen Rioux

Photos Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/albums/72177720329350005

Tim Wright came down from the north and pulled off the 4-peat – easily! Congratulations to Tim on his No Doubter. Some new faces at the regatta this year – Bill Shaw and Russell Franklin – thank you for coming. Hope to see you next year! And huge thank you’s to 3 people who made Herculean efforts to get there-from afar – Tim Stone, Glenn Chalder and Jacques Rioux. Banner flags were awarded to the top 5 places and to the people who worked to make the regatta possible: Ryan, Margo, Jessica, BB and Tim Stone. AMYA Regional Championship red chevrons were awarded to the top 3 places. Well OK I forgot to award them, but they will soon be on their way.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/albums/72177720329380844/
Above link is to media from Margo – not curated but there are lots of great pics.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPwXotmcoP7Bdfb0Ue3Udq8-bXThf9KsBNQibDfTwTLPk5eqLuUrP4laJ-M_OjFtw?pli=1&key=bXNidzdUczRsRTN6emhlcl9PTnhSVjI1M0tlb2Z3
Link above is to an album put together by Paul McBride with great curated photos and commentary. Thank you Paul.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/albums/72177720329350005
Link above to photos by BB Wright

Please tentatively join us on the first or second Sunday of September, 2026 for the Sixth Annual Bow Lake Sailing RC Laser regatta. Stay tuned to see if it will also be the 2026 AMYA Region 1 RC Laser Championship regatta with red chevrons.

RESULTS
Place Skipper Points
1 Timothy Wright 11
2 Michael Hoydis 24
3 Glenn Chalder 28
4 Robert Shapiro (Bob) 43
5 William Shaw 46
6 Jacques Rioux 55
7 Tim Stone 57
8 Nathaniel Hendrickson (Nathaniel) 75
9 Russell Franklin 79
10 Paul McBride 94
11 Frederick Skeels (Fred) 94
12 Michael Baker 123