AMYA Bulletin
Volume 3, Edition 17
November 23, 2010

Greetings!

Just when we thought is was safe to put our boats away and hibernate in our shops for the Winter, there are two one day regattas here in New Jersey.  The West Jersey Laser Fleet is hosting the Leftover Regatta this Saturday at Cooper River Yacht Club.  Mid-Atlantic MYC in Mount Laurel will be hosting a one day EC12 regatta on December 11th.  It could get chilly for that one.

 

In the past couple weeks, I've had the pleasure of meeting in Buffalo with Doug Hemingway, our Database Manager and in Des Moines with Bruce Zemke, VP elect and John Davis, Model Yachting Editor in preparation for next year.  The Executive Board will be meeting with Membership Secretary, Michelle Dannenhoffer in early December.

 

There are some changes and additions to Board of Directors starting January 1st.  Pete Maxson has decided that he won't be filling the postion of Region 1 Director.  Jim Linville has accepted my invitation to continue as Region 1 Director.  Replacing me in Region 2 will be Dr. Jarl Wathne of Sharpsburg, MD.  Replacing Bruce Zemke in Region 4 will be Robert Hill of Chicago, IL.

 

As always, thanks for reading.  Have a happy Thanksgiving.

David Brawner
Region 2 Director

Seawind Class Region 5 Championship

November 6/7, 2010 - Litchfield Park, AZ

 

16 skippers - Very light, shifty winds both days.

12 races, 2 throwouts - Odd-Even Heat Format

1. Kelly Martin       12 points
2. Mike Eades       15
3. Al Stiewing        24
4. Dennis Desprois 30
5. Dennis Poole     30   

 

Wheeler Nationals
Dave Misunas Photo

Wheeler Nationals

By Jess Atkinson


I would like to start with a shout out to the South bay model yacht club who stepped in at short notice and put on a fine wheeler event..

 The National  Event  was held on a blustery day for San Jose the sun was shining the sky was blue and the chance of rain a mere 26%.. winds topped out at about 12 knots but were rarely seen below 8.. So the Wheelers had a full day of racing 12 races were held on Saturday 3-4 of the races in the 26% rain prediction.

 There was a 7 boat fleet from around the Bay Area, Monterey to San Rafael. The East coast and mid west wheelers were missed and I hope we see them next year for some good sailing. These maxis of the RC models really are a blast to sail.. Speed, grace, power and the occasional rooster tail are just a few buzz words that come to mind when I sail these wonderful boats.

 There was the old the new and the last years champ all in attendance.. One was borrowed, one was blue and the new guy even won a race or two...

The new class secretary George R.,  also the assistant to Race Director Ron Locke, put together a course just suited to the speed and agility of the majestic  craft: triangle, windward leeward. Twice around he would shout, as the clock would start. The whole course would be covered in just about 15 minutes. No, it was not a short course the boats were really moving in a solid breeze of 10-12 knots. As they passed the control area you could only hear the roar of the water as it peeled off the bow wave. This was a great day of sailing.

Then home to charge the batteries, soak the back muscles from hoisting the boats in and out and return for the next go round the course. Sunday was more beautiful then Saturday. More sun, 6 % rain fewer clouds and ZERO wind... After a few breaks for conditions and a sandwich. The committee says boats in the water. The race chant "once around, windward leeward." Then they started the clock. As the committee watched the time tick by the mantra was to please stop the pain and call the race.

 But no, the racing went on  for over an hour. On the day there was only 6 races that were completed and  I think everyone was happy to see wind when it would pass over the pond in the form a scratching cat's paws. Some managed to keep their boats going all day long some had many problems and others just packed it in and called it a day.

 The total was 18 races for the event.

 I would like to thank all that worked hard to get ready, put out the notice find awards and ran the races. Sundays good weather brought out the past class secretary Jim Mayne who came out to support the event and meet the new group of Wheeler  skippers. For you that don't know Jim was a main stay in the class from the day of inception, a major supporter of RC sailing and the SBMYC for many years. It was good to see him at the pond again.

 I, for one, will be looking forward to the next wheeler event and I hope to see you all there.

 

FinishNamePoints
1Jess Atkinson20
2John Ebey29
3Rick Schoos45
4Paul Bonaldi66
5Jeff Depew68
6Dave Masunas74
7Bill Wright77

 

Click here for more pictures.



South Bay Model Yacht Club
 
Dave Ramos and Danny Thomas
2010 Annapolis EC12 Regatta
Chesapeake Bay Model Racing Association 


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Name

Sail #

 

Score

1

Danny Thomas

1405

 

47

2

David Brawner

53

 

53

3

Mark Rinehart

166

 

68

4

David Ramos

5

 

70

5

Doug Hutchinson

21

 

131

6

Doug Wotring

153

 

151

7

Kevin Maclellan

13

 

155

8

Tim Stone

484

 

172

9

Joe Phillips

1671

 

182

10

Marc Smith

2081

 

205

11

Jake Leo

10

 

216

12

Victor Oberg

3

 

216

13

Alex Ramos

105

 

223

14

Chris Kuhn

2026

 

224


36/600 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

CHAPARRAL LAKE, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
 

36/600 NCR FINAL SCORES

CRAIG MACKEY.............................................22

DENNIS DESPROIS.........................................46

DEAN JOHNSON.............................................59

MIKE EADES..................................................64

TIM WINKLEPLECK.........................................90


 US 12 Region 3 Championship

Sebring, FL 


1. Al Dion
2. Alan Perkins
3. Jack Ward
4. Jim Child
5. Bob Fritz
There is some interesting video shot by Frank Thorley.
AMYA Regatta Schedule

Nov 27Region 6 ChampionshipIrvineCAMicroMagic89RE
Nov 27Leftover Bowl RegattaCollingswoodNJRC Laser297

DateEventLocationStateClassClub Chev
Dec 4-5Punta Gorda RegattaPunta GordaFLEast Coast 12211GR
Dec 10-12National ChampionshipCharleston SCSoling 1M115GO