AMYA Bulletin
Volume 4, Edition 10
October 9, 2011
Greetings!
ear (Contact First Name),

It has been a little long since the last Bulletin. Partly since I have been doing some sailing. I headed out to Detroit and co-skippered a J Boat with Dave Ramos and then sailed my EC12 the following two days in Camp Dearborn. It was great to get four days of sailing in while spending time with a great group of people. Next up for me was hosting our annual EC12 Regatta.
 
The other reason for the delay was a lack of material. All I can think of is that people have been so busy sailing that they have forgotten to send some results and photos my way. There have been 49 events on the calendar since I sent out the last Bulletin, so I know RC sailing is alive and well! The information doesn't need to be elaborate; a short paragraph and a photo would be great. If you have a link to more pictures, information or results even better, send them along.

There are still a lot of upcoming events on the calendar and I hope some of them are on yours!

See you on the water!

Ernest Freeland
                                                                                                                                       
Micro Magic Fall Classic Regatta
Mike Eades Commodore, WVRCM

West Valley RC Mariners
Micro Magic Fall Classic Regatta
Litchfield Park, AZ
September 17, 2011
Race Director, Mike Eades
12 entrants, bright sunny 90 degree day, winds light and very variable.
12 races completed, 2 throwouts
1.     Dean Johnson            22 points
2.     Al Stiewing                   25
3.     Dennis Desprois        34
4.    Graham Johnson        45
5.    Dave Nydell                  48
 

Rio Grande Cup RG65

The RG65 Class will run the annual Rio Grande Cup at Albuquerque NM Nov 4-6 2011. First prize is a nice (albeit small) piece of Navajo siverwork. Saturday dinner at the Boeberts. A low-key, fun event for the RG65 crowd. Notice of Race will be up shortly.
  US1M Nationals
Ken

The US1M Nationals were sailed September 17 - 18th at an exciting new site that produced what we believe to be some exceptional racing in absolutely beautiful weather conditions.

Your new National Champion is Colin "The Kid" Mosgrove, winning by a narrow margin over John Whalen in second. Third was John Arkenberg, followed by Bob Shluger in fourth and Bob Lombard in fifth.

Colin sailed his Todd Brown hull, John Whalen a Saber, John Arkenberg a Bobsled, Bob Shluger a Valkyrie, and Bob Lombard a Venom.


Villages Winners 2011
Winners of the Villages 2011
Villages Gator Regatta Oct 2011
Tom Phillips

The Florida Championship series for 2012 got off to a big start with one fleet of 20 boats.  The winds blew from the only 'wrong' way at  The Villages, coming from behind the shippers with both days. In 21 races there were 8 different race winners the most memorable being in the 17th race when Frank Novak got his first bullet. It was great to have the slimmed down Joe Walter back in the fleet after a years absence and he showed he had not lost any of his previous magical skills by having no less than 6 bullets and was the winner the Regatta by only 1.8 points over Dick Hedderick.  Ken Morrison did his best to remind skippers of the rules and hopefully many lessons will have been learned and will carry over to the rest of the seasons Regatta's.
Top 5:
Joe Walter 60.4 pts
Dick Hedderick 62.2 pts
Dr Robert Greer 82 pts
Baron Bremer 98
Ricky Gerry 115                                                                                                                   
J Boats at Mystic Seaport
Photos by: Jim Hermann

 

Annapolis EC12 2011
Annapolis EC12 Regatta
Annapolis EC12 Regatta
Ernest Freeland
  
After 31 races both the RD and skippers decided they had had enough racing. The wind offered up "B" Rig sailing all day on Saturday and Sunday started with "B" Rigs and eventually everyone switched to "A" Rigs. The skippers enjoyed winds coming from the ideal location for Sandy Point and sailed windward leeward twice around for the entire regatta. Saturday was a day with a fair amount of carnage and Sunday started a little slow getting everyone's boats recovered from Saturday and race worthy for Sunday.
   When it was all said and done Dave Ramos managed to claim his first Annapolis EC12 Regatta by besting two time defending skipper Danny Thomas by 1.6 points. David Brawner was always in the mix and finished third. Racing was also tight with 5th to 7th place separated by only a few points. Fleet places listed on the Schedule page on the class website.
   Interestingly enough the throw outs did not affect the final positions of the skippers.
   It was great to have Tom Phillips up from Florida and a few skippers from New Jersey joined us. The wind was great, the racing was fun the only thing missing was about 10 degrees of additional temperature.


Maiden Sail of a New J-Class  Boat and Close Up Video
   

Close Up: http://youtu.be/bfCIttHGWCk

On the Water: http://youtu.be/iXyDNWjkS9A

AMYA REGATTA SCHEDULE

 
Date Event Location State Class Club Chev
Oct 1-2National ChampionshipFort MillSCNirvana6GO
Oct 1Penguin RegattaDelia Park,, Sterling Heights, MIMIVictoria88GR
Oct 1-2Annapolis RegattaSandy Point State Park, Annapolis, MDMDEC1211
Oct 1-2Just For Fun S1M RegattaWest ChesterOHEC12217
Oct 2Region 1 ChampionshipLake Quinsigamond, WorcesterMAUS12186RE
Oct 7-9National ChampionshipPembroke PinesFLCR914277GO
Oct 7-9Alamo Victoria ClassicWoodlandTXVictoria112
Oct 7-9Alamo Classic Victoria RegattaSan AntonioTXVictoria112GR
Oct 82011 T37 National ChampionshipPortage Bay, SeattleWAT37294 GO
Oct 10Columbus Day OpenNeedhamMAOpen25
Oct 14-162011 Wheeler National ChampionshipWorcesterMassWheeler186 GO
Oct 15-16Thunder Mug RegattaKillingsworthCTEC12243GR
Oct 15-16Wisteria CupCharlestonSCEC12115GR
Oct 15Soling 1 M RegattaIrvineCASoling 1M89
Oct 15Karl Tulp ODOM Fall ChampionshipSan Rafael, CACAODOM38BL
Oct 15-16ARCS Craanberry CaperAnacortesWAIOM288
Oct 22Sue Linville MemorialNeedhammaSoling 1M25GR
Oct 22Newport 12 NCRLong BeachCAN12
GO
Oct 2313 Annual Pumpkin RegattaRestonVAVictoria291GR
Oct 29WVRCM 36/600 OPENLitchfield ParkAZ36/600207 GR
Oct 29-301.7 M NCRDetroitMI1.7 Meter88 GO
Oct 29Heart of DixieMeridianMSVictoria228 GR

 

 
Date Event Location State Class Club Chev
Nov 2-5National ChampionshipCharlestonSCEC12115GO
Nov 3-5Rio Grande CupAlbuquerqueNMRG65213GR
Nov 3-62011 IOM National ChampionshipDeerfield BeachFLIOM106GO
Nov 5-6National ChampionshipOrlandoFLSeawind241GO
Nov 64 Hour EnduroNeedhamMAOpen25
Nov 12US 1 M Fall RegattaIrvineCAUS1M89
Nov 12-138th Annual Soling 1M RegattaThe VillagesFLSoling 1M208GR
Nov 12Micro Magic RL #4WichitaKAMicroMagic172
Nov 19-20Micro Magic National ChampionshipLitchfield ParkAZMicroMagic207GO
Nov 19Region 3 US12 ChampionshipSebringFLUS12264RE
Nov 19-202011 Santa Barbara NCRSan DiegoCAS/B8GO
Nov 26Leftover BowlCollingswoodNJRC Laser297

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results and photos.