The Tanglewood Model Yacht Club in Sebring FL was privileged to hold the 2012 V32

The V-32 Fleet at the 2012 Nationals

National Championship Regatta on Saturday, March 24th, 2012.

 

The regatta was held with very nice southwest breezes in the 7 to 15 mph range on Lake Grenada in the Sun 'N Lake Community in Sebring. The next day's forecast was for possible thunderstorms and higher gusty winds so Race Director Frank Thorley polled the nine competing sailors and all decided to try getting the regatta completed in one day. This provided the participating sailors with competitive sailing and allowed a total of 16 races with two throwouts to be completed getting all the races done on just one day of sailing.

 

There were quite a few spectators from around the area and many people expressed how much they enjoyed the racing. Several even asked about how to get involved in sailing remote control sailboats. It is always nice to be able to promote interest in our sport.

V-32 Winners Podium

 

Larry Pascoe, the 2011 National Champion, brought the traveling V32 National Trophy from San Diego, CA along with his boat to race and defend his title.

 

In addition to the V32 National Trophy, the first three finishers also received trophies and gold chevrons. The winning skipper of the day was Tanglewood's Club Commodore Bill Henry with a total of 43 points. Larry Tregear (Tanglewood MYC) with 48 points sailed home with the second place trophy and chevrons followed competitively by Tanglewood's Regatta Chairman Merritt Wiley's 50 points for the third place trophy and chevrons.

 

Defending Champion Larry Pascoe raced to fourth place with 57 points. It was a competitive regatta with some very skilled sailing. Congratulations to all the sailors who competed and contributed to a successful regatta.

 

A special thank you to Regatta Chairman Merritt Wiley and all the Tanglewood sailors and their spouses who volunteered their time to putting on another successful regatta. Information and pictures on the regatta may be found on the Tanglewoodmyc.com web site.

 

 

 

Thanks to the West Jersey RC Laser Fleet for hosting this annual fun event and to Jim Greenfield for doing his PRO, buoy placement, boat retrieval and results duties to support us.

Sun Coast Model Sailing Club #211 recently hosted two wonderful regattas, the first was

2012 Leukemia Cup

the Leukemia Cup which was held in conjunction Leukemia Week in Punta Gorda, Florida. The RC Sailors raised $800 for Leukemia!!!
Pictured in the Leukemia Cup picture from left to right:  Tony Burkhart, Race Chairman; Jack Ward 1st; Gib Loesel 3rd; Bill Croft 4th; Bill Brown 2nd; Jim Levelle 5th; Jim Nuzzo Leukemia representative 



Both events were sailed under ideal conditions, blue skies and "just" right winds.   A great way to share our sport with others and still have the "joy of sailing"

 

Congrats to the champ, Jim Kaighan and a big thanks to the Marco Island RC Laser Fleet, Commodore George Domenech and Regatta Chairman, Rocky Cale for again hosting a superb regatta. We appreciate the support of AMYA President, Dave Brawner as our PRO for the second year in a row. For the snowbirds who missed this regatta, consider next year, the first weekend in March, a perfect time of year with mid 80 degree temps and fair winds. Come on down in 2013.

 

Event:                                    RC Laser 9th Annual Midwinter Championship

Class:                     RC Laser

Date:                      March 2 - 4, 2012

Location:                Mackle Park, Marco Island, FL

Host Club:               Marco Island Model YC

Entries:                   32

Winds:                    Medium to Strong

Races Completed:     14 races / 42 heats

Scoring:                  Low Point; Promotion/Relegation

Race Committee:      Dave Brawner, Dave Dumas, Harvey Spriggs, Mary Lee Cale and the MIMYC Team

 

Results

 

Place  Sail     Skipper                      Points

1        75      Jim Kaighin              35

2        15      Rocky Cale              41

3        732     Hank Buchanan        45

4        74      Mike Kaighin            55

5        08      Don Barker              57

6        57      Myles Loesel            66

7        34      Chuck Weaver                   74

8        93      Dave Branning                   86

9        94      Bill Cook                 96

10      00      Nick Mortgu             120

 

Event: Region 5 Championship

2012 Seawind Region 5

Class: SeaWind

Date(s): March 31-April 1, 2012

Location: "Toyota of Lewisville" Railroad Park, Lewisville, TX

Host Club: North Texas Model Yacht Club # 22

Entries: 20

Weather: Clouds and Sun 75-85 degrees, Winds; Saturday 1-8, Sunday 10-16 mph.

Races completed: 20

Scoring System: TWEAT Odd- Even, low point scoring, 3 throwouts.

Regatta Committee & Valuable Assistants: RD Chuck LeMahieu, Scorer Jared Piper, Jim Aenbacher, Barbra Corder, Chauncey Piper, Bob Piper, Brig North.

 

2012 SeaWind Region 5 Championship

March 31-April 1, Lewisville TX

Results (Top 10):

Place      Skipper                  Sail #      Points    

1.             Mauricio Dantas  271         33

2.             Eric Rosenbaum  67           34

3.             Mike Eades           86           39

4.             Al Stiewing            135         53

5.             Andy Rust             25           55

6.             Dennis Corder      1040       61

7.             Peter Jennings       89           63

8.             Rich Hoffman     22           63.24

9.             Mark Taylor         194         66

10.          Bob Piper              465         67

The 2012 Race Week schedule has been announced, hosted by the San Diego Argonaughts. The web-site is still under construction. Here is a link to the preliminary information: CLICK HERE

Classes at Race Week: Marblehead - NCR, IOM - NCR, RG65 - NCR, Soling 50 - NCR, ODOM - NCR, Wheeler and Santa Barbara O/D - NCR, Free Sailing Championship, US1M - NCR, Micro Magic - NCR,