Date: October 21,2012

Location: Worcester, MA

Host Club: Greater Worcester Model Yacht Club

  

The Greater Worcester Model Yacht Club hosted the 2012 US12 R1CR on October 21, 2012. There were 9 boats participating under very challenging wind conditions, the winds were 5 to 15 mph and gust over 20 coming out of the west. Unfortunately the west wind is blocked by a hospital on a hill so we had swirling winds all day but with the strong breeze we managed to complete 20 heats, 10 in the morning and 10 in the afternoon.  

  The morning heats were dominated by Ron Rhault winning 5 of the 10 heats sailed and holding a 1 point lead over Bob Shluger at the lunch break. The afternoon was dominated by Bob Shluger winning 5 of the 10 heats sailed in the afternoon and propelling him to the win, this is his 3rd championship in the last 4 years.  

  Trophies were awarded to the top 3 places: first to Bob Shluger with 34.2 points, second to Ron Rhault with 42 points and third to Mike Flynn with 62 points. The Tweat Scoring System was used, great computer scoring system, designed for odd-even but works great for one fleet.

Race Committee & Valuable Assistants: Ron Rhault, RD; Tracy Flynn, Line Judge; Valerie Haggerty & Mary Geobel, Scorekeepers; Patrick Haggerty, Trophy Presenter

 

2012 US12 R1CR Results:

Place     Skipper                            Sail#        Points

1          Bob Shluger                       54           34.2

2          Ron Rhault                         07           42

3          Mike Flynn                         46           62

4          Bob Ciabaszewski                13           67

5          Al Fearn                            32           77.5

6          Alain Jousse                       49           99

7          Bob Jones                          12           104

8          Christine Johnson                28           131

9          Will James                          53           152

The 2012 Leftover Bowl is history. After a warm Thanksgiving Day of 55 degrees, two days later we were sailing in up to 20 knots of breeze with a wind chill factor of 34 degrees. It was C and D sail weather all day on the Cooper River in Collingswood, NJ. The club house of the Cooper River Yacht Club became our warming station for the day. Ryan Lippincott who won 4 of his 8 heats bested the 18 other skippers who sailed in 16 heats of odd/even sailing for a total of 8 races. AMYA president Dave Brawner placed second just one point under third place finisher Jamey Betz. Roger Vaughan from Oxford, MD placed fourth, Rob Seidelmann placed fifth after a tie breaker with Victor Oberg.  

 

Top ten results

 

1. Ryan Lippincott                13 points

2. Dave Brawner                 18 points

3. Jamey Betz                     19 points

4. Roger Vaughan                 24 points

5. Rob Seidelmann                26 points

6. Victor Oberg                    26 points

7. Hank Buchanan                27 points

8. Terry Rapp                      28 points

9. Jim Flach                        29 points

10. Roger Baldwin                29 points

Class: EC12

 

  The Holiday Regatta hosted by the Sun Coast Model Sailing Club at South County Park, Punta Gorda was the first stop on the winter circuit for the Florida Association EC 12 Class.

  Twenty One Skippers gathered to do battle under beautiful Florida skies with fair winds for the two day event. Saturday morning the Northerly winds settled in, 5 to 8 mph, and a good windward, leeward course was set using gates on the downwind legs. Jon Luscomb jumped out to a flying start by knocking four first places in a row and had the other Skippers scratching their heads. As the day progressed the places started to even out. In the early afternoon the winds turned Easterly and because of pond lay out the course could be and was changed to take advantage of the new wind direction. The exact same wind conditions were duplicated on Sunday however the wind speed increased to the 12 to 15 mph range later in the day.

  By the end of Saturday Alan Perkins had found his way into 1st place, followed closely by Jon Luscomb and Al Dion. Dick Hedderick was in 4th place, Jake Leo 5th, Bob Greer 6th and Fred Pheil 7th. When the final gun went off Sunday the first three positions stayed the same but Fred bumped Jake, Bob and Dick finishing and taking home the 4th place trophy, Dick finished 5th.

  Under the odd/even system 32 A & B races were run which equaled a total of 16 races for scoring purposes. While Alan and Jon captured 15 first places between them 12 other skippers also crossed the finish line in first place giving them bragging rights to a first place.  

 

  Full results can be found on the Florida Association regatta page. 

 

  What a great way to spend a weekend, a good time was had by all!!!

Entries: 22
Wind: Light and all over the place.
PHOTOS BY: Jim Flach
PHOTOS LINK

By David Brawner

Ok, so Mother Nature gave us would become a warm sunny day in December for our Freeze Your Butt Off Regatta. In return, she screwed with the breeze both in direction and strength most of the day. Simply put, it was just one of those days that you do the best you can with what you have. I had courses set all over the lake. Thanks to a very cooperative fleet, everyone managed to sail 10 races using our new CESS Pool fleet management system.

The true hero of the day was Nick Mortgu, who not only supplied regatta hats, but also had an embroidered award for everyone. In addition, he was responsible for the chili at lunch and scoring. Thanks.

The new FYBOR champion is none other than EC12 National Champion, Dave Ramos. It will be interesting to see the FYBOR perpetual trophy on display right next to the Nationals trophy in his shop. They are at different ends of the spectrum as far as class goes.

Ernest Freeland crushed Jamey Betz by a full point to take runner up honors. Better known as the first person not to have to take home the FYBOR trophy.

A lot of people came from rather far distances to take part in this regatta. Thanks to all for making the effort. It was great to hang with friends all day.

1 David Ramos 21
2 Ernest Freeland 23
3 Jamey Betz 24
4 Chuck Luscomb 31.5
5 Mark Rinehart 34

 

2013 applications for Pond Owner Insurance are now being accepted. This $1 million policy is available for pond owners through the application of AMYA sanctioned clubs with a minimum of 50% AMYA membership. This insurance covers normal RC sailing activities for the calendar year January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.  

 

Renewal application forms will be e-mailed to clubs that provided accurate addresses. You may also obtain applications for the AMYA web site by clicking on the "Pond Insurance " tab under "Club Resources".

 

Seattle IOM Update December 2012 - Over 50 pages of rc sailing information as it relates to the IOM.

Editors Note: This is probably one of the most complete newsleters for a sailing area I have ever seen. Takes a little long to load but full of photos, results and other great information grab your favorite beverage and spend some time perusing this.

 

 

RC Laser owners and future owners: The long awaited shipment of RC Lasers and parts have arrived at the stateside warehouse. The extra sails, parts and complete packages are entered into Sail RC's automated computer system and are waiting for your order. www.sailrc.com

 

For those who are interested in this very active AMYA class, the RC Laser is a strict one-design sailboat that comes ready to sail. It arrives with a custom made nylon zippered carry case and in 5minutes you can be in the water sailing.

 

Multiple and fleet discounts are available.

In an effort to make sure that your information is updated in all of the appropriate places for the AMYA please log in to the AMYA Membership Center. This is where you can update your addresses both e-mail and mailing. If you would like to remove yourself from this e-mail list please do so at the link found at the bottom of this e-mail. If you are leaving we would certainly appreciate feedback as to why you are leaving us. Click HERE.