Category Archives: RC Laser Fleet 14

RC Laser Fleet 14 sails remote control model sailboats on Canandaigua Lake in New York.

Nate Heinzelman Leads Fall Series

After two weeks of racing in the Fall Series, Nate Heinzelman has the early lead having won more than 50% of the heats to date. If he keeps this up he is going to be very hard to catch.  Gary Schmidt … Continue reading

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“AT THE WIRE”

And at the wire The Admiral (54) cruses to victory winning by a good 6 lengths, Jay (81) just holding on for second beating Gary (59) by a head who finishes in third.   “RESULTS” Payout  (54)  $17.60   $8.60   … Continue reading

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“IN DEEP STRETCH”

And it’s The Admiral(54) in front by five after throwing a shoe, followed by Jay(81), a gap of two back to Gary(59),and then Terry(71) close to overtaking Jonathan(62). With just one week to go it is looking like The Admiral may … Continue reading

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“Off The Turn And Into The Stretch”

The Admiral (54), able to avoid most of the bumping  going on around the turn and hugging the rail, has opened up a comfortable 5 length lead coming into the stretch.   Jay (81) driving hard on the outside is … Continue reading

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“AND DOWN THE BACKSTRETCH THEY GO”

Down the backstretch we go.  Jonathan (62) has a stranglehold on his horse with the reins pulled in tight, Nelson (54) has moved up along side to challenge for that lead, a length back Jay (81) has moved into 3rd, Sean … Continue reading

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Coming Off The Turn

There was not much change coming off the turn.  Jonathan continues to lead with Sean second, and Nelson close on the outside. A length back is Jay, Gary Schmidt and then Terry.  And then the rest of the pack is jockeying for … Continue reading

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Around The Clubhouse Turn

  Around the clubhouse turn we go, and it is Jonathan (62) maintaining a comfortable 1&1/2 length lead over Sean (16) who has a 2 length lead over Nelson (54) with Jay (81) a neck back on the outside and … Continue reading

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SUMMER SERIES 2017 BEGINS

At 3:30 pm what wind there was came from the south. So, I set out marks that gave us a range of south east to south west.  At 3:50 pm the wind, light as it may be, came from the … Continue reading

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Spring Series Cut Short

We had a late start this spring which shaved off the first couple of weeks and then came the last couple of weeks. Week 5 had plenty of 15-20 knot winds which were “C” sails.  All was going well with … Continue reading

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Rain & Snow Hold Off For Week 3

We did not have to worry about using suntan lotion on this May day.  Once again it felt like early November but 7 of us did show up to  race for a couple of hours.  There actually was a conversation as … Continue reading

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