After a week off from radio controlled sailing, the RC Fleet members returned to the waterfront to race late on Sunday night and learned the fleet has now grown to six competitors.
Jonathan Gorbold, the 2010 Commodore of the Canandaigua Yacht Club, showed up on the waterfront with a brand new RC Laser! He managed a 4th in his first official one-design RC Laser race and then took a bullet next race and a second in the final race of the evening!
The RC races were started rather late Sunday night because the CMOR regatta held on Canandaigua Lake over the weekend had pushed the normal Sunday “big boat” starts until later in the day so at the normal race time, most of the RC sailors were out sailing J/22s, Vanguard 15s, Catalinas and Ensigns.
The fleet agreed that everyone would sail with the standard B sail and rig because the last four boats that were ordered were sent with the A sail and rig on back-order. Until the light air sails are back in stock at the distributor and everyone in the fleet has the ability to use multiple sails, we’ll just continue to race, even in light air, with the B sail to keep things level.
Winds were light all day but by 5:30 p.m. the RC sailors were all in the water with a course set and they did manage to get in three two-lap windward leeward races. The fourth race was canceled because of both darkness and lack of wind.
Races from this weekend have been scored and posted in the Race Results section of this site.
We will be scoring each individual “Series” – ie: Fall, Frostbite, Winter, Spring, Summer, etc. – using the SailWave regatta & sailing scoring software and standard US Sailing low point Appendix A scoring but also we’ll score the whole year using the Chipstead or CHIPS3 High Point scoring method and post both sets of results online.
Remember, if you are interested in coming out to sail with us or just to watch and socialize on the dock, we generally meet every Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. during the Summer and 2 p.m. the rest of the year on the waterfront at the Canandaigua Yacht Club.
You can read about our model radio controlled sailboats or place an order for one from the builder’s site at http://sailrclaser.com.
If you don’t yet have a boat, are thinking about buying one or you just want to try your hands on the controller of an RC Laser, there is plenty of time between our races and before or after racing to let you play.
Come on out as there is plenty of good weather left this year before it gets too cold!
