TRAVELLING RC LASERS

Nanaimo RC Laser fleet #17 will be going on the road.we missed the big Marco Island regatta this year in Florida,but hope to have a few boats make the journey south next spring break.Flights from $320 to Fort Myers Fla.Get yer passports in order and lets go racing.

The Eastern RC Lasers have lots of regattas each year,what about the next North Americans? YES...$200 FLIGHTS TO MARYLAND IN SEPT 2011.LET'S GO !!!

Maybe a trip to visit fleet#21 in banderas bay,mexico would be a nice trip in the winter.

California anyone?

Interested in any of these road trips ?

contact me:bruce@nanaimorclaser.com

 

 

RACE REPORTS

FALL SERIES DAY FOUR AT THE NANAIMO YACHT CLUB NOV.5TH,2011-FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS THE 9 RC LASER SAILORS THAT SHOWED UP WERE SAILING WITH THEIR B-SAILS,AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG LONG TIME,  RACING IN  SOME SERIOUS CHOP AND CURRENT. PERFECT WEST COAST RACING CONDITIONS AS ONE SAILOR PUT IT. THE PRACTICE RACE WAS SAILED WITH THE A-SAIL ,BUT IT SOON BECAME OBVIOUS  AS THE  SOUTH-EASTER FILLED IN, THAT IT WOULD BE A B-SAIL,OR MAYBE EVEN A C-SAIL DAY.  SOME REALLY NICE WINDWARD / LEEWARD OPTIONS WERE SET UP AND THE BATTLE WAS ON.  BOB #03 WON THE FIRST TWO RACES AND KEN  H. WON THE NEXT TWO.  LEARNING QUICKLY HOW TO STEER THROUGH THE WAVES WAS KEY,AS WELL AS TIMING THE HEAVILY FAVORED PIN END START. IF YOU WON THE START AT THE PIN,CHANCES ARE YOU WON THE BEAT. THE OTHER TRICKY PART OF THE DAY WAS THE FLOOD TIDE AT THE WINDWARD MARK,AS THE SAILORS MADE THEIR APPROACH ON THE STARBOARD LAYLINE, (HEAD ON INTO THE CHOP AND CURRENT,) ONE BAD WAVE COULD STOP ONE ,OR MANY BOATS DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS CAUSING A TRAFFIC JAM OF FLOGGING BOATS. AS ALWAYS STEERING CLEAR OF OTHER BOATS ( EVEN BOATS YOU HAD RIGHTS OVER ) WAS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID ENTANGLEMENTS AND  COLLISIONS. #93 KENNY H SAILED THE CONDITIONS BEST,AND AFTER MISSING A FEW RACE DAYS WAS BACK TO HIS  DOMINANT FORM,WITH THREE FIRSTS AND SIX SECOND PLACE FINISHES. BOB ON #03 WAS SECOND ON THE DAY,AND HIS COSISTANCY KEEPS HIM LEADIND THE OVERALL SERIES TO DATE. BRUCE #70 PULLED OFF A SUPRISING THIRD PLACE JUST BEATING OUT TIM ON#80 AND DOUG #04 BY TWO POINTS. PAUL#69 WAS RACING WITH THE B-SAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME  AND HAD SOME DIFFICULTY SWITCHING GEARS FROM HIS  RECENT A-SAIL DOMINANCE.  ALTHOUGH HE DID HAVE MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE.   JOHN #62 WON THE PRACTICE RACE.......NEED I SAY MORE........OKAY...THE PRACTICE RACE WINNER JINX CAME TRUE ONCE AGAIN AS  "POKEY THE  WONDER SLUG"  WAS LIKE A WEED MAGNET ALL DAY,AND QUICKLY SLIPPED OUT OF CONTENTION. ANGIE  ALSO HAD SOME TROUBLES IN THE CHOP,AND TRYING TO BRUSH OFF  ALL THE PORT TACK TRAFFIC WAS SLOW...  ARNE WAS OUT OF IT EARLY WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES.   NEXT RACE IS AGAIN AT THE YACHT CLUB NOV 19TH, I'M LOOKING FOREWARD TO ANOTHER  DAY OF CLOSE COMPETITION AND LAUGHS. 

              " THE RC LASERS  DELEMA"

          WHAT SAIL SHOULD WE USE    EH?

                 I DUNNO,WHAT'LL IT   BE

             I GUESE WE'LL C.

               

FALL SERIES DAY 3-0CT 22ND,2011-IT WAS GREAT TO BE BACK RACING AT STONES MARINA...,FOR SOME OF US.   WE HAD REALLY NICE A-SAIL CONDITIONS,WITH,NATURALLY SOME BIG SHIFTS AS USUAL.PAUL #69 WAS FIRST FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW,BEATING OUT JOHN #62 FROM NANOOSE ON A TIE-BREAKER    .IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY AS BOTH BOATS FINISHED WITHIN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER NUMEROUS TIMES.  PERRENIAL FAVORITE KENNY,#93 WAS BACK AFTER A SHORT BUT  VERY LONG ABSENCE.  HE WAS DOG SLOW AT THE START OF THE DAY,BUT WORKED OUT THE RUST MIDDAY AND HAD THREE BULLITS IN A ROW.BUT COULD ONLY MANAGE A 5TH ON THE DAY AS THE COMPETITION IS GETTING SO INTENSE YOU CANNOT RELAX FOR AN INSTANCE OR MAKE ANY MISTAKES.  SERIES LEADER BOB,#03 HELD ON FOR THIRD PLACE TODAY JUST THREE POINTS AHEAD OF ARNE (KING OF THE A-SAIL) HENSEN  .BRUCE,SAILING 70,AND ANGELA ON #90 FILLED THE LAST TWO POSITIONS AND WERE LAST SEEN SHARING BEERS WITH FREINDS AT MILLERS PUB.  SEE...WINNING IS'NT EVERYTHING,BUT  TRYING TO WIN IS.          '

 

RC OCEAN RACE 2011

# 281  OLE ANDERSON        IOM                1:15.48  COURSE RECORD

#80     TIM DANIELS        RC LASER          1:47.44   RCL RECORD

#04    DOUG COMPTON    RC LASER         1:49.55 

#00   DOUG STEPHENS    MARBLEHEAD   1:53.51

#68 ARNE HENSEN          RC LASER          1:58.40

#35 WAYNE GORRIE       RC LASER           2:00.25

#03 BOB SERENIUS         RC LASER           2:03.23

#33 GRAHAM ELLIS         RC LASER           2:04.45

#40 KEN SERENIUS          RC LASER           2:17.47

#34 KEN KEITH                RC LASER            DNF

#90 ANGELS SERENIUS   RC LASER            DNF

#68 LAWRIE NEISCH            IOM                DNF

#69 KEITH CLIMENHAGA RC LASER           DNF

#91 BILL SMITH              RC LASER            DNF

#62 TOM STEVENS     MARBLEHEAD           DNF

   

 

REGATTA RESULTS

BOXING DAY BLOW-OUT DEC 26TH 2011

1ST TIM    #80     1  1  1  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  2     11PTS

2ND KEN   #93    S  S  3  1  4  2  3  2  2  3  3      23PTS

3RD BRUCE #70  3  3  2  F  F  F  2  3  4  4  1      31PTS

4TH CHAD   #69  4  5  6  4  1  3  6  6  S  S  S      45PTS

5TH KEN     #34  6  2  4  5  5  F  F  5  5  F  5       46PTS

6TH DOUG  #04  5  4  5  3  3  4  S  S  S  S  S       54PTS

7TH BOB    #03   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4  3  1  4       62PTS

8TH ARNE  #68   2  F  F  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S       80PTS

 

2011 FLEET 17 CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

1ST BOB    #03          1  4  4  3  2  2  1  4  2  2  4        25

2ND BRUCE #70        3  1  3  2  1  3  2  3  6  5  2        25

3RD PAUL #36           2  5  2  1  3  1  3 dnf 7  1  1       26 

4TH KEN #93            10  2  1  5  4  5  4  1  1  4  7        31

5TH TIM #80              9  3  7  4  6  4  5 dnf 10 7 3       58

6th ANGELA #90        8 10 5 dnf 8  7  6  2  4  6  5       61

7th douggeorge #04  4 8 10  9  5 10 10 8  3  3  8       68

8th KEN #34               7  6  6  8  9  6  8  5  8  8  9         71

9th ARNE #68             6  9  8  6 10 8  9  6  5  9  6        72

10TH NIEL #69            5  7  9  7  7  9  7  7  9 10 10      77       

 

T.H.I.R.S.T REGATTA  RESULTS JUNE 25,2011

COMPETITOR      LEMANS  SINGLE  FLEET skybox  DISTANCE TOTAL

1-BOB     #03          5             1           4         1          2         13PTS

2-BRUCE  #70         1              5           2         2          3         13PTS

3 -PAUL   #69         2              2           1         5          4         14PTS

4-DOUG  #04          4              3           3         3          1         14PTS

5-ANGELA #91        3              4            5        6          5         23PTS

6-KEITH #02           6             6            6         4          6         27PTS

SERIES RESULTS

FROZEN THUMBS SERIES 2012 DAY TWO AT THE LAGOON

1-36 PAUL      16PTS

2-03 BOB        42PTS

3-93 KEN        43PTS

4-34 KEN        54PTS

5-68 ARNE     54PTS

6-70 BRUCE    62PTS

7-62 JOHN     66PTS

8-04 DOUG    67PTS

9-90 ANGELA 71PTS

FROZEN THUMBS SERIES 2012 DAY ONE AT STONES MARINA

36 PAUL        1   2   2   9   2   3   2   F   6   1   1   2      22PTS

03 BOB         2   1   3   4   3   2   3   2   1   6   3   5      24PTS

93 KEN         6   6   1   6   4   1   1   4   8   3   4   1      31PTS

90 ANGELA   9   8   6   1   1   6   4   5   7   4   2   4      40PTS

62 JOHN       5   7   5   2   5   5   5   3   3   7   6   3      42PTS

70 BRUCE     8  F   4   8   8   7   6   1   5   2   7   6       54PTS

80 TIM           4   3   8   4   6   4   8   7   2   8   8   8     54PTS

34 KEN          7   5   7   6   6   8   7   6   4   5   5   7     58PTS

68 ARNE       3   4   9   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S      91PTS-FORCED OUT WITH SERVO TROUBLES

 

FALL SERIES 2011 OVERALL STANDINGS

   race day       1      2     3     4     5     6           total pts    

#03 BOB---       2      2       3     2    2     3            8 PTS  2ND

#80 TIM---        1     5      X     4     X     7            17 pts  5TH

#62 JOHN ---     4     4     2      7     X     4            14 pts  3RD

#68 ARNE---     6     3      4     9      3    8              16 pts  4TH

#69 PAUL---      X     1    1      6      1    1                4 pts   1ST

#70 BRUCE---    5     6     6     3      5    10              19 pts  7TH

#04 DOUG---     3     X     X     5      4    5                17 pts  6TH

#90 ANGIE---    7     8    7      8      7    9                 30 pts   10TH

#34 KEN H---     X    7     X     1      X   6                   24 pts  9TH

#93 KEN K        X    X    5       X     6    1                  22 pts   8TH

                                            X= did not compete (fleet plus one).    four of six race days count.