Canandaigua Lake RC Laser Sailing

The beginning of a new series brought many competitors out.  The spirits were high and the winds were too.  We had friends and spectators galore as we kicked off the Fall Series. There were as many as 12 boat on the water racing.

The Gorbolds’ had family in town and the feud had begun. At the end of the day it was clear who was the best. Jonathan had reeled off 3 bullets out of 6 races to declare himself the best on day 1.

And the time is upon us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SATURDAY AUGUST 23RD

Rain or shine whether there is racing or not the Atkins’ are committed to hosting us.

If conditions are right for racing, the start line will be the south dock at CYC and the finish line will be 2.5 miles south east  at 4314 Deep Run Canandaigua, NY 14424 (Maggie & Neil’s home).  This is just off of East Lake Rd.

Skippers meeting will be 1:15 and the race will begin promptly at 1:30 PM off the south dock at CYC.  A starting line will be set and the start may be upwind or down depending on the wind direction that day.  I will make every effort to acquire a chase boat if you are planning on racing across the lake.  I will also arrange transportation before or after racing to pick up our vehicles.  I suggest that you either leave your vehicle at CYC or at Deep Run park before racing begins.

If you do not race across you can still enter the elimination rounds of racing at Maggie and Neil’s home.  You don’t even need to bring your boat.  I am sure that one of the boats that race across will let you borrow it to compete.  This will be match racing (one on one) As long as you win in the elimination rounds you keep racing to improve your position.  Once you are eliminated or declared the winner it will be time to sit back and enjoy the hospitality of Maggie and Neil.  They always do a superb job at entertaining and feeding this group.

1st 2nd 3rd

The rewards are great!!!!!!

RC Summer Series – F-I-N-I-T-O!!!

Sunday August 10^th marked the end of our Summer Series.

With 6 hardcore racers on the water and several fun spectators…including Helena who came all the way from London and Luca who was celebrating his 5^th birthday—YAY!!!-

Neil Shifted gear and acted as PRO—so Anna could enjoy some sailing…

The efforts of all  helped us  put a strong close to the Summer Series and we celebrated as usual on top dining as we giggled and enjoyed a magnificent view of  lovely Canandaigua Lake!

The wind allowed for  5 races, Jonathan won 3 – Neil and Anne each enjoyed a bullet of their own.

Summer Series Closed as follows:

#1: Jonathan Gorbold
#2: Anne Lambert

#3: Jay Niggli

As we approach the Fall Series- the Overall High Point results year to date are as follows:

#1: Anne Lambert  (6508)

#2: Jonathan Gorbold  (6288)
#3: Jay Niggli  (6045)

Anne has competed in 100% of the races held in the high point series and her persistence is paying off.  With only 8 weeks remaining it is a very close race between the top 3.  Who will wind up on top????  You must be in it to win it!!!!

Once again I would like to remind everyone that Saturday August 23,  Maggie & Neil Atkins will be hosting their Annual Hospitality Elimination Regatta which will include a great meal and drinks for all.

There is no participation fee for this regatta, but please RSVP by Thursday August 21st  to Maggie at matkins@frontiernet.net or

Admiral Nelson at eal1667@gmail.com so that we know how many Sailors to expect.

If you are planning on attending and would like to contribute by bringing an appetizer, side dish or desert please inform Maggie at (585) 396-9973 or matkins@frontiernet.net to help coordinate her efforts.

Week 1 of the Fall Series will be off the south dock CYC at 4PM  Sunday August 17th.

See you on the water!!!

Sunday July 27^th -Great wind allowed us 5 good races.

There was fresh competition on the water….

• New CYC  Member Dan Tratt,
•  Long lost friend Barb Urich and her fun and festively decorated boat,
• Rick Richmond tested a boat as a possible present for his fast approaching birthday.

Jonathan Gorbold won the first 3 races- and Anne Lambert won the last 2.
Barb came out of retirement and completed 3 races which puts her only 40 points behind the Former Champion Bill Blevins in the overall High point series. WOO-HOO BARB!!

Dan Tratt seems to be a natural at the helm- Welcome Dan!

With only 2 weeks left of the Summer Series…the Current  Standings are as follows:

Over All Hi Point Series:
#1: Anne Lambert – total points 6123
#2: Jonathan Gorbold – total points 5852
#3: Terry Schmidt- Total Points 5757

Low Point Summer Series:
#1: Jonathan Gorbold- net 14
#2: Anne Lambert – net 27
#3: Jay Niggli- net 30

With only a couple of weeks left the possibilities are wide open.
We missed Keith on the water~~
And maybe.. Just maybe….
Mary will come back from the beach and trade her noodle for her fast boat this weekend .

SAVE the DATE: Saturday August 23^rd– Not to be missed Great Event:

Maggie and Neil Atkins Hospitality Elimination Regatta

Please RSVP by Thursday August 21st  to Maggie at matkins@frontiernet.net or

Admiral Nelson at eal1667@gmail.com so that we know how many Sailors to expect.

If you are planning on attending and would like to contribute by bringing an appetizer or desert please inform Maggie at (585) 396-9973 or matkins@frontiernet.net to help coordinate her efforts.

Thank you… See you on the CYC Docks  Aug 3rd 4pm!

We are back on our Game and Week 5 of 8 in the Summer Series is completed

There were 12 boats on the water, spectators  and… YES— there was wind to sail!!
After a few weeks of rest… as suspected, there was a new level of competition at the start line which brought a Shake UP on the water….

Highlights as follows:

• “Hot Shot Mary” was off to a great start with 3 consecutive bullets
• Keith is finding his “GO” button– good thing as Joanie was spectating!
• Anna even gave it a whirl—and liked it so much rumor has it she will be back!

Current Standings are as follows:

Overall High Point-
#1: Anne Lambert
#2: Terry Schmidt
#3: Jonathan Gorbold

Low Point Summer Series-
#1: Johnathan Gorbold
#2: Mary Schmidt
#3: Gary Schmidt

Remember Save the date—August 23 for the Atkin’s Annual Elimination Regatta

Racers are Ready and Raring to get back on the start line after several weeks of Family Fun! Sailing will resume on Sunday July 20th at 4pm on Canandaigua Yacht Club docks.

Current Standings:
Overall High Point:
#1: Anne Lambert
#2: Terri Schmidt
#3: Jonathan Gorbold

Low Point Summer Series:
#1: Jonathan Gorbold
#2: Anne Lambert
#3: Jay Niggli

SAVE THE DATE:

Atkins Hospitality Elimination Regatta- Saturday August 23, 2014

Saturday, August 23, 2014, Maggie & Neil Atkins will be hosting their Annual Hospitality Elimination Regatta which will include a great meal and drinks for all.  The address is 4314 Deep Run Canandaigua, NY 14424.  This is just off of East Lake Rd.

The regatta will begin promptly at 1:30 off the south dock at CYC.  A starting line will be set and the start may be upwind or down depending on the wind direction that day.

There is no participation fee for this regatta, but please RSVP by Thursday August 21st  to Maggie at matkins@frontiernet.net or

Admiral Nelson at eal1667@gmail.com so that we know how many Sailors to expect.

If you are planning on attending and would like to contribute by bringing an appetizer or desert please inform Maggie at (585) 396-9973 or matkins@frontiernet.net to help coordinate her efforts.

Regatta Rules:

• You are required to have a chase boat to follow your RC across the lake.  If you do not have one -Please let us know prior to Thurs August 21st so we can help.  We will make every effort to find you a boat or help you team up with another chase boat.
• A finish line will be set somewhere close to the Atkin’s dock which you will be required to pass through in order to finish the race across the lake.
• Racing from CYC to Maggie & Neils home will determine your placement for the next round i.e.  ( 1,2,3,4,etc) .  (If your boat wins the across the lake race you are guaranteed at least  second place. You may rest until your challenger has been determined through elimination.)  If you do not race across, you may still participate in the regatta by bringing your boat by car to their home. You will be placed at the bottom and will have to earn your way to the top.  Those that do not race across the lake will be grouped together and will race with 50% moving on to the next elimination round.  This will continue until only one remains. This boat will then race against the lowest placed boat of those that did race across the lake. The winner will progress to the next round until a winner is determined.
• A course will be set to the approval of this year’s race  committee  and a race will consist of a minimum of 4 legs (2 laps).
• If you have been awarded a handicap in our regular series racing you may continue to use it.  If you have not been awarded a handicap you may not petition for one.
• Racing will end by completing the elimination races or when the hosts ( Maggie & Neil ) determine it is time for all of us to leave.  If all the elimination races have not been completed at that time the order of finish will be whatever your placement was at the time races were cancelled.
• The very coveted 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (gold, silver, Bronze) place awards will be presented to those who will have earned their place in history.

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  1st               2nd                    3rd

  These races will not be included in the overall high point series or summer series, but it would be a shame not to participate…Hope to see you there!

   Admiral Nelson

   

The first two weeks of the summer season has offered little wind, but much fun socializing!
6/8: “1” race- NO WIND- we enjoyed time around the picnic table with good friends, good wine and good appetizers before our tradition of breaking bread in the Club House!

6/15: “3” races- NO WIND

Hot News: A new competitor meets us at the start line–
* “Yee Haw”— or is that “YIKES”….either way you look at it….
–Keith Calkins is in the MIX!

*Rumor has it our own PRO may join us in a start or two… tag teaming with Neil. But first they are off to the Carribean to celebrate Anna’s retirement…expect they will be honing their sailing skills as they enjoy their family …

*Terri and Gary are enjoying summer time fun with their family as well…

Current Standings Overall High Point:
#1: Anne Lambert
#2: Terri Schmidt
#3: Jonathan Gorbold

Low Point Summer Series:
#1: Jonathan Gorbold
#2: Anne Lambert
#3: Jay Niggli

We will try again next week-
Racing will be from 4-6pm  at the CYC dock on 6/22/14…
Pray for Aeolus to generate more wind!!

~~See you on the Water~~

Ladies did their best– and the Best of the Best was # 71 Terry Schmidt.

• Spring Meet 2014:
•   381 starts, 49 races, 8 boats start avg., 40% throw outs

Sunday June 1: Girls continued to rule!

The winds offered something for everyone- started light and built throughout the racing.
9 boats sailed.

Out of 7 total races for the day Anne Lambert and Mary Schmidt tied with 3 bullets and Terry had 1 bullet.

There were big stakes tied to this race day as it was the final race day of the Spring Season.

It was a tight race to the finish and The final score for the highly competitive Spring Series is as follows:

#1: Terry Schmidt- wins 1st place and a Jefferson cup
#2: Anne Lambert- special request- for 2nd place Jefferson cup and a pink pedicure!

 #3: Jonathan Gorbold in a very close 3rd beating out Gary Schmidt with only a higher boat total. Jonathan wants bling…bling… BLING!!

“Complete Results”

Summer Series starts June 8^th 

We will kick it off with 1 additional boat… Mary Schmidt has her own Laser—We welcome Mary and her new RC Laser.

Sunday June 1 was her maiden voyage and she did Great… Bring the competition to the Course and let the Summer Series begin!

Race time is 4 pm off the south dock CYC.

See you on the water!!!!!

Even though no motor boats were allowed on the lake the RC Laser Fleet 14 had their Squaw Island Regatta off the south dock at CYC.  Ten RC Lasers and one Soling participated in the event.  There was a Le’Mans warm up race to get everyone’s boat in the water and then a total of 5 races were booked before we closed the dock and headed for the cookout.  After calculating the scores based on low points no throw outs it was Gary Schmidt just edging out Terry Schmidt for first followed by Mary Schmidt in third.  An award was also given to Bill Schmidt for finishing first with his Soling.  Since he was the only Soling we asked him if he preferred to be scored first or last and he wisely chose first.

The cookout lasted for two hours with Jack Bennett as the chef and myself (Nelson) as the awards presenter.  The side dishes brought by everyone were superb.  We had bean soup, vegetarian sausage, salads, cookies, and even home made ice cream by Eric.

2014 Squaw Island Rewards

After we were all full of food and drinks we handed out the rewards that the winner so greatly deserved.

Many pictures of the fun can be found at “PHOTOS” for your viewing.

Next week we will be finishing up the spring meet with racing (Sunday June 1st) from 4-6 pm again off the south dock at CYC.  It will be an interesting battle between the girls and the guys to see who earns a Jefferson Cup with their name on it.

See you this Sunday on the water!!!

I am sorry to report that due to the vast amount of rain that has occurred over the past couple of weeks the City of Canandaigua has closed all motorized boat traffic on Canandaigua Lake over the Memorial Day weekend.  This ban goes into effect beginning 8AM Friday and will be reassessed on a day to day basis throughout the weekend.

I am therefor canceling the Squaw Island Regatta scheduled for Saturday May 24th.  It is my hope that the regatta can be rescheduled for a different date that will be acceptable to all that were planning on attending the event.  Having said that we will  have reward races off the dock from 2-4 pm and the picnic will happen after racing! Giving up the power boats doesn’t mean RCs don’t race or that we go without our Celebration Cookout!

Anyone having already paid the entry fee for this event will get a full refund.

See you on the water!!!

Anne Lambert (left) Terry Schmidt (right)
THE CLOCK IS TICKING

With week 8 tallied  and just 1 week to go in the Spring Series it is the girls that are shooting bullets.

On Sunday Terry scored 3 bullets out of 6 races to take the lead in the series with a low net of 67.  Anne countered with 2 bullets of her own to take over second place with a low net of 72.  Gary Schmidt (although having all kinds of trouble with his boat managed to hold on to third just by showing up.   Incidentally if you look at the standing for the overall high point you will also see that Terry and Anne are 1,2 there as well.    “RESULTS”

Coming up this Saturday will be the Squaw Island Regatta.  The race is scheduled to begin promptly at 2pm followed by a Memorial Day cookout around the pavilion.  The RC fleet will purchase the meats and rolls,  Jack & Nelson are bringing the drinks, and any side dishes will be welcome.

Due to the holiday there will be no RC racing Memorial Day weekend.  The final spring meet day will be Sunday June 1st at 4pm south dock CYC.

See you on the water!!!!