Friday I completed the last bit of the drive to Austin and after a work meeting during the morning in town, headed over to Austin Yacht Club for some practice ahead of the Easter Laser Regatta.  This is an event that had been on my bucket list some time and everything worked out to be able to do it this year.

Late in the afternoon, me and Forest Atkins, from the Dallas Laser Fleet, headed out for some practice.  The wind was a perfect 10-12 with mostly flat water.  This was my second day out with the MkII sail and nearly 5 months since the last Laser regatta I sailed.  And it showed.  I spent most of the first hour just remembering what the boat felt like and getting the new sail tuned correctly.  The more we sailed the more speed I found.  2 hours later we headed in and then met up with some more of the Dallas Laser Fleet members for dinner nearby.

 

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No Quarter RG65 sailed its first regatta at the Northern Virginia Model Yacht Club Spring Series on Lake Anne in Reston VA.  It was early and the wind was light and fluky, so 9 boats made for 7 fun and interesting racing.  I had some moments of brilliance as well as some complete misses.  Took me a couple races to dial the boat in a bit.  There were a couple boats that felt a smidge faster, but there was still a lot of bad sailing that moved me back.  With more experience I’ll get a little better going into the first race day at the Richmond Model Yacht Club next weekend.

Pictures

 

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Added another boat to the fleet.  This No Quarter is an RG65 model yacht.  It’s about 25″ long and 60″ tall from the bottom of the keel to the top of the mast.  I got a used boat from a member of the Richmond Model Yacht Club.  After fitting a radio to it and getting a few other things readied, I got to join 6 others today for some practice.  It was a bit light and we only sailed about 30 minutes before we got rained out.  Thanks Rob S for helping get me going and I’m looking forward to some more racing this spring.

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While not quite as prolific of a year of taking photographs, I still got some nice ones.  Here are my favorites:

2/6 Davis Island Yacht Club J/70 Winter Series

Snow on Rocks at Pony Pasture at the James River Park System

2/26 James River Rapids Snow

6/6 FBYC J/70 Summer Regatta I

6/13 Laser District 10 Championship

6/27 US Sailing Junior Olympic Festival Chesapeake Bay Open

8/22 Smith Point Race - Mad Hatter

8/22 Smith Point Race

8/28

8/28 FBYC J/70 Friday Night Series

9/4 Towson

9/4 ECU Football vs Towson

9/25 UCI U23 Bike World Championship

187107 Kent Leverich, 204462 Patrick Wachholz

10/18 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship

11/6 Urbanna Oyster Festival

Richmond Skyline at Night

12/4 Richmond Skyline

Here are the 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 photos.

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