Australian Radio Yachting Association
VIC IOM Eddy Kennedy Memorial Series RD1
The day commenced with extremely light conditions with the breeze fluctuating through 180 degrees, with the course set racing started at 10:15 am and by lunch at 12:00 noon only 5 races had been run with four skippers having wins.
Lunch was held at the motorhome with the mudder Zandra ruling the roost and all skippers being well feed, thank you Zandra.
Racing recommenced at 12:30 pm with Craig Smith winning race six, then out of the blue, Stephen Early won race seven, three skippers shared the wins in the remaining races, Craig Smith, Lincoln McDowall and Andrew Reid, good finishes during the remainder of the day were had by Scott Fleming, Rob Nowak and Mario Gulic.
VIC Marblehead Regional Championship Bill Palmer Memorial Series
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A small but high in quality fleet greeted the grey Sunday morning with interstate skippers from Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania ready to do battle with the Victorian skippers. Racing started a little late with one interstater having electrical issues, the conditions were light to mid “A” from the south and by race three some skipper went down to “B” by lunch five races had been completed with five skippers within points of each other. Lunch was served from the motorhome, well prepared by Zandra Thomas.
SA RM Toad Cup
Conditions were light and variable from the SE with large wind shifts. It required concentration to extract the best from the day. Thanks to Jonno for PRO duties and Rob for assisting in the power boat with courses and the ARCYRC for organising the event.
QLD Dragon Force Challenge 2016 Round 1
Dragon Force Challenge 2016 Round 1 Report
Since the arrival in 2013 of this affordable, one design restricted class yacht, which easily fits in your car, a number of new and experienced skippers have been attracted to Dragon Force yachts.
In sponsoring the inaugural Challenge, QRYA and Paradise Radio Yacht Club are to be congratulated on proactively fostering this growing interest in RC yacht racing.
Round One of the 2016 inaugural Dragon Force Challenge was raced at Emerald Lakes (Gold Coast) on Sunday April 10th.
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National Champions
A Class: Brian Dill
IOM: Paul Jones
10R: Kirwan Robb
RM: Kirwan Robb
RC Laser: Scott Fleming
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Notice of Races
SA A Class Stanley Cup - 6th April
Pound Road, Paris Creek
TAS RM Southern Tasmanian Championship - 19th May
Montrose Bay Yacht Club
TAS IOM Southern Tasmanian Championship - 28th April
Risdon Brook Radio Yacht
WA IOM South West Championships - 23/24th March
Provence Lake , Yalyalup
S/QLD IOM Championship - 23/24th March
Lake Kawana, Bokarina
WA Bink Frayne ‘A’ Class Trophy - 9th March
Austin Lakes
S/QLD A Class Championship - 16th March
Pine Rivers
2019 John Emms Memorial Trophy (RM) - 31st March
Montrose Bay
Southern Tasmanian IOM Championship 28th April
Risdon Brook
Victorian Marblehead State Championship 4/5th May
Yarrawonga
SA RM Toad Cup - 10th March
The PatawalongaNSW IOM GP Rd 1 - 2/3rd March
Dover Park East, Blakehurst
VIC RC Laser State Championship - 6/7th April
Portland Yacht Club
2019 Australian National Championship - 4/16th February
Oxenford, Queensland
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Yachtsmen Gather for Gold Coast Australian Championships
The 2019 Australian Championships for Radio Controlled yachts are being held 4th – 16th February at Regatta Lake, Oxenford. One hundred and eighteen sailors are currently entered in 4 classes of yacht.
RC Laser Australian Championship Returns to Dobroyd
For 2019, the RC Laser National Championships return to the Dobroyd Aquatic Club, the host club and venue of the inaugural RC Laser National Championships held a decade earlier in 2009, shortly after the club house was rebuilt.
The Championships will be held over the four days 25-28 April 2019 at Dobroyd Aquatic Club, Rodd Park, Henley Marine Drive, Rodd Point, New South Wales.
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2018 New Zealand IOM Championship
Six Aussie’s made the trip across ‘the ditch’ to Wattle Farm, Auckland, New Zealand for the 2018 NZL IOM Championship and based on previous advice the intrepid Aussie’s were expecting an awesome venue with quality breezes and great sailing. Come to Wattle Farm they said, it will be great they said! All encouraging news given in the past we sailed on a duck pond, a weed infested lake with no breeze and a piddly lake in chilly and wet Christchurch – surely they had to get it right this time!
In the days before the event the dreaded email came through advising that the host club was being challenged by a weed infestation but every effort was being made with tons of the stuff being hauled from the main lake on a daily basis and by the time we had a practice sail on the Thursday it would have appeared that their efforts were paying off however, by Friday the battle had been lost and the decision was to sail on the secondary lake (how lucky to have two of them).
The forecast weather conditions were favorable, temperatures around 20C, sunshine and light winds for the duration, at least the shorts and t-shirts got a chance to get out instead of the wet weather gear.
Aussies at the Ten Rater & Marblehead World’s
Aussies at the Ten Rater & Marblehead World’s
Germany was the host country for the 2018 Ten Rater & Marblehead World Championships held at Biblis from 24 May to 01 June.
Australia was represented by Kirwan Robb (VIC), Andrew Reid (VIC), David Turton (QLD) & David “Yoda” Thomas (VIC) in both classes with 53 competitors in the Ten Rater Class and 76 in the Marblehead.
Winds were predominantly light over the two championships which probably didn’t suit our team entirely but they still managed to pull of some great results.
In the Ten’s Andy kicked off the championship with some great top ten places and certainly had the potential for a top ten finish although struggled in the latter part of the championship finishing 14th overall. Kirwan also had a good start with a 6th & 4th in the first three races but ended up with a mixed bag finally finishing a creditable 10th overall. Our remaining Aussies, Turts & Yoda finished 23rd & 42nd respectively.
The M’s followed immediately after the Tens and it was Kirwan that opened his score card with a 2nd in the seeding race and with regular top ten finishes, ended up an astounding 4th overall with Andy 17th, Turts 37th and Yoda 52nd.
Overall our team should be proud of their performance, the time and effort to participate on the international stage is significant and on behalf of the ARYA I congratulate them all on their results and effort in representing Australia at the events.
Sean Wallis
President ARYA
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2018 European IOM Championship
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