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Radio Control Laser 2015 Australian National Championships

Date Announced

Hold the press and get out your diary! The date for the 2015 RC Laser National Championships has been announced.

The event will take place over the weekend of 29th – 30th August, 2015 and will be hosted in Sydney by Dobroyd RC Lasers. It’s expected that a large fleet from all around Australia will join the competition and overseas entrants will be warmly welcomed.

The 2015 RC Laser National Championships will be the sixth consecutive year the championships have run, and the second time hosted by NSW and Dobroyd RC Lasers. In 2010 the event was hosted by QLD and held at the Sunshine Coast, 2011 by Victoria, 2012 by Western Australia, 2013 by South Australia, and 2014 by QLD and held at the Gold Coast.

The schedule of activity will include practice racing, championship racing, a welcome function, and a prize giving function. It is competition combined with social events and friends and families are invited to come and join in the fun.

A full schedule of activity and the Notice of Race will be published shortly.

2015 Radio Control Laser Championship of Nations

The 2015 Radio Controlled Laser Yacht Championship in the Netherlands promises to be a great event and we are hoping many Australian Radio Controlled Laser Yacht sailors can participate in the regatta. Australia had two participants in the 2013 Radio Controlled Laser Yacht Championship of Nations held in Southport in the UK and they were well placed.

The Championship will be held on 22, 23, and 24 May, 2015 at Ouderkerkerk aan de Amstel.  The location is about 25 minutes by public transport to the center of Amsterdam. It boasts many fine restaurants and historic areas. There are some good flight packages available from Australia to Amsterdam at present. Holland is a great place for a holiday with easy public transport and lots of accommodation options. Having sailed there a number of times, the locations for sailing Radio Controlled yachts are beautiful and the locals very hospitable.

 

Taco Faber and his team will be welcoming hosts and a large representation from UK and European countries will be sure to attend, making for some tough sailing competition.

Because of Australian support at the 2013 Radio Controlled Laser Yacht Championship of Nations and the success of the annual Radio Control Laser National Championships, the 2017 Radio Controlled Laser Yacht Championship of Nations is scheduled to come to Australia. That means it is even more important for Australia to be represented at the 2015 Radio Controlled Laser Yacht Championship of Nations.

 

More information will be posted as it becomes available and there will be assistance available for organising travel and accommodation.

For information on international Radio Control Laser Yacht news and contacts check the following sites.  http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/class/RC-Laser  and https://sites.google.com/site/rclaserinternational/

Also check out Radio Control Sailing Australia’s Facebook Page for updates. https://www.facebook.com/RadioControlSailingAustralia

Rodney Popham

AUS 42

AUS Representative – RC Laser International Association and Working Committee

The RC Laser is simple to sail and a challenge to race. And part of that challenge is getting your radio controlled yacht tuned for racing. Here, Jon Elmaleh, the designer of the RC Laser and champion radio controlled yacht sailor gives his tuning tips for your radio controlled yacht.

With the 2015 RC Laser National Titles scheduled for August this year, there’s enough time to practice improving the performance of your radio controlled yacht. Jon’s tuning tips,  as well as our Go Faster Guide will help to get you and your RC Laser in top shape for National and State Regattas.

RC-Laser_Tuning-Tips_Jon-Elmaleh.pdf

 

With summer racing at its peak, we thought it was a great time to re-introduce the downloadable guide on improving the performance of your RC Laser.

Download The Guide – Making Your RC Laser Go Faster

The guide was put together by a group of seasoned radio control yacht sailors, notably  Hugh Buckle, with advice from
Cliff Bromiley, Graham Brown, Noel McPherson and Paul Derwent.

The comments ideas and tricks are aimed mainly at the RC Laser but some, for instance Rigging the Boat, is written for a boat with main and jib. Nevertheless, the principles hold for single sailed yachts.

The guide is extremely comprehensive and includes diagrams and video links on everything from best rigging techniques, sailing rules, how to get out of irons and trouble shooting.