Update Feb 2019. The NOR, Entry form and full program are available for the 2019 RC Laser National Championships being held 25th – 28th April 2019. The organising committee has been busy working through the details of the event. The annual championships dinner is being held on Saturday night 27th April at the Barnwell Park Golf Club – very close by to the sailing venue. Optional practice sailing and a welcome BBQ is planned for Thursday afternoon/evening. Early entries are encouraged by the committee as it helps with planning. Updates and registrations will be posted on this site. Click here to download the brochure which includes the full program and other useful information.
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Results 2018 RC Laser National Titles Raffle
More news from the very successful 2018 RC Laser National Titles held over last weekend at Mawson Lakes.
For the first time, the National Titles Organising Committee conducted a raffle as part of the event. Participants were provided with tickets as part of the entry price and additional tickets were sold. The raffle was drawn at the 2018 RC Laser National Titles dinner, held on Saturday night.
Overall, there were 1585 tickets sold of which 350 went to entrants of the National Titles. 210 tickets were sold interstate.
Members of Mawson Lakes Model Yacht Club did an amazing job in selling over 1,000 tickets. And many thanks go to those from interstate who helped sell raffle tickets. You helped substantially with the running of the National Titles.
Ticket sellers included Bob Caldow of Club Kawana Radio Yachting, Sunshine Coast; Geoff Smith of Paradise Radio Yacht Club, Gold Coast; Noel McPherson of Dobroyd Aquatic Club, Sydney; Scott Fleming of Patterson Lakes Radio Model Yacht Club, Melbourne; and Gary Hein of Portland Yacht Club, Victoria.
The raffle was a great success, and Alex Hayter is the very happy owner of a new RC Laser.
Results of the raffle draw were as follows:
MLMYC 2018 RC Laser National Titles Raffle
1st prize an RC Laser
Ticket 1625 , Alex Hayter, Member MLMYC
2nd prize – $100
Ticket 1709 , Peter Christopher, SA
3rd prize $50 or club m/ship
Ticket 321, Kate Quigley, Member MLMYC
Prizes drawn by Councillor Stephen White at the 2018 RC Laser National Titles Dinner.
Image Gallery 2018 RC Laser Championships
10th Australian RC Laser National Championship Results
A very successful 10th Australian RC Laser National Titles were sailed at Mawson Lakes, South Australia from Friday 28th September to Monday 1st October 2018. The titles were sailed in good weather with moderate to light breezes and the conduct of sailors was excellent. It was great to have two New Zealanders competing in an Australian national title – Graham Watson and Linton Little.
The first day started with a light and variable south-westerly, and the seeding races were all sailed on A rigs and were won by Scott Mitchell, Roman Wenger and Graham Watson. By the end of the next set of heats, most sailors were down to B rigs and Scott Fleming after advancing from B division to A division showed everyone a clean set of heels. Scott together with Scott Mitchell continued to dominate for the rest of the day as the wind steadily increased to 15 knots.
Some sailors had their first experience of A division sailing including Stephen Cibich, Darren Cathie and John Nieuwenhuizen. Graham Watson completed a race with a disintegrating B mast – and still won – an amazing feat. In C division some great racing was taking place between the likes of John Berry, Gary Hein, Noel Christison, Linton Ward and David Woolner. Cliff Bromiley had a good day, showing some great boat speed in B division.
By Sunday the wind had swung 180 degrees to the north-east and B rigs were the choice of the day. Graham Brown had some excellent races in the morning and began to present a threat to Scott Fleming’s dominance. Noel McPherson also sailed well during the morning with some high placings in A division. Brad Hein began to work his way into contention after what had been a difficult first day for him, and Peter Burford sailed consistently all day. By the last two races A rigs began to appear in the fleet, but Scott Fleming’s two firsts in the A division heats all but sealed his win for the series.
The wind remained in the north during Monday morning with big shifts due to a left-hand breeze coming from NNW and a right-hand breeze coming from the north-east. It was hard to pick which breeze was going to dominate on the first windward work and most sailors had a difficult race where they picked the wrong side of the start line. I remember seeing Graham Brown get caught at the leeward end of the line as the wind swung north-east, and then watching him work hard to recover.
In the middle of the day the wind slowly moved to the west causing a delay in sailing, and then later dropped to very light conditions for the last race. Lindsay Sawyer, Rob O’Brien and Bob Whitehead spent all or most of the day in A division, and Noel Christison had a brief foray in A division as well. John Berry and Don Turnbull enjoyed some time in B division with Don having his best day for the series. Brad Hein sailing in A division, corrected a horror finish where he failed to sail through the finish line in the second last race with a win in the last race.
Congratulations go to Scott Fleming, Graham Brown, Scott Mitchell, Peter Burford and Brad Hein for filling the top five places.
It was a great event. Thanks to Johno Johnson and Mario Gulic as race officers. Mario Gulic, Lorraine Berry and Jayne Fleming did the scoring. Stewart Ross set the courses. The rescue boat crews included Dean Bonnett, Peter Simmons, Brian Marshall and Roger Wilkey. Other helpers included Barry Jones, Sue Hayter, Yvonne Tiss, Peter Tiss, Janet Lee, Gerry Geibel, Chris Levi, Bob Goldie, John Dockerill, Meredith Reardon, Janet Luther, Robert Jones, Geoff Fox, Bruce Roberts, Ken Stone, Gerry Lee and many others. The event was supported by Salisbury Council and Mawson Lakes Living magazine. Many thanks to you all.
Words by Adrian Heard
RC Laser Victorian State Titles 2018
- A record number of female Skippers. Well done to our 3 women, particularly in the tough conditions.
- A big thank you to skippers travelling from NSW, SA and country Vic (Portland).
- The Kit-Kat Award (when you need a break) went to Mario Gulic for calling out the finish places, however sighting the wrong finish line!