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A big event on the RC Laser 2013 calendar is the ‘Championship of Nations’ event being held in July in the UK hosted by the West Lancs Yacht Club between the 21st and 26th July.

Rodney Popham and Dave Beford from the Wanderers club in Perth will be flying the boxing kangaroo in this event that is expected to attact up to 70 entrants from around the world

If you are keen to sail and would like more information, see thelink below or send us a message and we will put you in touch with Rodney and Dave

http://www.rclaser.org.uk/CofN.php

We look forward to receiving daily reports from what will undoubtedly be a fantastic week of sailing and cameraderie

The Victorian State Title is being hosted by the Patterson Lakes Radio Model Yacht Club on Sunday 28 April

http://www.plrmyc.com/calendar.html

A great opportunity for inter-Staters to visit Melbourne and leave with some silverware

Will let you know when the NoR is posted

We have new RC Laser Caps in stock – Christmas Special, be quick.  $20 including postage for the first cap, additional caps on the same order to the same address $15 each.  This week only or until sold out

Race Results Sth Qld Laser Class Champ 2012

Laser Photos

Held on Saturday the 10th November 2012, hosted by PRRYC at the lake at Lakeside Raceway.  The competitors behaved themselves and had a great day even though it was showery all day. The weather    started out to be a light north westerly, one race it blow quite heavy, so it was time to change down to a B rig, however it didn’t last long, back to the A rig, Randy carried the A all the time and won that race. As the day progressed the winds changed to the south west to a nice 5 knots which gave the skippers a good windward work that made for some good racing. The first 3 places were hard fought between Nigel who seemed have control however Graham had his measure at times but Randy close behind bitting on their heels. Everyone had a 1st position during the day, except David Page who is beginner ended up with a 2nd and 3rd  and Peter Burford had what seemed like radio problems and forced to retire Thanks goes to the PRRYC members who officiated at the event

There were 8 entries in order of race results:

1. Nigel Price            27

2. Graham Fletcher        32

3. Randy Atkinson        35

4. Peter O’Grady        51

5. Michael Rees        63

6. David Page        71

7. Gwyn Mason        78

8. Peter Burford              113

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2012 WA RC Laser Championships

The 202 championships were held on a lake on the South Perth foreshore in beautiful sunny Perth weather. Seven boats lined up for the start mid-morning in brisk 10-12 knot south westerly. The infamous demo boat 08 was being sailed by experienced RC sailor Alwyn Jarman and it was great to see Minh back on the water after a long absence.

The first four races were sailed in B-sails and Rod cleared away to win three of these races in fine style. As the breeze increased to over 18 knots in the gusts the fleet changed to C-sails and immediately Dave Pruden and Alwyn raced to score wins in the remaining heats and Rod struggled to get his C-sail working. The sailing was very competitive and there were some terrific performances from Garry and (little) Dave as well in the sometimes testing conditions.

As usual, WAnderers RC Sailing Club were strongly supported by RSA WA with Rod ”OT” Moss as PRO with Richard and John volunteering their services as spotters for the day. Rod and his crew set up a challenging course which held for the days sailing and provided very fair calling of infringements…. and lots of advice !!

The afternoon’s racing settled into a battle between Dave and Alwyn for the points lead. When the points were finally tallied Dave won with only two points separating him from Alwyn in second place – Rod finished in third place just ahead of the rest of the fleet.

It was a very pleasing result for the Club as Dave Pruden had been ‘bridesmaid’ for the last three WA State championships and really deserved a State Champion title. Alwyn, as a part-time RC Laser sailor, sailed very well in the stiff and variable wind conditions and the Club really appreciated the dinghy and bouys he brought down to the lake for the day. Thanks also to our Secretary Dave for organising the event and making sure everything ran smoothly.

There is a lot of interest in competing in the next RC Laser Nationals in Adelaide next year so WAnderers could be well represented.