Month: October 2018

One More Award

Because Rick Parent wasn’t able to sail two weeks ago, he missed the awards presentation for our summer series. Sailor Class second place belonged to him, however, and Paul McBride made sure Rick was recognized for a job well done. Rick and his daughter will be busy during the off season building two more boats to add to his current fleet of four Solings and US12s.

Not Much Luck with the Weather

Although several gathered for the Soling regatta on October 16, only Tim Wright was brave enough to launch. The fall day was nice enough, but winds were gusting over twenty mph, convincing skippers to call it quits. The US12’s had hard rain on October 18, so that regatta also was canceled.

Lone Skipper Tim Wright bravely sailing in 20 mph gusts.

First Snow Arrives — Time to Call It a Season!

The plan was to squeeze in one more Tuesday of sailing, but weathermen predicted cold temperatures and rain. Since Monday was sunny and dry, Commodore Whitehead called for dock-out that day, bringing the 2018 season to an end. A huge thank-you to all who helped!

Calling All Sailors

Young and old will enjoy becoming part of our group. Next year’s boat-building class will coincide with the museum’s Family Boat Building from July 8 through July 12, 2019. Our objective is to encourage youngsters to enter the world of model yachting, but everyone is welcome, of course. No experience is required, and we supply everything needed, including expert instructors. Going to https://www.nhbm.org/model-yachting/model-yacht-building/ will take you to the application for our model yacht workshop. The class makes a wonderful Christmas gift, so look for the certificate available on that page.

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A Thank-You to Several

The commodore was on the road following Kathleen’s latest itinerary during September, and wants to thank Tim Wright, Bob Brennan, Paul McBride, and Ed Johnson for covering his duties.

During that same time, Al Stevens went shopping and came home with a Jon boat and electric outboard for Back Bay rescues. Wow! Al, that’s wonderful – the flat bottom should be much more stable for retrieving boats. In addition, Al’s been working on name tags for all of us. What a guy! Thank you, Al!! Now we’ll remember who we are.

Footy Regatta

The Minuteman Model Yacht Club Footy Regatta in Needham MA was rained out earlier in the season, but Rick Gates rescheduled it for October 6 at his Nashua Model Yacht Club at Sandy Pond in Nashua NH with Rick as race director, and Jerry Leach as scorekeeper. Back Bay Skippers’ Bill Hagerup and Paul McBride competed, placing fourth and ninth respectively. Top honors went to Herb Dreher, with Cliff Martin placing second and Steve Doherty third.

Summer Series Awards

The sailing season is split into two series, with awards given out for both spring and summer, as well as the full-season championship. On October 9, the summer series awards were presented.

Sailor Class	Master Class	US12s
1st Rick Gates	1st Tim Wright	1st Tim Wright
2nd Rick Parent	2nd Rick Lalley	2nd John Simms
3rd Jerry Leach	3rd Mark Whitehead	3rd Jerry Leach

Tuesday October 2 was a Btfsplk!

(That’s a raspberry for those who don’t remember Li’l Abner’s sidekick with the rain cloud hovering over his head.)

The Solings were rained out. A few diehards tried to sail, but within twenty minutes the deluge started and the skippers ran for cover.

Thursday, October 4, was a much better day for the US12’s, as was October 9 for the Solings.

Once October rolls around, the skippers sail for fun with no official scoring, just bragging rights.

On straight average, the top five Solings October 9 were:

Tim Wright first, Rick Lalley second, Tim Brand third, Anthony Quinn fourth, and Jerry Leach fifth. Brag away, gentlemen!

New skippers sailing on that beautiful fall day were Diane Labella plus Fred and Sue Beaman. Welcome aboard!

Left: Diane Labella with her new boat. Right: Fred Beaman at the controls.

10-09 Solings

Photos below are by Ed Johnson:

 

 

10-06 Footy Regatta, Sandy Pond, Nashua NH

Rick Gates of the Nashua Model Yacht Club hosted his second Footy Regatta of the year at Sandy Pond in Nashua. This event was to make up for a Footy regatta hosted by the Minuteman Model Yacht club in Needham Massachusetts, that could not be completed because of bad weather. Ten sailors competed in 12 races with Rick Gates as race director, and Jerry Leach as score keeper. This was part of the Northeast Regional Footy series, which includes regattas hosted by the Laconia Model Yacht Club at Lily Pond in Gilford and the Back Bay Skippers. In previous years series, regattas had also been held in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Sailor	Rank
Herb Dreher	1
Cliff Martin	2
Steve Doherty	3
Bill Hagerup	4
Jack B	5
Ron Jones	6
Jim Linville	7
Herb Cotterly	8
Paul McBride	9
Alain Jousse	10

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10-04 US12s and a Santa Barbara!

Photos below are by Ed Johnson:

 

10-02 Solings

No sailing on Tuesday because of rain.

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