Congratulations AMYA Santa Barbara OD National Champion – Jess Atkinson
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ODOM CLASS
George Ribeiro-ODOM #1 & Founder of ClassCongratulations to George Pedrick, the 2021 ODOM National Champion
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IOM CLASS
Congratulations Mark Gollison- OUR NEW IOM USA NATIONAL CHAMPION!
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DF 95 CLASS
CONGRATULATIONS! Mark Golison, Our New DF95 AMYA NationalChampion
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SOLING 50 CLASS
Steve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographyThank You Fred!!CONGRATULATIONS to the 2021 SOLING 50 NATIONAL CHAMPION- Mr. Larry Grant
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The San Diego Argonauts thank all participants and guests for their enthusiasm and support during this National Championship Regatta. We hope to see you all again in three years!
Smooth Sailing
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Snapshot Of September Sailing Calendar
September 4th:
11:00 Racing Rules of Sailing Seminar 11:45 Skippers Meeting
San Diego Argonauts culminate Race Week featuring the classic Soling 50 sailboat. This model has deep roots in our RC sailing community, with many extraordinary local sailors competing successfully at a national level. We salute all who continue to support this class.
An early morning rouge tropical front passed through the coastal region, again, but did not disrupt the the consistent onshore flow we have been experiencing throughout the week. The clock started at 11AM sharp and we were off to the races!
Soling 50’s Off the Line – Steve Sidell Photography Steve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographySteve Sidell PhotographyNICE RACING!!
Special thanks to Dan Shier and Derek Landeau today for the drone footage of Soling 50 Races 9, 13, and 14.
SOLING 50 USA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-SCORES
AWARDS
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2021 SOLING 50 NATIONAL CHAMPION- Mr. Larry GrantSECOND PLACE- CONGRATULATIONS!! Kerim BaranTHIRD PLACE- Ken CampbellFOURTH PLACE- Gary BoellFIFTH PLACE- George PedrickSOLING 50 CORINTIAN AWARD- Bob WilliamsSpecial Presentation by Bob Williams- Recognizes Fred Rocha for his tireless passion and leadership. Thank You Fred!
San Diego Argonauts Thank our Event Sponsors for their Generous Support of Race-Week Events and Activities.
Hats off to San Diego Argonauts Ben Reeve, Bill Bridge, Greg Williams and Mark Hallberg. This event would not have been possible without your support..
Snapshot Of September Calendar: SEE YOU AT THE POND
September 4th
11:00 Racing Rules of Sailing Seminar 11:45 Skippers Meeting
2021 IOM USA National Championship Regatta-DAY TWO
Synopsis for the far southern California coast… At 2 AM, a 1014 mb high was near the Orange County coast, and a 1003 mb low was near Needles. Weak onshore flow will prevail this week.
WIND FORECAST
Todays forecast proved to be fairly accurate as IOM Sailors experienced light to medium pressure from a more westerly direction. Great competition today!!
IOM’s OFF THE LINE
IOM-DAY TWO SCORES
After a full day of sailing friends gather for a celebration!
CONGRATULATIONS MR. & MRS. STEVE LANDEAU
Participants enjoyed a beautiful pond side evening at Mission Bay Park
2021 Aug 9 – RACE WEEK – IOM Races (12A 13C 13B 13A 14C) – Video #1
Special thanks to Kerim Baran for drone footage of todays races.
2021 IOM USA National Championship Regatta-DAY THREE
Towering cumulus clouds over our local mountains and a warm monsoonal push are the backdrop today at Mission Bay Model Yacht Pond. Sailors enjoyed tropical like weather and consistent sea breezes from the WNW direction. Championship class sailing continues!
General Recall
2021 IOM USA National Championship Regatta-DAY THREE SCORE SHEET
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2021 IOM USA National Championship Regatta-DAY FOUR
Wednesday morning San Diego was greeted by a fast moving monsoonal surge and balmy tropical weather. Thunder storms rolled through and gave way to full sun, providing early sea breezes. Sailors were challenge by shifty pond conditions through out this final day of IOM competition.
Fred Rocha – Master Event Coordinator & Score Meister OFFSET WINDWARD & REACH TO THE CORNER
2021 IOM USA National Championship Regatta-FINAL SCORES
Congratulations Mark Gollison- OUR NEW IOM USA NATIONAL CHAMPION!George Pedrick – SECOND PLACEBrig North – THIRD PLACEGary Boell- FOURTH PLACEPeter Feldman – FIFTH PLACEIOM USA National Championship Fleet
San Diego Argonauts Thank our Event Sponsors for their Generous Support of Race-Week Events and Activities.
On this holiday I feel it is an ideal time to express my appreciation to ALL members that make our hobby and recreation possible at “Our Pond”. This includes every member.. You all count. A huge THANK YOU for you participation!
For those who are still in dry dock, now is the time to dust off the rigs and start becoming active again. Our Santa Barbara fleet is looking for more boats and invite all inactive sailors back. ODOM’s and Soling 50’s are also always looking for more competitive fleets. It’s time to join in on the fun!
It is said that “It Takes a Village”. Now is a good time to get involved. Just for the love of our hobby and camaraderie. It’s not just about winning a race. It’s about success as a group. It’s time to pull together and make Race-Week a huge success! For those whose have not registered for their perspective fleet, time is running short.
Thank You Ken Campbell for another informative Racing Rules Clinic. These seminars can provide useful information and help us all become better sailors. One of the topics of discussions was calling for room with port/starboard boat situations and obstructions. I think he has a crystal ball..
Fred Rocha once again set a fun course with predominant southwest to west winds averaging 8-9mph. Fred also served as RD extraordinaire!! Our hats are off for VC of Sail!
Soling 50’s sailed a 6 race series with just a small handful of on the water fouls. Two discrepancies were heard by protest committee Rogers 3 & Rogers 2+1. I think it is always easier and kinder to the scoresheet to clear infractions on the water.
SOLING 50
2 S/B’s and ODOM’s with a delayed start, shared the course for a six race series. Nice Sailing.
ODOM RESULTS
Thank You Kim Robbins and Jeff Fletcher for assisting Fred Rocha with equipment cleanup and storage.. The lock was checked twice!
JULY SCHEDULE (cont)
July 10th 10:00 SDA Race Week Meeting 11:00 Racing Rules of Sailing Seminar 11:45 Skippers Meeting 12:00 – 16:00 Sail Points IOM – DF95
July 17th SCALE DIVISION FULL DAY – Scale Age of Steam
July 24th 11:30 Skippers Meeting 12:00 SOLING 50 SUMMER REGATTA
IT LOOKED LIKE A FUN DAY OF SAILING COMPETITION AT SAN DIEGO MODEL YACHT POND IN MISSION BAY. If you are an RC enthusiast, big boat sailor or just pond side spectator the San Diego Argonauts welcome your interest into our FUN and challenging hobby of RC Sailing!
IOM RESULTSDF95
DF95 & IOM AERIAL DOCUMENTATION. Thank You Kerim Baran.
DF95 Races 4 – 6
DF95 1
DF95 2
DF95 3
DF95 4
DF 95 5
DF95 6
DF 95 7
IOM RACES 1 & 2
IOM 1
IOM 2
IOM 3
IOM 4
IOM 5
IOM 6
HERE IS THE REMAINDER OF OUR JULY SAIL CALENDAR:
July 3rd 11:00 Racing Rules of Sailing Seminar 11:45 Skippers Meeting 12:00 – 16:00 Sail Points SOLING 50 – ODOM – S/B OD
July 10th 10:00 SDA Race Week Meeting 11:00 Racing Rules of Sailing Seminar 11:45 Skippers Meeting 12:00 – 16:00 Sail Points IOM – DF95
July 17th SCALE DIVISION FULL DAY – Scale Age of Steam July 24th 11:30 Skippers Meeting 12:00 SOLING 50 SUMMER REGATTAJuly 31st11:00 Sail Clinic
What a fantastic way to kick off the 2021 Summer Sailing Season! Conditions could not have been any more challenging for a full afternoon of non stop competition. The pond wind gods (or demons) delivered an entire banquet of conditions during the 12 race series. The first 4 races the wind seemed hopeful but down right puffy and shifty. Middle heats sailors were served telltale teasers that just barely satisfied a craving to move. By late afternoon the big wind finally filled in and everyone was on their rails. Fun conditions and a very competitive fleet. Our protest station was vacant as any rule infractions were settled with sorries and turns. Nice racing!
Fred Rocha and Greg Williams deserve a standing ovation for promoting, organizing and executing a perfect regatta. RD Fred set the marks and called the days courses with NCR precision. Sailors had lots of water to navigate with a comfortable starting line near the east end of the pond. Offset windward marks on the far west shores. A leeward gate all the way to the east shore and a mid basin offset that also served as a finish line. Great Course!
Tough Competition
We had a great turnout of ODOM skippers with varied skill levels. They all seemed to get along on the water with few fouls. Thank you all for your Corinthian Spirt! Check out the scores.. One point separating first place Ken Campbell and second place John Castelli who “claims” this was his first race in 2 years! Our less experience sailors learned a lot today and had a chance to sail with the best. Congratulations and thank you for your participation!
Lets build the ODOM fleet back up- because It IS a FUN boat to sail!
A special thank you to Kerim Baran for spectacular drone footage from the last 20 minutes of race 11 and race 12. A very cool perspective!
It was a cloudy kind of cool May gray day the wind ranged between 0-9mph from the wsw x w x sw x nw x w x s x straight down. The turnout was decent 5 IOM’s and 13 95’s. For the most part the sailing was fair, only a few people missed taking a turn when they should, have hopefully they will fix that in the future. I want to send a huge vote of thanks out to Gil, Pat, and Ken for their help. Without people that step up we’re sunk! Kim 5/15 RD
Thank You RD Kim Robbins.
Thank You Scorekeeper Ken Campbell.
SPECIAL THANKS TO KERIM BARAN FOR GREAT DRONE FOOTAGE OF MAY 15 RACING.
And here are some videos from the IOM races: Race #4 (videos 1,2,3)Race #5 (videos 4,5,6)
“I had the pleasure of being the RD today for the first day back to points racing in some time. It was good to be back in racing spirit today. First on today’s agenda was spending some time training some new volunteers to do some RD work in the future. Pat Nevitt and Steve Delvin were my assistants today, and both did a fantastic job in helping to sort out the marks, set them, call the start line, call the contacts to weather, and of course score the races.”
“As for today it was mostly sunny with occasional clouds cooling the temp down every now and then, but with a high of 61 and the sun shining spring is definitely here. The winds were typical San Diego winds coming from the South, North, West and Mars. Blowing mostly 6-9 with some in frequent gusts probably close to 12. The racing was for the One Designs – the Santa Barbara, Soling 50 and Odoms were there and started in those orders. Only 2 Santa Barbaras showed up so we improvised and allowed them to sail, even though three are required for a points race to be official, and we modified the clock for 1 min to start the S/B followed immediately of a 1 min start for the solings. All were scored. In the soling class 5 skippers made the water and by the end the 1st and 2nd places were being discussed, as the first two skippers had the same score. 6 Races were allotted for the group since essentially both classes were on the water at the same time. This worked out OK and is a good way to give skippers a chance to sail with a light fleet number.”
The ODOMs were next, and they two had 6 races and the clock was moved back to 2 mins. Again there was some good racing here, unfortunately Kim had to drop out before wetting the hull due to a break. A couple of races were close, but if an odom got out in the lead at the weather it was usually in the top two for sure.
A lot of port starts or immediate tack to port after starting was the theme of the day. The wind was heavily port favoring and I believe we had one boat, having been called over and last to start, played the port favoring perfectly to round the Windward marks clear ahead of the fleet. The usual holes of wind flustered a few skippers, and hence the wind from Mars comment, as it seems the water was moving but the boat wasn’t. :o)
In all it was a good day back. And good corinthian sailing was done by all. And it was good to get some volunteers into the rotation soon. Oh, you are probably wondering about scores. Well that’s a secret. Nah, Mr Points Campbell is working on them and will announce the results soon.
Normal club operations are expected to resume this summer, depending on all pandemic restrictions being lifted by the county and city.
As sailors begin more frequent use of the pond we must to be aware and show respect to other users of our valuable resource. Saturday morning is reserved for Scale Division. Stay off the water until noon! Use common sense when speedy Power Craft are sharing the water. Practice the Corinthian Spirit.
Sail members will soon be given several choices for a new Burgee. Make sure you voice an opinion. These new colors could show up on your hat, shirt or bumper sticker!
We have a busy summer ahead with lots of fun Club Points Racing, Regattas and Race Week in August. (check the current calendar) We are going to need volunteers! Don’t be shy because this is going to be a lot of fun!
We all share a truly amazing hobby and we are most fortunate to have a Model Yacht Pond in beautiful Mission Bay Park.
