JANUARY 2023

It is almost the end of the month and I am way behind on my updates.. Yikes! We have had a busy start of the year with new membership and renewals, 2023 Points Races and planning for a long awaited and well deserved Awards Banquet and Trophy Presentation.. Let’s get started.
LUNCH BREAK
Saturday, January 7 began the first Points Racing of the new year. A truly beautiful San Diego winter day greeted Soling 50 and ODOM skippers eager to improve their skills and scores. Extra light winds in the 3-5 mph range prevailed throughout the afternoon so fleets were assigned short courses. Despite the very light conditions competition was tight at the top of the fleets. Unfortunately ODOM skippers had to scrap the last race of the day due to drifting conditions.
RD-Steve Ross
Mark Setting- Ben Reeve
Scoring- Pat Nevett & Steve Delva
Course wrangling and skiff clean up-Tom Warren
January 14 was scheduled for DF95 and IOM fleets to kick off their 2023 points season. Mother Nature had other ideas with heavy rain and wind in the forecast. Our master VC of Sail, Steve Ross, got us all off the hook early after a number of motivational messages from reluctant skippers. It rained for 3 or 4 days and San Diego received A LOT of rain. IOM and DF95 fleets were rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28.

IOM and DF95 Fleets Rescheduled Saturday, January 28, 2023

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2022 Awards Banquet and Trophy Presentation

Saturday, January 21 the San Diego Argonauts celebrated a successful year of Scale Boating achievements and R/C Sailing awards. Mission Bay Yacht Club provided a beautiful bayside location and Hawaiian Style Buffet Dinner for the over 40 attendees.

Mark Hallberg greeted our group and introduced club officers. Tom Warren, master of ceremonies, kept the evening lively and guided us through the evenings program.

Rob Wood presented the Scale Division Awards to top members.


2019 SAIL POINTS WINNERS

Tom Warren presented trophies to skippers active in the 2019 sailing season. Due to COVID19 our clubs activities were suspended throughout 2020 and we wanted to recognize the sailors dedicated to our club. Belated Congratulations!

Soling 50

  1. Fillippo Busalacchi
  2. Gerry Wold
  3. Kim Robbins

Santa Barbara

  1. Gerry Wold
  2. Lesty Sala
  3. Bart Klatt

ODOM

  1. Gerry Wold
  2. Kim Robbins
  3. Greg Williams

IOM

  1. Konrad Witt
  2. Larry Grant
  3. Dennis Rogers

DF95

  1. Larry Grant
  2. Konrad Witt
  3. Gerry Wold

2022 SAIL POINTS WINNERS

Bob Williams presented awards to top skippers of the 2022 sailing season. Congratulations!

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FINAL SCORES FOR 2022

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January 28 Points- IOM & DF95

Please don’t be fooled by these beautiful sunny images. A cool grey coastal marine layer dominated most of our day.

Bob Williams was our volunteer RD for the IOM and DF95 fleets. Thank You BOB!

Special recognition to the volunteers that made our racing today possible.

  • Steve Ross-Scoring Assistant
  • Pat Nevitt- Score Keeper
  • Chris Staiger- Marks & Skiff Cleanup

Fred Rocha manned the skiff and set numerous creative course situations. Pesky light south wind forced a skinny upwind leg for the IOM heats. DF95 skippers benefited by a moderate shift of breeze to the SW. Fred moved marks, once again, for sailing a more standard course for our pond.. Believe it or not-The sun was not out this much. Thank You Fred!

See the marine layer?

VC Sail- Steve Ross,

First, I would like to thank all of our volunteers for making Points happen for IOM’s and DF95’s. Bob Williams was the RD for the day, Thank you, Bob! Next, is Chris Staiger assisting with setting the course, also a Huge thank you to Fred Rocha for his racecourse management on a very challenging shifty wind that started with a light South East wind direction slowly shifting to South West. Fred spent most of the day in the dinghy and reorienting the race course with the shifting wind. Finally, I would like to thank Pat Nevitt for doing the scoring with a very quick turnaround on the results. Also, I would like to welcome Jess Atkinson to the Argonauts. Jess took everybody to school by winning the IOM and DF95 in a convincing victory in both fleets. Jess is a lovely guy with a wealth of knowledge of RC sailing.

Special thanks to our new members and all that participated today!

See You at the Pond, Gil

2022 Wrap Up and Outlook

The San Diego Region is fortunate to have an exclusive Model Yacht Pond that is not shared with large or small personal watercraft. A location with easy access to young and old, in a naturally quiet surroundings, with excellent conditions for Model Yacht cruising and friendly competition.
The San Diego Argonauts Scale Division and Sail Division had a successful year featuring events that promoted interest in the pursuit of Model Yachting. Each division has built on our fundamental mission of assisting those interested in R/C boat construction and maintenance, to enhance their knowledge of rules and skills associated with competition, and to promote friendly competition and good sportsmanship. We have a really good thing going on the pond and all members should be proud of our accomplishments in 2022. We are on a steady course and growing strong! Thank You to all that have contributed to our success!

2023 Calendar

Early 2023 Highlights

January 21- Awards Banquet

February 18 & 19-IOM Region 6 Regatta

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Awards Banquet

I’d like to remind our members that the Awards Banquet is rapidly approaching.

The banquet date is Saturday evening, January 21st. In order to facilitate the smooth running of this project I’m asking Argonauts to get their payments to me by December 15th. I will be at the pond on Wednesdays and Saturdays to accept your banquet support. If it may be more convenient for you, please send a check to:

            Mark Hallberg

            4989 Old Cliffs RD.

            San Diego, CA. 92120

           

Be sure to write the check out to the ‘ San Diego Argonauts ‘.

 Tom, Steve and Bob are putting together a little something for our pleaser. Rob Wood will also be making an award presentation for the Scale division.

In order for a successful banquet, the first in a few years, we need participation with a great turnout. 

Thank you and see ya’ at the pond,

Mark,

Staff Commodore

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IOM Region 6 Regatta

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Membership Drive

Tis the season to renew your San Diego Argonauts annual membership. The process is easy, fast and affordable! Here are a few easy steps to get another fun year of activities and Camaraderie with our unique R/C boat club.

Fill out the 2023 Membership Form

$20 cash or check, with completed Membership Form to Gil Jansky or any other Argonauts Officer that knows Gil.

Endorse $20 check to San Diego Argonauts R/C Model Boat Club

Mail to:

Gil Jansky

10641 Gabacho Dr.

San Diego, Ca 92124

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Sail Points Dec. 10-DF95 & IOM

The Argonauts had a really nice turnout for the final Saturday series of the 2022 sailing season. Sunny weather held throughout the day with a surprisingly consistent west breeze in the 4-6 mph range. Each fleet had 6 races with the DF95 skippers on the water first. The starting clock sounded  at 12:05pm and the fleet was challenged to a medium course. Light conditions prevailed and fear the wind gods might abandon our pond, the remaining 5 races were assigned our short race course. Dennis Roger’s sailed a beautiful series finishing at the top! A great way to finish off the year!

Thank You-Race Management Volunteers

DF 95 RD- Gil Jansky

Scoring Assistant- Steve Ross

IOM RD- Scott Harris

Scoring Assistant- Paul Hart

Skiff & Mark Clean up- Kim & Gil

The IOM fleet had their turn on the pond with nearly identical wind conditions. Skippers chose sailing six races in a row in order to maximize wind and the expiring afternoon daylight. A few medium races and the rest short courses made it a good day on the water. Thanks to all our skippers today! We look forward to 2023 and a growing competitive IOM fleet.

DECEMBER EVENTS

DEC. 17 – HOLIDAY PARADE OF LIGHTS

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AWARDS BANQUET

Mark is now actively collecting fees for our awards banquet. The cost will be $30.00 per person. In order to expedite matters, please pay with a check made out to the San Diego Argonauts.

Send Check to:                                            Mark Hallberg

                                                                         4989 Old Cliffs Road

                                                                        San Diego, CA. 92120

Or, hand check to Mark at the Pond. Please include the number of guests you are bringing.

Mark would like to have a final count for the MBYC administration by the middle of December. They would be expecting at least 40 attendees. Realize, also, that this get together is for the entire club membership, though Sail Awards will be given out. Both the Scale and Power division members are invited.

This will be our first banquet in a few years and it will be held at an excellent venue. January 21st, 2023. Hor D’Oeuvers are served at 5PM, with dinner at 6PM.

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2023 Membership Drive

Tis the season to renew your San Diego Argonauts annual membership. The process is easy, fast and affordable! Here are a few easy steps to get another fun year of activities and Camaraderie with our unique R/C boat club.

Fill out the 2023 Membership Form that can be downloaded from this website.

$20 cash or check, with completed Membership Form to Gil Jansky. 

Endorse $20 check to San Diego Argonauts R/C Model Boat Club.

Mail to:

Gil Jansky

10641 Gabacho Dr.

San Diego, Ca 92124

PayPal – Contact the Purser:

purser@sandiegoargonauts.com

Request a membership PayPal invoice and pay using the link you receive via email (no need to have a PayPal account).

Your support and participation is greatly appreciated.

Gil Jansky-Purser

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See You At The Pond

Dec. 3 Points- ODOM & Soling 50

ODOM and Soling 50 skipper finished off their 2022 Racing Season with fair winds and weather. High clouds and filtered sun prevailed most of the afternoon as light NW seas breezes skimmed our pond. Dave Stong was our volunteer Race Director and efficiently managed 6 races for each fleet. Medium courses were the norm for most of the ODOM series. As the afternoon progressed and breezes became inconsistent Soling 50’s responded to the short course. Great fall sailing to close out the season.. thank you all that participated!

Borrowing the comment from Ken Campbell’s Email.. “To see how you finished up in the year-long Championship standings, you will need to attend the Awards Banquet on January 21, 2023.”

DECEMBER EVENTS

Dec. 10 – DF95, IOM Points

DEC. 17 – HOLIDAY PARADE OF LIGHTS

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AWARDS BANQUET

Mark is now actively collecting fees for our awards banquet. The cost will be $30.00 per person. In order to expedite matters, please pay with a check made out to the San Diego Argonauts.

Send Check to:                                            Mark Hallberg

                                                                         4989 Old Cliffs Road

                                                                        San Diego, CA. 92120

Or, hand check to Mark at the Pond. Please include the number of guests you are bringing.

Mark would like to have a final count for the MBYC administration by the middle of December. They would be expecting at least 40 attendees. Realize, also, that this get together is for the entire club membership, though Sail Awards will be given out. Both the Scale and Power division members are invited.

This will be our first banquet in a few years and it will be held at an excellent venue. January 21st, 2023. Hor D’Oeuvers are served at 5PM, with dinner at 6PM.

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2023 Membership Drive

Tis the season to renew your San Diego Argonauts annual membership. The process is easy, fast and affordable! Here are a few easy steps to get another fun year of activities and Camaraderie with our unique R/C boat club.

Fill out the 2023 Membership Form that can be downloaded from this website.

$20 cash or check, with completed Membership Form to Gil Jansky.

Endorse $20 check to San Diego Argonauts R/C Model Boat Club.

Mail to:

Gil Jansky

10641 Gabacho Dr.

San Diego, Ca 92124

PayPal – Contact the Purser:

purser@sandiegoargonauts.com

Request a membership PayPal invoice and pay using the link you receive via email (no need to have a PayPal account).

Your support and participation is greatly appreciated.

Gil Jansky-Purser

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See You At The Pond

Gil

Nov. 19, IOM & DF95 Points

Today’s points racing had a respectable attendance with ten boats in each fleet. Skippers experienced warm pond-side sunshine and light onshore winds most of the day. Gerry Wold, our RD for both fleets, ran a tight ship. Skippers meeting was called at 11:45am and we were on the clock at 12:05 sharp. The IOM fleet was on the line first and completed 6 races with a mix of medium and long courses. Nice sailing guys!

A big thank you to our assistants:

RD: Gerry Wold

Boat Shed and cleanup: Steve Ross

Scoring: Bob Hirsch

The DF95 fleet jumped into the pond next with lighter wind conditions and challenging glare from the late afternoon sun. Courses were medium, then later modified to short with the fading wind. All six races were completed.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Dec. 3 – ODOM, SOL50 Points

Dec. 10 – DF95, IOM Points

DEC. 17 – SCALE HOLIDAY LIGHTS

AWARDS BANQUET

Mark is now actively collecting fees for our awards banquet. The cost will be $30.00 per person. In order to expedite matters, please pay with a check made out to the San Diego Argonauts.

Send Check to:                                            Mark Hallberg

                                                                         4989 Old Cliffs Road

                                                                        San Diego, CA. 92120

Or, hand check to Mark at the Pond. Please include the number of guests you are bringing.

Mark would like to have a final count for the MBYC administration by the middle of December. They would be expecting at least 40 attendees. Realize, also, that this get together is for the entire club membership, though Sail Awards will be given out. Both the Scale and Power division members are invited.

This will be our first banquet in a few years and it will be held at an excellent venue. January 21st, 2023. Hor D’Oeuvers are served at 5PM, with dinner at 6PM.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

November is a busy month for our club with voting /changing of club officers, planning a January awards banquet, coordinating the 2023 activities and events calendar and closing out the 2022 Pond Season with More Racing. HERE we GO!

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CARING FOR OTHERS

Wishing Pat a speedy recovery!

One of the most important things we do as as social club is recognize and help members and friends that would benefit from our thoughts and prayers. Patt Nevitt has been fighting health issues for many months. He has sailed and contributed to the Argonauts even when his energy level was low and he felt horrible. Likely, many of us didn’t even realize what he was fighting. Last Thursday Pat had major surgery and is now recovering in the hospital. Tom Warren and others have created a thoughtful incentive for Pat to make a speedy recovery. A picture board full of great memories and get well wishes from us all.. We are all pulling for you Pat!

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2023 Officers

Commodore Mark Hallberg kicked off our meeting today with voting and a club consensus of our 2023 officers. Much appreciation should be directed to our 2022 board members that helped us recover from the dismal COVID years. Great Job!

Congratulations to our new Argonauts Officers: 

Commodore- Tom Warren

Vice Commodore Sail- Steve Ross

Vice Commodore Scale- Rob Wood

Vice Commodore Power- Bill Bridge

Secretary- Steve Delva

Purser- Gil Jansky

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AWARDS BANQUETT

Mark is now actively collecting fees for our awards banquet. The cost will be $30.00 per person. In order to expedite matters, please pay with a check made out to the San Diego Argonauts.

Send Check to: Mark Hallberg

                                                                         4989 Old Cliffs Road

                                                                        San Diego, CA. 92120

Or, hand check to Mark at the Pond. Please include the number of guests you are bringing.

Mark would like to have a final count for the MBYC administration by the middle of December. They would be expecting at least 40 attendees. Realize, also, that this get together is for the entire club membership, though Sail Awards will be given out. Both the Scale and Power division members are invited.

This will be our first banquet in a few years and it will be held at an excellent venue. January 21st, 2023. Hor D’Oeuvers are served at 5PM, with dinner at 6PM.

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NOVEMBER 5, Points- Soling 50 & ODOM

We are winding down the final 2 months of the 2022 Sailing Season and today we had a nice showing of Soling 50 and ODOM skippers. It truly was a perfect fall day in San Diego. The sea breeze was a little better than anticipated and ranged from about 2-8mph with shifting directions from W to NNW. Fleets managed 6 races each with mostly medium courses. Nice sailing today!

Todays RD’s:

Gil Jansky-Soling 50

Bill Bridge-ODOM

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FINAL POINTS RACES FOR 2022 SEASON

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2023 IOM AMYA REGION 6 CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

NOR

Smooth Sailing, Gil

OCT. 2022- DF95 & IOM Points

A pesky low pressure system fouled our wind and weather for our Oct 15 pond sailing fleets! Despite threatening sky’s and extremely variable conditions, determined skippers tested their skills and luck.

Our robust DF95 fleet sailed their series of 6 races first. Medium course was generally the rule until late in the series when things were shortened up due to a waning breeze.

The IOM fleet had their turn in the pool just in time for the gentle breeze to turn into barely a breath. Race one, the short course, was just about an all day sucker! IOM race two, a medium course, began in true ghosting conditions. With the lifeless fleet spread out and drifting the rain and thunder eventually finalized this race day. Most made it through the finish line and the IOM’s retired after two drifters.

This is Ghosting.. Appropriate for Halloween?

A Special recognition to our RD’s: Craig Mackey and John Roger’s. Also thank you Jason Brooks and Kim Robinson for mark setting and retrieval. Your help is appreciated by all!

Bob Williams fired up the grill and served up yummy hot dogs for deserving participants. Several skippers commented the BBQ was the highlight of the day. 

See You at The Pond!

OCT2022 Points-Soling 50 & ODOM

A big thank you goes to Kim, Tom, Steve for assisting in volunteering as RD’s & helping out with the RD. duties. And thank you Ken for the racing results!

VCS, Bob!

Thank You Kerim Baran for documenting Ken Campbell’s Racing Rules Clinic:

The San Diego Argonauts also held an IOM Fun Regatta on October 8. I understand the event was a lot of fun, but lightly attended. I will post results and other information when they become available.

REMAINING 2022 SAIL DIVISION EVENTS

See Ya at the Pond, Gil

Sept.-DF95 & IOM Points

We had a nice turnout of sailors even though the weather service was threatening us with wind and rain, remnants of Hurricane Kay. Needless to say Kay was mostly a bust when it came to the velocities of wind that was predicted. I think we were all agreeable with the cooler temperatures and light rains the tropical system delivered to the pond.

Kay-Renant Low

Ben Reeve and Scott Harris did an outstanding job managing one of the more challenging days on the pond to be the Race Directors! The light early onshore flow clocked to south east and south with very low flow. DF95 skippers went first and drifted through the difficult conditions. The course became rather interesting when starting was reversed (west to east) with starboard gate rounding and long reaching legs. A wind delay held the series to 5 races.

Our IOM fleet seems to be growing slowly and it is was great to see John Castilli back on our local waters. Dennis Rogers tried out his new BritPop and he seems to be very happy! It’s a beautiful rig! When it was time for the IOM fleet to begin their series the wind spiked out of the south and south east. Reverse starting on a beam reach was the name of the game and it was fast action to the first starboard rounding gate. This was pretty much the theme for the six race series. Nice Sailing!

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The drone did not launch last weekend due to missing software updates. So recordings were brief and from the sidelines. Thank you Kerim & Sean for the 3rd video.

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Remaining 2022 Sailing Calendar

Smooth Sailing, Gil