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Look for information on the
The 2008 J Class
National Championship Regatta
To be held in Mystic River CT. August, 2008.
More details as they become available.
Contact Webmaster:
Larry@LudwigRCYachts.com

TO REGISTER FOR THE 2008 J Class NCR PLEASE
CONTACT:
John Snow
jsnowj@comcast.net
781-631-4203
From the desk of John Snow
2008 MYR Proposed Events Schedule: August
20-24
Wednesday, August 20
(Seaport Activities)
9:00 - 3:00 Set-Up VRC
Model Display: Star 45 & EC-12M (Seaport Collection),
Enterprise J (Garbarino)
& Wheeler (Linville?)
Set-Up 20x20 Tents (2)
for Models Storage - North Lawn
Set-Up 10x10 Tents (2)
for Registration & Visitors Info - North Lawn
Set-Up Floats &
Gangway - North Lawn
Thursday, August 21
7:00 - 9:00 Arrival/Set-Up Race Course - Off
North Lawn
7:00 - 5:00 Seaport
Chase Boat @ Float (Manned by MYR Team)
8:00 - 8:30 Set-Up
Sandwich Boards (Directions)
8:00 - 9:00 Set-Up Any
Exhibit Models - North Lawn
9:00 - 10:00 R/C
Models Sailing Practice (EC-12s & Wheelers)
10:00 - 1:00 Wheeler Class Region 1
Championship Regatta (1st Day)
1:30 - 4:30 EC-12
Class Invitational Regatta (1st Day)
Friday, August 22
7:00 - 9:00 Arrival/Set-Up Any Exhibit Models
- North Lawn
Adjust Race Course as
Necessary
7:00 - 5:30 Seaport
Chase Boat @ Float
9:00 - 5:00 AMYA/VMYG
Info Tent Manned - North Lawn
9:30 - 12:30 EC-12
Class Invitational Regatta (2nd Day)
Wheeler Awards
(12:45-1:00) @ Info Tent
12:30 -1:30
Visitors Laser R/C Sailing Demos - Off Floats
1:30 - 4:30 Wheeler
Class Region 1 Championship (2nd Day)
EC-12 Awards
(4:45-5:00) @ Info Tent
4:30 - 5:30 R/C
Models Sailing Practice (Js & Star 45s)
6:30 - 9:00 Regatta Picnic
- Mystic
Saturday, August 23
7:00 - 9:00
Arrival/Set-Up Exhibit Models - North Lawn
8:00 - 9:00
Shipyard Staff R/C Sailing (EC-12s or Wheelers) - Off Floats
Adjust Race Course as
Necessary
8:00 - 5:00 Seaport
Chase Boat @ Float
9:00 - 12:00 J
Class National Championship Regatta (1st Day)
9:00 - 5:00 AMYA/VMYG
Info Tent Manned
12:00 - 1:00
Visitors Laser R/C Sailing Demos - Off Floats
1:30 - 4:30 Star 45
Class National Championship Regatta (1st Day)
6:30 - 9:30
Cocktails/Regatta Banquet – Seamen’s
Inne
Sunday, August 24
8:00 - 8:30 Adjust
Race Course as Necessary
8:00 - 5:00 Seaport
Chase Boat @ Float
8:30 - 11:30 Star
45 Class National Championship (2nd Day)
Star Awards
(11:45-12:00) @ Info Tent
9:00 - 3:00 Exhibit of
Models - North Lawn
AMYA/VMYG Info Tent
Manned
12:00 - 3:00 J
Class National Championship (2nd Day)
J Awards (3:15-3:30) @
Info Tent
3:30 - 5:00 Removal of
R/C Models
4:00 - 4:30 Removal of
Racing Marks - Mystic River
For further information please contact:
John Snow
President US VMYG
jsnowj@comcast.net
781-631-4203
Mystic Seaport Hosts Championship Model
Yacht Regatta
Mystic, Conn. – Four
championship races are planned over the four days of the Model Yacht Regatta on
Mystic Seaport’s waterfront from August 21 through 24, 2008. These races will
feature radio-controlled (R/C) models from four to eight feet long in an event
sanctioned by the American Model Yachting Association (AMYA) with support of the
U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group (VMYG). This event will mark the renewal of
summer-time model yacht regattas at the Seaport.
A total of 60 R/C models
and their skippers are expected to compete around race courses in the Mystic
River laid-out with marker buoys to facilitate highly-honed racing tactics.
These will include models based on well-known classic yacht designs: Star,
12-Meter and J boats, as well as Wheeler models based on ocean racing yacht
designs from the 1990s. The Seaport’s fleet of AMYA RC Laser Class models will
be available Thursday through Saturday for hands-on sailing so children and
adults can experience the sport of model yachting. There will be an exhibit of
sailing models to also provide visitors with further insights on the different
designs being raced and others that are actively used throughout the country
under the sponsorship of the AMYA.
AMYA Wheeler and EC-12
Meter class models will race Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Skippers of America’s Cup J Boat and Star 45 class models have the weekend as
their stage to fully display their skills in tightly-competitive national
championships. The majestic J designs, dating from the 1930s, are by far the
largest AMYA model – up to eight feet long with ten-foot masts. They will take
to the water Saturday 9 a.m. to noon and Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Star 45 models,
based on the one-design Star yacht, compete on Saturday 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and
Sunday 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Model yachting as an
organized sport in America dates to the 1870s. It started as open-water racing
using rowing skiffs and was transformed to free-sail racing from shore in the
1930s using natural and man-made ponds. Today’s R/C racing developed in the
1970s with the advent of miniature R/C components, allowing for model racing on
closed courses under the auspices of the AMYA. This has brought the sport to a
new height of popularity, given the thrills one can now experience through model
racing are similar to those in full-size sailboat competitions. The AMYA has
grown to over 200 clubs and 25 model classes, with the VMYG as its special
interest group catering to those interested in older sailing designs and their
history. More information on these groups and the sport can be found on their
web sites:
www.ModelYacht.org
and
www.usvmyg.org
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