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Show news DF95 Summer Series at Barton's Point Country Park
Event 3 in Sheppey
Posted on 22 Jul
DF95 Summer Series at Barton's Point Country Park
Event 2 for East Kent Radio SC
Posted on 12 Jul
RC Laser Summer 2 Series at Fleetwood week 2
Two multiple National RC Laser champions lead the battle
Posted on 8 Jul
DF95 Summer Series at Barton's Point Country Park
Choppy conditions cause a boat to take in water, with electrical problems
Posted on 5 Jul
DF95 Conningbrook Lakes Spring Series Overall
Another close fought series concluded at the East Kent club's Isle of Sheppey venue
Posted on 1 Jul
Marblehead GAMES 6, Nylet RM Challenge Trophy
15 races were run in uncomfortable wind conditions at Abbey Meads
Posted on 23 Jun
RC Laser Summer 2 Series at Fleetwood week 1
With the wind forever increasing in strength a couple of 'D' rigs were brought out
Posted on 18 Jun
10 Rater National Championships at Datchet
Unlike last weekend, the wind behaved
Posted on 17 Jun
DF95 Spring Series at Conningbrook Lakes
Weed forced a switch to Barton's Point venue instead
Posted on 15 Jun
MYA Scottish District IOM Travellers at Kinghorn
All the skippers decided to start with B Rigs and continued with them all day
Posted on 14 Jun
MYA Scottish IOM Travellers at Forfar Loch
Eleven different hull designs were present in the fourteen strong fleet
Posted on 11 Jun
Bradford Cup at Fleetwood
Racing nearly abandoned for vane-controlled Marbleheads
Posted on 10 Jun
Marblehead Nationals at Datchet Water
A tricky weekend for reading the wind
Posted on 5 Jun
IOM Eastern District Champion Series event 2
Huntingdon hosts the One Metre radio yachts
Posted on 3 Jun
36R Vane Leech Trophy at Fleetwood
You can't win them all
Posted on 24 May
Marblehead GAMES 5 event at Guildford
Halfpenny Trophy and Summer Series
Posted on 22 May
Guillermo Beltri wins 7th Torrevieja IOM Open
Continues to expand his record in the IOM Radio Control class
Posted on 20 May
Model yacht race makes a splash
Southampton Solent University tradition spans almost 50 years
Posted on 18 May
IOM Nationals at Poole
74 IOM sailors travelled from many UK clubs, plus visitors from foreign parts
Posted on 10 May
IOM Worlds 2024 set to make waves in Gladstone
A truly global event has achieved a significant milestone by filling its entry list
Posted on 6 May
Footy Nationals at Frensham Pond
Bin bag sails supported on 3mm carbon and wire spars
Posted on 24 Apr
2024 Mermaid Trophy GAMES 4 at Guildford
A superb day's racing with 18 races held
Posted on 15 Apr
DF95 Spring Championship at East Kent Radio SC
Rain and a shifty wind didn't stop close racing over 14 heats
Posted on 5 Apr
MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship
Fleet of 16 at Barshaw Park, Paisley, boasts a fantastic array of designs
Posted on 27 Mar
Medway RC Laser Club Winter Series week 13
No question on rig size - the smallest D rigs were chosen
Posted on 27 Mar
Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
With no direct control, is this a dark art, or more of a lottery?
Posted on 25 Mar
Oldest video footage of Model Yacht racing
Radio controlled and otherwise, from the 1930s to the 70s
Posted on 24 Mar
10 Rater Tankard & Marblehead GAMES 3 at Frensham
The day started inauspiciously with no sign of wind
Posted on 22 Mar
Medway RC Laser Club Winter Series week 12
Wet gear didn't stop the whole fleet racing the 15 races
Posted on 19 Mar
M&S Marblehead ranking event at Chipstead
Analyse the results for the top two sailors, and you realise just how well both sailed
Posted on 16 Mar
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36R Vane Leech Trophy at Fleetwood
© Paul Fishwick
36R Vane Leech Trophy at Fleetwood
© Paul Fishwick
36R Vane Leech Trophy at Fleetwood
© Paul Fishwick
Yacht and Powercraft Design students model yacht race
© Southampton Solent University
Yacht and Powercraft Design students model yacht race
© Southampton Solent University
Yacht and Powercraft Design students model yacht race
© Southampton Solent University
Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Blue Bullet - Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Automatic steering mechanism - Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Blue Bullet - Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Vane 36R Topham Cup at Fleetwood
© Ton Wilson
Vane 36R (free sailing model yachts) David Rose Trophy at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Vane 36R (free sailing model yachts) David Rose Trophy at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Blue Bullet - Vane 36R (free sailing model yachts) David Rose Trophy at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Vane 36R (free sailing model yachts) David Rose Trophy at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Vane 36R (free sailing model yachts) David Rose Trophy at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
2023 Star Vintage Gold Cup Regatta
© Vintage Gold Cup / Walter Cooper
Competitors on the beach control area at the start of Race 14 in the very variable NW reaching/beating winds in the shadow of the cliff behind
© Linda Price
Margaret Lake (left) presenting one of the two special BOTTLE boat trophies to 13 year old Oliver Stollery who won both events
© Peter Stollery
BVoats contesting the Woodhouse Trophy for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
BVoats contesting the Woodhouse Trophy for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
BVoats contesting the Woodhouse Trophy for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Young Trent Barnabas with Little Chesty in Double Bay
© Archive
'Reference Point' leading to win the beat in the Yachting Monthly Cup
© Roger Stollery
Mervyn Cook adjusting the vane gear of a model yacht
© Jacque Cook
The A boat 'Reference Point' was designed by Mervyn Cook and Dave Hollom
© Roger Stollery
Forester Shield for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Forester Shield for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson
Forester Shield for Vane 36R model boats at Fleetwood
© Tony Wilson