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A Remote Control Sailing Regatta Made a Splash in Marmora

A Remote Control Sailing Regatta Made a Splash in Marmora

From the South Jersey Model Yacht Club

Model sailboat enthusiasts joined together to cast their remote-control boats out to water. Model-size boats are pictured here by the Great Egg Harbor Bridge.
Model sailboat enthusiasts joined together to cast their remote-control boats out to water. Model-size boats are pictured here by the Great Egg Harbor Bridge.

The South Jersey Model Yacht Club hosted their annual regatta on Sunday, October 6 at the Beesleys Point Beach Park in Marmora. Fourteen skippers came from Connecticut, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to compete in RC Laser model sailboats. The RC Laser is a one-meter scale model of the larger sailboat, 13 foot 10 inches, that raced all over the world.

Most RC skippers come from larger boat and one design backgrounds and are over forty years of age, extending their sailboat racing careers in friendly round-the-buoy competition on short windward-leeward courses. It certainly is less stressful and relatively maintenance-free compared to their full-size counterparts. On this day, this fleet of fourteen was able to complete 14 races with a break for lunch.

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