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RC Yacht Club Regatta

March 17th, 2007

The Cypress Cove Remote Control Yacht Club would like to thank everyone who attended our 6th Annual Regatta on March 11, 2007. And a very special thanks to the Cove management team, Matt & the maintenance department, the restaurant staff and Regis & his team. Without their help, it couldn’t have happened.

The Regatta takes place every March and is one of the biggest events in the Cove’s busy social schedule. It starts early in the morning with the powerboat events, including balloon boat challenges and power boat racing on our grand prix race circuit. We started our program with the Management Balloon Boat Race. Ivan was quickly eliminated, leaving Regis & Ted to fight it out. It was an epic battle and when the dust settled, Regis celebrated the win.

After a tasty lunch of hotdogs and hamburgers, the remote control sailing ships took to the water. There were a number of run off races and then the best of the best sailed for the coveted prizes. This year the winner of the Ladies Soling and the Open Soling were husband & wife and the second place was also a husband & wife.

The regatta is not only a sailing event; we also have activities just for the fun of it. The anything-goes-race pitted powerboats against sailing boats and even with the excellent wind conditions, the power boats won again. The canoe race pitted the restaurant staff against the social directors and a pick-up team of two adventurous ladies. Again, against all odds, Regis won. Not bad for a team that started out by falling out of the canoe.

The Regatta has turned into an all-day event with 24 races, food & drink; five raffles with many great items, a 50-50 draw and an announcer to keep the large audience informed & entertained. To top off the day, awards and trophies were presented at the evening banquet.

We have been sailing our graceful one meter solings on Brown Lake for 6 ½ years. Our solings are sloop rigged radio controlled yachts. There are no motors; they are driven only by wind power. The skipper can adjust the trim of the sails and the angle of the rudder. The rest is skill and luck. The club has grown to over 60 members with 35 solings, power boats and of course the very popular balloon boats. By the way, this is a family activity with both women and men captains.

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