The commodore asked the 6 Metre members who were present on Saturday as to their thoughts on what the 6 metre class wanted to do about Winter racing. After some discussion it was generally agreed that because of low racing numbers that the 6’s will race ad hoc on the first Saturday of the month. With racing courses being arranged so as not to stop others from using the Lake It is hoped that the fleet racing numbers will generally increase. The ultimate aim is of course to see an active racing fleet with its own fully organised racing series[…]
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Dragon Force Winter Series
Whilst waiting for the wind to re-appear after lunch on Saturday, the Dragon force members were asked by the commodore to take a vote on whether to allow the new A+ rig to be used in Club Series racing During the Winter Series? After some discussion, a majority decision was made to continue with the A, B and C rigs for that series and to review the subject again of A+ usage for the 2018 Summer Series. Although the Dragon Force and Dragon Flite boats are unlikely to see an Open Event being held by the club in 2018 the[…]
Read moreOpen Day September 2017
On Saturday 30th of September, the Dartmoor Radio Sailing Club held it’s second Open Day at Shaugh Lake. The event was attended by members of Plymouth Model Boat Club, and Exeter Model Boat Club, and from St Dennis in Cornwall. The lake was divided into three sections, namely a Fast Electric area where the high speed craft were demonstrated along the south shore of the lake, the middle area being allocated for the sailing boats, and the north shore was allocated to the Scale Model section. The east shore had a specially laid out slalom course for timed runs by[…]
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