The different fleets have their own idiosyncrasies. The IOM class, which I ran for several years, spends a lot of time getting guys up to speed. The racing rules of sailing are taken quite seriously. At 2003 World Championships held in Vancouver, we had an international panel of sailing judges. Several of these judges had finished the Americas Cup earlier that year. We have an annual Dallas Regatta, appropriately named the Blow Out, which will likely attract 25-35 boats from around the country.
Unless you're willing to travel around the US for regattas you're kinda stuck with who is local to you sailing in their fleet. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Ben Diss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:59 AM To: Bill Johns Cc: Soaring Yahoo Subject: Re: [RCSE] sailing I tried a couple of times. I even bought an EC-12, but the sailing guys are a tight-knit group and not very open to outsiders. I gave up before attending even one event as it didn't seem fun at all. -Ben Bill Johns wrote: > Idle curiosity prompts me to ask. > > Is there anyone on this list who is also active with R/C sailboats? > > Please contact me off line. > > Thanks, > > Bill > --- > It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. B. Baggins > > Bill Johns > Colton, WA > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail > and AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
