Radio Sailing Association of WA Inc.

Sixteen IOM skippers attended briefing on Saturday 10 December 2011 at Champion Lakes for the 2011 Western Australian IOM State Championships. We welcomed Scott Condie, who had made the trip from NSW to sail with us – thanks Scott – your attendance was appreciated. PRO Hub Bell got racing underway on time at noon, despite the breeze being quite shifty. Two courses were set, allowing the Officials to change from one to the other with almost no delay.

The weekend of 3/4 December saw the WA RC Laser Championships commencing with sailing at Jackadder Lake in Woodvale on the Saturday afternoon - after warnings from other local RC sailors about the extent of floating weed in the lake. Perth’s crazy weather this year seems to have produced weed at most of WA’s RC sailing venues.

The afternoon turned into a bit of a lottery with the weed – and Rod Popham proved to be the winner closely followed by our IOM visitor Ian Sherriff sailing Fred’’s boat and the consistent Dave Bedford. It was great to see Cliff from Sydney sailing - and Scott visiting Perth from Melbourne – next time he has promised to sail !!

How much “Room” is “Mark-Room”?

This subject is the cause of quite a few discussions (read ‘arguments’) at lakeside. The Racing Rules of Sailing do not specify or regulate specific distances, as the Rules are written for all types of boats, from dinghies to maxis, windsurfers and multihulls as well as radio controlled yachts. All these craft handle differently, so the Racing Rules of Sailing are general in nature.