Laser District 12

Lenny’s Back (photo -Marilyn Sechrist)

The last 2 weekends provided a lot of laser sailing for D12. Two weekends ago 23 lasers participated in the James Island open regatta. Congratulations to Craig Bennett who won the Radial fleet and to Michael Miller who won in the Fulls. Check the full results here. This past weekend the NC Masters regatta in Oriental experienced excellent sailing conditions with the old guys getting in 9 races. Congratulations to Mike Schmidt from D11 for taking first place. Go here for results and a regatta report. Further south Chris Stang took the honors for the full rigs at the Low Country regatta in Beaufort , SC. Foster Marshall picked up the Radial Trophy. Go here for the results and photos.

Further from home Emilie Mademann competed in the Laser NA’s in Hyannis. Krysta Rohde is currently racing in New Orleans in the US Sailing Youth Championships. We’re proud of our ladies testing themselves against the best in the country.

The Radial Grand Prix event in Charleston is rapidly approaching. It will be held in conjunction with CYC-SC’s open regatta. Click here for the NOR: cycsc nor

Things are looking up in the Raleigh area. Check out RTP laser and go sailing on Wednesday nights this summer.

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Ok, now that everyone has recovered from tropical storm Barry its time to hit the road and go laser sailing again. Lots of activity this weekend. James Island Yacht Club is hosting their open regatta and usually has a good turn out of lasers - both full and radials. Its a great club and very sailor friendly. In addition Carolina Sailing Club-NC is hosting the 50th North Carolina Governor’s Cup on Kerr Lake. You Triangle D12 guys should check it out. Lake Lanier is also hosting their annual Reggae Regatta and already there are some lasers registered. Finally CYC-NC is running its 2nd Ocean Race of the season. So if you want to surf some waves in the ocean come on down to Wrightsville Beach.

The following weekend likewise has plenty to offer. The Oriental Dingy Club is hosting the NC Masters in Oriental. You get to sail with our masters buddies from D11 and enjoy a great sailing venue. In addition there is usually a strong laser contingent at Beaufort Yacht Clubs Lowcountry Regatta. You can not beat their Frogmore Stew.

Also not too early to make plans for the Radial Grand Prix Event to be held in conjunction with Carolina Yacht Club’s open regatta in Charleston July 28-29. Lets shoot for 40 radials on the line in Charleston Harbor. Remember this counts for the radial series but not the overall series.