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More About RC
Sailing at GMBC
Welcome to the sail
boat racing group at the Gauteng Model Boat Club. Model yacht racing can get
just as competitive as the full-size boats and operates under the
same rules and procedures.
The more experienced
sailors are always willing to share their experience to help beginners to tune and race their
boats competitively.
For more information
please come along and join in the fun and games and meet the guys
and girls.
They will gladly show you how to sail an RC yacht and may even let
you take the controls to see what it feels like to
make the boat speed across the water in the intended direction
using nothing but the wind for power, while avoiding obstacles and other boats, and hopefully
placing your
boat ahead
of the fleet!
GMBC SeaWind Sailing Championship
GMBC SeaWind Yacht Racing
Championship
At GMBC we run two championships for RC yachts. Firstly, we standardise on the SeaWind
one-meter class so that all the boats are the same
and a skipper has to try harder to beat the others who all have
equipment of equal performance. The SeaWind is a commercially
available 'almost-ready-to-sail' boat that comes complete with
radio and electronics and can be assembled in a day. All the boats
are virtually identical. Unfortunately championship
regattas are only open to paid-up members of GMBC, but visitors and other boats are welcome at any other
time. See
championship results here.
GMBC SeaWind Yacht Racing
Championship Regulations for 2024
Download
a copy of the Regulations here.
GMBC International One Metre Sailing
Championship
2021 GMBC IOM Sailing Championships - Round 1
The opening round of the GMBC IOM championship
took place on
Sunday 7 March at Rusty Hook in Honeydew with very challenging light
airs. Well done to IOM rookie Bernie, who scored three podiums!
The wins were shared by four skippers but no-one could catch
Brent, who scored a podium finish in every race.
Get full results
here.
GMBC International
One Metre Yacht Racing
Championship Regulations for 2020
Download
a copy of the Regulations here.
Yacht Racing Rules
At GMBC the accent is on having fun and although we love racing
our RC sailboats, it's more important to participate than to win.
Having said that, there are some basic rules we should apply to
avoid collisions and conflicts on the water. The
basic rules of yacht racing.
For a more
comprehensive discussion of RC yacht racing rules,
go here.
Starting Races
In yacht racing, starts are the busiest time of any race because
you are concentrating on avoiding many other boats squeezed into a
small area. You are trying not to infringe any rules, making
sure you don't cross the line early, and trying to get the start
time spot on. In big boats it is easier because the committee boat
is usually right there on the start line giving start signals, but in RC, where each
skipper is watching his boat and those around his from some distance away, there is no opportunity to also be looking
away at coloured shapes and start signals on the shore. Instead we
use sound signals so that we can listen to the start sequence while watching
and sailing our boats.
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