Author: townsendpdx

We have an Open Fun Sail at Tualatin Commons scheduled for Sunday, July 17 at noon. Two weeks ago we were plagued by very light winds and pulled off of the pond around 2 PM. Sure enough, the winds picked up a bit after 2 and were acceptable, if light, most of the rest of the afternoon. I posted a poll on this site asking if we should remain with a 12 PM start time or move it later: 1 PM, 1:30 PM, or 2 PM. The results as of this morning: 3 votes for 2 PM, 1 vote for 12 PM. There are some comments in support of 2 PM. I am currently leaning toward revising our start time for July 17 to 2 PM as a trial and, if it seems beneficial, possibly revise the start time for the remainder of our season’s sails. I still welcome input on this subject, either through voting on the poll or contacting me through townsendpdx.com. I’ll let you know our decision re: July 17 start time by e-mail (to those on my list), through a news post here and a posting on our Facebook page.

Come on out to Westmoreland tomorrow at noon for RCMSC’s 3rd of July Internet Course Practice. We’ll probably set out the Internet Course markers and throw in some starting line markers so we can combine some pure Internet Course sailing with some more traditional head to head sailing. As always, all boats welcome. As always, we’ll have boats to loan for folks who want to get a taste of RC sailing.

Great news: our domain mapping is complete, meaning this website is accessed through rcmsc.org. Note that the rcmsc.wordpress.com address will continue to work as well, but we own a domain – let’s use it!

Remember, we have Grandpa Footy Fun Sail scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday, 6/19), noon at Tualatin Commons pond. You don’t have to be a grandpa – you don’t even have to have a boat – we’ll loan you one. I’m thinking the weather is going to cooperate. As always, we welcome skippers with all classes of RC sailboats. Please join us!

We had 8 skippers and 11 Footys out at Westmoreland today for some wonderful sailing! We had 7 Footys on the water at once – no doubt in my mind that’s a Portland record. Instead of setting the Internet Course, we set a more traditional course and raced. After 6 heats, we ended with a 3-way tie for first. Some close (and really fun!) racing. Thanks to all who showed. Remember, we have a fun sail scheduled for Tualatin Commons in 2 weeks (June 19) at noon.

Are you ready for some sunshine? How about twiddling your transmitter joysticks with fingers that aren’t stiff from the cold? I know I am! Please join us Sunday, June 5, at noon at Westmoreland Casting Pond for Internet Course Practice. The Internet Course consists of a fixed marker that is tethered to a free-floating marker by a 50’ line. The free-floating marker has wind vanes and thus tends to float directly down wind from the fixed marker. It is intended to be used by a single Footy at a time with a stopwatch. Times are shared on the Internet at RCSAILING.net.
While the course is designed for Footys, it’s a big pond and, as always, we would love to have skippers with other boats join us. No boat? No problem. Also as always we’ll have a few Footys to loan to interested folks. Please join us!

Our first Race Day is scheduled for Sunday, May 22, noon at Tualatin Commons. We would love to get as many Footys on the water as possible so please plan to join us. The weather forecast looks favorable. There will be some loaner Footys available for anyone who wants to try their hand with one and doesn’t have one of their own. This is scheduled as a Footy race, but the pond is big enough and we love commiserating with skippers of other R/C boats.

Our Fun Sail yesterday at Westmoreland (rescheduled from Mothers Day) was just that – a ton of fun! Our best turnout so far: four skippers, four Footys (three Pool Sharks and a 507) on the water at once, and a bonus sail of Ted’s beautiful Racing Carbon Micro Magic.

The Rose City Model Sailing Club has added a couple of resources to enhance communication with our members and anyone else out there interested in the radio controlled model sailing hobby. Primary is this, our new webpage (if you are reading this, you found rcmsc.wordpress.com). Please take some time to click around. We’ll be using this News Posts resource to communicate news of club events as well as communication and feedback from club members and non-members. Anyone can view this blog. Non-members (who register with WordPress.com) will be able to comment on the posts. RCMSC members will be able to add new posts as well as comment.

Speaking of membership, we would LOVE to have you join us! The Club Bylaws and Member Application Form and instructions are available on our About page.

The second new resource is our Rose City Model Sailing Club (RCMSC) Facebook page. Please take a look. Our webpage will be the primary communication forum, but our Facebook page should help us reach a wider audience and provide a fun way of keeping up.

I’ve collected a list of e-mail addresses of people I have reason to believe have an interest in Footys or Micro Magic boats and I’ve been using this for communication of news. I plan to continue this. If you would like to be included on this e-mail list, let me know (perhaps through a comment here on the blog).