Welcome to the homepage of the North American Laser Class Association District 11 covering Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and West Virginia.
Laser NA's and NA General Meeting
July 1st, 2009 - Eric Reitinger
Laser NAs was held over 4 days up at Buffalo Canoe Club in Canada. Over 200 boats raced over 44 races. Weather conditions were up and down and all over the place with some storms in between.
Full results can be found here.
The twitter site @nalaser has some pics to see as well.
Williamsburg Area Sailors
June 22nd, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
James City County near Williamsburg , Virginia acquired a new park on the James River -- it used to be a private campground. It is right next to the Jamestown ferry, for those of you familiar with the area.
There is a beautiful beach from which you can launch boats, and the section of the river there is about three miles wide and five miles long. It is fantastic for sailing. The park has been open for a year now, and I think I am the only person who launches a sailboat there. There are almost never any other sailboats on this section of the river because there are no other public areas from which to launch a sailboat. I think no one else knows yet what a great place for sailing and launching this is.
ACC Blog List
June 12th, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
This is a list of blogs and articles that I have found that mentioned either the Standard Rig or Radial/4.7 Atlantic Coast Championship. Some of these are news outlets and others are sailor blogs.
Radial/4.7 ACC Final Results
June 9th, 2009 - James McKenna
The Laser Radial ACCs were held this past weekend at SSA in Annapolis. It was a fairly light air event with a total of 5 races held. Even though it was light it was a great regatta and I think everyone had a good time. The radial event was won by Christopher Stocke and the 4.7 winner was Mary Hall.
Laser Radial/4.7 ACC Day 1 Recap
June 6th, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
The Laser Radial and 4.7 Atlantic Coast Championship started off with 2 races on day one in very light and shifty winds. 61 Radials and 8 4.7 were on the line in 2-5 knot winds.
After a short postponement the first race was started in a light northerly breeze. The fleet started cleanly under the I-flag on the first try. The fleet made good progress toward the first mark, but the wind got even more fluky as the race went on. Those who got a good start and clear air got ahead. By the 5th leg the wind was almost undetectable but both the Radial fleet and the 4.7 fleet\ made the finish before the time limit.
New Boom and Traveler Blocks
May 28th, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
APS has a nice write-up and photos of the new boom and traveler blocks that were recently approved for use on a Laser. They will be generally available in July.
Read More at The Stern Scoop.
D11 Major Junior Regattas
May 28th, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
District 11 has 3 major Junior Regattas for Junior Radial and Standard Rig Classes.
July 11-12 Chesapeake Bay Junior Olympic Championships
July 14 Maryland State Championship & Gibson Island YS Annual Regatta
August 15-16 Virginia State Championship & Fishing Bay YC Annual Regatta
14 District 11 sailors among 95 at NA Masters
May 19th, 2009 - Jon Deutsch
Fourteen District 11 sailors made the trip to Wrightsville Beach North Carolina for the North American Laser Masters Championship. The sailors braved big wind and waves to get in 6 races over 3 days. Mike Schmidt (MRSA) had two top 10 finishes to be the top-placing District 11 finisher.