The Region 8 DF95 Travelers Trophy season continued on Saturday, August 8, with a great day of racing at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, home of the Orange County Model Sailing Club.
Entries were limited to 17 skippers, allowing everyone to race together in a single fleet. With temperatures in the mid-80s, bright sunshine, and consistent winds, conditions were ideal for an impressive 16 races.
And San Diego Argonauts sailors had a very strong showing!
🥇 1st – Jess Atkinson – 28 points
🥈 2nd – Keith Ives – 42 points
🥉 3rd – Larry Grant – 49 points
4th – Dennis Rogers – 60 points
5th – Stephan Cohen – 72 points
Awards were presented by Len Bose, AMYA President and originator of the Region 8 Travelers Trophy series.
Don Frakes served as PRO, with Bob “Shoe” Schumacher, Alex Brown, and Rock Kendall handling scoring.
A big thank-you to everyone who helped make another full day of Travelers Trophy racing possible — and especially to our friends at OCMSC for hosting us at Mason Park.
There’s also some good news from our friends in Orange County: OCMSC has launched its own YouTube channel!
The new channel gives sailors throughout Southern California — and anyone curious about radio-controlled sailing — a chance to see some of the action at Mason Regional Park.
And they have already posted videos from Saturday’s Travelers Trophy regatta:
OCMSC YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaJ43CPT6A5yxj0hvguosRg
Travelers Trophy – Heat 8:
Travelers Trophy – Heat 13:
It’s great to see another Southern California model sailing club putting racing footage online. Videos like these help introduce newcomers to the sport, let sailors study the action, and help connect our growing RC sailing community.
So give OCMSC a subscribe and help get their new channel off to a great start!
And Then Came Sunday…
Saturday’s fleet racing wasn’t quite the end of the weekend.
The next day, many of the same sailors were back at Mason Park for the DF95 Team Challenge, a very different — and very fun — format featuring two-person teams and only four boats on the course at a time.
We’ve already covered all the action from Sunday in a separate post:
Two days, two very different styles of racing, and a terrific weekend of DF95 sailing in Southern California.
Congratulations to Jess, Keith, Larry, Dennis, Stephan, and all the skippers who competed — and thanks again to OCMSC for a great Saturday in Irvine!