Join us down at the pond for a day to showcase your Destroyers, Battleships, Patrol boats, and anything else related to the military (even military float planes).
Running or not, bring it down to display!
Where: San Diego Model Yacht Pond, Located on Mission Bay’s Vacation Isle
When: Aug 16, 2024 – 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
The sun was shining, sky was blue, we ran a race or two.
The water was warm, and skippers were here, too.
Times are tough, we are low on parts —
So here’s your sailing salute… on a scorecard!
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It was just another beautiful day at the San Diego Model Boat Pond for this year’s Region 8 ODOM Championship. Eleven competitors raced in near-perfect conditions. The wind was from the West, with oscillating gusts and shifts from NW & SW.
Top 6 Finishers – ODOM Region 8 Championship
Thank you to Dennis Rogers, Ben Reeve, Jess Atkinson, Chris Davidson, and all others who helped put together this regatta—and to Bob Williams for serving up his legendary Pond Dogs that kept the fleet fueled and smiling between races!
100+ boats competed over 2 days of the NAMBA District 19 POWER BOAT Series with speeds exceeding 50 miles per hour.
Here is a compilation of some of the best scenes and photo shots from the event (Thank you, Tom Warren, for this production!):
And just in time for Christmas!
Thank you to Mike Fruciano for travelling so far to join us for the IOM’s and extra thanks for taking on RD duties Re/ the DF 95’s.
Thanks also to Kerim for being RD for the IOM’s.
Good fleet numbers in both classes and some very tight racing.
Great to see newcomers Jack and Roberto out on the water. I’m sure we’ll see more of them both in the future.
Unfortunately Jon Rogers suffered some Tech. issues with his recently acquired IOM and wasn’t able to make the start line.
Watch this space. I’m sure Jon will compete very well once he’s sorted out.
See you all at the pond. 🙂
San Diego Argonauts will be hosting the 2025 AMYA ODOM Class Regional Championship at the San Diego Model Yacht Pond on August 2nd, 2025.
To register, send an email or call Jess Atkinson (details in the NOR document below). An entry fee of $15 will be collected at the Pond on the day of the event. Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions are below.
Thank you, David Stong, for being the RD for the day.
It was another beautiful day at the Pond, with a solid turnout from both the ODOM and Soling 50 fleets.
Results are posted below:
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Today was a good day to go sailing in San Diego. The Pete Jefferson award was happening for DF 95’s.
Eleven skippers showed up for the challenge – aka The 12 Race Masters Series ribbon run. Conditions were 4-6 knots from the west.
Really great group. Sportsmanship was high that really made this day a blast and the dogs from Bobs grill (pond dogs) were the lunch break treat.
Dennis Rogers won the day with Chris Staiger in second and Larry Grant in third.
Jess Atkinson was our RD and the host. He ran a smooth and fun event as usual.
Experience over 120 boats racing over two days on San Diego Argonauts Model Yacht Pond. Competitors who are racing for year end championship points will go head to head running 6 laps (almost one mile) on a course with 30 foot diameter turns expectng to hold their lanes in heat racing style. Points are accumulated after four rounds of racing based on their place of finish with the traditional John Perry Studio trophies awarded at the end of the day.
Come view Semi-Vee Flat Bottom Boats, Sport Hydros, Crackerboxes, Catamarans, Jersey Skiffs, Outriggers, and the crowd favorite Classic Thunderboats.
There is no fee for spectating. Bring a chair or a blanket and kick back and enjoy the San Diego summer sun.
Perfect sailing conditions greeted the twelve competitors for the inaugural Tri-Dragon Team Challenge; the first of its kind in Travelers Trophy history. Six teams fought hand-to-hand in tightly sailed matches all afternoon. Many heats were decided by lead changes just before the finish. The Championship was determined by the Final Race of the day between Team Red and Team Green. Congratulations to the winners and all the participants! (Special thanks to Len Bose who gave up his racing spot to a fellow competitor to help Umpire the Event!)
Excellent Video and Commentary courtesy of Dr. Jim Sears!
First to kick off yesterday’s racing was the IOM’s.
Gerry Wold signed up as RD for both classes and he certainly had a challenge ahead of him. The breeze was coming from the direction every Argonaut holds with much disdain, across the pond!
Fortunately there was a bit of West in it ( At times?) and Gerry was able to set courses that stretched the length of the pond. This was going to be ‘one of those days’, the wind swirled, there were plenty of holes and mother nature just kept everyone guessing the whole day.
After winning the day, I have to say that it wasn’t due to me being the fastest, perhaps just the luckiest. :O
Add another seven boats and we saw the DF’s hit the water. Same challenges but now with the increased number of boats, everyone’s chances of getting ‘lucky’ were a whole lot less.
“Go left young man” seemed to be the strategy but that was sometimes easier said than done.
Even with quite a biased line at the North shore end, the fleet fought for the pin end and if you got away cleanly you were in good stead. (Not so easy to achieve).
BUT, even then the top mark was like a roulette wheel, enter the zone and cross your fingers. :O
Apologies for setting it there but more so for not moving it after the IOM’s.
Sailing two boats sometimes causes some time management issues. :(.
All in all the racing was extremely ’sporting’, penalties were taken appropriately and there was a high level of consideration amongst the competitors for the challenging conditions.
Congrats to the podium placegetters and congratulations to all all competitors for turning up and making it a great day at the pond.
If you havent already entered the TT teams event next weekend, get your entry in it’s going to be great fun and ’something different’.
Or even just drop down and bolster the numbers in the peanut gallery. 🙂
Thank you Kerim, Gerry and Jon for collecting the marks and putting the boat Etc. away.
Regards
Chris
