Model Yachting News • Week Ending July 19, 2025

Posted on by Paul McBride

Written by Mark Whitehead, Linwood Davis
Proofreading & Editing by Kathleen Whitehead
Photos by Paul McBride, Mark Whitehead
Layout by Ken Gerber
Photo Captions by Paul McBride
Games by Dave Perry

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Mentor Day

In between the Fall and Summer Series, we set aside a day for the new skippers and for those who are struggling out on the course. It is a nonofficial scored day so we can get the new skippers started on the right foot. Bryer Cain arrived as the only new skipper, and Henry Clare jumped right in, loaning Bryer his boat and helping him get started. Al Posnack and Ted Monetta helped Jeanne Butler with boat setup and sailing, and by the end of the day, Jeanne showed dramatic improvement.

Weather Conditions
Bryer Cain and Henry Clare
Henry Clare and Bryer Cain sailed Henry's 48.

For the rest of us, we just had a fun day with no performance pressure. Yes, it was hot, but the 6-mph breeze certainly helped keep us a bit cooler and the boats moving. We had only eleven skippers but managed to complete twelve races with a very courteous fleet – no pushing and shoving.

A Great Day for Sailing
The Soling Fleet

Bragging Rights Only

No official scoring with an all-in fleet and – hurrah! — no weed calls. Bragging rights go to regatta leader Linwood Davis with four wins and a score of 1.8. Posting a score of 2.7 even with four missed races while mentoring, Al Posnack had a win to place him in the second spot. It rarely happens that Commodore Mark Whitehead makes the top three, but this week he did, his score of 2.9 including two wins.

Lin Davis 22, Ted Monetta 237, and Bob Pacini 1068 at the First Mark
The Soling fleet is off to a good start.
Lin Davis
Al Posnack
Commodore Mark Whitehead

July 16 US12 Sailing

With thunderstorms and rain forecast for Thursday, the US12 weekly regatta was moved a day ahead to Wednesday. As usual, Back Bay provided us with a fickle wind that often spun the proverbial weather vane around its axis but then settled back to a generally westerly breeze, keeping skippers on their toes.

The temperature was brutal as it stayed in the low- to mid-90s. The smarter skippers stayed home, but two of us, John Simms and Lin Davis, decided to sweat it out. Our brave scorekeeper, Karen Enos, had shade and a fan but still found it very hot. Thank you, Karen, for sweating it out with us!

 

Lin Davis 400 and John Simms 101 at the Start
Scorekeeper Karen Enos, Lin Davis, and John Simms

Since there were only two skippers, we had an opportunity to hone our skills without being distracted by the normally crowded field. John had his own #101 boat and Lin sailed Tim Wright’s #400.

For the initial six races, Lin crossed the finish line first. During the seventh race, John decided to pull up to the dock to tune his boat. Lin brought Tim’s #400 loaner over so a comparison could be made.

With tuning accomplished, race eight began. And what a difference the tuning made! The rest of the races found the two boats performing well with the lead changing often. Lin took three more wins, and John took two. All in all, it was another good day at Back Bay!

Special note: It did rain on Thursday so the right weather call was made!

Lin Davis sailed Tim Wright's 400.
John Simms 101 rounds the second mark.
Lin Davis
John Simms

Unofficial Scoring

Soling Sailor Class

303 Dave Hogenson 5.7
887 Kevin Bennett     6.9
825 Jeanne Butler     8.0
  48 Henry Clare         9.5 (Two races shared with Bryer Cain)

Total Soling Fleet

   22  Linwood Davis   1.8
  211 Al Posnack         2.7
    12 Mark Whitehead 2.9
  237 Ted Monetta       3.2
  111 Anthony Quinn    4.6
1068 Bob Pacini           4.8
  303 Dave Hogenson  5.7
  831 Bruce Wilhelm    5.8
  887 Kevin Bennett      6.9
  825 Jeanne Butler      8.0
    48 Henry Clare          9.5 (Two races shared with Bryer Cain)

 

US12 Class

400 Linwood Davis 1.0
101 John Simms     1.8

 

Sailing on Back Bay

Join us for Model Yacht sailing on Back Bay in Wolfeboro from 1 PM to 3 PM weekly, the Solings on Tuesday and the US12s on Thursday, weather permitting. Wednesday serves as an alternate day should sailing conditions be poor.

It’s fun! We love to share so don’t be shy about asking to try your hand at the controls. Come watch the show or take a picture. It’s a sight to behold.

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