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AMYA Officers and Help needed
Dear Members,
Just a quick announcement to let you know that Russ Gardner has stepped down as the AMYA President for personal reasons. We thank Russ for his past work as a class secretary, regional director and his last position as AMYA President. As per our process Len Bose will step up to assume the role of President as we move forward.
Three immediate needs for the AMYA are:
1. We need someone to fill the Executive Secretary position.
2. We need some people to work as editors for our magazine content.
3. We have positions available for Associate Directors in almost all the regions.
If you are interested in helping grow model sailing and the AMYA. Please contact us through the AMYA website. www.theAMYA.org
Hope to see you on the water soon.
Dan Shier
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7/1/2025 |
AMYA News |
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Simplified rules and DF95s in Middle Schools
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5/7/2025 |
AMYA News |
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The SeaWind Carolina Classic
The SeaWind Carolina Classic is a Race Series designed to promote the SeaWind RC Boat. The Series will be hosted by three different clubs in North Carolina and South Carolina during 2025. Each Club will host a one- or two-day event.
The First Race of the Series will be hosted by the Queen City Model Yacht Club at the Belle Johnston Community Center Pond in Pineville NC on April 5th, 2025. This will be a one-day race.
The Second Race in the Series will also be the Region 3 Championship and will be hosted by the Greenville Model Yacht Club on Lake Cooley in Inman, SC. on May 17th and 18th, 2025. A Region 3 Champion will be named at this Race.
The Third Race of the series will be hosted by the Greensboro Model Yacht Club in Greensboro, NC. on Oak Hollow Lake in the Early Fall of 2025. This will be a one-day race. This date will be published soon.
At the end of the Three Race Series, The SeaWind Carolina Classic Champion will be named. The Overall Champion of the Three Race series will be named in Greensboro following the race.
Each Race Finish will carry equal results. The Low Score Method will be used to tabulate the Champion.
The Region 3 Championship is on the AMYA Web Site and Registration is open.
Ron Rash
Seawind Region 3
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4/8/2025 |
AMYA News |
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Barr Batzer wins 2025 RC Laser National Championship
Barr Batzer pulls off the three-peat in Marco Island Florida! See coverage in the Lifestyles section of the Coastal Breeze News
Coastal Breeze News
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3/8/2025 |
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AMYA Announces January 2025 Grouper Championship of Champions Regatta
The Grouper Championship of Champions Regatta will be held on January 24-26 in Vero Beach Florida. Invitations have been sent out and we will have 16 boats participating. Dragon Sailing NA has generously supplied 16 brand new DF 95s for the event. If anyone is interested, the boats will be for sale after the regatta. Contact Chuck Millican for information. AMYA Regatta Calendar Listing
The inaugural CofC regatta was held in November of 2022 and is intended to be held every 2 years. The Champion in 2022 was Steve Landeau. Below are the 15 sailors who will be competing and the Classes they will be representing. As a result of a sailor having to drop out, there will be two invited guest sailors: Ulf Lindberg and Chuck LeMahieu
Peter Feldman DF 95 Class
Don Ouimette Soling Class
Barr Batzer Laser Class
Ron Stephanz Micro Magic Class
Bruce Farr DF 65 Class
Sailor Dropped Out IOM Class
Jim Kaighin Laser Class
Brian Shores DF 95 Class
Chris Macaluso Victoria Class
John Mowrey DF 65 Class
Ray Seta Micro Magic Class
Gary Boell Santa Barbra Class
Charles Witcher_______J boat Class
Steve Landeau Defending Champion
Sean Fidler IOM Class
Grouper has signed on as the Gold Sponsor for the regatta.
Watch Facebook for updates during the event. CHuck Millican will live stream as much of it as he can. Or come out and watch at Youngs Park 2-12 Park Ave, Vero Beach, FL.
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1/4/2025 |
AMYA News |
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DF 95 Nationals Coming to Newport, RI October 2025
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11/23/2024 |
AMYA News |
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AMYA Announces New Class Subsidy Program
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10/23/2024 |
AMYA News |
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San Francisco Model Yacht Club Made the Bay Area News
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9/27/2024 |
AMYA News |
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Brad Read DF95 Tuning Video
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9/27/2024 |
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New AMYA Region 1 Regional Director
Robert Hill has stepped back from his position as Region 1 Regional Director. Thank you for your efforts Rob.
Please welcome Glenn Chalder of Simsbury, CT as the new Region 1 Director, appointed by Chuck Millican to fill the vacancy. In his first act as Regional Director, Glenn acquired the AMYA banner and proudly flew it at the Bow Lake, NH RC Laser Region 1 Championship yesterday September 8. And finished third in the regatta!
Glenn has been racing model sailboats for a few decades, and in a prior life, was EC-12 Class Secretary. He sails EC-12s and RC Lasers. Welcome Glenn and thank you for agreeing to take on this role!
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9/9/2024 |
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60 more back issues of Model Yachting are now online!
Thanks to Magazine Editor Jim Kandler, Model Yachting issues 139-199 are now available online. Access them via the Member Portal https://www.theamya.org/Member/MagazineOnlineIssues.asp Once you are logged in to the Portal, click on Members Only and then on Model Yachting OnLine to access the issues. Members can click on the issue number on the left to view the issue online for free. If you want a printed copy, click on the Add to Cart button on the right and purchase as many issues as you would like, via the Ship's Store.
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8/15/2024 |
AMYA News |
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Find Winners of Regional and National Championships
The AMYA website now includes the winners of recent National and Regional championships. Over time we will add more winners.
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6/28/2024 |
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RC Lasers Back in Central Park, NY
The Remote Controlled Sailboats are back in Central Park!! ⛵️
A non-profit organization called Rocking the Boat has recently become the new operator of the beloved remote-controlled model sailboat rentals in Central Park.
It’s the first time public remote controlled rentals have sailed since their closure four years ago.
Come sail away! Park visitors can rent miniature boats and sail the Central Park seas. Remote-controlled wind-driven sailing is $15 for 30 minutes. Book your slot online/in advance, or simply walk up and rent (depending on availability).
Rocking the Boat is a Bronx-based nonprofit organization serving the community for over 26 years, and they offer other learning opportunities for the community, such as rowing, boat building, and sailing. More online!
WHERE: 📍Conservatory Water in Central Park. (Enter at 72nd at 5th avenue, and walk down the hill/north to the water).
WHEN: ⏰Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: 11am-6pm. Saturdays: 1-7pm. SPECIAL HOURS: Open on Father’s Day - Sunday, June 16: 11am-6pm.
TICKETS: 🎟️$15 for 30 min rental. Book in advance on https://sailcentralpark.com
GOOD TO KNOW: 📕Walkups are welcome, space permitting. A Cafe, snack counter, and bathrooms are steps away.
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6/17/2024 |
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8 Bells for Jim Linville
Jim passed away peacefully on 6/9/2024, following a brief hospitalization. He leaves behind a myriad of friends and family from the East coast to West coast, and everywhere in between. Jim had a gregarious personality, and the people he met in his life were quickly drawn into his sphere of friendship and generosity.
Jim was a lifelong sailor who was passionate about his hobby of building and sailing model yachts. For almost 30 years, Jim maintained a prominent role in the Minuteman Model Yacht Club, teaching and mentoring members, both new and old. Jim also belonged to the American Model Yachting Association, a national model yachting organization. With this organization he served as Regional Director, as US1M Class Secretary, and in multiple publication support staff positions for their “Model Yachting” magazine. In 2008, in recognition of his many achievements, Jim was voted into the American Model Yachting Associations Hall of Fame.
Jim was also diligent in maintaining relationships he developed in life. Every year, after the passing of his wife Sue, Jim would pack up several books-on-tape and take driving trips across the country to visit friends and family along the way. His weeks long adventures would eventually end in San Diego, CA where he had a friend from high school to visit. He would then turn around and zigzag back across the country to visit people he missed initially.
Jim will be missed as a friend, as a mentor and as a committed family member.
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6/10/2024 |
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Judy Bonanno New Region 2 Associate Director
Judy Bonanno, of Shrewsbury, NJ, has been named the Associate Regional Director of Region 2 of the American Model Yachting Association(AMYA). AMYA has eight regions in the USA and Dave Branning, Region 2 Director, has selected Judy as ARD based upon her broad regional and national regatta support of many events she and her husband, Domenick, attend throughout the year. Region 2 is the fourth largest region in number of clubs but the largest in number of annual regattas that keeps us busy promoting and managing successful events.
Judy has been well known in past years for her terrific photos and videos of all the regattas that she and Domenick attend. She has been increasingly active as a volunteer race committee teammate, as a scorer, starting and finish line judge and has embraced electronic scoring as the wave of the future for so many club, regional and national regattas. While doing all that, Judy's camera is capturing the action for all to enjoy.
Judy Bonanno is the best person for the job and will be a most enthusiastic team-mate keeping Region 2 of the AMYA in good hands going forward.
Submitted by: Dave Branning, AMYA Region 2 Director.
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3/12/2024 |
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Skip Hall
Skip Hall our friend, Race Director and RC Sailor passed away yesterday after a short illness. It is with a heavy heart that we inform our sailing community of Skip's passing. Skip was involved in so many different RC classes and organizations especially the Marbleheaders of Spring Lake it is hard to list them all. Of late his involvement in the IOM class by acquiring boats from all over the world to make available to east coast sailors has been instrumental in growing the class here on the east coast. Just about any regatta in Region 2 had Skip's involvement. His help, sense of humor and company will be sorely missed.
Skip's daughter Kerri wanted our group to know that the friendships he had in our community meant the world to him and kept him young at heart.
Eight Bells Skip you will be missed.
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1/6/2024 |
Eight Bells |
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Calendar for AMYA Voting
(1) Motions to change by-laws, class rules or (2) submission of nominations or (3)
comments on proposed motions, can be made to the Exec Sec any time during the
year via email or USPS
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11/10/2023 |
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Peter Feldman wins US Sailing 2023 Championship of Champions Regatta
DALLAS, TX (October 22, 2023) - After two days of light-air racing, the 48th US Sailing Championship of Champions presented by Risk Strategies was won by Peter Feldman, a national champion in the DragonFlite 95 class. Feldman, who has years of experience in the realm of radio-controlled sailing, won the Jack Brown Trophy taking the honor home with a total of 27 points over 16 races. The event was sailed October 21-22 at the Corinthian Sailing Club of Dallas in radio-controlled DragonFlite 95s.
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10/18/2023 |
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Vintage model yachts set sail at championship regatta in Chester County
Interview of John Stoudt by Channel 6 ABC about model yachts and the hope to build a Model Yachting Center.
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10/18/2023 |
AMYA News |
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Beeseleys Point RC Laser Regatta October 1, 2023
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10/5/2023 |
Regatta Results |
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Annual Bow Lake, NH RC Laser Regatta
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10/5/2023 |
Regatta Results |
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8 Bells - John Skerry
Gloucester - John B. Skerry, Jr. ,72, peacefully passed away on Monday, April 17, 2023 at Beverly Hospital following a stoic battle with a lengthy illness. He was lovingly surrounded by his family. Born on July 14, 1950 in Concord, New Hampshire, he was the son of the late John and Barbara (Harrington) Skerry. He was the beloved husband of Judith I. (Grace) Skerry.
John was a 1969 Gloucester High School graduate who then went on to further his education, obtaining a Bachelors of Engineering degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Being raised near the ocean shores and with a deep love of the ocean, he then went on to become a fish broker for many years; traveling often, both nationally and internationally. He also enjoyed many years as treasurer for the American Model Yachting Association. He proudly retired from Manchester Marine, where he had enjoyed several years assisting with marine inventory.
Throughout his years, he developed a passion for model boat construction and racing; attending multiple regattas and was recognized nationally.
Aside from sailing his beautiful boats, he also loved sitting in the sun on his deck that overlooked the beautiful Mill River, while quietly observing nature; along with taking scenic road trips and vacations with his wife, and dining out with old and new friends at their favorite restaurants. He loved the holidays, especially Thanksgiving; spending time with his family was very special to him. His children and grandchildren will remember him as having the gift to fix most everything, the maker of cool boats; and as a kind and loving father and grandfather.
In addition to his devoted wife, John is survived by one son, Nathaniel Skerry and partner Kelly of Salem and one daughter, Margaret Palazola and husband Bryan of Gloucester; one stepdaughter, Kendra Carrancho and husband John Jr. of Gloucester; two stepsons, Brian Hardy and wife Heather of Gloucester, Adam Hardy and wife Tiffany of Gloucester; six grandchildren, whom he adored, Julia Carrancho, Piper Palazola, Logan Hardy, Noah Skerry, Kailey Hardy and Landen Hardy; his sister, Gail Jones and husband, George of Fox Island, WA; his brother in law David Grace and wife Jennifer, his brother-in-law, Joseph Grace and wife Debbie, and his sister-in-law, Katherine MacInnis and husband Lance; and their children; his niece Kimberly and nephew Jeffrey, along with their children.
He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who knew him. Memorial contributions may be made in John's name to Ipswich Junior Sailing at www.ipswichjuniorsailing.org.
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4/30/2023 |
Eight Bells |
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The Model Yachting Center - Turning the Vision into Reality
The Model Yachting Center (TMYC) is a concept a few of us have been discussing for some time.
Some ideas have formed better than others. They all will continue to evolve as the concepts are nurtured. We felt
we needed to begin a wider conversation about this endeavor to determine feasibility, finances, interest, location, logistics, and support.
Concern - There is no facility in the United States that is devoted exclusively to the growth, promotion, history, and preservation of model yachting. Many of the participants who are involved in this sport are aging. There are few younger people becoming involved in this sport. The history and legacy of how models and model yachting shaped all of yachting will be lost forever
TMYC-Brochure pdf
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4/17/2023 |
AMYA News |
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Tax Refund Regatta
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4/15/2023 |
Regatta Results |
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50th Annual Liberty Bell R2C Regatta
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4/1/2023 |
Regatta Results |
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