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2026 AMYA Laser District 7 Championship Steve Lippincott Chevrons RED Location: Sarasota FL Benderson West Lake February 18th @2026 21 entries Sarasota Model Yacht Club Races: 30 Heats, 15 Races Winds SE to SW at 8 to 14 Knots Low Point with 1 throw out Regatta Committee RD Mark Fleckenstein Scoring: Jim Kandler & Richard Magner Rescue Boat: Don Lippert & Jerry Wheeler Protest Committee: Commodore Bill Schmeising & Jim Pascalides Photos: Vice Commodore Rob Wucki Lunches: Mark Didino and His FOOD TRUCK. RESULTS GOLD FLEET # SILVER FLEET # 1. Barr Batzer 175 28 pts 1. Tom Garmanson 26 46 pts 2. Jim Kaighin 757 39 2. Glenn Chalder 42 48 3. Jon Luscomb 81 60 3. Clark Fremgen 19 51 4. Ulf Lindberg 57 73 4. Charlie Sumner 90 51 5. Steve Holdeman 75 76 5. Robert Tallman 87 66 6. Larry Lefczik 03 76 6. Jacques Rioux 11 94 7. Frank Scalisi 18 79 7. Steve Lippincott 95 98 8. Chuck Millican 19 86 8. Dan Harris 88 99 9. Paul Richards 14 89 9. Barry Kuehl 83 116 10.Tim Follette 85 97 10. Bill Shorney 29 130 11.Bob Shapiro 17 110 21 Skippers representing SWEDEN, BAHAMAS, and 7 different STATES were welcomed To a warm and sunny day in Sarasota, Florida. After 3 seeding races the Gold and Silver Fleets were determined. The Gold Fleet sailed 2 Races back-to-back and were followed by the silver fleet doing the same thing. This continued until each fleet sailed 12 races. In the Gold Fleet Barr Batzer and Jim Kaighin distanced themselves from the rest of the Fleet and combined accounted for 10 first places out of 15 races with Barr taking 1st Place for the Regatta and Jim 2nd. Jon Luscomb finished 3rd. 5 points separated top 3 in the Silver Fleet with Tom Garmanson nosing out Glenn Chalder By 2 points and Clark Fremgen by 5 points. RD Mark Fleckenstein did a masterful job in picking up subtle wind changes and having quality racecourse for all 30 Heats. Many thanks to all skippers who left snow to come down and sail in sunny Florida.