2021 Spring Regatta Saturday April 17. Skippers meeting at 9:30AM, racing at 10AM.
Where, When, and What We Sail:
You are invited to come and watch or try your hand at sailing radio control model sailboats at Pineville Lake Park.
WHERE: We sail at the Belle Johnston Community Center Pond:
1000 Johnston RoadPineville, NC 28134
Driving directions from Charlotte NC:
- Drive SOUTH on I-77 to I-485 toward Pineville
- Take EXIT 65B from I-485 toward Pineville
- Continue onto N Polk Street for 0.7 miles
- Turn RIGHT onto Main Street (NC-51) for 0.2 miles
- Turn LEFT onto Johnston Drive and continue for about 0.5 miles to park
Get Directions from Google Maps
WHEN: We have sail days (practice races and tuneups) on most Wednesdays and Sundays from 10:30AM to 12:30PM. We have race days on most Saturdays from 10:30AM to 12:30PM. Occasionally we will host intra-club and/or regional Regattas at our site too.
WHAT: You can sail any boat with us during sail days (Wednesdays and Sundays) but we race the Kyosho Seawind and Dragon Flite 95 on race days (Saturdays and Regattas). Here is information about the boats from the manufacturers:
The SeaWind Readyset can be purchased at discounted prices on Amazon.com and other online stores. The SeaWind Readyset comes with pre-painted ABS hull in a blue-white color scheme and rigged ready to assemble with installed electronics and a 2.4 Ghz radio. The quality of design and fittings continue to make the SeaWind an excellent fleet boat with enough performance potential to satisfy even the most discriminating skipper. The SeaWind COA has demonstrated a strong organization with active fleets in all AMYA Regions and an active annual program of Regional and National Championship Regattas. The Class Rules tightly control the boat elements to ensure new skippers are not faced with a costly refit to be competitive while allowing minor modifications to rigging (materials and adjustment methods) to facilitate tuning and to the hatch cover to ensure watertight integrity.
The DragonFlite 95 can be purchased at the radiosailing.net website. The DragonFlite 95 by Joysway delivers a truly "Race Ready" experience. Every aspect of the DragonFlite 95 has been developed with very latest radio sailing design concepts, construction, and components for a first class radio sailing experience, right out of the box! Everything needed to sail is included in the kit, all you need to do is add batteries and go sail! (For Plug And Play model,Transmitter/receiver required!) The DragonFlite 95 uses cutting edge components not found in other manufactured RC Yacht models including:
- Carbon fiber keel fin, advanced design keel bulb
- Shroud less, keel step, one piece carbon mast
- Mylar Sails
The DragonFlite 95 is a yacht designed to be a convenient size, on and off the water. It’s light weight and long, narrow hull give it the kind of light wind performance most other radio yachts can only dream of. The downside of this lightweight design approach would normally be an inability to perform in strong winds, we have countered this by designing low aspect, lightweight rigs with careful sail plan development to ensure perfect handling balance. Even when the boat is overpowered it still remains easily controllable to windward and always has astonishing speed downwind with almost no tendency to ‘nosedive’.
Many of our members also have EC-12 Class boats so whatever you may have, come join us. If you do not have a boat and would like to try your hand or see if this is something you may like to try, we have club boats available for you to sail prior to making any investment.
