MBYC's Laser fleet has enjoyed a long history. Hal Brown (son of Commodore Halleck Brown -1975) brought the first Laser to the club in 1971. Ken Wild bought his first of many Lasers in 1972 upon his return from military service in Vietnam and still races actively while encouraging new sailors. Great Grand Master Nils Andersson proves age is no barrier by continuing to lead the local fleet round the marks and travel to numerous national and world level events. Local Laser sailors range in age from 10 to over 80 years old!
The Olympic Laser class' popularity at our club is tied the affordable nature of this one-design, continued growth of masters sailing completion and to the junior program's participation. Their enthusiasm infects older skippers from other fleets, challenging them to compete against our talented youth. The older juniors mostly race the Full and Radial rigs while the youngest begin enjoying Laser sailing using the five small 4.7 meter rigs donated by the Laser Fleet to the MBYC Juniors. Our youth have benefitted from tough racing in the local fleet and gone on the win numerous national and international singlehanded sailing championships to include the Smythe (Steve Hochart and Kevin Laube), Sears (Scott & Evan Hoffmann), CORK (Kevin Laube, Caleb & Olin Paine) and many others. The fleet at MBYC is continues to be extremely active. Summer TNT events often attract ten to twelve boats. Santa Clara Racing Association's monthly Laser regattas can top 30 entries and MBYC presence is always strong as we often fill out the top places.
Modern rigging improvements to include a 15 to 1 vang, multiple purchase outhaul and downhaul systems lead to the deck and Harken Mainsheet blocks has helped make the boat more user friendly to younger, older and lighter sailors. The Laser’s presence at MBYC will continue on the strength and success of the new Laser generation and enduring participation of our master’s level sailors.
Link to a Dropbox folder with Carol Hartman's photos from the Cal Laser Masters, April 13-14, 2013. Thank you!
If you want to download one of these high-resolution photographs without a loss in quality, here are the steps:
- Double-click on the photo so that it is expanded with the black background.
- Click on the round gear in the lower right corner.
- Select “View Original.”
- The original pixel size photo will open in Windows Explorer or whatever your default browser is.
- Give it time to download and adjust to the browser window.
- Right-click on the photo and select “Save Photo.”
- Rename the photo if you like and select where you want it to save. Remember where you save the photo!
- The jpeg will be the same pixel size as the original.
- Now you can send it to a print service or whatever.
Link to Carol Hartman's Race Photos from April 7, 2013. Thank you Carol!
If you want to download one of the photographs without a loss in quality, here are the steps:
- Double-click on the photo so that it is expanded with the black background.
- Click on the round gear in the lower right corner.
- Select “View Original.”
- The original pixel size photo will open in Windows Explorer or whatever your default browser is.
- Give it time to download and adjust to the browser window.
- Right-click on the photo and select “Save Photo.”
- Rename the photo if you like and select where you want it to save. Remember where you save the photo!
- The jpeg will be the same pixel size as the original.
- Now you can upload it to a print service or whatever.
California Laser Masters Championship
April 13 -14, 2013
Mission Bay Yacht Club
Regatta Chair: Nils Andersson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Here's a link to photos taken by Carol Hartman last Sunday, March 3, 2013, of Lasers racing on Sail Bay. Thank you Carol Hartman!
If you want to download one of the photographs without a loss in quality, here are the steps:
Laser (22 boats) (top)
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Notes
- Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012
- Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts
- Click on race number to view detailed race information.
Information is final.
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