RC Sailboat Races lake Padden

RC Sailboats Sunday Racing at Lake Padden in Bellingham, Washington.

RC Sailboats Sunday Racing at Lake Padden in Bellingham, Washington. What a fine day for the races. Winds started light, 5 - 7 mph, but picked up to 10 - 15 mph, and there was some fast sailing. Eight races were held with the final scores as follows. Each skipper counted their best five finishes out of the eight races.

1st place was Lily with 8 points (three 1st place finishes, a second and a third)!! Great racing!
2nd place was Ward Fay with 11 points.
3rd place, Dave Bruce, 12 points.
4th place, Robyn Lesh, 13 points.
5th place, Shad Malone, 15 points.
6th place, Will Lesh, 17 points, Will's boat was sailed by several different skippers during the races.
7th place Dick Grimshaw due to a couple of DNF's due to gear problems, but Dick scored a first place finish in the first race.

RC Sailboat Races video clip, Sunday at Lake Padden, click for largest file size windows media viewer

RC Sailboat Races video clip, Sunday at Lake Padden, click for large file size windows media viewer

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RC Sailboat Races video clip, Sunday at Lake Padden, click for small file size windows media viewer

Dave Bruce, 2005 T37 World Champion (left), and Shad Malone, 2006 T37 World Champion (right), sailing Sunday at Lake Padden.

Lily, Sunday at Lake Padden April 15 First Place Finisher