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RC Organizations and Clubs
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CR
914 Class |
The website of the CR
914 Class Organization |
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AMYA |
The national
governing body for model yachting |
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ISAF
Radio Sailing Division |
The international
governing body for model yachting |
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CR
914 Bulletin Board/List Server |
Where CR 914 sailors
get together to chat |
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Greater
Tulsa MYC |
Our nearest neighbor fleet of CR
914s at present |
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Cincinnati Model Yacht Club |
The CR 914 fleet in
Cincinnati |
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Edgewater Yacht Club |
The CR 914 fleet in
Cleveland |
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The
Yacht Club |
A CR 914 club in the
Houston, TX area |
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Creve Coeur Model Yacht Club |
This neighbor club in
St. Louis races East Coast 12 Meters and is forming a new CR 914
fleet |
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Air
Capitol Model Sailing Club |
A new club
founded in 2004 in Wichita by Andy Rust, patterned after M3SC.
They will be sailing Seawinds, Victorias and Formula 48 catamarans |
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Okanagan Model Sailboat Association |
An interesting website
that has some good information about the new Spektrum DX6 radio |
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Ann
Arbor
Model Yacht Club |
Another college town
club. They sail Fairwinds, Seawinds, US1Ms, Victorias, and Open
Class boats |
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Model Yachting
Resource Center |
A not-for-profit
website dedicated to the promotion and advancement of model
boating |
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Mid-Missouri Radio Control Association |
The Columbia area radio
control model flying club. M3SC's
Dave Larsen is their co-webmaster |
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Hobby
Clubs of Missouri |
A listing of many of
the RC hobby clubs in Missouri |
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Tower
Hobbies R/C Web Directory |
An extensive listing of
model boat clubs and organizations throughout the world |
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Lee
Valley MYC (UK) |
The home of the "RYGGed
Start" skill-level handicapping system used by M3SC |
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Suppliers of Boats, Kits, and RC-sailing
Equipment
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Chesapeake
Performance Models |
Dave Ramos' CR 914
dealership |
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Columbia HobbyTown |
Our hometown hobby
store, managed by Mike Anderson |
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Columbia Batteries Plus |
Our hometown battery store,
managed by Chad Hanner |
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Tower Hobbies |
A mail-order house that
sells just about everything there is to do with radio control
electronics |
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Hitec RCD USA |
The company that builds
most of our radios |
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Maxx
Products International |
Another mail-order
house that offers a wide variety radio control
electronics parts and equipment |
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Great Basin Model Yachting |
A good source for
Pekabe fittings (bowsies, blocks, etc.) |
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Into
the Wind |
A good source for 80 lb
Spectra line (high tech kite string) |
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Honest
Ahab's |
A neat listing of used
RC sailboats that are for sale |
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Full-scale Sailboat Racing Websites of
Interest to RC Racers
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United
States Sailing Association |
Website of the national
governing body |
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One-Design
Class Council |
The U.S. organization
of one-design classes |
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International
Sailing Federation |
The international
governing body's website |
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Mark
Twain Lake Sailing Association |
One of two full-scale
sailing clubs in our area |
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A
WWW Course in Sailboat Racing |
An excellent
introduction to racing, posted on the website of the University
of Iowa Sailing Club |
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RC and Full-scale Racing Rules
Resources
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The
Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2001 |
US SAILING's website,
where you can order a copy |
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Online
RRS 2001 |
ISAF's website, where
you can download the RRS as a PDF file (requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader) |
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Radio Sailing Division of ISAF |
The ISAF Radio Sailing
Division website |
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Appendix
E |
The modifications of
the RRS which apply to RC sailboat racing (go to page 7 of this
large PDF file) |
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What's
New in Appendix E for 2001 |
A review of the changes
in Appendix E |
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Technical Stuff of Interest to RC
Sailors
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The
Physics of Sailing |
From the School of
Physics of the University of New South Wales |
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Technical
Aspects of RC Sailing |
Lester Gilbert's
treasure trove of theoretical and technical information |
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Rig
Tuning
by Bob Sterne |
Sterne is
one of the top Radio
Controlled Sailboat designers and sailmakers |
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SailWave |
The outstanding
computerized scoring program that M3SC
uses |
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Other Useful Columbia and Mid-Missouri
Websites
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ColumbiaMo.Net |
Columbia information,
news, weather, and sports |
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Parks
and Recreation |
The City of Columbia
Parks and Recreation Department website |
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Central Missouri Weather and Wind
Forecasts
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Weather Channel Winds |
Sailing winds forecast
for Columbia |
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Weather Channel Weather |
Columbia forecast and
Doppler radar maps |
