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The Richmond Model Yacht Club is a remote control sailing club located in the Richmond Virginia area. Our venue for sailing is Lake Rooty, located behind 4900 Cox Road in Glen Allen. Richmond MYC has permission from the Innsbrook Owners Association and the Innsbrook Foundation to use the lake for sailing. No motorboats are allowed.
We sail a number of different classes of boats including the CR 914, IOM, RG65, Victoria, and the club's primary boat of interest, the Seawind. More information on these classes and the American Model Yacht Association (AMYA).
We regularly sail on most Sundays at 1pm, unless the temperatures are below 45 degrees or if the winds are gusting over 20mph. Our sailing is primarily in the form of casual racing. A simple windward-leeward course is set up with a start/finish line in the middle. A starting sequence of either 1 or 2 minutes is used, depending upon the number of boats racing. Rules of sailing are essentially the same for big boats as they are for models as noted in the appendix of the Racing Rules of Sailing.
Our primary means of communication and scheduling a sailing time is through our yahoo group.
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