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I am a mostly into RC airplanes, but have been sailing full on size boats since I was 6 years old and have sailing in my blood. In the early 80s I spent 2 months with my grandparents sailing around the San Juan Islands, and when I finally had the opportunity to move to the Seattle area a few years ago I jumped at the chance. I have owned a number of boats over the years and currently have a C&C 25 Mk II (and a Hobie 16 and a little dinghy…).

I helped my grandfather build a Dumas Star 30 back around 1980 (and still have a scar on my arm from bumping the torch when we melted lead for the keel bulb!). About a decade ago I threw together a Victoria for fun, sailed it for a few years, then put it away. Now my kids are old enough to sail so I dug out the Victoria again and they love sailing it at the local beach.

I have an interest in building a modern, (cheap), fast sailboat to enjoy as a family. I want to try an RG65, or similar, and found this forum on a google search for plans and build threads for RG65 and Footy class boats. Seattle is Tippecanoe T37 country as well, so I am sure I will get a T37 kit from Will Lesh to join in the fun of racing.

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Welcome to sailing in the PNW.

Most of the action can be founds here. (and click on any of the links for the Seattle club newsletters - the latest is excellent)

http://www.seattleradiosailing.org/?page_id=29

John
[](http://iomusa.org/attachments/article/20/Seattle IOM Update - June_2012(email) (1).pdf)

John

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There is also a very active Victoria Class fleet that sails on Green Lake on the 4th Sunday morning of each month at 10 AM. Google Seattle Model Yacht Club for details and contacts.

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Thank you John and Rod for the info. I didn’t realize the IOM class and Victoria classes were so popular around here. I need to bring my kids to watch a few races.

Also I am rethinking building an RG65 and instead going for the IOM. Stepping up to build a simple IOM shoudn’t be too big of a stretch in terms of work and expense over the smaller boat (realizing of course that some people put a significant amount of money into IOM…).

Cheers!

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Anybody else having trouble making Seattle Radio Sailing link work?