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Beware! If you aren't already one of more than 6,000 CR 914 owners in the United States, this website will convince you that you should be. Here is a very brief overview. Designed in 1986 by a Japanese naval architect, the CR 914 is a high-performance racing sloop that resembles the International America's Cup Class boats of that era. CR stands for "cup racer;" the hull is 914 millimeters (36 inches) long – about 1/25th of the size of its IACC equivalent (and you can sail one for less than 1/100,000th of the cost of waging an America's Cup campaign). The US CR 914 class organization was established in 1994. Dedicated to the philosophy of true one-design racing, our class rules ensure that every boat, professionally built or assembled from a kit, will be able to perform as well as the boats the champions sail. Over 1,400 CR 914s are currently registered in the US. They are raced by teen-agers and octogenarians, by beginning sailors and national, international and Olympic sailing champions, in more than 25 active fleets from coast to coast, and our annual Larchmont CR 914 Spring Invitational is the largest single-class RC regatta in the country. Sounds too good to be true? This capsule has just touched on a few of the high points! Click on "About the CR 914" to learn more about this outstanding boat, the organization behind it, and the people who sail it. Then explore the rest of our website; but remember, you do so at your own risk. Before you know it you'll find yourself hooked. When that happens, get ready for the ride of a lifetime ... and WELCOME ABOARD! |
Our CR 914 Fleet, the Officers and members of Marblehead MYC ask you to please join us for a day of fun and friendly competition. We will have morning races followed by a lunch of gourmet sandwiches and tonic. We will continue with afternoon races and conclude by 3:00 P.M. with awards. Click here for full details and a link to the entry form.
The three CR 914 national champions among the 26 entries from five states in the 2008 New England Spring regatta hosted by the Dry Pants MYC in Deep River, CT on April 12-13 lived up to their credentials. After two days of intensive racing (17 HMS races plus a seeding race, 54 heats in about 11 hours of racing) 2007 champ Dave Ramos from CBMRA took 1st place by 7 points over '06 champ Chuck Luscomb from the host fleet. Dave Van Cleef from Newton, MA took 3rd with Brian Jobson from the host fleet rounding out the trophy winners in 4th and Biff Martin from the Marblehead MYC 5th.
DPMYC put on another outstanding regatta, holding at bay the rain that had been forecast both days, coping magnificently with the 90-180 degree shifts created by the same northwesterly wind that plagued the '07 Nationals in Deep River (where "the wind never blows from the northwest"), and again hosting outstanding social events on Friday and Saturday nights.
Click here to see a couple of photos and an Excel spreadsheet file of the final results.
The Marblehead Model Yacht Club invites you to the 14th CR 914 National Championship Regatta at historic Redd’s Pond in Marblehead, MA. Redd’s has been used to race model sailboats for more than 100 years. It was named in memory of Wilmot Redd, a Marblehead fishwife living next to the pond, who was exe-cuted as part of the infamous Salem Witch Trials in the 1600s. The pond is a natural rain-fed basin in the stone ledge. Following catastrophic town fires, a dam raised the water level ~4 feet in the late 1800s to provide fire-fighting water. In the 1930s, the WPA built the pond wall designed expressly for racing model boats. Click here to read our complete invitation, and download an entry form plus the Sailing Instructions.
