Melford Pond, Bowie, Maryland

Radio control sail boating at its finest!2026 Results 

The Maryland Model Yacht Club is a fun group of enthusiastic sailors (both men and women of all ages!) from the tri-state area. We actively race several classes of radio-controlled sailboats and members range from novice to several national champions. We invite you to come join the fun.

The club is sanctioned by the AMYA (#205). 

Come join us!!! 

Our Next Race Day is August 15th!

Results for July HERE

Overall Results through July HERE

July Race Day Recap

by John Ebell

Thanks to James Earle for his good RD work and his summation of the day. I also wanted to mention a couple other noteworthy things about July’s Race Day. A couple of guys experienced milestones that need to be mentioned. First, after much effort, frustration and attending practices, Ricardo Yepes won his first race ever! Yes, in the Vics, Ricardo led from the start to finish playing the wind perfectly. Of note is, this was after him leading a prior race most of the way, but rounding a mark incorrectly costing him most certainly another win. Good to see consistent improvement and performance follow good effort Ricardo. Now work on those courses.

A new/recyled past member from over a decade prior, Mark Talbot, started his first ever Dragon Force race and then promptly won it. To further raise the bar, Mark went on to also win the 5th race, and eventually the series for the day. If that wasn’t enough, Mark also won his first race in the One Meters and also again winning the 5th race, but sorry only getting 2nd place for the day. Not too shabby for the first day out! Oh, did I fail to mention Mark also attended our recent practices with Ricardo. So think about that when you see notices of “Practice”. By these guys results, it might be a good way to elevate your game.

Also of note John Houfek sailed very consistently in both the Vics and DF 65 and netted himself a respectful 3rd place for the day in both classes. Tom Walsh ruled the Vic class winning the day there by an easy 6 points! Dick white got 2 wins in the Vic class, 3 wins in the DF65 class and one more in the One Meters. He is tough!

I also want to say it was good seeing Dave Bermingham and Ara Sahakian out again. I know it sucks having so many responsibilities. Hope you guys can get out more the remainder of the year!

In his write up, James mentioned some benefits about doing RD work. He is so dead on. When I was starting out in big boat racing, it was required that to belong to a yacht club, one had to do 3 service days during the year, or 3 Race Committee days. Well, I always chose Race Committee work and chose to be paired with a gentleman named John Potter on the weather mark boat. John was a colorful sort on the Chesapeake Bay, but he knew sailboat racing. After we set the course, we would always discuss every race progress and tactics. We had the catbird seat as we were at the top of the course with everyone coming to us! I learned about leverage, pressure, wind lines, timing oscillations, you name it, I picked his brain. John was an Annapolis icon. He personally headed the Dingy racing program for SSA called “Tesod” Tuesday Evening Sailing One Design, and kept it running for years. John also contributed to the sailing magazine Spinsheet, writing an incredible number of articles. He submitted them under his alias of “Alden Bugley”, a spoonerism (look it up) for Bald and Ugly! I told you he was a colorful guy. John passed many years ago, and to this day, I think about how much I learned from him doing RD work. I learned as I served, but I know I came out on the better end of the deal. I am glad James picked up on so many things, and I too encourage you to step up help the club and help yourself and serve as Race Director, you will be glad you did!

John Ebell Drone Videos from April Race Day

CAM 20260418102114 0006 W Victoria Class

CAM 20260418124106 0012 W DF 65 Class

CAM 20260418144936 0022 W - YouTube ODOM Class

**See the example drone shots below**