Welcome to the Fairwind 900 remote control sailboat home page! 

The Fairwind 900 sailboat is made by Kyosho and is recognized by American Model Yachting Association AMYA as a one design class race sailboat.  

Class rules for building this one design class boat can be found here  Rules. 

If you have a great picture of your Fairwind please send it to Rmoynahan@comcast.net.  I'll try and pick one and post it here.

From Mika Latvasto in Finland comes this Link to some of his photos.

From Will Hartje his Fairwind 72 on a downwind run.  Great action shot Will!

From Bob Verhaeghe his boat Phoenix followed by Ralph Linleys FireFly, they sail in NC.

Fairwind 900 Clubs

The Commodore's R/c Sailing Club from Palm Island Florida

Fairwind 900 Pictures:

Will Hartje's Blue J kicking up some water, Yeahhaaaa!

Scott Ziegler's Destiny setup full dress as a Beneteau. Nice job Scott!!

Terry Kent's MisChief

I had a recent email from Portugal.  Paulo Simoes wrote to register his Fairwind #45 called Focal Point and sent a link to their web site ptnauticmodel.  Thanks Paulo!!!

David Becker sends in this picture of three Fairwinds from Holland MI. They sail at Winter Oaks Yacht Club.

Fairwinds Constellation and Total Eclipse from Phil Bennett.  He sails at Margam Park South Wales UK, with the Margam Park Marine Modelers Club.

Cox Tradewind next to a Fairwind  Geezer, deck, profile, servo setup.

Rick Moynahan boats in the rain  Rainyday

Bakersfield Cherry Pond June 14th  Fairwind's heading to the mark.

More pictures are available, go to the  Registry  page and click on boat names. 

Building the Fairwind 900:

Bakersfield MYC Fairwind Construction Guide revised (8/8/2005)

Dennis Desprois has contributed a Fairwind Building page.  

Frank Perry  building tips!

AMYA article by Philip Sarelis on Sail Arm length

Rick Moynahan sheet line adjustment on the boom (Sheetboom).

Help understanding boat terminology.

Download web site for Fairwind construction manual.

Racing the Fairwind 900:

Try your hand at Play the Rules.

Sail race simulator from WB Sails.

Sailing a smart course from WB Sails.

Sail shape help  Sail Shape.

Bakersfield MYC sail tuning tutorial.

Try getting the maximum speed out of this simulator.

A Yahoo user group is used to supplement this web site.  The URL is  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairwind900/.

Events:

Prior Years Events:

2006 National Championship Regatta

Hosted by the Ann Arbor Model Yacht Club # 138 July 21-23, 2006 Canton, Michigan

2006 Regional

Region 4

Hosted by the Edina Model Yacht Club # 192 May 19-21 www.emyc.org

2005 National Championship Regatta

2005 Nationals held June 18th and 19th in Bakersfield CA hosted by the Bakersfield Model Yacht Club. 

Results

2004 National Championship Regatta

Bakersfield California on July 30, 31 and August 1, 2004

Captains, Boats, Race, Winner,  Results

2003 National Championship Regatta

Edina MN, Sept 20-21 2003 Photo Results

2003 Region Championship Regattas

Region 1  Plainville CT, Sept 7, Photo

Region 4, Ann Arbor MI, Aug 2, Results

Region 6  Bakersfield CA Oct 4, Results