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Radio Controlled Boats Sail on Scenic Lake Gregory
Hidden about a half hour (and about an hour and a half out of Los Angeles) from San ‘Berdoo’, a few thousand feet up in the SoCal mountains is 120-acre Lake Gregory. Far smaller but no less scenic than its more famous neighbors, Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear, the lake has a growing fleet of radio-controlled sailboats.
![R/C Solings on stands](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/In-Dry-dock-Solings-on-their-stands-1-800x541.jpg)
On successive Saturdays, May 15 and 22, the Lake Gregory Yacht Club hosted events centered on these vessels.
![Solings on the water](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/On-the-Race-Course_-2-R_C-Solings-800x531.jpg)
May 15 was R/C racing practice. On May 22, the yacht club presented activities for Long Beach-based Girl Scout Troop 70133. The troop participated in a community cleanup of the trails surrounding the lake and then enjoyed some R/C lake sailing and a BBQ at the club facilities in nearby Crestline.
![Girl Scout waves](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Thank-yous-from-the-Girl-Scout-Troop-800x490.jpg)
It is not at all like ocean sailing — the winds can go 180º at the drop of a hat, and the challenge is to keep from rounding up or going into irons. The boats can go pretty fast, and sailing an R/C Laser was lots of fun. One of these will set you back about $325, but there are no slip fees and you don’t need bottom service. A tool set and spare parts are mandatory as in full-sized sailing. The club furnished a ‘rescue’ kayak in the event of gear failure.
![kayak with R/C Laser](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Rescue-Kayak-with-R_C-Laser-800x541.jpg)
LGYC staff commodore Marsha Philippe and former SCYA commodore Rick Dinon put on the event. For more information, see www.lakegregoryyachtclub.com.
![hauling out an R/C Laser](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/At-the-hoist-using-a-boat-hook-to-lift-it-626x600.jpg)