YARD SAILING Saying you’re bound for a yacht race triggers certain assumptions — not least, that you’re headed for the salt-spray. But members of the Stowe Yacht Club hold regular boat races for six months of the year in a three-and-a-half-acre pond amid the Green Mountains. Their radio-controlled vessels, models of the streamlined Soling yachts that compete in the summer Olympics, top out at just a meter long. Races take minutes instead of hours, following the same open-ocean rules that guide the Soling One Meter’s big siblings. This year, Stowe skippers host the national championships for this particular type of model sailboat. See out-of-town “captains” warming up to pond conditions on Friday afternoon, or watch races the rest of the weekend.
National Championship Model Sailboat Regatta, Friday through Sunday, September 7-9, Commodores Inn, Stowe, see calendar for various times. Free to watch. Info, 253-7131. www.stoweyachtclub.com
