The San Francisco Model Yacht Club’s members took their radio-controlled boats to The Floathouse docks in Petaluma’s central turning basin to race Sunday morning. Tiny sailboats rocked from side to ...

There are about a dozen yacht clubs on Lake Winnipesaukee, but none like the Back Bay Skippers. The Skippers is a model yacht club whose members build, sail and race radio-controlled model boats — and ...

INMAN — The captains tightened their grips and focused their eyes as their yachts cut across the water, nearly turning over while racing around the marks. Their sails vibrated as a breeze of up to 10 ...

The Western Reserve Model Yacht Club starts its 16th year of racing in Northeast Ohio on May 4 at SPIRE Academy in Geneva. The club has previously sailed at Painesville Recreation Park and at the ...

Each pointed a boxy radio control at his own DragonFlite 95, a meter-long vessel with a pointy sail like a shark fin. Sometimes the boats rounded markers made from painted Clorox bottles. Other times, ...

It was a balmy Sarasota afternoon, with a crisp breeze energizing the 30 sailors racing their pretty boats on calm water. The competition was going smoothly until two ships collided on the final turn ...

The Western Reserve Model Yacht Club announced it will start its 17th year of racing model sailboats in Northeast Ohio on May 10 at SPIRE Academy in Geneva. The club runs local competitions every ...

For a few hours most Saturdays, a handful of skippers carefully steer yachts across Louisville’s Harper Lake. Though they behave similarly to full size sailboats, the yachts are about 3 feet long — ...

The spectators arrive by accident, not yet aware of the roles they’re about to play at Spreckels Lake in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. A group gathers at a picnic table. A couple takes a seat on a ...