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Lake Norman Yacht Club Fall 48 Regatta Report
The Fall 48 typically has cooler temps and bigger breeze. Mother nature got the breeze right but not the temps! We kicked off the regatta Friday evening with a chili cook-off. Five LNYC members brought crockpots of chili and it was a great opportunity to taste a wide variety. The big news on Friday was the finalization of the 2023 Flying Scot North American Championship to be held at LNYC the first week of June 2023. The original planned site didn’t work out, and Jim Leggette asked if LNYC would be willing to step up and run it. The club… Read more
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Lake Norman Yacht Club Fall 48 Regatta Report
The Fall 48 typically has cooler temps and bigger breeze. Mother nature got the breeze right but not the temps! We kicked off the regatta Friday evening with a chili cook-off. Five LNYC members brought crockpots of chili and it was a great opportunity to taste a wide variety. The big news on Friday was the finalization of the 2023 Flying Scot North American Championship to be held at LNYC the first week of June 2023. The original planned site didn’t work out, and Jim Leggette asked if LNYC would be willing to step up and run it. The club… Read more
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2022 Punzi Memorial and Greater NY Districts – Candlewood YC, CT
We had perfect fall weather at the Punzi Memorial and Greater New York Districts this weekend at Candlewood Yacht Club in CT. PRO Mark Riefenhauser and the Race Committee ran 6 awesome races, 4 Saturday in N winds 15-18 and 2 Sunday in W winds 19-16. Both days were mostly sunny in the 60’s and the conditions were tough with lots of shifts and gusts but still lots of fun. John and Connie Eckart from Massapoag Yacht Club won the Punzi Regatta. Dave Irving win the Greater NY Districts. Too 5 skippers were John Eckart, David Irving, Dan Walsh, Greg Kampf and Tim Gordon. Full results are… Read more
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2022 Great Scot Regatta at Birmingham Sailing Club, AL
The 2022 Great Scot Regatta was held over the October 1, 2 weekend after Hurricane Ian had passed well East of Birmingham Sailing Club and made its way North of the regatta site. The storm caused terrible damage where it passed but provided Logan Martin Lake with a fresh Northerly breeze and clear blue skies. The 24 Teams were split into their choice of two fleets and sailed on the same course with separate Starts. After a brief Postponement of the 1pm first race to allow the wind direction to settle in, 3 very competitive, 50 minute races were completed… Read more
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The Glow 2022
(Photo courtesy of Paul Stegmaier) What a great weekend! 40 boats and perfect weather! Thank you to all the racers and volunteers who made this event special. Glow Regatta Promo Video CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS We expanded the event this year to include practice races on Wednesday and Thursday evening, a turning clinic on Thursday afternoon, a chalk talk clinic on Thursday evening after the racing and Friday clinic with FSSA North American Champ David Ames all day Friday which included 4 practice races. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and David Ames has graciously agreed to once again offer a… Read more
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2022 Scot-A-Hoochee Regatta
by Peter Kowalski, FS5349, and Jackie Cattanach, FS5716 Lake Lanier Sailing Club Flying Scot Fleet 111 held its 9th Scot-A-Hoochee regatta on Sept 24 and 25, 2022. (Lake Lanier is an Army Corps impoundment of the Chattahoochee River, hence the name for the regatta.). Fifteen Scots were registered and the 14 that sailed were on the starting line Saturday hailing from five states (GA, TN, AL, SC and NC). Ben Williams and Deb Aaronson (FS6144) traveled the farthest, from Eastern North Carolina, for their first-time sailing in the Scot-A-Hoochee. Saturday the forecasters called for 0-5 mph winds from the Northeast.… Read more
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2022 Whale of a Sail at Lake Carlyle, IL
From Bill Vigler: Carlyle Sailing Association held their multi-class Whale of a Sail Regatta on 9/17-9/18/2022. It was sunny and warm in the 80’s with south winds 8-15 – sounds like a perfect weekend. The competition was spirited and the racers had fun. In the Flying Scot Fleet, former collegiate sailors Karl Schuette and crew Andy had 3 bullets on Saturday but could not attend on Sunday. Winners were Greg Florian and Kay Ward, who sail a Scot now after years of success in the Lightning class. FSSA Immediate Past Commodore Bill Vogler and crew Marc Schillebeeck were second. Eric and Peggy Sutton were third. Full results are… Read more
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