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2015 Wife Husband at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL – Day 1
Reports are that the weather was beautiful for Day 1 of the 201 Wife Husbands. We’re awaiting furhter reports, but the Lintons are leading with the Andrews’ in 2nd. The results to date for the lucky ones who are there can be found here. Read more
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2015 Michigan Ontario District – Pinckney, MI
Michigan-Ontario District Regatta: A Tail of Two Winds Steve Rajkovich, MI-ONT District Governor Portage Yacht Club and Fleet 20 hosted the Michigan-Ontario Districts this year and part of the annual Michigan Hot Scot Regatta. 8 boats competed for the Fanshawe Trophy. Included in the race was our new District Governor, Steve Rajkovich. As is often the case at Portage Lake the wind was going to be an issue. A cold front was expected and for Saturday the wind was expected to be 15-21mph with gusts to 30. Sunday was another story… winds calm to 3mph. Saturday Morning started off with… Read more
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Lessons Learned from the 2015 ACC
Lessons from the ACCs 2015 At the Atlantic Coast Championship on the Neuse River in September a fleet of 23 Scots was hit by a microburst with winds going from 12 – 15 knots to 50 – 60 knots in less than a minute and staying high for 10 + minutes. Seas quickly built to 3+ feet. The teams sailing in this championship were well qualified skippers and crews, and yet 20 capsized. There was extensive property damage including 8 -9 damaged mast, some of which are still on the bottom. We were fortunate indeed that no one was… Read more
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2015 Wife Husband Championship this weekend – Tampa, FL
ATTENTION FLYING SCOT SAILORS! The 2015 Flying Scot Wifef Husband Chmapionships are coming up this weekend October 24-25 at the Davis Island Yacht Club in beautiful Tampa, Florida. Are you lucky enough to be going? It;s not too lte to decide! Bring your spouse to Tampa for a sailing honeymoon or a second or third honeymoon. The event includes either a five- or three-race series depending on your division, plus a fun range of on-shore festivities. The entry fee is $75 for USSailing members, no late penalty. Campers are welcome. Find the NOR and other regatta documents, including who’s… Read more
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2015 Massabesic Regatta – Massabesic Yacht Club, Manchester, NH
The Massabesic Yacht Club in Manchester, New Hampshire, hosted their annual Regatta on September 19th and 20th. The regatta was open to Windmills, Lightnings and Flying Scots. The racers were graced with excellent wind speed of 7-12mph and gusts up to 18mph on Saturday. If you are a lake sailor you know wind shifts can be a challenge and on Saturday the shifts were greater than normal. All fleets completed 4 races on Saturday and many finishes had multiple boats coming across the line seconds apart. On Sunday the winds were heavy 14-20mph with gusts up to 30 and (of course) shifty. The… Read more
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2015 Scot-A-Hootchee – Lake Lanier Sailing Club, GA
Fleet #111 hosted the 2015 Scot a Hoochee Regatta on Lake Lanier in Flowery Branch, GA. A drizzly rain came and went, but the wind stayed for both days, ranging from 10 to 20. 5 races were sailed on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. The competition was close for the top spot, with Tony Milligan winning the regatta with a bullet in the last race. One of the highlights was the trophies, handmade tote bags from an old main sail, made by one of our fleet member’s wife Indu Kowalski, pictured above with the Scot fleet. Full Results are… Read more
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2015 Glow in the Dark – Clinton Lake Sailing Association, IL
File photo from CLSA website Lots of Boats, Plenty of Wind by Deb Aronson We had another wildly successful (if I do say so myself) Glow in the Dark this past weekend. With 26 boats registered, we beat our all time record by one boat, and everyone came ready to have a good time. This year we had mostly boats from our district, except for Mark and Maria Benner, who came from Moraine Sailing Club (outside Pittsburgh), Bruce and Lynn Kitchen from Cowan Lake (Ohio), and Carrie and Tyler Andrews, who came from Deep Creek in western Maryland. We also… Read more
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