Carolinas
Carolinas
The Carolinas District encompasses fleets in North and South Carolina as well as a fleet in Virginia.
In North Carolina we have Carolina Sailing Club in Durham, Lake Norman in Mooresville, Lake Townsend Yacht Club in Greensboro and Moorehead City Boating Club in Moorehead City. In South Carolina, we have Lake Murray Sailing Club in Columbia and South Carolina Yacht Club on Hilton Head Island. And in Virginia we have Smith Mountain Lake in Lake Roanoke.
The District Governor is Dave Safirstein.
Not much wind so far today at Lake Norman - let's hope it picks up!
Mark Riefenhauser reports that they had another great day at the Great 48. Finicky winds proved to be a challenge to both the racers and race committee, but they managed to get in two races. They attempted a third race but after trying to no avail due to the incoporating winds they abandoned for the day. ALthough Mark managed to steer clear of it all, there may have been a few protests in the first race due to a tight mark rounding with multiple boats bumping into and... Read More
If you are at the Great 48 at Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, NC, this weekend, then you were treated to a fabulous seminar by Greg Fisher. Greg started off with a classroom session folowed by an on the water session. Participants practiced starts, worked on boat speed and handling, raced a few races in some great wind. And that's not all - Greg followed that with a wrap up session reviewing videos taken on the water. We are so lucky to... Read More
Championship winners - Jeff and Amy Linton Challenger winners - Greg and Diane Kampf
We were extremely lucky and got in 3 superb races today with SSW winds 8 - 12. PRO Jim Tichenor and the RC did a fabulous job of getting them all started before 1PM and we were off the water by about 3PM. We cannot control the weather but the patience of this Race Committee was unmatched as they waited for the right... Read More
Mother Nature has not been kind today, and there is just is not enough wind for us to race today. We will try again tomorrow. Tonight was the Annual Meeting and dinner and was very enjoyable. We had the Scots n' Water Editor awards given by Kay Summerfield to:
Best non-professional photograph
Richard Obst, Pacific District
Fleet Contributing the Most
Fleet 27, Alan Backus Fleet Captain, Carolinas District
District Contributin the Most
Carolinas District, Dave Batchelor
Person... Read More