Midwest
Midwest
The Midwest District encompasses fleets in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Our active fleets are at Wilmette Harbor, Lake Carlyle, and Clinton Lake in Illinois, Lake Freeman in Indiana, Lake McBride in Iowa, Medicine Lake in Minnesota, and Ephraim, Madison, Neenah, Delevan Lake in Wisconsin and Capital City in Missouri.
Our District Governor is Jim Crabtree. The Midwest District is also home to FSSA Past President Bill Vogler.
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From Eric Bussell on Facebook:
It's a wrap! Yesterday's livestream was a fun experiment as we proved we can live stream regatta action. We learned a lot and had fun as we hoped to collect teaching footage for an upcoming zoom clinic we'll announce in the coming days where David Ames will do a zoom clinic. Special thanks to Ward Paxton for loaning us his backyard and upgrading his internet to make this possible. Thanks to Paul and Krystal Stegmaier of Stegmaier Photography who made the... Read More
2024 Egyptian Cup Regatta Results by Bill Vogler, FS 6290
The Egyptian Cup Regatta was held June 15-16 at Carlyle Lake in Southern Illinois (site of the ’25 NAC’s) and results are now posted. In a regatta that saw no wind or racing on Saturday the 15th saw good winds on Sunday (8-13 mph) the 16th resulting in 2 hotly contested races for the 22 registered Scots. The conditions were a bit challenging due to particularly hot temperatures for the time of year... Read More
Twenty two boats registered for the 2024 Egyptian Cup at Lake Carlyle in Illinois. Look here to see how the Kunz brothers mixed it up with PJ Buhler skippering their boat and Kendall crewing and David Ames crewing for Kevin!
https://www.fssa.com/content/2024-egyptian-cup-regatta-carlyle-lake-illinois-0
From the Carlyle Sailing Association Website - The Whale is now history!
The theme of this year’s event was Margaritaville and was a tribute to our beloved past commodore, Linda Vitt, who died in April of this year. We also honored Ted Beier who passed away in May of this year. He was a long time member of CSA. He was a founding member of CSa and held many offices most recently he was Vice Chairman of the Board. You... Read More