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From our Chief Measurer
The voting to allow the optional placement of the forestay turnbuckle above deck is complete. The membership has approved this option. The Measurement Committee will be making the necessary changes to the Class Rules and posting them. It is our expectation that owners who would like to exercise this option will simply turn their current Factory supplied turnbuckle and forestay extension wire up side-down and refasten it in place. A quick reminder that this option will not work with loose rigs. Also, owners should be mindful of the amount of...
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There are 40 boats registered for the Glow Regatta. Do you wish you were there? Watch for results here:
From the GRSA Gacebook Group:
The results for the GRSA Labor Day Regatta are posted below. Congratulations to Kate and Vince Gomes on their first race victory since returning to the Club! We had two boats "shadow racing" with the Flying Scot Fleet, one more non FS would have earned a separate Portsmouth Fleet start (hint, hint). Thanks to Evan Davies and Tom Gallagher on running a the racers and Evan Davies for the following photos. A special thanks to the Gilbert family for the great dinner and finally, to our grill master for the day, Grant Smith.
Photo of 1st and 2nd place sippers courtesy of Mark Taylor on Facebook
From the LMSC Facebook group - 2024 Scots on the Rocks is in the bag. No sailing Saturday, but lots of conviviality on the club patio while the race committee tried their best to find some wind. Not really in the cards for us, so happy hour started early.
The decision to start Sunday's races at 0830 and take advantage of a generally reliable morning breeze turned out to be fortuitous. We sailed two races in great southwesterlies of 7 to 8 knots and managed to squeeze in a third before the wind...
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From the Fleet 133 Facebook Group:
Flying Scot Fleet 133 welcomes our special guests to our Grande Maumelle Labor Day Regatta - our very own Flying Scot First VP, Nina Cummings) Flying Scot Women’s Challenger National Champion (2024) - Skipper and husband Robert Cummings (National Champion 2024 -Skipper 2024 of Flying Scot Wife/Husband) - they have been invited to compete in the US Champion or Champions in October on a Yflyer- so they thought they would give it a try and won the regatta at our club for the Yflyer! The weather cooperated on Saturday and we had 3 good races. On Sunday...
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