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It was a dark and stormy night – somewhere, but not here. Today we had the FS NAC Qualifier Races and we have the splits between Championship and Challenger Division for the finals.
Hal Smith and his excellent RC ran 3 great 4-leg Windward Leeward races in 8-12 knot south winds and 89 degrees under partly cloudy skies. We had the usual ABCD divisions and everyone ends up sailing against each other at least once.
Photos by Talbot WIlon and DIane Kampf will be uploaded soon..
Results of the qualifiers are...
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| With Hurricane Barry moving away, Pensacola Yacht Club has the 2019 NAC underway with boats arriving, measurement and registration in progress, camping (or is it glamping?), and sailors ready to race! It looks like the weather is going to be great with the temperatures a little lower this week than previous weeks and some good wind. Wish you were here? We wish you were too! |
Story and Photo Courtesyof Jim Morey, FS 3277
In a late afternoon in July of 1979, Eric Ammann and Harry Carpenter launched two Scots from the Hickory Ridge ramp at Deep Creek Lake, the nearest Deep Creek ever gets to the Deer Park factory. Harry delivered a new boat to Penn Point, where the Morey family greeted its arrival. In the other Scot Eric sailed Harry back to Hickory Ridge. For 20 years I sailed and raced 3277 with my brother Mark, my brother John, and our father John senior. We started in B fleet (of Fleet 6) until we aced all the races in one weekend. The...
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In May, Virginia sailors Peter Patnaude and Rob Perera broke the world record for doublehanded dinghy distance sailing by sailing up the Chesapeake from Hampton to Baltimore and back and clocking 419 miles. Here are some particulars and insights that Peter shared with SpinSheet about the journey. - read the story here....
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Do you know about the gem called Lake Nockamixon in Quakertown, PA? Well, there's another gem named Nockamixon Sail Club, home of Fleet 163, This fleet puts on a great regatta without a building, using tents and borrowed tables, but you would never know it - they just DO it!. The fleet males it look effortless to help everyone rig, launch, retrieve and pack up their boats.The racing area is less than a mile from the dock so it only takes a few minutes to get out to the course. The entire fleet just makes you feel at home and it's such a relaxing place to be.
This year's...
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