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Looking for Wind - by Chuck Nicolosi, FS 5122
Lake Champlain is an awesome sailing venue that provided an excellent playground for our Flying Scot cruise. Jan Reimers (4134) and Tim Mallette (1777) were on the planning committee that organized one of two cruising options, the other being in Michigan.
There were four boats in our flotilla. We met at the launching ramp in Colchester, VT on Sunday, rigged our boats and sailed around a small peninsula to our home dock. The dock in which we were to moor our boats was challenging. The dock was well worn and the water...
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By Eric Bussell, Regatta Chair
The 14th Annual Glow in the Dark II Regatta is in the books! “The Glow” is hosted by the Clinton Lake Sailing Association and Fleet 135 and takes place on the first weekend of October. This year we enjoyed record-breaking turnout with 34 Flying Scots competing. Thank you to all the racers and volunteers who made the event such a great success. The event was originally named the Glow in the Dark Regatta because Clinton Lake is a cooling lake for the nuclear plant. The first version of the event was held between 1985-1999. ...
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The Open House Regatta is the Flying Scot Fleet 23 signature regatta at Corinthian Sailing Club on White Rock Lake. This year marks the return of the Texas Steak Dinner Saturday night, along with all of our usual fun and great food. The Notice of Race with more info is available on the CSC website:
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At the Roger Punzi Memorial, 11 boats had the pleasure of 5 great races on 2 beautiful sunny days in new Fairfield, CT. RAce Committee Richard and Jenn Palmer and crew had to be patient on Saturday and flew the postpone flag for an hour or so. The first race was light air, but in the last leg, the wind picked up and held for the rest of the day. At the end of day 1, the Kampfs led with 3 bullets, followed by Mark Riefenhauser and David Irving with 8 points each. Sunday was a different story - with winds predicted to be 5-7, we actually got 10-12, a nearly perfect race day. In 2 challenging...
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