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We at Carlyle Sailing Association (CSA) hope you will join us for the 2012 Flying Scot North American Championships (NACs) June 23 through 29 at beautiful Lake Carlyle, near Carlyle, Illinois. CSA has hosted the NACs four times, most recently in 2004. In addition, the club regularly hosts regional and national events; for example, the Championship of Champions was held here in 2010. The venue is one of the best in the US for small boat sailing, with plenty of paved car and boat parking, three electric jib cranes for hoisting boats into and out of the water, and a protected harbor...
Continue Reading...From the President
Diane Kampf, FS 5857
Dear fellow sailors,
By the time you read this, we should be back from another great Midwinter regatta in New Orleans and thinking about sailing at our own club this year. At Massapoag Yacht Club in Sharon, MA, home of Fleet 76, we have several regattas and social events, sailing lessons co-sponsored by the Town and our Club, Race Training, a Junior Sailing program, some fun races, moonlight sails and various club social events. I...
Continue Reading...We are 5 races into a 6 race season and we have a winner; Paul Abdullah! Congratulations to Paul and his crew who won the Lake Eustis regatta, after also winning in Jacksonville and Tampa. You may know that Paul is a champion in the Thistle class and he seems to be having no trouble adapting to another Sandy Douglas design. Very impressive sailing!
The rest of the pack is pretty tightly bunched so that will get sorted out next month in Port Charlotte. The dates for Port Charlotte are March 17 and 18 2012, the club website is; ...
Continue Reading...From the President
Diane Kampf, FS 5857
Dear fellow sailors,
What do you do when you live up north and your sailing club is closed for the winter? Some are lucky enough to have a place down south where they continue sailing all year round. But those of us who are Northerners and miss sailing during the fall/winter downtime can consider sailing in the Flying Scot Midwinter Championship. It is held in mid- to late March each year, and anyone who is a member of the Flying Scot...
Continue Reading...HISTORY OF THE FLYING SCOT compiled by Debbie Cycotte
The Flying Scot is a time-tested design that is comfortable and safe as well as fast and great fun to sail. The Flying Scot is one of the few small boats which have been in steady production since 1957. The Flying Scot was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 1998. A look at the entire history of the boat and class starts with the designer, Gordon K. “Sandy” Douglass. In 1939, Sandy pioneered the use of molded plywood hulls for sailboats. The 17’ Thistle was designed in 1945 and was almost an immediate success. It...
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