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Potomac River Sailing Association (PRSA) Spring Regatta (May 28-29)
by David Beckett
Flying Scot Fleet 203 (FS Capital District) and the Sailing Club of Washington (SCOW) participated in the PRSA Spring Regatta over Memorial Day Weekend. Six classes of one design boats, each with their own start sequence, raced on two courses. Overall, 47 boats and nearly 100 sailors competed. Lightnings, Albacores, Buccaneers, and Flying Scots competed on the upper Potomac River Course between Reagan National Airport and Hains Point in the shadow of the Washington Monument. The regatta...
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Saturday night was a wonderful chicken dinner prepared by the Commodore and crew. Lots of stories were traded and lots of fun! We followed that up with a raffle that masqueraded as a baby shower for the Flying Scot Royalty, Carrie and Tyler Andrews!
What a difference a day makes! We went from 5-6 MPH to 15-17 MPH winds between yesterday and today. The good news is that we raced right outside the club so we did not have far to go either to or from the race course. We had 3 W-L 5 races and every team was working very hard to keep the boats moving and keep them upright...
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Day 1 of the 2016 Wife Husband Championships at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, VA, is in the books. Amongst the 23 Championship and 9 Challenger boats is the beauty pictured above, MandM sail #6099. This Taylor-made boat was delivered to the regatta by Flying Scot, Inc., just in time for Mark and Michele to put it together and put it in the water. They wore shirts that matched their spinnaker and look just great out there!
Rick Klein and the Race Committee set up the first W-L 5 leg race and after just a short postponement we raced in 5-6 MPH winds and had a great...
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The 2016 Wife - Husband Championship is coming up rthis weekend on June 11-12, with a welcome party on Friday night June 10. Over 30 Wife-Husband teams have registered - have you? Our Wife - Husband regatta is always a special event - it was featured in Sailing World magazine just a couple of years back. We have some of the best wife-husband teams - come and see! You can find more information ... |
The Flying Scot Class sailed for three different perpetual trophies as part of Southern Yacht Club's annual Juby Wynne Memorial Regatta: The Commissioner General Trophy, the Charles L Dees Memorial Trophy, and, the Cock-of-the-Walk Trophy. Each had its own individual criteria. Whoever meets the criteria of the sub-fleets, i.e. Districts and/or Cock-...
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