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Dan Vought and Ted Duffy have sailed together for years. They won the Monmouth Boat Club Flying Scot Full Moon Regatta in 2011 and both skipper and crew sail multiple one-design boats.
So it was no surprise on Saturday (June 11) in building winds - with gusts in the 20 mph range - that the pair guided their boat cleanly to three wins to take top honors in the Full Moon's 25th anniversary...
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The Berlin Yacht Club Annual Invitational Regatta has been called “a true Sandy Douglass regatta” because it is a multi-class regatta featuring Flying Scots, Thistles, and Highlanders. The regatta is held on Father’s Day weekend every year at Berlin Lake near North Benton, Ohio.
This year the BYC Regatta was held on June 18-19, 2016. 16 Flying Scots attended, along with 21 other boats from other classes. Scot...
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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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