2017 Make Your Scot Fly - Lake Murray Sailing Club, Chapin, SC

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Carolinas
The Phinneys show us family sailing at its best. Nate (Dad), when responding to our request for impressions of his Make Your Scot Fly experience, said his son liked best that his name was on the MYSF completion certificate along with Mom and Dad.

The Phinneys show us family sailing at its best. Nate (Dad), when responding to our request for impressions of his Make Your Scot Fly experience, said his son liked best that his name was on the MYSF completion certificate along with Mom and Dad.

With 1-1-2 finishes, these youth sailors  handily won the Sunday morning 'Make Your Scot Fly Challenge". Skipper Jacob Dickson, with CrewAsa McMeekin and Patrick Lloyd were working like a well oiled machine!

With 1-1-2 finishes, these youth sailors  handily won the Sunday morning 'Make Your Scot Fly Challenge". Skipper Jacob Dickson, with CrewAsa McMeekin and Patrick Lloyd were working like a well oiled machine!

"Top Gun" coach Ryan Malmgren from MAD Sails with chase boat driver and support coach Willie Liddicoat

"Top Gun" coach Ryan Malmgren from MAD Sails with chase boat driver and support coach Willie Liddicoat

John and Debbie Dickinson show great spinnaker trim as they lead most of the fleet on the downwind leg

John and Debbie Dickinson show great spinnaker trim as they lead most of the fleet on the downwind leg

       

 

Want to Make Your Scot Fly? Follow the lead of these 21 sailors who enjoyed 2 days of learning and took their Flying Scots to the next performance level in a very supportive coaching environment at Lake Murray Sailing Club.

Our 2017 event,hosted by Flying Scot Fleet 158, featured a five coach support team headed by Mad Sails owner and Flying Scot regatta winning sailor, Ryan Malgrem, four LMSC coaches, Allan Gowans, Tommy Weaver, Willie Liddicoat, and Ryan Gaskin and visit...ing coach John Kriedler of Western Carolina Sailing Club. Participants had plenty of on board mentoring from coaches who used chase boats to transfer from sailboat to sailboat.

Sailors ran the spectrum from former keel boat sailors looking for more portable fun to beginners who had yet to fly a spinnaker. In addition to our local participants, we had guests from Keowee Sailing Club in the SC upstate, Privateer YC near Chattanooga, TN, Berlin YC near Canton, Oh, and Moraine Sailing Club in Pittsburg, PA.

I think our most heart warming guest scenario was offered by the Phinneys who sailed with their 7 year old son and 4 year old twin daughters, making sure they had fun doing it. Sort of a Joe Brake model of family sailing. Good on 'em!

We had super fun sailing the most versatile day sailor on the planet.

  

   
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