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From Chief Measurer Roger Sharp  What makes the Flying Scot Class great?  Well, the people of course!  But what is it that brings these great people together?  I submit to you it’s the boat.  We are blessed with a boat which has withstood the test of time regardless of social, economic and technological changes. Hall of Fame designer Sandy Douglass gave us a boat which is fun to sail (race), challenging to sail (race) well and a set of standards to use to maintain... Read More
The Flying Scot has made its way to England - so that makes 3 continents so far! Congrats to the new owners. From Nick Pronce on Facebook: Introducing 6190, England’s first flying Scot, I think. The international field is slowly building! Huge thanks to Carrie Andrews at Flying Scot for so much advice and all the care getting her here by roll-on-roll-off ocean freighter. She’s toured the US east coast, dodged a few storms and been to Germany and Holland (twice!) on the way to The United... Read More
  The FSSA was privileged to have Nick Hayes, author of Saving Sailing and numerous articles about trends in our sport join us for a webinar.  Nick discussed with us strategies that have been successfully used across the country to grow the sport of sailing.   The video of our webinar is available on YouTube here..  You can follow Nick on Facebook at Saving Sailing and visit his website, Saving Sailing.   Read More
The Flying Scot 2020 Women's North American Championship and 2020 North American Championship are being postponed for 1 Year. Mark Your Calendars for 2021! FSSA Women's NAC - Deep Creek Yacht Clubs - June 26-27, 2021 FSSA NAC - Cedar Point Yacht Club - July 11-16, 2021  
by Larry Taggart, FSSA Parliamentarian and Past President Our Association lost another one of our stalwarts and legends when FSSA Past President and long time board member Paul Moore passed away on Wednesday April 22, 2020. Paul served as Class President from 1987-1989, and served as chair of the Nominating Committee for many many years after that. He was also the first class Parliamentarian.  I had the pleasure and honor of following him as I moved up the ladder in the FSSA. Not... Read More

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