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As we do each year, Greg and I travelled to Saratoga New York for the annual Flying Scot Invitational hosted by Fleet 161 and chaired by Rob Hayes. We had a great time as usual with fun racing, good friends and plenty of good food and beverages. Friday was ouir usual visit to the horse races, where it rained all day, I lost $38 and Greg won $3, and we wondered if this was an indication of how the weekend would go. Friday night, there was a great meal back at the clubhouse with great friends and we met a few new friends as well.
There were 16 boats, with some from...
Continue Reading...By now, most of you know that Jeff and Amy Smith Linton won the Championship Division and Frank and Marianne Gerry won the Challenger Division at the 2012 NAC, Melanie Dunham and Carrie Carpenter won the Women's NAC and Greiner and Robert Hobbs won the Junior NAC. I thought you might be interested in the winners of some FSSA special awards:
Joan Burnside Trophy
This is given to the winner of the Women's NAC - Melanie Dunham and Carrie Carpenter, Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, Connectivut
Fleet 76...
Continue Reading...29-Jun-2012
We left this morning from Lake Carlyle where it was 92° at 8am and we knew we were extremely grateful that the RC got us off the water yesterday. We watched the temperature go up to 109° at one point and then we saw the weather coming. The temperature dropped 30°, the winds were reported as high as 80 knots and the camper was being blown around a bit along with the trailer. We took shelter at a comfort food stop where we gorged on shakes and cheese fries! Glad we were not anywhere near a lake at that time.
I know we had a great event this week at...
Continue Reading...28-Jun-2012 Results
We started the day with a little wind and 90° and we went out at 9am and started the first race. Before the windward mark, the wind was gone and we waited a while, but no luck. So we retreated to shore for an early lunch. We were back out by 1pm with the temperature at 100° but with 10 knot winds we were able to start the race. We got in 2 great races (despite our own personal results). The PRO Ted Beier and his Race Committee did a great job of getting...
Continue Reading...27-Jun-2012 Results
Wow! Another gorgeous day in the 90's but with good wind. We raced 3 today so we can try to finish early since it will be 100°+ the rest of the week. We had 10-14 the first 2 races, then 8-10 after lunch for the 3rd race. Rod Stieffel and Randy Santa Cruz are leading the Championship after taking 2 bullets out of 3 races so far. Frank and Marianne Gerry did the same in the Challenger Division and are leading that series.
We ...
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