• Wet Weather Discourages Wednesday Racing
• "Fins" Gets Hat Trick
• Junior Sailing Class Begins Next Monday
• MSU Sailing Team Gets "Sailing World" Mention
• Moody and Dolan Sail Detroit NOOD
• Fletchers Buy "Bananas" - Lori Katz Buys Laser
• "Warm up" your Halyards

• June 7. Saturday. Pine Lake Traditional Craft Association Outing. LSC Members are invited to stop by and check out the beautiful boats members of this group have built.
• June 8. Sunday. Lightning Racing - Race Day 7. 12:30 Skip Mtg. 1:00 First of Three Races.
• June 9. Monday. Discover Sailboat Racing for Juniors Class 1 - 6:00 to 8:30 PM.
• June 10. Tuesday. Lightning Skipper and Crew Practice. Anyone interested in crewing is invited to participate. Contact the Crew Coordinator to help assure sufficient skippers are participating or show up and take your chances.
• June 11. Wednesday. Laser and Sunfish Racing. First of four races starts at 6:30 pm. Spagnoula's for pasta, liquid refreshment and lots of laughs after racing.
• June 13. Friday. Moonlight Sail. Bring dessert to pass at 8.
• June 14. Saturday. Laser Regatta. Skipper's Mtg at 9:00 AM. First of five scheduled races at 10:00 AM.
• June 15. Sunday. Lightning Racing - Race Day 7. 12:30 Skip Mtg. 1:00 First of Three Races.
• June 16. Monday. Discover Sailboat Racing for Juniors Class 2 - 6:00 to 8:30 PM.
• June 17. Tuesday. Lightning Skipper and Crew Practice. Anyone interested in crewing is invited to participate. Contact the Crew Coordinator to help assure sufficient skippers are participating or show up and take your chances.
• June 18. Wednesday. Laser and Sunfish Racing. First of four races starts at 6:30 pm. Spagnoula's for pasta, liquid refreshment and lots of laughs after racing.

• June 8 (Sun): Paula White and Bill Davidson
• June 14 (Sat): Sid Mook, Julie Pierce and Several Volunteers Needed.
• June 15 (Sun): Joel Shapiro and Volunteer Needed

• No coverage is scheduled in the immediate future. Sign up to receive notices of future telecasts by Gary Jobson (ESPN) at www.jobsonsailing.com

Wet Weather Discourages Wednesday Racing

Wednesday was cool (50s) and wet - and these conditions persisted into the evening, but with light winds. A few sailors showed at the club, but its seemed more fun to fix Dolan's bailer than to sail - so that's what happened. The group later adjourned to Spags - we don't pass on our liquid refreshment.

Doug Carlson and George Siegle sit atop the season standings. Check out the web site at www.lansingsailing.org for complete standings.

"Fins" Gets Hat Trick

George Siegle held on to top place in the season Lightning standings as he rolled to three firsts last Sunday. Blaine Severin was solid with three second place finishes. John LeFevre had two thirds and Terry Kleiman also claimed a third. Results and standings are posted on the web site. Click "Race Results" then "Lightning Fleet Racing". You can also go directly to the results at www.msu.edu/~fishbeck/lsc/lightning/2003/LtngResults.htm. Put it in your "Favorites" list.

Junior Sailing Class Begins Next Monday

The popular Junior Sailing Class run by the Lansing Sailing Club gets underway next Monday evening at 6:00 PM. The class continues over four Monday evenings. Sailing is a great skill for a young person to have. Details, including sign-up information, are available on the Club web site at www.lansingsailing.org.

MSU Sailing Team Gets "Sailing World" Mention

"Sailing World" singled out MSU's Sailing Team as one of four in the country with the potential to become top programs within their districts. The Lansing Sailing Club is mentioned as part of the reason for this potential. This is a real credit to the MSU team. Go green. Here is an excerpt from the June issue's 2003 College Guide (pages 30-31):

The biggest knock on the MSU program isn't that it has to fight with the university's PE recreational sailing program for use of the school's Club Juniors. It's that it often loses the battle. The infrequent practice schedule, says captain Mary Vorel, "is less than desirable." But the team is growing nonetheless and becoming serious. "Last year we were just trying to get four people to go to a regatta," says Vorel. "We were looking at it more as fun. Now we're actually looking at results and trying to get our best team." With more than a dozen committed members, the team has been able to compete in more than one regatta on a weekend, opening up opportunities for second-string sailors. [Advisor] Hollis has inspired the team to start raising money, and a budding relationship with the Lansing Sailing Club has resulted in occasional volunteer coaching. But the most valuable resource is the team's enthusiasm. Vorel hopes to put as many as five intersectionals on next year's schedule. "The team members want it more and more," she says. "The difference between second and third at the district champs is qualifying for nationals or not, and the team is starting to realize that." At the Buckeye Intersectional in mid April, MSU finished fourth, 6 points ahead of cross-state rival Michigan.

Moody and Dolan at the Detroit NOOD

Mike Moody and Pat Dolan spent last Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Lake St. Clair, sailing in the Detroit National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta. Almost two hundred boats raced in seventeen classes on three different race courses. "Tenacity", the boat they sailed on, finished tenth in the 24 boat Tartan Ten Class. Friday was a beautiful day, but winds were light. After a several hour delay waiting for wind, two races were sailed. "Tenacity" scored an eighth and an eleventh. Saturday races were cancelled because of winds so high that the committee boat couldn't anchor - and the boats sent back to their mooring spaces. Sunday, although a little cool, was a beautiful sailing day. Two races were completed and "Tenacity" finished thirteenth both times. There is more about the regatta at www.sailingworld.com/sw_nood_subcat.php?sectionID=2504.

Fletchers Buy "Bananas" - Lori Katz Buys Laser

It looks like there will soon be another Lightning at the starting line for Sunday racing. The Fletchers have purchased "Bananas" from Bob Chronister. They used to own "Bananas" - so Fletchers know the boat. Be sure to congratulate and welcome them to the Lightning fleet.

Meanwhile, we will soon be welcoming Lori Katz as a Lansing Sailing Club member. She liked sailing a Laser so well last week that she has purchased one from Mac Spica. Watch out, she is a quick learner and will soon be fast around the Wednesday evening course.

"Warm Up" Your Halyards