Moonlight Cruise on Lake Lansing Tonight

LSC members and guests will be cruising Lake Lansing by full moon tonight (Friday, July 2). Bring a dessert to share at 8:00 PM. There are plenty of boats going on the water about 9:00 for everyone to enjoy moonrise at 9:16.

July 4 Fun at LSC

July Fourth Sunday . Join in boat building at 8 AM at the Club - just after we pick up materials (we don't know until then what materials are to be used). Then we design and build a boat to race on the sandbar at 1 PM. There are three races - kids, women and men. There is always a big spectator fleet and members are welcome to use the new LSC Committee Boat for this purpose.

A picnic at 5:00 PM launches the evening activities. LSC will provide brats, hot dogs, fixins', soft drinks, paper and plastic. Bring a dish to pass. Then we'll decorate the Committee Boat in anticipation of the boat parade which begins at 7:45. The evening will be capped off with a big fireworks display centered just down the beach from the Club.

LeFevre Gets First Win

Moody Leads Downwind at Sunset

John LeFevre got his first win in LSC Lightning racing Thursday evening. Sailing very well with solid crew work from Kevin Johnson and Leif Alton, John sailed hot downwind angles to claim the lead at the first leeward mark. He then extended on the upwind leg and finished well in front of the other seven boats in race 2. John also finished in the top three in race 1, claiming third place.

Pat Dolan, with Stacy Kotecki and Gil Chesbro sailed "Wind Dancer" to a win in Race one while "Moody's Booty" with Mike Moody, Ken Knight and Lisa Winters won the third race. Mike had two second place finishes in the other races. "Wind Dancer had a fourth in race two and finished third in the final race.

Larry Koster took Tom Rasmussen and Tom's son Bruce to crew on "Shibumi". They finished sixth in race one, but recovered to score a third in race two. The remaining top three finish was by "UFP", skippered by Blaine Severin with Julie Pierce in the front and Wayne Loescher in the middle. They took second place in the final race and went 4-5-2 on the evening..

Competition was very keen with a number of very close finishes. Terry Kleiman was very complementary of spinnaker trim work by middle crew Anna Hamilton which enabled them to nip several other boats at finishes. They finished 7-6-4, improving each race. Neil Harrison, always proud to sail with daughter Kim who is home on break from Hope College, and with Alanna Harvey in front, went 5-7-6 in the three races. Merrick Hurlbutt, distracted by a beautiful evening on the water, was 8-8-7. Merrick sailed with Scott Watkins and Adrianne Tuttle.

Results and standings are available via links on the Racing page of the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org.

• July 8 (Thursday): Dave Vietti, Steve Wagner, John Fishbeck.
• July 18 (Sunday): Walt DeGruyter, Dan Harris.

• July 2, Moonlight Cruise
• July 4, Holiday Celebration
• July 5, Junior Sailing Class
• July 6, Lightning Practice
• July 7, Wednesday Racing
• July 8, Lightning Fleet Racing
• July 9-11, Lightning Districts
• July 10-11, St. Joseph Laser Regatta
• July 12, Discover Racing Class
• July 13, Lightning Practice
• July 14, Wednesday Racing
• July 16, LLPOA TGIF Raft-Up
• July 18, Lightning Fleet Racing
• July 19, Junior Sailing Class
• July 20, Lightning Practice
• July 21, Wednesday Racing
• July 22, Crew Racing
• July 24, Laser-Sunfish Clinic
• July 25, Lightning Fleet Racing

• Swedish Match Tour. Previous events shown continuously on the web at narrowstep.tv.
• Wednesdays: Annapolis Yacht Club Wednesday Night Series. On the web at www.t2p.tv each evening after racing.