Trivia: What age is the youngest member of the US Olympic Sailing Team?

Plenty of Wind for Wednesday Sailors

George Siegle won Race 2 Wednesday (Picture is from the recent Laser Regatta)

The wind blew 15 from the southwest all evening for the Wednesday evening racers. John Fishbeck was in his element, winning all four of the Sunfish races. On the Laser side, Doug Carlson won Races 1 and 3, George Siegle won Race 2 and Mike Moody won the final race of the day.

Detailed results and standings are available through links on the Racing page of the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org.

LSC's Dragon a July 4 Hit

"Buckbeak", LSC's magnificent dragon

Jim Fletcher led a Lansing Sailing Club team in the annual Lake Lansing Property Owners Association "Boat Yard Wars" on July Fourth. At 8 AM, the teams picked up materials and instructions and had five hours to build a boat. At 1 PM the teams met on the Hickory Island Sand Bar to race their boats. No one knew until that morning the materials that would be available for building the boats. Materials this year were 5 sheets of cardboard (various sizes), 4 ten foot lengths of pvc pipe, plastic film, construction adhesive, balloons, suckers and duct tape. Teams were encouraged to paint and otherwise decorate their boats.

The LSC team decided early to emphasize character instead of speed and went about building a boat with a magnificant dragon head and tail. Laura Williams, granddaughter of Pat Dolan, was the team's racer in the kids race. Maribeth Fletcher paddled for the women's race and Tom Rasmussen was on board for the men's race. It was great fun.

Later on the Fourth, about 20 members and guests showed up to picnic, decorate the Committee Boat and participate in the Parade of Boats.

Check out the pictures on the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org and plan now to participate in next year's event.

Moody Leads Lightning Sailors - Fletcher Comes On

Moody's Booty crew cleans up after leeward rounding in a June race

Pat Dolan, Bob Miller and Susanna Tellschow came from behind on the last leg to win the first race in Lghtning sailing Thursday evening in a good tuneup for the Michigan District Championship this weekend in Bay City. For races two and three however, Mike Moody took over and want away with two wins. Lisa Winters and Ken Knight sailed with Mike. Together with a second in the first race, their two wins led the fleet.

Jim Fletcher, who is also going to Bay City for the Championship, started slow in the first two races, but came on very strong at the end to nip Fins for a second place finish in the final race. Fins, sailed by George Siegle, Ann Siegle and Laura Harvey had three third place finishes with some solid sailing.

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

Trivia: What age is the youngest member of the US Olympic Sailing Team?

• July 18 (Sunday): Walt DeGruyter, Dan Harris.
• July 22 (Thursday Crew Race): Pat Dolan.
• July 25 (Sunday): Joel Shapiro, Volunteer Needed.

• 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.