Sign
Up ASAP for July 24 Laser-Sunfish Clinic |
| Mike
Moody asks that members sign-up as soon as possible for the July
24 Laser-Sunfish Clinic featuring World Champion sailor Derrick
Fries. To sign up, send a check for $50 to Mike. See Clinic
information on the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org for
details on where to send the check. Signing up early also saves
you $10 because the cost after the 19th is $60. |
Lasers
Enjoy Wednesday Wind
Again |
Messerschmidt Nails Laser Start |
Sailors found Wednesday
evening to be another day with plenty of wind. Sailing has
been beautiful for almost all our racing in 2004.
Doug Carlson ran
off three wins and a second to lead the Laser Fleet. Mike
Moody took the other first place finish to go with three second
place finishes. Olav Messerschmidt and George Siegle split
the third place spots.
Mike Moody, Doug
Carlson and Olav Messerschmidt are now headed to the Great
Lakes Masters Championship this weekend in Milwaukee.
Detailed results
and standings are available through links on the Racing page
of the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org. |
Sunfish Sailors Mix It Up |
Harrison Leads Fletcher Around Leeward Mark |
Three sunfish sailors
scored first place finishes in racing Wednesday, again showing
how competitive the fleet racing is. John Fishbeck managed
two first place finishes (1-4-1-2) while Dennis Dudley (4-1-4-3)
and Gil Chesbro (2-2-2-1) had one each.
Five of the seven
sailors finished in the top three in at least one race. In
addition to those mentioned above, Neil Harrison went 3-6-5-4
and Jim Fletcher -3-3-5 (he didn't sail the first race).
Detailed results
and standings are available through links on the Racing page
of the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org. |
LSC
Sailors Return From Travels |
Bob Miller and Pat Dolan as "Wind Dancer" Heads
to the Race Course on Saginaw Bay - Photo by Susanna Tellschow |
Last weekend found
quite a few Lansing Sailing Club members travelling to regattas.
Pat Dolan, Bob Miller and Susanna Tellschow took "Wind Dancer"
to the Lightning District Championship at Bay City. "Bananas"
also participated in the Bay City Championship with Jim Fletcher,
Eddie Fletcher, and Larry Koster sailing the boat. Maribeth
Fletcher came to sail on Sunday, filling in for Eddie who had
to leave early.
Mike Moody and Olav
Messerschmidt went to St. Joseph to sail in their Laser
Regatta. Doug Carlson also found his way to St. Joseph, but
took his Grady-White and was a spectator.
The Lightning Championship
was sailed on Saginaw Bay where chop and wind conditions dominated
by thermals challenged the Lansing sailors who rarely
face those conditions. As a result, they often found themselves
struggling. Even so, they felt they were improving with each
race and had a great time.
A picture story
of the Lightning Championship participation by LSC sailors
is on the Club web site at www.lansingsailing.org. |
Get
Your Boat Cleaned August 7 |
| The
Anna Hamilton Boat Cleaning Service will be in business at LSC
on August 7th. If you want your boat cleaned, get on Anna's schedule
early. Contact her at ananna06@juno.com. |
Olympic
Sailing to be on Bravo |
| Gary
Jobson reports that televised sailing coverage will appear on
the Bravo cable network. "In 2000 we had 80 minutes on CNBC,"
said Jobson. "This time there should be 6-8 hours of coverage
on Bravo. The plan is to feature one or two races each day, often
with on board cameras. The other classes will have some, but
not complete coverage. We will rotate featured classes every
day. Programming times coming soon." |
MacKenzie
Shows Off New Laser |
Dave in his new Laser |
A new laser showed up on the LSC grounds several days ago and
a number of members speculated on whose it could be.
The Mystery was
solved Wednesday when Dave
MacKenzie showed up to rig and sail his brand spanking new Laser. |
Looking
for Something Fun this Friday? |
| Don
Kaufman, President of the Lake Lansing Property Owners Association
(LSC is a member) reminds us of an ice cream social at 6:30
this Friday (July 16th) at the South Park near the Bandshell.
LLPOA is also co-sponsoring the evenings program which
is Barber Shop Quartet Music. It is the 40th anniversary dedication
of Lake Lansing Park South. If you are looking for something
fun to do, this will surely be a hit. |
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Race
Committee Reminder
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- July 18 (Sunday):
Walt DeGruyter, Dan Harris.
- July 22 (Thursday
Crew Race): Pat Dolan.
- July 25 (Sunday):
Joel Shapiro, Volunteer Needed.
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Coming
Events (See Below for Detail)
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- July 16, LLPOA Ice Cream Social
- 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
- July 26, Discover
Racing Class
- July 27, Lightning
Practice
- July 28,
Wednesday Racing
- July 30,
Moonlight Sail
- July 31-August 1,
Higgins Lake Lightning Regatta
- July 31-August 1,
Leeland Laser Regatta
- August 1, Lightning
Fleet Racing
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Sailing
on TV
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- 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.
Note: Sign up to receive
notices of future telecasts by Gary Jobson on ESPN at www.jobsonsailing.com.
Check out OLN's schedule
at www.olntv.com.
t2p.tv's on-line
broadcast schedule is found at www.t2p.tv/
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