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Report by Rob & Linda Cohen FS 5102 – Fleet 177 Surf was up!!! At the 2006 Flying Scott District Championship held at Cedar Point Yacht Club Saturday August 26. Skippers’ meeting was called promptly at 9:30 by Eric Robbins, PRO for the day’s event. Weather reports for race the varied, but all knew the East wind from the previous 24 hours had produced some challenging conditions. As the fleet was departing dock, Andy Fox (Candlewood Lake Yacht Club) returned with broken vang and reported heavy seas. After securing his boat, Andy jumped on John Cooke’s as a third and his crew Matt Orr was welcomed aboard my boat by Linda (my slightly nervous crew). The fleet of 33 31 Flying Scots proceeded (slogged) to the race course. Crews on many of the boats looked concerned; perhaps they feared they might be reunited with the coffee and doughnuts served prior to the skippers meeting. Hmmmm. The first race was W2 (Windward - Leeward Twice). At the first weather mark rounding there was some “confusion” but no protests lodged. Downwind surfing was the game of the day as skippers hunted for the best waves to ride to the leeward mark. Top finishers in the first race were Paul Jon Patin, Peter Beam, and Daniel Neff. Second course was a repeat of the first. Several anxious boats, jumped the start prompting RC to make a General Recall. After the fleet regrouped RC grinned as they hoisted the “I” to signal the “round the ends” rule was in effect. The second attempt resulted in a clean start. Top finishers in the second race were Paul Jon Patin, John Cooke, John Luard. For the third race RC added a reaching mark and set a “T2” (Triangle Windward-Leeward) course. The reaching legs were close reaches. About 20% of the 24 boats remaining (yes it was a brutal day) in the fleet choose to fly spinnakers. One boat capsized and quickly turtled. On a few boats, spinnakers unintentionally became sea anchors. 18 boats finished the third race. Top finishers in the third race were Paul Jon Patin, Dan Vought, Ralph Coffill. RC reported 3-5 foot seas with 6-16 knot winds. Crews from several boats boat reported “6-8 foot seas with 12-22 knot winds”. I guess conditions were varied, all agreed winds were easterly. Sandwiches were served at CPYC after the races and soggy crews enjoyed hot showers and cold beer. It was suggested that Hot Toddies would have gone well with the weather, suggestions noted for future events. John Cooke, FSSA Greater NY Governor, presented trophies to this year’s victors.
Race results are posted at : http://www.cedarpointyc.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=87 Check out Dan Neff’s photos at http://www.flyingscotracing.com/ to get a feel for the “excitement and pain” of the day. Special thanks to: Summer 2006 is Fleet 177’s first official year at CPYC. Our fleet is small but enthusiastic and already beginning to plan for Summer 2007. We welcome guests to participate in any of our regularly scheduled race days. For information on Fleet 177, CPYC, or to contact members of the fleet go to the CPYC web site at http://www.cedarpointyc.org/ . For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Report Brian Hayes. This past Tuesday a squall line pressed through Marblehead during the Flying Scot NAC's being held at the Corinthian Yacht Club.. There were 63 boats in the event. As you can see by the photos there was some carnage. We had just finished the last qualifying race and everyone had arrived on land only 20 minutes before the squall hit. The "microburst" from this storm was about 100 yds wide and maybe 500-600 yds long.. Anything in it's path was wrecked. A 32' lobster boat was sunk as was an Ensign. A Corintian YC launch was holed and had to be hauled right after the squall before it to sank. The Corinthian Yacht Club waterfront will be out of commission for several days. A Rhodes 19 that was on the mooring next to the lobster boat was untouched. About 1/2 the FlyScot fleet was affected and about 1/4 were left not sailable. The event was cancelled but most important no one was hurt!!! The photos show some of the damage. It was the nastiest little storm I can remember seeing in quite a while. It's estimated that the burst lasted about 10-15 seconds.. A couple of interesting points in the photos.. In the 1st photo the green scot was rafted up to the 26" RIB. They remained tied up and secured. They flipped over together (no one is certain which boat went over the other as visibility was about 1 foot).. In last photo note dockhouse ladder. It started the day straight.. Now bent several feet (to the right in these shots).. Photos by John Cooke.
Report courtesy Frank Gerry Hoover Yacht Club Top 2 finishers: Great food, open bar, blue grass band on Saturday night and great hospitality as always! For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Report by Greg Fisher
All in all a great time! Thanks to Tom Lawton and Bane Shaw for setting it all up and bringing on the nice warm weather!! Here are some comments that Greg received:
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Report by Robby Brown In blustery, puffy and shifty conditions on Lake Eustis in Eustis, FL, the Florida State championship series was sailed on February 4th and 5th. Twenty seven boats were registered on Saturday morning and ready to sail. After an hour and a half postponement, racing was abandoned for the day due to the extreme wind conditions. *partial inventory For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Congrats to Dave and Allyson Neff for winning the 2005 Flying Scot Atlantic Coast Championships! This 35 boat regatta was held at Deltaville, VA on Sept 24/25 in some great sailing conditions. John Luard with Jim Worth as crew was second...both using North Sails. Congrats to both!! Dave and Allyson have had a great year having dominated the 2005 Wife Husband Nationals earlier this year. We are especially proud as they switched to North sails on their new boat this spring!!. Photo: Dave and Allyson winning the regatta. For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts! Report by Greg Fisher Even more great Flying Scot News! Below are the results and an article about the recent Greater New York Districts from the District Governor John Cooke. WE are quite pleased as this is one of the larger districts for the Scot with great competition. Check out the results below!
This past weekend the GNY District were held at Seaside PARK ( see Peter I can be taught!) NJ. The winds were light a shifty and the RC did the best they could do in those conditions. Race one was abandoned after RC determined that the lead boats could not finish in time. Race two was sailed on a shorter course with PJ Patin taking line honors. Race three sailed on the same short course, was won by Ralph Coffill. With only two races sailed we ended up with 4 boats tied with 9 points. Ralph Coffill was presented with a new District trophy. As the old one simply ran out of room to add any more names. The new trophy will hold another 15 years worth of winners. Congratilations Ralph! For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Report by Greg Fisher
The 2005 Flying Scot Nas finished up last week in Houston. Though the turnout was lower than years past, the talent certainly was not lacking. 38 boats sailed in some very trying conditions...once the beautiful 8-12MPH qualifying series was over, the breeze dropped and the temperature raised. With the wind from the north, trying to avoid getting pinned out to a ( wrong!) side was key. The series was exceptionally tight with a 3 way tie for first. Marc and Marcus Eagan from New Orleans won in the tiebreaker over Bill Draheim. Kelly Gough and wife Heidi, last year's winners wound up third. The actual outcome of the regatta was up for grabs right up to the last 200 yds of the last beat. Marc and Marcus Eagan as well as Kelly and Heidi Gough both used North Sails exclusively....1,3 overall in the Championship fleet! In the Challenger Division, Paul Labute and Jim Hockert from Dallas finished first overall while Bob Gough ( Kelly's Dad) was fourth. 1,4 overall in the Challenger Fleet ! With great results of 1,2 in the 2004 Midwinter's; 1,2 at the 2004 North Americans, 1,3 at the 2005 Midwinter's and 1,3 at the 2005 North Americans, North Flying Scot sails have proven to be true all-around performers!
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Report by Greg Fisher
North Sails were 1,2,3,4,5 in the Championship fleet and won the Challengers as well. Dave and Allyson Neff won the event quite convincingly. Dave's brother Dan and wife Christine were second. Class builder, Harry Carpenter, a 2 time National Champ with wife Karen was third. Bill and Eileen Ewing, past Midwinter Champs, were fourth. I crewed for my wife Jo Ann and we finished 5th. These events are a lot of fun and true relationship builders! :-) Truly this was a great regatta with super parties and good sailing. I bet there's a great chance that there will be more boats at this event than the actual North Americans in Houston in a few weeks! Some neat news for North was that Dave Neff switched back to North this year after using another brand for the past several years. He was faster and higher than the whole fleet! The new Snug Rig jib was definitely the jib of choice! Click here for complete results. For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Report by Greg Fisher We are excited to report that North Sails dominated the 2005 Flying Scot Midwinter's! 52 boats sailed in a wide variety of conditions. Brian Hayes and I sailed together and were fortunate enough to win the event, although father son team Marcus and Marc Eagan truly controlled the regatta save for a first race OCS and a commitment that prohibited them from sailing the last race. All the rest of their races were firsts. Here's top 7 boats:
Here is a link to a more complete article about the event and the results. For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
Report by Greg Fisher In Dallas, Tx last weekend, the Flying Scot Open House Regatta was sailed in a wide range of conditions. 32 boats sailed and included such talent as Paul Forester and Bill Draheim. 2004 North American Champion Kelly Gough dominated the event with a 1,1,3. This was exceptionally encouraging as he used our latest version of our Snug Rig jib and our new all radial BR-1 spinnaker. He said he was the fastest he's ever been, upwind and down. For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact our Flying Scot experts! To order our fast Flying Scot sails, click here.
Report by Greg Fisher
Last week 64 boats sailed in the 2004 Flying Scot North Americans held at Carlyle Lake, Illinois. The competition was nearly as hot as the temperature with the heat index of 110 degrees! Fortunately, most of the week the breeze was unusually windy...with a race sailed in 18mph and only one in a near drifter. When it was all over North Sails were first and second overall and 5 of the top ten! Kelly and Heidi Gough sailed a superb, and consistent series, to win over one of the deepest North Americans talent wise ever with 4 past Champions sailing. My wife JoAnn and I were second, 2 points ahead of of 2003 and 2002 Champion, Bill Draheim. Ray and John Sepanski were third in the Challenger Divison. 6 of the top ten in this group sailed North. In the Woman's North Americans, present US Sailing Adams Cup Champion Joni Palmer, with Janet Baxter ( president of US Sailing) won the event ( with North Sails!!) with my wife JoAnn, and her crew of Heidi Gough and Roselie Schillibex in second. North Facts:
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Report by Greg Fisher
When the smoke cleared Marc Eagan, with son Marcus from New Orleans, schooled the fleet with 5 firsts and a fifth. They had speed and height and never seemed to miss a shift. In second, 22 points behind the Eagan familly, was my team composed
of my wife JoAnn and Jeff Eiber. North Facts:
Actually, the Eagan, Fisher, Gough 1,2,4 scores came after two days of intensive sailing and testing just before the regatta started. Both Eagan and Gough sailed our new 2004 mainsail that proved to be quick in both the breezy choppy conditions but also in the lighter flatter sailing early in the series. A refaired, slightly more draft back sail, it is both attractive and quick. This has become our standard sail for 2004. They also sailed our newest addition to our jib inventory, the "Snug Rig" jib. This jib is slightly flatter than our Tight Rig jib but deeper than the Loose Rig jib. It is designed to sail with much less rig tension ( around 80-150 lbs) than the conventional Tight Rig. Our team sailed the 2003 mainsail and the standard Tight Rig jib. Both Gough and our team used our standard crosscut .75oz spinnaker. We offer one main, one crosscut spinnaker and the three jibs- loose, snug and tight. **( Kelly' Gough's score includes an 8th in race 5 where he crossed the line Third. He had 20% added to his score for a late pre race checkin (otherwise Kelly would have been second in he regatta). 15 yr old Fred Stammer was third.) For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying
Scot
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North Sails One Design was chosen once more as the exclusive sailmaker for 2 prestigious US Sailing Championships in 2003 - The Adams Cup for women and the Mallory Cup for men. Both events were sailed at Lake Norman, North Carolina, in early October in Flying Scots and Highlanders respectively. 11 teams from all over the country (including Hawaii!) qualified through quarter and semifinal ladder events. Joni Palmer from Annapolis won the Adams Cup in Flying Scots while Zak Fanberg from New Orleans dominated the Highlander Mallory fleet. Earlier this fall, in Lake Geneva, WS, North Sails were used on the 20 boat fleet of MC Scows for the Championship of Champions. This fleet represents the US Sailing Championship of 20 national one design class champions. In August 2003, the US Sailing National Team Race Championship, The Hinman Cup, sailed in matched Vanguard 15's, was sailed with North Sails as well. In 2002, back at Lake Norman, the Championship of Champions was sailed
in Flying Scots.
Report by Skip Dieball / Greg Fisher Fifty Eight Flying Scots from all over the US made the annual pilgrimage to Panama City, Florida for the Flying Scot Midwinter Championship. St.ABYC always puts on a great event with daily starting times in the afternoon, which compliment a spectacular social schedule in the evenings. This year, 17 newbies showed as the organizers extended a FREE entry pass to those who haven t experienced the fun of Panama City in the past. Friendly new faces filled the parking lot and race course! This year's winners in both the Championship and Challenger's Divisions used North Sails! Marcus Eagan from New Orleans dominated the Championship Fleet with 1st s & 2nd s exclusively through the event. Marcus, sailing with his father Marc, were clearly the fastest team as they managed to keep out of trouble and grind the fleet down, even when they were buried. 2nd Place went to Kelly Gough from Dallas sailing with Skip Dieball from North Sails One Design. Although Kelly and Marcus split victories (3 apiece), Kelly couldn't recover from an 8th in race 3. Kelly also used North Sails to power his Scot. The Models used: Top 10:
For complete results click here. For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our class experts! Photos Cal Jones
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1. ( 1,1,1 ) Paul Jon Patin with crew Matt Cottrell, Christian Cremer
2. (1,4,6) Peter Beam with crew Stuart Saffer
We had a clinic before the Great 48 Flying Scot regatta this past Friday 5/05 at Lake Norman YC in Charlotte, NC. 11 boats and about 35 people attended the seminar.
It was a great group, a perfect day and we all had a lot of fun.
We started out chatting around the boat about tuning and sail trim where a lot of great questions were asked that I attempted to field. After an hour or so on land the fleet launched and we sailed 4 short races. Don Smith drove Dave Batchelor and I around so we could video the fleet's starts, mark roundings and sail trim. Dave's videos turned out quite well and after dinner Friday night the gang gathered around a wide screen TV where a good bit of instruction, and heckling, was had.
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This past weekend the Flying Scot Wife Husband Nationals were sailed at West River Sailing Club just south of Annapolis. 42 boats sailed in two divisions in a wide variety of conditions. Saturday it blew quite hard with some serious lump...Sunday was light and shifty.
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