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MIDWEST DISTRICTCHAMPIONSHIPS

CRUISINGTHE LOWCOUNTRY

THE GREAT48

VOLUME 50 NUMBER 4 2006

MIDWESTERN District HighlightMIDWESTERN District Highlight

From the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Midest District Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Midwest District Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Flying Scot Midwest District Championship 05 . . . . 11Crusing the Low Country on a Flying Scot . . . . . . . . 15The Great 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17In Every Issue

Starting Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Caveat Emptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

C O N T E N T S

PRESIDENTGlenn Shaffer*39 Wilkinson WayPrinceton, NJ 08540(609) 883-6688 • [email protected]

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VOLUME 50 NUMBER 4 2006

O F F I C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E F L Y I N G S C O T ® S A I L I N G A S S O C I A T I O N

4 Scots n’ Water ❘ Volume 50 ❘ Number 4 ❘ 2006

President’s Message

It’sFather’s Day weekend,and it’s different for methis year, because twomonths ago I lost my

dad and he has been constantly in mythoughts. Although my dad was never asailor, he was an important influence inmy sailing life. He was a part of theGreatest Generation - a World War II pilotwho “flew the hump.” Twenty-five yearsafter his military service, we started fly-ing together, and I eventually earned myown pilot’s license. My dad was a skill-ful and careful “skipper” who knew thelimitations of his aircraft, the conditions,and himself. When he retired to HiltonHead in 1984, his airplane left with himand my flying time was sharply curtailed.I soon came to the realization that Ishould not be flying if I were not going tobe flying a lot and, with that reasoning,my sailing life began. After all, a sail wasnothing more than a wing standing onits end.

Taking note of my interest in sailing,my dad joined a group of “retired” sailorswho raced radio-controlled sailboats ona golf-course pond. These were fairlylarge boats with masts that reached aboutsix feet in height. We talked often aboutboat repairs, mark roundings, and rules.Over the past 16 years, I have been fortu-nate to sail in all but one of the FlyingScot Midwinter Championships.Traveling from New Jersey to Florida, mysailing friends and I would always stop inHilton Head to spend a night or two withmy folks. I think that my dad looked for-ward to these trips almost more than wedid. During one of our earlier regattas, heand my mother followed us to PanamaCity to watch the regatta and see what wewere so crazy about. While the boat was-n’t even in the water, these trips and din-ners with my folks represent some of mybest sailing memories.

For many others, sailing has perhaps

life with Kim, whose son, Jason, becamea valued member of “Team Little Guy.”They kept sailing and boating together,and it wasn’t long before their finishesand fishing skills noticeably improved.Within a few years, Kevin was racing aLaser and, after a few more seasons, Joe bought an M-Scow for Kevin andPeter to sail together during the morningseries of the BBYRA. But afternoons have always been reserved for racing with Joe, and last summer they won theFlying Scot BBYRA Championship.While this was a special occasion forthem and all of their proud sailing buddies, I am sure that it was probablynot quite as special as when they were sailing alone at the back of the fleetfor the first time...together. Two years ago, Joe and Kim married, with Kevinserving as best man. As you might imagine, Kevin’s toast to his dad was“priceless.”

We all know that the Flying Scot is agreat family boat, but where it will takeyou is up to you. Don’t miss the oppor-tunity! O

played a more direct role in shaping thelives of fathers, sons, and daughters. Ithink of the many Flying Scot sailors Iknow who have enjoyed time on thewater with their father, or with their own kids—none more so than Joe Thorpeand his sons, Kevin and Peter. Afterdivorce entered their lives at an early age,Kevin and Peter continued to live withtheir mother, while Joe struggled with a difficult work schedule. Joe was an excellent Flying Scot sailor, with topcrew, who had won numerous races andseveral championships, with more des-tined to come. However, following hisdivorce, nothing was more important toJoe than finding ways to spend time withKevin and Peter. Thus began the era of“Team Little Guy,” sailing in a FlyingScot named Priceless. Of course, beinglight and inexperienced, they werepromptly shot right out of the back of theracing fleet.

Undeterred, Joe eventually found themeans to purchase an older powerboatthat became their home away from home. He also found new romance in his

From The Presidentby Glenn Shaffer, FS 5213

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Midwest District

The Midwest District holds it“Districts” at fleet locations with-in the district on a rotating basis,with each fleet being given the

opportunity to host the event at its discre-tion and with the agreement of its localyacht club. In 2005, the Districts were onEagle Harbor at Ephraim, WI, in DoorCounty, on August 5, 6, and 7. That week-end was also the 100th anniversary of theEphraim Yacht Club’s annual regatta, so itpromised to be a memorable event.

The regatta was planned by Flying ScotFleet 44, located at the Ephraim YachtClub, and directed most proficiently byfleet captain Ryan Malmgren, with his100th Anniversary co-chair, NancyClaypool. The district has nine activefleets, four of them in Wisconsin.Ephraim’s Fleet 44 is one of the largest andit’s the northernmost fleet in the MidwestDistrict.

As you’ll read elsewhere in articles bythe regatta co-chairs, a record 54 boats intwo fleets sailed a five-race series on abeautiful, sun-drenched weekend withwinds just about perfect for fast Scot rac-ing and great spinnaker runs.

Fleet 44 from Ephraim asked to host the2005 Districts at the 2004 Districts, whichwere held at Neenah, WI, on lovely LakeWinnebago and hosted by Fleet 107. Thefleet captains who were there had somereservations about Ephraim with regard tolaunching and retrieving boats, both at theyacht club and at the municipal launchingarea, because of the chronic low-water con-ditions that Eagle Harbor and the rest of theGreat Lakes have been experiencing forabout the last seven years. The regatta co-chairs addressed this and every other con-cern that was voiced and made the 2005event one of the best ever.

There were nearly thirty boats locatedaway from the yacht club that used thepublic launch facilities. Queues wereemployed for launching. The low-waterconditions were out of the committee’scontrol, but tow boats were there to help getboats in and out of the low water and to get

the association. Great recruiting job!The choice for the 2006 Districts was to

have Fleet 68 host the event at LakeMonona in downtown Madison, WI. The2005 Districts set the standard for totalattendance. Madison has not hostedDistricts in a very long time and is seen bymany sailors as the most central location inthe district, at the confluence of Interstates90 and 94, easy to access from just about allthe fleets. Can this year’s event be as wellattended as last? Hard numbers to match.However, it is not the numbers but thequality of the sailing that makes the biggestdifference to most of the Midwest Districttraveling sailors. Winters are long in theMidwest District, and good sailing time islimited by Mother Nature. Stay tuned forthis year’s event and results. O

them out to the race area, which is fairlyclose to the club. What to do about lunch?Do we come in and fight for space at theyacht club? No problem. The regatta com-mittee provided box lunches in the morn-ing for everyone to eat out on the waterbetween the morning and afternoon races.The organization and scheduling, the tim-ing of tow help, the lunches that wereready each morning, etc., were so exactthat no one at the public launch area wasever late to a start.

It was great for the FSSA that the regat-ta chairs encouraged local Ephraim YachtClub Scot sailors who were not membersof FSSA to join the association in order tobe able to participate in the Districts, aswell as in their 100th Regatta. In one week-end, we added almost 15 new members to

Midwest District Commentsby Walt Barniskis, FS 2695

From The Governor:


Midwest District Ephraim Yacht Club 100th Annual Regatta

by Nancy Claypool, FS 5622


Midwest District

The Ephraim Yacht Club host-ed its 100th Annual Regattawhile simultaneously hold-ing the largest-ever FlyingScot Midwest District

Championship regatta on record (theMidwest District includes Wisconsin,Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana,Minnesota, and Michigan). In fact, the 54-boat fleet outnumbered the 2005 FlyingScot North American Championship (inHouston, Texas) by 14 boats! Followingare play-by-plays of the five races.

Saturday, August 6thAll 54 boats either sailed out from the

EYC dock or were towed out to the racingarea from the Ephraim municipal launch-ing ramp (25 boats stayed at the firehouseparking area) at 9 a.m. There was a faintnortheasterly wind that died by 9:15. At9:30, wind began to trickle from the westand grew to 5 to 8 knots by 10:00. The 54boats were split into two fleets: a“Championship” fleet of 30 of the topsailors and a “Challenger” fleet of the nexttier of 24 boats. The Championship fleetalways started five minutes before theChallengers, and participants only com-peted with those in their respective fleets.

Race 1 (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.): The racecommittee set an “A” course (three-legwindward/leeward/windward) with thestarting line set at the northeastern cornerof Eagle Harbor. The weather mark wasover a mile upwind, just west of HorseshoeIsland. Both fleets separated quite a bit inthe somewhat challenging and shiftybreezes. Toward the end of the secondbeat, there was a fierce tacking duelbetween EYC’s Ryan and KimberMalmgren and Madison’s Tim Devries.The Malmgrens pulled it out in the end toearn the first Championship division “bul-let” of the regatta. Meanwhile, JonathanThomas and Joani Lewis (EYC) pulledaway from the Challenger fleet for the firstbullet of that division.

Race 2 (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.): By ear-ly afternoon, the winds had grown a bit, to8 to 12 knots. Because of this, the racecommittee decided to set a longer, double-windward-leeward “C” course, which

involved an additional trip up to theHorseshoe Island buoy and back. Thewinds were even shiftier in this race, vary-ing as much as 15 degrees out of the west.The Malmgrens again managed to play thewind shifts to their advantage in theChampionship fleet, just nipping anaggressive Jason Brown (EYC sailing

instructor, who had his father, Kirk, crew-ing for him) at the finish line. Ephraim’sJay and brother Ted Lott followed in third.This time it was EYC’s Mary Sullivan’sturn to pull off a victory on her boat,Stormalong, in the Challenger group.

Race 3 (Saturday, 2:30 p.m.): The windsremained out of the west, on average, forthis race but had become a bit flukier andlighter, with shifts that never seemed tolast for more than a couple minutes in anyone direction. The wind speed haddropped back to 5 to 8 knots. There wereplenty of areas where the wind was par-ticularly light, especially on the right(northerly) side of the upwind coursetoward Horseshoe Island. Flying Scotbuilder Harry and Karen Carpenteremerged from the mix of boats playing theshifts on the left side of the course. No sur-prise there. The Carpenters pulled off thewin by a comfortable margin over the ever-tenacious Jason Brown. In the Challengerdivision, EYC’s Mike Sullivan sailed hisboat, Sweetie Pie, to victory over the con-sistently fast Mary Sullivan in this race.The boats sailed back to their respectivemooring areas following race 3, at around4 p.m. Everybody was in great spirits, fol-lowing a beautiful day of sailing in thewaters of Green Bay.

Sunday, August 7thRace 4 (Sunday, 10:00 a.m.): The winds

started stronger and out of the southweston Sunday, averaging 8 to 12 knots for race4. This time the race committee set thecourse starting line near the northeasterncorner of Eagle Harbor. The upwind buoywas set under the shadow of the PeninsulaState Park bluff (folks on the observationtower were really treated to a spectacle asall 54 boats charged upwind and down-wind). Harry and Karen Carpenter againskillfully worked the shifts on the left sideof the three-legged “A” course. They ledfrom wire to wire, followed by EYC sailinginstructor Hugh Haggerty, with TimDeVries not far back in third. Meanwhile,it was EYC’s J.P. Pillat and Jillian (sister ofJason) Brown who led the Challengersaround the course as they sailed their boat,

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Championship

Janet Baxter (US Sailing president!!) with regatta Chair Nancy Claypool.

Harry and Karen Carpenter after winning the 100th regatta.


T-Bone, to victory. EYC sailing instructorSarah Lisle, on White Whale, followedclose behind to take second.

Race 5 (Sunday, 11:45 a.m.): By latemorning, the winds had increased to ahealthy 15 to 20 knots (still out of thesouthwest). Spray and slight streaks offoam were beginning to appear. Given thestronger winds, the race committee set alonger, five-legged “C” course. BehindHarry Carpenter in the overall standingsby several points, the Malmgrens startedthis race aggressively by jumping off theleft side of the starting line in a risky “pin-end” start. The strategy seemed to be pay-ing off as they led the fleet for the firstthree legs. But as the wind continued toincrease, other boats began to close thegap. Eventually, Minnesota’s Larry Klick,with crew Kurt Holmquist in Ketchup,and Jay Lott passed Malmgren and thethree boats finished in that order. It was afittingly close ending to a very tightChampionship division. Meanwhile, inthe Challenger group, Mary Sullivanworked her way to first and held on in thisblustery race over J.P. Pillat.

Harry Carpenter managed to pull off theoverall win in the Championship fleetwith 18 points. Amazingly, only twopoints separated Carpenter, Lott,Malmgren, and DeVries for overall linehonors (see results). In the Challengerdivision, J.P. Pillat’s series score of 10points gave him first place over MarySullivan, who had 16 points (see results).Besides all the competition at the top ofthe fleet, sailors in both divisions reallyenjoyed themselves, because there wasalways someone to race against, every-where you looked. Special notice has tobe made of several skippers who partici-pated in their first Districts—all of themunder the age of 15, with a skipper andthree crew to a boat.

It was an exhilarating ending to a week-end of some of the finest sailing conditionsto be found anywhere! O

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISIONPosition Sail Skipper/Crew 1 2 3 4 5 Total

1 5419 Harry Carpenter/ Karen Carpenter 4 5 1 1 7 182 427 Jay Lott/ Ted Lott 3 3 4 6 2 183 5622 Ryan Malmgren/ Kimber Malmgren 1 1 5 10 3 204 1202 Tim DeVries/ Eric Riley 2 4 3 3 8 205 4175 Jason Brown/ Kirk Brown 16 2 2 7 4 316 3935 Hugh Haggerty/ Matt Smith/ Isak Peterson 6 6 7 2 10 317 5150 Larry Klick/ Kurt Holmquist 5 14 8 9 1 378 5015 Frank Gerry/ Maryanne Gerry 15 7 6 4 15 479 4821 Mark Van Egeren/ Mike Van Egeren 10 8 18 8 6 5010 5084 Willie Liddicoat/ Tammy Liddicoat/ Carol Gillen 7 10 13 22 5 5711 2824 Cain Goettelman/ Ellen Gantz 13 16 10 13 9 6112 5182 Bill Vogler/ Dave Stiltsworth 23 12 23 5 16 7913 4747 Dan Engelke/ Ian Brooks 8 9 21 15 26 7914 3167 Christian Pillat/ Skipper Hirsch 9 17 15 16 24 8115 4150 Donna Scattergood/ Kirk Scattergood 21 11 12 26 11 8116 888 Pete Peterson/ Jan Peterson 11 22 19 14 17 8317 4970 Henry Schultz/ Mellisa Schultz 18 23 9 12 22 8418 5448 Stu Martell/ Carol Martell 26 15 14 11 18 8419 3445 Nancy Claypool/ Carol Claypool 29 18 11 19 14 9120 769 Andrew Reynolds/ Dave Sauter 12 19 29 20 12 9221 EYC-2 Thomas Sublewski/ Doug George 14 21 22 18 20 9522 433 Steve Sauter/ Jay Gantz 22 25 16 25 13 10123 1482 Rick Wojnar/ Chris Wojnar 28 20 20 17 19 10424 1237 Jeff Jilek/ Jim Jilek 24 24 17 21 21 10725 3076 Thomas Pinkel/ Bill Clark 17 13 25 31/DNS 31/DNS 11726 3013 Chuck Howtig/ Libby Howtig 19 28 26 24 31/DNF 12827 1072 Scott Pearson/ Ted Anderson 20 27 28 27 27 12928 1958 Greg McCormic/ Kurt Knuve 25 31/DNS 24 28 23 13129 5594 Dan Baird/ Luther Torgelson 27 26 27 23 28 13130 1861 Keith Nordahl/ Allison Beadell/ Will Heidler 30 29 30 29 25 143

CHALLENGER DIVISIONPosition Sail Skipper/Crew 1 2 3 4 5 Total

1 527 JP Pillat/ Jillian Brown 2 2 3 1 2 102 4629 Marry Sullivan/ Joe Sullivan/ Maggie Sullivan 3 1 2 9 1 163 2922 Jonathon Thomas/ Joani Lewis 1 5 6 5 6 234 EYC-1 Allison Chase/ Abigail Harlan 10 6 10 3 4 335 1450 Bill Claypool/ Chaz Green 4 3 18 6 7 386 1937 Steve Graham/ Ed Graham/ Eric Graham 8 11 4 4 11 387 EYC-3 Sarah Lisle/ Mike Lisle/ Nicole Reisdorf 16 10 12 2 3 438 3468 Jerry Houston/ Patty Torvilson 9 14 8 7 5 439 4843 George Carey/ Don Polzin 6 4 13 13 9 4510 1322 Woody Heidler/ B. Heidler/A. Steele/ F. Gmitro 7 9 9 8 15 4811 5074 Claus Niesen/ Melissa Niesen 11 15 7 10 10 5312 4300 Mike Sullivan/ Pat Swan 13 7 1 12 25/DSQ 5813 4577 Jeff Hayes/ John Rotheray 5 12 21 16 19 7314 2695 Walter Barniskis/ Michael Barniskis\ 25/DNS 8 17 11 12 7315 1888 Brud Sturgis/ Mary Sturgis/ Jim Krautkramer 12 17 14 18 13 74

Midwest District

Jay Lott, winner of the Midwest Districts.


Midwest District

The 100th Annual Ephraim Regattawith the Flying Scot MidwestDistrict Championship was onefor the record books…literally.

When the Ephraim Yacht Club startedworking on plans for its 100th AnnualRegatta, Commodore George Carey chargedthe 100th Anniversary co-chairs with mak-ing it a special event. Watch what youwish for! The Ephraim Regatta is hailed asthe oldest consecutive regatta on the GreatLakes and, perhaps, in the entire U.S. TheFlying Scot class has been the predominantclass at the club since the early 1960s, soit only seemed fitting for Fleet 44 to put ina bid to hold the 2005 Flying Scot MidwestDistrict Championship in conjunction withthis regatta.

Some of you might be saying, “Whereexactly is the Ephraim Yacht Club?” It’slocated in the historic village of Ephraim,Wisconsin, in Door County, also known asthe thumb of Wisconsin. The EphraimYacht Club sits on the shore of Eagle Harboron the Green Bay side of the Door penin-sula. (Yes, this is actually a large body ofwater off Lake Michigan and not just hometo the Green Bay Packers.) On the otherside of the peninsula is Lake Michigan.

The Ephraim Yacht Club is a small clubopen only for about eight weeks duringthe summer. It is primarily a “destination”yacht club, with most of its members beingnon-residents who travel from all over theUnited States to Door County for the sum-mer. One of the co-chairs for the EphraimRegatta was Nancy Claypool, a long-timeEphraim Yacht Club member who lives inNew Orleans and is also a member ofSouthern Yacht Club (SYC) and Fleet 96.After the club was awarded the Districts,the Commodore asked yours truly, wholives in Madison, Wisconsin, to chair theDistrict portion of the regatta. Thus start-ed a year-and-a-half journey for our intre-pid regatta chairs.

First things first. As soon as we knewthis was a “go” with our board, we invitedHarry and Karen Carpenter to attend. Eventhough this was over a year away, Harry

to all members to get Scots out of mothballsand back into commission—whether theywere in Door County or in Texas—in orderto have a record-setting number of boats atthe regatta. Initial feedback, combinedwith heavy marketing to the district mem-bers, indicated that we might have 30 to 35boats for the regatta.

In the meantime, our regatta chairs invit-ed John Archibald from South Shore YachtClub in Milwaukee to serve as the PRO, toprovide top-quality race management. Wealso invited four US Sailing judges to par-ticipate as judges for the first time in theclub’s history and to provide completeimpartiality over any protest matters.A week before the regatta, Nancy – who isa member of Dan Baird’s advance team(aka “Team Dan”) when she is in NewOrleans – showed up in Ephraim, havingtrailed Dan’s FS 5994 with a truckload of

said he would mark his calendar and planto come if this did not conflict with theNACs and absent any other conflicts—what you would call a strong tentative!We then invited Eric and Mary Ammann tobe our guests since Eric, with SandyDouglass, was instrumental in buildingFleet 44 in the 1960s and ‘70s. Eric sent hisregrets with fond memories and warmwishes for the 100th anniversary. The nextinvitation went to Janet Baxter, presidentof US Sailing. She had never been toEphraim and she was already booked thatweekend, but, because this was a historicregatta, she said she would see what shecould do.

The Ephraim Regatta usually has about20 Scots sailing in it, including some veryactive vintage Scots—374, 433, 427, 733,and 888 (plus boats that serve as clubboats). As part of our pre-season planning,we were in touch with EYC’s very own“Deep Throat” (known around the club as“Deep Float”), who reported that he hadbeen moving around Door County keepingan eye out for Flying Scots. “Float” (as wecall him, for short) reported that there werea number of Scots flying below the radar—stored in barns, garages, and backyards.Based on his intelligence, we put out a call

Flying Scot Midwest DistrictChampionship ’05 by Ryan Malmgren, FS 5622

Ephraim Yacht Club 100th Regatta/

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regatta paraphernalia. Dan (aka “PuffDanny”), currently fleet captain of Fleet96, had advised that his C-130 cargo planewas not available to bring the entire fleet ofScots from Southern Yacht Club to theregatta as a showing of support for theregatta co-chair. Therefore, he asked Nancyto drive his boat to Ephraim and have itready when he flew in. (Anything to haveanother Ephraim enthusiast on the startingline!)

By Monday, as we continued to talk withmore people, our list of boats appeared tobe closer to 40. On Wednesday evening aswe sat in the clubhouse supervising theregistration packet assembly project, thefirst out-of-town boat drove up. The con-versation went something like this:

Ryan: “Do you know who they are?”Nancy: “No, do you?”Ryan: “No.”Nancy: “Add another boat to the list.”This was repeated over and over for the

next two days. Float was right; boats werecoming out of the woodwork!

By Thursday morning, raffle sponsorsLayline and APS informed us that theywould increase the gift certificates for ourraffle because our projected number ofboats now qualified for a national eventinstead of a district sponsorship! Whoknew???? On Thursday evening, after aquick turnaround from the NACs inHouston, Harry and Karen showed up!Yeaaaa! On Thursday, we also got confir-mation that Janet Baxter had been able toclear her schedule to come in from Chicagoand spend four hours attending ourWelcome Reception and dinner beforeheading off that evening for the Tartan 10NACs. And there was Larry Taggart fromNew Orleans, another strong supporter ofthe Flying Scot class and member of SYC’sFleet 96 (and auxiliary member of TeamDan): unable to attend the regatta, he calledNancy daily to get the latest report andshow support for the home team. Witheach call, he kept saying, “So, how manyboats do you have now?”

Early on Friday, August 5th, there waslots of activity around the registration tent as sailors picked up their registrationpackets. These included specially com-missioned regatta mementos, such as the100th EYC Regatta koozies and mugs.It was nice to see our many MidwestDistrict friends, plus new folks who camefrom Minneapolis (Medicine Lake),Menomonee/ Marinette, Sturgeon Bay,Neenah, Madison, Delavan Lake, Chicago,

Door County fish boil at the Old Post OfficeRestaurant, a block away from the club.One hundred people attended the fishboil—a first for many of our visitors; whilethe fish, onions, and potatoes were boiled,the guests sat around the fire learning aboutlocal lore under a picture-perfect sunsetover Eagle Harbor.

Saturday morning, under more picture-perfect conditions, after getting all the rac-ers divided into the two divisions,volunteers assisted with launching andtowing racers to the race area. Saturdaymorning was the first sighting of EYC’sown Jay Lott, who had spent Friday work-ing hard, wet-sanding and tuning FS 427,Reindeer, a boat that has been in his fami-ly a long time and has been raced in manyDistricts and EYC regattas. Also, Steve “Ilove heavy air” Sauter, FS 433 (and formerrock-star crew to Jay), arrived on the scenein the true spirit of the event, sporting hiskilt as he headed out to the racecourse.

Back on shore, the registration tent againbecame a hotbed of activity. Those tooyoung to race started registering for thebaby beauty contest, swimming races,watermelon races, and jousting that wererevived from yesteryear. (The EphraimRegatta historically offered activities forthose who were not on the water.) Therewere lots of prizes for the participants and winners.

Racers ate their box lunches on the waterwhile spectators gathered around EagleHarbor. Those not racing went to severalvantage points to catch an unbelievablesight of 54 boats on the water. Someclimbed the observation tower inPeninsula State Park on the bluff over-looking Eagle Harbor for the aerial view.Some went out on the water. Others heldimpromptu regatta-watching parties fromhomes along the northern shore and bluffsof Ephraim when they saw the sight of 54spinnakers. The Door County press sentphotographers to all vantage points to catchthe action.

In the late afternoon after a full day ofracing, sailors headed in to get ready for the30th Bratfest. Bill and Rosie Klein (FlyingScot owners in the 60s and 70s) were hostsof the event at their 14-acre property onGibraltar Road between Ephraim and FishCreek. The Bratfest crew had prepared fora record number of attendees. They werenot disappointed. Over 500 people attend-ed! There was ample parking, additionalseating under a large white tent, plus the

Champaign, Carlyle Lake, Iowa, andMichigan. Kimber Malmgren, VirginiaClaypool, and Carol Claypool held downthe fort while our regatta chairs moved tothe next event.

At 10:00 a.m., Harry Carpenter gave a“standing room only” Flying Scot riggingseminar at the municipal launching ramp.Even experienced sailors picked up newtips. This was the first time that many EYCsailors had had the opportunity to meet thebuilder. Meanwhile, back at the club, theapparel tent and the regatta raffle deskopened. Business was brisk. By noon, theexcitement was building, with banners andflags flying as people converged on theclub in ever-increasing numbers.Registration was at 54 boats, exceeding allexpectations!

Friday afternoon, sailors had to makechoices—sail in the practice race, competein the single-handed race, or attend a sem-inar on the racing rules of sailing given byUS Senior Sailing Judge Mike Posey fromSYC, who heard about the event early in2005 and volunteered to come up and helpout. Decisions, decisions. Right after theseevents, sailors, members, and regatta vol-unteers met at the club for the WelcomeReception. The highlight was the arrival ofJanet Baxter. After giving an interview tothe Door County Advocate and being wel-comed by regatta co-chairs andCommodore George Carey (FS 4843), shecongratulated EYC on its historic event.There was no shortage of members andjuniors who gathered around to meet her.PRO John Archibald called an emergencymeeting with the race committee, judges,and regatta chairs to advise that, with thisnumber of boats, we needed to break up thefleet into two divisions. As the WelcomeReception continued outside, plans weremade to create a Championship and aChallenger division, rewrite the sailinginstructions, caucus with the trophy chair-man to find trophies for the Challengerdivision, plus contact all the sailors by themorning to have them opt into one of thetwo divisions. When the PRO told us thatwe would need to get some type of coloredtape or identifier for the boats in theChallenger division, he was informed thatthe stores in Door County all closed at 5:00p.m. Not to worry, we ended up impro-vising by using contractors’ yellow-and-black plastic “Caution” tape. When wesurfaced from the meeting, racers hadmoved on to the 7:30 p.m. seating of ourFriday evening social event—a traditional

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Results and Conclusion

Line DiametersWe also measured the diamelines to really see how “big”were. This is noted as the mm... behind the inch/mm graphThe manufacturers do a goodbuilding consistent sizes, but hard to split the sizing hairs odia line. Take note of the size looking at elongation, Size MaThis is why I show Aracom Tand 1/8” adjacent to one anothAlso, 1/8” equals 3.17mm.

Our goal here is to not do a lineline comparision, but to give yoyou can use for your applicationdon’t get caught up in thinking oof stretch, instead think elastic eltion... i.e. each time you load youline to the poundage of X, it willmove that much.

Shown here is our "Punisher," a120,000lb Steel I beam with a 20,000lb hydraulic cylinder (like the one ona garbage truck) hooked to an electrichydraulic pump and a few digital loadcells. We use this to pull, test andbreak the lines and rigging we sell.

Punisher Load Cell

The Punisher

Spyder Line, 2.8mm ... 2.96mm

Excel Pro, 3.0mm ... 2.92mm

Aracom T, 1/8” ... 3.33mm

Aracom T, 3/32”... 2.63mm

What we came away with was howconsistent the performance of eachline was. Once we pre-and-cycleloaded the lines, the 5 measuremenwere remakably the same.

Permanent Elongation, a concept to bunderstood. In these samples we pre-loaded to 600 then did pulls to 300from zero. Each time to 300 the linestretched to bascally the same overalllength. That is cool, however, if wehad gone to 500 in between two 300efforts the line would have becomelonger, permanently elongating. Thinkabout this and call if you have ques-tions. There are conclusions to be had.

For details as to how stiff a line is ohow well it holds in a cleat or whatcolors it comes in, or what it may begood for, go to the general cordagesections.

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We test our small dia. lines

He said he wanted to use line insteadof wire for the traps, plus he had someunderdeck stuff he wanted to replaceand he had some control lines that hewanted to be really small, good run-ning and that would hold in the cleats.The boy must have been reading theLayline catalog over the years ‘causehe was thinking right.

This past fall I had the son of one ofmy long time customers call. He saidhe is sailing his Dad’s 505 and askedme when I was going to do somebench testing on small diameter lines.I said: “It is on my list,.. now, it is atthe top... what are you looking for?”

E12, 1/8” ... 3.45mm

V12, 1/8” ... 2.86mm

So, Jim, Hal and I spent 16 hoursplaying on the Punisher with our mostpopular high-tech, very small lines...Our method, we used 20 feet exactly.Preloaded and cycled each piece to600 pounds 5 times. Then we did ourmeasuring where we loaded the line to40 pounds and increased the load by40 pounds all the way up to 300pounds. We took/recorded 5 samplesfrom each line. The graphed data yousee here is a average of all 5 samples.

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Finish Line makes a great control line

on both Dinghy's as well as big boats.

With it 8 plait constructions the Finish

line stays round under load so it

works well in both Clam Cleats as

well as Cam Cleats as well as giving

good performance for use as small

boat spin halyards. New England

offers their Finish Line in

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Line cannot be spliced but it holds a

knot really well

Buzz

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Punisher Results, pulling our small diameter 100% polyester

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milimeters.

Buzz, Braided Polypro

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that stays round under load so it is

easy to cleat and uncleat as well as

having unsurpassed ability to run at

the top mark. The guys sailing Star

Boats have really adopted this line as

the way to go for their mainsheets.

Because of the Spun Polyester the

Bzzz Line has a bit of a fuzzy finish

making it easy to hold onto

Regatta Lite

This is one of those storys where one

of our Vendor’s niche product lines

gets lost within Layline’s product

presentation. Over the last few years

under the guideance of their new sales

manager who was a sailmaker and

college all american, New Englnad

has taken steps to strengthen their

position in the dinghy and one design

market.

Spyder Line

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Spider line is a perfect line for your

highly loaded control lines on

dinghies. Spider line is constructed

with a Polyester jacket over a SK75

Dyneema core giving you incredible

strength and low stretch; take a look

at the charts from our Punisher

results. New England offers the

Spider Line in four sizes ranging from

1.8MM, perfect for sail ties on your

Opti, too 4.8MM. All the sizes except

for the 1.8MM have a braided

core…..Hmmm….thinking you could

make some crazy small tapered lines

if you have the patience, sorry but we

are leaving that up to you guys

Flight Line

New England did their homework on

this line. Flight line is made up of a

Polypropylene jacket with a 12 strand

SK75 Dyneema core but there is a dif-

ference to the Flight line. New

England made the "wall" thickness a

bit thicker then normal and made the

core a bit thinner then normal. We at

Layline have been seeing for years

that the jacket was the weak link on

Polypro lines but now New England

has addressed the issue by beefing up

the jacket while still offering all the

performance that you could want for

your dinghy and small keel boat lines.

I have been running the Flightline for

spin sheets on Sonar's all last season

and I personally think there is no

equal, Super Light while still offering

fantastic performance.

Spyder Line down to 1.8mm, Dyneema

Salsa, Braided Polyester and Dyneema

Flight Line, Stripable Polypro to Dyneema

Focus on New England Ropes Dinghy Line Developments

In the past, this segment has been

dominated by English and European

suppliers, now, we have an American

choice.

Salsa line is a High-tech single braid line constructed

on Spun Polyester and SK75 Dyneema. The spun

Polyester gives the Salsa Line a bit of a fuzzy finish for

easy handling and the SK75 Dyneema offers great per-

formance. The Salsa Line stays round under load so it

is easy to cleat and uncleat. This line works really well

when used in everything from main sheets to light air

spin sheets on big boats, because of it single braid con-

struction this line also works really well in high pur-

chase applications because of its good running ability.

Regatta Lite

Regatta Lite is 100% Polypro woven

in a pretty loose array. Runs super

well. We use as non-water absorbing

painters and for anchor lines in

Etchells.

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Carolinas District

InJune of 2005, my husbandBarney and I spent five days sail-ing Scamp (FS 2302) around

Core Sound, northeast of Beaufort, NC,camping at night on Cape LookoutNational Seashore. After that trip, weknew we wanted to do more cruising onthe Scot, but we also knew that we need-ed the ability to sleep on the boat so wewould not be limited to staying at parks.Being able to spend the night at anchorwould give us the freedom to go anywherethe Scot could safely go.

On the way home from that trip, Inoticed that the tent poles from our two-person backpacking tent fit perfectly intothe little D-rings along the gunwales that aprevious owner must have used for a moor-ing cover. With a raised boom for a ridge-pole, our three tent poles crossed the boatfrom gunwale to gunwale just behind themast, near the stern end of the boom, andmidway between those two poles. It lookedlike the framework for a Conestoga wagon!

That was the beginning of our “next yearwe sleep on the boat” dream. With inputfrom a couple of people who actually likesewing (I don’t), I came up with a design fora tent. The top is silicone-impregnatedripstop nylon and the sides are mosquitonetting with adjustable ripstop outer pan-els that can be raised or lowered by a loopof cord running through grommets alongthe ends of the panels. There are two doorsat both the front and back, one of mosqui-to netting and one of ripstop. The doorpanels fasten down the middle with Velcro.

Soon after we returned from our CoreSound trip last summer, Scots n’ Water rana piece by Alex Bryan about cruising in hisFlying Scot from Tampa Bay to Key West.Barney used Alex’s design to make a sleep-ing platform to go over the seats.

With a tent and a sleeping platform, wewere almost ready to cruise. We orderedClaiborne Young’s Cruising Guide toCoastal South Carolina and Georgia for ourtrip planning. After reading the SouthCarolina sections of the book, we decidedto cruise the Intracoastal Waterway and its

have a motor (someday...maybe). After afew minutes on the Stono River, we decid-ed to reef the mainsail since the wind wasstronger than we’re used to. Reefing themain changes the Scot from a racing boatinto a very comfortable and relaxing cruis-ing boat.

We anchored that first night in a creekjust 10 miles south of Elliott Cut since wehad left Elliott Cut at 3:30 because of thetide, and we didn’t know how much timewe’d need to set up the sleeping platformand tent. That went smoothly and weenjoyed our first sunset at anchor. We sleptwell, with the tent protecting us frominsects and a light rain. I also enjoyed ourfirst morning on the boat, staying in bedwhile Barney made coffee on the Colemanstove on the aft deck.

We hoped to anchor in Toogoodoo Creekthe second night. That would take a wholeday of sailing since the prevailing windswere from the southwest, meaning we’d besailing upwind most of the day. It also

side creeks between Charleston and EdistoIsland, SC (the Low Country), overnightingat the anchorages recommended in thebook. This section of the Waterway con-sists of the Stono, Wadmalaw, and NorthEdisto Rivers. We decided on a week inmid-May as a good time to cruise this area,before the weather and insects becamebeastly. We ordered NOAA charts of theIntracoastal from Casino Creek to BeaufortRiver and of the Upper Stono and NorthEdisto Rivers. I went online and printedout tide tables for the area for that week.We ordered Wag Bags from West Marine touse with a five-gallon pail and lid as aportable head. We sent a “float plan” to my mother.

Friends who live on James Island, southof Charleston, let us leave our car and trail-er at their house for the six or seven dayswe planned to be gone and also came to seeus off on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.We sailed out of Elliott Cut on the west endof James Island at slack tide, since the tidalcurrents there are very strong and we don’t

Cruising the Low Country on a Flying Scot by Lee Sokol, FS 2302



meant sailing up the Stono River to whereit met the Wadmalaw River and then downthe Wadmalaw to Toogoodoo Creek. Aslake sailors, we hadn’t learned yet how toplan our sailing so that the incoming tidewould help us up one river and then theoutflowing tide would help us down thenext river.

Our morning sailing was sunny with alight breeze. We tacked back and forthbetween the beautiful homes on the westside of the Stono River and the marshes onthe east side. We met up with dolphins, the

first of many during our trip. As we left theStono River and entered the WadmalawSound, the sky started to darken. Weturned on the weather radio and realizedthunderstorms would hit the area beforewe could reach our anchorage inToogoodoo Creek. We looked in theCruising Guide and found an anchorage inChurch Creek on John’s Island, not far fromwhere we were on Wadmalaw Sound. Itonly took about 30 minutes to get there,since it was mostly downwind. Weanchored in the lee of a bluff in a narrowpart of the creek. As we were setting up thetent, a couple passing by in a small motor-boat stopped to chat. They were very inter-ested in our camping rig. “You two are ona really cool adventure,” the man said. Wewere proud. But with the weather forecast,we wondered how well the anchor andthe tent would hold up. The forecast wasfor lightning, hail, and strong winds to passthrough the area before 10:00 p.m. We gotlightning, rain, and medium winds but notthe hail and strong winds. We didn’t draganchor, and the tent kept us dry. That wasour only bad weather.

The next afternoon we made it to theanchorage in Toogoodoo Creek, the pretti-est spot of the trip. One side of the creekis bordered by marshes and the other byhigh bluffs with beautiful homes anddocks. We anchored near some large liveoaks and a field of cows that we could hear

restaurants, we sailed just around the bendto our anchorage for the night—more goodweather, another beautiful sunset, and dol-phins swimming around the boat all night.We got up early the next morning so thatwe would have the tide with us as wesailed back up the North Edisto River. That

meant the tide wouldbe against us for thethree miles downBohicket Creek to theriver. The wind, too,was mostly against usfor those threemiles...which took us21/2 hours to cover.As we were passingthe marina, we end-ed up back at thesame docked boatseveral times as wetacked. Barney exper-imented a lot with thecenterboard position,trying to figure out ifit was better to have itdown because of the

headwind or partway up to present lessresistance to the tidal current.

This was our fifth day out, and we wereplanning to explore some creeks on thenortheast side of Edisto Island and thenhave an easy two-day sail back to JamesIsland with the prevailing winds and asunny forecast. We hove to for lunch whilewe decided which anchorages to use onour way back. Then I noticed that the star-board shroud was starting to fray. Aftersome discussion, we decided that wewouldn’t risk sailing all the way back toJames Island with a fraying shroud. Wechecked the Cruising Guide and foundRockville Marine, near the mouth ofBohicket Creek, right back where we’dcome from that morning. It was an easy,but sad, sail to reach it since we didn’twant to end our trip. The people atRockville Marine let us tie up to their dockwhile a man working on his boat theregave us a ride back to our car and trailer. Ittook only 25 minutes in his truck to coverwhat we’d done in four days on the boat!

We’re looking forward to many moretrips on the Scot, since both the sleepingplatform and the tent work well and makesleeping on board easy and comfortable.We want to spend more time exploring theLow Country on Scamp. In the mean-time, we’ll study up on how to work withthe tides. O

but not see. The afternoon was sunny, soBarney swam off the boat.

The next morning the tide and windwere with us for a 50-minute spinnakerrun down the Toogoodoo to the Wadmalaw.Then we had a short beat down theWadmalaw to where it enters the North

Edisto River. We headed down the NorthEdisto towards the inlet, leaving the ICWbehind. The wind was behind us now, sowe dropped the jib and put the main andboom in the bottom of the boat and sailedwith just the spinnaker until we reachedBohicket Creek. We sailed against the tidefor the three miles up the creek to BohicketMarina. But the wind was fairly strongfrom behind us or on our beam, dependingon the bends in the creek, so we made goodprogress. Since we hadn’t gotten off theboat for three days, we decided to stop at themarina for lunch and a shower. Now wehad to dock the boat with the wind and tidecoming from opposite directions. Luckilywe had a big empty dock for the fourattempts we needed!

Everyone at Bohicket Marina was friend-ly and helpful, not even charging us for theshowers. After a late lunch at one of the

Carolinas District


Carolinas District

The annual Great 48 Regatta washosted by Flying Scot Fleet 48 atLake Norman Yacht Club inMooresville, North Carolina

(about an hour north of Charlotte, west ofI-77), on May 5-6-7, 2006. Regatta chairTom DeLux and PRO Claude Summerswere aided by an excellent team. Specialthanks to the LNYC multihull sailors whoserved as race committee. There were deli-cious meals, unique pottery trophies,numerous door prizes, and, on Saturdayevening, bluegrass music by the “LakeNorman Ramblers” (named on-the-spot bygroup leader Bob Ennis, who plays pro-fessionally with the Charlotte Symphony)with Fleet 48’s own Ted Kaperonis on bass.

Tom Lawton and Bane Shaw had askedGreg Fisher, national one-design champi-on, to give a sailing seminar at the club onFriday afternoon. Greg handed out copiesof his “North Sails One-Design Flying ScotTuning Guide” and his article “Tips onMaking the Flying Scot Fly” and gave anonshore presentation on tuning, sail trim,and boat handling to about 45 sailors. Hedidn’t just lecture; he invited questionsand he frequently said “Does that makesense?” and “Tell me if this is too basic.”and “Did I answer that well enough?”Then Greg coached on the water, followingScots in a powerboat and offering tips ontrimming the sails, balancing the boat, etc.,while Dave Batchelor videotaped the ses-sion for viewing and discussion after thepotluck supper that evening. Some com-ments on the seminar: “We felt we reallybenefited from it. We changed sail trim onmain and jib, and we jibed the spinnakermore smoothly during the regatta...we werekeeping up and just felt the boat movingbetter than many other times recently.” Itwas “really a great seminar”; “I learned alot”; “Greg’s seminar helped me in the rac-ing on Saturday and Sunday.” “I learnedthat there are many things that we need tochange-surprising, as we have been sailingfor many years. It was the best!!!!”

So the planning and organization andthe seminar were excellent. Unfortunately,

morning, it was cloudy and cool (high 50s)with intermittent showers and breezes ofabout 8 to 12 with gusts to about 18 (so nopowerboat traffic). There were shifts up to45∫ (with steady fluctuation within about10∫) and occasional dead spots, but twogood races were run on a windward-lee-ward-twice-around course.

The top finishes for the series were as follows:

Championship division: 1st HarryCarpenter (Deep Creek Yacht Club) andCarrie Carpenter; 2nd Tom Lawton (LNYC)and Patti Lawton; 3rd Hans Noordanus(Lake of the Woods Sailing Club) andAshton Erler; 4th Chris Danilek and AlexRodin; 5th Patrick Glazier (Cowan LakeSailing Association) and Sean Glazier; 6thBill Ross (LNYC) and Carol Claypool; 7thLarry Lewis (LNYC) and Keith Hale; 8thStarling Gunn (Lake Townsend Yacht Club)and Ted Kaperonis; 9th Dave Batchelor(Carolina Sailing Club) and Jane Stanhope;10th Chuck Gise (LNYC) and Mark Gise;11th Jeff Penfield (Sarasota) and DickFrankland; 12th Tom Hohler (Moraine SC)and Andrea Hohler; 13th Jake Barnhardt(LNYC) and Amy Barnhardt; 14th DickSchultz (Morehead City Boating Club) andShane Toms; 15th Bane Shaw (LNYC) andAnn Shaw; 16th Richard Jones (LNYC)and Dan Myers; 17th John Kreidler(Western Carolina Sailing Club) and JayMappus; 18th Don Smith (LNYC) andChris Kicinski; 19th Richard Grayson(LNYC) and Gene Lane; 20th Larry Vitez(LNYC) and Ralph Mello

Challenger division: 1st Dave Safirstein(LNYC) and Mike Miller; 2nd Keith Taylor(LNYC) and Alex Werner; 3rd Tom Brake(LNYC) and Bedii Atasagun; 4th RayMerrill (Carolina Sailing Club) and MarkMerrill; 5th Jack Griffin (CSC) and DonnieRedmond; 6th John Hemphill (LTSC) andSteve Raper; 7th Bill Reinke (LNYC) andTom Sherard; 8th Chuck Curtis (CSC) andTelisha Curtis; 9th Tim Kendall (LNYC)and Shannon Kendall.

On Saturday morning during the open-

the weather Saturday was not. Racing con-ditions that day were summed up [in politeterms] as “a good example of a bad situa-tion,” “challenging for the competitors andchallenging for the race committee.” “Itwas very shifty, with no wind on the lastupwind leg.” Visualize a “Dr. Crash” sce-nario (What’s wrong with this picture?):

boats on all points of sail – including back-ing up – all within a few boat-lengths ofeach other. Only two boats of the 31 reg-istered in the Championship division com-pleted the course; the remainder wereunable to finish within 30 minutes after thefirst-place boat (Tom Lawton) (and ChrisDanilek from Long Island Sound, second)and thus were scored as third/DNF, somany competitors claimed after the “hap-py hour,” “We were the real third!” Theten Challengers completed a shortenedcourse in the first race.

However, as they say, if you don’t like theweather, just wait a while. On Sunday

The Great 48by Marti Worthen, FS 4586


Only two boats of the 31 registered in the Championshipdivision completed the course;the remainder were unable tofinish within 30 minutes after

the first-place boat (TomLawton) (and Chris Danilek

from Long Island Sound, sec-ond) and thus were scored asthird/DNF, so many competi-tors claimed after the “happy

hour,” “We were the realthird!” The ten Challengers

completed a shortened course in the first race.


ing of the regatta, Dave Batchelor spokeabout Graham Hall, who died last year ofmelanoma. [See Dave’s comments.]Graham was not only a top Flying Scotsailor in events all over the country but alsoa great teacher and coach, always willingto answer questions and help other sailors.At his memorial service at King’s Point, aportion of Graham’s ashes were given to thesea and portions were given to severalsailors to take to lakes where Graham hadsailed. Hans Noordanus, FSSA CapitolDistrict governor, brought some ofGraham’s ashes to Lake Norman. The firstrace of the Great 48 was postponed so thatTom Lawton, who had crewed for Graham,could join Hans on his boat to say a fewwords about Graham. Hans then spokethe Dutch phrase that is traditionally saidbefore giving a body to the sea, andGraham’s ashes were spread over the start-ing line in memory of and tribute to a sailorwho contributed so much to the sport.

At the end of the racing, after trophies

leased Hal Walker’s boat to sail in theMidwinters with his dad, Dr. HenrySchultz, as crew; they finished 5th. All ofDick’s Helmold wins were in FS 1885,“Ghost.”

The 2006 Great 48 officially ended when14-month-old Ian Lawton (held by PattiLawton) rang the club’s brass bell (held byregatta chair Tom DeLux).

PS: Registration chair Amy Barnhardtasked that the following note be includedhere, for all participants at all events:

If you don’t pre-register for a regatta(because you are waiting to check crewavailability or weather, etc.), then—whenyou know you’re going—at least e-mail (orcall) the registration chair to say that you’llbe there and especially to give notice rehow many meals you’ll be buying. Catererscan’t always be flexible about changingnumbers at the last minute, but orderinglots of extra meals “just in case” (trying toguess the number of race-day sign-ups) canbe costly to the fleet. O

were awarded for the Great 48, TomLawton, Carolinas District governor, pre-sented trophies for the 2005 Flying ScotHelmold/Singletary Series. Those winnerswere; 1st Dick Schultz (Morehead CityBoating Club) and Shane Toms; 2nd DonSmith (LNYC) and Chris Kicinski; 3rdStarling Gunn (Lake Townsend Yacht Club)and Ted Kaperonis / Wendell Gunnlack /John Russell; 4th Joe Price (CarolinaSailing Club); 5th Mack Cook (WesternCarolina Sailing Club).

When interviewed, Dick Schultz (age76) said that he won the Helmold when itwas first awarded, in 1972, with SkipSchultz as crew; in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978,and 1979, all with Skip as crew; in 1988with Regina Mehaffey Cohn; in 1989 withdaughter Nancy and Maye Singletary; andin 2005 with Shane Toms (then age 14),who learned to sail at about age 9 at theMaritime Museum in Beaufort, NC, andfirst crewed for Dr. Schultz last year. Dickfirst raced a Flying Scot in 1970, when he

Carolina District

Remembering Graham Hallby Dave Batchelor

At this year’s Great 48 Regatta, I was asked to say a few words about Graham Hall, whom we lost last year to melanoma. BeforeI spoke, it was announced that a few of Graham’s ashes would be spread along the starting line just before the first race, andI must admit I got goose bumps. What a great way to remember someone who gave so much to the sport we all love.

Graham was a larger-than-life kind of guy, who gave so much to sailing in all the places he lived around the country that he wouldbe hard to forget. I met Graham at the Great 48 the first year he moved to Charlotte, and I really enjoyed competing against him andsocializing with him for quite a number of years. I was a guest in his home on several occasions and used every opportunity to learnfrom him, as he was such a natural and generous teacher. I videotaped a seminar he and Greg Fisher put on at the Great 48 at LakeNorman in 1999. Graham always wanted to share his knowledge.

I was the regatta chair for one of the first combined Capitol and Carolinas District Championships that has now become the AtlanticCoast Championship. We were sailing at Edenton on the coast of North Carolina. I was right there at the start for almost every race,often close to Graham. But then I slowly “shot out the back of the pack like toothpaste out of a tube.” (That’s a quote from BruceKirby who—on his 40th birthday—tried getting back into the Laser he had designed.) I attributed the lack of speed to all the dis-tractions of running the event, but, of course, that didn’t explain the other regattas. Graham asked me to come up to the Lake NormanLabor Day Regatta and insisted I come up early on Friday so he could help figure out what was wrong. That’s the kind of offer I wasnot about to refuse.

Graham and I spent hours going over every aspect of tuning, repairing nicks in the centerboard and sanding it to 1200 grit. Weseemed to measure everything. Nothing jumped out as being badly out of spec, so I was quickly realizing it was the nut at the tillerat fault. But Graham was not satisfied. He had rented a digital scale—he would not let me pay for the rental—and we weighed myboat. It was heavy by quite a bit. I later found water in the balsa and lightened the load a little by replacing the balsa.

Graham’s crew fell through, or so he told me, and he offered to sail with me the next day. With 15 or so of Lake Norman’s fineston the line, we started up the course. I figured that, with all that weight, I would embarrass us both. NOT. With Graham coachingme all the way ‘round the course, we won both races. I learned a ton that day. I have never seen anyone sail with that level of inten-sity nor realized how much difference it makes. There was not time for “sea stories,” as I sometimes lapse into, even during a race.It was a really interesting and rewarding day. I got one-on-one coaching from one of the finest, and I will remember it always withgreat fondness.

To honor Graham, I’d ask you to take someone under your wing for a day or a season to share what you have picked up along theway. Very few of us will have the skills as a coach that Graham had, but we all know someone in our fleet who could use a helpinghand, whether it’s rigging and tuning the boat or just offering some tips on sail and boat trim. An hour spent in a new sailor’s boatwill work wonders, and they’ll appreciate your help. Graham wanted everyone to sail at the top of his game just as he did, and heconstantly gave of himself to make that happen. Pass it on!

best-ever brats, corn, and beer. Guests con-sumed 796 bratwurst, 70 dozen ears of corn,96 gallons of Michelob, and 600 cans of softdrinks. Former Scot sailors were spottedwho had not been to the Ephraim Regatta inover 25 years. As the evening wore on, rac-ers and non-racers alike mingled, viewedthe racing results postings, and watched theslide show of regatta photos on the bigscreen, while the younger set played vol-leyball, swung on the tire swings, and roast-ed marshmallows over the fire.

On Sunday, the races concluded. Aparade of raffle prizes were awarded,including items from Flying Scot, Inc.,Greg Fisher and North Sails One DesignChesapeake, Dan Neff and Flying ScotRacing, West Marine, Layline, AnnapolisPerformance Sailing, and our grand prize,a Flying Scot jib donated by Mad Sails.Trophies were awarded. Harry Carpenterwas the winner of the Ephraim Regatta,and the Midwest District Championshiptrophy went to Ephraim’s very own Jay

Fully half of those boats were from out oftown. Bill Ross, president of the FlyingScot Sailing Association, personally con-gratulated EYC on having successfullyhosted fourteen more boats than the 2005Nationals in Houston. Flying Scot builder,Harry Carpenter, was so impressed withour venue that he and Karen hope to returnnext summer. (At the awards ceremony,Harry made special mention of the numberand quality of junior racers who partici-pated in the regatta.)

The success of this regatta would nothave been possible without the help ofcommittee chairs and volunteers whologged many hours working on registra-tion, dock preparation, race committee,launching, towing, welcome reception,meals, bratfest, housing, trophies, raffle,publicity, and apparel. Even though theDistricts will not be back in Ephraim for afew years, remember – going into our 101styear –“There will always be an EphraimRegatta!”O

Lott, sailing in his famous FS 427,Reindeer. (After the big win, Jay finallytook the plunge and ordered a new FlyingScot that will be delivered to him at the2006 Districts in Madison.) Besides all theDistrict trophies, the Ephraim Regattaawards trophies to the highest-ranking hus-band-and-wife team, the highest-rankingskipper age 18 or under, and the winner ofthe first race on Sunday (as an incentive tokeep people racing on day 2). And thereare prizes for those who have skipperedand crewed the most years and those whohave traveled farthest with boat in tow.The prize for longest tenure as crew in theEphraim Regatta actually went to frequentout-of-town visitor Kurt Holmquist ofMinnesota, long-time crew for Larry Klickin FS 5150. The prize for farthest distancewith boat in tow went to Dan Baird (whohad Luther Togerson of Madison as crew).The 100th Regatta/Midwest Districts wastruly one for the books! The 54 boats werean all-time District attendance record.

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Midwest District


Starting Line

Hoop Pole RegattaBeaufort, NC

August 12 & 13, 2006Check www.fssa.com

for additional information.

The 20th Annual Fleet 161 Invitational Regatta at

Saratoga Lake Sailing Club August 12-13, 2006

Contact: Ann and PeterSeidman,

[email protected] 518-877-8731

67th Annual Invitational One-design

Fishing Bay Yacht ClubAugust 12 and 13, 2006

For more information contact John Hubbard 804-363-7273

[email protected]

Top Of The Lake RegattaNeenah Nodaway Yacht Club,

Lake WinnebagoNeenah, WI

August 19 and 20, 2006For more information contact

Henry Schultz at [email protected]

Flying Scot CanadianChampionship

Stony Lake, OntarioAugust 19 and 20, 2006

For more information contact:Susie Hauth at

[email protected]

Cedar Point Yacht ClubLong Island Sound

Westport CTAugust 26, 2006

For more information contact:[email protected]

WRSC AnnualWest River Sailing ClubSeptember 2 and 3, 2006

For more information contactSandra Burford 703-447-6021

[email protected]

2006 Crystal Ball Regatta FSFleet 41

Crystal Lake, Crystal, MISeptember 9 and 10, 2006

For more information contactFleet Captain Skip Schmidt

[email protected] or906-643-7401

54th Harvest Moon RegattaAtwood Yacht ClubSherrodsville, OH

September 9 and 10, 2006Check www.atwoodyc.com afterJune 1st. You may also contact

Regatta Chairman ViceCommodore Jack Wyrie at jack-wyrie@ uschem.com or 330-343-

0374

57th Annual RegattaMassapoag Yacht Club

Sharon, MASeptember 9 and 10, 2006

For more information contactDiane Kampf, 508-234-8047,

[email protected]

Capitol District ChampionshipWest River Sailing Club

September 9 and 10, 2006For more information contactSandra Burford 703-447-6021

[email protected]

Scots on the RocksLake Murray Sailing Club

Chapin, SCSeptember 9 and 10, 2006

For more information contactTommy Weaver


Silver Piper NationalChampionship

Deep Creek Yacht RacingAssociation

Deep Creek Lake, MDSeptember 16 and 17, 2006

For more information contact Frank Meehan 301-387-3469

[email protected]

Whale of a Sail RegattaLake Carlyle Sailing Association

September 16 and 17, 2006For more information contact

Bill Vogler at [email protected]

Koningsberg RegattaWest River Sailing Club

September 16 and 17, 2006For more information Sandra

Burford 703-447-6021 [email protected]

Glimmerglass RegattaSeptember 16 and 17, 2006

For more information contact Dan Patsos 607-865-4878

Atlantic Coast Championship& Carolinas District

ChampionshipEdenton, NC

September 23 and 24, 2006For more information contact

Dave Batchelor [email protected]

919-467-3512

Michigan Hot ScotPortage Yacht Club

Pinckney, MISeptember 23 and 24, 2006

For more information contact Andy Ingall 734-475-8565 or

[email protected]

Pig Roast RegattaCLSA, Cowan Lake

Wilmington, OHSeptember 23 and 24, 2006

For more information contact Bob Gallagher 513-794-0413

[email protected]

28th Grand Annual RegattaCave Run Sailing AssociationCave Run Lake, Morehead, KY

October 7 and 8, 2006contact David Davison,[email protected]

or 304-744-4860

VISA InvitationalVirginia Inland Sailing

AssociationOctober 7 and 8, 2006

Check www.fssa.com for additional information

Pumpkin Patch RegattaWest River Sailing ClubOctober 14 and 15, 2006

For more information contactSandra Burford 703-447-6021

[email protected]

Open House RegattaCorinthian Sailing ClubOctober 21 and 22, 2006contact Renee Comen,

[email protected] or 972-712-4280

Hospice of the UpstateWestern Carolina Sailing Club

Anderson, SCOctober 21 and 22, 2006

For more information contact John Kreidler


FS Fleet 160 ChampionshipLake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods, VAOctober 22, 2006

For more information contactHans Noordanus [email protected]

2nd Annual Capitol District Team Racing EventLake of the Woods,

Lake of the Woods, VAOctober 29, 2006

For more information contact Hans Noordanus [email protected]

9th Annual FALL 48Lake Norman Yacht Club

Mooresville, NCNovember 5 and 6, 2006

For moreinformation contact Larry Vitez, larryvitez@

consolidatedadvisors.com

Florida District Championship Series

Rudder Club of JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL Dec. 3 and 4,

2006Contact Jon Hamilton:[email protected]

STARTING LINE Calendar Of Monthly Events

CAPITOL DISTRICTFleet # 45/ District 4Peter GreenPO Box 1668Solomons MD 20688Fleet # 163/ District 4Arthur Hart695 Geigel Hill RdOttsville PA 18942-1700Fleet # 0/ District 4Travis Weisleder100 Williamson CourtRichmond VA 23229FS 4868/Fleet # 0/ District 4Timothy Wildt1504 Westshure LaneRichmond VA 23238CAROLINAS DISTRICTFS 2820/Fleet # 0/ District 8Joseph Brake195 Shell Landing RdBeaufort NC 28516FS 3639/Fleet # 0/ District 8Wade Register360 Leaning Oak RdBoones Mill VA 24065

FLORIDA DISTRICTFS 5362/Fleet # 150/ District 43Ray Laguna4572 Misty Morn CirOrlando FL 32812FS 5538/Fleet # 36/ District 43Marsha & Clay Carpenter26205 Constantine RdPunta Gorda FL 33983GREATER NEW YORK DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 12Fred Liesegang32 Belleview AveBrookhaven NY 11719Fleet # 0/ District 12David Stockwell100 Nelson PlaceWestfield NJ 07090Fleet # 0/ District 12Yacht Club of Stone Harbor90th & Sunset DrStone Harbor NJ 08247FS 4329/Fleet # 0/ District 12Samuel Thomas115 Gill RdHaddonfield NJ 08033

FS 4824/Fleet # 192/ District 12James & Karin WrenFleet Captain #192349 89th St Stone Harbor NJ 08247GULF DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 16Ray Sissell8079 Winners CircleMandeville LA 70448FS 5693/Fleet # 183/ District 16Alan Posner300 SW Beachway AvenuePalm City FL 34990MICHIGAN-ONTARIO DISTRICTFleet # 15/ District 20Gull Lake Yacht Club9725 W. Gull Lake DrRichland MI 49083MIDWESTERN DISTRICTFS 1527/Fleet # 0/ District 24Susan Sylvester3212 Aalseth LaneStoughton WI 53589NEW ENGLAND DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 28Brad Hoyt334 Powder Mill RdConcord MA 01742

Fleet # 0/ District 28Bonny Smith30 Marion StWilmington MA 01887Fleet # 0/ District 28Don Weatherson74 Woodland RdSunapee NH 03782FS 2266/Fleet # 11/ District 28Thomas Kolterjahn64 Federal St.Newburyport MA 01950-2802FS 4181/Fleet # 57/ District 28Peter McAvoy84 Barker Rd, Scituate MA 02066FS 4625/Fleet # 0/ District 28Holly FabyanOne Old Essex RdManchester MA 01944NEW YORK LAKES DISTRICTFS 2953/Fleet # 0/ District 29Art Withington75 Stebbens DrClinton NY 13323OHIO DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 32Jerald Harris10592 Cinderella DrCincinnati OH 45242

FS 2697/Fleet # 0/ District 32Mark Schaefer1367 Stoltz RdBethel Park PA 15102PACIFIC DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 36Joe Hester16614 SE 50th PlaceBellevue WA 98006PRAIRIE DISTRICTFleet # 0/ District 40J. Patrick Hosty12228 Rosehill RdOverland Park KS 66213Fleet # 0/ District 40Jim Slaughter3829 W. 58th StFairway KS 66205TEXAS DISTRICTFS 4497/Fleet # 0/ District 41Tom Watkins3 Turtle Creek BendDallas TX 75204

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