This year the third annual Sadie Hawkins regatta will be held Sunday, July 4.

This is a once-a-year event where the ladies call the shots. Any boat may compete in the series of short triangle races, but the key is that only women may skipper. Men are welcome on board as long as they keep their hands off the tiller!

A few CLSA cruising sailors are looking to (formally) organize a Door County cruise and flotilla the week of July 24 through August 1st. Over the years, many have visited and sailed Eagle Harbor, Nicolet Bay, Washington Island and Green Bay in general. This year, with your help, we can organize to visit this beautiful summer vacation wonderland together.
Coinciding that week is the 105th Ephraim Flying Scot Regatta. Several Flying Scot teams will attend so we can cheer on our local racers and attend the great parties the Ephraim Yacht Club puts on every year.

AHOY ME HEARTIES! PIRATE’S DAY at CLSA! “FOR THE KID IN ALL OF US”
FAMILY DAY and POTLUCK DINNER (5pm)
Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2 pm til ----
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- pirate garb encouraged, but totally optional
- Prizes for best costumes
- Events for all ages
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Ye Ol’ Cardboard Sailboat race starts at 2:30 pm See rules below.
• Bring your R/C Sailboats
• Pirate games and challenges for kids and adults, Aaarrrrgh !!
• Assemble and sail a Banshee (CSLA’s new additions)
• POTLUCK: 5 pm Bring something to grill for yourself,
and a dish (of yummy grub) to pass...for all to enjoy !
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Joe and Linda Budden's star continued to rise saturday. A "Full" distance race was committeed by Rod and Eric Bussell on a partly cloudy day with winds of 10 to 15 mph.Despite Rod Mosely's efforts on his J-24 he could not shake loose of the tenacious couple on their Macgregor 26 "Makin' Thyme". The J-24 did finish ahead of Joe and Linda but only by a few boat lengths at the end of the day and with the PHRF favoring the Mac ended up in second place.Larry and Barb Bethard took third place in the cabin boats.

It was a rare day of racing Sunday as Thistles and Cabin boats dominated the racing in perfect 12 to 20 mph breezes. Bill Vokac set a perfect W/L course safely in the far southern end of "the Basin".With "the old man"[Dick Hansen] aboard, Gerry Christman was flying on his Thistle all day..

Make plans to tour over 20 tall ships from Europe, Canada and the US. August 24-29. Tickets start at $15, 9 bucks for kids; 60-90 minute sails start at $44.
http://www.navypier.com/tallshipschicago

It was a day of upsets on Clinton Lake as Race Committee of Chris Wojnar and Dick Hansen ran both a "Full distance" and Windward/Leeward for those who prefered one over the other. It was great to see new faces gaining the top places at the finish. Joe Budden prevailed over the great Gerry Christman after over two and a half hours on the water sharing the honors with his wife Linda on their 26 ft. Macgregor "Making Tyme"winning by 98 seconds! In the shorter competition we saw three different first place finishers in the three races run! The winds were variable out of the south at 3 to 9 mph.

Driving to the lake I was intimidated by the severe T-storm warning and the huge cummulo nimbus cloud towering over the lake. By the time we arrived at the dock their was a thick, nasty, lightning filled mass to our south and east. It missed us.
Ben and Deb arrived shortly thereafter and reported torrential rainfall on Clinton 10 just a few miles away. However, the sky to the west was clear, the wind decreased from 15 to 5kts. We launched.

I was able to download Maptech Viewer at the link below
http://www.maptechnavigation.com/support/downloads.cfm?CFID=2461853&CFTO...
Then I downloaded charts from NOAA, copied them into the source file for the Chart Navigator allowing navigation on my computer.
This link is; http://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/RNCs.shtml
Note these charts do not include Clinton Lake or other small lakes, but does cover the Great Lakes well. I found it very useful on our Door County trip.
Hope you can find this useful.
Commodore
Joe Budden