Hey Flying Scot sailors, are you dreaming of the day you can get your boat out on the water? Consider a trip south to the Flying Scot Midwinters, which are being held for the first time at Southern Yacht Club on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, from March 21-26. Believe it or not, that is a significantly shorter drive for us Midwesterners compared to St. Petersburg Florida, where the regatta has traditionally been held.
You can find notice of race and other information at www.fssa.com

Three boats represented CLSA at the Whale of a Sail at Carlyle Lake this past weekend. Bill Vokac, sailing his MacGregor 25 and Joe and Linda Budden, sailing their MacGregor 26, competed in the cabin boats division. And Ben Williams and Deb Aronson, sailing their new Flying Scot, Sophie, competed in the one-designs. There were 12 Flying Scots at the Whale, which was the most of any of the classes.
 

 Our Flying Scot fleet has grown by another boat as new member, John Heizer, his wife, Jennifer, and their baby son, Will, bought a beautiful boat last week. And then, in addition to the distance race on Saturday, in which John and Jennifer, as well as three other Scots, participated, John also joined the fleet Sunday, when we held some triangle races followed by a potluck cookout.
 

Every once in a while everything comes together and you have an evening to remember forever. Last night was one of those evenings. Thinking that this would be our last Wednesday night racing for the Flying Scots of the season, we pulled together an impromptu potluck to cap off the season. 
 

 Two Flying Scot skippers, Don Johnson and Ben Williams,competed in the District regatta this past weekend (July 10 & 11) at Lake Delavan in Wisconsin. We had great weather, enough (almost too much!) wind Saturday to run three races and barely enough wind on Sunday for one more race. There were 28 boats at the regatta — a great turnout! Ben Williams and crew, Deb Aronson, placed 16th and Don Johnson with crew, Claire Williams, placed 21st, with finishes as high as 17. In one race Don was fourth to the windward mark!!

 We had perfect conditions last night for our weekly Wed night Flying Scot races. Moderate winds, moderate temperatures and Chris and Rick Wojnar set a perfect course! The great conditions were matched by great sailing: we had five, count 'em FIVE, Flying Scots on the starting line!

Despite the 90 degree weather there was a light breeze on the lake Wednesday evening and three Scots, Don Johnson with crew Karen Hewitt, Chris and Rick Wojnar trading of skippering duties, and Deb Aronson skippering with Ben Williams crewing, participated in our regular Wed racing event. Winds were light, but we managed three short races. Don Johnson was first to the weather mark in the first two races, Chris and Rick won one race, and Ben and Deb won two. Maybe next week there will be more wind, but in any case, it's a lovely time of day to be at the lake.

Here is my first attempt to post on this new website. It was Denise Karbarz last year who suggested that I have a captain's blog (get it? captain's log?) as the Flying Scot Fleet Captain.  Since Ben and I have been traveling to a lot of regattas this spring and sometimes people ask us about our trips, I've decided to give this a try as a way to keep everyone (who is interested) informed.

Flying Scot on a "close reach"