From Bill Vokac....worth tuning in !

1987 America's Cup Retrospective

ESPN Classic

 Airs on ESPN Classic:

           February 4 at 2:00am et (February 3 at 11:00pm pt)

          February 4 at 12:00pm et (9:00am pt)

          February 4 at 7:00pm et (4:00pm pt)

Thoroughly enjoyed several Strictly Sail seminars on Thursday (my favorite day to go...)

Got a chance to sit in the new Compact 23 Pilot House...and enjoyed to view from there...hope it catches on !

One seminar by Thom Burns was especially enjoyed because I've been on Thom's cat ketch out of Sister Bay, WI... He cruises out of there and Ephraim in the summer with passengers and also runs Northern Breezes Magazine.
I've sailed parallel to him a few years while he was out for cruises...to take some good photos of him which I sent by email for his use and enjoyment.

Hello !

For over 15 years, I've been towing my Flying Scot FS391 to a camp for the disabled to take them sailing on breaks from learning about Ham Radio and getting licensed -- or up-graded to a higher level...

Got a nice writeup in World Radio Magazine on the folks we work with and fellow volunteers of Handihams (www.handiham.org) - an organization to get the disabled involved in ham radio. If interested, SEE:

http://worldradiomagazine.com/​wro_issues/2011/WRO_1011_01-19​.pdf

Six or seven sailors turned out for the small boat racing clinic held by race committee chair Gerry Christman. Gerry walked us through several elements of racing at the chalkboard at the pavilion, including finding the lifted tack, how to negotiate rounding the mark with other boats around and how to figure out where on the course you want to be. Then he sent us on the water where we did several tacking drills and then some short races. We sailed for more than an hour, until we all noticed some very large and dark clouds heading our way.

Probably about the time that stage structure was blowing over at the state fair in Indianapolis last Saturday, a group of us was huddled in the marina hallway watching one of the craziest storms I've seen at the lake. The wind and rain were horizontal, you could not see the other side of the lake, or even to the end of any of the docks.

The Champaign County Forest Preserve is sponsoring a movie of interest to the environmentally conscious in our club. It is titled Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time. Presented by the Champaign County Forest Preserve District and Friends Foundation
at the Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Avenue, Champaign, IL, 7:00 pm, September 22, 2011. For more information go to:

www.ccfpd.org/greenfirefilm

Hello All
I am saddened to have to report that longtime Flying Scot sailor Steve Hartman died this week from an infection. He was 64. Steve was a legend at the Clinton Lake Sailing Association, especially for establishing the Glow-in-the-Dark regatta, which drew sailors from as far as Texas and Florida. The regatta was as well known for its fabulous food, courtesy of Steve, as its great racing, complete with wacky trophies, even including a toilet seat!