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• Flying Scot Glow in the Dark Regatta

  • Start
    Fri, September 13, 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    Sun, September 15, 2024
  • Location
    CLSA

  The Glow in the Dark Regatta is hosted by CLSA and Fleet 135 and attracts more than 40 racing teams. Skippers, please register on regatta network once you've secured crew.   

  The racers of the Glow will be offering free adult rides to guests on Friday Sep 13 at 6pm. To register for a free ride, please click here. 

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• Glow Regatta Steak Dinner (All CLSA Welcome)

  • When
    Sat, September 14, 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    CLSA

  42 Flying Scots have registered for the Glow and we have more skippers looking for crew. If you are interested in racing please email fleet135captain@gmail.com.  If you can't race in the Glow, we hope you'll join us for some social fun...

  The Glow in the Dark Regatta is CLSA's largest sailing and social activity.  While the event is a Flying Scot one-design regatta, the social fun open to all CLSA members. We offer food and fun all weekend long.  Saturday 9/14 at 5:30pm we cook steak dinners on the grill, but we also have a Friday night brats and potluck, breakfast both days, and burgers and leftovers on Sunday for lunch.  If you are planning to be around the club that weekend and would like to eat with us or would like to come out and hang out with some fun sailors, purchase a meal pass for $25 from the regatta network storefront and we'll see you at The Glow!  All volunteers get a free meal pass.

  Link: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/27071 (click on View Online Storefront)

  
  

  
  

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• Flying Scot Wednesday

  • When
    Wed, September 18, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA

  Enhance your fun, knowledge and skills sailing with Fleet 135 on Wednesday evenings on the strong, stable and well manufacturer supported Flying Scot. 

  Our focus is helping develop better sailors with better boat handling by utilizing casual racing and practice drills.

  Interested to sailing with us?  Contact Dan Leach for more information.  fleet135captain@gmail.com 

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• Thistle Thursday

  • When
    Thu, September 19, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Clinton Lake

  Thistle Thursday offers weekly informal sailing and short practice races to work on boat handling and is open to all skill levels!

  New to Thistle Thursday? No worries, we provide a brief boat orientation before sailing and try to pair up new sailors with an experienced skipper. 

  If you are interested in sailing on Thistle Thursday, email clsa.thistlefleet66@gmail.com so you can be added to the weekly mailing list and get a boat assignment.

  Planned schedule:
  

  • 5:00pm Just in time training for new participants
  • 5:30pm rig and launch thistles
  • 6:00pm first practice race begins
  • Sundown: finish racing
  • put boats away
  • Brat BBQ 

  Check cancellations before heading to the lake.

  Please direct your questions to Gerry Christman and Fleet 66 and for any additional information.
  

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• 2024 Thistle Painkiller Regatta

  • Start
    Sat, September 21, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    Sun, September 22, 2024
  • Location
    CLSA

  Register

  To:  Thistle Sailing group
  

  If you would like to receive Thistle Sailing event invites and reminders (or opt out), update your group participation within your member profile in Wild Apricot.  

  CLSA and Thistle Fleet #66 are proud to sponsor the Painkiller Regatta.   We hope you'll join us for weekend of fun racing and friendship.    

  
  

  Notice of Race.

  Please register if you plan to race.  

  Members of the Thistle Sailing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   
  

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• 2024 Thistle Painkiller Regatta Dinner - Open to all CLSA

  • When
    Sat, September 21, 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA

  Register

  This registration form is only for Non-Regatta participants to join the Thistle Painkiller Regatta Dinner.  All CLSA is welcome!  $20 per meal (Steak, Chicken or Portabella options) will be collected at the event.  RSVP requested by Tuesday, September 19th.
  

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• Thistle Painkiller Regatta (Sunday)

  • When
    Sun, September 22, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • Location
    CLSA

  To:  Thistle Sailing group
  

  If you would like to receive Thistle Sailing event invites and reminders (or opt out), update your group participation within your member profile in Wild Apricot.  

  Painkiller Day 2 - Sunday Races

  
  

  CLSA and Thistle Fleet #66 are proud to sponsor the Painkiller Regatta.   We hope you'll join us for weekend of fun racing and friendship.    

  Members of the Thistle Sailing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   
  

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• Flying Scot Wednesday

  • When
    Wed, September 25, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA

  Enhance your fun, knowledge and skills sailing with Fleet 135 on Wednesday evenings on the strong, stable and well manufacturer supported Flying Scot. 

  Our focus is helping develop better sailors with better boat handling by utilizing casual racing and practice drills.

  Interested to sailing with us?  Contact Dan Leach for more information.  fleet135captain@gmail.com 

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• Thistle Thursday

  • When
    Thu, September 26, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Clinton Lake

  Thistle Thursday offers weekly informal sailing and short practice races to work on boat handling and is open to all skill levels!

  New to Thistle Thursday? No worries, we provide a brief boat orientation before sailing and try to pair up new sailors with an experienced skipper. 

  If you are interested in sailing on Thistle Thursday, email clsa.thistlefleet66@gmail.com so you can be added to the weekly mailing list and get a boat assignment.

  Planned schedule:
  

  • 5:00pm Just in time training for new participants
  • 5:30pm rig and launch thistles
  • 6:00pm first practice race begins
  • Sundown: finish racing
  • put boats away
  • Brat BBQ 

  Check cancellations before heading to the lake.

  Please direct your questions to Gerry Christman and Fleet 66 and for any additional information.
  

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• Mowind Windsurf Races

  • Start
    Sat, September 28, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    Sun, September 29, 2024
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Clinton lake sailing association

  Register

  Calling all midwest windsurfers!  Come clinton lake for a fun mix of course races and slalom races.  This event carries a 10 dollar entrance fee for non clsa members.

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• Mixed Fleet Buoy Race

  • When
    Sun, September 29, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Mixed Fleet Buoy Race is open to all boats and racers of all experience levels. This is a shorter sailboat race run around a purpose set course.  

  Volunteers, please register for this event as a volunteer by clicking the 'register' button. 

  Click here for sailing instructions

  
  

  Sailing Instruction Supplemental 

  VHF Channel 68

  Course

  We will race a leeward start course. 

   

  Schedule

  12:00pm - Competitors Meeting

  1:00pm - First Warning Signal

  More races to follow

  3:00pm - Latest Warning Signal 

  Starting Groups & Class Flags

  Start 1	Flying Scot Flag	Boats with portsmouth rating >= a Flying Scot, except Holder 20.	Cabin Boats, 420, Laser, Sunfish, Flying Scot, Holder 20
  Start 2	Thistle Flag	Boats with a portsmouth rating < than a Flying Scot.	C Scow, MC Scow, Thistle, cats.

  If your boat is not listed and you plan to race, please email clsasailing@gmail.com 
  

  Time Limits

  Mark 1 Time Limit Time limit for the first boat to pass Mark 1 is 30 minutes.

  Race Time Limit Time limit for the first boat to sail the course and finish is 70 minutes.

  Finishing Window Time limit for boats to finish after the first boat sails the course and finishes is 20 minutes.

  Shortened Course

  If we shorten the course and a slower boat races a shorter course than other boats in mixed fleet handicap racing, we adjust the finish time as if the slower boat sailed the full distance. 

  If we shorten the course and a slower boat races a shorter course than other boats of the same make and model, the boat that sails the shorter course will be scored behind all boats that sail the longer course. 

  Protests

  A racer intending to file a protest must report their intention to the race committee before the warning signal of the subsequent race, or before the race committee leaves their station for shore if the incident occurred during the final race of the day. 

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• Flying Scot Wednesday

  • When
    Wed, October 02, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA

  Enhance your fun, knowledge and skills sailing with Fleet 135 on Wednesday evenings on the strong, stable and well manufacturer supported Flying Scot. 

  Our focus is helping develop better sailors with better boat handling by utilizing casual racing and practice drills.

  Interested to sailing with us?  Contact Dan Leach for more information.  fleet135captain@gmail.com 

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• CLSA Annual Herding Cats

  • When
    Sat, October 05, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Clinton Lake Illinois

  Register

  This is a course race for multi hull catamaran sailboats.  

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• Vicki Cup Distance Race

  • When
    Sat, October 12, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Race committee volunteers: please register for the event to sign up to volunteer for race committee.  

  The Vicki Cup Distance Race is a 1-day distance racing format.   Trophies are awarded to winning cabin boat and the winning dinghy based on corrected time (handicap).   Racers will meet at 12noon.

  Distance Racing Sailing Instructions

  Members of the Distance Racing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   

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• Vicki Cup Distance Race rain date

  • When
    Sun, October 13, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Race committee volunteers: please register for the event to sign up to volunteer for race committee.  

  The Vicki Cup Distance Race is a 1-day distance racing format.   Trophies are awarded to winning cabin boat and the winning dinghy based on corrected time (handicap).   Racers will meet at 12noon.

  Distance Racing Sailing Instructions

  Members of the Distance Racing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   

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• Vicki Cup Triangle Race

  • When
    Sat, October 19, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  
  

  Race committee volunteers: please register for the event to sign up to volunteer for race committee.  

  The Vicki Cup Buoy Race is a 1-day around-the-buoys racing format.  Trophies are awarded to winning cabin boat and the winning dinghy based on corrected time (handicap).   Racers will meet at 12noon.

  Buoy Racing Instructions

  Members of the Buoy Racing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   

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• Vicki Cup Triangle Race rain date

  • When
    Sun, October 20, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    CLSA
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  
  

  Race committee volunteers: please register for the event to sign up to volunteer for race committee.  

  The Vicki Cup Buoy Race is a 1-day around-the-buoys racing format.  Trophies are awarded to winning cabin boat and the winning dinghy based on corrected time (handicap).   Racers will meet at 12noon.

  Buoy Racing Instructions

  Members of the Buoy Racing group will receive an event announcement email.  Those who do not RSVP yes or no (see announcement email) may receive multiple announcement emails.   

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• CLSA Fall Clean Up & U of I Regatta

  • When
    Sat, October 26, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • Location
    CLSA

  Register

  More details to be added.

  If you have suggestion or questions, please contact Harbor Master, Dick Hanson at dickwhanson@aol.com or call 309.242.0629. Thank you for your participation and hard work!

  
  

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• CLSA Fall Banquet and Business Meeting

  • When
    Sun, November 10, 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Lake of the Woods Pavilion, 109 S. Lake of the Woods Rd, Mahomet, IL 61853

  Register

  Clinton Lake Sailing Association
  Fall Banquet and Business Meeting

  
  Sunday, November 10, 2024. Doors open at 5:00, dinner at 6:00,  brief business meeting and annual awards to follow.  2024 CLSA Officers will be chosen by member vote at the business meeting.  The slate of nominees has been emailed to all CLSA members; nominations may be made from the floor.  

  Lake of the Woods Pavilion
  109 S. Lake of the Wood Rd, Mahomet, IL 61853
  (At main entrance to park, follow signs to pavilion) 

  Cost: $30/person
  Members please log in before registering

  Food will be from Black Dog Barbecue:  Pulled pork, catfish, and sides.  Sheet cake for dessert.  Please contact the event organizer if you have dietary restrictions we need to know about.

  NO BAR SERVICE:  BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL.  Soft drinks will be provided.

  There will be a silent auction!  Bring items to be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to CLSA.

  We must vacate the building by 9:00 sharp, so we'll start winding down about 8:00.

  Please contact Tom Johnson (tomjohnson914@gmail.com) or Stacy Gloss (stacygloss@gmail.com) with any questions.

  Members, please sign in to register for this event.  Payment is required at time of registration.   Please register as soon as possible to help us with food planning.  

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