Michael Young was on the road recently and snapped this picture for us. The title is “Only Seven More Months”. Can you guess the lake? Clue: might need slush runners and a good dose of bravado and stamina and hopefully a storm sail.
Swap Meet booked for October 29, Thompson Motor Speeday in CT., same as last year.
September is closing in fast. And speaking of fast, fast sailing in particular, it’s time to dig out that checkbook or cash stash and sign up for Loring.
Dates are Tuesday Sept. 10 through Sunday the 15th, racing in the Unlimited and BloKart classes.
Welcome banquet at Northern Maine Brewing in Caribou at 6:00 on Wednesday.
Racing begins Thursday, skippers meeting at 9:00, first race at 10:00.
Ditto Friday and Saturday.
Great barbecue Saturday evening. Awards ceremony after unless Sunday is needed to complete the regatta.
We made some last minute changes to the schedule last time because of the wind conditions and everyone rolled with it nicely. But with six days of sailing we have lots of options.
Please send in your registration ahead of time. It is refundable if your plans change, but it makes life much easier for the organizers.
$120.oo to:
Bill Buchholz
31 Gosses Hill Rd
Camden, ME 04843
Thanks!
Even before we completed our eighth regatta at Loring last week, plans were being made for the next one. And not just the next one, but the next TWO.
The BloKarts have scheduled their own Eastern Championships October 9-13. They are hoping the Wisconsin crowd will come back, as well as a few international guests.
This link will tell you all you need to know about that:
https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandLandSailors/
The usual Eastern Landsailing Championships with BloKarts and Unlimted classes will be held September 10-15. The only changes with that event is that we encourage you to leave dogs comfortably at home. There is a real risk of dogs getting hit by a boat, and people are not picking up after them.
The high point of the week was the Northern Lights, which came out just as we were finishing up the barbeque banquet.
Thanks again to all the cooks, and especially to Nina Fleming for running the races safely and smoothly. Here are the results:
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Hope to see you in September!
Don’t forget this coming Sunday at Damariscotta Lake Farm Inn, with a fine view of one of our favorite lakes: 11:00 meeting to be followed soon thereafter by a great pot luck lunch.
And to get you back in the mood, another video from Dan Stillman:
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Hope to see you there.
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