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The team participated in the 2024 Buckeye Regatta, finishing 7th overall with a best placement of 4th. Key lessons included improving starts, avoiding fouls, learning from competitors, managing sail position, and understanding heeling in light winds. They appreciate the supportive sailing community and anticipate their next competition, the Egyptian Cup.
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2024 Davis Island Yacht Club 360 Video. Take a look at this 360 video, pan the camera, and see what other boats were doing at the 1st windward mark in the 3rd race.
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The 2024 Flying Scot George Washington Birthday Regatta (GBWR) and Midwinters in Eustis, FL, is in the books. The National Level regatta was not only outstandingly managed, it was incredibly fun despite the ways the weather tried to dampen our spririts. How’d we do? Not as well as we would’ve liked, but we did have
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Photo courtesy TJ Kowalczyk, Davis Island Yacht Club Our 2024 season kicked off with new sails and strong winds against stellar competition at Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, Florida. We ordered new #MadSails back in October after the Sail Fest Regatta at Kentucky Lake. Ryan Malgrem, sailmaker, had planned to attend this regatta and on Saturday
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This was our first season racing Gadzooks, Flying Scot 5954 (Flying Scot Inc. 2011). She has been a fabulous boat to race in a One-Design Class that has history and hospitality beyond measure. Competitors throughout our racing experience have been exceptionally helpful, insightful, and transparent in how they have out-performed us. And we have tried
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The Sail Fest Regatta October 21 & 22, 2023, at Kentucky Lake was fantastic. This was our 6th regatta and, just barely, our first two-day regatta. All other regattas were cancelled on one of the days due to lack of wind. And when I say “barely”, we almost did not get in one race for
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The 2023 Whale of a Sail was awesome with 75 boats registered in about 8 classes. Flying Scots had one of the largest fleets with 14 boats.
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Nearly 40 boats competed in the 2023 Glow in the Dark Regatta on Clinton Lake, sponsored by the Clinton Lake Sailing Association, September 9 & 10, 2023. Sailors competed in three divisions: Championship, Challenger, and Apprentice. All boats started at the same time with 38 boats on the start line. Winds were shifty, puffy, and
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Kendall: The results are in and Gadzooks took 9th out of 26 competitors. We’ll keep saying that we aren’t going to make any bold predictions about specific regattas. The Flying Scot fleet has some of the best sailors we’ve met. Our goals are to do our best, to have fun, and keep getting better with
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