LESC MC Scow Fleet 4

Lake Eustis Sailing Club
1310 County Road
Eustis, FL 32726

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MC SCOW FLEET # 4

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Lake Eustis has become a great Scow Sailing Center.
Scow sailing on Lake Eustis has grown tremendously since 1972 when Frank Keenan introduced Scow Sailing to big and beautiful Lake Eustis.

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The Lake Eustis Scow Fleets are:
MC Scow Fleet #4 , the C Scow Fleet and the Melges 17 Fleet

MC Scow Fleet: Dave Moring, who is the current MC Scow Fleet 4 Champion and ambassador extraordinaire and also maintains a great Bi-Weekly Lake Eustis Scow Update website: click on www.fleet4.com

C Scow Fleet: identification letters: LE, Fleet Captain: Scott Tillema, contact: tillema2107@tmcentral.net

Melges 17 Fleet’s contact is: Mary Anne Ward: mm2152@aol.com

The major activities at the Lake Eustis Sailing Club are:

8 major One Design Regattas, scroll the homepage.
Several Zenda U Scow Racing Clinics, for info, contact andy@melges.com
86 club races, for dates, click on www.lakeeustissailingclub.org/races.htm
Junior Sailing Programs, click on www.lakeeustissailingclub.org/youth.htm

MC Scow Information:
The power behind the tremendous popularity of Scow sailing is Team Melges who can be reached by clicking on www.melges.com and who not only builds all Scows but also supports all major Scow Regattas in the Nation and conducts with its Team of Champion sailors the very popular Zenda U Scow Racing Clinics:

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Team Melges Members are ready to leave for the Annual Midwinter Regattas and Zenda U’s at Lake Eustis

More MC Scow Links of interest are:

MC Scow Association, click on www.Mcscow.org with listings of Nationwide Scow Sailing Clubs, Regattas and lots of “how to” advice for MC Scow sailors, make sure to be a member!

To see what the Inland Lake Yachting Association means for Inland Lake Scow Sailing, click on www.ilya.org/ ILYA is the Scow Association of the legendary Inland Lake Scow Sailing Clubs and is a huge promoter of Scow Sailing in the U.S. Every active scow sailor supports what ILYA does for Scow sailing in the U.S. and is proud to be an ILYA member. All members receive that great Scow Magazine: “SCOW SLANTS”.

North sails: www.northsailsod.com/ North sails has a very informative website!

Quantum Sails: www.quantumsails.com

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For directions to Central Florida, Orlando and Lake Eustis click on: www.lakeeustissailingclub.org/directions.htm
Or use Google Map and Satellite, print in the line for “get directions”:
Eustis, Florida, 32726

CLUB MEMBERSHIP:
Click here to download the membership application.

-NEWS:

Make sure to Click on Sam Chapin’s Sailing Blog and read his weekly updates about sailing, sailing tips and race results at the Lake Eustis Sailing Club and other Central Florida Sailing Clubs click on http://centralflorida sailing.blogspot.com

Join the fun and start your own High School Sailing Team: 2 sailors make one team! This very popular program for High School students trains for Interscholastic High School Team Sailing competition. No experience needed! Our Youth Sailing Foundation is a member of the National High School Sailing Association: www.highschoolsailingusa.org Stop by our club on any Saturday afternoon, see what it is al about. When you like watersports, you will love sailing! It is a hobby and a sport for a life time! Read more

Registration is now open for the next junior sailing course which will start on March 7, 2009, for ages 8-14. Excellent instruction by US Sailing Certified Instructors. read more...

HONORARY LESC MEMBER ANDY BURDICK AND CREW TAKE 2008 NATIONAL E- SCOW TITLE

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Andy Burdick credited his team for the Team 45 victory. He has the privilege of a consistent team of Peter Keck (who sails on
his A, E and in the old days C. Peter is a C Nationals and ILYA Champ in his own right), Coye Harrett (also on the
Burdick/Blanchard A scow and off to Edgewood College in Madison) and Meg Six (off to the UW Madison sailing team). Burdick's
race finishes demonstrate his continued skill in any class.
For E fleet results, click here.
(ARTICLE BY SCOWLINES, PUBLICATION OF INLAND LAKE YACHTING ASSOCIATION)

SailBoats LEARN TO SAIL : The Lake Eustis Sailing Club has a great "Learn to Sail" program for Adults. The sail boat of choice for this “Learn to Sail” Program is the FLYING SCOT, as shown in the picture: The Flying Scot is roomy and very stable, excellent for our “Learn to Sail” program, for recreational sailing and Regatta racing. READ MORE…

Are you a Certified Sailing Instructor willing to use your skills in order to help teaching kids to sail? Contact : Martin Zonnenberg at MBPZ@comcast.net . Also, it would be very much appreciated if you as an experienced sailor would like to become involved with junior sail training: Please be in touch!

Thanks to MC Scow and E Scow sailor Dave Moring, MC Scow Fleet 4 now has its own MC Scow Fleet 4 informative website http://www.fleet4.com

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