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Dist 15 Laser and Butterfly Wrangler Regatta

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Corinthian Sailing Club and White Rock Boat Club invite you to beautiful White Rock Lake June 6-8, 2014 in Dallas for the Laser District 15 and Butterfly Wrangler Regatta.  NOR and online registration is posted here.  Register before May 25 to secure your regatta t-shirt included with the entry fee.

This is an “Open House” regatta.  Members of the Dallas Laser Fleet are opening their homes to out of town guest.  Submit your request for housing at captain@dallaslaserfleet.org.  First come; First served.

Dallas Runners Club is having an event Saturday morning which may limit access to the park.  Please check the CSC website (cscsailing.org) for updates on access to the park.  Information will be posted here when available.

Drop your boat off at CSC Friday night and join us for dinner.  CSC is hosting its monthly First Friday party starting at 1800.  Dinner, drinks, and live entertainment are included with your $10 ticket.

Forest Atkins, our District Secretary, and Mandy Burnett will host a casual get together at their home Saturday night after the races.  Possibly a Chalk Talk with a Laser expert.

Contact Mark McAnelly at regatta@DallasLaserFleet.org if you have questions or suggestions.

Easter Regatta Review

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Our first district regatta saw 33 boats on the line in full rig, and another 19 in radial. The weather forecast called for light 5-10 winds but the course was set where the land on both sides pinches in creating a steady wind channel of 10-15+ mph. The standings will be posted to the District site soon but here is overall standings for the current/former fleet members.

Full Rig

  • Doug McKeige (Ian’s Dad) 7th
  • Forest Atkins 12th
  • Alex Delgado 16th
  • Ian Mckeige 19th
  • Greg Wallace 26th

Radial Rig

  • Skylar Bayman 6th
  • Chandler Hill 16th

Bruce and Kristin Moore stepped up and organized the breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Doug Mckeige, Forest Atkins, and Skylar Bayman got trophies for their age group standings.  Greg Wallace got the best boat name trophy.

Results

2014 Trophy Winners

Race Committee Assignment Posted

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The assignments for Wednesday night Race Committee has been posted.  The fleet is assigned Race Committee by CSC once a quarter.  Those assignments have also been posted.  If you find that you are unable to fulfill your assignment, you are responsible to for finding a substitute.  Contact Bruce Moore our fleet ERC if you have any problems or need instructions.  His email address is erc@dallaslaserfleet.org.

Racing Schedule 2014

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Hot off the press… or rather the ether… below are the racing schedules for the Laser fleet and the District 15 circuit.

Wednesday Night Racing series

Series I             April 9  – June 11
Series II            June 18  – August 20
Series III           August 27  – October 29

District 15 Race Circuit

Regatta Host Club Dates
Easter Regatta Austin Yacht Club April 19-20
Laser Regatta Corinthian Sailing Club June 7-8
Summer Solstice Seabrook Sailing Club June 21-22
Cannon Ball Run Palacios Yacht Club Aug 16-17
Laserpalooza Arlington Yacht Club Sept 20-21
Wurstfest Lake Canyon Yacht Club Nov 1-2

CSC Laser Regatta will be a joint event with the Texas Butterfly Wrangler June 7-8, 2014.  Be sure to put it on your calendar because it will be a fun event at our home club.

Annual Meeting

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Alanna Strong is graciously hosting the annual meeting for the Laser Fleet on Wednesday Jan. 22 at 7:00 pm.  We will be discussing new officers and race schedules for 2014.  Join us for a BYOB Tex-Mex theme pot luck dinner.  An Evite invitation will be sent about a week or two before to get a head count and who all is bringing what.

Wurstfest Regatta

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The NOR for the Wurstfest regatta, Nov. 1-3 on Lake Canyon near New Braunfels, has been posted at www.wurstfestregatta.com Register before Oct. 27 to avoid late fee. This is the last regatta of the Laser circuit and it is well attended.

Forest Atkins is the organizer for the large rental house called “Looking Glass.” Contact him at pier@cscsailing.org if you wish to stay there. Here is a link with more information about the house.

CSC Club Championship

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Mark Babb and Owen Bushaw represented the Laser fleet in the one-design CSC Club Championship.  The six captains, selected by their fleet, raced in Corinthians in a round-robin fashion on Sept. 28th.  Mark and Owen finished 2nd by two points behind the Corinthian captain, Alvan Skelton.  Mike Rist, representing the Flying Scots, finished 4th.

Congratulations!

Laserpalooza

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Hello Fellow Laser Sailors,

Things are shaping up to be a great regatta in a week and a half!  Couple little things that I wanted to pass along to you that is unique to this regatta…

  • Don’t hit McDonnald’s on the way over!  We have a full breakfast for you on Saturday morning!  Great lunch and an AWESOME dinner planned for those of you that would like to stick around.
  • We are going to provide adult beverages and have a Laser swap meet that evening!  How can you pass that up!  Bring your gear you want to get rid of!  If you have space, bring an extra boat you would like to sell.  We will make room for it!
  • Central location!  For you FW Laser sailors, we are close.  For you Dallas Laser sailors, we are close.  For you AUSTIN Laser sailors, we are only 3 hours away!  Heck, I drove to Austin for a lunch meeting yesterday.

As you can tell, we are all very excited to be hosting the Dist 15 Championships!  T-shirts will be very cool (if you like ’70s’ rock you will LOVE them), food will be awesome, racing will be great and beer will be cold!  How can you pass this regatta up???

I also have a bet with my fellow regatta organizer (Sunfish guy) that we will have a better turn-out than they do!  That should be motivation enough!!!

See you on the 21st.  We will be hanging out the evening of the 20th if you would like to drop off your boat.

Here is a link to the web site and registration page.

Feel free to call me with 817-313-6739

Thanks,
Jack Hattendorf
Laser 182941

The People’s Foiler

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foiling laser

The image is not photoshopped. That is a 210 lb. man foiling a Laser in 11-14 mph winds. They were able to get estimated speeds of 20 mph in some higher winds. Some tinkering lads and PSA down under have been working on this project. No changes to the boat itself. Just a daggerboard and rudder replacement. No word on when you can buy the foiling kit. Maybe we should talk to AIG about issuing a policy for foiling on White Rock Lake.

More discussions on this development here.

Link to purchase your foil at $5,800 AUS here.  Still no word on shipping cost.

Drag Racing

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The first race in last night’s Wednesday night series turned into a physical drag race around the course.  Winds kicked up to 20 mps and bent to right so you were on a beam reach towards the first mark.  The next 3 races were remarkably light, but what a hoot to start the night!

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