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Volume 61 x Number 4-5 x 2017 60TH ANNIVERSARY NAC A ROLLERCOASTER STAND-ALONE WOMEN’S & JUNIORS’ A BIG SUCCESS HURRICANE HARVEY: RIDING WITH THE CAJUN NAVY Congratulations Jeff Linton and team, winners of the 2017 GW Birthday Regatta! 2016 RESULTS: North Americans 1,2,3,4,5 Douglas/Orr Regatta 1,2,4 Husband-Wife 1,2,3*,5,6 Great 48 Regatta 1,2*,5 Midwinters 1,2,3,5 Midwinter Challengers 1,2 George Washington B-Day 1,2,5,6,8,10 * partial North inventory Photo Daniel Panasiuk MAKE IT A FLYING SCOT There are plenty of fun events SUPER YEAR for the Flying Scot family in 2017. Mark on your calendar! North Sails Flying Scot Experts: Zeke Horowitz 941-232-2984 Brian Hayes 203-783-4238 [email protected] [email protected] northsails.com flyingscot-201702-scotswater.indd 1 2/20/17 5:13 PM CONTENTS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FLYING SCOT ® SAILING ASSOCIATION x x Flying Scot® Sailing Association Volume 61 Number 4-5 2017 One Windsor Cove,Suite 305, Columbia, S.C. 29223 Email: [email protected] 803-252-5646 • 1-800-445-8629 FAX (803) 765-0860 Courtney LC Waldrup, Executive Secretary President’s Message ................................ 4 PRESIDENT From The Editor .................................... 5 Bill Vogler* 9535 US Highway 51 North How Well Do You Know Flying Scot History?? ............ 6 Cobden, IL 62920 618-977-5890 • [email protected] The Future of Flying Scot – Carrie and Tyler Andrews ...... 8 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Want to Grow Your Fleet? Host a First Sail .............. 10 Bill Dunham* 700 Route 22 Trinity-Pawling Bill Tingle – 100 Years Young ........................ 11 Pawling, NY 12564 845-855-0619 • [email protected] Embedded with the Cajun Navy ...................... 12 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT The True Fabric of the Flying Scot Family ............. 15 Nancy L. Claypool* 712 Constantinople Street A Wild Ride at the 2017 Flying Scot North Americans ..... 17 New Orleans, LA 70115 504-899-0935 Roller Coaster Rides at the 2017 NAC .................. 20 [email protected] A Beginner Sailor Conquers Fear, One Wave At A Time ..... 23 COMMODORE John Domagala* 2017 NAC at Sandusky Sailing Club Photo Essay ......... 24 8711 Chelmsford Ln Spring, TX 77379 Wife-Husbands in our Back Yard (Almost) ............. 29 941-896-2953 • [email protected] 2017 Women’s and Juniors’ SECRETARY/TREASURER North American Championships ...................... 32 Henry Picco 1124 Duskview Drive Night Sailing, Ocean Waves and More Ways Merritt Island, FL 32952 321-432-8622 • [email protected] to Have Fun at Your Club ............................ 34 IMMEDIATE PAST COMMODORE Introducing Two New District Governors ............... 37 Frank Gerry* 37 Briargate Circle 2017 Wife-Husband Championship at Sandy Bay Yacht Club ... 38 Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630-466-1161 • [email protected] 1997: How We Spent Our Summer Vacation ............. 41 FSSA MEASURER Flying Scot History Answers ......................... 44 Robert J. Neff* PO Box 216 Ft. Laramie, WY 82212 In Every Issue 443-994-1932 • [email protected] Starting Line ..................................... 46 EDITOR, SCOTS n’ WATER Deb Aronson* New Members .................................... 46 409 W. California Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 Caveat Emptor .................................... 47 217-344-8508 • [email protected] District Governors .......................... Back Cover AMENDMENT COMMITTEE Dan Goldberg* 342 Middlegate Dr. SCOTS n’ WATER (ISSNS 0194-5637) – Registered Trademark. Published bi-monthly by FSSA at Bethel Park, PA 15102 One Windsor Cove, Suite 305, Columbia, South Carolina 29223. Volume M, No. 1. Subscription is 412-831-1042 • [email protected] $8 a year included in annual membership dues. Periodical postage paid at Columbia, SC 29201. WEBPAGE EDITOR Article Submission Deadlines: Issue #1, January 15; Issue #2, April 1; Diane Kampf* Issue #3, June 1; Issue #4, August 15; Issue #5, November 1. 185 Union Street Whitinsville, MA 01588 Publication Mail Dates: Issue #1, February 15; Issue #2, May 1; 508-234-8047 • [email protected] Issue #3, July 1; Issue #4, September 15; Issue #5, December 1. PARLIAMENTARIAN Postmaster: Please send change of address to Scots ‘n Water, FSSA, Larry Taggart* One Windsor Cove, Suite 305, Columbia, South Carolina 29223. 5809 Memphis Street STAFF EDITOR/PROOFREADER: Courtney LC Waldrup, (800) 445-8629. New Orleans, LA 70124 Assistant Editor: Ned Johnston 504-482-7358 • [email protected] ADVERTISING: Christina Hicks (800) 445-8629. DESIGNER (1904-1992) Cover Photo: Boats sailing in windy conditions near the Cedar Point amuseument park. A roller Gordon K. Douglass coaster ride both on the water and on shore. Photo: Gayle Kaufholz *Denotes Executive Committee Members Flying Scot® and the FS logo are registered trademarks of Flying Scot®, Inc. Scots n’ Water x Volume 61 x Number 4-5 x 2017 3 President’s Message ‘Tis the Season Bill Vogler, FS# 6140 s I write this brief note, reprinted from an earlier issue of Scots n’ On a side note, please remember as we my wife Jill and I are pre- Water, is in this issue. We will be reaching enter the fall of the sailing season that we paring to depart for the out to the class membership to see who are still celebrating our 60th season as a Mediterranean where we might be interested. one-design class. I hope you will celebrate will be bareboat charter- I know that various Scot sailors have by attending as many regatta events as Aing for a week to sail around parts of gotten together to do this in small groups possible to show class participation and Sardinia. What does this have to do with but not in a large flotilla format that strength! I’d also like to mention the Flying Scot sailing? More than you think we have in mind. I’m reminded of major success of the stand-alone regatta as I’ve indicated in a previous article when several Scot sailors attended the for women and juniors held in Dallas, (volume 61 #2) that what is learned Michael and Greta Mittman wedding which was considered quite successful. in smaller one-design boats is applied in the American Virgin Islands in 1997. Please also remember to renew member- similarly to bigger boats. The points of Afterwards, wedding guests chartered ship when contacted by the association sail are still the same but the equipment several 40-foot boats for a sail in the headquarters sometime in the next month is just a little bit bigger! British Virgin Islands (BVIs) for a week or so to keep our class strong. Scot sailing has provided the knowl- to celebrate their honeymoon. As I recall, Finally, kudos go out to Clinton Lake, edge and skills that have expanded my Scott Mauney, Bob New, Roland Forester, IL, Fleet #135 Scot sailor Eric Bussell sailing experiences to coastal and blue their spouses, plus Chris Dukminier who ditched work to take a Jon boat (a water sailing. Along those lines, Charles and others from the Scot Fleet 23 White small, flat bottom motor boat mostly Buffington, former FSSA class presi- Rock Lake in Dallas, TX, region, joined used for fishing) down to Houston, TX, dent and FSSA Foundation Chair, and I the Mittmans on a fun romp around the where he joined the Cajun Navy to res- have discussed the possibility of plan- BVI chain of islands. The stories are still cue survivors of Hurricane Harvey. His ning a Scot Caribbean group cruise on vivid from that trip including surgery story is in this issue. Here’s also hoping “big” boats to the British Virgin Islands, I needed to repair a hernia induced by that our Flying Scot family survived West Indies, or something comparable. poor limbo technique, fueled by a nip of Hurricane Irma in Florida and that that Another option would be something island rum and Cuban cigars at a charter- might be the end of hurricane season for like the Thousand Island cruise a group ing agency party! Never again! We will the United States. of Flying Scots did in 1996. Their story, be in touch about any potential trip! Best Wishes and Smooth Sailing! O Consider Signing Up for Amazon Smile You know what they say, it’s always better to give than to receive, but what if you could both give AND receive? That’s the idea behind the Amazon Smile program. If you shop at Amazon (which means pretty much anyone reading this, I would wager), then you can sign up for Amazon Smile and designate FSSA as the charity you are supporting. Then, every time you shop a small portion of your purchases go to FSSA. So when you shop you are helping the Flying Scot class. If you ever needed a reason to buy more stuff, here it is!! Just remember to go to smile.amazon.com every time you shop online. It’s a win win!! 4 Scots n’ Water x Volume 61 x Number 4-5 x 2017 President’s Message FSSA Introducing the Assistant Editor of Scots n’ Water, Ned Johnston Ned and Anne Deb Aronson, FS#6144, Midwest District, Scots n’ Water Editor was going to use this space to Flying Scot class (not that I am biased, of thank you for stepping up and heed- announce that I was looking for course!). Don’t take my word for it, read ing the call. My hope is that after a few an editorial assistant, but the call Ned’s article! issues, I’ll be able to pass the baton on to went out on line and I already got Ned also sails a Luders 16, a 26-foot Ned full time, pending the approval of an answer, so now I will use this long keelboat, most often with his the Executive Board. It’s very fun to be Ispace to introduce you to my new edito- wife, Anne.