Get a new Flying Scot for the NAC

Dreaming of a new boat for the North Americans this June? Flying Scot builder Harry Carpenter is offering a once-in-a-lifetime GROUP DISCOUNT deal!! Check it out. Get your sailing buddies on board and take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

A fresh new Flying Scot like one of these could be yours at a great price.

Package price complete $19,995.00
Package price on two boat group order $17,995.00
Package price on three or more group order $16,995.00

Group Order Discounts for the 2012 NAC June

Free freight to the NAC in Carlyle, IL
These boats will be ready to sail, just add crew!


Flying Scot complete – white deck and hull with no trim stripes, fiberglass centerboard cap
Mad main, jib with AirX spinnaker
Galvanized trailer and tie-down
Mast hinge
Jib sheet cleated on seat with Harken auto ratchet
2:1 jib sheet rig
360 swivel cleat for centerboard
Ronstan X-10 fixed h-o stick
Mainsheet – 5/16 polypro - rigged 2:1 with Harken Carbo blocks
Spinnaker rig and spinnaker pole
Two rings on mast for pole
Spinnaker halyard led aft with take-up reel
Spinnaker guy hooks on deck with cleats at chainplates
Spinnaker sheets – ¼” Ultra-lite - internal system with self-ratchet cheek blocks under seat
Spinnaker turtles on forward seat corners
Outhaul – 6:1 internal wire
Cunningham system led aft to console
Vang – 12:1 cascade purchase led aft to console cleat
Pole lift – 2:1 - led through deck to console cleat
Pole downhaul – shock cord through deck
Mast head fly
Break-away rudder blade hold down pin
Tack-Tick compass and mount
Safety equipment - anchor & line, paddle, cushion, whistle, bucket & chamois
Package price complete $19,995.00
Package price on two boat group order $17,995.00
Package price on three or more group order $16,995.00

Terms – 50% down and the balance on delivery

Sarasota Fleet Racing

Saturday was a red letter day in our fleet history. We had a super day for racing and when the gulf breeze kicked in the winds were in the 12 -15 kt range. Sue and John Damagala ran 3 races and mixed things up with 3 different course configurations. THANK YOU!! Twelve boats sailed out to the starting area and 10 entered the races. We were joined by the Thinels and Lintons from the Tampa fleet. They came down to get some practice in before heading north to the Flying Scot North Americans. Super exciting news for the day and our fleet was having two new fleet members come out for the first time. Both, Andy Lindgren in Over Easy and Mark George in Scot Free Joined us for the first time. Welcome to our fleet!!! On top of the leader board after the 3 races were The Lintons in first, Don & Stu (Leprechan) second and Ron and Richard (Sidewalk Express) in Third.
Our next race date on the calendar is June 9th. Start time is 4:30 out on the course.

Sue and John were kind enough to bring a camera along and took many photos including the great ones below. Some may notice that they are all of Kim and I, a benefit of having your own blog! You will, of course, want to click on them for the full screen view.

As mentioned above the Lintons and Kim and I were wanting to get a little tiller time in advance of the NAC. This proved to be a good idea in our case since we were feeling a little rusty, the Lintons were rust-free as is common.

Gotta love Sarasota Bay!!

NAC 2012 Preview

So the NAC is about 6 weeks away but the early registration discount ends next week, May 20. Looks like we may have a fairly good sized group from Florida but so far only 3 are signed up. Back in the day the discount would have been good for a tank of gas but nowadays... well, never-mind. It'll get ya some beer though!!


The organizers have put together a very nice event website with all kinds of detailed info. We will be staying at the State Park Campground which is also where the sailing facility is located.

For the first time, we will be traveling by RV this year and are looking forward to hanging out with the Lintons and John & John who will also be RV'ing it. We all have spots reserved at the the campgrounds southern end which is close to the sailing center.

Here we have the RV trio, as seen at the Rudder Club in Jacksonville

Our dogs will be attending again this year so that is a highlight, for sure. Missy (the oldest) has been to 2 NAC's already so she is a veteran.

On the way to Ephraim WI for the 2009 NAC we stopped at Flying Scot Inc. for the Sandy Douglass  where Missy got to meet Buffet (like Jimmy), the Carpenter's golden retriever

Missy and Lexi both went to the 2010 NAC at Bay Waveland but like us they may have successfully blocked that one from the memory banks.

Missy and Lexi crashed out in the van on the way home from Bay Waveland,  watching the weather channel all week wiped them out

We think scheduling the regatta in June was a good plan. With some luck it will be before the big heat of summer and after the spring storms die down. Fingers are crossed!

Get your entry in and we will see you there!

In case you won't make it,

we will do updates, maybe even with a new Ipad.