The Flying Scot Midwinters are Coming!

The Flying Scot Midwinter Championship is just around the corner. Entries are coming in at a brisk pace; we may see a new high since the event was moved to the St. Petersburg Yacht Club a few years ago. No doubt the addition of the Top Gun School is helping to drive participation.

If you have seen a Florida weather report lately you probably noticed the breeze has been up a bit the last 4 or 5 days. The graph below shows the wind Wednesday 3/19;




Fortunately for us, it is supposed to lay down Thursday and hold at more normal levels for a while. The Warm-up regatta at DIYC Saturday and Sunday should see high 70’s and wind around "10-ish". Perfect conditions for some Yachting. I call it the Warm-up but it is also the final event for the Florida District Championship. The Championship is up for grabs, Jim Egan has the advantage but Ron Pletsch and Fred Strammer are close behind and within striking distance. Current standings/results are posted on the District site, the link is in the column to the right.

We will try to provide daily updates here as the Warm-up and Midwinters progress. Scores should be posted daily (without commentary) on the St. Pete YC site for the Midwinters. The link is www.spyc.org .

Its not too late to attend, so hop in the car and drive South!

Flying Scot Tales from Sarasota

Todays entry comes from the one and only ChuckBob, you gotta love this;

The Domagala machine went Olympic Finn on a dozen Scots this weekend, hanging too tough. Overall, moderate conditions on a beautiful sailing day still made for challenging racing, with pressure changes and shifts out of the ESE. Races two and three made for fleet position ups and downs for each of the boats. Each time it appeared that Ron and Barry were gaining that victorious margin, but in race two it ended with half the fleet avoiding his personal pressure drop and spinnaker reaching over the top, to the line. God evens things out though - in race three he tossed a pressurized brick at the leader, that capsized a port tack 30' catamaran that was taking Ronzo's stern at the time. While the cat crew was hanging on, three stories in the air, Ron got extracted from his pilot duties. Olympic Swimming was featured as Ron got back aboard. This would have been YouTube's hit for the week, at least. Ron/Barry went front to back, and then very nearly won the race anyway, very strong. In those races the Twinems, Don and Stuart, Bob and Sara, Dan and Ted, team Paul Cocotos, and many other teams all took turns leading the pack. It was good to see Rhonda and Dave again too, winners the last six or seven years in a row of N. America's prettiest Flying Scot. If folks are interested in this Sunday for Scots, give a shout. The next weekend has scheduled the Saturday Pot o'Gold as well as the regular Sunday gettogether. All the best, Chuck Bob 3917

Too bad their were no pictures...