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CONGRATULATIONS
to members who have
recently exchanged
marriage vows!
ECSA News
THANK YOU everyone who responded to
our fund raising request.
We had the University of Minnesota sailing
team here again on their Spring Break during the week of 17-21
March. They brought four guys and eight girls. They arrived over
the weekend and practiced Monday thru Friday from 9 - 5 every day
with the exception of Thursday afternoon, when they went to the
beach. The three local high schools had from 6-10 students here every
day except Thursday. Mostly, we sailed with one high school and
one college student in each boat, except for Friday, when we sailed
the high schoolers against the collegiate team. The weatherman was
very kind to us. We had 3-10 knots with the usual lulls when
switching from land breeze to sea breeze and there was lots of
sunshine after Monday.
Ditty Petermann and
Richard Williams
February 1, 2014
I would like to thank John Sullivan, David Shepherd and Dennis
Mayhew for help with boat repairs before we started. Tom Garner,
Dan Gross, and Heather and Greg Anders all contributed food.
Tom served lunch on Wednesday, Danny provided snacks all week,
and Greg and Heather did a Low-Country Shrimp Boil on Thursday
evening. Otherwise, the collegiates lived on PB& J.
Our kids got serious instruction on roll-tacking, boat speed and
downwind tactics. College and High School races are very short, so
starting techniques are all important. Needless to say, we did a ton
of starting drills. The collegiates don't expect their practice lake in
Minnesota to be thawed until late April, so they got a ton of serious
fundamental drills in.
George Goodall
[email protected] or 850-862-7276
Five boats, both motor
and sail, with eleven
members enjoyed a
beautiful evening on
Rocky Bayou for the
March Cruise!
Check out all of the
March Cruise photos at
www.facebook.com/
fortwaltonyachtclub
~ Fort Walton Yacht Club, Established in 1951 ~
Katy Folsom and
Ric Shepherd
February 28, 2014