Just Another Winter Morning on Lake Lansing

Sunday, December 5, 2004. Fred Hull sends us this picture from his home on the north side of Lake Lansing. It was taken early this morning with a thin layer of ice serving as an almost perfect mirror.

As Fred says "It's Something nice to wake up to on a beautiful winter morning."

By mid-day, much of the ice had melted, but it won't be long before the lake has solid ice on it.

Awards Galore

Some of the crowd

Friday, November 19, 2004. The Lansing Sailing Club honored members and recognized crew accomplishments at its annual Awards Banquet, held at the Brookshire Inn in Williamston. In addition to Laser, Sunfish and Lightning Fleet awards recognizing sailors who qualified for awards in 2004 (see the Racing Page for final results), there were a number of special awards.

Doug Carlson received the "Ron Wilson Award", LSC's highest award. See the story below.

Junior Sailor Doug Crawford was recognized as the "Junior Sailor of the Year".

Susanna Tellschow received the Lightning Fleet's "Rookie Crew of the Year" award.

John LeFevre was recognized as the skipper who most actively advances the interests of the Lansing Lightning Fleet by being given the "Corinthian Award". The award recognizes actions which help grow competition and improve the size and quality of the fleet as well as demonstrating broad interest in Lightning racing sailing through club racing, participation in regattas, exemplary sportsmanship, service, or helping others to improve their skills.

The "Crew of the Year" award from the Lightning Fleet went to Bob Miller.

Jane Marshall received the Lightning Fleet's "Wet Bottom Award" and Fleet Captain George Siegle announced that the award was being renamed the "Jane Marshall Wet Bottom Award" in recognition of her love of sailing and demonstrated commitment to going all out to be there as crew.

Larry Koster was awarded the "Jon C. Stoval Perpetual Peculiar Award", earned for special crew work involving the launching of "Bananas" at the Michigan District Lightning Championship which saw the lifting bridle give way. Also, for his insistence on a hiking strap being installed in the boat which Jim Fletcher saw Larry trip over four times and use not at all.

Merrick Hurlbutt awarded himself the "Flying Wedge" award for being the port boat in a T-boning incident none of the six sailors saw coming.

Carlson Receives Wilson Award

Friday, November 19, 2004. Lansing Sailing Club member Doug Carlson received the "Ron Wilson Award" at the Annual Awards Banquet. This award is the highest given by LSC and recognizes Club dedication, active racing participation and enthusiasm for sailing.

Carlson has served as Commodore and in other capacities on the Board of Directors over the years. He is currently Club Boat Director, and in that capacity led LSC's effort to acquire and outfit a new Race Committee Boat.

Doug is an active Laser racer, and has been Club Champion a number of times. This year, he finished second, just four points out of first place.

His skills as Race Quiz Master are well known to all the Wednesday sailors. Each Wednesday after racing, Doug skillfully leads a race rules quiz - involving sailors in a lively discussion that helps everyone learn more about the rules.

when it's windy - get the bloKart out

Saturday, October 30, 2004. It was blowing 14-25 and gusting to 35 (one gust was measured at 55 in the Lansing area). Idea conditions for a BloKart.

Mike Moody, Doug Carlson and Ken Knight took advantage of the conditions, using the parking lot across from the MSU Pavilion.

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Mike Moody on two wheels Ken Knight takes a spin

Safety Boat Lift Out - Sailing Season Closing Down

Susanna in a late October sail

Thursday, October 28, 2004. Inland Abyss came today to pull the Safety Boat lift out of the water. With the docks out, mooring buoys put away, and no Safety Boat, it looks like the sailing season is pretty well closed down.

Susanna Tellschow was the lone sailor on the lake last Friday for one of the last sails in 2004 on Lake Lansing. She went sailing while Mike Moody and Pat Dolan were on the water getting the cover off the Safety Boat lift.

Dock's Come Out in Record Time

A well satisfied Wayne Loescher Julie Pierce and Joanne Princinsky shared stories after raking was done Neil Harrison and John Quensen

Saturday, October 16, 2004. Under the able direction of Rear Commodore Wayne Loescher (pictured at right), the docks came out in record time. Members reported at 8 am, and by 9:20 all three docks were out and neatly stacked.

A light but steady rain helped propel things along - as did the desire of many members to make it over to campus for a noon kickoff and homecoming celebrations. In addition, the preparation work done earlier in the week by Bob Miller, Stacy Kotecki and Ken Knight enabled the docks crew to quickly drop the anchors and go to work.

Over the years, small changes are also beginning to add more efficiency. New hardware on the main dock uses R-pins and we no long need to turn nuts off bolts. The new Committee Boat dock is much lighter and the quick release pins expedite that too. Anchor chains being held together with various types of quick release pins is also a big time saver.

For next year, yet another time saving device was installed by the preparation crew on the anchor chains. A permanent line was attached instead of the string system used in past years. Great minds at work. Thanks.

Doug Carlson and Gil Chesbro went to work on the new Committee Boat motor - getting it ready for winter. The motor is a four stroke, and requires different attention from the old motor.

Once the docks were out and the grounds raked, some members turned their attention to boats. Neil Harrison and John Quensen are shown at right zipping the mast cover for Neil's Lightning after having de-rigged the boat.

There are some tasks left for those members who were unable to make Docks Out. Ed Clarke and Olav Messerschmidt will be organizing a work party to cut up old barrels for disposal. We will also be taking apart the old dock sections that need to be tossed. A date for the work party will be announced soon.

The Safety Boat lift is now being taken care of by Inland Abyss of Brighton - so that is the only item remaining in the lake. Inland Abyss also services the lift - either when they take it out, or put it in next spring.

2004 Racing Season Ends with "Wind Dancer" on Top

From heavy air starts a week ago (Oct 3) To light air launches on the final day (Oct 10)

October 10, 2004. The Lightning Fleet's 2004 season came to a close with two weekends of highly contrasting conditions. A week ago, winds of 15+ put boats up on a plane. Today, light and variable was the theme (for more, ready the Oct 11 e-Sheet).

For the day it was Moody, Siegle and Severin scoring wins. For the season it was the "Wind Dancer" team that put the most points on the board.

Winning more than half of all the races she entered, "Wind Dancer" won both the full and half season championships. In only eleven of the sixty-seven races they sailed, did the "Wind Dancer" team finish lower than second. Gil Chesbro, Stacy Kotecki, Bob Miller, Susanna Tellschow and Pat Dolan sailed on this year's team.

In the runner-up spot for both championships was Mike Moody in "Moody's Booty". Lisa Winters joined Mike's team this year and was his most consistent crew member. Ken Knight, Helio Vogel, Sally Miller, Kevin Johnson, Susanna Tellschow and Anna Hamilton were also active participants on the "Booty".

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Heavy Hiking, Boot Scootin’ Fun at the Hoosier Regatta!

"Moody's Booty" crew gets spinnaker going at windward mark in close quarters during Wawasee Regatta

October 3, 2004. By Lisa Winters. The crew of "Moody’s Booty" had an action-filled weekend at the 50th anniversary Hoosier Regatta, Oct 2-3, 2004, hosted by the Wawasee Yacht Club on Lake Wawassee near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Wonderful hospitality and challenging race conditions made for a very memorable weekend for Mike Moody, Susanna Tellschow, and Lisa Winters.

After two weeks of light air practice preparing for the regatta, the crew was met with very heavy wind conditions all weekend, with winds gusts of up to 29 mph on Saturday. It was tough going at first, but the crew made adjustments with each race and did a great job working as a team to conquer the wind, waves, and competition. The effort really paid off on day two, when Mike and crew sailed to a first place finish in race four, leading the race from the start and holding off regatta champ Sean Fiddler for an exciting win. "Moody’s Booty" also finished 6th in races three and five, with an overall 9th place finish out of twenty boats.

But that’s only half the story. After an invigorating day of sailing on Saturday, the sailors were met with hot-buttered rum at the dock, followed by a wonderful homemade dinner with all the fixings in WYC’s very comfortable clubhouse. The night was topped off with great live music by "Goldmine Pickers", a bluegrass band from Goshen, Indiana, who played excellent foot stompin’, boot scootin’ music well into the night. Mike, Lisa, and Susanna danced their little "Booty"s off, along with sailors from all over the Midwest. We can’t say enough about the gracious, friendly folks of the Wawasee Yacht Club. These folks do it up in style. Mark this event on your calendars for next year!

Purdue Sailor Wins Spartan Singles Collegiate Division - MSU 's Ray Second

Carlos Abisambra - Purdue '06

Sep 19, 2004. Purdue's Carlos Abisambra won the Collegiate Division of this year's Spartan Singles Regatta. Four first place finishes were among the 27 points he compiled over nine races to win by five points over MSU's Casey Ray.

Casey Ray, MSU Freshman from St. Joseph, sailed very well to finish second with 32 points. If this is an indication of MSU's growing strength as a collegiate sailing team, they will be well represented at the upcoming Midwest Collegiate Singlehanded Championship.

Sailing on Sunday was a decided contrast to Saturday's Regatta sailing. On Saturday, the wind was very light and only three races were completed in an entire day of racing. On Sunday however, six races were completed in a nice breeze in half a day of sailing.

Casey Ray - MSU '08

Many thanks to all the MSU and Lansing Sailing Club members who made this Regatta such a success. Pat Dolan served as Principal Race Officer and was ably assisted on Saturday by Bob Brooke, Wayne Loescher, Terry Kleiman and Lisa Winters. The Sunday Race Committee crew included Doug Carlson, Bob Miller and Susanna Tellschow.

For MSU, Mary Vorel took over Chairpersonship of the Regatta at the last minute when Laura Schmidt became ill and made everything come together. Mike Fong took responsibility for scoring. Many members of the MSU Sailing Club helped with rides, housing, food, trophies, clean-up, and the many other activities that go into having a successful regatta.

As the collegiate sailors concluded their regatta and put away their boats, the Lightning sailors were rigging and launching for their afternoon of sailing. Thanks go out to the many Lansing Sailing Club members and guests who cooperated on Sunday with a very crowded parking lot and lots of traffic at the clubhouse.

Carlson Wins 32 Boat Spartan Singles Open Division

Laser sailors got an early start Saturday

Sep 18, 2004. Doug Carlson of the Lansing Sailing Club sailed to finishes of 5th, 2nd and 1st to capture the overall title in this years Spartan Singles Regatta. The Regatta continues for collegiate sailors on Sunday, September 19th.

The top four boats in the open division were very close. Doug Carlson finished with 8 points, while Mike Moody was second with 9 points, Sean Fidler third with 10 points and Chad Coberly fourth with 11 points.

Thirty-two Laser sailors competed in this years Spartan Singles Open Division including 18 collegiate sailors and two junior sailors.

Doug Carlson in Race 2

Mike Moody finds wind downhiill

The top collegiate sailors in Saturday's competition were U of M sailor David Ellis with 5 points, followed closely by Case Ray of MSU with 26 points and Dom Thinschmidt of Northwestern with 27 points. Also among the collegiate sailors were representatives of Purdue, Notre Dame, Hope, Ohio University and Western Michigan University.

Leading the Junior sailors was EJ O'Mara.

Winds were light and highly variable, but the Race Committee managed to get three races in. A fourth race was started, but abandoned when a ninety degree right shift appeared - and the Regatta Chair announced that it was time to begin tailgating before the MSU - Notre Dame football game coming up in the evening.

LSC Lightning Sailors at Whitecap

Mike Moody (center of picture) nears the finish line in the first Sunday race - Photo by Susanna Tellschow

Sep 12, 2004. Four Lightning crews from the Lansing Sailing Club traveled to Cass Lake near Pontiac for the 2004 Whitecap Regatta sponsored by the Pontiac Yacht Club. This is a very high quality regatta every year with more than thirty boats participating.

Mike Moody, Lisa Winters and Helio Vogel sailed "Moody's Booty" and led the Lansing contingent - finishing 17th overall. Except for one race, Mike and crew had three solid finishes.

Pat Dolan had Susanna Tellschow and Bob Miller along on "Wind Dancer". Their highlight was a second place finish out of thirty three boats in the third race of the Regatta.

Bob Miller trims the spinnaker on "Wind Dancer" at Pontiac - Photo by Susanna Tellschow

Blaine Severin, with his regular crew of Julie Pierce and Tom Deits, took "UFP" to the Regatta while John LeFevre sailed with Merrick Hurlbutt and Scott Watkins on Saturday with Adrianne Tuttle working the front of the boat on Sunday and Scott Watkins in the middle.

While the wind was generally light with the crews seldom hiking, there was enough to get good racing in. The fleet was an aggressive one, challenging the Race Committee constantly at the start. The "I" flag was employed for all but the last race and the black flag was used to get one of the Saturday races started. With the Black Flag displayed during the start sequence, any boat in the triangle between the starting line and the first mark in the minute before the start is disqualified for that race. With the "I" flag showing, any boat on the course side of the starting line in the minute before the start must restart by first going around one of the ends.

The "Unidentified Flying Pigs" crew sails by on starboard as racing gets set to begin on Sunday morning - Photo by Susanna Tellschow

"Sail Fevre" checking the wind during the pre-start on Sunday's first race at the Pontiac Yacht Club - Photo by Susanna Tellschow

Wednesday Racing closes With Great Sailing

Alanna Harvey, Sunfish Fleet Captain, on her way to a second place finsih - Photo by Jim Fletcher

Sep 8, 2004. The 2004 Wednesday evening racing season came to a close with plenty of wind, some exciting sailing and a beautiful sunset as the sailors put their boats away before heading to Spags.

John Fishbeck closed it out with four first place finishes, showing why he sits atop the Sunfish fleet after the 2004 season is over. Seven Sunfish sailors end up qualifying for trophies. Besides Fishbeck, qualifiers in order of their final standings are: Jim Fletcher, Gil Chesbro, Neil Harrison, Dave Vietti, Dennis Dudley and Susanna Tellschow. Maribeth Fletcher and Paul Davis just missed qualifying.

Doug Crawford was out sailing in an Optimist again Wednesday - finally getting a day he could spend some time hiking. Doug didn't have much Junior Sailor competition - but he held his own against the Commodore of Vice in Opti racing - making a series of come from behind statements that he can make the boat go.

Tight, competitive racing was the norm as usual for the Laser fleet - Photo by Jim Fletcher

For the Lasers, Mike Moody wins the season championship by a narrow 5 point edge over a hard charging Doug Carlson. Doug finishes second, followed by Olav Messerschmidt, George Siegle, Pat Dolan, Blaine Severin, Bob Miller and Dave MacKenzie.

More pictures and the Wednesday evening story are in the September 9, 2004 e-Sheet - available through the Archive section of the web site.

Details and season standings are available through links on the Racing page. Click on "Racing", then on the icon for each class.

Baron Wins

Wind Dancer's skipper leans in with crew on the leeward side for heel going through chop - Photo by John Quenson

August 15, 2004. Pat Dolan, with key work by crew Stacy Kotecki and Terry Kleiman, won two races today and took second in the third race. The big news of the day however was Don Baron winning for the first time in his Lightning.

Don had Gary Marx aboard as crew and both were all smiles afterward. Check the August 16 e-Sheet in the Archives section for more.

Details and season standings are available through links on the Racing page. Click on "Racing", then on either "Full Year Series" or "Half Year Series" under the Lightning section for details.

Moody Gets Hat Trick Again

Mike shows his downwind form

August 4, 2004. Mike Moody scored a hat trick in Wednesday evening sailing with three wins today.

For more of the story, see the August 4th e-Sheet - available on the archives page.

Complete results and standings are available through links on the Racing page.

Sunfish Led by Fishbeck

Sunfish position for the start

August 4, 2004. John Fishbeck won three of the four Sunfish races tonight. Gil Chesbro won the other race. For more of the story, see the August 5th e-Sheet - available on the archives page.

Complete results and standings are available through links on the Racing page.

Ken Knight sails on "Stripes"

"Stripes" powers to windward

August 2, 2004. By Ken Knight. I was fortunate to spend last weekend sailing on the Santa Cruz 70 "Stripes" in the 44th annual "Ugottaregatta" sponsored by the Little Traverse Yacht Club out of Harbor Springs. Family friend John Teeter is one of the main crew members for owner Bill Martin and he arranged the invitation for me. This is the boat that finished first in class in this year's Port Huron to Mackinac and fourth in the Chicago to Mackinac.

The regatta consisted of a 25.6 mile buoy race on both Saturday and Sunday. There had to be over 300 entries in several different classes. I was a little surprised that the big boat sails exactly like a little one, except the forces involved are massive!

"Stripes" crew gets the boat ready to sail

On Saturday, we experienced winds between 21-23 knots for about half the race and had the boat going over 18 knots downwind. THAT was a ride and a half, as the hull actually began to surf a couple of times!

As newest crew, I earned the job of jumping the hoists and quickly realized why... MAN are those halyards LONG! I also learned how to repack the chutes while underway and through tacks - performed, of course, below deck. First rule... HANG ON!

The level of teamwork required to make such a boat successful is incredible - there are 8 of the 12 crew involved in a spinnaker gybe! It was an excellent and unforgettable weekend that never would have happened without the experience gained here on Lake Lansing.

Crew members Take Control - and show outstanding ability

Skippers for the day

July 22, 2004. Crew members took over helming duties this evening in the annual "Crew Takes the Helm" races. Four races were run by an able Race Committee consisting of Neil Harrision, John LeFevre and Michelle LeFevre.

Skippers, shown at right, were Ken Knight, Lisa Winters, Susanna Tellschow, Bob Brook and Tom Rasmussen. They sailed extremely well and several races were so competitive that less than a boat length separated the winner from the second place boat. In one race, the Race Committee reported all three boats finished within ten seconds.

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Racing Class Underway

Students get instruction in how to hold a position at the starting line

July 19, 2004. This year's "Discover Racing" class has now concluded its second of three Monday evening classes. In the first class, students learned some basic boat handling and worked on trimming the sails for maximum speed.

In the second class, emphasis was on starting. Education Director Terry Kleiman went through the basics of building a strategy for the start including checking to see which end of the line is further upwind and meshing this information with the strategy for sailing the first leg. He also emphasized gathering information on how long it takes to sail the line and finding transits.

With this foundation, the students went on the water to practice starts and then do some short course racing. All the students did very well in determining which end of the starting line they should start at.

The final class is next Monday where the emphasis will be on downwind including some spinnaker work.

Master Sailor's Experience Pays Off

"Shibumi" Sailed By Koster and Crew in 2003

July 18, 2004. "Shibumi's" Masters crew of Larry Koster, Bob Brook and Tom Rasmussen, held their own sailing with the younger sailors of LSC on Sunday, July 18th. The combined age of these three is 210 years (for the North American Masters Championships the required combined age is only 130 years), and it just goes to show that experience pays off. Larry, Tom and Bob led through parts of the three races today, and finished third in the first race.

In the second race, an aggressive start found the Race Committee signalling an "Individual Recall". Since they were very close to the line, the "Shibumi" sailors restarted - although they found out later they were not over early. Even with the restart, the fought their way back and ended up fourth.

More details about the race are in the July 19, 2004 issue of e-Sheet, available through a link on the Archives page. Fleet standings and individual race results are found through links on the Racing page.

LSC Boats Sail Lightning Districts

"Bananas" at Lightning Championship

July 10-11, 2004. LSC Boats "Wind Dancer" and "Bananas" made the trip to Bay City for this year's Lightning District Championship. Jim Fletcher, Eddie Fletcher, Maribeth Fletcher and Larry Koster were aboard "Bananas" (Eddie sailed Saturday and Maribeth sailed Sunday). The "Wind Dancer" team was Susanna Tellschow, Bob Miller and Pat Dolan.

The weather was beautiful and the competition keen. Our sailors faced chop, lake breeze thermals and other conditions they aren't familiar with - but overall were pleased with their sailing and had a great time.

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Junior Sailors Graduate

Brian sailing with increasing confidence

July 5, 2004. The four junior sailors participating in this year's "Discover Sailing Class for Juniors" successfully completed the course.

The "final exam" involved rigging their boats, launching, sailing to a mark and stopping there, sailing to the county park (for a treat) and returning to the Club to safely land their boats.

For a picture story, click on the headline or on the picture.

"BuckBeak" is LSC Entry in Boat yard WArs

"Buckbeak", LSC's Magnificant Dragon

July 4, 2004. LSC participated in the Lake Lansing Property Owners Association "Boat Yard Wars" for the first time this year. It was a great fun. Other LSC members should put this on their schedule for 2005.

Our goal was to make a boat to the event that had character and was unforgetable. With this in mind, "Buckbeak" was born. For a picture story, click on the headline or on the picture.

LeFevre Claims LIghtning Win

Lightnings Sail to a downwind Sunset Finish

July 1, 2004. John LeFevre claimed his first win ever in Lightning Racing at LSC in action Thursday Evening.

Complete results and Lightning standings are available via links on the Racing page of the web site. An article with more details is in the July 2, 2004 e-Sheet - available through the Archive page.

Junior Sailors Make Their Mark

Austin Rosenbaum Sailing His Optimist

June 24, 2004. The Lansing Sailing Club's Junior Sailing Class is now in full swing with four sailors completing the second of their four weekly classes.

This year marks the first use of Optimist Dinghys in the class. Two of the sailors are using Optis while the other two are sailing Club Sunfish.

Already these Junior Sailors are making their way upwind and downwind - tacking and gybing. LSC Member Terry Kleiman directs the LSC Education program. Mike Moody and Pat Dolan are assisting Terry with the Junior Class.

Race Committee on the Ball

Race Committee members Don Baron and Tom Rasmussen on June 27

June 27, 2004. Race Committees don't get enough credit for the hard work they do and the time they put in. On Sundays, RC members usually arrive about 11:00 am and spend about an hour cleaning up the club house, ramps and docks. Then they load up the Committee and Safety Boats in readiness for spending the afternoon on the water.

Shortly after noon, the Committee heads out to check the wind and set a preliminary course. At 12:30 they conduct a Skipper's Meeting and get back on the water to begin racing at 1:00.

Although we have an automated horn system, RC members on the Committee Boat are very active. They need to raise and lower flags exactly in sequence with the horn (because the flags are the official time) and they need to have sharp eyes to identify any boats that are over the starting line early. With more and more Lightning sailors sailng at a high level, this isn't easy as most of the boats are very close to the line at the final flag. If there are boats over early, the recall flag needs to be raised and kept aloft until all OCS (on course side) boats have returned to the pre-start side of the line.

The Safety Boat crew is also very busy. They move marks as necessary - usually resetting the pin end of the starting line just before the starting sequence to make sure it is as accurate as it can be. A the start, the Safety Boat positions itself at the opposite end of the start line from the Committee Boat to help call boats over early - and then to help let OCS boats knows they need to return and restart. Of course, safety is the main purpose of the Safety Boat - and they follow the fleet to be available in case of any problem. Politely keeping other boats off the race course, moving marks as the wind shifts, notifying sailors of course changes, and serving as the boat end of the finish line are also on the list of activities for this active crew.

Having recorded the finishes, and filled out paperwork for the Vice-Commodore and Press Officer, the RC puts everything away and makes sure the sheds are shipshape before calling it a day. That is unless a protest is filed, in which case the RC becomes the Protest Committee. Both sides are heard from and the Committee makes a decision - often difficult because there is usually a persuasive case made by both parties.

Even though serving on RC is typically only a once a year duty, many members volunteer to serve on additional Race Committees - something that is much appreciated in a small club with a busy race schedule like ours.

So - we thank our Race Committees very much. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Fries is Sunfish champ

Derrick Fries Shows Downwind Speed

June 19, 2004. Derrick Fries had a problem with his rig in the very first race and stopped racing to do rapairs. He as there however, for the remaining five races and won them all to become the 2004 Sunfish Regatta Champion with five points.

Dan Norton was the runner up, winning the first race and going on to claim four second place finishes for a total of 9 points.

The Lansing Sailing Club's Mike Moody sailed his first regatta in a Sunfish and came in third.

For complete results, click on the heading.

LaBelle Wins Laser Regatta

Tom LaBelle

Tom LaBelle ran off four straight first place finishes in the last four races to win the Lake Lansing Laser Regatta on Saturday, June 12th. Chad Coberly was second, Doug Carlson of the Lansing Sailing Club was third, Jim Meyer was fourth and Chris Marzke was fifth.

Best woman and best collegiate sailor was Mary Vorel of Michigan State University. EJ O'Mara took home the best junior sailor award and Chris Strugar-Fritsch won the Best Novice Sailor award.

For detailed scoring, click the headline.

Memorial Day Picnic Lots of Fun

Lasers & Sunfish Season Starts

Klaban Wins Lightning Regatta

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Moody is Top US BloKarter

Boat Lift Repaired

While repair work was being done, Club Boat Director Doug Carlson and Commodore Mike Moody monitored the progress of ice breakup on the Lake. Dave MacKenzie dropped by - looking to see if there was enough open water to sail. "Not yet" was the verdict on this side of the lake, although there was plenty of open water on the south and east sides. Anyone want to place a wager on who will be the first to sail on Lake Lansing this year? Oddsmakers should have Dave as a favorite. He looked ready to go.

Dirty Trees Come Down