Deadline for Banquet Reservations Is On Us

OK - time is running out. Please pick up the phone and give Lisa Winters a call at 517-974-7349 (or send her an email at lisa.winters@att.net). She needs to know by the end of the week how many will be attending the Annual Banquet.

The event will be held Friday, November 18th at the Eagle Eye Golf Course Clubhouse. There will be a cash bar beginning at 6:30 pm. Dinner will be at 7:00 pm and the annual meeting and awards begins at 8:00 pm. Cost is $28.50 a person and includes a buffet dinner with Prime Rib, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Sugar Snap Peas, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Pasta Salad, Garden Tossed Salad, Bread & Butter.

If you would rather just get there for dessert (approximately 7:45), $6.00 is the price tag.

But, don't wait. Contact Lisa right away please.

Lansing Lightnings a Hit at Sloops

LSC and other Lightnings on a reaching leg Saturday

LSC Lightning skippers provided seven of the twelve Lightnings for last weekend's National Intercollegiate Sloop Championship at Gull Lake. Officials and sailors were very appreciative of the quality of the boats and sailmaker Skip Dieball, who turned the boats for the particularly sails US Sailing provided, indicated the boats were in excellent shape and very equal.

The University of California - Irvine won the Championship with Georgetown finishing second. Texas A&M was third with the midwest entry Minnesota fourth, losing a tiebreaker to A&M. Ten teams representing collegiate districts throughout the country competed for the Championship.

Looking at boat by boat results, Neil Harrison's Lightning had the best overall score with Siegle's "Fins" a close second.

LSC members Doug Carlson and Pat Dolan spent the weekend at Gull Lake serving on Race Committee and otherwise helping out with event management.

Anyone interested in details and pictures will find them at the event website, located at www.collegesailing.org/nas/fall05/sloops.

Mike Moody in New Zealand with "BloTorch"

Competitors get a briefing at BloKart Championship

Mike Moody, LSC Commodore, is in New Zealand competing with his BloKart in several events.

"This really is a celebration of Blokarting in the world today," wrote Mike in one of his recent emails. "The best Blokarters in the world have assembled here to show there stuff, meet new friends, compete and have FUN! It has become a sort of global family. Something Paul Beckett never dreamed would happen.

"They have worked very hard to get this ready and it shows. A great track with many improvements in just the last three weeks, sunny weather, excellent Bar-b-ques at night (have not had as restaurant meal since I got here), the color and pagentry of a traditional Mauri (pronounced Merry) welcoming ceremony, the flags of all the countries being flown atop Blokart masts on identical karts and all lined up on the infield, all the sponsors flags and banners all over the place, in ground electronic scoring provides scores to the web within 30 seconds of a race finish, an Olympic style winners stand complete with the many sponsors mosaic in the background.

"Kiwi hospitality is second to none. Every overseas competitor is sponsored by a Kiwi family and has a place, a bed, a shower, and breakfast at no out of pocket cost to the guest. There is media coverage every day. I have been interviewed on national TV along with other overseas competitors. Interviewed by the local newspaper and TV 3 is doing daily shooting of raw footage to be used later for a documentary type piece. Hopefully we can get it to show in the US."

Mike is sending daily reports which are being posted on the LSC web site at www.lansingsailing.org.

• 2006 Listings will begin in March.

• The complete Calendar of Events is on the LSC Web Site. Click on "Calendar"
• Tuesdays: Junior Racing/Sailing and Lightning Practice Day (Next Season starts mid June 2006).
• Wednesdays: Lasers and Sunfish Race (Next Season starts late May 2006)
• Sundays: Lightnings Race (Next Season late April 2006

• Swedish Match Tour. Professional Match Racing at venues throughout the world.
• America's Cup Racing. Acts 8 and 9 will be held in Trapani from Sept 27 thru Oct 9.