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Interview by Greg Fisher ME - Both Marcus and I have sailed for quite some time together, whether it be skipper or crew. We understand what each other's duties are on the water, no matter what position we take. The most important aspect of working together as a team has to be the time in the boat where you can anticipate each other's next move. Its also impressive that you sail at a total of 375lbs ( is that correct?) and were still one of the fastest boats in the breeze. What adjustments did you make that were important? How about your steering in that breezy, lumpy condition? ME -We do sail fairly light crew weightwise, but have found that the Flying Scot can be easily depowered when the wind is on. I believe that, when sailing at this weight, both skipper and crew have to be in good physical shape in order to hike and move aggressively around the boat. Steering and sail trim (in and out) needs to be very aggressive in order to keep the boat on its feet at all times. If you heel over too much, you will slip sideways due to the small centerboard. It also pays huge dividends to set the boat up with proper mast rake and rig tension before starting a windy air race. Sailing conservatively has long been one of your trademark sailing styles. Rarely do you see you guys on a corner. That takes patience for sure...how important do you feel this type of strategy is and how do you maintain it? ME -We believe that you should never get caught out on a corner unless you are absolutely sure that you know what the wind is going to do. It is seldom that we go hard one way or the other. We like to keep our options open and be in a position to take advantage of what happens. That's not to say that you can't leverage a little left or right, but always try to protect yourself from a big number, particularly in a large fleet with no throwouts. With this strategy, your finishes will be more consistent throughout the series. You may not win as many races, but you may also stay away from the big numbers.
Flying Scot Sails Jim Egan is the new Florida District Champion!
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Report by Greg Fisher
The 2008 Flying Scot Midwinters Championships were hosted by St Petersburg Yacht Club this past week in a wide variety of conditions. Although only 5 of the 10 scheduled races were sailed there was still plenty of great racing. With breezes of 20-25mph all the way down to 5 mph the 59 boat fleet "had it all". When the scores were tallied father/son team of Marc and Marcus Eagan from New Orleans won the event with scores of 1,2,1,3,6. Chris Wientjes, also from New Orleans, was second. Our own Al Terhune with wife Katie was third with consistent scores of 3,3,4,5,5. Al's finishes in the big breeze was certainly respectable as he and Katie were the lightest team in the top 5. Greg and Diane Kampf from Linwood, Mass won the Challenger Division with scores of 8,3,8,1,9. Ron Kiss and Tom Hanley from Rockville, MD were second overall. For complete results, click here. This was the first year for the Flying Scot Class's "top Gun" coaching program. Each morning before the racing a prerace prep was held where weather, boat set-up and boat handling tips were discussed. After the day's races, a roundtable discussion with the fleet's top sailors took place. Top Gun was well received and many new sailors felt a lot of valuable info was shared in the roundtable/video sessions especially. Brian, Al and I were all very much involved with the program, which appears to have a lot of interest for a repeat in 2009. Overall this was a tremendous event for North Sails. 1,3 in the Championship Division and 1,2,3,5 in the Challengers is a great indication of our latest sails performance over a wide range of conditions and crew weights. This Fall we introduced a new main that is considerably flatter than our main of the past several years. There has been a trend towards sailing the boat with 2 people and our new AP main has quickly proven to be spot on. Of the 7 North boats in the top 15, 6 had the new main. Past North American Champs Marc Eagan and Kelly Gough both sailed prototypes of this new main at the North Americans last year and were instrumental in the AP main development. Our last years main certainly has a place as some teams still sail with 3 (and/or weigh above 415 lbs total). The highly competitive Lipton series sailed in the Gulf Yachting Association for example, sails with a minimum weight of 425 so we will continue to offer last years main and it will be affectingly renamed
LC-1 (for Larger Citizens).
We are also working on a newer jib, slightly flatter than the popular Snug Rig jib.
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Report by Allan Terhune This past weekend Davis Island Yacht Club hosted the Flying Scot Midwinter Warm-up regatta. The host fleet did a great job of accommodating the 31 boat fleet as they all prepared for the upcoming Midwinter regatta at St. Pete that starts on Monday. The regatta was loaded with professionals and sail makers, including Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, Jeff Linton. North Sails performed well in the 3 race regatta, that was sailed in 0-10 knots of breeze. I was fortunate to win the event with North Sails Customer Fred Strammer coming in 5th place. The regatta was also the final leg of the 6 regatta Florida Circuit. North Sails Dominated the circuit finishing 1,2,3!!
Top 3
 1. Jim Egan 2. Fred Strammer 3. Ron Pletsch It was a good weekend, we are all off to St. Pete for the Midwinter regatta which starts Monday afternoon.
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Report by Greg Fisher Last weekend Fred Strammer,with his Dad as crew, dominated the Florida Flying Scot districts with 5 firsts! Here's what Fred had to say: "Just to keep you updated, my dad and I won the Florida District regatta this past weekend in Jensen Beach. The sails worked masterfully in the 5-15 mph range we had throughout the weekend." The link to the scores: http://www.usscmc.org/files/Flying%20Scot%20Final%20Score.htm Fred had become a great North supporter having won the Lightning Junior NAS with North Sails this summer. He's a Freshman at Brown University and certainly will be a top collegiate sailor too. Congratulations Fred! For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
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Report by Allan Terhune The Flying Scot ACC's were sailed this past weekend at Toms River Yacht Club in NJ. 29 boats sailed the 5 race event with very shifty winds ranging from 5-15 knots. Consistency was the key to this event as every boat had at least one race outside the top ten. My wife and I were fortunate enough to recover from a tough first race to win the event by 5 points over Dan Neff and his wife Christine. Ralf and Christine Coffill from Long Island were third and Flying Scot builder Harry Carpenter with Carrie Carpenter and Melanie Dunham were fourth. We held a very good post race clinic on Saturday that went on for over an hour at the keg. Many of the competitors asked questions and picked the "hot shots" brains for about an hour.
Toms River did a great job hosting the event, which is a good warm up for the North Americans which will be held there next July. The ACC's in 2008 will be held in Selby Bay, MD in September.
Top Ten
1. Allan Terhune, Jr. - North Main, Snug Rig Jib and Radial Spinnaker 2. Dan Neff - North Main, North Snug Jib 3. Ralf Coffill - North Main, North Tight Jig, North Cross Cut Spinnaker 4. Harry Carpenter 5. Dave Neff 6. Hans Noordanus 7. John Luard, North Main, Loose Jib and Radial Spinnaker 8. Mark Beaton 9. Hugh Haggerty - North Loose Jib, North Cross Cut Spinnaker 10. Dan Vought - North Main, Snug Jib and Radial Spinnaker.For more information on Flying Scot Sails contact one of our Flying Scot experts!
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Report by Allan Terhune This past weekend there was a 3-class regatta in Toms River, New Jersey. Flying Scots, E-Scows and Ensigns were racing, with Scots and Scows getting ready for their respective Nationals this month, and the Ensigns preparing for their Nationals which will be in Toms River this August. The conditions were perfect with 10-18 on Saturday and 6-12 on Sunday. It was a good tune up for all and a great regatta for North Sails. Flying Scot For more information about the Toms River Tune Up regatta don't hesitate to contact Al Terhune!
Flying Scot Sails This past weekend we had a clinic at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, site of the upcoming 2007 Flying Scot NAS, in Deltaville, Va. It was a great bunch with 20 boats at times on the water and racing. We did an "around the boat" discussion for about an hour Saturday morning where we talked primarily about gear changing and sailing in big breeze. This was particularly apropos as the breeze was up near 18mph and higher when the fleet hit the water.
Thanks for all the hospitality to the members of the FBYC Scot fleet and especially Mike Miller who drove me around all day in the power boat and organized the entire seminar! Also thanks to Jon Deutsch ( www.jdeutsch.com) for the pictures. COOL! To watch the video of the clinic, click here. Note that it's a 25MB file. You will need Windows Media Player to see it. High speed Internet connection is recommended. Have a clinic organized for your fleet at your Yacht Club! Click here form more information on North's successful Racing Clinics.
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We then videoed the 4 races of the Piankatank Regatta that were sailed that afternoon. It was a perfect day as it was quite shifty, and obviously breezy...so we got lots of footage of sailing in the tricky conditions. When the racing was over it was Hans Noordanous who won the day and with North Sails.
After the hour long video review the gang had a great dinner.
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