The Lake Eustis Sailing Club’s 43rd Annual George Washington Birthday Regatta a week ago was the coldest windiest regatta of the year with Jeff Linton winning the Flying Scot fleet followed by Steve Shaw and Zeke Harowitz.  Andrew Clark was the first Club 420 and Cameron Smith was the second.  The Laser full rig fleet was led by Joel Hurley. Steve Caron was second and Rob Krentel third.  Luke Yates was the first Laser radial followed by Jordan Wiggins second and Joshua Mysicka third. The Laser 4.7 winner was Chris Nagy.  Arden Haley and Michael Gapuz were second and third.   The overall winner in the Optimist Pram group was Wes Myler followed by Tyler Baker and Matthew Smith.

In Club racing this past weekend David Hepting lead the Wayfarers followed by Chip Cunningham and Nick Seraphinoff.  Gus Chennells was the first Flying Scot. Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato were second with Larry Kick third.  First MC scow was Jeff Nicholas, with David Moring second and Dave Helmick third.  The Laser fleet was led by Jerry Back, Rob Krentel second and Tom Jennings third.

Instruction for youth continues every Saturday.         

 The Lake Eustis sailing Club enjoyed the warm weather and the light winds of the weekend with David Moring leading the MC scow group followed by Tim Fredman and David Johnson.  The first Flying Scot was Larry Klick, Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato second and François Simon third.  Jim Lingeman won both wayfarer races while Ted Benedict was second and Izak Kielmovitch was third.  Rob Krentel was the first Laser, Marc Solal second and David Chapin third.  Luke Yates won the Club 420 races followed by Craig Yates second and Donny Harper the third place. 

Instruction for Youth continues every Saturday.  Cub racing returns in two weeks.  The winter regatta season starts in February.

The Lake Eustis Sailing Club’s races over the weekend had miserable light wind with glassy water on Saturday, hardy getting any races in.  On Sunday the winds shifted around a lot, but filled in for some exciting racing and a few capsizes.

 MC scow leader was Ron Reeves followed by David Leather, and Candi Robb.

 Larry Klick was the first Flying Scot.  Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato were second with Gus Chennells third. 

The Wayfarer group leader was Jim Lingeman, Ted Benedict second and Mike Murto third.

First in Laser fleet was Sam Chapin.  Marc Solal was second and Dave Chapin third.
Club 420 winner was Max Epaillard, Luke Yates next and Cameron Smith third.

Instruction for Youth continues every Saturday and club racing returns in 2013  

The Lake Eustis Sailing Club was challenged by brisk winds with lulls and big shifts that made it important to shift gears and change sail shaped to keep up speed through the changing conditions.  The 18 boat MC scow fleet found people winning one race and then at the bottom of the group in the next.   MC scow winner over the weekend was Craig Eaton with Jeff Nicholas second and Bob Cole third.  Larry Klick was first in Fling Scots followed by Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato with François Simeon third.   Jim Lingeman lead the Wayfarer fleet with Jason Buehle second and David Hepting third.   Laser group leader was Rob Krentel followed by Sam Chapin and Randy Rea.

Club racing returns in two weeks and youth instruction continues very weekend.

 The Lake Eustis Sailing Club had the cool windy weather of Fall on the weekend with fast exciting sailing. MC scow winner was Don Francher followed by Ed Sims and Ron Reeves. Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato won the Flying Scot races with Larry Klick second and Gus Chennells third. Jim McIntyre won both Wayfarer races. Jim Lingeman was second and David Hepting third. Rob Krentel was the Laser winner. Luke Yates second Laser and first Youth Laser. Sam Chapin was the third Laser.
Youth instruction continues every Saturday. The next regatta is in Februa

 The Lake Eustis Sailing Club seems to alternate weekend weather from very light wind one weekend to brisk wind the next and this past weekend for the  19th Southeast Regional MC scow regatta the 29 boat attending had the more than adequate wind with exciting sailing and a few capsizes.

The overall winner and the winner in the under 50 age group was Rob Seidelmann from New Jersey. Local sailor Dave Moring was second overall and second in the under 50 age group. Tim Fredman from Wisconsin was third overall and first in the 60 to 70 age group.  Local Sailors David Helmick was first in the 50 to 60 age group and Lee Sayler, first in the over 70 age group.  Candi Robb was the first woman. 

Club racing returns next weekend with Youth instruction every Saturday.

 The Lake Eustis Sailing Club had light winds and fog that slowed racing over the weekend.   Winner in the limited racing in MC scows was Dave Moring with Craig Eaton second and Robert Cole third.  Dean Grimes lead the flying Scots followed by Randy Boekema and David Asaibene. The
Wayfarers had no races.  Youth continued winning in Laser group with Luke Yates first and followed by not so youth Sam Chapin and Vince Renzoni.

Southeast regional Championship Regatta for MC scows is scheduled for next week with 50 boats expected. 

Youth sailing instruction continues every Saturday with a new class for beginners age 8 to 18 is scheduled for next Saturday.