Monday, November 19, 2012


 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

Monday, November 12, 2012

 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.

Monday, November 5, 2012


 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.

Monday, October 29, 2012


 The Lake Eustis Sailing Club held its 7th Annual Florida Inland Lake Youth Championship
Regatta for boys and girls 8 to 18 years of age in Optimist Prams, Laser 4.7, Laser radials and Club 420 boats this past weekend.  Hurricane Sandy passed by and left Wind Advisory for Lake County with 15 to 20 mph winds on the lake for fast and exciting racing for the 40 boats that came from across Florida for the competition.

The Club 420 winner was Carrie Marshall followed by Nicole Tullo and Della Lache.   Alecia Muscato was the first Laser4.7.  Chris Nagy was the second and Bailey Verkaik  third.   In the Laser radial class Adam Winton was first, Andrew Clark second and Luke Yates third.

The 24 boat Optimist Pram Class was divided into in experienced (green) fleet, inter mediate (white) fleet and advanced (blue).  The green fleet first place was McKenna Wherry, second Noah Lorenzen, and third Quinn Duckett.  Justin Callahan was the white fleet winner and Overall Opti fleet winner.  Wes Myler was white fleet second and Downing Nightingale third.  Max Epaillard was the first blue fleet and the second overall in the Opti.  Tyler Baker was the second blue fleet and the third overall.  Mathew Smith was the third in blue fleet.

Club racing returns next week and the MC scow Southeastern District Championship Regatta the week following. 

Classes for youth continue every Saturday with a new beginner’s class starting November 10, 2012

Sunday, October 14, 2012


The Lake Eustis Sailing Club struggled with light winds for the last three weekends and finally the bigger winds filled in over the weekend with capsizes and fast, exciting sailing.

The MC scow winner was Geoff Moehl followed by Richard Kinnie and Monte Stamper. The flying Scot weekend leader was Gus Chennells in a tie breaker with Dean Grimes. Dave Meaker was third.

Ted benedict led the Wayfarer fleet with Mike Murto second and Jim Lingeman third.


The youth took over the Laser fleet with Luke Yates first and Cameron Smith in third. 
Rob Krentel was second to hold down a place for the adults.
Women sailing were Candi Rob in MC scow, Anne Ireland in Flying Scot and Clair
Epaillard and Leah Harper in the Laser.

Club racing continues next weekend and Youth instruction ever Saturday.

Monday, October 8, 2012

  The Lake Eustis Sailing Club continued to struggle with light winds during the Catamaran regatta this past weekend, when 30 boats from across Florida were only able to get in two races on Saturday and none on Sunday.

The Hobie 16 class was won by Pete Haley of Daytona Beach with Cheryl Johnson second and Mike Burley third.

The open non- spinnaker class was led by Bill Brooks from Tampa followed by Mark Baker and Cameron Smith.

Gina McDonald of Merritt Island was first in the F-16 group with Kristin
Beggs second.

Sarah Newberry led the F-18 class.  Mike Krantz was second with Dave Dunn third.

There was a tie for first between Woody Cope of St. Pete and Richard Kinnie of Ocoee in the F cat group.  O. H. Rodgers was third.

Next week the Sailing Club returns to club racing.  

 

Sunday, September 30, 2012

LAKE EUSTIS SAILING CLUB


The Lake Eustis Laser fleet struggled, but got in two days of light wind racing this weekend with Dave Chapin leading, Rob Krentel second and Sam Chapin third.  Cameron Smith was the first youth followed by Chris Nagy and Michael Gapuz.  Max Epaillard was the first Opti with Matt Smith second. Jackie Nagy was third Opti and the first woman.
The Flying Scots and MC scows managed two short races on Sunday with Dean Grimes first in Scots followed by Henry Picco and Gus Chennells.  The MC scow winner was Dave Moring with
Robert Newland second and Jeff Nichols third.

Next weekend the club will hold a catamaran regatta on Friday Saturday and Sunday with about 40 boats expected to race..