April Vacation Week Events Open Daily April 17 -25,1999,12:30–4:30 p.m. Admission: $2 Adults, $1 Children 2-12 years old Saturday, April 17, Astronomy Discovery Day, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. The Vermont Astronomical Society returns for a second year, hosting a great afternoon, of leaning about what’s in the sky right now & observing through telescopes. Tuesday, […]
Champlain Basin Program is creating a new position of program manager to provide overall administrative and planning duties on behalf of the international Lake Champlain Steering Committee. This individual will work closely with Vermont, New York, Quebec and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency representatives on all Lake Champlain matters and coordinate efforts with many institutions involved […]
Bills introduced into State Legistlature with some inpact on Lake Champlain S.0022 ALLOWING CITIZEN SUITS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL – This bill proposes to create a cause of action which could be brought by any person for enforcement of the environmental protection laws H.0279 EXEMPTING VESSELS POWERED ELECTRIC MOTORS FROM REGISTRATION – This bill proposes to exempt vessels […]
“Iron Duck” Sets World Land Sailing Speed Record On their second trip to Lake Ivanpah in the past five months, Bob Dill (Burlington) and Bob Schumacher (Shelburne) set a world land speed sailing record of 116.7 mph. Dill andSchumacher built their first land yacht in 1994 in Schumacher’s shop. It was made from wood and […]
A yet to be named move will be filmed in the area this fall staring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Writen by a former Vermonter, Clark Gregg, the story is centered around a New England college town situated on a lake. According to Greeg, the movies is a “Hitchcock-inspired” thriller.
PHRF Changes Maximum Headsail Size During the 1998 racing season the Lake Chaplain PHRF committee voted to increase the allowable headsail size without incurring a penalty to 155% of “J”. Concern was voiced regarding this decision by members of the club. After careful consideration by both the PHRF Committee, and the board of the Lake […]
During the 1998 racing season the Lake Chaplain PHRF committee voted to increase the allowable headsail size without incurring a penalty to 155% of “J”. Concern was voiced regarding this decision by members of the club. After careful consideration by both the PHRF Committee, and the board of the Lake Champlain Racing Conference the 1998 […]
Betsy Alison, 5 time Rolex Yachtswoman of the year and World Woman Match Racing Champion, told an audience of 70 Lake Champlain Sailors that she owes her success to teamwork. Alison gave a presentation at the Ramada Inn in South Burlington on March 27th. Although she started her 30+ year racing career in single handed […]
According to a study just completed by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, declines in small mouth bass and other warm water species in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario is due to two factors. The increase in double crested cormorants and an decrease in alewives and change in distribution.The study also found that Cormorants […]