Quaid Takes 5th at J-Daze ’98 File photo – R-L Alan Ouellete, Andy Crocker, Mike Quaid, Mike Chase Mike Quaid and his vintage J/24, Ice³, traveled to the Lake Canandaigua J-Daze regatta with an all Vermont crew to take a 5th place out 30 boats. This is the best showing Quaid has had at this […]
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Congress reverses decision Lake Champlain reverts to Not-So-Great Lake As reported in the Burlington Free Press 3/25/98 After a month of complaining by the senators and representatives of the Great Lakes states, Senator Pat Leahy, D-VT., agreed with the two Michigan senators to a measure that would “make Lake Champlain a cousin instead of the […]
The Lake Champlain Racing Conference met on 3/12 to finalize the 1998 sailboat racing series and deal with participation, advertising, and budgetary issues. The LCRC series for 1998 will be the Chiott Marine Challenge – 6/6; Royal Savage 6/20-20; Plattsburgh Mayor’s Cup 7/18; Valcour Race 7/19; Lake Champlain Race 8/7-9; Odziozo 8/29-30; and Commodore MacDonough […]
The Joint Citizens Advisory Committees (CACs) on Lake Champlain announced the sixth year of a program supporting communities in the Lake Champlain watershed. The goal of the Partnership Program is to encourage grassroots projects that demonstrate practical ways to address economic and conservation challenges that enhance historic, cultural, scenic and natural resources. With Lake Champlain […]
Andy Horton — Begins Soling Campaign by Fritz Horton approacing weather mark A brief note on Andy’s adventures with the Soling at Miami’s Olympic Class Regatta on the last weekend in January: I hightailed it outa here on Thursday night as the weatherman warned women and children to stay inside on Friday afternoon because the […]
As reported in the Burlington Free Press 2-19-1998 “Vermonters have always considered Lake Champlain the ‘Sixth Great Lake’,” according to Sen. Patrick Leahy, Democrat from Vermont. Leahy spearheaded the move to have Lake Champlain designated a “Great Lake”. This federal designation makes Lake Champlain eligible to compete for 50 million dollars for Lake Research under […]
Long Island may have its Polar Bears but Lake Champlain has its Penguins. Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle and 150 others took a plunge into the freezing waters of Burlington Harbor on a Valentines day with the temperature barely toping zero degrees Fahrenheit. This event was part of the Burlington Winter Festival and raised $50,000 for […]
The 1998 DN North Americans Championship required serious patience. Button Bay, Vermont held good ice but Saturday 2/14 was too windy and too cold. After waiting all morning and most of the afternoon on Sunday a couple of races got off. Sunday was one of those pristine late winter days with cold air but a […]
The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) has selected the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center (LCCSC) of Burlington, Vermont for its 1997 “Outstanding Seasonal Program Award”. On January 2, 1998, the US Sailing voted to award this prestigious honor to LCCSC in recognition of its contributions to community sailing in Burlington, Vermont. The Center will […]