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Chris Morgan took a Vermont team to Key west last month to help a couple of Mum 30 owners from Marblehead win their division in the 1998 Key West Race Week. Other team members from Lake Champlain were: Chris Gee and Mike Finch. The owners of Thalia, JB Braun and Bob Schear, seem to be […]
is proud to present Buddy Melges Who? Winning America’s Cup Helmsman Two-time Olympic medalist (and duck hunter extrordinaire) for an evening of entertaining stories, instruction and fun! March 28th, 1998 Ramada Inn, South Burlington, Vermont Cocktail hour – 18:30 Program from 19:30 – 22:00 $15 per person includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres plus a cash bar […]
Over the Christmas vacation Andy Horton (picture), Andy Herlihey and Andrew Butner took three Vanguard 15’s to Stuart, Florida, and competed in the Vanguard and the USTRA Mid-winters. The TR in USTRA stands for team racing. The 1997 Vanguard Mid-Winters featured 75 boats in heavy winds and seas in six races held on December 27 […]
Nick Beaupre, overall winner of the 1997 Child Anglers Open Species fishing derby, has been awarded an additional prize by Hooked on Fishing International. Nick’s 4.51 lb lake trout was entered into the 1997 Kids All-American Fishing Derby “Big Fish Contest”. It turns out the Nick’s fish was the largest caught in a 1997 Vermont […]
Vermont House bill H.588 , introduced into the Vermont House, would prohibit people in boats from coming within 100 feet of areas identified as aquatic nuisance infestation areas. The fine for violators would be $300. The sponsor of the bill is David Deen and Robert Helm. The Senate version is S.255 sponsored by Addison Senator […]
All dates and locations should be checked at show web site or by calling the information phone number 88th New York National Boat Show Javits Center, New York, NY January 3 – 11 Atlanta Boat Show Atlanta, Georgia January 7 – 11 Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’s Show New Jersey Convention & Expo Center Raritan Expo […]
Andy Horton — Shelburne, VT continues to win. This past summer Andy teamed up with Bill Shore and Betsy Altman to finish third in the Lightning North American’s. In collegiate racing Hobart & Williams Smith’s sailing team is No. 1 in the latest collegiate rankings. They whipped Navy and Kings Point in the final events […]
Yum-Yum “Lionheart” Wins…again! by Mark Gardner Plattsburgh, NY Sponsored by Marina Gagnon, (located on the Richleau River in Quebec) the Omnium Champlain celebrated its twentieth anniversary labor day weekend. Hosted by the Plattsburgh Boat Basin, seventy boats competed in six classes on Saturday and Sunday, August 30 & 31. The Omnium’s success lies in its […]
Local Sailor Tammy Ouellette sailed on No Worries (bow 76) at the 97 East Coast Championships Crew: Brad Elsaesser (bow) Rob Michaelsom (mast) Henry Filter (Tactics) Tammy Ouellette (Cockpit) Jeff Borland (skipper) Local boats PT Blister with Tyler Moore at the helm and Fawn Liebowitz with Al Hobart helming went to the J/24 East Coast […]