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July 2003 News Archive
| July 28, 2003 |
| New Sailing News Links |
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I ran across several new sailing news sites that I have included in the
Links section. They are:
Sailing News Now is a British site and hence has more coverage of European sailing news, but is still quite
interesting. Check the sites out and bookmark any that you like.
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| July 27, 2003 |
| Photo Gallery Now Online |
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Images from the 2003 ISC Easter party sponsored by the Little Skippers Fleet
are now available in the Photo Gallery. More photos (2003 Memorial Regatta) are
on their way as soon as I get time to include them in the Photo Gallery...
Please contact the webmaster with any comments or suggestions regarding the layout/formatting of the Photo Gallery.
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| July 26, 2003 |
| Dangers of Combining Alcohol and Boating |
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The Indianapolis Star has posted an article on the dangers of combining
alcohol with boating. The article focuses on powerboaters, but sailors
are not exempt from this issue. The topic is particularly relevant due
to the drowning death of a powerboater recently at Geist in which alcohol is
suspected to have played a part.
For details, see the full article here
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| July 21, 2003 |
| 2003 Cruising Club Charter |
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The 2003 Cruising Club charter will be to Door County Wisconsin from
Wednesday, August 28, to Tuesday, September 3. The charter is out of
Manitowoc and the boats are a Dufor 432 ($1800 / wk) and a C&C 41
($2225 / wk). The estimated cost will be somewhere between $500 and
$650 per person for the week (not including transportation to Manitowoc
or most evening meals).
For more information or to secure your spot on the charter, contact
Guy Konkle at (XXX) XXX-XXXX or (email address removed).
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| Hyperfix Construction Finished |
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The Hyperfix construction project
which closed the I-65/I-70 corridor through downtown Indianapolis has been completed
(30 days ahead of schedule!). For more details, see the Indianapolis Star article
here.
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| Once More, With Feeling... |
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After a nearly 5 hour outage during our first week of hosting with Jumpline, I have decided
to switch to yet another web hosting provider. The fact that Jumpline's website control panel
only worked properly with Internet Explorer did not impress me either (I only use Internet
Explorer under extreme duress).
This time I will be trying Fluid Hosting.
Hopefully, the third time is the charm...
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| July 12, 2003 |
| Updated ISC Email Addresses |
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Please note that email addresses for all ISC contacts are now in the
indianapolissailing.org domain. This has two benefits:
- club member's personal email addresses are not exposed on the internet
- email addresses are consistent year to year (commodore@indianapolissailing.org
will always be the ISC Commodore's email address)
You can see the updated email addresses on the Contact page.
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| July 11, 2003 |
| IUPUI Sailing Team Members Compete in Chicago to Mackinac Race |
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Three members of the IUPUI Sailing Team
will compete in this year's Chicago
to Mackinac race on Lake Michigan. The race will begin July 12th in Chicago
and finish at Mackinac Island (a total of 333 miles).
The Indianapolis Star has a story here.
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| July 10, 2003 |
| ISC Story in Indianapolis Star |
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The Indianapolis Star has published another article on the club. Club member Kevin Black
was quoted as saying:
"We sail and get together afterward, and then we drink pop and
drink beer. And then we lie to each other about how good we are."
and club member Mary Fridlund offered her observation that:
"[Sailing is] a good marriage-maintenance hobby. This was a way
to get a sort of mini-vacation every week."
in reference to her usual practice of crewing for her husband Randy Fridlund
in ISC club races and regattas.
You can read the full story at the Indianapolis Star's website
here.
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| New Web Hosting Provider |
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Due to the increasing occurrences of website unavailibility with our current
web hosting provider, CoreComm, I have moved
to a new web hosting provider, Jumpline.
If you're reading this, the site was served to you via Jumpline!
An additional benefit of hosting with Jumpline is a significant increase in the
number of technical features available to enhance the website. Look for new and
improved website features in the near future!
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| July 9, 2003 |
| Geist Reservoir Community Website Debuts |
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The community surrounding Geist Reservoir, the home waters of
ISC, now has it's own website, AtGeist.
The website debuted on July 4th and offers resources for the Geist community
including message boards, community calendars, classifieds and much
more...
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| July 7, 2003 |
| Y-Flyer Nationals Coverage in Topics-Noblesville Ledger |
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The Y-Flyer Nationals Regatta also received mention in the July 3rd
edition of the Topics-Noblesville Ledger community newspaper. You can
see the complete story here.
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| July 1, 2003 |
| Y-Flyer Nationals Coverage in Indianapolis Star |
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Indianapolis' local newspaper, the Indianapolis Star, provided coverage of the Y-Flyer
Nationals Regatta in its June 27th edition. Tony Noblitt, the ISC
club manager, was quoted as saying:
"The Y-Flyer race is the NASCAR of boat racing. These are
fast boats, and they go very close to each other."
Thanks for the good words, Tony! For more details, see the article
in the online edition of the Indianapolis Star
here.
In the July 1st edition, the Star ran another article covering the winner of the
Y-Flyer Nationals, skipper Chet Turner and crew Zach Heinbaugh. One of the other competitors,
Jordan Stopyra, is quoted as saying:
"This is a fun place to be. I'd always come back here. It's a pretty place,
and there's lots to do in Indianapolis and the near vicinity."
You can find the full story
here.
Why not stop by the ISC clubhouse and grounds on a weekend and see why visitors to our club feel
this way? You won't be disappointed...
Thanks also to ISC club members Paul and Kay White who were regatta
chairmen (chairpersons?) for the 2003 Y-Flyer Nationals.
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