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"I enjoy it tremendously. I've been sailing for 25 years, and there's a lot of satisfaction in watching young people learn how to sail. Our main objective is to expose people to sailing and to the club and to have fun."

"On a really windy day, it's really fun. You get speed and the wake."

"I like the water and swimming, so I thought it'd be fun. I like it when we're going real fast and almost tip over."

For more information, see the Sailing Camp/Junior Training program page.

The Firecracker Mini-Regatta originally scheduled for July 3 has been moved to July 4. There will be trophies and snacks afterward provided by the Snipe fleet. Usual start at 10AM.

Due to configuration problems with the new webserver, I'm switching back to our old webserver. If you are reading this, you have accessed the old webserver and all indianapolissailing.org email, website search and forums features should work as before.

Limited space has opened up in the 5th (July 12-16) and 6th (July 19-23) weeks of Junior Training/Sailing Camp. The 4th week (July 5-9) is now full. If you would like to reserve a spot for your child, fill out the application and mail it in today.

The ISC website will be transitioning to a new webserver in the next few days. Email and the forums will be unavailable for short periods during the transition. Please excuse the inconvenience.

The Sail Trim and Tuning Seminar has been rescheduled for June 30th. The orginal description of the event is included below for your convenience.

Come spend an afternoon at ISC and learn how to better trim and balance with Skip Dieball of North Sails. Skip is an active one-design sailor currently sailing actively in Finns, Interlakes, J-22s, Thistles, and Highlanders.

Part 1 of the session will involve a dry land look at sail trim on a couple of the classes sailed locally. Part 2 will be on the water, with you sailing your own boat, as Skip motors around the participants offering comments with a video camera in hand. After sailing, Part 3 will be held in the ISC Clubhouse, where we can review the afternoon's video with Skip's commentary, not to mention some pizza and cold beverages.

The seminar will be held June 30th from 2pm to 8pm at ISC. If you plan to attend or have any questions, please contact the event organizer and host: Paul Dovey (evening phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX or email (email address removed).

Everyone interested in sailing and finding out more about the Indianapolis Sailing Club is invited to come to an Open House from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday, June 19th. You can tour club facilities, meet with club members, take a close-up look at the different sailboats in the club and even take a complimentary ride in the sailboat of your choice. Free refreshments will be available.

For directions to the club, see the map page.

Summer Sailstice celebrates sailing on the longest day of the year (the summer solstice). The "sailstice" is a no-fee event that simply celebrates sailing by encouraging people to enjoy their boats either individually or with a group of other sailors. If you sign up you can even win some prizes. Several Geist area sailors have already signed up.

The Sail Trim and Tuning Seminar scheduled for June 16th has been postponed due to Skip Dieball being unavailable that day. Paul Dovey is attempting to reschedule the seminar and notice of the new date and time will be posted here as soon as it is known.

Questions may be directed to the event organizer and host: Paul Dovey (evening phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX or email (email address removed).

"Dave 'n Joe" comment on the merits of vintage wooden boats...

"Dave 'n Joe" is created by Dave Foster

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The Indianapolis Star reports that the Fishers Fire Department plans to request $25,000 from the Fall Creek Township Board. The money would be used along with $65,000 already raised to purchase a fire boat for the department.