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August 2004 News Archive
| August 30, 2004 |
| 2007 America's Cup Website |
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The official website of the 2007 America's Cup is now online.
Information on "Act 1", scheduled
for September 5th through 11th, of the Louis Vuitton pre-cup racing is available along with a host of additional information
on the history of the America's Cup, the teams currently challenging for the America's Cup, etc.
I have also created a set of links to sites of interest regarding the 2007 America's Cup on the links page.
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| August 28, 2004 |
| Olympic Results |
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The Tornado and Star classes have finished their competition and the results are:
You can see the results for all the classes here and an overall medal tally for
the sailing competition here. See the ISC Olympic Sailing News page for more news.
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| August 26, 2004 |
| Olympic Results |
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The 49er competition has ended and the final standings are:
See the ISC Olympic Sailing News page for more news.
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| August 25, 2004 |
| Olympic Results |
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The Men's and Women's Mistral have completed their racing and the final standings are:
See the ISC Olympic Sailing News page for more news.
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| August 23, 2004 |
| Olympic Results |
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More final results from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens:
See the ISC Olympic Sailing News page for more news.
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| August 22, 2004 |
| Olympic Results |
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Some final results are in from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens:
See the ISC Olympic Sailing News page for more news.
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| August 20, 2004 |
| Fishers Fire Department Fire/Rescue Boat Launched |
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Fisher Fire Department's new fire/rescue boat
was launched Thursday afternoon and christened the Fire Boat Bella Vita. Captain Clinton Crafton
said the fire/rescue boat would be useful beyond Geist:
"We have another 40-acre lake in our district, called Lake Stonebridge, that it would be
used on. And we have the White River that runs through another 61/2 miles of our
district. There (also are) any other number of places around our district that other
agencies could call us to come out and assist them."
The Indianapolis Star article covering the
launching and christening can be found here.
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| Forums Online Again |
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The forums are now online again. Note that the URL has changed from that used previously; I'm
working on configuring the webserver to utilize the old forums.indianapolissailing.org URL again but just haven't had
the necessary time to get it done...
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| August 19, 2004 |
| Commodore's Cup Regatta |
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The annual Commodore's Cup Regatta will be August 28-29 and the Y-Flyer fleet will be hosting
the dinner on Saturday night. In addition to the dinner, a movie will be shown on the hill under the
stars! A concession stand with popcorn, drinks and candy will be available. It is recommended that
you bring a blanket, a chair and bugspray.
The dinner menu is: grilled pork chops, green bean salad, buttered red potatoes, broccoli salad, lemonade
and fresh brownies. Dinner is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Schedule for the evening is hors d'oeuvres
at 6:30pm, dinner at 7:00pm and the movie at dusk.
ISC members and their guests should RSVP to Paul or Kay White (XXX-XXXX or
(email address removed)). An online
flyer is available here.
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| Fishers Fire Department Fire/Rescue Boat Launched |
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Fisher Fire Department's new fire/rescue boat is set to be officially launched today according to an
article on the Indianapolis Star's website.
The nearly $100,000 vessel was purchased with $65,000 raised by the Geist Lake Coalition along with $32,712 from Fall Creek
Township.
The new boat will supplement another boat already in service on the reservoir which is operated
by the Lawrence Township Fire Department. That boat provides a quick response with basic equipment
to incidents on the lake. The Fishers fire/rescue boat will bring additional equipment, manpower and
a 2,000 gallon per minute fire system that can be used for water-based firefighting or as a supply
for land-based fire apparatus.
The launching is scheduled for 4:00pm at Geist Marina, 11695 Fall Creek Road. The Fisher Fire Department's
press release can be found here.
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| August 9, 2004 |
| Jeff Gordon wins 2004 Brickyard 400 |
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Jeff Gordon,
a former resident of Pittsboro, IN, won his 4th Brickyard 400 on August 8th. His win in the 11th Brickyard 400 NASCAR stock car race equals the most wins by a
single driver in the 88 year history of the more famous Indianapolis 500 held in May on Memorial Day. The Indianapolis
Star has coverage here
and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has coverage here.
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*** REMINDER ***
Safety Training Class on August 14th |
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ISC will be hosting a Safety Training Class on August 14th starting at 9:00am
and continuing as long as necessary. New ISC members are especially encouraged to
attend so they may become acquainted with the club's safety equipment and procedures.
Anyone needing a refresher on club safety is also welcome to attend. Soft drinks,
water and a light snack will be provided; attendees may want to bring a sack lunch
in case the class runs into the lunch hour.
Please call or email Ruthann or Steve Ross to let them know you are attending or if you have
any questions (XXX-XXXX cell, XXX-XXXX home, (email address removed)
or (email address removed)).
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| August 6, 2004 |
| 2004 Chicago-Mackinac Stories |
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Scuttlebutt has a compilation of 2004 Chicago-Mackinac stories
including an interesting one from Greg Freeman of Salsa:
I'm the navigator on a J/130 named Salsa. Salsa is owned by Pete and Sue Stott. As you know,
the boat to watch and watch for during this race was Genuine Risk. About two hours or so into
the race, we're all sitting on the rail, beating North and looking at the fleet begin to
spread out. Naturally the conversation turns to the big boats. Where are the GL70's going?
Where's the tri - Earth Voyager, and where is Genuine Risk? At about this moment, we look
astern and there she is, charging right at us at about twice our speed of seven knots. Coming
on and she looks like the bow sprit is going to hit our backstay. Well of course they don't
and they slip to leeward by about a half a boat length, one of ours, not one of theirs. As
they power through our lee, Randall Pittman, who's sitting on the rail next to the helmsman
hollers out, "Hey, that's my old boat!" (It's true, he owned Salsa before Pete Stott. Salsa
was named Jalape–o at the time.) Pete, who's driving from the low side, hollers back,
"Hey, that's my next boat!" Cracked up both crews. And, it was pretty much downhill for the
rest of the race from there.
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Paige Railey Wins US Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship
(Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy) |
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Paige Railey of Clearwater, FL dominated the US Junior Women's Single-Handed Championship for her
third win of US Sailing's Leiter Trophy. By winning the US Junior Women's Single-Handed Championship, Railey
will go on to the Youth World Championship to be held in South Korea in 2005. Daily reports,
results, photos and more can be found on US Sailing's
2004 Leiter Trophy page.
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Roberta Steele and Meredith Nordhem Win US Junior Women's Double-Handed Championship
(Ida Lewis Memorial Trophy) |
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Roberta Steele of Shoreacres, TX and Merdith Nordhem of Chicago, IL won the US Junior Women's
Double-Handed Championship on July 6th (not sure how I missed this news in July). Daily reports, results,
photos and more can be on US Sailing's
2004 Lewis Trophy page.
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| August 4, 2004 |
| Forums Temporarily Unavailable |
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The forum will be temporarily unavailable while I work out some configuration
issues. Sorry for the inconvenience...
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| August 2, 2004 |
| US Sailing Olympic Team Members to Appear on NBC's Today Show |
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According to the US Sailing website,
US Olympic 49er Sailing Team members Tim Wadlow and Pete Spaulding will be guests on NBC's
Today Show on August 3rd between 8:00AM and 8:15AM (EDT).
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