Weekend events for September 19 and 20

Get ready everyone, it’s the return of the ULDB Regatta! Normally the Club hosts an “Up the Lake, Down and Back” Regatta and summer picnic. Of course, this year we had to cancel the picnic. Thanks, COVID. But we have rescheduled the Regatta for this Saturday. All members are invited to participate. There will be […]

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Hey, all, We have re-scheduled the ULDB Regatta distance race for this coming Saturday, 9/19. Note that this is only for the race, and NOT the picnic! The Up the Lake, Down and Back, is the Club’s premiere regatta event, drawing together the Racing and Cruising Fleets for a large race from the marina point […]

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Weekend events for September 12 and 13

Hi, everyone, hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend. Though it was the unofficial end of Summer, we still have plenty of activities continuing. This Saturday we have 2 combined events, our September Regatta, and our Ladie’s Distance Race. The Regatta will be around the buoy racing, with single start for all boats. The […]

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Weekend update for Labor Day Weekend

Hi, folks! Since it is a holiday weekend this weekend, we don’t have any club activities planned. As a cold front moves through on Friday, we should see wonderful weather for the weekend, as humidity falls, and temperatures as well. We’ll see highs in the upper 70’s to start, gradually increasing to lower 80’s on […]

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Weekend update for August 29 and 30

I have additional information regarding Dianne Paxton. Her children have contacted us, and suggest that friends may wish to donate to the Multiple Myleoma Research Foundation (https://themmrf.org/tribute-in-memory-of/) or Grand View Hospital, where Dianne received so much good care (https://www.gvh.org/tributegifts/). They may try to organize a memorial, but in this time of pandemic, that is uncertain. […]

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Weekend events for August 22 and 23

Hey, all, we’ve got Fleet Racing on the schedule for this Saturday. Classes with 4 boats get separate starts. The question is, do Lasers, Force 5, and Sunfish want to band together into the COVID Fleet for Portsmouth this weekend? The weather should be pretty nice this week, with high pressure keeping temperatures moderated, and […]

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Weekend Events for August 15 and 16

Hi, all, this weekend we get a full slate of activities! On Saturday we have our annual Singlehander’s Regatta. This event is a fun race day for everyone with a boat typically sailed singlehandedly. This includes boats like Sunfish, Lasers, Force 5s, Zumas, Optimists, etc. We discourage sailing a boat such as a Thistle or […]

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Sad news

It is with great sadness that I must inform the Club that long time member Dianne Paxton passed away this morning. Dianne was significant and important member of the Club. In her role as Membership Secretary, she did more advocating for the Club, and more to recruit members, than anyone else I know. Those of us […]

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Weekend update for August 8 and 9

Hey, everyone, hope you are drying out from our soaking on Tuesday. Sellersville is reporting between 7.5″ and 8″ of rain. The lake levels rose at least a foot, if not two feet, compared to Monday night. Winds whipped through after the rain stopped around 1:00-2:00 in the afternoon, and then moderated. There were a […]

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Weekend update for August 1 and 2

Hi, all, we have another weekend of racing and cruising events this weekend. On Saturday morning, we have our August Invitational Regatta, where all boats are welcome to race, with a unified start for all classes. Skipper’s meeting as usual at 10:00 and 1st race scheduled for 11:00 Later on Saturday, we will be having […]

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