Nor'East Gypsy and crew (Cap'n Gary Robitaille and brother/first mate Chuck) completed a successful and wonderful trip to Washington, NC. For photos and a blog of the trip click on this link:

It sure doesn’t seem like it could be 10 years since the Etchells fleet was established Shelburne Bay, but this August 23 marks the anniversary of the day a group of five boats received their official “fleet charter” from the International Etchells Class. That group included Dave Powlison, Ernie and Bette Reuter, Rick Stevens, Don O’Brien/Steve Booth, and Jack Milbank. And, of course, this would not have been possible without the considerable support of LCYC.
To celebrate our 10th anniversary and express our gratitude to LCYC for its continued support of Etchells racing on Lake Champlain, the fleet hosted a burger burn on Wednesday, August 19 and not only cooked the food but provided free dinners to all. In addition to the usual summer cook-out fare, burgers, salads, chips, dinner also included Chesters, compliments of Ted Castle of Rhino Foods, and a birthday cake, complete with Etchells’ logo, decorated by Lauren Harris. Most importantly, John Harris deserves a big shout-out for organizing the event.
After the burger burn, 130 pounds of remaining food was donated to the Chittenden County Emergency Food Shelf on behalf of the Lake Champlain Etchells Fleet.
Today, the Fleet 25 has grown to 12 boats and maintains an active racing schedule that also includes activities such as the rules seminar the fleet hosted earlier this season and on-the-water guest coaching. If you’re interested in finding out why we’re so enthused about the boat, the racing, and all that accompanies it, contact any of the fleet members.
--Dave Powlison

The web site for our travels on Antares has changed to:

http://www.burlingtontelecom.net/~lgrosner@burlingtontelecom.net

Leonard Rosner

Andy Horton will take us step-by-step through the rules that apply at the starting line in a one-hour, focused rules seminar that will be sure to help you get off the line better (and legally!) this

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