ISC will be hosting an Open House this Saturday, May 17th, from 1PM to 5PM. Everyone is invited to come out and visit the club, see our facilities, meet some of the members and even take a sail on one of our boats if you would like (skippered by an experienced ISC sailor, of course!). If you have ever thought about learning to sail or are new in town and looking for the best sailing in Indianapolis, you need to be at the Open House!

For those with school age kids, this would be a great time to see the club and sign your kids up for one of ISC's summer Sailing Camps for kids ages 8 to 14. Your child will spend a week learning to sail on the club's fleet of training sailboats, learn about water safety and have a summer they will never forget.

For an interactive map and directions to the club see the Directions/Map/Lodging page.

State Senators Beverly Gard and Jim Merritt and Representative Brian Bosma are hosting an informational meeting for Geist area residents on Geist Reservoir water issues that may arise over the summer. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30pm on April 29 at the Indianapolis Yacht Club.

Results from the Spring Laser Regatta are now available on the Regatta Results page.

The 2008 PRO & Safety Boat schedule is now posted to the PRO & Safety page.

The NOR (76 KB; get Adobe Reader) and SI (68 KB; get Adobe Reader) for the Lightning Indiana Open Regatta are now available.

The NOR (76 KB; get Adobe Reader) and SI (68 KB; get Adobe Reader) for the Spring Laser Regatta are now available. Please refer to these documents for detailed information concerning the regatta (the regatta flyer linked to below has only preliminary and brief information).

The 2008 ISC regatta schedule has been posted to the Racing Calendar page.

ISC Laser Fleet #24 will be hosting it's Spring Laser Regatta (76 KB; get Adobe Reader) on the weekend of April 12-13, 2008.

I've updated three sections of the website:

• the 2008 membership application is now available on the Membership/Dues page
• the 2008 Sailing Camp application is now available on the Junior Training/Sailing Camp page
• the Links page now contains a link to the NOAA page with 1 week of Geist Reservoir water levels

Mark down Saturday March 29th on your calendar and plan to attend a talk by Peter Reggio. US Sailing and Mount Gay Rum will sponsor a talk by Peter Reggio, PRO for the 32nd America's Cup, at The Hawthorns in Fishers. This will be a rare chance to hear one of sailing's most prominent race officers and you shouldn't miss it!

For more information, download the flyer (512 KB; get Adobe Reader) or visit US Sailing's website.

I've made a couple of changes/additions to the Directions/Map/Lodging page. They are:

• Under the "Map" section, the directions link now goes to Google instead of Yahoo! The funcationality should be the same as before.
• I've added a link to Google's live traffic map for Indianapolis under "Road Construction Information". This shows live traffic conditions on the major roadways around Indianapolis and is very cool.

US Sailing will be holding a Basic Race Management seminar on November 16th in Dublin, OH. The seminar is designed who those with some race management experience but novices are also welcome. This is a great opportunity to polish your race management skills and learn from highly experienced race officers. You need not be a member of US Sailing to attend, but you will receive a discount on the registration price if you are.

For more information, see the official announcement ( (56 KB; get Adobe Reader)) and US Sailing's website. Online registration is available here.

The 2007 ISC Masters Regatta was sailed on Saturday, September 1 (re-scheduled from a no wind July 28 day). The conditions were ideal for great sailing, with winds from the northeast, 10-15mph average, plus some stronger gusts as we approached the noon hour, with temperatures reaching the 80 degree mark during the three races sailed. This event was open to any ISC skipper, 55 years old or older. Each skipper sailed his own boat with any number crew members desired, regardless of age. Because of multiple classes of boats sailed (5), all races were scored utilizing the D-PN handicapping system to determine scored finishing positions.

The sailing was top notch both in conditions and the competition, as you will see in the results below. All six of the event?s participants and their crews are tops in their respective fleets. The only element missing was more competition ? we all know that there are far more than six members of our club who are at least 55 years or older!

After sailing, all of those involved in the event were treated to light food refreshments provided by the Thistle Fleet Asst. Social Chair, Carol Robinson and her sister-in-law Cindy. Social Committee Chair (and Vice Commodore) Scott Hicks provided the cold beverages that kept some of the participants attached to the deck until late in the afternoon.

For complete regatta results, see the Regatta Results page.