04/14/2025
12 teams competed over the weekend at the 2025 8 Ball Regatta. The ISC 8 Ball has been an early season opener for Thistles in the Midwest for 53 years! A perfect way to shake off the winter rust and get excited for racing!
Weather this year limited us to just 4 races. Saturday served up challenges for the skippers and crews with light winds out of the North from 0 to 7 mph, with big compass swings kept everyone on their toes. Steve and Erin Lavender won the day with two firsts.
On Sunday the winds picked up to the mid-teens. Several teams did not race on Sunday. Opening up the leader board for changes.
Noah Craciun, with crew Joe Goetz from the Berlin Yacht Club took the lead with 2 firsts. Bryant Walker with crew Sheena Walker & Mat Allemang scored a 2nd and 3rd.
Congrats to Noah and Joe for the regatta win! 🏆 Just one point behind in a very close 2nd - Bryan, Sheena, and Matt.
Thistle Class Association
Berlin Yacht Club
03/01/2025
ISC's Thistle Fleet 69 hosted a gathering of the clan at Max & Tilly's to plan out the start of our 2025 sailing season. Fleet 69 of the Thistle Class Association has been around since 1955, one of the founding sailboat fleets at the Indianapolis Sailing Club. Fleet Captain Dave Charlton and his son Jack picked up a second in the 2024 Fleet Championship. The dress code of the day was plaid, and Dave went even further with his kilt. Way to go Dave - a fearless leader indeed to wear a kilt on a 32 degree day!
04/15/2024
Calling all Thistle sailors in IL, KY, MI, and OH - and anyone else interested in some of the best early season sailing the Midwest has to offer! 8 races over two days is guaranteed to knock the rust off.
Fleet 69 would like you to invite you to attend the 52nd Thistle 8 Ball at the Indianapolis Sailing Club April 20 and 21. The weather is looking pretty good too. The 8 Ball has been a staple on the Thistle calendar since 1972. If you've visited before, we hope to see you again this year. If you've not, please come. You'll be glad you did.
Daily Schedule
Saturday, April 20
Registration: 10:00 to 11:30 AM
Skippers Meeting: 12:00 PM
Races: 12:57 pm (warning signal)*
(multiple races to be sailed back to back)
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 21
Races: 9:57 am (warning signal)*
Lunch: 12:30 PM
Trophies during lunch
Note: Starting times may be changed because of weather conditions. Participants will be notified with official notices being posted on the Thistle Class bulletin board located inside the Indianapolis Sailing Club clubhouse.
Additional social information: Lunches, postrace snacks and beverages are included along with Sunday morning donuts, coffee and juice. Dinner is available for $20 adults, $10 children.
Let us know if there is anything we can do for you while you are our guests. Full registration and contact information on the NOR link below:
bit.ly/2024Thistle8BallNOR
Thistle Class Association
12/08/2019